FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11 July 2011

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Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International
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Honor Society of Nursing announces 2011 International Award recipients

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) honors nurses and health care professionals for their contributions to professional excellence with the 2011 International Awards for Nursing Excellence.

These awards recognize achievements in the fields of technology, media, chapter excellence, research and leadership. The recipients will be presented with their awards at the 41st Biennial Convention hosted by STTI in Grapevine, Texas, USA, 29 October through 2 November 2011.

“Nurses and other health care professionals nominate colleagues for these awards as a way to recognize professional excellence and personal commitment to making a significant contribution,” says STTI President Karen H. Morin, DSN, RN, ANEF. “The 2011 International Awards program helps exemplify the continued tradition practiced by nurses and other health care professionals to maintain the core values and success of the honor society.”

2011 Award Recipients

Audrey Hepburn Award 
Carole Ann Kenner, DNS, RNC, FAAN
Dean and Professor
Northeastern University
Gamma Epsilon #075
Boston, Mass., USA

Melanie C. Dreher Outstanding Dean Award      
Pam Fuller, EdD, MN, RN
Dean
University of Phoenix, College of Nursing
Omicron Delta #362 
Phoenix, Ariz., USA

New Member Pillar Award 
Mary P. Mann, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University
Pi Gamma #385
Atlanta, Ga., USA

The Episteme Award
Kathleen R. Stevens, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Professor and Director
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Delta Alpha-at-Large #095   
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Evidence-Based Practice Award    
Dorothy Ann Brockopp, PhD, RN
Professor University of Kentucky College of Nursing 
Delta Psi #117
Lexington, Ky., USA

Daniel J. Pesut Spirit of Renewal Award
Diana J. Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN
Senior Nursing Advisor
University of Kentucky HealthCare
Delta Psi #117   
Versailles, Ky., USA

Practice Academe Innovative Collaboration Award
The Practitioner-Teacher Model  
Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN  
Director, Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship and Professor Rush University Medical Center and Rush University College of Nursing
Gamma Phi #091
Chicago, Ill., USA

Elizabeth Carlson, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Rush University College of Nursing
Gamma Phi #091
Chicago, Ill., USA

Geriatric Nursing Leadership Award
Deborah A. D'Avolio, PhD, ACNP-BC, ANP 
Geriatric Specialist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gamma Epsilon #075
Beverly, Mass., USA

Chapter Awards

Chapter Spirit of Philanthropy Award 
Rho Delta #410, Aga Khan University School of Nursing, Karachi, Pakistan 

Chapter Communications Award
Rho Delta #410, Aga Khan University School of Nursing, Karachi, Pakistan 

Chapter Global Community Building Award
Kappa Tau #257, University of Vermont, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Burlington, Vt., USA

Founder's Awards

Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice  
Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing, Shearer Term Professor for Healthy Community Practices
Associate Dean for Practice and Community Affairs
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Xi #013
Philadelphia, Penn., USA

Dorothy Garrigus Adams Award for Excellence in Fostering Professional Standards
Susan L. Dean-Baar, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Eta Nu #179
Milwaukee, Wis., USA

Mary Tolle Wright Award for Excellence in Leadership
Claudia J. Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing 
Gamma Xi #084  
Little Rock, Ark., USA

Edith Moore Copeland Award for Excellence in Creativity        
Bonnie L. Wesorick, MSN, RN, FAAN
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Clinical Practice Model Resource Center 
Kappa Epsilon-at-Large #243 
Grand Rapids, Mich., USA

Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research
Martha A.Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Xi #013
Bryn Mawr, Penn., USA 

Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education 
Judith A. Halstead, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN 
Professor and Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Indiana University School of Nursing
Alpha #001
Bloomington, Ind., USA

Ethel Palmer Clarke Award for Excellence in Chapter Programming
Kappa Tau #257, University of Vermont, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Burlington, Vt., USA

Media Awards

Public Media Awards (Other – Electronic, Photography, Art, etc.)        
The Health Effects of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill: A Nurse's Perspective
Jasmine Hoffman, MBA, APR 
Director of Communications
Emory University School of Nursing
Atlanta, Ga., USA

Nursing Media Awards (Print)
Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step
Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN 
Editor-in-Chief
American Journal of Nursing
Upsilon  #018
New York, N.Y., USA

Nursing Media Awards (Other – Electronic, Photography, Art, etc.)     
Healing and Hope in Haiti
Laura Perry
Director of Communications
UCLA School of Nursing        
Los Angeles, Calif., USA

Research Awards

Research Dissertation Awards       
Music Relaxation Video and Pain Control: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Women Receiving Intracavitary Brachytherapy for Gynecological Cancer
Grace Chu-Hui-Lin Chi, PhD, MS, RN, OCN
Assistant Professor 
Texas Christian University, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Beta Beta-Houston #648   
Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Virginia K. Saba Nursing Informatics Leadership Award   

Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Moehlman Bascom Professor, School of Nursing and College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin; Chair, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin; Director, Project HealthDesign, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Beta Eta-at-Large #053
Madison, Wis., USA

Best of Publications Awards

Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship – Profession, World Health, and Health Systems
International Differences in Nursing Research, 2005-2006
Authors: Denise F. Polit, PhD; Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
USA

Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship – Clinical Scholarship    
Characteristics of Work Interruptions During Medication Administration
Authors: Alain D. Biron, PhD, RN; Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, PhD, RN;  Carmen G. Loiselle, PhD, RN
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Best of WORLDviews on Evidence-Based Nursing            
The Role of Nursing Best Practice Champions in Diffusing Practice Guidelines: A Mixed Methods Study   
Authors: Jenny Ploeg, PhD, RN;  Jennifer Skelly, PhD, RN;  Margo Rowan, PhD; Nancy Edwards, PhD, RN;  Barbara Davies, PhD, RN;  Doris Grinspun, PhD, MSN,  RN, O.ONT; Irmajean Bajnok, PhD, RN;  Angela Downey, PhD
Canada

Best of Book Author Award           
Interpretive Phenomenology in Health Care Research
Garrett K. Chan, PhD, RN, FAEN, FPCN; Karen A. Brykczynski, DNSc, RN, FAANP, FAAN; Ruth E. Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN; Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA

The Capstone International Nursing Book Award          
Clinical Context for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Bridie Kent, PhD, BSc(Hons), PGCert,  HE, RNT, RN, FCNA(NZ)
Chair of Nursing Eastern Health-Deakin
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Health
Deakin University – Melbourne Burwood Campus
Alpha Mu #034
Australia

Brendan McCormack, D.Phil (Oxon.), BSc (Hons.), PGCEA, RNT, RMN, RGN  
Professor of Nursing Research and Head of The Person-centered Practice Research Centre
Institute of Nursing Research/School of Nursing
University of Ulster
Rho Chi-at-Large #428
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Board Awards

Nell J. Watts Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award  
Lillian G. Douglass, PhD, RN
Associate Professor (Retired)
University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing
Mu Sigma  #304
Canada

Leana R. Uys, DSocSc, RN, RM
University of Kwazulu Natal
Tau Lambda-at-Large #441
South Africa

Archon Award         
Food for the Poor
Phelophepa Healthcare Train: Transnet Foundation/F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

Lucie S. Kelly Mentor Award         
Rachael F. Schiffman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Alpha Chi  #44 and Eta Nu  #179
Milwaukee, Wis., USA

Susan L. Dean-Baar, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Eta Nu  #179
Milwaukee, Wis., USA

Dorothy Ford Buschmann Presidential Award    
Sally P. Lundeen, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Eta Nu  #179
Milwaukee, Wis., USA

Honorary Membership
Jeff Arnold
Chairman and Chief Architect of Sharecare
USA

Renu Dhasmana, MS
Associate Professor
Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, HIHT University
Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust
Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant
Alpha Mu #034
India

Kenneth Hepburn, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Alpha Epsilon #027
Atlanta, Ga., USA

Tore Laerdal, MSc
Executive Director
The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine
Norway

Gladys McGarey, MD (inducted at 2011 Congress)
Mother of Holistic Medicine & Founder/President
American Holistic Medical Association & Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation
Nu Nu #323
Scottsdale, Ariz., USA

Daniel B. Oerther, PhD, PE, BCEE
John A. and Susan Mathes Chair Director, Environmental Research Center
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Omicron Omicron-at-Large #373
USA

For Convention registration information, visit www.nursingsociety.org.

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