Faculty contribute to textbook

Photo of textbookFaculty from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing have contributed to a textbook centered on public health nursing.

The contribution included two book chapters in the 10th Commemorative Edition of “Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community” by UAB School of Nursing alumna Marcia Stanhope, DSN, RN, FAAN. The textbook will be published in 2020.

“Public Health Nursing by Marcia Stanhope is a seminal text in nursing education, and it provides a strong foundation for community and public health nursing strategies,” said Jane H. Brock-Nightingale Endowed Professor and Associate Dean of Clinical and Global Partnerships Maria Rodriguez Shirey, PhD, MBA, MS, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FACHE, FNAP, FAAN. “Our faculty’s contributions to this textbook are just one example of how the UAB School of Nursing is impacting and improving nursing education and practice to advance the future of health care for vulnerable populations.”

Faculty contributions included “Advanced nursing practice in the community,” written by Assistant Professor and Emergency Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty Co-Coordinator Melanie G. Hallman, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, ACNP-BC, ENP-C, CEN, TCRN, FAEN; Professor and Advanced Forensic Nurse Subspecialty Coordinator Patricia Speck, DNSc, CRNP, FNP-BC, DF-IAFN, DF-AFN, FAAFS, FAAN; and former Assistant Professor Sallie Shipman, EdD, MSN, RN, CNL.

Faculty members Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Graduate Clinical Education Michele Talley, PhD, CRNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP; Associate Professor Connie White-Williams, DNP, MSN; Shirey; and former Associate Dean of Clinical and Global Partnerships Cynthia Selleck, PhD, RN, FAAN, also wrote “Nurse-led health center: A model for community nursing practice” providing insights into interprofessional collaborative practice to address the healthcare needs of complex, underserved populations.

Stanhope received her doctoral degree in public health nursing, with a minor in public health policy and consultation, from the UAB School of Nursing in 1981. She received the School’s prestigious distinguished alumni award in 2012.

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