Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences will present the annual W.F. “Tex” and Pauline Rankin Lectureship in Nursing, which provides complimentary Continuing Nursing Education.

Gwen Sherwood, Ph.D., RN, FAAN will present “Transforming Healthcare: The New Science of Quality and Safety” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, in the Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom, 2901 Stadium Drive on the TCU campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Gwen D. Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN is professor and associate dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. She is co-investigator on Phases I, II and III of the award-winning Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to transform nursing curriculum to prepare nurses in quality and safety for redesigned health care systems. Sherwood is co-editor of the International Textbook on Reflective Practice and has been a leader in developing nursing education across borders, working with nursing faculty in China, Thailand, Macau, Mexico, England and Kenya.