Dr. Lawrence receives National Award

James F. Lawrence, Ph.D. APRN BC FAANP, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mercer University’s School of Medicine received the national award for outstanding community service at this years’ annual conference of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) held in Savannah, Georgia. This award is given annually to an individual who demonstrates a commitment to service in his/her work as an advocate and example of social responsiveness for the aging at the local and national levels.                    

Dr. Lawrence’s community service was described as a “commitment that is demonstrated through his development of and participation in programs for the aging that go well beyond the traditional service role of his profession and highlights his commitment to the aging as an important element of his personal and professional mission to his profession”.

Currently, Dr. Lawrence serves as president of Georgia’s GAPNA chapter and member to GAPNA’s national board of directors. He is serving his second (four year) term as national chair in geriatrics to the American Nurses Credentialing Center.                                                           

In June 2009 Dr. Lawrence received this country’s most prestigious recognition for an advanced practice nurse when he was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) at its annual conference held in Nashville, Tennessee.