Pitt School Of Nursing Faculty Inducted Into American Academy Of Nursing

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Article Date: 10 Nov 2008 - 9:00 PDT

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Four faculty members from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing have been inducted as fellows in the American Academy of Nursing.

Helen K. Burns, Ph.D., M.N., R.N., associate dean for clinical education and associate professor in the Department of Health and Community Systems; Denise Charron-Prochownik, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Development; Mary Beth Happ, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor in the Department of Acute and Tertiary Care; and Ann Mitchell, Ph.D., R.N., H.N.C., associate professor in the Department of Health and Community Systems were selected by the Academy's 15-member selection committee for their outstanding achievements in the nursing profession.

Burns, Charron-Prochownik, Happ and Mitchell also are members of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, District 6, and were formally inducted as fellows with 89 other nurse leaders during the Academy's annual awards ceremony and induction banquet in Scottsdale, Ariz. University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing alumni Barbara Broom, Ph.D., R.N., and Margaret C. Slota, Ph.D., M.N., B.S.N., also were inducted as fellows.

The Academy's mission is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis and dissemination of nursing knowledge. Invitation to fellowship is recognition of one's accomplishments within the nursing profession and provides the opportunity to work with other leaders in health care to address current issues.

Founded in 1939, the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and has been ranked seventh in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 list of "America's Best Graduate Schools." The School also ranked third in the number of research grants from the National Institutes of Health, placing it among the top 10 in the amount of awards received for the ninth consecutive year.

For more information about the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, visit http://www.nursing.pitt.edu.

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