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Nursing Ph.D. Student Takes Her Experience From the Bedside to Capitol Hill
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· September 11, 2026
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Third-year doctoral candidate and practicing operating room nurse Merci Paulhill spent her summer with the American Nurses Association, learning how policy shapes patient care.
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