Newswise — Dr. Fay Raines, dean of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) College of Nursing, has been named president of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for a two-year term.
AACN serves as the national voice for baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing education in the U.S. Its goals include: maintaining quality standards in nursing education, assisting in implementing these standards, influencing better health care through the nursing profession, and promoting public support of nursing education.
Raines has served as dean of the UAHuntsville College of Nursing since 1990. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing at the University of Virginia, and her Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
In addition to dean of nursing, Raines also served UAHuntsville for more than nine years as associate provost for Institutional Effectiveness.
She has served AACN as president elect (2006-2008), treasurer (2002-2005), and as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors (2002-2005 and 2006-2008)
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