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March 11, 2005
Dermatology Nursing Journal Presents Writer’s Awards at
DNA Convention
Charles Crutchfield, III, MD, Honored with First Editor’s Award
PITMAN, NJ – Dermatology Nursing journal continued its tradition of recognizing nurse authors for outstanding contributions to the journal during the Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA) 23rd Annual Convention, February 17-20, 2005, in New Orleans.
The Dermatology Nursing Editorial Board created the Editor’s Award to recognize an individual who has made special contributions to the journal and to dermatology nursing education. Dermatology Nursing editor Marcia J. Hill, MSN, RN, presented the first Editor’s Award to Charles Crutchfield,
III,
MD, who was recognized for his devotion to teaching and learning and for his efforts in enriching the lives of the nurses and patients in his practice. Dr. Crutchfield, of Crutchfield Dermatology in Eagan, MN, encourages his entire nursing staff to submit articles to Dermatology Nursing. To date, the journal has published nine clinical snapshots from Dr. Crutchfield’s staff, and two others await publication. Dr. Crutchfield funds membership fees to DNA, as well as registration, lodging, and transportation for DNA’s Annual Convention, for the staff.
Margaret M. Reavely, AAS, RN, CNII, and Lynn D. Wilson, MD, MPH, received the 2004 Dermatology Nursing Writer’s Award – Category One, for previously unpublished authors. Their article “Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy and Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: A Clinical Guide for Patients and Staff,” was published in the February 2004 issue of the journal. Reavely is a radiation oncology clinical nurse and Wilson is an associate professor in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, CT.
Lenore M. Lamanna, EdD, RN, received the 2004 Dermatology Nursing Writer’s Award – Category Two, for previously published authors. Lamanna’s article “College Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Cancer and Perceived Risks of Developing Skin Cancer,” was published in the April 2004 issue of the journal. Lamanna is a clinical professor of nursing, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY.
To receive guidelines for the 2005 Writer’s Awards, contact Lori Ann Tornatore, Editorial Coordinator, Dermatology Nursing at 856-256-2300, ext. 2344, or tornatol@ajj.com.
Dermatology Nursing is the official journal of the DNA. For more information about the association, visit www.dnanurse.org.
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Dermatology Nursing is the official journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA). The journal is nursing’s premier skin care resource and contains state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of skin and wound care.