Nanci McLeskey, DNP, MCG, MDiv, GERO-BC, FNGNA portrait
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing

Professional Service

  • Utah Alzheimer's Association. Role: Board member. Board member. 01/01/2016 - present
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Coordinating Council. Member. 10/15/2015 - present
  • Utah FIRST® LEGO® League. Role: Consultant. 2012 Senior Solutions Challenge http://www.techventures.utah.edu/utfll/ . 10/19/2012 - 12/2012
  • Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Rho. Role: President. I sit on the Board and provide leadership for the organization. 09/2012 - 06/30/2019
  • State of Utah Falls Prevention Coalition. Member, representing nursing. 10/08/2010 - present
  • National Gerontological Nursing Association. Role: Vice President. Board member and provided leadership for the organization. 10/2010 - 10/2014

Internal Service

  • Search Committee. member, 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2020. College service.
  • Baccalaureate Program Committee. member, 11/01/2017 - 01/01/2020. College service.
  • Alumni Board . Board Member liaison to students, 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2020. College service.
  • Chair of the Scholarship Committee. 09/02/2016 - present. College service.
  • A member of the Gerontological Interdisciplinary Program (GIP). Member, 09/2012 - present. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Salt Lake Rescue Mission. 01/2012 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Keynote speaker for STTI Gamma Rho Induction Certificate of Recognition. Sigma Theta Tau STTI Gamma Rho, 11/19/2023
  • Excellence in Education. STTI Gamma Rho, 11/2020
  • Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing. National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence, 11/13/2018
  • Honors for Nursing. University of Utah College of Nursing , 05/11/2018
  • UHPNO Hospice Hero Educator Award. Utah Hospice and Palliative Nursing Organization, 12/19/2017
  • Honors for Nursing. University of Utah College of Nursing , 05/12/2017
  • 2016 ELNEC Award Winner. End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 12/05/2016
  • Innovation in Practice Award. National Gerontological Nursing Association, 10/03/2015
  • End of Life Nursing Education Consortium Geriatrics Award Winner. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 09/2011
  • Award for Outstanding CME Outcomes Assessment. Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, 01/25/2011
  • Inducted as a member. Sigma Theta Tau, 03/2010
  • Fellow. NGNA, 10/2008

Affiliations

  • National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE), member, 12/01/2017 - 12/01/2019
  • Utah Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (UHPCO), member, 12/01/2015 - present
  • Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), Member, 01/2014 - present
  • National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA), Fellow, 10/2012 - present
  • American Nurses Association (ANA), Member, 02/2012 - present
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Member, 01/2012 - present
  • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), President-elect local chapter, 06/2011 - present

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