Newswise — Ada Sue Hinshaw — PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and professor, Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Md., the nation’s federal health sciences university — will receive the GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award.
The award, from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and supported by GE Healthcare, will be given at the 2011 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Chicago, April 30-May 5. This AACN Visionary Leadership Award recognizes significant contributions that influence high acuity and critical care nursing and relate to the association’s mission, vision and values.
Hinshaw was the first permanent director of the National Center of Nursing Research and first director of the National Institute for Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Md. In these roles she led successful efforts to position nursing research within the mainstream of public-funded biomedical and behavioral science in the U.S. She led the institute in its support of disease prevention, health promotion and environments that enhance nursing patient care outcomes.
Hinshaw’s own research focuses on quality of care, nurses’ sensitivity to patient and family needs, patient outcomes, measurement of those outcomes and building positive work environments for nurses. She discovered predictors of nursing staff turnover and pioneered studying the effect of nursing interventions on staff and patient outcomes.
Hinshaw is a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM), a leader in nursing education and research and a widely published scholar. She served as vice-chair of the IOM report, “Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment for Nurses.” Her service to the healthcare profession includes positions on numerous task forces, advisory boards and a term as president of the American Academy of Nursing.
Prior to joining the Uniformed Services University in 2008, Hinshaw served as dean and professor of nursing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Other academic appointments include the University of Arizona, the University of California San Francisco and the University of Kansas.
About the AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award: The annual AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award recognizes significant contributions that influence high acuity and critical care nursing regionally and nationally and relate to AACN’s mission, vision and values. Recipients of this Visionary Leadership Award come from business, academia and healthcare and receive a plaque and $750 honorarium at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition. Other Visionary Leadership Awards, AACN’s highest honor, include AACN’s Lifetime Member Award, Honorary Member Award and the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career.
About the National Teaching Institute: 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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