Search For New Faculty Under Way
Date released: 03 Oct 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Dory Hulse
Director of Communications
434-924-0085 or 434-242-1333
doryhulse@virginia.edu
The University of Virginia School of Nursing has launched a search for several new faculty members. With a new Dean, the opening of a new state-of-the-art nursing education building, and plans under way to renovate the original nursing building, the School is poised for further development. Enrollment has recently increased to nearly 700 students in bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral programs, including Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs.
Faculty are sought for, but not limited to: acute and critical care, geriatrics and pediatrics. The focus of the search is to recruit experienced researchers in areas that build upon current strengths in the School. Preference will be given to those with teaching experience and established programs of research and who have a commitment to conducting externally-funded research. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in nursing or a related field; registered nurses must have a graduate degree in nursing and be eligible for licensure in Virginia. Salary, faculty rank and tenure are commensurate with education, experience and scholarship record. Joint appointments are available. For more information about the search, contact Sharon Utz at 434-924-0081 or swu2q@virginia.edu.
Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing Dorrie Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the former associate dean for academic programs at the University of California San Francisco and a past president of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. She became dean at UVA in August 2008. “We are looking for senior researchers who are passionate about creating science who wish to work in a healthy academic environment with supportive colleagues.”
The University of Virginia School of Nursing stands among the top 5% in the nation, ranked 19th by US News & World Report; two of its graduate programs are currently listed in the U.S. News Top Ten. With a vigorous research program that includes studies in rural health care and disparities, oncology, gerontology, complementary therapies and nursing history, the School has implemented new programs and strategies to address the national nursing shortage and the concurrent need for more highly educated nurses to deliver increasingly complex health care. The newly opened Claude Moore Nursing Education Building and upcoming renovation of McLeod Hall allows for an enrollment increase and expansion of the Clinical Simulation Learning Center and the Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry. For more information about the UVA School of Nursing and its programs, visit www.nursing.virginia.edu.