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ANDREA LINDELL ASSUMES
AACN PRESIDENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.C., April 2, 1998 -- Andrea R. Lindell, DNSc, RN, dean and
professor at the College of Nursing and Health at the University
of Cincinnati, has assumed the presidency of the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Dr.
Lindell, who since 1996 has served as AACN president-elect,
began her two-year term as president at the conclusion of
the Association's spring annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
As president, she will lead the programs and policy initiatives
of the organization that is the national voice for university
and four-year college education programs in nursing -- the
nation's largest health care profession.
"AACN
is at the forefront of advancing the education and research
that are at the heart of the largest health care profession,"
Dr. Lindell says. "At this time of sweeping change in
health care delivery, I look forward to contributing to AACN's
leadership that is fortifying the infrastructure of nursing
higher education to meet the nation's accelerating demand
for high-quality nursing care."
Dr.
Lindell has been dean at the University of Cincinnati since
1990, and previously headed the schools of nursing at Oakland
University and the University of New Hampshire.
Her
articles, book chapters, and presentations have focused on
psychiatric nursing -- particularly suicidology and the psychiatric
complications of AIDS -- and on strategies for managing academic
careers. Most recently, Dr. Lindell's research has examined
the changes in self-concept among institutionalized elderly
patients in nursing homes and group homes.
Dr.
Lindell serves concurrently as president of Nurses in Advanced
Practice, Inc., a college-formed, not-for-profit corporation;
member of the Health Care Task Force for U.S. Congressman
Rob Portman (R-Ohio); and member of the Cincinnati City Council's
Task Force on Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. She also serves
on the Board of Directors of OmniCare, Inc., a Cincinnati-based
pharmaceutical supply and equipment company. In addition,
Dr. Lindell is former chair of the Resolutions Committee of
the Council of Baccalaureate and Higher-Degree Nursing Education
of the National League for Nursing (NLN), served as a consultant
with the NLN Consultation Bureau, and is a former member of
the Board of Directors of the Midwest Alliance for Nursing.
Dr.
Lindell's expansion of the nursing program at the University
of Cincinnati includes establishment of a host of major initiatives.
Among these are the program's doctoral track, the Institute
for Nursing Research in collaboration with University Hospital,
and nurse-managed clinics providing care to severely mentally
disabled and indigent individuals as well as to academically
disadvantaged children in grades K through 8. In addition,
she established graduate-degree programs to prepare certified
nurse-midwives, nurse anesthetists , and nurse practitioners
specializing in women's health as well as in neonatal, family,
and critical care.
Dr.
Lindell was elected to the AACN Board of Directors in 1993.
Within the Association, she was most recently treasurer and
chair of the Finance Committee, and has held posts on other
AACN governance panels, including as chair of the Task Force
on Accreditation, and as member of the Resolutions Committee,
planning subcommittee for executive development seminars,
and Task Force on Substance Abuse. From 1984-1986, Dr. Lindell
also was assistant editor for legal and ethical issues of
the Journal of Professional Nursing, the official
journal of AACN.
Dr.
Lindell received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing
from Villa Marie College in Erie, Pennsylvania, and master's
degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing and doctorate
in nursing science from The Catholic University of America.
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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