Background
Schwartz, Doris Ruhbel was born on May 30, 1915 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Henry and Florence Marie (Shuttleworth) Schwartz.
(Few books convey the excitement and wide range of opportu...)
Few books convey the excitement and wide range of opportunities possible in a nursing career as well as Doris Schwartz's vivid memoirs of her long career as a pioneering public health and geriatric nurse.
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Schwartz, Doris Ruhbel was born on May 30, 1915 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Henry and Florence Marie (Shuttleworth) Schwartz.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1953. Master of Science, New York University, 1958.
Staff nurse, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, 1942-1943; public health nurse, Visiting Nurse Association, Brooklyn, 1947-1951; public health nurse, Cornell Univercity Medical College, Cornell-New York Hospital School Nursing, New York City, 1951-1961; teacher public health nursing, geriatric nursing, Cornell Univercity Medical College, Cornell-New York Hospital School Nursing, New York City, 1961-1980; retired, 1990. Senior fellow University of Pennsylvania School Nursing, Philadelphia, 1981-1990. Member board directors Elders With Adult Dependants.
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Volunteer Foulkeways Continuing Care Retirement Community, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. Member advisory committee nursing World Health Organization, Geneva, 1971—1979. Advisory committee Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Teaching Nursing Home Project, Princeton, New Jersey, University Pennsylvania Wharton School Study of Continuing Care Retirement Communities, 1981—1983.
Fellow: American Academy Nursing (charter council 1973-1974, designated A Living Legend 1997), American Public Health Association (Distinguished Career award nursing section 1979), Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences. Member: American Nurses Association (Pearl McIver award 1979), Soroptimist (vice president New York club 1974-1975), Sigma Theta Tau (Founders award 1979, Mentor award Alpha Upsilon chapter 1992).