Christiane Elisabeth Reimann (May 6, 1888,

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

- April 12, 1979,

Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse ( ; it, Siracusa ; scn, Sarausa ), ; grc-att, wikt:Συράκουσαι, Συράκουσαι, Syrákousai, ; grc-dor, wikt:Συράκοσαι, Συράκοσαι, Syrā́kosai, ; grc-x-medieval, Συρακοῦσαι, Syrakoûs ...

) 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 The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the first international organization for health care professionals. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerl ...

(ICN). 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''.

References

*Bloch Kjeldsen, Susanne (17. oktober 2014). "Villa på Sicilien afdækker nyt om dansk sygeplejeikon". Sygeplejersken (Dansk Sygeplejeråd) 12/2014: s. 16, 26–31. 1888 births 1979 deaths People from Copenhagen International Council of Nurses Danish nurses Danish women nurses {{Nurse-bio-stub