Kathleen Stevens, Ed.D., RN, professor of nursing, has been selected to receive one of the inaugural Distinguished Evidence-based Practice Trailblazer Awards from the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.
The award was established to recognize the pioneers and leaders in the evidence-based practice movement in the United States.
Dr. Stevens is the founding director of the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE; now called the Center for Advancing Clinical Excellence), a School of Nursing Center of Excellence where she leads efforts to advance evidence-based quality improvement through research, education and practice.
The Trailblazer Awards will be presented Nov. 21 at the Fuld institute’s national summit in Columbus, Ohio.