Selected through a national membership vote, Everett will serve as AONE's president-elect for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2006, and will become president for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2007. She will serve as past-president the following year.

Everett also serves as treasurer of the Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation Board of Directors, one of the world's largest professional organizations for nurses. Sigma Theta Tau has more than 240,000 inducted members. In addition, Everett will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in November 2005.

Everett directs the Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care as well as a number of hospitals-based departments at UI Hospitals and Clinics. She is responsible for approximately 2,000 nursing professionals. Everett joined the staff of UI Hospitals and Clinics in January 1999. During her tenure, the department received the prestigious Magnet Hospital Designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. UI Hospitals and Clinics was the first hospital in Iowa to earn the international award.

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Nursing Services and Patient Care

Sigma Theta Tau

American Academy of Nursing

Magnet Hospital Designation