Sheila Quinn

Dame Sheila Margaret Imelda Quinn, DBE, Hon, Dsc, BSc (Econ), RGN, RM, RNT (b. September 16, 1920, Blackpool) is a UK nurse and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, where she was the president from 1982 to 1986. She was educated at the Blackpool Convent of the Holy Child, Jesus, (Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool now known as St Mary's Catholic High School (Blackpool).

International work and honours

From 1961 to 1970, Dame Sheila Quinn served on the administrative staff of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), of which she was Executive Director from 1967 to 1970. She was an ICN representative to the International Labour Organisation. She also acted as a consultant to the World Health Organisation. She was Chief Nursing Officer to the Southampton University Hospitals, Regional Nursing officer for the Wessex Regional Health Authority, and, Chief Nursing Advisor to the British Red Cross. She was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and promoted to Dame Commander (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1993, the ICN awarded her the Christiane Reimann Prize, which is given every four years for outstanding contribution to the profession. Dame Sheila has contributed significantly to the Problem Solving for Better Health (PSBH) program at the Dreyfus Health Foundation (DHF) since 1995. [cite web | title=Sheila Quinn | work=Dreyfus Health Foundation | url=http://www.dhfglobal.org/psbhn/dame_sheila_quinn.pdf | accessdate=2006-07-05]

She is particularly interested in older people, helping to start the [http://www.brendoncare.co.uk/ Brendoncare Foundation] for Total Care of the Elderly in the mid-80s. [cite web | title=Sheila Quinn | work=RCN Fellows | url=http://www.rcn.org.uk/aboutus/fellows/quinn.php | accessdate=2006-07-05] [http://www.thequinncentre.co.uk/ The Quinn Centre] , which was named in her honour, was established in 2002 to respond to the training and information needs of the domiciliary care sector.

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