Hulsey named Robert Wood Johnson
Executive Nurse Fellow
A
national fellowship program focused on helping the country’s health
care system meet new and growing challenges has been awarded to MUSC’s
College of Nursing's (CON) Tara Hulsey, Ph.D., R.N.
Dr. Tara HulseyHulsey is one of 20 nurses nationwide who have executive leadership roles and was selected as a 2005 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.
Now in its ninth year, the three-year fellowship program is designed to strategically position nursing across many sectors of the economy in a health care system that is undergoing unprecedented change and challenges.
Hulsey has been with MUSC since 1990 and held numerous positions during her tenure. Her specialty area is high-risk obstetrics, with extensive clinical experience in high-risk antepartum and intrapartum nursing and in level I and II newborn nursing. She has taught and advised in the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and is the track coordinator for the nurse educator master’s program. In addition to teaching, she conducts research and has published in the areas of unwanted pregnancy, infant mortality and low birth weight, and maternal pregnancy behaviors.
“Nurses must play a pivotal role in leading the redesign and success of health care now and into the future,” said Hulsey. “The Executive Nurse Fellowship is an intensive opportunity to develop critical leadership skills, work with a nationally recognized team of coaches and instructors from within the health care industry, as well as from other sectors of the economy, and benefit from collaboration with nursing and health care leaders throughout the country. I am honored and excited to be selected as a participant.”
As part of the fellowship, Hulsey will have an opportunity to undertake a leadership project to benefit MUSC with funding support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and matching funds from MUSC. Hulsey’s project will apply a quality improvement process to traditional health care education to help maintain pace with today’s dynamic healthcare profession.
Hulsey also is associate dean for academics and an associate professor in the CON, associate professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and is a full faculty member of the College of Graduate Studies at MUSC.
She received her bachelor of science in nursing from Clemson University, her master's in maternal/child nursing from MUSC, and her doctorate in nursing from the University of South Carolina.
Hulsey is a certified nurse educator, a member of Sigma Theta Tau, and is the immediate past-president of the Gamma Omicron at-large chapter. Hulsey has held numerous leadership positions in the area of perinatal nursing, serving on the board of directors for the South Carolina Perinatal Association, the Southeast Regional Perinatal Association, and the National Perinatal Association. Currently, she serves as chair of the research committee of the National Perinatal Association and is past chair of the National Perinatal State Forum.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing the United States. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 30 years, the foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and care of those it serves.
For more information, visit http://www.rwjf.org. For more information about the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program, visit http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu.
Friday, July 14, 2006
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