ELEANOR SULLIVAN TO TAKE
REINS AS EDITOR OF JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 1997 --
Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and immediate
past dean of the University of Kansas School of Nursing,
has been appointed editor of the Journal of Professional
Nursing (JPN), the official journal of the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Dr. Sullivan will begin her term as editor
effective January 1, 1998, succeeding Laurel Archer Copp,
PhD, RN, FAAN, who is retiring from the position.
An acknowledged leader in nursing education
and health care policymaking who has served on the AACN
Board of Directors, Dr. Sullivan is also president-elect
of Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing,
"With Dr. Sullivan's extraordinary
background as a nurse, nurse educator, and accomplished
writer, the AACN Board quickly realized that she was the
ideal candidate to continue the journal's significant record
of achievement," says AACN President Carole A. Anderson,
PhD, RN, FAAN. "Since its launch in 1985, JPN
has continued its steady climb as one of nursing's most
respected journals. The richness of Dr. Sullivan's experience
and her keen insights into the full spectrum of academic,
clinical, and policymaking arenas will extend the journal's
already substantial impact on the profession."
From 1995-1996, Dr. Sullivan served as the
first Hubert C. Moog Visiting Professor at the University
of Missouri-St. Louis Barnes College of Nursing. Previously,
she was associate dean of the School of Nursing at the University
of Minnesota.
A noted researcher on chemical dependency
and on drug prevention education for nurses and nursing
students, Dr. Sullivan has served on numerous committees
and other policy boards within AACN, other nursing and health
care associations, and at federal agencies. Within AACN,
she chaired the Association's committees on governmental
affairs and substance abuse, and was assistant editor for
education for JPN.
At the federal level, Dr. Sullivan has been
a member of several top policy panels, including a four-year
term on the National Advisory Council of the National Institute
of Alcohol Abuse of the National Institutes of Health, the
first nurse to serve on the council. Other federal posts
include her current assignment as co-chair of the Consensus
Panel on Treatment Improvement Protocols for Primary Care
for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
and past member of the Advisory Board on Advanced Practice
Nursing for the Division of Nursing of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
In addition, she has served on the Governing
Council on Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services of the
American Hospital Association and as member of the editorial
board of the Journal of Addictions Nursing.
Within the American Nurses Association, Dr. Sullivan has
chaired the Cabinet on Nursing Research and is currently
a member of an ANA task force to revise standards of practice
for addiction nursing. In 1993, the Association of Academic
Health Centers selected Dr. Sullivan for a two-year Pew
Foundation fellowship in academic administration and policy.
Dr. Sullivan's expertise in nursing management
and substance abuse is evident in her many publications
and four books. Her award-winning text, Effective
Leadership and Management in Nursing, was recently
released in its fourth edition by Addison-Wesley, and her
Nursing Care of Clients with Substance Abuse Problems,
published by Mosby, received the American Journal of Nursing
Book of the Year Award in 1995.
Dr. Sullivan received her nursing baccalaureate
and doctoral degrees from St. Louis University and master's
degree in psychiatric community health nursing from Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville.
The Journal of Professional Nursing
presents scholarly articles on nursing education, research,
practice, health care policy, and international health care
from a broad-based perspective. The bimonthly publication
features observations by nursing leaders on the diverse
roles of baccalaureate- and graduate-prepared nurses, as
well as columns on clinical, legislative, regulatory, ethical,
and other concerns of vital interest to nursing higher education
and practice.
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.
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CONTACT: Robert Rosseter
(202) 463-6930, x231
rrosseter@aacn.nche.edu
