GW Nursing Magazine Spring 2017

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The University of New Mexico’s
College of Nursing has named
Clinical Instructor Rebecca
Mance a 2016 distinguished alumna.
Ms. Mance has also been selected as
a 2017 Paul Ambrose scholar by the
Association of Prevention Teaching
and Research and the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion.
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Professor Angela McNelis has been
appointed to the editorial board of
Nursing Education Perspectives, the
journal of the National League for
Nursing. She also has been named a
distinguished alumna of the Indiana
University School of Education, where
she received a master’s degree in
education while pursuing graduate
degrees in nursing.
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Professor Joyce Pulcini received
the 2016 Rodham Institute Academic
Community Development Award for
“Engaging Communities to Enhance
Coordinated Asthma Care,” a project
in partnership with the District of
Columbia Asthma Coalition.
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Assistant Professor Billinda
Tebbenhoff was selected as an
advisory board member for the HOPE
initiative in Loudoun County, Va. The
HOPE initiative connects community
resources to prevent youth suicide.
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At the September 2016 Council for the
Advancement of Nursing Science State
of the Science Conference, Associate
Professor Karen Whitt was awarded
“Abstract of Distinction” for her
presentation “Nurse Practitioners’
Use of Pharmacogenetics in
Clinical Practice.”
FAREWELL
Assistant Professor Marjorie
Graziano, director of the
Family Nurse Practitioner
(FNP) program track, retired
at the end of December. The
FNP program, both at the
master’s and post-master’s
levels, grew significantly under
her leadership, expanding to a
twice-per-year admission cycle
with an annual enrollment
of over 100 students. As
evidence of the hard work and
dedication of Dr. Graziano and
her team, the students’ pass
rate for the arduous program is
consistently above 90 percent.
Dr. Graziano leaves behind a
strong legacy and foundation
for the school to continue to
build upon.
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