… Ms. Sleeper’s report led to the hospital hiring 90 new graduates to care for patients, thus enabling students to have more class time. Ruth Sleeper was an … the first nurse at MGH to be “invited” to be a member of the hospital’s executive team. To demonstrate how far we (nurses) have come over the last 60 years, I’d like … During our senior year, she brought in the pioneers of group dynamics and team work, led by Bennis, Benne, & Chin from Boston University. Over the semester, we …