National nurse practitioners organization honors Rambur

AANP Award recipient Betty Rambur
From left, Deb Wachtel, Vermont’s state representative for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners; Betty Rambur, professor and Routhier Endowed Chair for Practice at URI’s College of Nursing; and Denise Coppa, associate professor of nursing at URI, at the awards ceremony.

Betty Rambur, professor and Routhier Endowed Chair for Practice at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, received the American Association of Nurse Practitioners State Advocate Award at the organization’s national conference in June. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by nurse practitioners and advocates. Rambur, who joined URI in 2016, was honored for her longstanding contributions to advancing nurse practitioners in the state of Vermont.