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As part of its Raise the Voice campaign to showcase nurses who are key players in transforming health care, the American Academy of Nursing has identified nurses they call edge runners--"practical innovators who have led the way in bringing new thinking and new methods to a wide range of health care challenges." With this article on Marilyn Rantz, a 2008 edge runner for the "Aging in Place Project," AJN launches a series of profiles of these nursing innovators. Read and be proud of what nurses can accomplish.
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