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 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Honors Fellows for 2005

Fort Lauderdale (June 19) -- The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) honored this year's Fellows of the AANP (FAANP) at a reception following their induction on Sunday, June 19 at the AANP annual national conference in Fort Lauderdale.

The FAANP program was established in 2000 to recognize nurse practitioner leaders who have made outstanding contributions to health care through nurse practitioner clinical practice, research, education, or policy.   Priority initiatives of FAANP are the development of leadership and mentorship programs for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students.  Fellows of the AANP are visionaries committed to the global advancement of nursing through the development of imaginative and creative future nurse practitioner leaders, and as such, hold an annual think tank to strategize about the future of nurse practitioners and health care outside the confines of traditional thinking. 

A limited number of nurse practitioners are selected for this highly coveted distinction each year.  The AANP proudly announces the following AANP members who have been named Fellows for 2005: 

Patricia T. Alpert, DrPH, MSN, FNP, PNP, APRN, BC; Linnea Axman, DrPH, MSN, APRN, BC; Barbara Berner, EdD, FNP, ANP, CHES; Alice Bonner, APRN-BC, GNP; Suzanne Burns, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN; Patricia Clinton, PhD, CPNP; Debra Danforth, MS, ARNP; Mary Anne Dumas, PhD, CFNP; Patricia Gorzka, PhD, PNP, ARNP; Susan Hagedom, PhD, PNP, WHNP; Dixie Harms, MSN, ARNP-BC, FNP-C, C-ADM; Gregory Holm, PhD, NP-C; Susan Kendig, RNC, MSN, WHCNP; Deborah Kiley, MN, NP-C, APRN, BC, ANP; Susan Leight, EdD, RNCS, CRNP; Lynna Littleton, PhD, RNC; Jamesetta Newland, PhD, APRN, BC, FNP; Karen Olson, PhD, MSN, FNP-C; James Pace, DSN, MDiv, ANP-CS; Frances Sahebzamani, PhD, ARNP; Sharon Sims, PhD, PNP; Peggy Veeser, EdD, APRN, BC, and Wendy Wright, MSN, ARNP.

The new FAANP members will continue the tradition of contributing to the mission of the AANP and promoting the role of the nurse practitioner as a provider of quality, cost-effective health care.

The AANP was founded in 1985 and is the largest, full-service national professional organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties.  With more than 19,500 individual members and 106 group members, AANP represents the interests of approximately 90,000 nurse practitioners around the country.  AANP continually advocates for the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective health care.  For more information about AANP, visit  www.aanp.org.

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