Historic Edge Runner Models
Nurse-Led Innovation

Edge Runner Models

The following is a list (in alphabetical order by name) of models designated by the American Academy of Nursing as Edge Runners.

10 Steps to Promote and Protect Human Milk and Breastfeeding in Vulnerable InfantsDiane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

11th Street Family Health Services - Patricia Gerrity, PhD, RN, FAAN

A Caring Science Model of Specialized Dementia Care for Transforming Practice and Advancing Health Equity - María de los Ángeles Ortega (formerly Ordóñez), DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CDP, FAANP, FAAN

Accountable Community of Health - Billie Lynn Allard, MS, RN

Aging in Place Project - Marilyn Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN

The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Clinical Scene Investigator (CSI) Academy - Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FAAN, Susan R. Lacey, PhD, RN, FAAN

Angel Eye Web-Camera System - Sarah Rhoads, PhD, DNP, WHNP-BC

Arkansas Aging Initiative - Claudia J. Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN

Baby Steps: Nurse-led Telehealth for Transition of Care - Danielle Altares Sarik, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, Yui Matsuda, PhD, PHNA-BC, MPH

Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors (C-P.A.W.W.) - Cheryl Krause-Parello, PhD, RN, FAAN

Caregiver Skills Building Intervention (CSBI) - Carol J. Farran, DNSc, RN, FAAN

Center for Midwifery – University of Colorado College of Nursing - Jessica Anderson, DNP, CNM, WHNP, FACNM

Centering Healthcare Institute - Sharon Schindler Rising, CNM, MSN

The Chicago Parent Program - Deborah Gross, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Susan Breitenstein, PhD, RN, FAAN, Christine Garvey, PhD, RN, Wrenetha Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes - Nancy Donaldson, DNS, RN, FAAN, Diane Storer Brown, PhD, RN, FNAHQ, FAAN

Collaborative KMC Care Model - John N. Cranmer, DNP, MPH, MSN, BSN, ANP, CPH, EBP(CH), Lynn M. Sibley, CNM, RN, PhD, FACNM, FAAN, Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu, MD, Lamesgin Alamnih, BSc, MPH, Mulusew Lijalem Belew, MHS, BS, AD

Community Aging in Place: Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) - Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN

Community-Based Smoking Cessation Program (CSCP) - Man Ping Wang, PhD, MPH, MPhil, BNurs, RN, FAAN

Community Health Education, Advocacy, and Empowerment: Promotores de la Salud - Connie Vance, EdD, RN, FAAN, Mary Healey-Sedutto, MPA, PhD

Complex Care Center - Lauran Hardin, MSN, RN-BC, CNL

Coping Skills Training - Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN

Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) - Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAAN, FNAP

Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE) for Children, Teens, and College Age Students - Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAAN, FNAP

¡Cuídate! - Antonia M. Villaruel, PhD, FAAN, Loretta Sweet Jemmott, PhD, RN, FAAN

Danger Assessment: An Instrument to Help Abused Women Assess Their Risk of Homicide - Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN

Durham Homeless Care Transitions - Julia Gamble, MPH, NP, RN, Donna Biederman, DrPH, MN, RN, CPH, FAAN, Sally Wilson, MDiv

Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety (TIPS) - Patricia C. Dykes PhD, MA, RN, FAAN, FACMI, Ann Hurley, DNSc FAAN, FGSA, Diane Carroll, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FESC

Family Health and Birth Center in the Developing Families Center - Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, RN, CNM, FAAN

Family Practice and Counseling Network - Donna Torrisi, MSN, CRNP

Family Presence During Invasive Procedures and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Cathie Guzzetta, PhD, RN, FAAN, Angela Clark, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA

Families Talking Together - Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Farm Dinner Theatre - Deborah B. Reed, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAOHN, FAAN

Guardian Nurses’ Mobile Care Coordinator® Program - Betty Long, MHA, RN, Rebecca Rivkin-Czarkowski, MSN, RN

The Harambee Nursing Center - Kay T. Roberts, EdD, MSN, ARNP, FAAN

The Harriet Lane Compassionate Care Program - Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN

Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn - Deborah Mattheus, PhD, APRN-Rx, CPNP, FAAN

Immersion Model for Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs - Wallena Gould, EdD, CRNA, FAANA, FAAN

Improving the Accuracy of Linear Growth Assessment in Children - Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Karen D. Hench, MS, RN

INSIGHTS Into Children's Temperament - Sandee McClowry, PhD, RN, FAAN

Integrated Health Care (IHC) - Judith Storfjell, Phd, RN, FAAN

Interprofessional Practice at the Vine School Health Center: A School-Based Nurse-Managed Clinic - Nan M. Gaylord, PhD, RN, CPNP- PC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN

Kentucky Racing Health Services Center - Whitney Nash, PhD, APRN,  Sara Robertson, DNP, APRN, FNP

Living Independently for Elders Center (LIFE) - Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN

Los trastornos del sueño y la promoción del sueño saludable - Carol M. Baldwin, PhD, RN, CHTP, CT, AHN-BC, FAAN, Cipriana Caudillo Cisneros, MS, RN, Luxana Reynaga Ornelas, PhD, MSN, RN

Making Transitional Care More Effective & Efficient - Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN

Mantram Repetition Program: Mind-Body-Spiritual Approach to Symptom and Stress Management - Jill E. Bormann, PhD, RN, FAAN

Marquette Model of Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness Based Method - Richard J. Fehring, PhD, RN, FAAN, Mary Schneider, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, Susana Crespo, BSN, RN, NFPI, MaryLee (Kiene) Barron, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, Qiyan Mu, PhD, RN, Thomas Bouchard, MD, Family Medicine, Kathleen Raviele, MD, Ob/Gyn

Mental Health Integration at Intermountain Healthcare, UT - Brenda Reiss-Brennan, PhD, APRN

The Mount Sinai Primary Care Hepatitis C Clinical and Research Program - Donald Gardenier, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Jeffrey J. Weiss, PhD, MS

National University Nurse Managed Clinic - Gloria J. McNeal, PhD, MSN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, Arneta Finney, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, APWHc, CNL, Angela Williams, PhD, FNP-C, APRN, CNL, Patricia L. Humbles, PhD, RN (Ret.)

Nurse Managed Health Centers - Tine Hansen-Turton, FAAN, Joanne M. Pohl, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN

Nurse-Family Partnership - Harriet Kitzman, PhD, RN, FAAN

Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystems Elders (NICHE) - Mattia J. Gilmartin PhD, RN, FAAN, Jennifer L. Pettis, MSN, RN, CNE, Eugenia Bachaleda, MA, Louise Simon, BS, LLM, ICBB, Joanna Melendez, BS, Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN, Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN

On Lok Senior Health Services - Jennie Chin Hansen, MS, RN, FAAN

One Year Post-Baccalaureate Nurse Residency - Colleen J. Goode, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC, Cathleen Krsek, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN

Oral Care in Mechanically Ventilated Adults - Cindy Munro, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FAAAS

Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Program - Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, FAAN, Erin Hartnett, DNP, PNPPC-BC, CPNP

PATHways Prenatal Program and Beyond Birth Comprehensive Treatment and Recovery Program - Kristin Ashford, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN, John O’Brien, MD, MFM, Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH

Perioperative Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program - Susan M. Scott, MSN, RN, WOCN

Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) - Marilyn J. Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN

Quiet4Healthy Farm - Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN, FAAN

Reducing Depressive Symptoms & Enhancing Parenting in Low-Income & Newly-Immigrated Mothers of Infants & Toddlers - Linda S. Beeber, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN

RightCare Solutions - Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI

Senior ASSIST - Diane McGee, MSN, RN

SeniorWISE - Graham J. McDougall, Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA

SPEACS-2: Communication Training and Toolkit - Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Judith A. Tate, PhD, RN, FAAN, ATS-F, Kathryn L. Garrett, SLP-CC, PhD, Rebecca Trotta, PhD, RN, Amber E. Barnato, MD, MPH, MS

Special Care Unit for the Critically Ill - Barbara Daly, PhD, RN, FAAN

Suicide Prevention in Nursing: Breaking the Silence - Judy E. Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN

Talking Circle Intervention - John Lowe, PhD, RN, FAAN

TelEmergency: Distance Emergency Care Using Nurse Practitioners - Kristi Henderson, MSN, FAEN

Tobacco Free Nurses - Linda Sarna, PhD, RN, FAAN, Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH, RN, FAAN

Training in the Assessment of Depression - Ellen L. Brown, EdD, RN

Transforming Care at Bedside - Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Patricia Rutherford, MS, RN

Transforming the Alzheimer's Experience with an App: Dementia Guide Expert - Valerie Gruss, PD, APRN, GNP-BC, FAAN

Transforming Post-Hospitalization, Newborn Circumcision Care Through a Nurse Practitioner-Led Care Delivery Model - Vivian W. Williams, MSN, RN, CPN

UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program - Leslie Chang Evertson, GNP-BC, Mihae Kim, AGPCNP-BC, Michelle Panlilio, GNP-BC, Kelsey Stander, AGNP-BC

Wise Health Decisions - Nancy E. Dayhoff, EdD, RN, CNS, Patricia S. Moore, MSN, RN, CNS, CDE