Dominican Delivers Keynote to the National Association of Catholic Nurses

The following news item is from Aquinas College’s website. The Dean of Aquinas College’s School of Nursing, Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P., Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., N.Y.A.M., F.R.S.M., delivered the keynote address at the annual conference of the National Association of Catholic Nurses, on March 1, 2013. The title of the address was “Transforming Health Care Through the Power of Catholic Nursing.” There is also a written version of his address available here. Brother Ignatius, along with Aquinas College President’s Advisory Council member Dr. Marie Hilliard, was also interviewed for a news story about the changing role of males in the field of nursing. Since its founding over 50 years ago, Aquinas College has offered students a dynamic academic experience in a welcoming and supportive Catholic environment. Under the direction of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation (the “Nashville Dominicans”) and an outstanding faculty who embrace the principles set forth in Ex Corde Ecclesiae, students receive an academically challenging liberal arts education that emphasizes the dignity of the human person.