Sheila Collins

Sheila Margaret Collins OBE FRCN (28 August 1921 – 13 March 2009) was a British nurse, writer and educationist. She was chair of the Royal College of Nursing's council.

Life Collins was born in 1921 in Conwy, Wales. She was influenced in her choice by the emerging likelihood of a war and her entry to the London Hospital was delayed by a month because of war being declared in 1939. Collins was a member of the Briggs Committee on Nursing.

In 1983 she and Edith Parker's "Introduction to Nursing" was published.

In 1987 she was chair of the editorial board who created "The Essentials of Nursing: An Introduction" when she was an associate lecturer at the University of Surrey.

In 1989 her study "Curriculum innovations in six English nursing schools collaborating with institutions of higher or advanced further education" was submitted for a master's degree, but the University of Surrey decided to award her a doctorate. The Nursing Standard noted that she had a "profound influence on the development of nurse education and nursing history".

Private life She met Lilian Helen Margaret Collyer when they were both on a Royal College of Nursing course for tutors in 1949. They lived their lives together and entered into a civil partnership in 2007.