UNMC honors College of Saint Mary alumna
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Alumni Association recently honored Teresa Lynne Krieger Anderson D’11, E.D., HPE, with a College of Nursing Alumni Engagement Council Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Before graduating from CSM with her doctorate, Anderson earned her associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the UNMC College of Nursing.
Anderson began her career as a 1st Lieutenant and registered nurse in the United States Army Reserves, serving in several specialty areas including labor and delivery, mother-baby, gynecology, neonatal intensive care, medical, and home health.
As Anderson accumulated experience in nursing, she increasingly found herself in teaching roles, whether it was through patient education or educating nursing students and colleagues. Over the years she has taught at Metropolitan Community College, Creighton University, Bexar County Hospital in San Antonio, and Alpena Community College in Alpena, Mich.
In addition to her work in clinical nursing, teaching and administration, Anderson has also served as a consultant for the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program. The program is a special designation for health care organizations that excel in quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Anderson has served as a national consultant for the program since 2005, helping garner recognition in nursing excellence for dozens of hospitals.
Since 2000, Anderson has had a sustained interest in leadership development and support of nursing staff primarily at the Alegent Health Center for Nursing Excellence. She led submission of Mercy Hospital’s Magnet application in 2005 and served as magnet program coordinator at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha in 2014.
In recent years, Anderson has served as president of the Nebraska Nurses Association. She led the NNA Board of Directors to streamline association governance, advance toward virtual member engagement, and support practice changing legislation in Nebraska. In 2006, she was honored as the NNA District 2 Nurse of the Year.
Anderson worked with other state nursing associations and the American Nurses Association to pilot a regional alliance known as the Midwest Multi-State Division, which seeks to consolidate resources and achieve increased cost effectiveness.
By Chris Kasel, Media Relations Coordinator
