USU GSN associate dean selected as AAN 2009 Fellow

Army COL Bruce Schoneboom is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
The American Academy of Nursing announced that one USU nursing leader was inducted as Fellow during the Academy's 36th Annual Meeting and Conference in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7.

Army COL Bruce Schoneboom, PhD, RN, CRNA, the associate dean of academic affairs at the USU Graduate School of Nursing, was selected for the prestigious honor along with 97 other nursing leaders at this year's event.

"This is one of the highest honors in our profession," said GSN Dean Ada Sue Hinshaw, PhD. "He was commended for both his military and academic career. We are very proud of him."

The Academy is made up of more than 1,500 nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research. Leadership positions held by Academy Fellows include university presidents, chancellors, and deans; state and federal political appointees; hospital chief executives and vice presidents for nursing; researchers and entrepreneurs; and practicing nurses.

"The academy is comprised of many of the nation's top nursing executives, policymakers, scholars, researchers and practitioners," said Academy President, Pam Mitchell, Ph.D., RN. "Being selected as an academy Fellow is an important recognition of one's contributions to nursing and health care."

 



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COL Bruce Schoneboom, Ph.D., is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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.