Professor Margaret Forbes Alexander, CBE, is a Scottish nurse, educator, researcher and writer. She is emeritus professor at the School of Nursing and Community Health at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).

She began her nursing career as a student nurse at The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Later she was named Head, of GCU's Department of Nursing and Community Health, its first Professor of Nursing. She remained there until 1996. GCU awarded Alexander an honorary Doctor of Science in 2000.^[1]

In 1999, she was named as Chairman of National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland.^[2]

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• Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home - The Adult: Hospital and Home
• Icn Framework of Competencies for the Generalist Nurse: Report of the Development Process and Consultation: Standards and competencies series ([1]
• Nursing Partnership: A Model for Nursing Practice ([2])
• Reflections and Thoughts from My Heart ([3])
• Adult Branch Nurse for Life: Pack 1 ([4])
• Adult Nursing Value Pack ([5])
• Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home - The Adult ([6])

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1. ^ DSc award from GCU
2. ^ Nursing archives