OVATION Neonatal Nursing Career Path Scholarship Results
NANN successfully launched the OVATION Neonatal Nursing Career Path Scholarship this year, sponsored by OVATION Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The program supports and encourages the training and education of clinical neonatal nurses seeking to become neonatal nurse practitioners. The response was excellent, with many applications from highly skilled and motivated nurses. Two scholarship recipients were selected by a committee consisting exclusively of NANN members in a blinded review process to ensure impartiality.
Janet Robnett, RNC of Charlotte, NC is a Discharge Planner in the Intensive Care Nursery at Presbyterian Hospital, and attends East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Janet says "I enjoy working with interdisciplinary team members to provide optimum care for our babies and their families, and love the quest for knowledge" She has developed an orientation program, order sets and protocols for her unit, educational materials for families, and has participated in numerous committees both at her facility and in the community.
Ashley Darcy, BSN RN of Philadelphia is a Clinical Nurse II at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and attends the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Ashley is passionate about infant research, and participated in a study of ambient noise levels at three NICUs in the metropolitan Washington DC area. Her manuscript will be published in Advances in Neonatal Care, and she will be presenting a concurrent session at the NANN educational conference in September, 2008. Ashley says, "As an NNP I will integrate my growing knowledge of clinical practice and scholarship in a way that allows me to implement preventative, therapeutic, and restorative nursing interventions while continuing on a quest of discovery.
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