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Clarisse Dexter named Rhode Island’s 2008 AANP Nurse Practitioner of the Year
This prestigious award is given to a nurse practitioner who demonstrates excellence in patient care and serves as a role model for other nurse practitioners and the nursing profession as a whole. A peer-selected award, it is granted to a nurse practitioner who has made a significant contribution to the improvement of care and quality of life for individuals, families and communities. A formal awards ceremony was held in June in Washington, DC at the AANP Annual National Conference. A state awards ceremony was held in September at the Rhode Island Nurse Practitioner Council’s annual dinner meeting. Clarisse is a graduate of the Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing, class of 1970. She went on to receive her Baccalaureate Degree from Salve Regina College in 1977 and graduated from the University of Rhode Island's Nurse Practitioner master’s degree program in 1990. She has been board certified in Gerontology and Family Practice since 1990. Ms. Dexter is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners, Rhode Island State Nurses Association (RISNA), RISNA NP Council and the RI Geriatric Society. As a Nurse Practitioner, she had worked in Rhode Island Hospital's Medical Primary Care Unit until 1993, when the Geriatric Division was founded. She has since been providing care to Rhode Island's elderly population in nursing homes, home care and through geriatric primary care. Clarisse is a Certified Wound Care Consultant. She is a Brown University Faculty member, involved with the geriatric medical education of Fellows, Residents and medical students. She is also an adjunct faculty member of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate Nursing program, precepting nurse practitioner students since the early 1990s. Finding precepting NP students most rewarding, Clarisse has precepted NP students from UMass Worcester, UMass Dartmouth, MGH and UPenn as well. She has served on the NP Council's Education Board, and has volunteered as a camp nurse for the New England Al-Teen regional conferences.
Dr. Joan Teno named Rhode Island’s 2008 AANP Nurse Practitioner Advocate of the Year
Her current research is focused on the quality of care for persons with serious illnesses, especially those residing in the nursing home setting and includes:
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North Scituate, RI, (November 1, 2008) – Clarisse Dexter, MS, NP has received the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 2008 Rhode Island State Award for Excellence. Ms. Dexter is one of only 50 such recipients named annually, chosen from more than 120,000 practicing Nurse Practitioners nationwide. 
Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S . is a Professor of Community Health and Medicine and Associate Director of the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. She is a health services researcher, hospice medical director, and board-certified internist with added qualifications in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Teno has served on numerous advisory panels including the Institute of Medicine, World Health Organization, American Bar Association and as a grant peer reviewer for the National Institutes of Health. Both as a researcher and clinician, Dr. Teno has devoted her career to understanding how to measure and improve the quality of end of life care for vulnerable populations. She is an Associate Medical Director at Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.