Carrio receives USU Educator Award
Navy Capt. Jan Carrio, the Senior Nurse Executive, Navy Medicine National Capital Area, received the prestigious 2009 Uniformed Services University Clinical Educator Award Oct. 9 for her work with the Graduate School of Nursing.
She was recognized for outstanding contributions to the education of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students.
Captain Carrio served as the Navy Medicine liaison for coordination of USU FNP preceptor support in the National Capital Area. Soon after she took on the role, Carrio began creating a systematic, centralized process at the regional level within the Navy for clinical placement of students. She assists the FNP clinical site director with recruiting, developing and maintaining clinical sites and preceptors.
Her efforts help the FNP program sustain its 100 percent pass rate on certification examinations, making GSN alumni among the most highly sought-after advanced practice nurses in the military health care system.
"Captain Carrio represents the outstanding education students come to expect from the GSN programs," said FNP Program Director Diane Seibert, Ph.D.
Carrio was recognized at an award ceremony held in the command suite at the National Naval Medical Center.
During the celebration, GSN Dean Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., presented Captain Carrio with a $2,000 check to be used for future education activities.
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Army COL Bruce Schoneboom, Ph.D., offers the GSN students a unique perspective on the types of situations they will likely face. Having experienced multiple assignments, including a one-year voluntary deployment to Afghanistan, COL Schoneboom is well versed in the tenets of military medicine. The USU alum shares this considerable knowledge when educating the future leaders of the military health care system.