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Gaurdia Banister Distinguished Alumna 2008
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Banister: 2008 |
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Gaurdia E. Banister,
R.N., Ph.D.
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B.S.N. 1980
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Dr. Banister spoke at the Nursing Convocation ceremony
this past weekend (May 10th, 2008) in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.
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Banister: 1980 |
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The Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing is proud to award the title
of Distinguished Alumna 2008 to Gaurdia E. Banister
based on her exceptional contributions to the nursing profession in
the areas of administration and nursing practice. Banister
graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1980 with her Bachelor
of Science in Nursing (and at that time received the "Best Bedside
Nurse Award" from our school!). From the University of Texas, she
earned her Master of Science in Nursing in 1983 with a focus in
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing/minor in Nursing Administration,
and her Ph.D. in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in 1988.
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Dr. Banister currently is Executive Director,
Institute for Patient Care at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts. Among her accomplishments, she was selected for
the Johnson and Johnson Wharton Fellows programs in Management for
Nurse Executives in 2006. She also completed the Robert Wood Johnson
Nurse Executive Fellows Program in 2001. Eight major grants have been
awarded totaling over eight million dollars for proposals that Dr.
Banister wrote. She has published and offers psychotherapy groups and
training in assertiveness, chemical dependency, crisis intervention,
communication skills, impaired nursing professional training, stress
management and women's issues.
The School of Nursing will present the
Distinguished Alumni award to Banister at the Nursing Convocation
ceremonies on Saturday, May 10th, 2008, at 1:30 pm in the Fine Arts
Center Concert Hall on the Laramie, Wyoming campus. Dr. Banister will
also be the key-note speaker for that event, which is open to the
public.
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