Sigrídur Bachmann
Sigrídur Bachmann (born August 30, 1901 in Harrastadír, Iceland; † August 10, 1990 in Reykjavik , Iceland) was an Icelandic nurse .
Origin and life
Bachmann was born on August 30, 1901 as the daughter of Gudrun Gudmundsdottir and Gudjon Bachmann. After secondary school, she first attended a home economics school before moving to London and completing a training as a nurse at the university there. At Bedford College , Bachmann attended advanced training courses in health education and nursing training before she returned to Iceland in 1929. There she worked for the Red Cross in Akureyri until 1931, mainly in outpatient care . In the years that followed, she taught lay first aid and home nursing across the country . Her teaching activity was interrupted by a ten-month study trip to the USA (1935), during which Bachmann found out about public health care and the management of nursing schools. In 1941, Kirstin Thoroddsen appointed Bachmann to Iceland's only nursing school in Reykjavik. In 1948 she took over the management of the school from her predecessor. From 1954 to 1968 Bachmann was the director of the university clinic to which the nursing school was attached. Bachmann died on August 10, 1990 in Reykjavik.
Awards
- 1949 honorary membership of the Icelandic Red Cross
- 1958 Florence Nightingale Medal from the International Committee of the Red Cross
- 1981 honorary membership of the Islandic Nurses Association
literature
- Horst-Peter Wolff: Biographical Lexicon for the History of Care , Ullstein Mosby, 1997, ISBN 3-86126-628-8 . P. 9
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sigrídur Bachmann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic nurse and winner of the Florence Nightingale Medal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harrastadír, Iceland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1990 |
| Place of death | Reykjavik , Iceland |