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- Title
Dr. Loretta C. Ford: A pioneer in healthcare.
- Authors
Peters, Cathy J.
- Abstract
Dr Loretta C. Ford is a true pioneer. Her work in public health launched the nurse practitioner movement. Together with Dr Henry Silver in 1965, Dr Ford co‐founded the first expanded or advanced role to educate nurses to: assess, diagnose and treat common pediatric problems in primary care. Since then, there has been an increase in the number of specialty programs and an acknowledged global need for advanced practice nurses. She transformed our understanding of health and illness, the education of nurses, and the practice of humane patient care.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL achievement; OCCUPATIONAL roles; PROFESSIONS; HISTORY of nursing; PUBLIC health nurses; COMMUNITY health services; PEDIATRIC nursing; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL identity; NURSE practitioners; INTERDISCIPLINARY education; PATIENT care
- Publication
Public Health Nursing, 2023, Vol 40, Issue 3, p466
- ISSN
0737-1209
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/phn.13192