Her alma mater has long understood that professor emerita and alumna Karen Pridham, PhD, RN FAAN, possessed the “it factor” in research and teaching—the UW–Madison School of Nursing’s alumni organization awarded her its most distinguished honor …
Year: 2013
Distinguished Alumna Diane Kjervik
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is one of nursing’s prime movers and a powerful counterpart for scientists turning discovery into health. Its stature today stems, in part, from one UW–Madison School of Nursing …
Distinguished Alumna Barbara Moilien Gruendemann
Three years ago, which is more than fifty years from the time she completed her nursing degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Barbara Moilien Gruendemann, PhD, RN, FAAN, CNOR, received her PhD in nursing science …
Distinguished Alumna Joanne Disch
For nursing leader Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, having what she calls “the nursing lens” at the health care policy table is a no-brainer. Why? Because without nurses, says Disch, 1968 UW–Madison School of Nursing alumna …
Distinguished Alumna Joy Calkin
“When Florence Nightingale first arrived at Scutari during the Crimean War,” explains alumna Joy Calkin, PhD, “the first thing she did was remove a horse’s carcass from the cistern where the bathing and drinking water was …