Newswise — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will give the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career to Al Lever, MA, FCCP (Hon). He receives this Visionary Leadership Award for contributions to AACN’s mission and vision at the 2010 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Washington, D.C., May 15-20.
Lever is immediate past executive vice president and chief executive officer, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Northbrook, Ill., a key organizational partner of AACN. An honorary fellow of the college, he is also the immediate past officer and trustee of The CHEST Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the ACCP.
Lever’s commitment to collaboration led to development of two interprofessional forums. The Critical Care Collaborative promotes the exchange of ideas about critical care practice and ICU patient care among leaders from medicine, nursing, pharmacy and respiratory therapy. The Critical Care Institute develops topic-specific projects, one of which was treatment of pain in the critically ill, an important and underappreciated issue with implications for all health professions.
Lever’s creativity and vision led to strategic technology development initiatives that expanded ACCP’s key alliances, leveraged resources effectively and created new markets, programs and products. Customization, integration, centralization and business focus helped to achieve these goals.
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, #NTI2010.
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