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Sara E. Parsons (1864–1949), American nurse, writer and health administrator; Emma Maria Pearson (1828–93), writer and one of the first British Red Cross nurses, served in two wars; Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923), American nurse, physician, and poet; Sue Pembrey (1942–2013) British nurse pioneer of patient-centred hospital care
The Living Legend designation from the American Academy of Nursing is bestowed upon a very small number of nurses "in recognition of the multiple contributions these individuals have made to our profession and our society and in recognition of the continuing impact of these contributions on the provision of health care services in the United States and throughout the world."
only nurse to serve as president of the American Nurses Association, the American Journal of Nursing Company and for the International Council of Nurses [46] Virginia A. Henderson (1897-1996) 1996: theorist and researcher—authored one of the most definitive descriptions of nursing [47] Katherine J. Hoffman (1910-1984) 1996
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) [1] [2] was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps. [3]
American nursing administrators (108 P) Pages in category "American nurses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 486 total.
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care. [1]
Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926) was the first African-American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States.In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing.
Adah Belle Samuels Thoms (January 12, 1870 – February 21, 1943) was an African American nurse who cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (serving as President from 1916 to 1923), was acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses (New York), and fought for African Americans to serve as American Red Cross nurses during World War I and eventually as U.S. Army Nurse ...