 She mentioned with some humor that it took well over a year for her to pay for the destroyed books.Throughout her career, Abdellah advocated for the strengthening of nursing school infrastructure.Specifically, she called for cross-disciplinary collaborations in nursing education; the teaching of specialized and budgeting skills in nursing graduate education; increased admittance of nursing students from minority backgrounds; and fostering humanistic skills in future nurses, such as compassion for patients.