
Dr. Suzanne Prevost
Sigma Session Speaker — PhD, RN, FAAN
Saturday 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM
Beyond the Induction: Leveraging Sigma Membership for Career Success
Dr. Suzanne Prevost has been a Sigma member for over 40 years. She has served in Sigma leadership roles at the chapter, regional, national, and international levels. From 2011-2013, Dr. Prevost served as the International President of Sigma Theta Tau. Currently, she chairs the Sigma International Building Corporation Board. Dr. Prevost also served as dean of the Capstone College of Nursing from 2013-2023. In 2023, she voluntarily transitioned to a tenured professor role at CCN. Previously, she was associate dean at the University of Kentucky, and the Endowed Chair in Gerontological Nursing at Middle Tennessee State University. From 1993-1998, she was the Director of Nursing Education and Research at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and critical care staff nurse. Dr. Prevost received her BSN at Villa Maria College in Pennsylvania, her MSN at the Medical University of South Carolina, and her PhD at Texas Woman's University. She has completed a Hartford Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellowship. She served as the editor of the journal Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America from 2002-2007, and editor of Nursing Clinics of North America from 2007 to 2012. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship.