SALT LAKE CITY, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Western Governors University (WGU) has
appointed Linda Knodel, Senior
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for St. Louis-based Mercy, to its Health
Professions Program Council. In this role, Knodel, who served more
than 30 years with St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D., before joining Mercy in 2010,
will influence the education and professional readiness of
thousands of nurses across the nation each year.
"I am honored to serve in this important national role," Knodel
said. "We know there will be a need for more than 1 million
additional nurses by 2020. Programs like that of WGU are vital to
ensuring we have enough caregivers to meet community needs. It's
affordable and provides nurses a seamless way to achieve their
desired degree level."
WGU is an online, nonprofit university that employs a
competency-based model to ensure graduates' preparedness. The model
allows students, many of whom are working adults, to move through
courses as quickly as they demonstrate mastery of the subject
matter, saving time and money.
Because of its competency-based model, WGU continually
integrates information on workforce needs into its academic
programs. Central to this effort are four program councils composed
of WGU faculty and outside experts in each of WGU's degree areas:
health professions, business, IT, and teacher education. The Health
Professions Council helps define the skills and knowledge that a
competent graduate should possess, determine the best ways to
assess competence, and helps to monitor and review the relevance of
each program over time.
Now with more than 57,000 students living in all 50 states, WGU
has more than 11,000 students enrolled in its College of Health
Professions. The current composition of the WGU Health Professions
Program Council is:
- Jane Swanson, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, Director, Geri and
Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute, Cedars-Sinai Hospital,
Los Angeles, CA
- Dell Oliver, MSN, MBA, RN, Director, Chief Nursing
Officer Training Program, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
- Anna Kiger, DNP, DSc, MSN, MBA, RN,
NEA-BC, System Chief Nurse Officer, Tenet Healthcare,
Dallas, TX
- Sylvain Trepanier, DNP,
RN, System CNO Premier Healthcare, Beavercreek, OH
- Michele Goeb-Burkett, MSN, MBA, RN, CNO Florida
Hospital Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL
- Richard C. MacIntyre, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor,
Samuel Merritt University, Sacramento,
CA
- Patricia Allen, Ed.D.,
RN, CNE, ANEF, Professor and Director, School of Nursing,
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center,
Lubbock, TX
- Cole Edmonson, DNP,
RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer Texas Health Resources,
Co-Lead Texas Team State Action Coalition, Vice-President Texas
Organization of Nurse Executives, Dallas,
TX
- Mary Carney, MSN,
RN, WGU Alumna, Night Shift Expert Researcher, Pediatric
Critical Care Staff RN, Magnet Champion/Shared Governance Chair,
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.
Vincent, Indianapolis,
IN
- Linda Knodel, MSN, MHA, NE-BC, CPQH, FACHE, 2014
Past President American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE),
System CNO Mercy, Chesterfield,
MO
A Wharton nursing executive
fellow, Knodel earned a master's degree in health care
administration from the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn., and a master's degree in
nursing from the University of Mary in
Bismarck, N.D. She also recently
published a book, "Nurse to Nurse: Nursing Management."
About WGU
Established in 1997 by a bipartisan group of U.S. governors with a
mission to expand access to high-quality, affordable higher
education, WGU has been recognized by the White House as what works
in post-secondary education. WGU has been named one of Fast
Company's Most Innovative Companies and featured on NPR, NBC
Nightly News, CNN, and in The New York
Times.
WGU has earned the support of more than 20 leading corporations
and foundations, including AT&T, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, Lilly Endowment, HCA, Hewlett-Packard, Lumina
Foundation, Microsoft, Oracle, SunGard Higher Education, and Zions
Bank. More information is available at www.wgu.edu or by calling
866.225.5948.
*Western Governors University
offers nursing programs that are accredited by the Commission on
Collegiate Nursing Education (One Dupont
Circle, NW, Suite 5380, Washington
DC 20036, 202-877-6791).
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inquiries:
Joan Mitchell – VP of Public
Relations
801-428-5463
jmitchell@wgu.edu
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866-225-5948
www.wgu.edu
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