Atlanta Publisher Wins Book of the Year
Atlanta publisher, Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc. wins the American Journal of Nursing’s “Book of the Year” award for the patient education guide, No Time to Teach
Atlanta, GA, February 18, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Atlanta publisher, Pritchett & Hull, has taken one of healthcare publishing’s most prestigious awards, winning “Book of the Year” from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN).
“AJN’s Book of the Year awards high quality publications,” said Cecily Shull, CEO of Pritchett & Hull Associates. “We are thrilled to have partnered with Fran London on No Time to Teach and to have met the standards of this coveted award.”
No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Healthcare Providers, by author, Fran London, RN, MS, teaches healthcare professionals how to assess and educate patients using concrete terms and real-world examples.
The book was praised by judges for demonstrating how to “capitalize on the time spent with patients and their families,” explaining “how to teach using an interpreter” and for the pocket-guide format which “packs a big punch in a small package.”
The AJN has been announcing its annual list of the best in nursing publishing since 1969. The annual list of most valuable texts is selected by the AJN’s panel of judges. The award announcements garner the attention of the AJN’s 105,000 print subscribers and over 500,000 others who read the journal online.
About Fran London
Fran London has a distinguished career as a patient education specialist and as an author and speaker for her expertise in Family and Patient Education. Her current position as Health Education Specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital has given her the opportunity to keep up on the research in the field. She has presented workshops and published books, book chapters, and articles on patient education. She has a BA in Anthropology from Brooklyn College, and a BS in Nursing and MS in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from the University of Rochester in New York. Fran has worked as a staff nurse in pediatrics and psychiatry, inpatient and outpatient; school nurse; and Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nurse. Fran London is an active blogger about patient education and can be contacted on her blog, http://notimetoteach.com
About Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc.
Pritchett & Hull Associates is an Atlanta publisher that creates print/digital media solutions to help hospitals, home health, managed care and corporations to teach healthy living and disease management to patients and families. Their focus is on creating medically-accurate, colorful and engaging solutions to help to lower the costs of healthcare and improve the overall quality of life. For more information, visit their website at http://p-h.com
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“AJN’s Book of the Year awards high quality publications,” said Cecily Shull, CEO of Pritchett & Hull Associates. “We are thrilled to have partnered with Fran London on No Time to Teach and to have met the standards of this coveted award.”
No Time to Teach: The Essence of Patient and Family Education for Healthcare Providers, by author, Fran London, RN, MS, teaches healthcare professionals how to assess and educate patients using concrete terms and real-world examples.
The book was praised by judges for demonstrating how to “capitalize on the time spent with patients and their families,” explaining “how to teach using an interpreter” and for the pocket-guide format which “packs a big punch in a small package.”
The AJN has been announcing its annual list of the best in nursing publishing since 1969. The annual list of most valuable texts is selected by the AJN’s panel of judges. The award announcements garner the attention of the AJN’s 105,000 print subscribers and over 500,000 others who read the journal online.
About Fran London
Fran London has a distinguished career as a patient education specialist and as an author and speaker for her expertise in Family and Patient Education. Her current position as Health Education Specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital has given her the opportunity to keep up on the research in the field. She has presented workshops and published books, book chapters, and articles on patient education. She has a BA in Anthropology from Brooklyn College, and a BS in Nursing and MS in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing from the University of Rochester in New York. Fran has worked as a staff nurse in pediatrics and psychiatry, inpatient and outpatient; school nurse; and Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Nurse. Fran London is an active blogger about patient education and can be contacted on her blog, http://notimetoteach.com
About Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc.
Pritchett & Hull Associates is an Atlanta publisher that creates print/digital media solutions to help hospitals, home health, managed care and corporations to teach healthy living and disease management to patients and families. Their focus is on creating medically-accurate, colorful and engaging solutions to help to lower the costs of healthcare and improve the overall quality of life. For more information, visit their website at http://p-h.com
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800.241.4925
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