University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Dean and Professor
of Nursing, Ada Lindsey, Ph.D., is scheduled to visit with nursing administrators
in nine Nebraska communities June 16-18. Carol Pullen, Ed.D., assistant
dean for rural nursing education, also will be traveling with the dean.
We want to hear from the rural nursing directors what their needs are
and what they anticipate the future needs will be so we can consider ways
to best meet their needs, said Dr. Lindsey. One of the missions of UNMC
is to improve the health of Nebraskans. We are interested in working with
communities so we can give nurses the right tools to provide Nebraskans
with the highest quality of patient care.
Dr. Lindsey will visit Lexington, Cozad, Gothenburg, North Platte, Ogallala,
Grant, McCook, Holdrege, Hastings and Grand Island.
Since we offer opportunities in rural Nebraska for advanced education,
we also want to talk about what we have to offer. We think its very important
that nurses have advanced nursing education, especially in view of the
nursing shortage and the complex health care needs in rural communities.
Nurses with advanced degrees have many opportunities in todays health
care arena.
Dr. Lindsey said UNMC will continue to expand its nursing programs across
the state, through the use of innovative technology and community partnerships
so bachelors, masters and doctoral nursing programs are accessible to
registered nurses who want higher degrees in nursing. UNMC has nursing
divisions in Scottsbluff, Kearney, Lincoln and Omaha, as well as a distance
education offerings for rural nurses who can obtain their education in
their communities. The distance education offerings are mostly Internet-based
programs that make getting higher education more accessible and flexible,
reducing barriers of time, distance and transportation.
Dr. Lindsey began her appointment as dean Feb. 1, 1995 as the fifth
dean of the 82-year-old UNMC College of Nursing. Before joining UNMC, she
served as dean of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing,
as well as professor of nursing. She served as an administrator and faculty
member at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing,
University of Maryland, School of Nursing in Baltimore and at the Mount
Carmel School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio where she also started her career
in nursing as staff nurse.
Dr. Lindsey earned her bachelors degree in 1959 and her masters degree
in 1960 from the Ohio State University School of Nursing. She received
her doctorate degree in physiology in 1979 from the University of Maryland
School of Medicine in Baltimore.