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6 AACN Members Inducted Into American
Academy of Nursing
Six AACN members were among 73 new fellows inducted
into the American Academy of Nursing in a ceremony in October in Naples, Fla.
The new fellows are Judith Gedney Baggs, RN, PhD,
of Pittsford, N.Y.; Ruth M. Kleinpell, RN-CS, PhD, ACNP, CCRN, of Chicago, Ill.;
Ramon Lavandero, RN, MA, MSN, of Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Patricia Moloney-Harmon,
RN, MS, CCNS, CCRN, of Baltimore, Md.; Debra K. Moser, RN, DNSc, of Lexington,
Ky.; and Mary Woo, RN, DNSc, of South Pasadena, Calif.
Baggs is associate dean for academics and professor
at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. She is also the associate
editor of Research in Nursing and Health and chair of the Initial Review Group
at National Institute for Nursing Research. Her research has focused on
collaboration between ICU nurses and physicians and end-of-life decision making
in the ICU.
Kleinpell is associate professor at the Rush
University College of Nursing, where she teaches in the graduate critical care,
acute care nurse practitioner and doctoral program. She has conducted research
in the areas of outcomes for critically ill, elderly patients and acute care
nurse practitioner practice. She is a nurse practitioner at Our Lady of the
Resurrection Medical Center.
Lavandero is director of Development & Strategic
Alliances for AACN. He has served on the national boards of both AACN and AACN
Certification Corporation. He was the first nurse to participate in the Hispanic
Leadership Fellows program and was director of Sigma Theta Tau�s International
Leadership Institute.
Moloney-Harmon is an advanced practice
nurse/clinical nurse specialist at the Children�s Hospital at Sinai, Baltimore,
Md. She is a past member of the AACN Board of Directors and a past chair of the
AACN Certification Corporation Board. She is currently one of only three nursing
members of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive
and Critical Care Societies. She is currently the associate editor of Clinical
Practice for Clinical Nurse Specialists: the Journal for Advanced Practice.
Moser is professor and the first Linda C. Gill
chair of Cardiovascular Nursing at the University of Kentucky, College of
Nursing, Lexington, Ky. Her research has focused on heart failure. In 1996, she
received the AACN-sponsored Sigma Theta Tau Critical Care Grant and in 1998, the
AACN Mentorship Grant. She is co-editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular
Nursing.
Woo is the associate dean for research and an
associate professor at the University of California-Los Angeles School of
Nursing. She was the first person at UCLA to teach a course via the Internet.
Her research focuses on autonomic-cardiac interactions in relation to sudden
death risk in heart failure.
To be inducted into the academy, a nominee must
have demonstrated extraordinary commitment and contributions to nursing that
exceed the responsibilities of their employment, as well as the potential for
sustained contributions to the profession in the future.
The American Academy of Nursing was established in
1973 to provide visionary leadership to the nursing profession and the public in
shaping future healthcare policy and practice. There are currently 1,500 fellows
in the Academy, including more than 100 AACN members.
Members on the Move
Academic
Yin Tjie Schaff, RN, MS, APRN, BC, received a
master of science degree, with a focus as a family nurse practitioner, from the
University of Minnesota. She works at the St. Mary Duluth Clinic Regional Heart
Center, Duluth, Minn.
Professional
Barbara W. Girardin, RN, PhD, has received a grant
from the Office of Violence Against Women to fund a multidisciplinary conference
for forensic sexual assault examiners, law enforcement, forensic interviewers
and others involved in the care of victims of violence on the island of Guam.
Honors
Reynaldo Rivera, RN, MA, EdM, CCRN, CNAA, ANP, was
inducted into the Nursing Hall of Fame by the Nursing Education Alumni
Association of the Teachers College at Columbia University, New York, N.Y. An
AACN Region 2 Chapter Advisory Team representative, Rivera is chairperson of the
NYSNA Council on Continuing Education and president of the Philippine Nurses
Association of New York. In addition, he received the 2001 Marissa Pica Chapter
Leadership and Clinical Leadership awards from the New York City Chapter of AACN.
He is senior director of nursing at the Brooklyn Hospital Center.
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