NLNAC 2008 Standards & Criteria Subcommittee Members

Thank you for the overwhelming response to our call for volunteers for the Standards & Criteria Subcommittees.  Please know we appreciate your willingness to serve; there were hundreds of responses received.  The Subcommittee Chairs have selected the members identifying excellent individuals from various institutions across the country.  The members were selected based on their linkages across the constituent communities, geographical location, and expertise in their specific program type.  Representatives from nursing service have also been invited to serve on each subcommittee.

There will be opportunities for you to provide feedback to the review processes of the Standards and Criteria.  Please check our Website for announcements about this important project – we value your input and ideas.

The following individuals will represent the members of the Subcommittees:

Doctorate Subcommittee

Frances Eason, EdD, MSN, RNC
Professor of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

 

Denise L. Robinson, PhD, RN, FNP
Director, MSN Program, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

 

Linda Samson, PhD, RN, BC, CNAA, BC
Dean and Professor of Nursing, College of Health Professions
Governors State University
University Park, IL

 

Carolyn Waltz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Director International Activities and Evaluation, School of Nursing
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD

 

Catherine Nuss Kotecki, DNSc, APN, RN
Director, Clinical Education & Research
Virtua Health System
Berlin, NJ

 

 

 Master’s Subcommittee 

Deborah Booton-Hiser, PhD, ARNP
Professor & Director, Nurse Practitioner Program
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Oklahoma City, OK

 

Randolph Rasch, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN
Professor & Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

 

Mary Lou Rusin, EdD, RN
Professor and Chair, Nursing Department
Daemen College
Amherst, NY

 

Corrine Wheeler, PhD, RN, PNP
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

 

Lisa Young, MS, APN/CFNP
Director, Wellness/Health Center
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL

 

 

 Baccalaureate Subcommittee 

Jean E. Ballantyne, PhD, RN
Director, School of Nursing
University of Alaska-Anchorage
Anchorage, AK

 

Janice Boundy, PhD, RN
Associate Dean of Graduate Program
Saint Francis College of Nursing
Peoria, IL

 

Cheryl Kish, EdD, RNC, WHNP
Associate Dean and Director of Division
Professional Nursing, School of Health Sciences
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA

 

Ellen Piskac, MSN, RN
BSN Program Director, College of Nursing
Clarkson College
Omaha, NE

 

Dennis Santa Ana, MSN, RN, ANP, NP-C
Senior Clinician
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

 

 

 Associate Subcommittee 

Judith Cordia, EdD, RN
Director of Nursing and Allied Health, Nursing Department
Western Nevada Community College
Carson City, NV

 

Kathy Hankel, MS, RN
Director, Department of Nursing
Genesee Community College
Batavia, NY

 

Janice L. Hodges, MSN, RN, BC
Director, Nursing Practice, Education, & Research
Sparrow Health System
Lansing, MI

 

Barbara McLaughlin, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

 

Vivian M. Yates, MSN, RN, CNS
Faculty, Division of Allied Health & Nursing
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH

 

Rebecca Miller, MSN, RN
Associate Dean of Health Sciences, Nursing Department
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, CA

 

 Diploma Subcommittee 

Laura Hamilton, MNSc, RN
Freshman-Sophomore Coordinator,
Baptist Health School of Nursing
Baptist Health
Little Rock, AR

 

Rose Saunders, EdD, RN
Dean, Helene Fuld School of Nursing in Camden County
Helene Fuld School of Nursing
Blackwood, NJ

 

Vicki Simpson, MSN, RN
Division Coordinator, Community Health,
St. Elizabeth School of Nursing
Greater Lafayette Health Services, Inc.
Lafayette, IN
 

Mary T. Stec, MSN, RN
Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator, Dixon School of Nursing
Abington Memorial Hospital
Willow Grove, PA

 

Theresa Wurmser, PhD, MPH, RN
Director
Ann May Center for Nursing
Neptune, NJ

 

 

 Practical Nursing Subcommittee 

Linda Cockrell, MSN, RN
Program Leader for Health Occupations,
Central School of Practical Nursing
Norfolk Technical Center, Norfolk Public Schools
Norfolk, VA

 

Crystal Higgins, MSN, RN
Chair,  Practical Nursing, Practical Nursing
Southeast Community College
Beatrice, NE

 

Mary L. Pool, MN, RN
Coordinator-Instructor,
Marion County School of Practical
Nursing
Marion County Technical Education Center
Marion, SC

 

Patricia Recek, MSN, RN
Department Chair, Vocational Nursing
Austin Community College
Austin, TX

 

Mollie Tripp, MSN, NNP, RNC
Unit Educator - Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina
Greenville, NC