A life dedicated to nursing research and education, this is the legacy of Beatrice Kalisch. Her lifetime of work as a leader began after her graduation from both Central and UNMC and her achieving both her master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She is currently the Titus Distinguished Professor at the University of Michigan and Distinguished Nurse Scholar at the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC. Over the course of her fifty year career, Dr. Kalisch has been a researcher, writer, and editor of healthcare publications, a presenter at professional meetings in the USA and internationally, and a consultant to hospitals and other health care organizations. She has written 11 books and over 145 peer reviewed articles on quality and patient safety published in such journals as Medical Care, American Journal of Medical Quality, and International Journal for Quality in Health Care. She has also been the investigator for 19 research grants and 11 training grants, a member of review committees, and presenter at over 800 speeches on the subjects of the image of the nurse in the mass media, the impact of federal aid on nursing education and practice, and errors of omission and nursing teamwork. These activities have taken her to multiple cities located in every section of the United States and, internationally, from China to Australia and from Canada to Brazil.
Beatrice passed away in 2024 at the age of 80.