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Dr.
Jean Bartels from Georgia Southern University Named President
of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Drs.
Jeanette Lancaster, Kathleen Potempa, Lea Acord, Melanie Dreher
and Roberta Olson Also Elected to Serve on the AACN Board
of Directors
WASHINGTON,
D.C., April 13, 2004 - Jean E. Bartels, PhD, RN, professor
and chair of the School of Nursing at Georgia Southern University,
was elected to serve a two-year term as President of the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Dr. Bartels assumed
the presidency at AACN's annual meeting held late March in
Washington, D.C.
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"Jean
Bartels [pictured left] is a visionary leader whose
intellect, courage and passion for professional nursing
education will serve the association well," said
Kathleen Ann Long, PhD, RN, FAAN, Immediate Past President
of AACN. "Dr. Bartels is committed to advancing
AACN's mission of improving patient care by creating
a more highly educated nursing workforce."
Dr.
Jean Bartels has served on the AACN Board of Directors
since 1995 in the roles of President-Elect, Secretary,
Program Committee Chair, task force leader and columnist
for the Journal of Professional Nursing. As the Chair
of the Task Force on Education and Regulation for Professional
Nursing Practice #2, she provided the guidance and leadership
needed for AACN to move forward with the creation of
a new nursing role called the Clinical Nurse Leader.
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As
a member of the Steering Committee for the Creation of the
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Dr. Bartels
helped to lay the foundation for CCNE to become the leading
accrediting body for baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs.
She has presented testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Education and the Workplace, served as faculty
for a national community-based education project funded by
the Helene Fuld Health Trust, and is a frequent presenter
before national groups, including the Sullivan Commission
on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce.
Prior
to her appointment to Georgia Southern University in 1999,
Dr. Bartels served in a variety of roles at Alverno College
in Milwaukee, including Chairperson for nursing from 1990-1999.
At the state level, she currently serves on the Georgia Board
of Nursing Education Committee and is president of the Ogeechee
Area Hospice Board of Directors. Dr. Bartels also provides
regional, national, and international consultations on accreditation
processes, community-based nursing education, outcome assessment,
performance assessments, and in other areas.
A
strong advocate for lifelong learning, Dr. Bartels has completed
every level of nursing education from the diploma to doctorate.
She earned a PhD in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
a Master of Science in Nursing from Marquette University;
a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with honors from Alverno
College; and a diploma from Columbia Hospital School of Nursing
in Milwaukee. Dr. Bartels possesses practice expertise and
has conducted research in the areas of nursing care for the
adult, critical care, chronic care and community-based nursing
practice. She has written a number of books, chapters and
articles on topics ranging from outcome measurement in nursing
education, critical thinking in nursing, nursing education
for the 21st century, service learning and community-based
nursing education.
"Professional
nursing education and health care practice environments must
inevitably and powerfully change if we are to prepare the
next generation of nurses to participate as full partners
in shaping an improved health care system," said Dr.
Bartels. "As AACN president, I will strive to be a catalyst
for positive change, an advocate for federal support for nursing
education and research, and a champion for the pivotal role
nurses play in health care delivery.
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the spring meeting, Jeanette Lancaster [pictured right],
PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and dean of the University of
Virginia School of Nursing, was selected as AACN's President-Elect
and will assume the presidency in spring 2006. Dr. Lancaster's
service with AACN dates back to 1986, and she previously
served on the Board of Directors from 1992-1995 and 2000-2003.
Her distinguished career as a nurse educator in baccalaureate
and higher degree programs includes the appointment as
dean at the University of Virginia since 1989; dean at
Wright State University (OH) from 1984-1989; and faculty
roles at both the University of Alabama in Birmingham
and Texas Christian University. Dr. Lancaster currently
serves as Associate Chief Nursing Officer at the University
of Virginia Medical Center and is a fellow in the American
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Incumbent
Board member Kathleen Potempa [pictured left], DNSc, RN,
FAAN, dean of the Oregon Health and Science University
(OHSU) School of Nursing, was elected to serve as Secretary
of the AACN Board. Dr. Potempa has been an educator in
professional nursing programs for more than 25 years and
was recently promoted to Vice President of OHSU in 2002.
Prior to her current deanship, she was interim dean and
associate dean at the University of Illinois at Chicago
and director of the World Health Organization Collaborating
Center in Nursing and Midwifery. Within AACN, Dr. Potempa
has chaired the Task Force on Distance Technology in Education,
served on the Nominating Committee, and was a member of
the Task Force on the Hallmarks of Professional Nursing
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Other
AACN members elected to serve in the Member-at-Large capacity
on the AACN Board of Directors include Lea Acord, PhD, RN,
dean of Marquette University College of Nursing (WI), Melanie
Dreher, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the University of Iowa College
of Nursing; and Roberta Olson, PhD, RN, dean of South Dakota
State University College of Nursing. Each of these Board members
was elected to serve two-year terms from 2004-2006. They are
joined on the Board by Treasurer C. Fay Raines, PhD, RN, dean
of the University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Nursing;
Eileen Breslin, PhD, RN, dean of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
School of Nursing; Jane Kirschling, DNS, RN, dean of the University
of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professions;
and Terry Misener, PhD, RN, University of Portland School
of Nursing. AACN will hold a special election later this spring
to fill one open vacancy on the Board of Directors.
In
addition to elections to the Board of Directors, the following
individuals were selected by AACN's members to serve on the
Nominating Committee: Kathleen Andeoli, DSN, RN, FAAN, dean
of Rush University Medical Center College of Nursing (IL);
Timothy M. Gaspar, PhD, RN, dean of Winona State University
College of Nursing (MN). As the Immediate Past President of
AACN, Kathleen Ann Long, dean of University of Florida College
of Nursing, was also appointed to the Nominating Committee.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is the
national voice for university and four-year-college education
programs in nursing. Representing more than 580 member schools
of nursing at public and private institutions nationwide,
AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data
collection, publications, and other programs work to establish
quality standards for bachelor's- and graduate-degree nursing
education, assist deans and directors to implement those standards,
influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and
promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate nursing
education, research, and practice. Web site: http://www.aacn.nche.edu
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CONTACT: Robert Rosseter
(202) 463-6930, x231
rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu
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