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Villanova Nursing’s Bette Wildgust honored with anesthesia educator award
 Villanova, PA, October 6, 2007 —
Bette Wildgust, M.S., M.S.N., CRNA, clinical associate professor and program director of the Villanova
University College of Nursing-Crozier Chester Medical Center School of Nurse Anesthesia was nominated by
her students and awarded the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) Program Director of the
Year Award. She received the honor on October 6 during the PANA Fall Symposium and Business Meeting in
Philadelphia.
This award recognizes the commitment of individuals to the profession of nurse anesthesia and to the
advancement of educational standards that further the art and science of anesthesiology and result in
better patient care. The individual must have made innovative contributions to nurse anesthesia programs,
be recognized as a role model and mentor for students and CRNAs, to be recognized as a leader in nurse
anesthesia education, and have served as a liaison to promote the profession to the public.
Wildgust has nearly 30 years experience in teaching nurse anesthesia students and the administration of
anesthesia programs. She started her career as a program director 1979 when she began the first nurse
anesthesia program at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, N.J.
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