May L. Wykle
May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is Dean and Florence Cellar Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is recent past president of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Dr. Wykle is presently serving on the advisory board for the Johnson & Johnson national Campaign for Nursling's Future, which is helping address the current nursing shortage with several imitative aimed at recruiting new nurses and...See more
May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is Dean and Florence Cellar Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is recent past president of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Dr. Wykle is presently serving on the advisory board for the Johnson & Johnson national Campaign for Nursling's Future, which is helping address the current nursing shortage with several imitative aimed at recruiting new nurses and retaining current nurses. She has been a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University since 1969. Since 1988, she ahs served as director of the University Center on Aging and Health. Dean Wykle has received numerous honors and awards, including Case's 1989 John S. Diekhoff Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, a merit award from the Cleveland Council of Black Nurses, and the 2000 Gerontological Nursing Research Award from the Gerontological Society of America. In August 2003, she was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Black Nurses Association. Her most recent book, "Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century, " earned the" American Journal of Nursing's "Book of the Year Award in 2000. See less
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