Press Release
Date: 06-16-09Name: Lynn McFarlane Phone: 973-972-8539
Email: mcfarlld@umdnj.edu
UMDNJ Selects Susan W. Salmond as Nursing School Dean
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"Our health care system cannot function without committed, highly educated nurses and nursing faculty," said William F. Owen, Jr., MD, president of UMDNJ. "Under Dr. Salmond's leadership, UMDNJ-School of Nursing has prepared future leaders in academic nursing and practice exceptionally well to do their vital work, and I know it will continue to do so."
While at UMDNJ, Salmond spearheaded development of New Jersey’s first Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program, which was launched in 2006. Under her leadership, the nursing school has also established new master’s degree programs in clinical leadership, women’s health and nursing education. Salmond has implemented new faculty development initiatives and brought more than $7 million in competitive research and academic grants to the nursing school.
Prior to her appointment as interim dean, Salmond was vice dean for academic affairs at the nursing school. Since coming to UMDNJ in 2005, she also has held posts as associate dean for graduate studies and associate dean for administration and planning.
“I am grateful for the confidence that the University has shown in me,” Salmond said. “The opportunity to continue leading the outstanding faculty, staff and students of UMDNJ-School of Nursing is an honor and a privilege. The School has long served as a vital resource for the state and beyond. As a school community, we look forward to moving to the next level of success.”
Salmond is a leader in the global movement to implement and support evidence-based nursing practice across health care environments. She is co-director of the nursing school’s New Jersey Center for Evidence-Based Practice -- one of only three United States collaborating centers of the international Joanna Briggs Institute. She has been named to a leadership team that is implementing a new nursing node within the Cochrane Collaboration—an international group working to make accurate, up-to-date information about the effects of health care readily available worldwide.
Salmond’s current research focuses on nursing care delivery models and how patients and their families cope with acute and chronic illness. She has completed several comprehensive, systematic research reviews that will form the basis for evidence-based “best practice” documents that will help shape patient care. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and presented nationally on topics including evidence-based practice, nursing care delivery, nursing leadership, and orthopaedic nursing.
Dr. Salmond is the research editor for the journal Orthopaedic Nursing, past president of the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, co-editor of the text Orthopaedic Nursing, and co-editor of the first three editions of Core Curriculum for Orthopaedic Nursing.
Prior to joining the UMDNJ-School of Nursing, Salmond was a professor at Kean University where she was director of graduate programs and then chairperson of the university’s nursing department. She has also served on the faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her B.S.N. from Villanova University, her M.S.N. from Seton Hall University and her Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) from the Nurse Executive Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her certifications include Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) and Transcultural Nursing (CTN). She is active in several nursing professional associations, and is a recipient of the C.A.R.E. award for excellence in education from the New Jersey State Nurses Association.
Salmond is a resident of Westfield, New Jersey.
UMDNJ-School of Nursing offers educational programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, post-master’s and doctoral degree levels for more than 900 students and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals. Its community service projects include a mobile health care program in Essex County and a health clinic in Camden County. Its major centers include the Stanley Bergen Center for Multicultural Education, Research and Practice, and the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center, which provides clinical care, education and technical assistance in the United States and globally to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
