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Laschinger named Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

Professor Heather Spence Laschinger, PhD, Distinguished University Professor and Arthur Labatt Family Nursing Research Chair in Human Resources Optimization at the University of Western Ontario has been named a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She was selected for her outstanding achievements in the nursing profession. Laschinger and 97 nurse leaders will be inducted Nov. 7, 2009 at the academy’s annual Awards Ceremony and Induction Banquet in Atlanta, Ga. The academy is constituted to anticipate national and international trends in health care and address resulting issues of health care knowledge and policy. Not only is the invitation to Fellowship recognition of one's accomplishments within the nursing profession, but it also affords an opportunity to work with other leaders in health care in addressing the issues of the day. The academy’s mission is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.

Laschinger’s sustained program of funded research has focused on developing theory and research for creating empowering work environments that optimize nurses’ ability to practice at the highest professional standards.

She has received grants from numerous agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is currently co-principal investigator of an intervention study to enhance the quality of working relationships in workplace communities in five acute care settings in two Canadian provinces.  She is also co-leading a national study of nurses’ career aspirations to management roles inspired by the impending shortage in nursing management.  She is Principal Investigator of a longitudinal study of the health effects of new graduate nurses’ experiences of workplace bullying in Ontario, another study that addresses an important aspect of the nursing workforce shortage. 

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