2014 National Nursing Award for Volunteerism Dr. Marian Nowak, RN, PhD   Dr. Marian Nowak, DNP, MSN, MPH, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Rutgers. The State University of New Jersey – Camden and a member of NACN-USA received the 2014 Nurse.com Nursing Excellence GEM (Giving Excellence Meaning) Award. Nurse.com’s prestigious Nursing Excellence Awards program honors outstanding nurses in regions across the country leading to the selection of National Nurses of the Year. Dr. Nowak is honored for local, national and international volunteer efforts including:   • Local [...]

Congratulations to Dr. Marie Hilliard, RN, PhD, JCL, NACN-USA board member and to Brother Ignatius Perkins, OP, PhD, FAAN, RN, Dean of Aquinas College School of Nursing and NACN-USA member. Both were selected to the Advisory Committee to update the American Nurses' Association Code of Ethics.

Marylee Meehan, RN, MA Marylee Meehan, RN, MA, member of NACN-USA and affiliated Falls River Council in Massachusetts, was appointed by Pope Benedict IV to the Pontifical Council of Health Pastoral Care Workers in February 2011. She is the first lay woman ever to be appointed to this Pontifical Council, and also one of only three women members on the Council. Marylee is also a past President of CICIAMS. We are very proud of our NACN-USA sister in Christ.  Marylee is a living testimony of what one [...]