Helen Erickson

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Helen Lorraine (Cook) Erickson (born 1936) is the primary author of the modeling and role-modeling theory of nursing.[1] Her work, co-authored with Evelyn Tomlin and Mary Ann Swain, was published in the 1980s and derived from her experience in clinical practice. In 2006 she edited a book that provides additional information describing the relationships among soul, spirit, and human form.

Erickson was the first president of the Society for the Advancement of Modeling and Role-Modeling (SAMRM). The organization was established in 1986 at the University of Michigan.[2]

She holds the title of Professor Emeritus at The University of Texas at Austin.[3] She has served on the Board of Directors for the American Holistic Nurses Certification Corporation.[2]

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Erickson was married to Lance Erickson in 1957 in Clare, Michigan. Together they live in Cedar Park, Texas.

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