UNE’s Jennifer Morton named fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
The University of New Engl和 is proud to announce that Jennifer Morton, dean of the Westbrook College of 健康的职业, has been selected to be a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (the Academy).
莫顿,D.N.P., M.P.H., PHNA-BC, is one of 253 distinguished nurse leaders inducted into the Academy’s 2023 Class of Fellows. The 2023 fellows represent 13 countries, 40 states, the District of Columbia.
The American Academy of Nursing is a policy organization 和 an honorific society that recognizes nursing's most accomplished leaders in policy, 研究, 实践, 政府, academia to advance equitable solutions to the nation’s most complex health care challenges.
Academy fellows hold a wide variety of influential roles in health care 和 thus contribute their collective expertise to the Academy, engaging with health leaders nationally 和 globally to improve health 和 achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, 创新, 和科学. fellows are selected based on their contributions 和 impact to advance the public’s health.
Morton is a board-certified advanced 公共卫生 nurse whose 研究 和 scholarship interests lie in community-based care with vulnerable populations.
As 健康的职业 院长，莫顿监督近 two dozen graduate 和 undergraduate academic programs focused on the allied 健康的职业, guided by an interprofessional education model. Her teaching expertise is focused on pediatrics, 循证实践, 护理理论, 公共卫生, 社区卫生护理. 在诊所里, she has worked with pediatric clients ranging from neonatal intensive care units to public schools, she has worked in community-based settings both locally 和 abroad, 包括在加纳.
Prior to her role as dean, Morton oversaw tremendous growth in UNE’s 护理程序 作为 School of Nursing 和 Population 健康 与它的 四年的传统 和 加速 (16个月)计划.
Morton also demonstrates a successful extramural grant record, 召开制度, 基金会, federal awards totaling $4.900万年. This funding targets nursing/健康的职业 education, 培训, service focused on vulnerable populations in Maine. 另外, she is a member of several national 和 international professional organizations, including the International Association of Forensic Nurses, the Association of Community 健康 Nursing Educators, the American Public 健康 Association.
“I am humbled 和 honored to be selected as a fellow in the Academy for my work in 公共卫生 nursing 和 健康的职业 education,莫顿说. “I’ve been fortunate for opportunities that advance programming within the community 和 among nursing 和 other 健康的职业 students.”
Morton 和 the 2023 inductees will be recognized for their substantial, 持续的, significant contributions to health 和 health care at the Academy’s annual 卫生政策会议, taking place on October 5-7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.