{"id":5999,"date":"2008-06-02T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Dr.%20Breslin%20has%20worked%20o"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:02:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:02:01","slug":"dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Breslin finds the right fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"
\nDr. Breslin has worked on the Hopi and Navaho Indian reservations and at the rim of the Grand Canyon. Now she\u2019s deep in the heart of Texas leading the Health Science Center\u2019s School of Nursing, where she says she feels right at home. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 1, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio welcomed a new dean to the School of Nursing \u2014 Eileen T. Breslin, Ph.D., R.N.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dean Breslin came to the UT Health Science Center from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass), where she was professor and dean of the School of Nursing since 1998 and interim dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences from 2003 through 2006.<\/p>\n

In addition to innovative leadership, the new dean brings a fond love for the Southwest.<\/p>\n

Dean Breslin earned her registered nurse diploma from Hartford Hospital of Nursing in Hartford, Conn., where she grew up with five siblings. She then headed west to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff \u2014 the heart of the Navaho and Hopi American Indian reservations \u2014 to earn her bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing. The border state also was home to many Hispanic families.<\/p>\n

“The program at Northern Arizona University had a strong emphasis on public health. I learned about community assessments, community activism, environmental health and policy issues. I think this is what really sparked my lifelong interest in public health,” Dean Breslin said.<\/p>\n

“One of the most remarkable experiences I had was a clinical rotation at a health center at the Grand Canyon,” she explained. “I learned about issues in rural health care because we were the only health providers around for miles. I also learned how difficult it is for individuals to get health care when they don\u2019t speak the language and the importance of really connecting with patients on a personal level.”<\/p>\n

The dean\u2019s love for the Southwest continued for more than 20 years. She focused on women\u2019s and public health programs, working as a hospital labor and delivery nurse, setting up a network of family planning clinics and earning her nurse practitioner certificate in women\u2019s health care from the University of New Mexico (1978).<\/p>\n

In 1983, she earned her master\u2019s degree in maternal-newborn nursing from the University of Arizona in Tucson, then went back to Northern Arizona University, where she served as an assistant professor, associate professor, and professor and chair in the Department of Nursing.<\/p>\n

She earned her Ph.D. in 1992 while serving for five years on the Arizona Board of Nursing as chair of the Chemical Dependency Committee and as its nursing representative to the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners. During that time, Dean Breslin learned that chemical dependency problems for nurses were handled differently than for physicians. “After studying the issue, we were successful in changing the regulations to establish a rehabilitative process instead of a punitive process for nurses,” she said. The disparity became the topic for her doctoral dissertation.<\/p>\n

In 1998, Dean Breslin returned to the Northeast to become dean of the UMass School of Nursing. Under her tenure, UMass instituted a doctoral degree in nursing practice, a clinical nurse leader program and a dual master of science\/public health degree \u2014 all firsts in the state. The university also became a national leader in distance learning.<\/p>\n

What attracted her to the UT Health Science Center? “There\u2019s a lot of excitement here, tremendous opportunities, really fabulous faculty, terrific staff, great resources, a willingness to work hard, and I am happy to be back at an academic health institution,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We have a really clear focus for serving South Texas, which is a fairly rural area. This is a great mission-value fit for me. From my previous work in Arizona and at UMass, I think I have the skill set to further our mission of increasing diversity, furthering partnerships, providing access to education, developing research and focusing on such issues as health disparities, aging and women\u2019s health,” she said. “I think it\u2019s important to affirm that there is so much good here. I wouldn\u2019t have come if I didn\u2019t think this was already a great place.”<\/p>\n

For now, she said, “I want to continue to build the research trajectory that has been established. I want to continue to develop the faculty, to focus on educational partnerships, to strengthen and build upon the simulation work that has already begun here and to take a good look at distance education. I am absolutely delighted and thrilled to be here. I just feel that this is an opportunity of a lifetime.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Breslin has worked on the Hopi and Navaho Indian reservations and at the rim of the Grand Canyon. Now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":9002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summer-2008"],"yoast_head":"\nDean Breslin finds the right fit - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dean Breslin finds the right fit - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Breslin has worked on the Hopi and Navaho Indian reservations and at the rim of the Grand Canyon. Now […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-06-02T01:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-22T20:02:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"771\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rosanne Fohn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rosanne Fohn\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rosanne Fohn\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99355aa6e7f9cc31257f214f7ae91a92\"},\"headline\":\"Dean Breslin finds the right fit\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-06-02T01:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-22T20:02:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":766,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Summer 2008\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dean Breslin finds the right fit - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-06-02T01:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-22T20:02:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99355aa6e7f9cc31257f214f7ae91a92\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2016\\\/01\\\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg\",\"width\":771,\"height\":438,\"caption\":\"Breslin\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dean Breslin finds the right fit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio\",\"description\":\"The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Mission magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99355aa6e7f9cc31257f214f7ae91a92\",\"name\":\"Rosanne Fohn\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\\\/mission-old\\\/author\\\/fohn\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dean Breslin finds the right fit - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dean Breslin finds the right fit - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","og_description":"Dr. Breslin has worked on the Hopi and Navaho Indian reservations and at the rim of the Grand Canyon. Now […]","og_url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/","og_site_name":"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","article_published_time":"2008-06-02T01:00:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-22T20:02:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":771,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rosanne Fohn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rosanne Fohn","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/"},"author":{"name":"Rosanne Fohn","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/99355aa6e7f9cc31257f214f7ae91a92"},"headline":"Dean Breslin finds the right fit","datePublished":"2008-06-02T01:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-22T20:02:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/"},"wordCount":766,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg","articleSection":["Summer 2008"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/","name":"Dean Breslin finds the right fit - Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg","datePublished":"2008-06-02T01:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-22T20:02:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/99355aa6e7f9cc31257f214f7ae91a92"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/breslin-e1459864756458.jpg","width":771,"height":438,"caption":"Breslin"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/dean-breslin-finds-the-right-fit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dean Breslin finds the right fit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#website","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/","name":"Mission magazine | UT Health Science Center San Antonio","description":"The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Mission magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/#\/schema\/person\/99355aa6e7f9cc31257f214f7ae91a92","name":"Rosanne Fohn","url":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/author\/fohn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}