Christiane Reimann

Christiane Elisabeth Reimann (May 6, 1888, Copenhagen - April 12, 1979, Syracuse, Sicily) was a Danish nurse. She is especially remembered for being the first Danish nurse with a graduate degree in nursing. She was the first paid secretary ("Executive Secretary") of the International Council of Nurses (ICN).[1]

Christiane Elisabeth Reimann

The ICN's most prestigious award for nursing, the Christiane Reimann Prize, was established in her honor. Reimann also created the official journal of the ICN, the International Nursing Review.[2]

References
  1. Malchau, Susanne. "Christiane Reimann (1888-1979)" (in Danish). kvinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. "Christiane Reimann Prize 2017". International Council of Nurses. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  • Bloch Kjeldsen, Susanne (17. oktober 2014). "Villa på Sicilien afdækker nyt om dansk sygeplejeikon". Sygeplejersken (Dansk Sygeplejeråd) 12/2014: s. 16, 26–31.
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