Rosalie Dreyer
Rosalie Dreyer | |
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Born | Bern, Switzerland | 3 September 1895
Died | 21 May 1987 London, England | (aged 91)
Nationality | Swiss British (naturalised 1934) |
Occupation | nurse |
Years active | 1922–1964 |
Rosalie Dreyer (3 September 1895 – 21 May 1987) was a Swiss-born naturalised British
Early life
Rosalie Dreyer was born on 3 September 1895 in
Career
After her graduation, Dreyer worked for a year as private nurse before returning to Switzerland in 1923 to work at the Rollier Clinic, a tubercular hospital in
The LCC did not contract nurses for specific facilities, but rather, contracted nurses to their centralized system,[5] giving Dreyer charge of all 11,000 nurses under contract to the LCC.[2] During her tenure, Dreyer managed the often difficult process of improving the status and professionalism of the nursing profession without becoming aligned with the politics of her employers.[6] She also had to assess the sometimes conflicting priorities of adequate training verses adequate staff. As prior to World War II, nurses had predominantly been volunteers, training, equipment, and facilities varied widely in the hospitals within the LCC supervision. During the war, with the increased need for staff, Dreyer had to make difficult decisions as to whether training or serving the public was the imperative.[7]
In 1948, Dreyer was appointed as Chief Nursing Officer and supervised the merger of LCC Nursing Service into the new
Death and legacy
Dreyer died from a brain tumor on 21 May 1987 at her home in Wimbledon, London.[1] She is noted, along with her predecessor, Bannon, as a pioneer in creating the public-funded nursing service in Britain.[8]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Kirby 2004.
- ^ a b c The British Journal of Nursing 1940, p. 121.
- ^ Kirby 2005, p. 42.
- ^ Kirby 2005, p. 47.
- ^ McCrae & Kuzminska 2017, p. 269.
- ^ Kirby 2005, p. 45.
- ^ Kirby 2005, pp. 48–49.
- ^ Kirby 2005, p. 43.
Bibliography
- Kirby, Stephanie (2004). "Dreyer, Rosalie (1895–1987)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47640. Retrieved 16 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Kirby, Stephanie (21 November 2005). "Splendid Scope for Public Service: Leading the London County Council Nursing Service, 1929-1948". Nursing History Review. 14. New York, New York: ISSN 1062-8061.
- McCrae, Niall; Kuzminska, Katerina (2017). "The origins of a two-tier profession: a nursing school at a Poor Law infirmary" (PDF). PMID 28328273. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- "The London County Council Place 10,000 British Nurses Under Naturalised Alien Control in Time of War" (PDF). The British Journal of Nursing. 88 (2064). London, England: Royal British Nurses' Association: 120–121. July 1940.