The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA), representing more than 212,000 registered nurses in Pennsylvania, recognized four award recipients during the 110-Year Anniversary Celebration on October 17, 2013 at The Desmond Hotel, Malvern.

• Marilyn D. Harris, Lifetime Achievement: The PSNA Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a PSNA member who has demonstrated leadership that has significantly impacted nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration and/or nursing research within the Commonwealth. Harris has demonstrated exemplary service and dedication to the profession in her more than 50 years as a registered nurse. Her career has yielded noteworthy contributions and accomplishments including 22 years as executive director of Abington Memorial Hospital’s Home Care and Hospice, more than 150 professional publications, volunteer work with the Museum of Nursing History, Inc., and an attentive role as a faith community nurse. Throughout her career, she has been a staunch supporter of professional development. Her efforts are now realized through philanthropic efforts including The Marilyn D. Harris Fund, established with her husband Charles through the Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania (NFP). This fund will support NFP’s efforts to meet the educational and financial needs of nurses and nursing students.
• J. Roger Glunt, John Heinz Friend of Nursing: The PSNA John Heinz Friend of Nursing Award is given to a non-member who has demonstrated leadership that has significantly impacted nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration, and/or nursing research within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Glunt is the president of Glunt Developing Co., Inc., Pittsburgh. When Glunt lost his sister Nancy, a lifelong nurse, to cancer, he created the Nancy Glunt Hoffman Memorial Fund at her alma mater. This $1.5 million endowment established a chair in oncology nursing at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Glunt is the chair of the School’s advancement committee where he advocates on behalf of strong educational programs in nursing. He recognizes the value of nursing research and the importance of evidence to improve patient outcomes. In 2002, Glunt received the School or Nursing’s Honorary Alumni Award.
• Michelle Trupp, Emerging Nurse Leader: The PSNA Emerging Nurse Leader Award recognizes an RN who has completed the PSNA Star Leadership Institute program and demonstrates innovative thinking, a commitment to the advancement of nursing and transformational leadership. Since graduating from the 2008-2009 Institute, Trupp has seen professional promotions including nurse manager, emergency department assistant director and emergency services director. As director of emergency services, she supervised a department that managed more than 120,000 visits annually. Under her direction, the department underwent major expansion and a workflow re-design. In close collaboration with the medical director, Trupp used evidence-based best practices and innovation to create a patient-centered care model that included a psychiatric transition unit, RN front-end facilitator, ED to OR support system and out-of-ED flu treatment area. During this time period, the department received a Press Ganey Award for greatest improvement in satisfaction. She was also selected to be the project director for the system-wide implementation of the EPIC e-health record system, reporting directly to the COO. 
• Dr. Afaf Meleis, Distinguished Nurse Award: The PSNA Distinguished Nurse Award is given to a member of PSNA who has demonstrated leadership characteristics and rendered distinguished service to the nursing profession, and whose contributions and accomplishments are of significance to the nursing. Dr. Meleis is the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Professor of Nursing and Sociology, and Director of the School’s WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership. Dr. Meleis graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alexandria (1961), earned an MS in nursing (1964), an MA in sociology (1966) and a PhD in medical and social psychology (1968) from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her list of leadership positions and association involvement includes: Fellow, Royal College of Nursing, UK; member of the Institute of Medicine and the George W. Bush Presidential Center Women’s Initiative Policy Advisory Council; trustee, National Health Museum; president and council general emerita, International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI); and global ambassador, Girl Child Initiative, International Council of Nurses (ICN). Dr. Meleis’ teaching focuses on structure and organization of nursing knowledge, transitions and health, and international nursing. She has mentored hundreds of students, clinicians and researchers from Thailand, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Columbia, Korea and Japan. Dr. Meleis’ scholarship is focused on global health, immigrant and international health, women’s health, and on the theoretical development of the nursing discipline. She is the author of more than 200 publications and has been invited for speaking engagements, visiting professorships, and consultations nationally and internationally. In addition, Dr. Meleis has been an active supporter of the Pennsylvania Action Coalition.