Word: macvicar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More than 10,000 readers answered the 78 multiple-choice questions, and Nursing says that well over 200 were so "wound up" by the issues raised that they sent along letters detailing their complaints. Jean MacVicar, director of hospital nursing services of the National League for Nursing, notes that the strong reaction is "a sad commentary, but maybe we had to hit bottom before we decided to do something." Anne Zimmerman, president of the American Nurses' Association, concedes that people may find the report "unsettling," but is pleased nurses are finally speaking out. Says she: "The nurse is, after...