Integra’s Littlejohns Heads AANN

Linda Littlejohns, RN, MSN, CNRN, FAAN, president and executive director of the Integra Foundation and vice president of corporate clinical development at Integra LifeSciences Holding Corporation, is the new President of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN). She assumed the presidency at the organization’s 2012 annual meeting in April. The Association was founded in 1968 and has more than 4, 000 members worldwide.

“This is a tremendous honor for Linda, who will lead the nation’s largest organization representing neuroscience nurses, ” said Peter Arduini, Integra’s president and CEO in the May 1 press release. “Throughout her career, Linda has been an advocate for nursing education and the nurse’s role in our healthcare system. Her impressive background and experience will serve the AANN well.”

Littlejohns lectures worldwide on topics related to the management of the neuroscience patient population, and is widely published in professional texts and journals. She was the co-editor of the “5th Edition of the Core Curriculum for Neuroscience Nursing” and the textbook “Protocols for Practice: Monitoring Technologies in Critically Ill Neuroscience Patients.” She was inducted into The Academy of Nursing in 2010. Littlejohns started her nursing career in Johannesburg, South Africa, and received her BSN and MSN from California State University after relocating to the USA in 1981.