title: 'We are the mothers of invention'.
abstract: RCN research and innovation manager Ann McMahon graduated with a BSc in nursing in 1979 and registered in mental health and general nursing aged 20. Ten years later she gained an MSc degree. She has worked for the RCN since 1994.
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom