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 N101: Foundations In Nursing and N202: Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing II. She is a member of the Faculty Organization, Curriculum, and Nutrition Committees.

Educational Background
1985 - RN - St. Agnes Medical Center School of Nursing
1988 - BSN - LaSalle University
1994 - MSN - La Salle 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 hemo-dialysis 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).

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 sincere concern.