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Cortney Davis,
a nurse practitioner in women’s health, received a 2005
AJN Book of the Year Award in the Public Interest and Creative
Works category for her book of poems titled Leopold’s
Maneuvers. The book is published by University of Nebraska
Press (2004). |
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Lesley F. Degner, professor
and chair of cancer nursing at the University of Manitoba
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, has been named the Oncology
Nursing Society’s 2006 Distinguished Researcher in recognition
of research that has enhanced the science and practice of
oncology nursing. In May, at ONS’s 31st Annual Congress
in Boston, Degner will present research, which involved long-term
collaboration with international colleagues, to analyze the
effect of country and culture on treatment preferences. |
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Rosanna F. DeMarco, associate
professor at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing,
participated in an audiovisual production titled “Entering
a Clinical Trial: Is It Right for You?” Produced by
Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the presentation
was recognized this past November with a FREDDIE. The FREDDIE
Awards, which have come to be known as “the Oscars of
the health and medical community,” are named for Dr.
Frederick Gottlieb, who brought together medical science,
education and the arts in what has become the preeminent international
media competition devoted to educational health and medical
productions. |
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May Dobal, formerly at the
University of Pennsylvania and Wayne State University, is
now assistant professor at New York University College of
Nursing, where she will further develop research on African-Americans’
health-related decision making. She is currently researching
African-American women’s decisions about weight loss.
Caroline Dorsen, a health educator and nurse practitioner
for 15 years, has joined the faculty of New York University
College of Nursing as program coordinator for the adult nurse
practitioner program. |
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Barbara Montgomery Dossey,
Louise C. Selanders, Deva-Marie Beck
and Alex Attewell, co-authors of Florence
Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership, Global Action,
were recognized by the American Journal of Nursing
with a 2005 Book of the Year award in the history and public
policy category. The book is published by Nursesbooks.org
(2005). |
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Carol Esche and Gail
Lemaire, assistant professors at the University of
Maryland School of Nursing, have been appointed co-directors
of the school’s new Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) master’s
program. The CNL program, the first in the state of Maryland,
was launched as part of the American Association of Colleges
of Nursing’s initiative to improve the quality of patient
care and better prepare nurses to assume effective leadership
roles in the health care system. |
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William Fehder, formerly clinical
director for graduate programs in anesthesia for the College
of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in
Philadelphia, Pa., has joined the New York University College
of Nursing faculty as associate clinical professor of nursing
with a joint appointment with the NYU Medical School Department
of Anesthesiology. |
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Harriet R. Feldman, dean of
the Lienhard School of Nursing at Pace University, received
the STAR Award for grass-roots political advocacy from the
Association of American Colleges of Nursing for her work in
address the nursing and nursing faculty shortages. Also, Educating
Nurses for Leadership (Springer, 2005), co-edited by
Feldman and Martha J. Greenberg, associate professor of nursing
at Pace, was selected as an American Journal of Nursing
Book of the Year in the Nursing Education and Continuing Education
category. |
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Linda Flynn, assistant professor
at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, has launched a $357,000 study, funded by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and contributions from the
New Jersey State Board of Nursing, to learn more about New
Jersey’s nurse work force and how workplace factors
influence job satisfaction and burnout. The study, conducted
with the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing at Rutgers
College of Nursing, is part of a multistate collaboration
with Linda Aiken, professor and director
of the Center for Health Outcomes at the University of Pennsylvania,
who is conducting similar research in Pennsylvania and California. |
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Beverly Foster, clinical associate
professor in the University of North Carolina’s School
of Nursing, recently was elected chairwoman of the North Carolina
Board of Nursing. Foster is serving her second term on the
board. |
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Susan Gennaro has joined the
New York University College of Nursing faculty as the Florence
and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research. Gennaro is
a perinatal nurse whose research focuses on the causes and
consequences of stress in families with preterm infants. |
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Janice Goodman, a psychiatric
clinical nurse specialist and assistant professor at MGH Institute
of Health Professions in Boston, was named a 2005 Sharon Davies
Memorial Award recipient by Freedom from Fear, a national
nonprofit mental illness organization. In addition to the
recognition, Goodman received $10,000 to conduct a research
study titled “Identification and treatment of depression
in pregnancy.” |
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Jacqueline L. Gonzalez, senior
vice president and chief nursing officer at Miami Children’s
Hospital, received the 2006 Alumnus of Distinction Award from
the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies.
The award is presented to a distinguished graduate for bringing
honor and recognition to the University of Miami and for exemplary
professional or personal achievement. |
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Pamela J. Grace, associate
professor at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing,
authored “Stress Ethical Issues Relevant to Health Promotion”
in Health Promotions: Throughout the Life Span, Carole
Edelman and *Carol Mandle (eds.), published by Elsevier Mosby,
2005. Edelman, associate faculty member at Yale University
School of Nursing, is director of outpatient programs at Waveny
Care Center in New Canaan, Conn. Mandle, associate professor
at Boston College School of Nursing, is a family nurse practitioner
and clinical nurse specialist. |
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Jeffrey Groom, director of
the Master of Science in Anesthesiology Nursing Program at
Florida International University in Miami, received a first-place
award from the Society for Medical Simulation for his research
study on the use of medical simulation techniques in the education
of student registered nurse anesthestists (SRNA). The study
examined the impact of psychological and physiological stress
upon the performance and decision outcomes of senior SNRAs
during a series of simulated emergencies. |
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Mary Magee Gullatte, director
of nursing for inpatient oncology and transplant services
and director of the Oncology Data Center for Emory Hospitals
and the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, received a 2005 AJN
Book of the Year Award in the Nursing Management and Leadership
category for the book she edited titled Nursing Management:
Principles and Practice. The book is published by the
Oncology Nursing Society’s Publishing Division. |
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