Laura Andrews Receives Distinguished Nursing Alumna Award
New Haven, CT — May 8, 2009
Laura Kierol Andrews, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, Assistant Professor for
Yale University School of Nursing, received the Distinguished Nursing
Alumna Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Nursing from
Saint Joseph College (West Hartford, CT).
Andrews
is the first recipient of this award, which is given to a SJC
undergraduate or graduate alum who has excelled in nursing, assumed a
leadership role in the profession, and exemplified the mission of the
college.
Andrews was awarded in recognition of her
leadership in developing the Medical Rapid Response Team (MRRT) at the
Hospital of Central Connecticut, in addition to her role as a nursing
educator at Yale University. While an undergraduate student at SJC,
Andrews received the Nightingale award, the college's highest award for
a nursing student, celebrating academic excellence and a commitment to
community service.
Joyce Fontana, PhD, Associate
Professor and Chair of the Division of Nursing at SJC, stated that
Andrews "serves as an inspiration to our students, showing them what
they can accomplish with an SJC education in nursing as their
foundation. We are very proud to have her as an alumna."
Andrews
is an Assistant Professor in the Adult Advanced Practice Nursing
specialty track at Yale. She holds a joint clinical appointment at the
Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General as a senior
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the department of Critical Care
Medicine and manager of their MRRT. Andrews was featured in the Fall
2008 issue of Yale Nursing Matters Magazine for her work in developing and managing the team, which has reduced cardiac arrests in the hospital by 62 per cent.
