Maryland Nurse - April 2021

April, May, June 2021 The Maryland Nurse Journal • Page 15
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More than 20 UMSON Faculty Members Awarded Funding to
Increase Maryland’s Nursing Capacity
Nineteen University of Maryland School of
Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been
named Maryland state New Nurse Faculty Fellows
(NNF), two faculty members have been awarded
a Nurse Educator Doctoral Grant (NEDG) for
Practice and Dissertation Research, and one
faculty member has received an inaugural Nurse
Faculty Annual Recognition Award. All awards
are part of the Nurse Support Program II, a
statewide initiative funded by the Health Services
Cost Review Commission and administered by the
Maryland Higher Education Commission.
The NNF fellowship is available to new
nursing faculty members and supports the
expenses of graduate education. It is designed to
assist Maryland nursing programs in recruiting
and retaining new nursing faculty to produce
the additional nursing graduates required by
Maryland’s hospitals and health systems. The
following faculty members received the maximum
award amount of $50,000 for fiscal years 2021-
25, assuming continuous employment as faculty in
good standing and the availability of funding:
• Oluremi Adejumo, DNP ’19, RN, assistant
professor
• Marisa Astiz-Martinez, MS ’13, RN, clinical
instructor
• DeNiece Bennett, DNP, RN, assistant
professor
• Nancy Bolan, PhD, MPH, FNP, CNM,
assistant professor and director, Office of
Global Health
• Andrea Brassard, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP,
FAAN, associate professor
• Lynn Marie Bullock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC,
assistant professor and director, Office of
Professional Education
• Kristin Bussell, PhD ’19, MS ’98, BSN ’84,
CRNP-PMH, assistant professor
• Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN,
assistant professor
• Patricia Christensen, DNP ’14, RN, NEA-BC,
assistant professor
• Hershaw Davis Jr., MS, BSN ’09, RN, clinical
instructor
• Tolvalyn Dennison, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC,
CNE, clinical instructor
• Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP ’15, MS ’00, NNP-
BC, assistant professor
• Maeve Howett, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC,
CNE, professor and associate dean for the
baccalaureate program
• Sandra Lucci, PhD, MS ’95, RN, CNE,
CMSRN, assistant professor
• Patricia Schaefer, MSN, RN, CNE-cl, clinical
instructor
• Vivian Schutz, PhD, MBA, RN, assistant
professor
• Tara Stoudt, MS ’08, RNC-NIC, clinical
instructor
• Rebecca Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE,
assistant professor
• Rhea Williams, MSN, CNM, clinical
instructor
cover costs associated with graduate education.
Awards are contingent upon degree completion
and employment as a faculty member for one year
for each year of the award. The following faculty
members received NEDG awards:
• Amanda Henson, MS, RN, CNE, CHSE,
clinical instructor
• Rebecca Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE,
assistant professor
Amy L. Daniels, PhD ’18, MS ’12, BSN ’89,
RN, CHSE, assistant professor and director of
the Clinical Simulation Labs, has been named an
inaugural recipient of the Nurse Faculty Annual
Recognition Award. Deans and directors of
all Maryland nursing programs may nominate
one nurse faculty for recognition each year
who demonstrates excellence, innovation,
and leadership. Daniels was recognized for
demonstrating excellence in teaching, engaging
in the life of the School, and contributing to
the profession as a nurse educator. This award,
available for experienced nursing faculty members,
provides $10,000.
The Nurse Support Program II is a statewide
initiative funded by the Health Services Cost
Review Commission and administered by the
Maryland Higher Education Commission. It
helps increase Maryland’s nursing capacity
by supporting initiatives that advance the
recommendations outlined in the Institute of
Medicine’s report The Future of Nursing: Leading
Change, Advancing Health.
Pictured above: (top row, l to r) Adejumo, Astiz-Martinez, Bennett, Bolan, Brassard, Bullock, (second
row, l to r) Bussell, Carpenter, Christensen, Daniels, Davis Jr., Dennison, (third row, l to r) Fitzgerald,
Henson, Howett, Lucci, Schaefer, Schutz, (bottom row, l to r) Stoudt, Weston, and Williams.
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The NEDG for Practice and Dissertation
Research provides up to $60,000 to nurse faculty
who are currently enrolled in or who have
recently completed a doctoral degree, helping to