Phyllis Jean Verhonick
1922-1977
University of Portland School of Nursing,
Portland Oregon, BSN 1944
- Charter fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
- Awarded Legion of Merit for her military service
- Advocate for research education in the baccalaureate nursing curriculum
- First Chair of the Virginia Nurses Association Research Professional Practice Group
Phyllis Jean Verhonick, an early leader in advocating clinical nursing research, was recognized internationally for her research in the care of decubitus ulcers and the skin. Following a career in the United States Army Nurse Corps where she was Chief of the Department of Nursing at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, she became the first director of nursing research at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.
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"[Phyllis] is a part of the history of modern nursing research and a greater brand of humor and fun could not have been found. She has left a considerable legacy that the history of nursing and particularly nursing research will not forget."
Gloria Francis, Virginia Nurse, 1978
