Wald, Florence

Wald, Florence
▪ 2009
Florence Sophie Schorske 
      American nurse and educator

born April 19, 1917, Bronx, N.Y.

died Nov. 8, 2008, Branford, Conn.
reinvented the guidelines surrounding end-of-life care and was the driving force behind the building in the U.S. of a hospice system for the terminally ill, including the establishment (1974) in Branford of the first American hospice. Wald earned three degrees from Yale University: Master of Nursing, Master of Science, and honorary Doctor of Medical Sciences, and in 1959 she was made dean of the university's school of nursing. In this role she was instrumental in introducing a more rigorous approach to the nursing curriculum and in helping nurses gain the authority to involve patients in their medical care (at the time doctors had sole authority to make medical decisions). She resigned as dean in 1966 but continued her affiliation with Yale, working as a research associate (1969–70), as a clinical associate professor (1970–80), and as a full professor (from 1980). Wald was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998, was honoured by the American Hospice Association with a Founder's Award, and became the recipient in 2001 of the American Academy of Nursing's Living Legend Award. At the time of her death, she was working to bring hospice care to dying prison inmates.

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