Newswise — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career to Janet Marvin, RN, MN. She receives this Visionary Leadership Award for contributions to AACN’s mission and vision at the 2011 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Chicago, April 30-May 5.
Marvin retired from nursing in 2009 after 40 years in the profession. Her efforts to improve the clinical care of burn patients contributed to far-reaching advances in pain management and wound care.
Prior to her retirement, she worked at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Galveston Burns Hospital, Texas. She joined the hospital in 1991 as director of nursing and became director of patient care services in 2003, a position she held until retirement. Marvin was the last person to leave the hospital when Hurricane Ike flooded Galveston Island in 2008. Her advocacy was instrumental in the decision to reopen the hospital, internationally known as a flagship for children’s burn care.
A champion of graduate education for nurses, in 1973 Marvin helped open at Texas Woman's University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School the first graduate nursing program for burn and trauma nurses funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 1977, she established a burn, trauma and emergency nursing graduate pathway at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Expanded to include all aspects of critical care, the program includes graduates who are prominent leaders in the specialty.
During her career, Marvin held faculty appointments in the medical and nursing schools at the University of Washington, Seattle. Other teaching positions include University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Nursing, Galveston; Seattle Pacific University; and Bellevue Community College, Wash. An invited lecturer, she has presented at numerous local, regional, national and international meetings and conferences.
The NIH and other organizations funded Marvin’s extensive research on burn care with more than $2.5 million. She served on the editorial boards for Burns, Including Thermal Injury, Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation and Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care. She has published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to 36 books, chapters and monographs.
Marvin was elected to the board of trustees of the American Burn Association, which honored her in 1977 with the Curtis P. Artz Distinguished Service Award.
About the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award: Established in 1997 and named for a past AACN president, the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career recognizes extraordinary and distinguished professional contributions that further AACN’s mission and vision of a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and families where acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. Recipients of this Visionary Leadership Award receive a $1,000 gift to the charity of their choice, lifetime membership in AACN and a crystal replica of the presidential “Vision” icon. Other Visionary Leadership Awards, AACN’s highest honor, include Lifetime Member Award, Honorary Member Award and the GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award.
About the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition: Established in 1974, AACN’s National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) represents the world’s largest educational conference and trade show for nurses who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families. Bedside nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners attend NTI.
About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN joins together the interests of more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization’s vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. To learn more about AACN, visit www.aacn.org, connect with the organization on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aacnface or follow AACN on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aacnme, #NTI2011.
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