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NCSBN CEO Kathy Apple to Be Inducted Into the American Academy of Nursing
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CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - June 2, 2009) - Kathy Apple, MS, RN, CAE, CEO, National Council
of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®), www.ncsbn.org, will be formally
inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, as one of the new 2009
Fellows on Nov. 7, 2009, during the Academy's 36th Annual Meeting and
Conference in Atlanta, GA.
Apple was nominated for this honor by two current Academy Fellows and was
selected by the Academy's 15-member Fellow Selection Committee for her
outstanding achievements in the nursing profession. The Academy is
constituted to anticipate national and international trends in health care,
and address resulting issues of health care knowledge and policy. Not only
is the invitation to Fellowship recognition of one's accomplishments within
the nursing profession, but also affords an opportunity to work with other
leaders in health care in addressing the issues of the day. The Academy's
mission is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health
policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of
nursing knowledge. For more information about the American Academy of
Nursing, visit their Web site www.aannet.org.
Apple comments, "I am both humbled and honored to have been selected for
induction into the Academy. I look forward to actively participating in
the important work of the Academy."
Serving as NCSBN CEO since June 2001, Apple brings more than 34 years of
nursing and regulation experience to her position. Prior to her tenure at
NCSBN, Apple served as executive director of the Nevada State Board of
Nursing and on the NCSBN Board of Directors as director-at-large and vice
president. Apple holds a Master of Science in Psychiatric Nursing from the
University of Nevada, Reno, a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology
from the University of Alaska and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from
California State University, Long Beach. She is a Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow Alumni and credentialed by the American
Society of Association Executives as a certified association executive.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit
organization whose members include the boards of nursing in the 50 states,
the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories -- American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands. The College of Registered
Nurses of British Columbia is an associate member.
Mission: The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), composed
of Member Boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for
public protection.