Former Executive Director of the Minnesota Board of Nursing, Joyce M. Schowalter, passed away on May 26, 2025. Schowalter spent most of her life in Minneapolis where she worked as an RN and was a founding member of NCSBN. To learn more about her significant contributions in nursing and nursing regulation, please read the excerpt from the /boards/assets/InFocus_Joyce_Schowalter_tcm21-694554.pdfNCSBN In Focus publication. 

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