Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (then Middlesex General Hospital) in New Brunswick, NJ, Diploma in Nursing, 1941
University of Colorado School of Nursing, B.S. 1949 and Master's 1951
University of Colorado, EdD 1961
Spouse
William Ford
(m. 1947)
Children
1
Medical career
Profession
Nurse educator
Field
Advanced practice nursing
Institutions
University of Colorado School of Nursing in Denver, Assistant Professor 1955, Professor 1965
University of Rochester School of Nursing, Dean 1972, retired 1985
Research
Nurse Practitioner program development,
Unification model of nursing
Awards
Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing
Loretta C. Ford (néePfingstel;[1] born December 28, 1920)[2] is an American nurse and the co-founder of the first nurse practitioner program. Along with pediatrician Henry Silver, Ford started the pediatric nurse practitioner program at the University of Colorado in 1965. In 1972, Ford joined the University of Rochester as founding dean of the nursing school.
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