Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, 1960
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Title
Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, 1960
Date
1957
Description
Pioneer in Evidence-Based Practice and Distance Learning
Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, was known for her work in parenting and infancy, and early childhood development at the University of Washington School of Nursing. She founded both the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training program to teach professional caregivers and parents how to better care for newborns, infants, and young children, and the Center on Infant Mental Health and Development. The Center was renamed in her honor in 2012.
Dr. Barnard worked at the Douglas County Hospital in Omaha in 1954. She earned a BSN (University of Nebraska School of Nursing, 1960), an MSN (Boston University, 1963), and a PhD (University of Washington, 1972). She was named a fellow in the Institute of Medicine in 1985, a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing in 2006 and received an honorary Doctor of Science from UNMC in 1990.
Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, was known for her work in parenting and infancy, and early childhood development at the University of Washington School of Nursing. She founded both the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training program to teach professional caregivers and parents how to better care for newborns, infants, and young children, and the Center on Infant Mental Health and Development. The Center was renamed in her honor in 2012.
Dr. Barnard worked at the Douglas County Hospital in Omaha in 1954. She earned a BSN (University of Nebraska School of Nursing, 1960), an MSN (Boston University, 1963), and a PhD (University of Washington, 1972). She was named a fellow in the Institute of Medicine in 1985, a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing in 2006 and received an honorary Doctor of Science from UNMC in 1990.
Identifier
4.9.03
Rights
Courtesy of the UNMC College of Nursing Museum
Subject
College of Nursing