Linda Aiken
| Linda H Aiken | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 29, 1943 |
| Alma mater |
University of Florida University of Texas at Austin University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Occupation | Professor at University of Pennsylvania |
| Website | http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/faculty/profile.asp?pid=107 |
Linda H. Aiken is the Director for the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing Science and Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.[1]
Early life
Aiken grew up in Gainesville, Florida, a college town which her family life was centered around the activities at the University of Florida. Since long as she can remember she wanted to be a nurse. Her role mentor was Dorothy Smith who was the dean of the school of nursing. Smith noticed Aiken when she was an 18-year-old freshman.[2]
Education
Aiken received her B.S.N. Cum Laude for Nursing at the University of Florida in 1964, and a M.N. for Nursing in 1966. She then received a Ph.D. for Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin specializing in Demography, and a Postoral Research Fellowship for Medical Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1973-74.[3]
Works
Aiken is a health services researcher and an authority for causes and consequences of nurse shortages in the U.S. and globally. She is co-director of the RN4CAST which is a study of the nursing workforce and quality of hospital care for fourteen countries: Europe, China, South Africa, and Botswana. Serving as an advisory for the China Medical Board, creating a network with China's eight leading nursing schools for conducting a policy relevant research. She is also the founder and leader for the International Hospital Outcomes Consortium which has conducted national studies in sixteen countries and world-wide, and also serves as an advisor for the Dubai Health Care City developing of its flagship university hospital and directing a national study of hospital care in the United Arab Emirates.[3]
To improve health in the countries of the former Soviet Union, Aiken collaborated with American International Health Alliance. She was a former leader for the international dissemination of the Magnet Recognition Program which includes the establishment of the four nursing programs of excellence for the hospitals in Russia and Armenia.[3]
Awards and recognitions
In 2005, Aiken received the AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award in Health Services Research for her research that demonstrated the link between the patient safety and the adequacy of nursing. In 2006, she was chosen as the inaugural recipient for the Baxter International Foundation's William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research, and also in 2003, she received the Individual Earnest A. Codman Award from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for her leadership performing and demonstrating relationships of nursing care and patient outcomes.[3] She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998,[4] and also is a fellow and past president of the American Academy of Nursing. Furthermore, Aiken is the recipient of six honorary doctorates.[5]
References
- ↑ "Faculty profile". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Nurse Zone". Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Linda Aiken". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ List of active members by class, October 24, 2014
- ↑ CV, August 2012