She also organized a Wellness Workshop for the Binghamton Boys and Girls Club, coordinated the NSA's participation in the Binghamton University Health Fair, and served as a member of the Student Health Advisory Committee. 98 won the 1998 award. Ervin Named National Academy Fellow Naomi E. Ervin, who holds the Decker Chair in Community Health, was one of 65 new fellows inducted into the American Academy of Nursing for 1999. The induction ceremony and banquet was held on November 20 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The academy is an organization of 1300 distinguished leaders in nursing who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to the nursing profession and to health care.
Fellows are nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research.
Dr. Ervin's contributions to nursing have spanned 35 years as a public health nurse, administrator, educator and researcher. She contributed to the development of the clinical nurse specialist role in community health nursing and has worked to develop and evaluate effective methods for delivering health care in the community. Currently she is involved in work with community and nursing organizations to improve services to elderly and ill patients living at home. The grant will create The Helene Fuld Summer Institutes in Rural Community Health Nursing to educate undergraduate and graduate students about factors influencing rural health. The first of two annual Institutes will take place at the Decker School of Nursing from June 11 to June 23.