Career
She began her academic career as an associate professor of general nursing at her alma mater,the University of Pittsburgh. [3] In 1977,she was awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship. She was the third woman to receive the fellowship,and worked primarily in the office of Congressman Doug Wahlgren. [5] [6]
By 1980,she had been elected president of Sigma Theta Tau and was dean of the school of nursing at the Catholic University of America. [7] She held this position until 1986,when she was promoted to become executive vice president of the university. [8] In this position she advocated for consideration of spiritual wellbeing of patients,as well as physical. [9]
She has held the Jacques Laval Chair for Justice for Vulnerable Populations at Duquesne University since 2009. [10]
Throughout her career she has served as a keynote speaker for a number of different nursing conventions. [11] [12] [13] She has also led workshops about community health and disaster preparedness. [14] She has also been president of the National League for Nursing and senior editor of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. [2]
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