Harriet Werley
Harriet Werley | |
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| Born | Harriet Helen Werley |
| Occupation | nursing informatician |
Harriet Helen Werley (October 12, 1914 – October 14, 2002) was an American
Army Nurse Corps converted to a baccalaureate-prepared group under her leadership. She was a founding editor of Research in Nursing and Health. She co-created the Nursing Minimum Data Set
in 1991.
Biography
Werley was born on October 12, 1914, in
US Eighth Army.[1]
She completed a doctorate in 1969 from the
University of Illinois at Chicago (1974 to 1979), the University of Missouri (1979 to 1983) and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1983 to 1997).[2] During her academic career, Werley became a founding editor of Research in Nursing and Health and she helped to create a data classification system known as the Nursing Minimum Data Set.[1] Werley was named a Charter Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1973; she was designated a Living Legend by the organization in 1994. She became a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 1991.[3]
Legacy
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is home to the Harriet H. Werley Center for Nursing Research and Evaluation.[4] The Midwest Nursing Research Society awards the Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award.[5] The American Medical Informatics Association also confers a Harriet H. Werley Award to a nurse-authored paper at its annual symposium.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "A Salute to One of Our Own: Harriet Helen Werley". U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Harriet H. Werley Papers, 1922-2002". University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Archived from the original on 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- PMID 12595411.
- ^ "Harriet H. Werley Center for Nursing Research and Evaluation (WCNRE)". University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award". Midwest Nursing Research Society. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "AMIA Working Group Awards". American Medical Informatics Association. Retrieved May 19, 2013.