Pilon honored by Tennessee Nursing Association
Bonnie Pilon, D.S.N., R.N., Vanderbilt University School of Nursing's senior associate dean for Clinical and Community Partnerships, has been named to receive the John William Runyan Jr. Community Nursing Award from the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA).
Bonnie Pilon, D.S.N., R.N.
“Many people get into nursing because they want to make a difference, and that's exactly what Bonnie has done by helping build an innovative faculty practice network that increases access to care for a significant portion of our community's underserved,” said VUSN dean Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., C.N.M.
During the past 11 years, VUSN has seen tremendous growth in its faculty practice program. The school currently owns or partners with University Community Health Services to operate 16 sites in Middle and East Tennessee and Kentucky, and has a medical house calls program operating in two counties.
In the past fiscal year, VUSN faculty practice sites were responsible for more than 45,000 patient visits and nearly 1,000 births at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The Runyan Award, presented each year to a nurse who makes outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of health in the community, will be presented to Pilon at the TNA convention later this month.