Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse, and discuss the importance of their role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported that has/have influenced health care? Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas is an accomplished nurse, administrator, and legislator covering 23 years in Congress and 60 years as a nurse. Congresswoman Johnson set her mind on becoming a nurse as a teenager, but in 1952 no nursing program in Texas would accept her, so she applied and was admitted to St. Marys College in Notre Dame, Indiana, graduating in 1955. She holds the BS degree in nursing from Texas Christian University. In December 2010, she was elected as the first African American and first female ranking...