JoAnn Nallinger Grant
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| Born | Philadelphia, PA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Nutritional support nursing |
JoAnn Nallinger Grant RN, BSN was a pioneer in nutritional support nursing, and is credited as being the first nurse in the field of parenteral hyperalimentation.
Early Life
JoAnn Nallinger was born in Philadelphia, PA, attended Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill, PA, attained her RN in 1962 from the Nursing School of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and her BSN from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 1972.
Early Career in Nutritional Support
In 1968 she joined the team of Penn surgeons with Jonathan Rhoads, MD and Stanley Dudrick MD, who were developing the first practical way of providing complete nutritional support by vein over extended periods to patients who could not take nourishment via absorption through the gut. In the development of this technique, termed parenteral hyperalimentation, Nallinger Grant earned the distinction as being the first nurse in what was to become modern nutritional support nursing.[1][2] Her publications, which included the 1968 book Nutritional Support Nursing co-edited with Christine Kennedy-Caldwell defined the role of nurses as part of a team caring for and educating patients and other staff to assure success in treatment. 9780808918899 0808918893.</ref>
Middle Career
After marriage to neuropsychiatrist Igor Grant, Nallinger Grant relocated to La Jolla, CA. At the University of California, San Diego, and the San Diego VA, she was a research nurse in a program studying antidepressants in chronic low back pain. [3]
Retirement
Nallinger Grant retired in 2003 after progression of multiple sclerosis. She died on November 21, 2019, and is survived by her husband, daughters Jenna Grant, PhD, Anthropology professor at the University of Washington, and Leslie Grant, photographer in Minneapolis, and 3 grandsons. [4]
References
- ↑ Dudrick, Stanley J. (2005-07-01). "A 45-Year Obsession and Passionate Pursuit of Optimal Nutrition Support: Puppies, Pediatrics, Surgery, Geriatrics, Home TPN, A.S.P.E.N., Et Cetera". Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 29 (4): 272–287. doi:10.1177/0148607105029004272. ISSN 0148-6071. PMID 15961685.
- ↑ DiMaria-Ghalili, Rose Ann; Gilbert, Karen; Lord, Linda; Neal, Toni; Richardson, Denise; Tyler, Renay; Guenter, Peggi; for the ASPEN Nurses Standards Revision Task Force, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (13 June 2016). "Standards of Nutrition Care Practice and Professional Performance for Nutrition Support and Generalist Nurses". Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 31 (4): 527–547. doi:10.1177/0884533616653835. ISSN 0884-5336. PMID 27296813.
- ↑ Penn Nursing Magazine Fall2023
- ↑ Obituary: JoAnn Nallinger Grant
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