NEWS
UR Nursing in the News What’s new in the School of Nursing? Here are some recent media reports involving UR Nursing faculty, staff, and students. Craig Sellers, professor of clinical nursing and director of master’s programs at the School of Nursing, was quoted in an April Inside Higher Ed article on how nursing school curricula are shifting to address the growing public health concern surrounding opioid addiction. Karen Reifenstein, assistant professor of clinical nursing, co-authored an article in October for Minority Reporter reminding women to get routine screenings for breast cancer. Mary Tantillo, professor of clinical nursing, appeared as a guest on the University of Rochester Quadcast podcast in June to discuss her new book,
Understanding Teen Eating Disorders: Warning Signs, Treatment Options, and Stories of Courage. She was also cited in a Futurity. org article examining 13 signs that your teen may have an eating disorder. Jacqueline Nasso, assistant professor of clinical nursing, authored an essay about the impact of nurses in the Democrat and Chronicle’s annual Salute to Nurses during National Nurses Week. Mary Carey, associate professor of nursing, wrote an article for the October 2018 issue of Police Chief magazine discussing the importance of managing blood pressure in order to maintain good health.
Daryl Sharp, professor of clinical nursing and senior director of care management for Accountable Health Partners and the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Susan Ciurzynski, professor of clinical nursing and director of the School of Nursing’s Center for Lifelong Learning, appeared with anchor Mark Gruba on the News 8 at Sunrise morning show in May to discuss the launch of the school’s new online Care Management Education program.
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SON Founding Dean Honored for Lifetime Achievements
Loretta Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN, FAANP, the co-developer of the nurse practitioner model and founding dean at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was honored last spring with a pair of lifetime achievement awards recognizing her extraordinary impact on the profession of nursing. Ford was honored with the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Social Mission in Health Professions Education by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and the Beyond Flexner Alliance April 9 in Atlanta. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties (NONPF) at its annual conference in Indianapolis on April 21. An internationally renowned nursing leader whose vision and habit of questioning the status quo galvanized colleagues and continues to inspire those who have followed in her footsteps, Ford’s studies on the expanded scope of practice in public health nursing led to the creation of the first nurse practitioner (NP) training program at the University of Colorado in 1965. Her work revolutionized the delivery of health services and the role of nursing in clinical care. Today, there are more than 350 academic institutions offering nurse practitioner programs and more than 200,000 practicing NPs. In 1972, Ford was recruited to become the first dean of the independent School of Nursing at the University of Rochester. She served as dean for 14 years, guiding the school to national and international prominence. Named a “Living Legend” by the American Academy of Nursing, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2011.
