New Treasurer for National League for Nursing
Washington, DC- A new treasurer was sworn into office on Friday, September 20 at the NLN’s annual Business Meeting.Patricia Yoder-Wise, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, ANEF, was installed as Board of Governors (BOG) treasurer.
“I am always awed by the enthusiasm of colleagues to step up to the responsibility of board service, and this year is no exception,” said NLN CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, in congratulating the winners of the 2014 NLN elections. “On the League’s behalf, I extend a warm welcome to the newest additions to the BOG. I look forward to a productive year.”
Added NLN President Marsha Howell Adams, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, a professor and the dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Alabama in Huntsville: “The talent, expertise, and collective years of leadership in nursing education that our board represents will continue to enhance the NLN’s effectiveness as it moves forward to promote excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of our nation and the global community.”
Patricia Yoder-Wise, dean emerita and professor emerita of the Health Sciences Center School of Nursing at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, was a 2012 winner of the prestigious NLN Award for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing Education. She has touched the careers of many colleagues and aspiring nurse educators through her writing, which includes the well-known volume, Leading and Managing in Nursing; numerous scholarly articles; and 25 years as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing: Continuing Competence for the Future and for three years ofNursing Forum. Although retired from the Texas Tech administration since 2000, Dr. Yoder-Wise remains active in nursing organizations and continues to teach at Texas Tech, Texas Woman’s University, and the University of Texas in San Antonio. She has served as president of the Texas Nurses Association and the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and treasurer of the American Academy of Nursing.
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