TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - About the Authors
A1  - Schoon, Patricia M.
A1  - Porta, Carolyn M.
A1  - Schaffer, Marjorie A.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses, 3e
AB  - Patricia  M.  Schoon,  DNP,  MPH,  RN,  PHN,  is  Assistant  Professor  at  Metropolitan  State  University  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  She  is  a  founding  member  of  the  Henry  Street  Consortium  and  has  taught  nursing  and  public  health  for  more  than  35  years.  She  was  the  first  geriatric  nurse  practitioner  (GNP)  in  the  United  States  in  1972.  Schoon  received  the  Minnesota  Nurses  Association  Nurse  Educator  Award  in  2005  for  her  work  on  Nurses  Day  on  the  Hill  and  an  online  political  advocacy  toolkit.  She  received  the  Association  of  Community  Nurse  Educators  2016  Outstanding  Contributions  to  Community/Public  Health  Nursing  Education  Award  and  March  of  Dimes  2017  Minnesota  Nurse  of  the  Year  Education  and  Research  Award.  Schoon  was  President  of  Chi  at-Large  Chapter  and  faculty  advisor  for  Zeta  Chapter  of  Sigma  Theta  Tau  International  Honor  Society  of  Nursing  (Sigma).  She  has  developed  innovative  programs  in  the  community,  including  a  foot-care  clinic  for  the  homeless  and  a  faith-based  program  for  older  adults.  She  has  coauthored  articles  on  the  Henry  Street  Consortium,  development  of  a  foot-care  clinic  in  a  homeless  shelter,  and  a  2017  article  on  partnership  engagement,  an  outcome  of  a  Robert  Wood  Johnson  grant  to  develop  best  practices  in  academic-practice  collaboration.  
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PB  - Sigma Theta Tau International
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189287539
ER  -