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= Joyce J. Fitzpatrick =

Joyce Jean Fitzpatrick was born on May 4th, 1944. As an influential female role model, she has made impressive progress (specifics under 'Career') within the nursing world and has accumulated many awards as well as written, co-authored and edited a sizable amount of books along the way.

Career
Dr. Fitzpatrick is best known for her contributions toward advancing the science of nursing education at universities and health ministries around the world. From developing educational interventions focused on HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda (referenced in one of her co-authored papers in 2002) to designing a 10-hospital project centered on improving the nursing care provided to elders, her research has shined a spotlight on nurses’ work life. Her area of research is in dying, specifically how people understand their dying experience. She worked on benefiting the experience of patients through education for nurses throughout her life (referenced in a 2002 article). Dr. Fitzpatrick’s research focuses on the meaningfulness of nurses’ employment life as related to satisfaction, turnover and empowerment.

She founded and led the Bolton School of Nursing’s World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nursing (1993–1997), at Case Western Reserve University. The Frontier Nursing Service/Community Based Nurse Midwifery Educational Program would not have been combined or created if it were not for Dr. Fitzpatrick. Her area of clinical expertise is in crisis theory and crisis intervention, which helped her in the economic times during which she became dean. She also served as the first President of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (1980–1981) and the president of the American Academy of Nursing (1997–1999). Dr. Fitzpatrick is currently chair of the board of trustees of the American Nurses Foundation.

Education
She got her B.S.N. in 1966 from Georgetown University. She earned her M.S.N. in psychiatric-mental health nursing from Ohio State University in 1967. She received her Ph.D. in 1975 from New York University, and she became dean of Case Western Reserve University's Nursing School on June 27th, 1982. She also received an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in 1992.

Academic Appointments

 * 1969-1971: Instructor, School of Nursing, Capitol University
 * 1972: Instructor, School of Nursing, The Ohio State University
 * 1972-1975: Instructor; Assistant Professor, Division of Nursing, New York University
 * 1975-1982: Associate Professor; Professor, College of Nursing, Wayne State University; Director, Center for Health Research,1979-81


 * 1997-1999: President of the American Academy of Nursing.

Achievements/Awards/Honors
She was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 1981, received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award eight times (once in 2003 for "Nursing Leadership from the Outside In"), the Midwest Nursing Research Society Award for Distinguishable Contribution to Nursing Research (Distinguished Contribution Award Recipient in 1984, and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in 2010) , the Ohio State University Distinguishable Alumna Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Founders Award for Excellence in Nursing Research. In May, 1990, she received an Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from her alma mater, Georgetown University, and, in 1992, the New York University Division of Nursing Distinguished Alumna Award. Michael R. White, the 54the Mayor of the City of Cleveland, named January 10th, 1994, Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick day in Cleveland. Dr. Fitzpatrick can also be found in the 1998 Irish America magazine's annual list of top 100 Irish Americans. She also received the American Academy of Nursing’s honest honor: Living Legend award in 2016.