<strong>Mentor<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Second Edition
Sheila C. Grossman, PhD, APRN-BC, FNP, received her baccalaureate and doctoral degrees from the University of Connecticut, her master’s degree <strong>in</strong> biophysiological nurs<strong>in</strong>g with a cl<strong>in</strong>ical nurse specialty <strong>in</strong> respiratory nurs<strong>in</strong>g from the University of Massachusetts, and her post-master’s certificate as a family nurse practitioner from Fairfield University. She currently is a professor and coord<strong>in</strong>ator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, and works as a nurse practitioner weekly at an urban primary care center <strong>in</strong> Hartford. She has presented at multiple <strong>in</strong>ternational, national, and regional conferences as a keynote and plenary speaker on mentor<strong>in</strong>g and leadership and consulted for several health care agencies. She has received grants for her research and also for program development at Fairfield University School of Nurs<strong>in</strong>g. Dr. Grossman received an American Journal of Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Book of the Year Award (2007) for the first edition of this book, <strong>Mentor<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nurs<strong>in</strong>g: A Dynamic and Collaborative Process, and has other journal publications <strong>in</strong> the areas of mentor<strong>in</strong>g and leadership. Currently she serves as an expert resource for the American Nurses Association on the <strong>Mentor<strong>in</strong>g</strong> Project with five state nurse associations selected for mentor<strong>in</strong>g grants. She also received an American Journal of Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Book Award (2009) for the third edition of The New Leadership Challenge: Creat<strong>in</strong>g a Preferred Future for Nurs<strong>in</strong>g. She co-authored How to Run Your Nurse Practitioner Bus<strong>in</strong>ess: A Guide for Success and two gerontology certification books for APRNs and RNs. Dr. Grossman has completed the C<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>nati Children’s Hospital Genetics Fellowship and the AACN Leadership Fellowship. She has practiced as a staff and charge nurse on a variety of medical–surgical and critical care units and has been a critical care <strong>in</strong>structor at Hartford Hospital, Mount S<strong>in</strong>ai, Hartford, CT, and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center <strong>in</strong> Hartford, CT. Dr. Grossman has received awards for <strong>in</strong>novative teach<strong>in</strong>g/mentor<strong>in</strong>g contributions, most recently the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty Annual Nurse Practitioner Educator Award (2011), and the Connecticut Nurses Association’s Joseph<strong>in</strong>e Dolan Award for Outstand<strong>in</strong>g Contributions to Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Education (2009) for demonstrated excellence <strong>in</strong> mentor<strong>in</strong>g others. She is a board member of the American Nurses Credential<strong>in</strong>g Center Commission on Certification, 2011–2015, and serves as a program evaluator for the Commission on Collegiate Nurs<strong>in</strong>g Education. She is an active member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Sigma Theta Tau International Mu Chi Chapter, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, the Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Nurses Association, and a past member of the Connecticut State Board of Nurs<strong>in</strong>g.