Dr. Beverly Malone, RN

Registered nurse

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, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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, FAAN (b. 1948) is the chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing

National League for Nursing

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. Prior to assuming this position in February 2007, she served as general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Nursing

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 for six years.

Early life

The eldest of seven siblings, her mother worked as a tax auditor for the Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service

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 and her father was a train engineer. She was raised in Kentucky

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.

Career

During her clinical career, Malone has worked as a surgical staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, director of nursing, and assistant administrator of nursing. Later she was dean and professor of the School of Nursing at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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, Greensboro, North Carolina

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, where she served on the Governor's Task Force on the Nursing Shortage, and was a commissioner of the North Carolina Commission on Health Services.

A former psychiatric nurse, she served as president of the American Nurses Association

American Nurses Association

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link title (ANA) (1996-2000) and a year as deputy assistant secretary at the United States Department of Health and Human Services

United States Department of Health and Human Services

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. She also represented U.S. nurses in the Congress of Nurse Representatives of the International Council of Nurses

International Council of Nurses

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. During her presidency, Malone served on President Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry and in March 1998 she was appointed to the Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting Committee. President Clinton also appointed Malone as a member of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Assembly

World Health Assembly

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 and she was a participant in the president's round table discussion on the Patients' Bill of Rights.

Representing nurses in a partnership to prevent medical errors, Malone served on the board of directors of the National Patient Safety Partnership, a collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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, the American Medical Association

American Medical Association

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 and other national health care organizations. She was the second African-American to serve as president of the ANA. She has been included in Ebony Magazines list of the 100 most influential African-Americans.

Education & awards

Malone received her BS in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

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 in Ohio; her MS in Adult Psychiatric Nursing from Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

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.

She has received numerous honors and awards, including the:

• [Chi Eta Phi]] sorority's Mabel Keaton Staupers
  Mabel Keaton Staupers
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   Award
• Honorary Doctor of Science from Indiana University
  Indiana University
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   *Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of Ulster
  University of Ulster
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  (2005)
• Anthony J. Janetti Award for extraordinary contributions to healthcare
• Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding contribution to nursing and society
• Excellence in Nursing Education Award from North Carolina League for Nursing
• Golden Key National Honor Society's Honorary Member Award