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词条 Mary Woody
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Honors and awards

  4. Personal life

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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| name = Mary Woody
| image = Mary Woody.jpg
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| birth_date = March 31, 1926
| birth_place = LaFayette, Alabama
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|4|28|1926|3|31}}
| death_place = Decatur, Georgia
| nationality = American
| other_names =
| alma_mater = Columbia University
| occupation = Nursing professor and administrator
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}}Mary Florence Woody (March 31, 1926 - April 28, 2010) was an American nurse, hospital administrator and university professor. She worked as a director of nursing at two large hospitals and was a nursing school dean or associate dean at Auburn University and Emory University. She was designated a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.[1]

Early life and education

Mary Florence Woody was born to Hugh Ernest and May Lillie (Gilliland) Woody in LaFayette, Alabama, where she grew up on her family's farm.[2] Her father also owned a gristmill and a general store, where Woody often worked in her youth.[2] She had with five older siblings.[3]

Woody was inspired to pursue nursing by the violent events of World War II.[4] After graduating from high school, she completed Cadet Nurse Corps training at Charity Hospital in New Orleans in 1947.[5][6]

Before pursuing higher degrees in nursing, Woody worked for as a staff nurse for five years in three different hospitals.[7] In 1948, she joined the staff at Wheeler Hospital in Lafayette, Alabama. Then, in 1949, she transferred to the acute polio unit at Willard Parker Hospital in New York City.[5][7] Then, one year later, she moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where she served as a nurse and supervisor at the VA Hospital until 1953.[5][7]

Woody then moved back to New York where she earned a B.A. in nursing in 1954 from Columbia University and a master's degree in nursing service administration in 1955 from Teachers College, Columbia University.[5][8]

Career

After completing her master's degree Woody worked for one year as a faculty member and field supervisor in the division of nursing at Teachers College, Columbia University.[7] She then returned to the South, where she served as the assistant director for medical and surgical nursing Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia between 1956 and 1968.[6][7] During this time, Woody also worked as a co-instructor for the master’s program in nursing supervision at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.[7]

In 1968, Woody left Emory to accept the positions of Assistant hospital director and director of nursing at Grady Memorial Hospital.[6][9] She would continue to serve in these positions until 1979.[6] While working at Grady, Woody helped create a diabetes day care program, specialized nurse-managed clinics, and a patient education program.[6][9] She also established clinical specialist positions in the departments pediatrics, psychiatry, surgical rehabilitation, and burns.[10] Woody also recruited Elizabeth Sharp to found Grady's first nurse midwifery program.[6] Throughout her time at Grady, Woody continued to retained her role as an assistant professor of nursing at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.[7]

In 1979, she became the founding dean at the Auburn University School of Nursing.[6] Over the course of the five years she served in this position, Woody helped develop a practice oriented undergraduate nursing program.[11]

Woody returned to Emory University in 1894 to serve as both the director of nursing and the associate hospital director.[6][7] During this period, she also served as the associate dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.[6] During this period at Emory, Woody helped to established a collaborative model that allowed hospital nurses to teach students and nursing faculty to maintain a clinical practice.[2][6] She also created several new positions for nurses in transplantation medicine and pain and incontinence management.[6][2]

On September 15, 1992 Woody was named the interim dean of the nursing Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.[8] She held this position for one year.[2]

Woody officially retired from nursing on October 1, 1993 at the age of 67.[7]

Throughout her career, Woody advocated for the integration of professional associations in nursing.[5] She led the integration of the American Nurses Association.[12]

She also served on numerous committees over the years.[6] Most notably, she served as the Chairperson and Board of Directors of the American Journal of Nursing Company.[8] She also served as a charter fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the board of directors of Wesley Homes.[8]

Woody also held numerous professional memberships including the American Academy of Nursing, National League for Nursing, the American Nurses' Association.[6]

Throughout her life, Mary Woody published several articles and essays.[6] Her works were often featured in the American Journal of Nursing.[6] In 1973, Woody also a co-authored the book Applying the Problem-Oriented System with John Willis Hurst and Henry Kenneth Walker.[6]

Nursing students at Auburn University can be considered for the Mary F. Woody Alumni Endowed Scholarship.[13]

Honors and awards

  • Certificate of Special Recognition (1978) - Georgia Nurses’ Association[14]
  • Distinguished Nursing Achievement Award (1991) - Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing[15]
  • Alumni Achievement Award for Nursing Service (1992) - Teachers College, Columbia University[16]
  • Distinguished emeritus professor - Emory University[9]
  • Distinguished Nursing Achievement Award (1994) - Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing[15]
  • Honorary Alumnus Award (1995) - Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing[15]
  • Living Legend Award (1997) - American Academy of Nursing[2]
  • Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice (1999) - Sigma Theta Tau International[2]
  • Named one of 50 “Women Pioneers in Health Care in Georgia” (1999) - the state of Georgia[17]
  • Inducted into the Nursing Hall of Fame (1999) - Teachers College, Columbia University[14]
  • Inducted into the Alabama Heath Care Hall of Fame (2008)[18]

Personal life

Woody died in 2010 of congestive heart failure at an assisted living facility in Decatur, Georgia.[5]

See also

  • List of Living Legends of the American Academy of Nursing

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aannet.org/living-legends|title=Academy Living Legends|publisher=American Academy of Nursing|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/en/2005spring/hearing_voices.html|title=Emory Health Sciences Nursing - Hearing Their Voices|website=www.whsc.emory.edu|access-date=2019-02-05}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://nursing.emory.edu/news/releases/2010/04/nursing_legend_mary_woody_passes_away.html|title=National nursing legend Mary Woody passes away|date=April 29, 2010|publisher=Emory University|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/HS-MSS017/|title=From Dean Woody to Dean Witt: Reflections on AU Nursing|last=Ashmore|first=Lisa|date=Fall 2005|work=AU & AUM Schools of Nursing: Connections|access-date=|via=Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Archives, Emory University}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/mary-florence-woody-84-nurse-pioneer/nQf73/|title=Mary Florence Woody, 84: Nurse pioneer|last1=Badie|first1=Rick|date=May 17, 2010|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}
6. ^10 11 12 13 14 15 {{Cite web|url=https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/HS-MSS017/|title=Mary Woody Papers, 1947-2008, undated|last=Woody|first=Mary Florence|date=2016-07-21|website=findingaids.library.emory.edu|access-date=2019-01-31}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/rqzvj|title=Mary Woody Curriculum Vitae|last=Woody|first=Mary|date=1993|work=|access-date=|via=Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Archives, Emory University.}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/HS-MSS017/|title=Mary Woody is Named Interim Nursing Dean|last=|first=|date=September 21, 1992|work=Emory Report|access-date=|via=Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Archives, Emory University}}
9. ^{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=2010|title=In Memoriam: Mary Florence Woody|url=https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2010/06000/In_Memoriam__Mary_Florence_Woody.15.aspx|journal=The American Journal of Nursing|language=en-US|volume=110|issue=6|pages=19|doi=10.1097/01.NAJ.0000377679.63586.8d|issn=0002-936X|via=}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/rqzvj|title=Mary Florence Woody Named Charter Fellow of New National Academy of Nursing|last=|first=|date=February 6, 1973|work=American Nurses’ Association|access-date=|via=Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Archives, Emory University.}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.healthcarehof.org/honoree/mary-florence-woody-ma-rn|title=Mary Florence Woody, MA, RN* {{!}} www.healthcarehof.org|website=www.healthcarehof.org|access-date=2019-02-04}}
12. ^{{cite journal|title=In Memoriam: Mary Florence Woody|journal=American Journal of Nursing|date=June 2010|volume=110|issue=6|page=19|doi=10.1097/01.NAJ.0000377679.63586.8d|url=http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2010/06000/In_Memoriam__Mary_Florence_Woody.15.aspx|accessdate=December 14, 2014}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.auburn.edu/|title=Auburn University|website=Auburn University|language=en|access-date=2019-02-05}}
14. ^{{Cite news|url=http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/rqzvj|title=Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame: Caring, Scholarship, Dedication|last=|first=|date=2008|work=|access-date=|via=Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Archives, Emory University.}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nursing.emory.edu/_includes/documents/sections/alumni-and-giving/past_naa_award_recipients_through_2016.pdf|title=Past Nurses' Alumni Association Award Recipients|last=|first=|date=2016|website=Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=February 5, 2019}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcneaa.org/awards/awardwinners.html|title=NEAA|website=www.tcneaa.org|access-date=2019-02-05}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/en/2000winter/Newsbriefs.htm|title=Nursing Newsbriefs - Winter 2000|website=www.whsc.emory.edu|access-date=2019-02-05}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.healthcarehof.org/honorees#|title=Honorees {{!}} www.healthcarehof.org|website=www.healthcarehof.org|access-date=2019-02-05}}

External links

  • Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008 at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library Archives, Emory University
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