
Known as the “mother” of the nurse practitioner movement, co-founded the first nurse practitioner (NP) program focusing on illness prevention and health promotion. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay
Milena Ohara · ·
Milena Ohara · ·
Milena Ohara · ·
Devised the first tool to scientifically assess a neonate’s health risks and need for potentially life-saving observation. Still considered the gold standard for determining the health of a newborn. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay
Milena Ohara · ·
First woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering how sugar-derived glycogen is used by the body as an energy source, leading to treatments for diabetes and other diseases. #WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDay
Milena Ohara · ·
Founded the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists, now the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA). Practiced with surgeon George Crile in Cleveland. Administered nitrous oxide to injured soldiers during WWI. #InternationalWomensHistoryMonth #IWD2024 #WomensHistory #WomensDay