School of Nursing - University of Minnesota

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Honors & Awards
faculty
Melissa Avery, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate
professor, was inducted into the Academic
Health Center Academy for Excellence in
the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Linda H. Bearinger,
PhD, RN, FAAN,
professor, gave the
opening keynote
presentation for an
invitation-only Institute
of Medicine (IOM)
briefing at the headquarters of the
National Academies in Washington, D.C.
Her presentation, “Workforce Preparation to
Improve Adolescent Health: Review and
Recommendations” was based on a recently
released report from the IOM’s Committee
on Adolescent Health Care, Treatment,
Prevention and Health Promotion.
Bearinger served as the chair of the
workforce group that developed the
recommendations.
Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, professor, was
appointed to the Education Committee of
the International Continence Society.
She will represent the nurse-members of
this interprofessional committee. Bliss also
received the 2009 Continence Care
Leadership Award from the Wound Ostomy
and Continence Nurse Society.
Mary Chesney, PhD, RN, CNP, clinical
assistant professor, received the 2009
Advanced Practice Nursing Award from
the Third District Minnesota Nurses
Association. She also received a Presidential
Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the
National Association of Pediatric Nurse
Practitioners and the 2009 State Award for
Excellence from the American Academy of
Nurse Practitioners.
Connie W. Delaney,
PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI,
professor and dean,
was elected to the
Board of the American
Association of Colleges
of Nursing (AACN).
Delaney was also
appointed to the Health Information
Technology Policy Committee of the U.S.
Government Accountability Office.
The committee, a new advisory body
established by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act, will make
recommendations on the creation of a
policy framework for a nationwide health
information technology infrastructure,
including standards for the exchange of
patient medical information.
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, clinical
professor, was honored by the University of
Minnesota Center for Integrative
Leadership for her project, “Improving
Health Care Team Performance through
Integrative Leadership.” The project builds
on research by Disch and Douglas Wholey,
PhD, professor in the School of Public
Health. The researchers are studying the
impact of multidisciplinary teams on
outcomes for patients in the Veterans
Administration with chronic heart failure.
Sandra Edwardson, PhD, RN, FAAN,
professor, received the 2009 Nurse Educator
Award from the Minnesota Association of
Colleges of Nursing (MACN).
Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, MS, assistant
professor, received a Midwest Nursing
Research Society Mentorship Grant Award
to support a mentorship with Lynn Rew,
EdD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, professor in the
School of Nursing at the University of
Texas at Austin.
L-R: Lynn Rew, Carolyn Garcia, Jean Wyman, SoN
Professor and President of MNRS, Linda Bearinger.
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