NEW YORK NURSE: October/November 2007
Anne Cardinale, director of the Ulster County Office for the Aging and past president of NYSNA District 11, received the Senior Services Recognition award from the YWCA of Ulster County at its annual Tribute to Women dinner in October. The award is conferred upon Ulster County women who have shown leadership and service in the areas of education, healthcare, the arts, government, business, and community service. Cardinale was specifically recognized for her “many years of service, dedication, and contributions to the senior community.” Earlier this year, Cardinale was accepted into the inaugural Annual Leadership Institute of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The institute was created to prepare the nation’s local leaders in aging for the onslaught of baby boomers into the aging service system, and the anticipated loss of more than one-third of its local leaders to retirement.
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) selected New York University professor Margaret McClure as a 2007 Living Legend Honoree. The designation recognizes extraordinary individuals who “serve as reminders of the proud history of the nursing profession and as extraordinary role models.” McClure, a fellow of the AAN since 1976, was the chief nursing officer at NYU Medical Center for almost 20 years. She also served as chief operating officer and hospital administrator during that time. A prolific writer and lecturer, she authored Magnet Hospital: Attraction and Retention of Professional Nurses. McClure is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, and a past president of the American Organization of Nurses Executives. She retired from the U.S. Army Corps Reserves with the rank of colonel.
NYSNA members Mary Beth Hanner, Ann Gothler, and Barbara Krainovich-Miller were inducted into the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education in September. The three were lauded for innovative teaching and learning strategies; nursing education research; faculty development; academic leadership; promotion of public policy advancing nursing education; and collaborative educational, practice or community partnerships.
Hanner, formerly the dean of the School of Nursing at Excelsior College, is currently vice president for Outcomes Assessment & Faculty Development at the school. Previously, she taught community health nursing in the graduate and undergraduate programs at The Sage Colleges in Troy. Hanner’s presentations and publications have focused on assessment of clinical competency, systematic improvement based on outcome data, curriculum development, and quality indicators in online courses.
Gothler is a professor of nursing at The Sage Colleges, a former chair of the NYSNA Council on Nursing Education, and a current member of NYSNA’s editorial review board. She was noted for her contributions focusing on the nurse-educator role for graduate students and faculty, as well as the workshops she has conducted nationwide to illustrate the evolving scope of nursing education.
Krainovich-Miller is a professor and coordinator of the nursing education master’s and advanced certificate programs at New York University College of Nursing. Her “enduring and significant contributions to nursing education” included developing a model for teaching evidence-based practice at all educational levels; research on caring, nursing diagnoses, and cultural awareness to build nursing science; and sustained leadership in organizations that strengthen nursing’s scope of practice through promoting standardized nursing language.