Nola Pender

Nola Pender
Born August 16, 1941
Fields Nursing
Institutions Northern Illinois University
University of Michigan
Education Northwestern University (Ph.D.)
Known for Health Promotion Model

Nola Pender (born August 16, 1941) is a nursing theorist, author and academic. 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.

Biography

Pender earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Michigan State University. She received a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

She married Albert Pender, a business and economics professor. They had two children.[2]

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.[4] Pender was president of the academy from 1991 to 1993.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nola J. Pender". University of Michigan. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alligood, Martha; Tomey, Ann (2013). Nursing Theorists and Their Work. Elsevier. p. 435. ISBN 0323266975. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Peterson, Sandra; Bredow, Timothy, eds. (2009). Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 292. ISBN 0781785626. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Academy Living Legends". American Academy of Nursing. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
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