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College School of Nursing Dean Receives 2008 NJ State Nursing Award
Dr. Susan McMullen O’Brien recognized for Excellence in Education TRENTON, N.J. (April 22, 2008) —Dr. Susan McMullen O’Brien of Wyndmoor, Pa., dean of the School of Nursing at Thomas Edison State College, was recently awarded the 2008 C.A.R.E.S. Award for Excellence in Education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association.The C.A.R.E.S. Award for Excellence in Education recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of sound and creative educational programming for nurses, students of nursing or healthcare consumers in New Jersey. C.A.R.E.S Awards focus on excellence in clinical practice, administration, research and education. O’Brien was honored at the awards banquet at the New Jersey State Nurses Annual Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 2.
“It is an honor to have been selected for this prestigious award,” O’Brien said. “Thomas Edison State College has a commitment to support educational excellence and it is a privilege and a pleasure to work in the School of Nursing to further that effort.”
O’Brien has been on the faculty of several traditional campus-based nursing programs, and coordinated both educational and practice programs. As dean of the School of Nursing at Thomas Edison State College, O’Brien has overseen the transition of Thomas Edison State College’s examination-based RN to BSN curriculum into an ever expanding online format. With this change in 2001, the program has grown from 45 students to more than 800. In response to student requests and the needs of the profession, the School has developed an online nurse educator graduate program. Under O’Brien’s leadership, Thomas Edison State College School of Nursing has been awarded a U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to recruit and prepare minority nurse educators in online education and develop a collaborative network of diverse nurse faculty members to enhance nursing programs nationwide.
O’Brien holds a Doctorate in Health Education from Temple University in Philadelphia; a Master of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; and a RN Diploma from Roger Williams School of Nursing in Providence, R.I.
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