CON Alumna Jean Aertker Named A Fellow of the AANP

 

Dr. Jean Aertker, DNP, ARNP was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) on Saturday, June 20, 2009 during the AANP national conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Aertker received her RN-BS and Masters degrees from University of South Florida College of Nursing and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Aertker is highly involved in the USF College of Nursing’s Alumni and Friends Board and the College’s community group, CANDLE (Community, Awareness, Nursing, Development, Leadership, Education).  In addition she is a full partner with Tampa Occupational Health Services and long time NP volunteer at the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa, FL. Dr. Aertker is also a Vietnam Era USAF Nurse Corps veteran and an active member and advocate for the Gold Star Wives of America.

The FAANP program was established in 2000 to recognize nurse practitioner leaders who have made outstanding contributions to health care through nurse practitioner clinical practice, research, education, or policy. Priority initiatives of FAANP are the development of leadership and mentorship programs for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students.  Fellows of the AANP are visionaries committed to the global advancement of nursing through the development of imaginative and creative future nurse practitioner leaders, and as such, hold an annual think tank to strategize about the future of nurse practitioners and health care outside the confines of traditional thinking. A limited number of nurse practitioners are selected for this highly coveted distinction each year.

Dr. Aertker will continue the tradition of contributing to the mission of the AANP and promoting the role of the nurse practitioner. AANP was founded in 1985 and is the oldest, largest, and only full-service national professional organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties. Dr. Aertker is a founding member of AANP which now represents the interests of the approximately 125,000 nurse practitioners around the country. AANP continually advocates for the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective and personalized healthcare. For more information about AANP, visit www.aanp.org.

- College of Nursing-

The College of Nursing at the University of South Florida honors and recognizes our community, students, faculty and staff. The College develops, nurtures and recognizes engaged leadership in students, faculty and staff for positive impact in education, research and health care. The College promotes partnerships where coordinated teamwork accomplishes innovative outcomes to advance the art and science of nursing.

- USF Health -

USF Health is a partnership of the University of South Florida’s colleges of medicine, nursing, and public health; the schools of basic biomedical sciences and physical therapy & rehabilitation sciences; and the USF Physicians Group. It is a partnership dedicated to the promise of creating a new model of health and health care. USF is one of the nation’s top public research universities and one of 39 community engaged public universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. USF received more than $360 million in research contracts and grants last year. It is ranked by the National Science Foundation as one of the nation's fastest growing universities for federal research and development expenditures.