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TCU's Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences hosts lecture on the future of nursing and healthcare

Fort Worth, TX

1/15/2010

TCU's Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences hosts a lecture on "The Future of Nursing and Healthcare" with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Dr. Susan Hassmiller from 5 – 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Mar. 4 in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitors Center on the TCU campus. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to attend. One nursing contact hour will be available for nursing professionals. RSVPs are required.

Dr. Hassmiller will cover new solutions for nursing in areas of recruitment, education, retention and new technologies; in the delivery of nursing services in a variety of care settings; and in the context of the entire health care workforce.

"It is important to hear Dr. Hassmiller speak on the future of nursing because we are at a crossroads for nursing and the health of the nation," said Dr. Pam Frable, associate dean and director of nursing in the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences.

Susan Hassmiller, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Senior Advisor for Nursing and the Director of the Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine. She was also the 2009 recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international honor given to a nurse by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Dr. Hassmiller, who joined RWJF in 1997, recently served a six-year term as a member of the National Board of Governors for the American Red Cross, serving in the role of chair of the Disaster and Chapter Services Committee.

She earned a Ph.D. in nursing administration and health policy from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., master’s degrees in health education from Florida State University and community health nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Florida State University.

The event is a W.F. "Tex" and Pauline Rankin Lectureship in Nursing. For more information on the event or to RSVP, contact Laurie Burton at 817-257-4975 or via e-mail at l.e.burton@tcu.edu. For more information on TCU’s Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences, visit www.harriscollege.tcu.edu.