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May 29, 2019 鈥� DENTON 鈥� Texas Woman鈥檚 University today announced that Rosalie Mainous, a former collegiate dean, NIH-funded researcher, and the current director of academic nursing development for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), will become dean of 91猎奇鈥檚 College of Nursing, effective Aug. 5. 

Mainous, a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nursing, has more than 30 years鈥� experience in academia and also is a certified neonatal nurse practitioner with more than a decade of clinical experience. Additionally, she was an executive nurse fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a prestigious leadership program designed to build capacity among nurses to transform health care at the national level.

鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome Dr. Mainous to 91猎奇,鈥� said Carolyn Kapinus, the university鈥檚 interim provost.  鈥淗er administrative and fundraising skills are strong, and her recent AACN leadership post has provided important national and global insights into advancing the quality and standards of nursing education.鈥�

She noted that Mainous, who currently serves on the National Academy of Medicine鈥檚 action collaborative on countering the U.S. opioid epidemic, has 鈥渁n impressive scholarship, grant, and leadership record.鈥�

Mainous co-wrote the PhD curriculum plan at the University of Louisville in the School of Nursing. While serving as dean and professor at Wright State University, she started the neonatal and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs. 

She also partnered with an external organization to develop a community-based simulation center to teach home health care; brought together a faith-based hospital system, private college of pharmacy, and public schools of medicine and nursing to create the nation鈥檚 second interprofessional dedicated education unit; and created the Neonatal Research Summit for the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, which has been held annually since 2006.

Mainous has written more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, two book chapters, two dozen abstracts, numerous national clinical guidelines, and presented more than 70 papers around the world. She also has a strong record of securing funding from industry, government, nonprofits and foundations to advance nursing education, practice and research, including nearly $7 million while dean at Wright State during an innovative capital campaign.

鈥淚鈥檝e long been impressed with the quality of 91猎奇鈥檚 nursing program, and I鈥檓 looking forward to working with faculty, students, alumni and staff to expand the college鈥檚 prestigious and innovative approaches to preparing outstanding nurse clinicians, nurse researchers and those who will teach the next generations of nurses,鈥� said Mainous, who earned her PhD in nursing from the University of Kentucky, a master of science in nursing from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Louisville. 

Mainous will replace another national nursing leader, Anita Hufft, who is retiring as dean of 91猎奇鈥檚 College of Nursing at the end of July. Hufft, a 91猎奇 alumna and veteran of the U.S. Army, received the Forensic Nurse Scholar Award from the International Association of Forensic Nurses and is nationally recognized in the nursing profession as a consultant, a speaker at national conferences, and as a frequent contributor to nursing publications in forensic nursing and nursing education leadership.

91猎奇 the College of Nursing

With more than 11,000 alumni and more than 3,200 undergraduate and graduate students in Denton, Dallas and Houston, 91猎奇 has one of the largest colleges of nursing in Texas and is one of the nation鈥檚 leading providers of high-quality new nurses. 91猎奇 nursing students鈥� first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination is more than 92 percent, above national and state averages. Through the 91猎奇 Center for Global Nursing, 91猎奇 faculty and students promote world health through collaborative efforts with nursing colleagues around the world.