We’re excited to announce that Associate Professor Dr. Rebecca O’Connor has been named of the 2024 Equity-Minded Nurse Awardees. Dr. O’Connor has been awarded the 2024 Equity-Minded Nurse Educator Award. The Equity-Minded Educator Award recognizes a nurse whose efforts demonstrate excellence in supporting a diverse nursing student body and inclusive teaching/learning practices, and whose teaching and/or curriculum design include topics that lead to the graduation of equity-minded nurses. Co-sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
The 2024 Equity-Minded Nurse Awards from the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award program supports the Campaign’s vision that everyone in America can live a healthier life, advanced by equity-minded nurses as essential and valued partners in providing care and promoting health equity and well-being.