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The National League for Nursing offers professional development, networking opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to nearly 45,000 individual and over 1,000 institutional members. NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education, and health care organizations and agencies.
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CEO of Education Management Solutions Joins NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Advisory Council
CEO of Education Management Solutions Joins NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Advisory Council
Matt Merino to Lend Unique Perspective during Four-Year Term
Washington, DC — Matt Merino, Chief Executive Officer for Education Management Solutions (EMS), an industry leader in providing health care simulation solutions, has joined the Advisory Council of the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education for a four-year term.
Matt Merino has a health care and simulation career spanning two decades and has experienced high impact simulation first-hand during his service as a member of the U.S. Army Special Operations community. Matt was awarded 13 medals for his distinguished service, including the Bronze Star. For the past 15 years, Matt has driven innovation across higher ed, health care, and nursing education programs, accelerating pre-licensure education solutions for university and health care partners.
“With the addition of Matt Merino to the Advisory Council, the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education will not only take advantage of his depth of knowledge concerning health care education but will also draw upon his practical operational knowledge gained at EMS, an experienced innovator in the simulation field that has supported the nursing community for decades. We are thrilled to add Matt and his unique point of view to the Advisory Council,” said NLN Foundation Chair Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN, ACRN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, president, Research College of Nursing.
Merino’s dual experience in health care education and the military makes him uniquely suited to leading an EMS solutions team that serves as a conduit for technology, enabling growth for health care education programs. Under his direction, EMS has become a market leader in health care simulation, assessment, and competency solutions, and has developed new state-of-the-art mobile simulation technologies.
Merino’s appointment expands membership on the NLN Foundation Advisory Council to 23 individuals, all leading voices from across the health care spectrum encompassing academia, technology, publishing, human resources, marketing, and health economics and development.
“I’m honored to join such a distinguished panel of experts in the health care field to lend my experience to aid in the NLN Foundation’s mission to build a strong nursing workforce across the globe,” said Merino.
The foundation supports the National League for Nursing’s competitive nursing education research grants and scholarship programs, among other initiatives, that aim to promote excellence in nursing education and expand diversity and inclusion in the nursing workforce and access to opportunities within higher education for qualified applicants to nursing programs.
For more information, visit NLN.org/Foundation.#####
About the National League for Nursing
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its nearly 45,000 individual and 1,000 institutional members, comprising nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education and health care organizations. Learn more at NLN.org.
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Honors
The National League for Nursing earned national recognition in the 2024 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence:
- Award of Excellence: NLN CNEA Website in the Websites - Most Improved category
- Award of Excellence: Celebrating Leadership in Nursing & Nursing Education Brochure in the Print Media - Marketing & Public Relations category
- Award of Excellence: NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing Highlights Infographic in the Design & Illustration - Infographics category
The National League for Nursing and CNEA earned national honors
in the 2024 Hermes Creative Awards:
- Platinum Winner: NLN CNEA Advantage: Resources for Accreditation in the Web-Based Training category
- Gold Winner: NLN CNEA Website in the Website Overall - Nonprofit category
- Gold Winner: NLN CNEA Website in the Website Overall - Redesign category
- Gold Winner: Celebrating Leadership in Nursing & Nursing Education Brochure in the Brochure category
- Gold Winner: NLN on LinkedIn in the Social Media - LinkedIn category
- Honorable Mention: Preserving NLN History Postcard in the Postcard category
- Honorable Mention: NLN Education Summit 2024 Website in the Microsite category
- Honorable Mention: NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing Highlights Infographic in the Infographic category
- Honorable Mention: NLN Foundation for Nursing Education 2023 Impact Infographic in the Infographic category
A Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Nursing Programs, 2nd edition, edited by Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, awarded first place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Nursing Education/Professional Development category.
Clinical Simulations in Nursing Education: Advanced Concepts, Trends, and Opportunities, 2nd edition, edited by Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, awarded second place in the 2023 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Adult Primary Care category and third place in the Nursing Education/Professional Development category.
The NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted podcast earned Honorable Mention in the 2023 PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards in the Podcast category.
The National League for Nursing earned national recognition in the 2023 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence:
- Grand Award: NLN.org in the Website - Most Improved category
- Award of Excellence: NLN.org in the Websites category
- Award of Excellence: NLN Member Update in the Newsletters - Electronic & Email category
The National League for Nursing earned national honors in the 2023 Hermes Creative Awards:
- Gold Winner: NLN.org in the Website Overall - Nonprofit category
- Gold Winner: NLN.org in the Website Overall - Redesign category
- Gold Winner: NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted podcast in the Podcast Series category
- Gold Winner: NLN Accelerator in the E-Newsletter category
- Honorable Mention: NLN.org Home Page in the Home Page category
- Honorable Mention: NLN Education Summit Website in the Microsite category
- Honorable Mention: NLN Member Update in the E-Newsletter category
- Honorable Mention: NLN Look Ahead in the E-Newsletter category
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The National League for Nursing earned national acclaim in the 2022 PR Daily Awards:
- Honorable Mention: NLN.org for the Website category
- Honorable Mention: Taking Aim: Addressing Structural Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Implicit Bias & Social Justice in the DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Communications category
- Honorable Mention: NLN.org for the Website category in the PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards
The 2022 Power of Association Gold Award Winner designation was presented to the National League for Nursing by the America Society for Association Executives (ASAE) for
Taking Aim: Addressing Structural Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Implicit Bias & Social Justice.
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CEO of Education Management Solutions Joins NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Advisory Council
CEO of Education Management Solutions Joins NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Advisory Council
Matt Merino to Lend Unique Perspective during Four-Year Term
Washington, DC — Matt Merino, Chief Executive Officer for Education Management Solutions (EMS), an industry leader in providing health care simulation solutions, has joined the Advisory Council of the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education for a four-year term.
Matt Merino has a health care and simulation career spanning two decades and has experienced high impact simulation first-hand during his service as a member of the U.S. Army Special Operations community. Matt was awarded 13 medals for his distinguished service, including the Bronze Star. For the past 15 years, Matt has driven innovation across higher ed, health care, and nursing education programs, accelerating pre-licensure education solutions for university and health care partners.
“With the addition of Matt Merino to the Advisory Council, the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education will not only take advantage of his depth of knowledge concerning health care education but will also draw upon his practical operational knowledge gained at EMS, an experienced innovator in the simulation field that has supported the nursing community for decades. We are thrilled to add Matt and his unique point of view to the Advisory Council,” said NLN Foundation Chair Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN, ACRN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, president, Research College of Nursing.
Merino’s dual experience in health care education and the military makes him uniquely suited to leading an EMS solutions team that serves as a conduit for technology, enabling growth for health care education programs. Under his direction, EMS has become a market leader in health care simulation, assessment, and competency solutions, and has developed new state-of-the-art mobile simulation technologies.
Merino’s appointment expands membership on the NLN Foundation Advisory Council to 23 individuals, all leading voices from across the health care spectrum encompassing academia, technology, publishing, human resources, marketing, and health economics and development.
“I’m honored to join such a distinguished panel of experts in the health care field to lend my experience to aid in the NLN Foundation’s mission to build a strong nursing workforce across the globe,” said Merino.
The foundation supports the National League for Nursing’s competitive nursing education research grants and scholarship programs, among other initiatives, that aim to promote excellence in nursing education and expand diversity and inclusion in the nursing workforce and access to opportunities within higher education for qualified applicants to nursing programs.
For more information, visit NLN.org/Foundation.#####
About the National League for Nursing
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its nearly 45,000 individual and 1,000 institutional members, comprising nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education and health care organizations. Learn more at NLN.org.
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