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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Give Nurses A Bigger Role In Improving Health Care

By Risa Lavizzo-Mourey January 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Poll after poll finds that nurses are either the most trusted group of professionals, or one of the most trusted groups, in the country.

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