telephone: (215) 481-5540
e-mail: afennessey@amh.org

Role At Dixon
Anita Fennessey is a faculty member and clinical instructor at Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing. She teaches N202: Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing II and N303: Advanced Concepts in Medical-Surgical Nursing. She is a member of the Faculty Organization, Curriculum, Student Grievance and Nutrition Committees. She is also Chair of the Student Evaluation and Achievement Committee.

Educational Background
1985 - RN - St. Agnes Medical Center School of Nursing
1989 - BSN - LaSalle University
1994 - MSN - La Salle University
Currently enrolled in Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Drexel University

Professional Experience
Ms. Fennessey had experience in many areas of nursing prior to instructing at Dixon. She has extensive critical care nursing experience. She worked with both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients for over ten years; she was also a renal nurse educator.

Professional Awards and Recognition
She wrote an article entitled, "Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Utilization of Research Methods and Products." This article was a collaboration with other RN’s and was presented in MEDSURG Nursing (1994, Vol.3, No. 2). She was also the AMH Gold Standard Employee of the Month.

Personal Interests
Her personal interests include exercise and aerobics. She is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Nursing Education As A Career
Anita Fennessey chose nursing as a career because she enjoys taking care of people and helping them improve their health. She chose to be a nurse educator because she loves watching and helping students grow from novice student nurses to professional registered nurses. She enjoys all aspects of her role in helping students and watching them develop their nursing skills.

"Caring with Confidence"
Helping students learn to care for every patient without judgment and always with compassion and concern.