Bertha Harmer (born 2 March 1885, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada – died 14 December 1934) was a Canadian nurse, writer and educator. Harmer graduated from the Toronto General Hospital (TGH) in 1913. She garnered attention, in addition to her academic accomplishments but also for Text-Book of the Principles and Practice of Nursing, which she wrote. The book first appeared in April 1922 while Harmer was teaching at St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York City.

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  • Bertha Harmer (born 2 March 1885, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada – died 14 December 1934) was a Canadian nurse, writer and educator. Harmer graduated from the Toronto General Hospital (TGH) in 1913. She garnered attention, in addition to her academic accomplishments but also for Text-Book of the Principles and Practice of Nursing, which she wrote. The book first appeared in April 1922 while Harmer was teaching at St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York City. The 2nd edition appeared in June 1928. By this time Harmer had left her positions as Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Nursing and First Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut and moved to Montreal where she was named Director of the School for Graduate Nurses at McGill University, a position she cherished and held until failing health forced her to retire in 1934, the year of her death. The third edition of her book was the last to appear under her name alone. It was published in July 1934, five months before Harmer's death. Christena Wallace (TGH/1922) who was Harmer's nurse around that time recalled Harmer editing the book and conferring with the publisher despite her the dire state of her health. Wallace claimed, as well, that Harmer's book was so popular that Macmillan, the publishing company, did not want to remove her name fearing a decrease in sales. Therefore the 4th and 5th editions, which were printed in 1939 and 1955, respectively, kept Harmer's name and added Virginia Henderson as a co-author/co-editor.
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  • Bertha Harmer (born 2 March 1885, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada – died 14 December 1934) was a Canadian nurse, writer and educator. Harmer graduated from the Toronto General Hospital (TGH) in 1913. She garnered attention, in addition to her academic accomplishments but also for Text-Book of the Principles and Practice of Nursing, which she wrote. The book first appeared in April 1922 while Harmer was teaching at St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York City.
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  • Bertha Harmer
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