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USU celebrates 40th anniversary
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1972. A number of activities will be taking place throughout the year in celebration of this milestone, which will culminate in a three-day event in late September.
Siebert wins prestigious Leonard Award
Diane Seibert, PhD, director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at USU, was awarded the James Leonard Award for Excellence in Clinical Research based on new research about Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.
Personalized education
Teaching at USU is a nostalgic experience for Army Major Thomas
Rawlings, assistant director of the Perioperative Clinical Nurse
Specialist (PCNS) program in the Graduate School of Nursing. The popular
instructor, known for his personal approach in the classroom, is also a
PCNS graduate from the Class of 2006, the second group to complete the
nation's only perioperative nursing program.
National Honors for GSN Program Director
Linda Wanzer, MSN, RN, DNP, CNOR, was selected to receive the 2012 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) National Award of Excellence in Perioperative
Nursing. This award is the highest honor bestowed by AORN and is awarded once a year to one deserving recipient.
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Spotlight
Navy Lieutenant Commander Pamela Wall, director of USU's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, recently spoke at a Joining Forces event held at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is working toward a Doctor of Philosophy.
"The Joining Forces initiative is important, because it provides America's nurses with the education, information and sensitivity they need to recognize and treat conditions that are unique to military and veteran populations," said Wall, who was hand-selected by the dean of Penn's nursing school to talk about her nurse corps experiences.
At the event, Wall also introduced first lady Michelle Obama, another Joining Forces guest speaker, who called nurses the "frontline of America's healthcare."