Awarded the Eleanor Lambertsen Scholarship, has been a nurse for over twenty-four years. She completed her undergraduate (BSN) and graduate (MSN) studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Currently she is pursuing her doctorate at Teachers College at Columbia University in the Nurse Executive Program specializing in leadership and organization. Mary Ann’s work experience includes: bedside care in a cardiothoracic step down unit, program manager in disease management, telemetry program founder and manager, professional staff development specialist, clinical editor, and clinical and classroom nursing instructor. She is currently serving as a faculty counselor for the Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Pi Chapter. She looks forward to a long career as an educator and leader in the nursing field.
(2019-2020 Winner)
Onome Osokpo, winner of the 2019 M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship, earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree at Stony Brook University and a Master of Science in nursing in the Adult and... read more.
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