Pinnacle Lecture Series
The Pinnacle Lecture Series is a Connell School program that brings a widely recognized nursing leader to the Boston College campus each semester to address issues at the forefront of health care today.
Family Journey, Recovery, and Resilience: A Caregiver’s Perspective
Lee Woodruff
Best-selling author, CBS This Morning show contributor, and Bob Woodruff Foundation cofounder
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
5:00 p.m.
Yawkey Center, Murray Room
Lee Woodruff, coauthor with her husband, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, of In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing, a New York Times best seller about their family’s experience after he was critically injured in Iraq, will discuss how caregivers cope during a crisis. Drawing on her earlier experience as a public relations professional, Woodruff will also talk about how nurses can turn complex nursing practice and scholarly research into stories that will attract the interest of mainstream media.
An advocate for veterans, survivors of traumatic brain injuries, and their caregivers, Woodruff cofounded the Bob Woodruff Foundation (ReMIND.org), which assists wounded service members and their families. She is also the author of a collection of essays, Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress, and a novel, Those We Love Most, as well as a contributing reporter to CBS This Morning.
A reception will follow the presentation.
1.2 contact hours will be awarded.
The contact hours may be used for RN license renewal for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (BORN) and in other states where it is accepted.
Fall 2013 lecture
Maureen P. McCausland ’72, M.S. ’77
Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Officer, MedStar Health
Monday, November 4, 2013
5:00 p.m.
Yawkey Center, Murray Room
The Connell School will begin collecting RSVPs for this lecture in spring 2013.