Two UK Nurse Leaders Inducted as 2016 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
Back row left to right: Col. Marla De Jong, Patti K. Howard, Nora Warshawsky, Fran Feltner, Karen Hill, Jan Odem-Forren, Rosalie Mainous and Betsy Weiner
Front row left to right: Marcia Stanhope, Janie Heath, Carolyn Williams and Pat Howard
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) appointed two nurse leaders from the UK College of Nursing and UK HealthCare as 2016 Fellows in honor of their service to the community and the nursing profession. The distinction recognizes nurses whose outstanding accomplishments, interdisciplinary engagement and leadership are actively transforming our country’s health care systems.
“The UK College of Nursing recognizes and celebrates our two newest Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing who will join 26 current and emeriti faculty at the University of Kentucky in this outstanding achievement! Welcome to the Academy!,” said Dr. Janie Heath, dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing. “This is a great honor for the University of Kentucky.”
The two inductees include Nora Warshawsky, PhD, RN, CNE, associate professor in the UK College of Nursing; and Frances Feltner, DNP, MSN, RN, director of the UK College of Medicine Center of Excellence in Rural Health located in Hazard, Kentucky.
Dr. Warshawsky has transformed the landscape for nurse managers by developing the Nurse Manager Practice Environment Scale (NMPES), which provides nurse leaders with the ability to assess the context supporting nurse manager practice and guide organizational development.
In addition to the NMPES, Dr. Warshawsky conducted the first quantitative studies of job satisfaction and turnover in U.S. nurse managers. Her work has been celebrated and disseminated internationally through numerous publications and presentations.
Dr. Feltner has served as a nurse in clinical and hospital settings, worked with family practice residencies and now provides community education in her current role as director of the UK College of Medicine Center of Excellence in Rural Health.
One of Dr. Feltner’s most important roles as director has been working with the community health worker (CHW) program. Since 1994, she has helped provide training for CHWs and patient navigators across Kentucky and other states throughout the nation. Dr. Feltner also serves as the principal investigator of Kentucky Homeplace, which has been recognized at the local, state and national levels as a CHW model that works.
The American Academy of Nursing's 2,400 fellows are nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research and include association executives, university presidents, deans, political appointees, hospital executives and vice presidents for nursing, nurse consultants, researchers and entrepreneurs. Academy fellows have a responsibility to contribute their time and energy to the academy and to engage with other health leaders outside the Academy in transforming America's health system.
