ABOUT PAM

With over 40 years’ experience as a globally recognized nurse leader, strategist, educator and advocate, Dr. Pam Cipriano was ranked number 2 on Healthcare Global’s list of the Top 10 women in healthcare for 2021. She was previously named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in U.S. Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine for four years running.

Pam has gained international recognition for her work improving working conditions, quality, and services in nursing environments worldwide. She leads national and international efforts to increase nurse involvement in healthcare policy decisions; boost nurses’ social impact; and protect the health, safety and wellbeing of the nursing community. Pam was the inaugural editor of the National Nurses Association journal for eight years and publishes regularly on nursing issues in respected journals and media outlets.

Pam is currently first Vice-President of the International Council of Nurses and Dean & Sadie Heath Cabiniss Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.

Selected recent publications

  • Cipriano, PF, Blanchard, KA, Rose, WE. (2021) Preventing violence to achieve peaceful and inclusive societies. Am J Nursing. Sep 1;121(9):58-63.  doi: 0.1097/01.NAJ.0000790652.74669.ec

  • Melnick, E. R., West, C. P., Nath, B, Cipriano, P. F., Peterson, C., Satele, D. V., Shanafelt, T., & Dyrbye, L. N. (2021). The association between perceived electronic health record usability and professional burnout among US nurses. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, ocab059. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab059.

  • Cipriano, P., Daley, K., Patton, R., Blakeney, B., Foley, M., Betts, V. T., Cole, E., Nichols, B. (2020). An open letter from past presidents of the American Nurses Association. American Journal of Nursing, 120(11), 11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000721240.18940.d5.

  • Dyrbye, L., West, C., Johnson, P., Cipriano, P., Peterson, C., Beatty, D., Major-Elechi, B., & Shanafelt, T. (2020). Original Research: An Investigation of Career Choice Regret Among American Nurses. The American journal of nursing120(4), 24–33.

  • Cipriano P. F. (2020). Standing with the WHO. The American journal of nursing120(9), 7. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000697540.45145.69

  • Cipriano, P and Nelson, T. CNO-CFO collaboration for safe nurse staffing. American Nurse Journal: 16(2) Feb 2021. 40-43.

  • Cipriano, P. F., Boston-Leary, K., McMillan, K., Peterson, C. (2020). The US COVID-19 crises: facts, science and solidarity. International Nursing Review, 67, 437-444. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inr.12646

  • Feist, J., C. Feist, and P. Cipriano. 2020. Stigma compounds the consequences of clinician burnout during COVID-19: A call to action to break the culture of silence. NAM Perspectives. Commentary, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.31478/202008b

  • Dyrbye, L. N., West, C. P., Leep Hunderfund, A., Johnson, P., Cipriano, P., Peterson, C., Beatty, D., Major-Elechi, B., Shanafelt, T. (2020). Relationship between burnout and professional behaviors and beliefs among U.S. nurses. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 62, 959-964. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002014

  • Cipriano, P. (2018). 100 years on: the Spanish Flu, pandemics, and keeping nurses safe. International Nursing Review. 65(3). 305-6.

Key roles

Pam current roles include:

  • First Vice-President, International Council of Nurses
  • Dean, Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia School of Nursing
  • National Academy of Medicine Steering Committee for Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience

Past roles:

  • President, American Nurses Association
  • Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine
  • Editor-in-Chief, American Nurse Today
  • Interim Chief Operating Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health
    Senior Director, Healthcare Management, Galloway Consulting
  • Chief Nursing and Chief Clinical Officer & Special Advisor, University of Virginia Health System
  • Clinical Services Administrator, Director of Surgery-Trauma Services, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Nurse Manager, LDS Hospital Intermountain Health Care

Selected honors and awards

Fellowship Ad Eundem, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Margretta Madden Styles President’s Award, American Nurses Credentialing Center; Health Care Leader Award, American Academy of Nursing; Distinguished Alumnus, University of Utah, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Honorary Doctor of Science honoris causa, Medical University of South Carolina; Exceptional Leadership Award, Medical University of South Carolina; International Distinguished Scholar, Sigma Theta Tau; Ranked number 2 on Healthcare Global’s list of the Top 10 women in healthcare

 

With over 40 years’ experience as a globally recognized nurse leader, strategist, educator and advocate, Dr. Pam Cipriano was ranked number 2 on Healthcare Global’s list of the Top 10 women in healthcare for 2021. She was previously named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in U.S. Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine for four years running.

Pam has gained international recognition for her work improving working conditions, quality, and services in nursing environments worldwide. She leads national and international efforts to increase nurse involvement in healthcare policy decisions; boost nurses’ social impact; and protect the health, safety and wellbeing of the nursing community. Pam was the inaugural editor of the National Nurses Association journal for eight years and publishes regularly on nursing issues in respected journals and media outlets.

Pam is currently first Vice-President of the International Council of Nurses and Dean & Sadie Heath Cabiniss Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.

Key roles

Pam current roles include:

  • First Vice-President, International Council of Nurses
  • Dean, Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia School of Nursing
  • National Academy of Medicine Steering Committee for Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience

Past roles:

  • Research Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Nursing
  • President, American Nurses Association
  • Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine
  • Editor-in-Chief, American Nurse Today
  • Interim Chief Operating Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health
    Senior Director, Healthcare Management, Galloway Consulting
  • Chief Nursing and Chief Clinical Officer & Special Advisor, University of Virginia Health System
  • Clinical Services Administrator, Director of Surgery-Trauma Services, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Nurse Manager, LDS Hospital Intermountain Health Care

Selected honors and awards

Fellowship Ad Eundem, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Margretta Madden Styles President’s Award, American Nurses Credentialing Center; Health Care Leader Award, American Academy of Nursing; Distinguished Alumnus, University of Utah, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Honorary Doctor of Science honoris causa, Medical University of South Carolina; Exceptional Leadership Award, Medical University of South Carolina; International Distinguished Scholar, Sigma Theta Tau; Ranked number 2 on Healthcare Global’s list of the Top 10 women in healthcare

Selected recent publications

  • Cipriano, PF, Blanchard, KA, Rose, WE. (2021) Preventing violence to achieve peaceful and inclusive societies. Am J Nursing. Sep 1;121(9):58-63.  doi: 0.1097/01.NAJ.0000790652.74669.ec
  • Cipriano, P., Daley, K., Patton, R., Blakeney, B., Foley, M., Betts, V. T., Cole, E., Nichols, B. (2020). An open letter from past presidents of the American Nurses Association. American Journal of Nursing, 120(11), 11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000721240.18940.d5.

  • Dyrbye, L., West, C., Johnson, P., Cipriano, P., Peterson, C., Beatty, D., Major-Elechi, B., & Shanafelt, T. (2020). Original Research: An Investigation of Career Choice Regret Among American Nurses. The American journal of nursing120(4), 24–33.

  • Cipriano P. F. (2020). Standing with the WHO. The American journal of nursing120(9), 7. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000697540.45145.69

  • Cipriano, P and Nelson, T. CNO-CFO collaboration for safe nurse staffing. American Nurse Journal: 16(2) Feb 2021. 40-43.

  • Cipriano, P. F., Boston-Leary, K., McMillan, K., Peterson, C. (2020). The US COVID-19 crises: facts, science and solidarity. International Nursing Review, 67, 437-444. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inr.12646

  • Feist, J., C. Feist, and P. Cipriano. 2020. Stigma compounds the consequences of clinician burnout during COVID-19: A call to action to break the culture of silence. NAM Perspectives. Commentary, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.31478/202008b

  • Dyrbye, L. N., West, C. P., Leep Hunderfund, A., Johnson, P., Cipriano, P., Peterson, C., Beatty, D., Major-Elechi, B., Shanafelt, T. (2020). Relationship between burnout and professional behaviors and beliefs among U.S. nurses. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 62, 959-964. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002014

  • Cipriano, P. (2018). 100 years on: the Spanish Flu, pandemics, and keeping nurses safe. International Nursing Review. 65(3). 305-6.

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