Fellow in the Spotlight

Nancy Hanrahan PhD, RN, CS, FAAN

In response to the congratulatory messages received from the Academy’s Fellows on her appointment, Dr. Hanrahan stated, “I am aware that this appointment was supported by so many extraordinary nurses.   Thank you all.  The wealth of knowledge and expertise all around me is a magnificent resource.  I look forward to collaborating to keep nurses at the forefront of leadership.”

Dr. Hanrahan was selected to become a Fellow in 2010, and is currently the Dr. Lenore H. Kurlowicz Term Associate Professor of Nursing in Pyschiatric Mental Health Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.  There her program of research has made significant contributions to the field of psychiatric nursing over the last decade, especially in understanding organizational and environmental treatment.  She is viewed as one of the leading experts in the field of psychiatric nursing workforce issues and outcomes research.  She is also involved in studying advanced practice psychiatric nurse community models of care for individuals with concurrent AIDS and serious mental illness.

Dr. Hanrahan states, “I envision optimal healing environments in mental health systems that value the inherent dignity, equality, and inalienable rights of all individuals with a mental illness to the access of appropriate, timely, effective and respectful health care. I envision psychiatric nurses as leaders working with policy makers on health policy reform and researchers discovering answers to questions that build the science of effective patient and family care, and optimal system-level interventions.”

Congratulations once again on your appointment!

Fellow in the Spotlight

Cecil B. Drain, PhD, FAAN, FASAHP