Loretta Ford, the co-founder of the first academic nurse practitioner program in 1965, died at 104. Her pioneering work transformed nursing into a serious clinical discipline with a structured training framework. Today, there are over 350,000 nurse practitioners in the U.S., recognized for their essential role in healthcare. Ford's initiatives included the unification model of nursing at the University of Rochester, which integrated education, clinical practice, and research, significantly advancing the field and enhancing career opportunities for nurses.
Dr. Ford's vision for nursing transformed nurses into clinicians, allowing them to provide critical care in settings traditionally reserved for doctors, reshaping healthcare.
In 1970, Dr. Ford emphasized that nurses' training focused too much on administration, advocating instead for a model that integrated clinical practice.
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