March 10, 2004

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NSU's Linda A. Simunek, Ph.D., To Serve As Keynote Speaker At Seventh Annual Nursing Assembly At University Of West Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE , FL - Dr. Linda A. Simunek, Program Professor of Educational Leadership at Nova Southeastern University 's (NSU) Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services, will serve as keynote speaker at the 7 th Annual Nursing Assembly of the Department of Nursing at the University of West Florida (UWF) in Pensacola , FL , on Thursday, March 11.

Dr. Simunek's address is titled “Ethical and Legal Analysis in Professional Nursing Practice: Advancing Nursing as a Moral Community.” According to Laurel Boyd, assistant professor of nursing at UWF, the Nursing Assembly “provides a venue in Pensacola for all registered nursing associations to come together once a year for continuing education, networking and camaraderie.”

Linda A. Simunek, Ph.D., J.D., R.N., A.R.N.P., is a member of the editorial boards of refereed professional publications, including The Journal of Nursing Law and The Journal of Nursing Management: Law and Ethics . In the summer of 2002, Dr. Simunek served as a Fellow in the Center for Ethics and Human Rights of the American Nurses Association in Washington , D.C. Dr. Simunek is a member of the South Florida Working Group on Ethics and Law, and serves as a board member of Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention (FISP).

The Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services has been a world leader for more than 30 years in distance graduate education for educators, organizational leaders, and human service providers. FGSEHS has more than 11,000 students in graduate education programs across the country, including both online programs and live classes in more than 50 cities, 22 states, and nine foreign countries.

Nova Southeastern University, with its main campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and student educational centers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast, and the 10 th largest nationally. It awards bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences. The university also offers 16 undergraduate majors through the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. For more information about Nova Southeastern University , visit www.nova.edu.