Newswise — “A Caring Science Model of Specialized Dementia Care for Transforming Practice and Advancing Health Equity,” created by Florida Atlantic University’s María de los Ángeles Ortega, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CDP, FAANP, FAAN, in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, has been designated as an “Edge Runner” by the American Academy of Nursing. Edge Runners are nurse-designed, innovative models of care or interventions with significant, demonstrated outcomes to improve health, impact cost, and influence policy.
Through its Edge Runners program, the Academy recognizes the nursing profession’s contributions to new, innovative ideas that transform the health system. Edge Runners represent the powerful connection nurses have to the healthcare system, the public, and society as they mark the essence of the profession – science and compassion.
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