Loretta Ford to present the evolution of the NP role
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Published: February 15, 2016 This content is archived.
Join us in welcoming internationally-known nurse leader Loretta Ford, EdD, PNP, RN, FAAN, FAANP, who is credited with transforming the nursing profession and health care delivery by co-founding the nurse practitioner model in the 1960s.
Topic: Evolution of the NP role
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Times: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Afternoon session) | 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Evening session)
Where: 111 Wende Hall (Afternoon) & 114 Wende Hall (Evening) | UB South Campus
Please RSVP by April 19, 2016.
Ford also piloted the first pediatric nurse practitioner model of advanced practice, which has been replicated in many other nursing specialties. She became the founding dean of the University of Rochester School of Nursing in 1972, and was also inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2011. Ford is the recipient of several prestigious awards and honors, and has published and presented extensively on the nurse practitioner movement.
