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PCC Names New Director of Nursing 01/05/2007: Polk
Community College has named Dr. Annette Hutcherson
Nursing Program
Director. She has taught nursing
for over 29 years, 17 of those years at PCC. Dr. Hutcherson came
to PCC
She received her B.S. (in 1968) and her Master’s degree (in 1975) in Nursing both from the University of Mississippi, and her Ed.D from the University of Southern Mississippi (in 1980). Before coming to PCC, she taught at community colleges in the Mississippi gulf coast. “I like the community colleges, because of their smallness and family atmosphere,” she said. Dr. Hutcherson has played a key role in PCC’s Nursing Department and has accomplished much in and out of the classroom. She wrote the SUCCEED Florida grant, which resulted in PCC being awarded over $400,000 for expansion of the skills lab and developed the curriculum for both the paramedic-to-nursing transition and the revised LPN transition program. She also developed the on-line Pharmacology course for LPN and Paramedic Transition students. The new Director has twice been awarded the PCC Foundation’s Allied Health Teaching Chair in 1996 and 2002. She was named Educator/Administrator of the Year in 1994 by the Florida Nurses Association. The Mississippi Nurses Association also named her Nurse of the Year in 1987. While at PCC, Dr. Hutcherson also worked part-time at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, first as a staff nurse and for the past nine years as Advanced Practice Specialist assisting the LRMC staff with educational needs. In her career, she has served as staff nurse and Director of Nursing at several Mississippi and Florida health care centers. She also served for 20 years with the U.S. Army National Guard, retiring with the rank of Colonel. Her final assignment was Chief Nurse for the Florida National Guard. Dr. Hutcherson has served on numerous college committees and professional and civic organizations. She is a member and former board member of the American/Florida Nurses' Association and is a member of the National/Florida League for Nursing. At PCC, she served as Secretary of the Nursing Faculty Association, Chairperson of Quality Assurance Committee and member of college-wide Institutional Effectiveness Committee. She is President of the Kimberlea Homeowners Association and is a volunteer with the Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine Clinic She has two grown children, Ben Gerrard and Christy Grisham, and three grandchildren. Dr. Hutcherson hobbies include reading and traveling. |
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