Pat Ryan-Krause Named Interim Director of YSN International Center
New Haven, CT — August 28, 2008
Patricia Ryan-Krause, Associate Professor of Nursing in the
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty, has been named Interim Director
of the YSN Center for International Nursing Scholarship and Education.
The Center, formed in 2006, is the hub of YSN's international health
activities, providing a range of clinical and research opportunities in
many parts of the world.
"I am very excited
to continue the Center's healthcare and research around the world," Pat
said upon her appointment, adding, "I look forward to collaboration
with faculty and students in furthering the mission of YSN
abroad."
Pat has traveled overseas as part of
the ongoing YSN Nicaragua project, a group of faculty and students who
perform health assessments and arrange local follow-up care for
impoverished children in Managua.
A
long-standing faculty member, Pat is a distinguished teacher,
practitioner and clinical scholar. She has been in clinical practice
with Children's Medical Group for eighteen years, where she is a
preceptor for many nursing students. Most recently, Pat received both
the prestigious Nightingale Award for Nursing Excellence and the YSN
Annie Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching.
