Johanna Diepeveen-Speekenbrink (1936 – 13 December 2022) was a Dutch nurse and educator. She was a pioneer in the development of nursing science in the Netherlands with progressive ideas and also an advocate for emancipation in nursing.[1][2]
Diepeveen-Speekenbrik obtained her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 1957 in the United States. When she returned to the Netherlands she wanted to start working as a nurse. But she had to do another training because the American certificate was not recobnised in the Netherlands. She worked as a nurse in several hospitals and became a nursing teacher. She became a member in the board of the the University Medical Center Utrecht (1971), this was unique for a women in that era. She contributed to several teaching methods in the Netherlands.[1] The "Johanna Diepeveen-Speekenbrink Science Prize" is named after hir. This prize could be won by high-quality graduate nursing research.[3][4]
Diepeveen-Speekenbrink died in December 2022, at the age of 86.[1][3]
