Two Grand Valley State University faculty members in the Kirkhof School of Nursing recently received awards from their colleagues.
Patricia Underwood received the 2001 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Duke University School of Nursing. Underwood, who graduated from Duke University in 1966, is a KSON professor and director of Research and Faculty Development.
The award was created to recognize a graduate whose outstanding achievement adds to the distinction of nursing.
Underwood is first vice president of the American Nurses Association. She has also worked with the Centers for Disease Control, Division of Health and Human Services, Justice Department, and Center for Effective Public Policy in the development of a national agenda to address violence against women.
Linda Scott, assistant professor, won a regional dissertation award from Sigma Theta Tau International, nursing's honor society, for her doctoral dissertation, titled The Effect of Inotropic Infusion on Health-Related Quality of Life for Heart Failure Patients and Their Caregivers.
One dissertation award winner was selected from each of Sigma Theta Tau's seven regions.
At GVSU, Scott's areas of expertise include research methods and analysis, quality of life, family caregiving, and nursing administration.
