Abdellah, Faye Glenn (1919–)

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Abdellah, Faye Glenn (1919–)

American nursing researcher. Born April 14, 1919, in New York; Ann May School of Nursing, nursing certificate; Columbia University, Teachers College, BS, MA, EdD.

Pioneering nurse researcher credited with saving thousands of lives by developing the nation's 1st tested coronary-care unit; promoted to rear admiral, the 1st nurse to receive the rank of two-star admiral; during career in the Public Health Service, changed the focus of nursing theory from disease-centered to patient-centered; was the 1st nurse and 1st woman to serve as US deputy surgeon general; founded the Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and served as its 1st dean; wrote Better Nursing Care through Nursing Research and Patient-Centered Approaches to Nursing. Inducted into Women's Hall of Fame at Seneca Falls, NY (2000).