{"id":5709,"date":"2021-03-15T08:52:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2021-04-02T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T18:50:23","slug":"tennessee-nursing-scholarship-honors-belmont-alumna-patty-cornwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2021\/03\/15\/tennessee-nursing-scholarship-honors-belmont-alumna-patty-cornwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Nursing Scholarship Honors Belmont Alumna Patty Cornwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many dedicated, hard-working individuals leave their imprint on a profession,\u00a0but few are deserving enough to have both a scholarship and an award established in their honor. Belmont University School of Nursing alumna Patty Cornwell is one of the deserving ones.<\/p>\n

Cornwell, a retired certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), devoted her professional career to\u00a0providing exceptional anesthesia care to patients for surgery, labor and delivery, and other healthcare\u00a0needs, and she devoted her spare time to serving the nurse anesthesia profession she loved. After\u00a0graduating from Belmont, she worked for several years as an intensive care nurse before entering the\u00a0Middle Tennessee School of Nurse Anesthesia to become a nurse anesthetist. She joined the American\u00a0Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) in 1972 and the Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists\u00a0(TANA) in 1976.<\/p>\n

Throughout her decades of membership, she served on dozens of committees and\u00a0became passionate about advocating for her profession at the local, state and national levels.<\/p>\n

In return, Cornwell is being honored by TANA and AANA with the creation of the Patty Cornwell\u00a0Stewardship and Advocacy Scholarship, to be awarded annually to a student nurse anesthetist enrolled\u00a0in one of Tennessee\u2019s nurse anesthesia educational programs. The first scholarship will be awarded this\u00a0spring. This follows the establishment in 2015 of the Patty Cornwell Practitioner of the Year Award,\u00a0given annually by TANA to a Tennessee CRNA in recognition of Cornwell\u2019s exemplary career as a\u00a0clinician.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout her career, Patty was a shining example for all nurse anesthetists on how to provide high-quality, compassionate, patient-centered care,\u201d said TANA President Vic Martin, MBA, CRNA, APN. \u201cAs a\u00a0dedicated association member, Patty worked tirelessly to strengthen TANA and to advance and protect\u00a0nurse anesthesia practice. She truly has been a difference-maker for our profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was pursuing my degree, my focus was always to just get through school and get a job,\u201d said\u00a0Cornwell. \u201cI knew nothing about the work of the AANA or state associations at the time. After\u00a0graduation, I went to work in Florida. That\u2019s where two of my colleagues took me to a state meeting for\u00a0the first time and got me interested in becoming an active member.\u201d<\/p>\n

After returning home to Tennessee, Cornwell went on to serve on every single TANA committee \u2014\u00a0including as president three times \u2013 and was the organization\u2019s executive director, lobbyist and federal\u00a0political director at various points during her career. She also served in various capacities for the AANA,\u00a0the national association representing the nation\u2019s nearly 60,000 nurse anesthetists.<\/p>\n

CRNAs are\u00a0anesthesia specialists who practice in every type of healthcare setting where anesthesia is required for\u00a0surgical, obstetrical, trauma stabilization and pain management procedures. Across the United States,\u00a0CRNAs and student nurse anesthetists safely deliver more than 49 million anesthetics each year. Much\u00a0of Cornwell\u2019s work focused on ensuring CRNAs\u2019 ability to practice to the full scope of their education,\u00a0training, certification and licensure.<\/p>\n

Cornwell emphasizes to new CRNAs that how they introduce themselves to their patients can help raise\u00a0awareness of the profession. \u201cMake sure your patients know exactly who you are,\u201d she advises. \u201cI always told my patients: \u2018I am a\u00a0certified registered nurse anesthetist, and I will be providing your anesthesia today.\u2019 I left no question\u00a0or doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI always encourage CRNAs and students to get involved in their state association and be as knowledgeable as possible about what is going on around them that can impact their profession and\u00a0career,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s important to pay attention and keep your eyes and ears open at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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