Nightingale Nursing Chronicles- India Sojourn

About the Book

The most memorable recall of service with World Health Organization is the impression of unity. We were all committed to using our skills for the improvement of health worldwide for the health risks of developed nations and the health risk of less prosperous nations. We served as one family. The account of service in India is written with great respect and pleasant memories of kindness and an understanding of adjustment to a different culture, mine and theirs. Names have been changed when unable to contact the person. My service with WHO and Rambo Committee-Sight for Curable Blind has allowed me to see the development and improvement in health in spite of environmental conditions which impact health. I am grateful for the opportunity to have served with Government and non-government organizations in India and have great respect for both types of service.

About the Author

Dr Zimmerman was born and raised in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, one of seventy-eight grandchildren, twelve siblings, descendants of a family of early settlers. She received a BSN from Goshen College, a Masters in Maternal and Child Nursing, University of Pennsylvania and a Doctorate in Urban Education from Temple University. Fieldwork report, a Study of Concept Utilization of Five Year Old Korean Orphans and her dissertation, A Study of Relationship Between Health Factors and Academic Performance are on International Library Loan. Her international service includes relief work in South Korea with Mennonite Central Committee and in India as a member of World Health Organization. Currently her service to India continues as a member of the Board of Directors of Rambo Committee, Sight for Curable Blind. She was selected by International Biographical Centre of Cambridge University, as an International Woman of the Year-1992 and received the Biographical Honours Award for International Health and Child Development.