title: Implementing Nursing Professional Development.
abstract: Sandra Bruce is the Nurse Education Program Manager, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas, and is responsible for the Air Force Continuing Nursing Education program and facilitation of selection boards for graduate education and fellowship programs. She served as editor for the third and fourth editions of the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) Core Curriculums for Nursing Professional Development. Sandy previously served as the Education Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for Nursing Education programs for over 3,000 Air Force Nurse Corps members. She received her BSN from Mercy College of Detroit in 1976 and entered the Air Force in 1982. The Air Force sponsored her Master's Degree in Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.
authors.affiliation: Sandra L. Bruce,MSN, RN-BC, is Nurse EducationOfficer, HQAFPC/DPAN, Randolph, Texas.
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bruce
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D004506:Education, Nursing; D008888:Military Nursing; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States