Nancy Roper was born on 29 September 1918, at Wetheral, near Carlisle, England, her mother [citation needed] was a nanny.
Her initial training was as a registered sick children's nurse (gaining a gold medal at Booth Hall Hospital, Manchester).
[1][2] Roper was called up to the Territorial Army as a nurse teacher, in World War II, although teaching was a reserved occupation.
[1] Roper won a British Commonwealth Nurses War Memorial Fellowship to study for MPhil at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1970.
And Scott reported that in her acceptance speech, Roper said she was 'humbled by the work that practical nurses carry out on a daily basis'.
[7] Roper's approach was more holistic as well as practical and reminded the nurse to look at the whole patient's needs, their capabilities and their past, present and future experiences.
In her obituary, a lecturer in nurse education, John Adams, said in The Independent, that Roper was both innovative and practical:'When I was a student 30 years ago I would have found her list of activities very helpful.
She combined clear thinking with compassion and has left a treasured legacy through her work around activities of daily living in nursing.’ [9]