Background
Pender, Nola J. was born on August 16, 1941 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Frank and Eileen Blunk.
Dean community health nursing educator
Pender, Nola J. was born on August 16, 1941 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Frank and Eileen Blunk.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1964. Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1969.
She is a professor emerita of nursing at the University of Michigan. She created the Health Promotion Model. She has been designated a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.
Pender earned bachelor"s and master"s degrees from Michigan State University.
During her doctoral studies, Pender became interested in health promotion. She said that she was influenced by a doctoral advisor named James Hall, who studied how people"s thoughts shape their motivations and behaviors.
In 1982, Pender published her Health Promotion Model. She has also written a textbook, Health Promotion in Nursing Practice.
Several editions of the book have been published.
They had two children. Pender was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 2012. The award has only been given to a few dozen nurses who have made exceptional contributions to the profession.
Pender was president of the academy from 1991 to 1993.
Fellow American Academy Nursing. Member American Nurses Association (chairman research cabinet 1982-1984), Midwest Nursing Research Society (president 1985-1987), American Academy Nursing (president 1991-1993), National Institutes of Health (national advisory council nursing research National Center for Nursing Research 1987-1990, research program grantee 1985-1991).
Married Albert R. Pender, August 28, 1965. Children: Andrea, Brent.
