ANF HONORS STYLES WITH NIGHTINGALE LAMP AWARD

Washington, DC - The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) has announced it will honor nursing luminary Margretta Madden Styles, EdD, MN, RN, FAAN, with the ANF Nightingale Lamp Award. Named after Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern-day nursing, the award will be presented June 27 at the American Nurses Association (ANA) biennial convention in Minneapolis, MN.

Margretta "Gretta" Styles is a nurse scholar who is renowned nationally and globally as a leader in nursing education, credentialing and international nursing. As a past president of ANA (1986-1988), the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Styles has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to leadership in nursing. She is the author of books and articles on socialization and professionalism and was dean and professor of the University of Texas School of Nursing, San Antonio; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; and the University of California, San Francisco.

As the architect of the first comprehensive study of nursing credentialing in the 1970s, Styles was an innovator and pioneer in framing and defining this critical work that recognizes and differentiates quality in all aspects of nursing practice. In the 1980s, she spearheaded ICN's definitive work on nursing regulation. She is considered a driving force behind the creation of the American Nurses Credentialing Center and laid the groundwork for expanding nursing services and programs in the United States and abroad.

The recipient of several honorary doctorates from universities in the United States, Canada, and Greece, and other awards from academic and professional organizations, Styles has had a global impact on nursing. In 1984, she received the first Distinguished Scholar award from ANF and was elected a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Styles also has received numerous recognitions by ANA and its entities, including ANA's Honorary Recognition Award (1982) and the Distinguished Membership Award (1990). In 1999, she was named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing, of which she is a member, and in 2000 she was inducted into ANA's Nursing Hall of Fame.

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