Ferguson, Vernice
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Name (Latin)
Ferguson, Vernice
Date of birth
1928-06-13
Date of death
2012-12-08
Place of birth
Fayetteville (N.C.)
Place of death
Washington (D.C.)
Field of activity
Nursing
Associate group
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
United States. Veterans Administration
United States. Veterans Administration (1980)
Occupation
Nurse administrators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Fuller form of name
Vernice Doris
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- All that glitters is not gold, c1992:credit frame (Vernice Ferguson) narration (Dept. of Health & Human Services Sec.'s Commission on Nursing; Nat'l. Commission on Nursing)
- Educating the 21st century nurse, 1997:CIP t.p. (Vernice D. Ferguson) data sheet (MA, RN, FAAN, FRCN)
- New York times WWW site, Dec. 26, 2012(in obituary published Dec. 21: Vernice D. Ferguson; b. Vernice Doris Ferguson, June 13, 1928, Fayetteville, N.C.; d. Dec. 8, Washington, aged 84; fought for greater opportunities, higher wages, and more respect for nurses as a longtime chief nursing officer for the Veterans Administration)
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Wikipedia description:
Vernice Doris Ferguson (June 13, 1928 - December 8, 2012) was an American nurse and healthcare executive. She was the nursing department head at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center for several years, then served as a nurse executive with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for twelve years. Ferguson held faculty appointments at several American universities. She was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing, was the second American named an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in the United Kingdom and received several honorary doctorates.
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