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The Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) provides resources to support nursing research and advance the mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research.

The FNINR seeks to support research-based practice by educating all health care professionals, Congress, and other appointed and elected officials, and the public about advances made through nursing research and its benefits to patients, families, the community, and the delivery of quality health care.


Nursing Research "A Key to the
Nation's Health" Brochure

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Message from the President
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2008/2009 Board of Directors
(June to June)


President
Mary Jane England, MD (2009)
President
Regis College
Weston, Massachusetts


Vice President
May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN (2009)
Dean
Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio


Secretary/Treasurer
Frank Shaffer, EdD, ScD, RN, FAAN (2009)
Chief Nursing Officer & Chief Learning Officer
Cross Country Healthcare
New York, New York


Immediate Past
President
Karen L. Miller, PhD, RN, FAAN (2009)
Senior Vice Chancellor & Dean
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas


Board of Directors
Bill Crane (2010)
Hudson/Crane

Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN (2010)
Dean, School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Melissa A. Fitzpatrick, RN, MSN, FAAN (2010)
Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer
Hill-Rom
Cary, North Carolina


Andrea Higham (2009)
Executive Director/Corporate Equity
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, New Jersey


John J. Lynch, FACHE (2009)
President & CEO
Main Line Health
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania


Nilda P. Peragallo, DrPH, RN, FAAN (2010)
Dean
University of Miami School of Nursing & Health Studies
Coral Gables, Florida


Susan C. Reinhard, PhD, MSN, BSN (2010)
Director, Public Policy Institute
AARP
Washington, DC


Cathy Rick, RN, CNAA, FACHE (2009)
Chief Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC


Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN (2009)
Dean, School of Nursing
University of Washington, School of Nursing
Seattle, Washington


BOARD LIAISON:
Mary E. Kerr, PhD, RN
Deputy Director
Associate Director for Scientific Programs
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland



Executive Director
Deborah I. Beck

Emeritus Board of
Directors
Faye Abdellah, EdD, ScD, RN, FAAN
Roger Bulger, MD
Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN, FAAN
Gregory Eastwood, MD
Nancy Valentine, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Founding Members
Faye Abdellah, EdD, ScD, RN, FAAN
Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN, FAAN
Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
Maryann F. Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Diane Kjervik, JD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Ora Strickland, PhD, RN, FAAN
Nell Watts, MS, RN, FAAN
Ruby Wilson, PhD, RN
Louise Woerner
Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN



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