From Democrat & Chronicle:
When Loretta C. Ford was a pediatric public health nurse in the 1960s, she was often the sole medical practitioner available in rural areas near Boulder, Colo.
It prompted her to co-develop the nurse practitioner model at the University of Colorado in 1965.
In 1972, when the University of Rochester department established its School of Nursing, Ford — the school's founding dean — further changed the way nurses are trained by pioneering and implementing the unification model, an expanded combination of education, practice and research.
There are now more than 140,000 nurse practitioners in the United States today, and about 400 nurse practitioners at UR Medical Center's Strong Memorial Hospital.
On Saturday, Ford will be one of 11 women inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls.
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