Ursuline dean named chair of National League for Nursing
Oct. 17—Patricia A. Sharpnack, dean and Strawbridge Professor of Ursuline College's Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions, was recently named chair of the National League for Nursing during the organization's annual conference.
"I'm proud to represent an organization dedicated to ensuring that nurses have access to the best education and tools to meet the growing health care needs of our nation," Sharpnack stated in a news release.
She will continue to serve as dean during her two-year tenure in this volunteer position.
"Nurses and nursing care are only as good as the people who educated them," Sharpnack continued in the release. "As this country's premier professional organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education, the NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its nearly 45,000 faculty, deans, directors, and senior administrators in nursing programs across the spectrum of higher education."
The NLN has approximately 1,100 organizational members, including colleges and universities, health and hospital systems, and nonprofit health care organizations and corporate stakeholders in the health care sector.
"This role highlights Dean Sharpnack's vision and leadership on a national level," Ursuline President Sister Christine De Vinne stated in the release.
De Vinne noted that with Sharpnack as dean, the college has been named an NLN Center of Excellence in nursing education as well as achieving other educational marks.
"We're looking forward to her sharing her ideas and energy with the country in this new position while casting the spotlight on Ursuline and Cleveland as an epicenter for the best health care in the land."
