Publicado en: 4/11/2008

MIAMI — Jacqueline L. Gonzalez, ARNP, MSN, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Miami Children’s Hospital, has been elected to serve on the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Fellow Selection Committee for 2009 to 2012.

AAN was established in 1973 under the auspices of the American Nurses Association to provide visionary leadership to the nursing profession and the public in shaping future healthcare policy and practice. Today the association is comprised of approximately 1,500 Fellows, who were chosen based on their leadership in nursing education, management, practice and research.

Ms. Gonzalez, who became an AAN Fellow in 2005, will participate in the selection of future Fellows. The criteria for selection requires evidence of outstanding and broad contributions to nursing and healthcare, as well as evidence of strong potential for continuing influence on nursing practice and health policy.

Ms. Gonzalez resides in Kendall.
 

About Miami Children's Hospital

Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Miami Children's Hospital® is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with more than 650 attending physicians and over 130 pediatric sub-specialists. The 289-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in 2008 by U.S.News & World Report.

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Durante los últimos 75 años, Nicklaus Children's ha sido un faro de esperanza para los niños y las familias en todo el estado de Florida y más allá. Nicklaus Children's Hospital es el #1 independiente, sin fines de lucro y con licencia especializada del sur de Florida exclusivamente para niños y atiende a cerca del 70 por ciento de los niños de la comunidad metropolitana de Miami. En adición, Nicklaus Children's ofrece atención dentro del Hospital NCH North en Naples, la Unidad Pediátrica De George del Jupiter Medical Center y unidades de emergencia pediátricas seleccionadas de Baptist Health South Florida. El hospital y su red de más de 35 centros de atención ambulatoria ofrecen atención vital en los condados de Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin y Palm Beach. Estos centros incluyen una variedad de servicios de urgencias, atención primaria pediátrica y centros de subespecialidades, y son basado en hospitales o centros ambulatorios de Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Nicklaus Children's es una filial académica y clínica de Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine y ofrece una fuente de futuros médicos e investigación innovadora. Nicklaus Children's alberga centros de excelencia, como el Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, el Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute y el Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. El hospital con 325 camas es reconocido por su excelencia en todos los aspectos de la medicina pediátrica, y muchos de sus programas han sido clasificados regularmente entre los mejores del país por U.S. News & World Report desde 2008. Nicklaus Children's también cuenta con una filial de práctica médica sin fines de lucro con más de 40 especialidades y un centro de cirugía ambulatoria.