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TWU nursing faculty member recognized by Texas Nursing Association
12/01/05
HOUSTON –
Her commitment to research and education in pediatric nursing
and her nationally recognized advocacy for quality nursing
care for children and families are among the many reasons
Texas Woman’s University adjunct nursing professor Sharon
Axton was recently honored by the Texas Nurses Association
(TNA), District Nine Chapter.
Axton was one of
twenty nurses receiving outstanding nursing achievement awards
from TNA District Nine during the group’s 15th Annual
Nursing Celebration held Nov. 17 in Houston. The honored nurses
were recognized for their exemplary practice in patient care,
education, management and research.
“Sharon is
at that point in her life where she can do anything she chooses
and the fact that she elects to volunteer to teach at TWU
is very telling of her passion for nursing,” said Dr.
Rebecca Krepper, associate dean of the Stark College of Nursing
at TWU’s Houston campus. “TWU is very fortunate
to benefit from her expertise.”
Axton, MS, RN,
PNP-CS, is considered a nursing visionary and pioneer by her
peers. Throughout her 40-year nursing career, she has consistently
engaged in clinical research related to pediatric nursing
care with her findings and policies published in many professional
journals. Axton is a nationally recognized advocate for quality
nursing care of children and their families. She has written
many books on pediatric care planning, including “Neonatal
and Pediatric Critical Care Plans,” which was awarded
“the distinguished American Journal of Nursing Book
of the year” in 1990. Axton has served as an adjunct
clinical associate professor of pediatric nursing for TWU
since 2002. She has been a non-paid (volunteer) adjunct associate
clinical professor since May 2003.
“It was an
honor to be recognized as I join my many TWU colleagues who
have received this honor in the past,” Axton said. “TNA
District Nine does a great job of making you feel special
about the contributions you are making to the nursing profession.”
Since 1991 TNA
District Nine has paused to annually recognize 20 outstanding
nurses and to award nursing scholarships and research grants.
More than 200 nurses have been recognized and more than $40,000
in scholarships and grants have been awarded. Nurses from
all areas of practice such as patient care, education, research
and administration are recognized.
TWU has the largest
college of nursing in Texas and produces more new nurses than
any other program in the state. More than 750 undergraduate
and graduate nursing students are currently enrolled in the
Stark College of Nursing at TWU’s Houston campus in
the Texas Medical Center. Construction is currently underway
for a new TWU Institute for Health Sciences - Houston Center
scheduled to open in fall 2006. The new, state-of-the-art
facility will be located at the southern gateway of the Texas
Medical Center and will allow TWU to eventually to more than
double its Houston enrollment. For more information visit
www.twu.edu.
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