Two FPB Faculty Inducted into STTI's Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Shirley M. Moore and Susan M. Ludington are among 22 nurses honored as leaders, mentors, scholars, and role models in 2010
Posted 7/19/10
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Shirley M. Moore and Susan M. Ludington |
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The Frances Payne Bolton (FPB) School of Nursing congratulates Associate Dean for Research and Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN and Carl W. and Margaret Davis Walter Professor of Pediatric Nursing Susan M. Ludington, PhD, CNM, FAAN, who were both recently honored as inductees into Sigma Theta Tau International’s 2010 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. Their awards, which were conferred at the 21st International Nursing Research Congress in Orlando, Florida, “recognizes nurse researchers who are STTI members who have achieved long term, broad national and/or international recognition for their work and whose research has impacted the profession and the people it serves.”
In addition, FPB alums Ellen J. Hahn, PhD, BSN ’75, RN and Thelma Wells, PhD, MSN ’70, RN, FAAN, FRCN were also inducted into this year’s Hall of Fame. Their honors along with those of Moore and Ludington helped to make FPB’s presence quite significant among the total of 22 inductees this year.
“This is one of the greatest honors I have ever had,” Moore says. “STTI stands for high scholarship, and thus this award is a great honor."
Moore’s recognition comes from her many years of research that focuses on the development and testing of interventions to facilitate recovery following acute cardiac events and secondary prevention of cardiac risk factors. She is also the director of FPB’s Center of Excellence for Self-Management Advancement through Research and Translation (SMART Center) and FIND Lab (Full Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Self-Management Research), both funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health.
Ludington is a nurse-midwife whose over thirty years of research has been dedicated to the health of infants. She was the first American nurse scientist to start a program of kangaroo care research in the United States. Her studies document kangaroo care's effects on preterm infant sleep cycling, breastfeeding proficiency, and pain reduction with heel stick and cardiac surgery. She serves as one of two American representatives of kangaroo care to the World Health Organization's International Network of Kangaroo Care, and her book Kangaroo Care: The Best You Can Do for Your Preterm Infant, has helped to increase use of this form of skin-to-skin contact with parents throughout the country.
STTI was founded in 1922 to support the learning, knowledge, and professional development of nurses committed to improving global health. It serves as a worldwide community of nurse leaders who utilize their knowledge, scholarship, service and learning to make a difference in the lives of others.
The criteria used by STTI to select inductees for the Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame are described on the organization’s website as follows:
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Demonstrated long-term impact of the nurse researcher and his/her funded program of research on patient/family outcomes, community wellness and/or health care policy nationally and/or internationally
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Influence of the nurse researcher as a mentor and role model for students, faculty and practicing nurses
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Recognition as a scholar and leader in research nationally and/or internationally
Source: Case Western Reserve University, Sigma Theta Tau International
