Name Faye Abdellah Role Nurse | Education Columbia University | |
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21 Nursing Problems by Faye Glenn Abdellah
Faye Glenn Abdellah (March 13, 1919 – February 24, 2017) was an American pioneer in nursing research. In 1974 she became the first nurse officer in the U.S. to receive the rank of a two-star rear admiral. Her research has helped to change the focus of nursing theory from a disease-centered to a patient-centered approach.
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- 21 Nursing Problems by Faye Glenn Abdellah
- Nursing Theorists Faye Glenn Abdellah
- Education
- Career
- Twenty One Nursing Problems
- Honors and awards
- References
Abdellah died in February 2017 at the age of 97.
Nursing Theorists - Faye Glenn Abdellah
Education
Abdellah earned a nursing diploma from the Ann May School of Nursing, as well as undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees from Columbia University. Abdellah was the recipient of twelve honorary university degrees.
Career
Dr. Abdellah joined the Public Health Service in 1949 and served as Deputy Surgeon General, the first nurse and the first woman to do so. A veteran of the Korean War, she earned five Distinguised Service Medals. When she retired from this post in 1989, she became the first dean of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing in Bethesda. Her contributions to public health and to nursing theory led to her induction into The National Women's Hall of Fame in 2000. She retired from USU in 2002. She donated a collection of her papers to the National Library of Medicine in November 1988.
Twenty-One Nursing Problems
Abdellah created a typology of twenty-one areas of focus for the nurse. These problems were divided into three classes: physical, sociological and emotional needs of the patient; the types of nurse-patient interpersonal relationships; and common elements of patient care.