2012 international new Fellows - American Academy of Nursing

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Ms. Rivet was a Pediatric nurse for several years prior to entering the managed care industry.
She is on the Executive Leadership team of UnitedHealth Group and on numerous industry
leadership boards including University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Board of Visitors as well
as a mentor to women in business through the Menttium program. Ms.Rivet has been recognized
by Fortune magazine (Most Powerful Women in American Business), Minnesota’s City Business,
Boston University School of Public Health, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal and AAHP.
She is a driving force in challenging the industry to enhance health and well-being through
information, collaboration and advancement of optimal healthcare.
Ms. Rivet received a Masters in Public Health from Boston University. She also holds a BS in
Nursing from Boston College and an RN Diploma from Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing.
mississippi
ROWEna W. ElliOtt, pHD, Rn, Cnn, bC, CnE
Rowena W. Elliott is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the Gerontological Nurse
Practitioner Program at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Dr. Elliott was the first African-American and doctorally-prepared nurse to be elected as the
National President of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). As president, Dr.
Elliott’s goals were to establish partnerships and increase nephrology nursing’s visibility. The
goals were met through her tireless effort with national and local initiatives. ANNA became one
of five organizations who partnered with American Kidney Fund’s “Pair Up” national campaign.
As a result, ANNA became more visible and involved in educating and screening individuals
at risk for kidney disease. Dr. Elliott expanded this effort and led two nursing predominantly
African-American nursing organizations to become partners in the “Pair Up” Campaign.
Dr. Elliott led ANNA to partner with two physician nephrology organizations (American Society
of Nephrology and Renal Physicians Association). These partnerships resulted in development
of position statements on the relationship between APRNs and physicians and publication of
articles on the role of APRNs and physicians in clinical settings.
An unwavering believer of lifelong learning and nursing education, Dr. Elliott established two
“Dare to Soar” scholarships for individuals who are pursuing baccalaureate degrees in nursing
and members of the National Student Nurses Association or ANNA.
Dr. Elliott received her BSN and MSN from the University of Mississippi School of Nursing, and
her PhD from the University of Mississippi School of Education. She is pursuing a post-master’s
certificate as an adult/gerontological nurse practitioner.
missouri
maRgaREt baRtOn-bURKE, pHD, Rn
Margaret Barton-Burke is the Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor in Oncology Nursing at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis. She holds positions as Nurse Scientist at the Yvonne L. Munn
Center for Nursing Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and Research Scientist at
the Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis.
Dr. Barton-Burke has an extensive career in clinical, academic, and military nursing and
retired at the rank of Colonel from the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Her military
leadership abilities and training was scaffolded with leadership positions within various nursing
organizations including the Oncology Nursing Society. She was instrumental in visioning,
funding, and hosting the first ONS State of the Science meeting on fatigue and cancer.
Dr. Barton-Burke has written more than 27 books and 10 chapters on cancer chemotherapy
for nurses and in 1991 her first AJN-award winning book was published at a time when there
was a dearth in textbooks related to the specialty of cancer care, specifically chemotherapy
and nursing care of the person receiving cancer chemotherapy. Additional publications include
a book on Cancer-Related Fatigue that was reprinted in Italian and an issue of Seminars in
Oncology Nursing written by a multidisciplinary authorship including a reverend, a physician,
a lawyer and nurses and covers such topics as racism, vulnerable populations, fatalism, gerooncology
as a health disparity, and recruitment into clinical trials and research studies for
invisible populations.