Office of Alumni Engagement
Sheilah Yohn '96 has been awarded the Sheila Gealey Award for Excellence in Nursing
Sheilah Yohn '96, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State University, received the Sheila Gealey Award at the Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Conference. The award annually recognizes a nurse practitioner who is actively involved in safeguarding and improving the professional standing of nurse practitioners in Pennsylvania.
Yohn obtained her registered nurse diploma from York Hospital School of Nursing, her bachelor of science in nursing at Penn State, and her master of science in nursing from Widener University. After completing her schooling, she began work as a nurse practitioner and became part of Penn State Health in 2011, later rising to assistant teaching professor at the university.