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system which focused on maximising the children in their care. She also introduced music for therapy and recreation. St Joseph's established a registered course in nursing for those with learning disabilities, with student nurses from
Scottish general hospitals attending St Joseph's for three months of nurse training. Bowe was part of the foundation of a special boarding school for children aged 4 to 18 years in 1969. Alongside the principal tutor at Lennox Castle Hospital,
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Scandinavia. There she was introduced to the concepts of community and individualised care for those with learning disabilities. She applied the reward system from the Kansas model as well as developing the person-centred training
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Scottish Board. She was the chair of the Lothian Region Nursing and Midwifery Consultative Committee and lectured at the Royal College of Nursing on the postgraduate management courses. In 1973 she was a member and chair of the Lothian health council, advocating for those with learning
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Bowe developed a reputation as the national authority for the nursing and care of those with learning disabilities, serving on relevant committees under the
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on 23 February 1931. Her parents were James and Julia Bowe (née Ducey). Her father was a labourer. She attended the local national and secondary schools. She went to St
Vincent's Hospital,
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Catholic to be appointed to the General Nursing Council of Scotland. She was awarded the MBE in 1975 for services to nursing. Bowe died in
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Celeste. She was a novice from 1957 to 1961 in Cork, professing on 15 March 1961. She was a nurse in the North Infirmary, Cork,
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