Paula Milone-Nuzzo
Paula Milone-Nuzzo | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | BSN, Boston College MSN, PhD, 1989, University of Connecticut |
| Thesis | The organizational variables which affect the development of interpersonal conflict in a department of nursing: a case study (1989) |
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| Institutions | MGH Institute of Health Professions Pennsylvania State University Yale School of Nursing Southern Connecticut State University |
Paula Frances Milone-Nuzzo is an American nurse. She has served as the president of the MGH Institute of Health Professions since 2017 after serving as Dean of Nursing at Pennsylvania State University.
Early life and education
[edit]Milone-Nuzzo was born to a policeman and educator.[1] She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College before earning her Master of Science in Nursing and PhD from the University of Connecticut.[2]
Career
[edit]Following her PhD, Milone-Nuzzo joined the faculty at Southern Connecticut State University for nine years before leaving to become a professor at the Yale School of Nursing.[2] Upon joining the faculty at Yale, Milone-Nuzzo developed the United States' first home care master's program and authored the Manual of Home Care Nursing Orientation.[3] She was also named president-elect of the Delta Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the second-largest nursing organization in the world.[4] In 1998, as an associate professor, Milone-Nuzzo was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in recognition of her "outstanding contributions to the nursing profession through publication, research, professional activities and community service."[5] The following year, she became the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and was named a Fellow of Hospice and Home Care by Home Care University.[3] Beyond Yale, she also sat on the boards of Care Source and VNA Health Systems and was a member of the Healthy People 2010 Microgrant Advisory Board.[6]
Milone-Nuzzo left Yale in 2003 to become the associate dean of the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) College of Health and Human Development and director of the School of Nursing.[7] Upon accepting this role, she oversaw the restructuring of the School of Nursing to become its own independent academic unit in 2008.[8] Within its first five years, the School of Nursing was granted college status and she assumed the title as dean of the college.[9] In 2016, she received the Honorary Member Award from the Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania.[10] The following year, Milone-Nuzzo was elected president of the MGH Institute of Health Professions.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Why Would I Lead?"". MGH Institute of Health Professions. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Paula Milone-Nuzzo, PhD, RN, FHHC, FAAN". MGH Institute of Health Professions. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "YSN's Milone-Nuzzo Recognized as an Outstanding Leader in Home Health Care". Yale University. October 22, 1999. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "News from Delta Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau". Yale University. December 1993. p. 8. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "Paula Milone-Nuzzo honored by national academy for her contributions to home care nursing". Yale University. November 1998. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "Associate Dean Paula Milone-Nuzzo Named New Dean of Penn State University School of Nursing". Yale University. Spring 2003. p. 8. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "PSU School of Nursing to get new director". Centre Daily Times. January 22, 2003. Retrieved January 9, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn State School of Nursing Restructures, Becomes Stand-Alone Academic Unit". Pennsylvania State University. 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Nursing dean named president of MGH Institute of Health Professions". Pennsylvania State University. March 24, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nursing dean, students recognized by Student Nurses' Association of Pennsylvania". Pennsylvania State University. December 5, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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