Dr. Louise Selanders is an internationally
recognized nurse historian who passionately
believes that the history of nursing offers
answers to current and future issues of
nursing education, practice and research.
She has sought to accurately identify the
contributions of Florence Nightingale in
the areas of nursing theory, leadership
and philosophical development of the profession.
Dr. Selanders also gives lectures on these
respective and other related topics. Please
visit the Lecture
Topics page for more details.
Most recently, Dr. Selanders co-authored
the award winning volume Florence
Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership,
Global Action (Nursesbooks.org;
2005) which details how solutions identified
and implemented by Nightingale can be effective
in resolving issues such as global health,
managed care and the nursing shortage. This
volume was selected as the 2005 American
Journal of Nursing Book of the Year. See
Selected Publications
for ordering information and other available
publications.
Currently, Dr. Selanders is a professor
in the College of Nursing at Michigan State
University, East Lansing, Michigan. She
has championed undergraduate education in
nursing. She is the Director of the Master's
Program. She teaches in the traditional,
accelerated option, RN-BSN completion tracks
as well as in the Master's program. She
offers a challenging study abroad program
each summer in London which both identifies
the origins of modern nursing and compares
and contrasts the current status of nursing
in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Visit International
Opportunities for further information.
For helpful links relating to Florence
Nightingale and the nursing profession please
visit the Links
page.
To contact Dr. Louise Selanders
please visit the Contact
Information page.
“Dr. Selanders
has provided an extraordinary and
unique contribution to the nursing
profession through three decades
as a historical nursing researcher
and Nightingale Scholar. Her mission
is to interpret the nursing’s
legacy for students and health care
professionals as it relates to current
practice and education through her
teaching and publications.”
- Barbara
Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN; Director,
Holistic Nursing Consultants; International
Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative
for Global Health
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