The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies (SONHS) is pleased to announce that Stephen McGhee, DNP, MS, PGCE, RNT, RN, VR, associate professor of Clinical and associate dean for Nursing Undergraduate Programs, has received one of the nursing profession’s highest honors. He has been invited to join the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). McGhee will be formally inducted into the AAN on October 26 in Washington, DC, and will thereafter be eligible to use the credentials FAAN (Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing).
The Academy’s highly selective criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing and health care and sponsorship by two current academy fellows. Applicants are reviewed by a panel of elected and appointed fellows, and selection is based on the extent the nominee’s nursing career has influenced health policies and the public’s well-being.
“It is exciting to be part of an organization such as the AAN, which helps shape the policies and direction for the nursing profession, and ultimately, the way care is provided. To have been honored in this way by the American Academy of Nursing, and to be British, as well as helping represent the University of Miami and the state of Florida, means so much to me,” said McGhee, who was selected for his international work on emergency nursing and the care of the military and veteran population.