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and international advocate for
advanced practice nursing, the pro f e s-
sion of midwifery, and health care for
all women, Thompson has contributed
to the physical, emotional,
and spiritual well-being of families
worldwide.
M a ry D. Naylor, PhD, FAAN, RN,
f o rmerly associate dean and dire c t o r
of undergraduate studies, has become
the first holder of the Ralston House
Endowed Te rm Chair in
G e rontologic Nursing. Marla E.
Salmon, ScD, FAAN, RN, form e r l y
associate dean and director of graduate
studies, left to become the dean of
the School of Nursing at Emory
U n i v e r s i t y. ■
Judge Re n d e l l
B e c o m e s
Overseers’ Chair
U
.S. Circuit Judge Marjorie Rendell
(CW’69), a Penn trustee and
longtime leader in the University
c o m m u n i t y, has been named chair of
the School of Nursing’s Board of
Overseers. The appointment unders
c o res the conc
e rn and commitment
to
nursing she has
e x p ressed for
years thro u g h
her work with
the Vi s i t i n g
N u r s e
Association of Greater Philadelphia,
which she served as a board member
and vice chair.
Judge Rendell, wife of Philadelphia
Mayor Edward G. Rendell, Jr. (C’68),
has served on the Third U.S. Circ u i t
C o u rt of Appeals since 1997; she
spent the previous three years on the
U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
Judge Rendell’s knowledge of the
School and University, the nursing
p rofession, and city, state, and federal
g o v e rnments will be a valuable
re s o u rce to the School.
“In 10 years, there may not be stock
b rokers or bankers, but there will be
nurses. Penn will play a major role in
the evolution of nursing,” Judge
Rendell said. ■
Penn Macy Institute:
Advancing Academic Nursing Practice
Re p resentatives from 10 nursing schools across the
c o u n t ry gathered on the Penn campus for eight
days in July to discuss the challenges of faculty involvement,
re s e a rch integration, and practice sustainability.
The conference was the first of two by the Penn Macy
Institute to Advance Academic Nursing Practice, a joint
p roject between Penn and the Josiah Macy, Jr.
F o u n d a t i o n .
The schools were selected from a broad pool of applicants
because of their potential to develop practices that
integrate education and re s e a rch. Ten additional schools
will be selected for the summer 2000 confere n c e .
The presentations included a detailed outline by Mary
N a y l o r, PhD, FAAN, RN, (GNu’73, PhD’82) of the
re s e a rch agenda at the core of the LIFE program, Penn’s
academic nursing practice for the frail elderly.
“In nursing, too, the triad of education, re s e a rch,
and practice must be vitally bound if we are to pre p a re
nurses for clinical practice in the 21st century,’ said
Lois Evans, DNSc, FAAN, RN.
P a rticipants came from New York University, Te m p l e
U n i v e r s i t y, University of California at Los Angeles,
University of Colorado at Denver, University of
K e n t u c k y, University of Rochester, University of Te x a s
at Houston, University of Vi rginia, Washington State
U n i v e r s i t y, and University of Wisconsin.
Top (l-r): Lois Evans, dire c t o r
of academic nursing practices;
Penn Nursing Dean Norm a
Lang; President of the
Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation,
June Osborn; President of
Independence Foundation,
Susan Sherman.
Bottom: Nursing scholars fro m
a c ross the country explore the
field of advancing academic
nursing practice.
“ We were impressed by the expertise of re s e a rch and
clinical nursing scholars and their ability to build an
i n c redible, scholarly, and service-oriented bridge
between the traditional ‘islands’ of nursing academe
and practice,” said Linda Baumann of the University
of Wisconsin. ■
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