1. Pearl McIver was an American nurse and public official.
28 Facts About Pearl McIver
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Pearl McIver was noted for her work with the United States Public Health Service and was the first nurse to be employed by the body in providing consultation services on nursing administration.
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Pearl McIver was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Pearl McIver was born on June 23,1893, in Lowry, Minnesota.
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Pearl McIver was the daughter of a Scottish immigrant father and her mother, from Minnesota, was of Norwegian descent.
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Pearl McIver began her career as a school teacher in North Dakota.
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Pearl McIver nursed children during the 1918 flu pandemic, and cared for them by removing her mask and cap.
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Pearl McIver then wrapped the child in cloth and rocked them in her arms until they calmed down and consumed fluids.
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Pearl McIver graduated from the school in 1919, and remained at the university to work in the hospital for the next three years.
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Pearl McIver later obtained Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in administration from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Pearl McIver was one of the first students to attend the initial training program in Public Health at the University of Minnesota in 1919, taught by Louise Powell.
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Pearl McIver was the director of public health nursing in the Missouri State Health Department.
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Pearl McIver worked as a public health nursing analyst to concentrate on the national health needs of the people.
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The USPHS hired other nurses to help Pearl McIver in providing consultation to all states regarding issues relating to nursing.
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Pearl McIver was the first nurse to be employed by the USPHS to provide consultation on nursing administration.
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Pearl McIver was convinced that the strengths of each individual director of public health nursing of each state would influence its scope and quality.
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Pearl McIver's goal was to have an experienced nursing director in the health department of every state.
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Pearl McIver later continued with the service by working in their Division of Domestic Quarantine.
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Pearl McIver worked closely with the Director of Nursing in the US Children's Bureau, Naomi Deutsch, to support community nursing services in a coordinated way.
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In 1944 Pearl McIver was made chief of public health nurses.
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Pearl McIver had the honor of administering the oath to the Minnesota Nursing Cadet Corps members at their induction in May, 1944 at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis.
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Pearl McIver was the chief of the Nursing Unit of the Children's Bureau, and was responsible for training and assigning public health nurseries to various departments in the health sector.
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Pearl McIver worked with the American Nurses Association for nearly 20 years, and was its president between 1948 and 1950.
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Pearl McIver was the editor of the American Journal of Nursing and served as the Vice-President of the American Public Health Association where she oversaw the foundation of the organization's nursing section.
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Pearl McIver was the chairperson of the Federal Nursing Council, was a member of the Expert Panel of Nursing for the World Health Organization, was the chairperson of the International Council of Nurses Constitution Committee, and was the Vice-Chairperson of the American Nurses Foundation.
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Pearl McIver received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota in 1951.
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Pearl McIver was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the American Red Cross on May 8,1961.
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Pearl McIver was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in 2014.