Dean Jeanette Lancaster Tips for Being an Informed Patient  About the speaker Jeanette Lancaster PhD, RN, FAAN In 1989, Dr. Jeanette Lancaster became Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing at the University of Virginia where she now enjoys the longest tenure of any current dean. Her role as a practice leader and as Associate Chief Nursing Officer of the UVA Health System provides the opportunity to maintain an understanding of current trends, issues, and challenges in health care and she is recognized as a national and international authority on community health nursing, nursing education and leadership, and public policy. In March 2006, she became President of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the national organization setting standards and advocating for nursing baccalaureate and higher degree education. In 2006, she was appointed by Virginia Secretaries of Health & Human Services and of Education to serve on a statewide Healthcare Workforce Task Force. Dr. Lancaster is a Fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Nursing and in August 2007, she was elected by her peers as a Distinguished Scholar in the National Academies of Practice. It seems fitting that the educator who holds the first endowed nursing professorship in the United States (established in 1928) was herself honored in 1999 with the first endowed professorship named for a female Dean at the University of Virginia: the Jeanette Lancaster Alumni Professorship in Nursing. She has been honored as a distinguished alumna at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing and the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and was named honorary alumna at the UVA School of Nursing. In 2004, the New York University Division of Nursing presented her with the Maes-Macinnes Award in recognition of her contributions to and impact on the nursing profession. In 2005, the Beta Kappa Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing awarded her the Distinguished Nurse Award. In 2007, Dr. Lancaster was presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree by SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s College of Nursing and College of Health Related Professions “in honor of her many contributions to nursing and nurse education.” Also, in 2007, “The Jeanette Lancaster Fund for Faculty Excellence” was established by the UVa School of Nursing Advisory Board, honoring Dean Jeanette Lancaster for her years of distinguished leadership at the UVa School of Nursing. In addition, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing awarded her the “Melanie C. Dreher Outstanding Dean Award for Excellence in Chapter Support.” In addition to her extensive board and committee service with the AACN, Dr. Lancaster has held a number of offices in various professional organizations. She has served on the Board of Governors of the National League for Nursing, on the board of the National Council for Compensation Insurance and chaired the Committee on Graduate Nursing Education for the China Medical Board, to name a few. In collaboration with various colleagues, she has published over 50 articles in a variety of professional journals and given more than 200 speeches and workshops throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. She edits the interdisciplinary journal Family and Community Health and has edited or co-edited eight textbooks. Dr. Lancaster received her PhD in Public Health from the University of Oklahoma, her MS in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing from Case Western Reserve University, and her BSN from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. She is a former dean and professor at Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) and chaired master’s programs in nursing at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Her UVA tenure has been distinguished by her innovative efforts to improve gender imbalance at the University to give women a more equal role in decision-making, by new alliances forged within the UVA Health System, and by leading the School of Nursing to greater national prominence. Department Website: http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/people/view.aspx?bl6h In the News: Educating Nurses: Nursing School Dean Jeanette Lancaster to Step Down After 19 Years Virginia Legislature Lauds Dean Jeanette Lancaster Accolades: Jeanette Lancaster Alumna Establishes Jeanette Lancaster Fund for Faculty Excellence A Fitting Tribute to a National Leader: Alumna Establishes Jeanette Lancaster Fund for Faculty Excellence U.Va. Nursing Dean Appointed to State Task Force U.Va. Nursing Dean Named One Of "Most Powerful People In Healthcare" Jeanette Lancaster A Finalist For Top 100
Dr. Jeanette Lancaster from the University of Virginia Named Presidentof the American Association of Colleges of Nursing University of Virginia SON Dean Elected President of AACN Publications: Coping Mechanisms for the Working Mother Activity Groups as Therapy Breaking the Cycle of Family Abuse Tri-Council for Nursing Podcast: News Story: Nursing Dean Jeanette Lancaster Reflects on State of Nursing
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