BIOGRAPHY

 -Dr. Parse is a graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and received her master's and doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.

-Since January 2007 she has been a Consultant and Visiting Scholar at the New York University College of Nursing.

-Dr. Parse is founder and current Editor of Nursing Science Quarterly, and President of Discovery International, Inc.

-She is also founder of the Institute of Human-becoming.

-Dr. Parse is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing where she initiated and is the immediate past Chair of the nursing theory-guided practice expert panel.

-She has been given two Lifetime Achievement Awards (one from the Midwest Nursing Research Society and one from the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association), the Rosemarie Rizzo Parse Scholarship was endowed in her name at the Henderson State University School of Nursing, her books were twice named to the best picks list of theory books by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in Nursing, and the Society of Rogerian Scholars honored her with the Martha E. Rogers Golden Slinky Award. In 2008 she was the recipient of the New York Times Nurse Educator of the Year Award.

-Throughout her career, Dr. Parse has made outstanding contributions to the profession of nursing through her progressive leadership in nursing theory, research, education, and practice.

-Dr. Parse has planned and implemented many international conferences on nursing theory, the Human-becoming School of Thought, qualitative research, and quality of life.

References:

http://www.humanbecoming.org/rosemarie-rizzo-parse.php
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