Health Care System Transformation for Nursing and Health Care Leaders: Implementing a Culture of Caring
Anne Boykin, PhD, MN, is Professor Emeritus in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, and Director of the Institute to Advance the Knowledge of Caring in Nursing. She is recognized internationally and nationally as an authority on Caring Science, and has co-authored and edited several books includingNursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice and Living a Caring Based Program. She is contributing author to numerous books and has authored numerous journal articles. Dr. Boykin is past President of the International Association for Human Caring, and has served as a member of several boards at the international, national, state and local levels, and chaired the Board of Trustees at a for-profit hospital. She now serves as consultant on nursing, nursing theory, and transforming health care environments, and works with a growing list of hospitals and hospital chains locally and nationally.Savina Schoenhofer, PhD, MEd, MN, BSN, is a Professor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing. As collaborating author with Anne Boykin, Dr. Schoenhofer has publishedNursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practiceand has written chapters for numerous other titles. She has authored multiple journal articles inMental Health Nursing, Nursing & Health Science, Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing, International Journal of Human Caring, Nursing Science Quarterly, Nursing Administrative Quarterly, and others. She is noted as an authority on Caring Science and was named a "Living Legend" in 2003 by the International Association for Human Caring.Kathleen Valentine, PhD, RN, MS, is Director, Memory and Wellness Center and Diabetes Center, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University. Formerly, she was Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Florida State University and department chair, University of Wisconsin, with clinical positions as Practice Director, Clinical Practice Model Resources Center, Grand Rapids, MI, and Director, Health Care Delivery, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA. She has been awarded 18 research/practice grants, many of which are in seven and six figures. She has authored 15 journal articles and presents nationally.