Newswise — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the Flame of Excellence Award to Barbara “Bobbi” Leeper, RN, MN, CNS M-S, CCRN, FAHA, cardiovascular clinical nurse specialist at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas.
Leeper will receive the award at the 2011 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Chicago, April 30-May 5. The Flame of Excellence Award honors sustained contributions to acute and critical care nursing at a high level and with broad reach.
At Baylor, she leads multidisciplinary rounds, protocol development, quality improvement initiatives and standards of practice for critical care with particular emphasis on cardiac surgery and cardiology patients.
A respected expert national speaker and highly rated presenter at the AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, her chapters on cardiovascular care appear in “AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing” and “AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing.” As a popular presenter of review courses, she has coached thousands of nurses to become specialty certified in high acuity and critical care. She served on the editorial boards of Critical Care Nurse, Focus on Critical Care and the predecessor to AACN Advanced Critical Care and authored or co-authored a multitude of articles, abstracts and book chapters.
Her many awards include the 1997 Excellence in Clinical Practice Award from the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing of the American Heart Association, which named her a fellow in 2001. A member of AACN since 1972, Leeper served as president of the Greater Kansas City Chapter in 1973 and the Dallas County Chapter in 1994.
About AACN’s Flame of Excellence Award: AACN’s Flame of Excellence Award recognizes consistent high-level outcomes with a broad reach in acute and critical care nursing. Selected from the AACN Circle of Excellence Society, Flame of Excellence Award recipients promote patient-driven excellence through skilled communication, collaboration and decision making that transform thinking and achieve visible results. Award recipients receive a $500 honorarium and a crystal replica of the AACN vision icon at the 2011 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, April 30-May 5, in Chicago.
About the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition: Established in 1974, AACN’s National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) represent 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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