NIGH's 2017 Gala Reception during the 61st
UN Commission on the Status of Women
UN Commission on the Status of Women
celebrating the 'Exemplar' voices of Nurses & Midwives...
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On March 16, 2017, NIGH hosted our 3rd Gala Reception during the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. This year's event welcomed more than 80 nursing and midwifery leaders at the New York Academy of Medicine.
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See videos from our related UN Parallel Event Co-Sponsored by ICN
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Featured at this Gala Reception were our 'Advocacy in Action' Awards created by NIGH
to acknowledge leaders who have been 'Exemplars' in the global nursing community.
to acknowledge leaders who have been 'Exemplars' in the global nursing community.
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Exemplar — Excellence in International Nursing Leadership to Judith Shamian, PhD, RN, LLC (hon), DSc (hon), FAAN — the 2014-2017 President, International Council of Nurses (ICN). Dr. Shamian's campaign to become ICN president focused on uniting nursing, health-care and other groups to ensure nurses are able to turn their “expertise, experience and credibility into tangible policy action on the ground for the benefit of humanity.” She calls her “top priority as ICN President to be supporting outreach activities that multiply opportunities for nurses to connect, building mutual understanding and trust." Dr. Shamian has published and spoken extensively internationally on a wide range of |
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topics. Government agencies, departments and academic bodies—including the World Health Organization (WHO)—often call on her to speak and consult on many issues surrounding nursing, health human resources, leadership, and health-care policy. Shown in the above photo are Dr. Shamian, in the middle between Holly Shaw, PhD, RN, NIGH's lead UN DPI-NGO Representative (left and Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN, NIGH's International Co-Director and Co-Founder (right). To learn more about Dr. Shamian's leadership at the United Nations, click here >>
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Exemplars — Excellence in Global Advocacy Leadership — (from the left to right) to Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BD, FAAN, (LL-AAN), Founder & Director of the Watson Caring Science Institute and Distinguished Professor Emerita & Dean Emerita, University of Colorado, Denver, College of Nursing— to Julie Benbenisty, PhD(c), MS, RN, Co-Founder, 'Nurses in the Middle East' Israel and — to Naela Hayek. MS, RN, Co-Founder, 'Nurses in the Middle East' Palestine. Under the Sponsorship of Dr. Watson and her Caring Science Institute and their Partners in Caring, these leaders have developed an innovative approach to reaching nurse clinicians — who are otherwise unapproachable from within Israel — from Palestinian Authority lands. Together meeting in Jordan, this group of nurses have |
mapped and established strategies for much-needed follow-up with chronic cases when patients leave the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and return to their homes in the West Bank.
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Exemplar — Excellence in Education: Highest Ranked School of Nursing to Jeannine Muldoon, PhD, RN, Dean of Nursing & Professor, Molloy College, Rockville Center, New York—one of the top-ranked Schools of Nursing, rated by the US News & World Report. “At Molloy College, nursing is both art and science. One of the country's largest and most-respected programs, our nursing division's curriculum immerses you in clinical practice with an emphasis on human compassion, dignity and respect for the patient. Our programs proactively respond to the changing needs of our healthcare environment and our students, providing you with individualized attention from an expert faculty that's easily accessible and always committed to your success.” In an recent letter to her students Dr. Muldoon said, “We provide programs that prepare professional nurses for leadership roles in the delivery, design, and evaluation of nursing care that is evidence-based, humanistic and responsive to
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the ethical, cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of individuals, families and communities…. At Molloy, you will find a learning environment where students, faculty and our community partners strive to grow professionally and personally. We embrace the belief that we are all lifelong learners in a global community.”
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Exemplar — Excellence in Innovation to Kelly Reilly, PhD, RN-BC, Senior Director of Nursing Education, Research & Innovation, Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr; Reilly has expertise in planning, developing, implementing, and measuring the effects of simulation programs in clinical and academic settings. She has developed programs spanning undergraduate and graduate nursing, nursing orientation, specialty specific nursing courses, inter-professional curricula, and faculty development. She has also participated in the development of simulation programs to centralize and standardize clinical practice across large health systems and development of assessment and evaluation methods using simulation for academic accreditation. At Maimonides Medical Center, “we take special pride in our |
exceptional nursing staff and the role they play as members of the healthcare team. This approach enables us to keep patients at the heart of everything we do," Thomas Smith, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer.
Exemplar — Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Nursing’s Future Leaders to Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, RN, AAN's 2016 Living Legend, Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Fitzpatrick's prestigious 'Living Legend' Award is the highest honor to be bestowed by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). Fitzpatrick — who previously served as Nursing Dean of Case Western Reserve University for more than 15 years — is one of just five selected for this prestigious award. From an AAN press release, she “is best known for her contributions toward advancing the science of nursing education at universities and health ministries around the world. From developing educational interventions focused on HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda to designing a 10-hospital project centered on improving the nursing care provided to elders, her research has shined a spotlight on the meaningfulness of nurses’ work life.”
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Exemplar — Excellence in Scholarship to Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Accepting on Kennedy’s behalf is Amanda Anderson, MSN, MPA, RN (seen here at the left) — who works in nursing administration for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. She is a contributing editor and member of AJN’s editorial board. In this acceptance, Amanda shared from Ms Kennedy’s appreciative remarks: “In giving this award, I appreciate that NIGH is recognizing AJN and its editorial team for its commitment to a high standard for quality and accuracy – extremely important in this age where facts are not always held in high regard. And — while it is the AMERICAN Journal of Nursing — we know that nurses also need a global perspective! Technology and global travel have made our world much smaller than it used to be. So, AJN is committed to disseminating work that is also international in scope. We share the vision of NIGH — “to share information and solutions to improve health conditions for all humanity — locally, nationally and globally.”
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Exemplar — Excellence in Support, Encouragement & Promotion of Global Nursing Advocacy
to Photojournalist Ron Lesinski. |
On the left, a close up of the Advocacy in Action Award presented to Dr. Jean Watson — Founder of the original Center for Human Caring in Colorado and Founder & Director of the Watson Caring Science Institute. Across the world, clinical nurses and academic programs use Dr. Watson's works on the philosophy & theory of human caring and the art & science of caring in nursing. Her philosophy guides transformative models of practice for hospitals, nurses and patients alike — and in diverse settings worldwide. With more than 30 books, Dr. Watson's latest editions range from empirical measurements and international research, to new post-modern philosophies of caring and healing — from the philosophy & science of caring to caring science as sacred science and global advances in Caring Literacy. |
+ Much appreciation to the generous Sponsors of NIGH's 2017 Gala Reception...
Our Sponsors: Representative Staff from Maimonides Medical Center Nursing Department and the Cambodian Foundation for Higher Education
All above photos courtesy of the Watson Caring Science Institute / Ron Lesinski, Photographer