For our first webinar for 2025, it was a great privilege to introduce Dr Michelle Acorn, CEO of NPOA in Canada, to our members. IAANMP are delighted to connect with the NPOA and a recording of this connection is below.
Dr. Acorn has over 35 years of nursing, health systems and leadership expertise. NP Acorn transitioned to her NPAO CEO role in January 2024. Previously she was a Chief Nurse with the International Council of Nurses, a former Provincial Chief Nursing Officer in Ontario, and has also served as a NPAO President.
Dr. Acorn was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing (FCAN), the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (FFNMRCSI, Ad Eundem), and Fellow of the Queens Institute in the United Kingdom.
NP Acorn has received prestigious recognitions including the Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada Award of Excellence and Premier’s Award Nominee for Outstanding Scholars and Leaders. Academically she has completed her doctorate in nursing and dually registered as both a Primary Health Care and Adult Nurse Practitioner, and a certified Global Nurse Consultant.
Michelle continues to practice in the community enhancing access to care for health equity seeking populations. Michelle is recognized as a credible clinician, thought leader, mentor, teacher and scholar locally to globally. She is a real advocate for advanced practice and we are delighted to have her and her colleagues in Canada to give our members some perspective of the Canadian journey to ANP lead Clinics ….
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