Narrative Nursing - What Does it Mean to be a Professional Nurse

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP(H), is the Director of the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy and the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was Dean from 1982 through 1997. She is also a Distinguished University Professor at CWRU. She earned a BSN from Georgetown University, an MS in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing from the Ohio State University, a PhD in Nursing from New York University, and an MBA from CWRU. In 1990, Dr Fitzpatrick received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Georgetown University. In 2011, she received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the Frontier University of Nursing, and in 2020, she was appointed a Distinguished University Professor at CWRU.

Dr Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and healthcare literature, with over 400 publications, including more than 85 books. She has received the AJN Book of the Year Award 22 times. She served as Co-editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Research series, vols. 1-26. She is the Editor of the classic Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, now in its 4th edition, and Co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Nursing Education. In 2021, with Dr Mary Beth Modic, she published a children's book titled Luminaries of the Past: Stories of Fifty Extraordinary Nurses.

Peter Stoffan, DNP, MPA, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, CPXP, is a Nurse Leader currently residing in the New York City Greater Metro Area. Prior to Nursing, Peter earned his first degree from Indiana University in Musical Theatre. After performing for multiple years in New York City and around the country, he decided to go back to school for Nursing at New York University. Peter loves the leadership role both on and off stage and enjoys blending the two dynamic talents in healthcare and leadership. After earning a Master's in Public Administration degree from New York University, he earned his Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. His scholarly work focuses on the connection between hospital and environmental attributes and the health of nurse leaders.

He has served in various leadership roles in healthcare organizations in the New York City Greater Metro Area and is adjunct faculty at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Peter is also a published author of Tommy the Nurse - a children's book that highlights nursing and the importance of following one's own passions. Additionally, Dr Stoffan has written and edited book chapters, has articles published in the Gastroenterology Nursing Journal, Nursing Management Journal, and the American Nurse Journal, and is a contributing author for the book Luminaries of the Past: Stories of Fifty Extraordinary Nurses, written by Dr Joyce Fitzpatrick and Dr Mary Beth Modic.