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Xi Chapter Award Winners

Xi Chapter Award Winners

Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Award
The Episteme Award

The Baxter International Foundation’s Episteme Award acknowledges a major breakthrough in nursing knowledge development that has resulted in a significant and recognizable benefit to the public, and comes with a generous $15,000 stipend to the award recipient. In the tradition of the Nobel Prize, The Episteme Award is presented to a person or team for highly significant research.

Penn Nursing is home to seven award winners, more than any other school of nursing.

Past winners include:

Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research
Research Dissemination Award
 
  • Team Member , Linda Bucher, RN, DNSc (2007); “Better Blood Pressure for Better Patient Care”, Christiana Care Health System and University of Delaware Blood Pressure Team
Research Dissertation Award
 
  • Linda Hatfield, PhD, RN, CNNP (2007); A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Examining the Analgesic Properties of Oral Sucrose during Routine Immunizations at Two and Four Months of Age
Research Utilization Award
  • Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RNC (2007); Evidence Based Lactation/Breastfeeding Care for Vulnerable Infants
Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice
 
  • Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN (2011)
Best of Sigma Theta Tau International Book Award
 
Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship Awards
 
  • Sarah Kagan, PhD, RN, FAAN (2007); “Prepardness for Influenza Pandemic in Hong Kong Nursing Units”
Media Award
 
  • Diane M. Wieland, PhD, APRN, BC (2007); Internet Addiction