UVA Dean Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell to Celebrate National Nurses Week
Date released: 12 May 2009
On Friday, May 8, the market closed up – in more ways than one. A happy throng of dozens of nursing faculty, students, alumni, and friends joined Dorrie Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN, Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing and Dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing, as she rang the closing bell at NASDAQ to celebrate National Nurses Week. May 8 is National Student Nurses Day. In addition to the UVA crowd, she was joined at the podium by Frank Shafer, EdD, RN, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer of Cross Country TravCorps and a number of the company’s nurses. Dean Fontaine was invited to preside over the closing by Don Johnson, UVA nursing alumnus who is now a Managing Director at NASDAQ.
The Dean’s brief remarks recognized the many contributions of nurses, including at the bedside, in patient education, providing primary care, conducting research, teaching the next generations of nurses, and engaging in policy decisions. She highlighted nursing’s economic impact and the leadership role nurses will play in health care reform.
In addition to Dean Fontaine’s remarks, a video designed to celebrate nursing was shown on the
To see a video of the closing, visit www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm. Prior to the closing bell, the Dean was interviewed by Healthcare Week in Review. That interview can be viewed at www.corporateresearchgroup.com/video-details.cfm?ID=203.
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 and two more among the top twenty. With a vigorous research program that includes studies in rural health care and disparities, oncology, gerontology, complementary therapies and nursing history, the School also 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. For more information about the UVA School of Nursing and its programs, visit www.nursing.virginia.edu.