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Welcome to your new and improved Reflections on Nursing Leadership (RNL), the award-winning member benefit that communicates nurses’ contributions and relevance to the health of people worldwide. In addition to audio podcasts of selected articles and an enhanced search function that enables you to quickly find content of special interest to you, your new RNL promotes interactivity by soliciting feedback from you, the reader, and will offer even more features in the future.

Go ahead. Take a few minutes to explore content that has been created exclusively for members of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Just click on the link in the upper right-hand corner of this page, sign in with your e-mail address and seven-digit constituent number and start enjoying your new RNL. If you need to access articles from the RNL archives, go to http://www2.nursingsociety.org/RNL/Current/archives/archives.html.

—James E. Mattson, editor, Reflections on Nursing Leadership


Jeneffer Bagirimvano
By Jeneffer Bagirimvano, 23 October 2008
Her aunt and uncle—a nurse and physician—were among the estimated 800,000 killed in the Rwandan genocide. Now she wants to be a nurse so she can help others stricken by war, poverty and injustice.
By Tammie L. Calabrese, 23 October 2008
They looked like nursing students, but their writing revealed much more.
By Jane Palmer, 03 October 2008
Meet the only member of Sigma Theta Tau International in Hungary.
By Elizabeth Valente, 02 October 2008
Family nurse practitioner students build bridges between cultures.
By Kim Larson and Melissa Ott, 02 October 2008
Thirteen nursing students go beyond textbooks and the Internet to experience this Central American country firsthand.
By Madrean Schober, 03 September 2008
The poem “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost, concludes with the observation that it was the road taken—the road less traveled by—that “made all the difference.” Author Madrean Schober also took the less-traveled road and shares her perspectives.
By Joy Shiller and Sandra Clarke, 02 September 2008
Keeping vigil with the dying receives new impetus in the 21st century.
Carole Kenner
By Elissa Crocker, 02 September 2008
One of her favorite songs is “Climb Every Mountain." It’s a directive that has guided her career.
By Elizabeth Zicari, 02 September 2008
Throughout her career, the author has found that culturally congruent care enhances community health and well-being.
01 September 2008
To enhance the global relevance of Reflections on Nursing Leadership (RNL), members of the RNL International Advisory Board are invited each year to share their perspectives about significant nursing issues in their countries or global regions with readers of the magazine.