Dr. Cipriano, Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at the University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health System) in Charlottesville, Virginia possesses a vast wealth of experience, knowledge and expertise in many areas of nursing and healthcare. Dr. Cipriano has set herself apart as a nursing leader throughout her 30 years of clinical practice, teaching experience, ongoing research projects, and has authored a number of articles for nursing textbooks and journals. Dr. Cipriano currently oversees over 3,000 employees, including all nursing personnel and Inpatient services, Home Health, Outpatient Clinics, Cancer Center, Heart and Vascular Center, Social Work Department and Pharmacy Services at UVA Health System. She is also Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Dr. Cipriano previously held the posts of Administrator, Clinical Services at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC and Associate Professor at the College of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Cipriano is the recipient of a number of honors and awards that include American Academy of Nursing Fellow, American Nurses Foundation Scholar, Sigma Theta Tau International Distinguished Scholar, HBO-HealthQuest Nurse Scholar, and Who's Who in American Nursing. Throughout her career, she has held numerous elected and appointed positions in national nursing organizations, including the role of Treasurer of ANA.
"The appointment of Pam Cipriano as Editor-in-Chief of American Nurse Today assures our members, and all readers of this important new ANA nursing journal, that it will be a reliable source for a wide variety of pertinent nursing issues – across all specialties. Pam's ongoing leadership within the nursing community, her longstanding dedication to the field of nursing and her clinical expertise will all translate into spearheading development of important nursing editorial from which all nurses will benefit. I am personally very pleased that Pam has agreed to take on this exciting opportunity" said ANA President Barbara Blakeney, MS, RN.
"ANA and HealthCom Media worked together to identify an outstanding nurse leader who will work successfully with the nursing community to identify and define the new voice of nursing that American Nurse Today brings to nurses across the country," says Greg Osborne, President of HealthCom Media.
"Pam will oversee the editorial direction of American Nurse Today, as well as guide and direct our new Editorial Advisory Board to ensure ongoing dynamic editorial in the journal."
As her first official duty, Dr. Cipriano is working with HealthCom Media and ANA to identify outstanding nurses in all specialties who will work together as a team to offer readers a journal that is interesting, timely and important to the nursing profession.
The journal will be distributed monthly starting in October 2006 to an audience of more than 150,000 members of the ANA as well as an additional 25,000 nurses in all practice settings.
HealthCom Media, a division of Health Affinities, LLC, is a specialty publishing company located in Doylestown, PA. HealthCom Media publishes Menopause Management, Assisted Living Consult and Medicare Patient Management journals.
The American Nurses Association is the only full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.9 million registered nurses (RNs) through its 54 constituent member associations. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying Congress and the regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the public.
For more information, please contact Tyra London, Associate Publisher, HealthCom Media at (215) 489-7000, ext.117 or Margaret Kay, Periodicals Manager, American Nurses Association, at (301) 628-5024.
Press Contact: Tyra London
Company Name: HealthCom Media
Email: tlondon@healthaffinities.com
Phone: 215-489-7000
AndhraNews.net News for May 4, 2006