Cornelia M. Ruland, RN, PhD, FACMI
- director of the Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center in Osio, Norway
- professor of Medicine at the University of Osio
- PhD in nursing informatics
- one of the most productive nursing informatics researchers in the world
- influential in nursing practice in many countries
(American Medical Informatics Association, 2014)
Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
- professor and associate dean for research at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
- research focuses on recovery after cardiac events and on promoting healthy lifestyles
- her SystemCHANGE intervention has been shown to effectively change lifestyle behaviors
- director of an NIH-funded Center of Excellence in Self-Management Research and the Full Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Research
(Case Western Reserve University, 2008)
Peaceful End of Life Theory
- developed by a group of clinical nurses in a surgical gastroenterologic unit in a university hospital in Norway
- half of the patient population was diagnosed with cancer and caring for the terminally ill patient was part of the daily experience
- however, no clinical guidelines existed to provide guidance
- initiative to develop the standard of care for the peaceful end of life
- standards of care was the source for the development of the theory
(Ruland & Moore, 1998)