Jane Giedt receives Minnesota nursing award
Jane Giedt, Nursing, has received the Minnesota Association of Colleges of Nursing (MACN) Outstanding Nurse Educator Award for 2009-2010.
Giedt, PhD, RN, CNE, has provided leadership and inspiration to nurses and nursing students for over 35 years in undergraduate and graduate programs locally and regionally. She has taught at every level in nursing education: hospital school of nursing, BSN, RN-to-BSN, MS, and the Doctorate. In addition to her long tenure with MSUM, she recently completed a Fulbright where she taught university-level nursing on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Further international professional travel has included her military service in Desert Storm.
She has taught and coordinated nursing programs with MSUM, Tri-College University, and the University of Minnesota. Her leadership has included program development, grant writing and management, participation and leadership in the North Dakota Nurses’ Association and Sigma Theta Tau (nursing honor society). She has been honored as the North Dakota Nurse of the Year and the Military Person of the Year.
One of Dr. Giedt’s previous students who wrote a letter supporting her MACN nomination stated that, “she inspires students with her great passion for the professional practice of nursing” and there is no greater praise.
The MACN award is a competitive and peer-reviewed honor presented annually to recognize the outstanding contributions of nurses in Minnesota who have significantly enhanced the profession of nursing through nursing education. The award criteria include teaching, scholarship, service, and practice. MACN members include public, private, proprietary and non-profit baccalaureate and higher degree schools of nursing in Minnesota.