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'''Isabel Maitland Stewart''' (January 14, 1878 – October 5, 1963) was a Canadian nurse. She was the founder of the Winnipeg General Hospital Nursing Alumnae and member of the first legislative committee that worked toward establishment of the Manitoba Association of Graduate Nurses.
==Early life and education==
Stewart was born in 1878, the fourth oldest of nine children.<ref name = "family"></ref> She came from a family of Scottish descent, due to the heritage of both her parents.<ref name = "Book1"></ref>
==Career==
Stewart attended and graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital Training School for Nurses, but was disappointed by the lack of hands-on training and education. She thus enrolled at Columbia University Teachers College and earned a bachelors and masters degree.<ref name = "Book1"/> Stewart and Adelaide Nutting, the principal of the School of Nursing, led the National League of Nursing’s The Standard Curriculum for Schools of Nursing.<ref></ref> By 1925, she took over the program after Nutting’s retirment, and became the Helen Hartley Jenkins Foundation Professor of Nursing Education and Director of the program.<ref name ="Book1"/> After her retirement, the Teachers College announced a professorship in her name, titled the "Isabel Maitland Stewart Research Professorship of Nursing."<ref></ref> In 1928, Stewart directed the first University sponsored studies in nursing using a research team approach at Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing. What made the survey unique was that it focused on both the nursing process and results of care in terms of patient comfort and safety.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
During WW1, Stewart Chaired the Vassar Training program for nurses.<ref></ref> She later became a founder of the Winnipeg General Hospital Training School for Nurses alumnae program and a member of the legislative committee establishing the Manitoba Association of Graduate Nurses.<ref name = "cna"></ref> Her main ambition was to train nursing school teachers.<ref name = "family"/> Stewart also Chaired the Education Committee of the International Council of Nurses.<ref name = "cna"/> By 1944, she was elected vice-president of the American Council on Education. Two years later she received the Finland Medal for Humanitarian Work.<ref></ref>
In 1956, she was the recipient of an honorary degree of law from the [[University of Manitoba]].<ref></ref> Stewart died in October 1963.<ref name = "obituary"></ref>
===Legacy===
In 1978, Columbia University Teachers College created the Isabel Maitland Stewart Fund.<ref></ref> They also started the annual Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing.<ref></ref>
==Selected publications==
The following is a list of selected publications:<ref></ref>
*''Opportunities in the field of nursing'' (1930)
*''The education of nurses: historical foundations and modern trends''
*''The foundations of modern nursing in America. Vol. 6, Education of nurses''
*''A Short History of Nursing'' (with [[Lavinia L. Dock]])
*''A History of Nursing''
== References ==
[[Category:1878 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Manitoba]]
[[Category:Canadian educators]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian educators]]
[[Category:Canadian nurses]]
[[Category:Women academics]]
==Early life and education==
Stewart was born in 1878, the fourth oldest of nine children.<ref name = "family"></ref> She came from a family of Scottish descent, due to the heritage of both her parents.<ref name = "Book1"></ref>
==Career==
Stewart attended and graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital Training School for Nurses, but was disappointed by the lack of hands-on training and education. She thus enrolled at Columbia University Teachers College and earned a bachelors and masters degree.<ref name = "Book1"/> Stewart and Adelaide Nutting, the principal of the School of Nursing, led the National League of Nursing’s The Standard Curriculum for Schools of Nursing.<ref></ref> By 1925, she took over the program after Nutting’s retirment, and became the Helen Hartley Jenkins Foundation Professor of Nursing Education and Director of the program.<ref name ="Book1"/> After her retirement, the Teachers College announced a professorship in her name, titled the "Isabel Maitland Stewart Research Professorship of Nursing."<ref></ref> In 1928, Stewart directed the first University sponsored studies in nursing using a research team approach at Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing. What made the survey unique was that it focused on both the nursing process and results of care in terms of patient comfort and safety.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
During WW1, Stewart Chaired the Vassar Training program for nurses.<ref></ref> She later became a founder of the Winnipeg General Hospital Training School for Nurses alumnae program and a member of the legislative committee establishing the Manitoba Association of Graduate Nurses.<ref name = "cna"></ref> Her main ambition was to train nursing school teachers.<ref name = "family"/> Stewart also Chaired the Education Committee of the International Council of Nurses.<ref name = "cna"/> By 1944, she was elected vice-president of the American Council on Education. Two years later she received the Finland Medal for Humanitarian Work.<ref></ref>
In 1956, she was the recipient of an honorary degree of law from the [[University of Manitoba]].<ref></ref> Stewart died in October 1963.<ref name = "obituary"></ref>
===Legacy===
In 1978, Columbia University Teachers College created the Isabel Maitland Stewart Fund.<ref></ref> They also started the annual Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing.<ref></ref>
==Selected publications==
The following is a list of selected publications:<ref></ref>
*''Opportunities in the field of nursing'' (1930)
*''The education of nurses: historical foundations and modern trends''
*''The foundations of modern nursing in America. Vol. 6, Education of nurses''
*''A Short History of Nursing'' (with [[Lavinia L. Dock]])
*''A History of Nursing''
== References ==
[[Category:1878 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Manitoba]]
[[Category:Canadian educators]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian educators]]
[[Category:Canadian nurses]]
[[Category:Women academics]]
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