Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, 1960

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Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, 1960

Date

1957

Description

Pioneer in Evidence-Based Practice and Distance Learning

Kathryn Barnard, PhD, RN, FAAN, was known for her work in parenting and infancy, and early childhood development at the University of Washington School of Nursing. She founded both the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training program to teach professional caregivers and parents how to better care for newborns, infants, and young children, and the Center on Infant Mental Health and Development. The Center was renamed in her honor in 2012.

Dr. Barnard worked at the Douglas County Hospital in Omaha in 1954. She earned a BSN (University of Nebraska School of Nursing, 1960), an MSN (Boston University, 1963), and a PhD (University of Washington, 1972). She was named a fellow in the Institute of Medicine in 1985, a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing in 2006 and received an honorary Doctor of Science from UNMC in 1990.

Identifier

4.9.03

Rights

Courtesy of the UNMC College of Nursing Museum

Subject

College of Nursing

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