<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ebersole, P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JoAnn Congdon, PhD, RN, CNS, and Mary Ann Rosswurm, EdD, RN, CS, FAAN: meeting the unique needs of elders in rural settings</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geriatr Nurs</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Career Choice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geriatric Nursing/ history</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">History, 20th Century</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leadership</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mentors/history</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nurse Clinicians/history</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nurse Practitioners/history</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nurse's Role</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rural Health/ history</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">United States</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sep-Oct</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></number><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001/10/19</style></edition><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">265-7</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0197-4572 (Print)0197-4572 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In this issue, we salute two of the outstanding teachers, researchers, and geriatric nurse practitioners who have contributed to the understanding of the health issues confronted by rural elders: JoAnn Congdon, PhD, RN, CNS, and Mary Ann Rosswurm, EdD, RN, CS, FAAN. Their personal views and significant thoughts related to this professional propensity are inspiring, In addition to their articles (&quot;Themes of Rural Health and Aging,&quot; page 234, and &quot;Nursing Perspectives on the Health Care of Rural Elders,&quot; page 231 ), this column features a review of their careers in their own voices. JoAnn relates the roots and progression of her interest in the rural aged with insight and enthusiasm. Her sensitive and thoughtful account emphasizes the consummate importance of mentorship and teamwork in the development of professional direction and sustained interest. Mary Ann, inquisitive as a child, has broad interests and was drawn to the diversity of individuals. Role models and mentors were critical to her development, but circumstance played a large part in her interest in rural elders. Her love of life and new experience shines through in the personal thoughts she presents here.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11606906</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ebersole, PBiographyHistorical ArticlePortraitsUnited StatesGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Geriatr Nurs. 2001 Sep-Oct;22(5):265-7.</style></notes><remote-database-provider><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nlm</style></remote-database-provider></record></records></xml>