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CLINICAL |
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Tracy Davis, a
senior partner at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind.,
has received a 2005 Circle of Excellence Recognition Award
for excellence in clinical practice from the American Association
of Critical-Care Nurses. |
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Karen A. Doran, cardiovascular
clinical nurse specialist at Mercy and Unity Hospitals in
Coon Rapids, Minn., has received the 2004 Clinical Nurse Specialist
of the Year Award from the National Association of Clinical
Nurse Specialists. |
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Jan Powers, a clinical nurse
specialist in neuroscience and critical care at Methodist
Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind., has received a 2005 Circle
of Excellence Recognition Award for mentoring from the American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses. |
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EDUCATION |
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Elizabeth Arnold,
associate professor at the University of Maryland School of
Nursing, served as a field reviewer for the Health Resources
and Services Administration’s Nursing Education, Practice
and Retention grants. Arnold and Karan Kverno,
assistant professor, are participating in the development
of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Certification
Review Courses for NP, CNS and BSN-prepared psychiatric nurses. |
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Carol Reed Ash is primary
founder of GatorSHADE, a program that teaches Florida’s
children and their parents about the importance of sun protection.
An interactive Web site, www.gatorshade.ufl.edu, has made
the curriculum available to educators and consumers. Ash is
eminent scholar and Kirbo endowed chair in oncology nursing
at the University of Florida College of Nursing and associate
director at Shands Cancer Center. |
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Donna Boland, associate professor
and associate dean for undergraduate program at Indiana University
School of Nursing, assisted in the development of the first
Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in Singapore. |
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Cheryl Bourguignon, associate
professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing,
has received the 2005 Distinguished Professor Award from the
university’s Nursing Alumni Association. |
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Donna D. Caruthers has completed
her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Patricia Coyle-Rogers, assistant
professor at the Purdue University School of Nursing, has
been named to the American Nurses Association Center for Continuing
Education and Professional Development panel of continuing
nursing education expert reviewers. |
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Jeanne Erickson, clinical
instructor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing
and student in the Distance PhD Program at the University
of Utah, has received the University of Utah’s Outstanding
Doctoral Student Award for 2005. She also received the National
Research Service Award and an American Cancer Society Award. |
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Christina Esperat, associate
dean for research and practice in the School of Nursing at
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, was awarded
$334,000 from the CH Foundation for a Regents Endowed Professorship
in Rural Health Disparities. Esperat also was named a 2005
Robert Wood Johnson executive nurse fellow. |
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Sarah Farrell, director of
the baccalaureate program at the University of Virginia School
of Nursing, has been selected to participate in the Leadership
for Academic Nursing Program sponsored by the American Association
of Colleges of Nursing. Farrell also will participate in a
program approved by the National Library of Medicine to provide
access and training for parish nurses. |
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Divina Grossman, dean of Florida
International University School of Nursing, has received Nursing
Spectrum’s Nursing Excellence Award for Teaching
for the state of Florida. |
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Margo Halm, clinical nurse
specialist at John Nasseff Heart Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.,
has earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree from the
University of Minnesota. |
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Rebecca Harmon, assistant
professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing,
has been recognized for excellence in teaching by the university’s
Nursing Alumni Association. |
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Kathryn Henley Haugh, assistant
professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing,
has earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Virginia Commonwealth
University and was honored with the Martha Borlick Award for
Outstanding Doctoral Research. |
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Barbara R. Heller, executive
director of the Center for Health Workforce Development at
the University of Maryland, has received a $350,000 grant
to support the development of an Elder Abuse/Neglect National
Surveyor Curriculum for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, in collaboration with other organizations. |
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Mary Jane Hopkins, associate
professor of nursing at Indian River Community College in
Fort Pierce, Fla., was awarded the Bank Atlantic endowed teaching
chair. Through this endowment, Hopkins is coordinating the
development of an online Associate Degree Nursing program. |
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David Hrabe, assistant professor
at Arizona State University College of Nursing, was one of
three teachers chosen by students for the 2005 Last Lecture
Series, which celebrates excellence in teaching at the university. |
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Susan Kennel, assistant professor
and director of undergraduate student services at the University
of Virginia School of Nursing, has been appointed director
of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program. |
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Margaret S. Laccetti, assistant
professor at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing,
has been chosen as the Massachusetts General Hospital oncology
faculty fellow for summer 2005. She will focus on enhancing
oncology education at the undergraduate level. |
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Elizabeth LaMora, staff nurse
at the Mayo Clinic Rochester and graduate assistant at the
University of Minnesota School of Nursing, was among students
who received scholarships to study gerontological nursing
at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. |
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Kathryn Montgomery, associate
dean at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, testified
before the Maryland House of Representatives’ Ways and
Means Committee on nursing education, highlighting the nurse
and nurse faculty shortage. |
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Julie Novak, Alan Zillich and
Anna McDaniel received a $20,000 grant for
the development of an online tobacco cessation course for
health care professionals at Purdue and Indiana universities.
Novak is professor and head of Purdue University School of
Nursing. Zillich is assistant professor of pharmacy practice
at Purdue University. McDaniel is associate professor at Indiana
University School of Nursing. |
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Ferdous Omari has earned a
Doctor of Nursing Science degree from Widener University in
Chester, Pa. |
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Kathryn B. Reid, instructor
at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, has earned
a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the university. |
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Hyekyun Rhee, assistant professor
at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, has been
selected as a 2005-06 University Teaching Fellow. |
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Mary Ann Scoloveno, associate
professor at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, has received the Warren I. Sussman
Award, the university’s highest honor for innovative
teaching and mentoring. Scoloveno also received the 2005 Governor’s
Nursing Merit Award from the New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services for excellence as a nurse educator. |
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Linda Spencer traveled to
Iraq in 2003 with the Washington Kurdish Institute Program
to enhance Kurdish nurses’ clinical practice and help
develop a continuing education program. Since returning from
Iraq, Spencer, associate clinical professor at Emory University’s
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, has continued to
help with educational efforts via e-mail. |
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Susan H. Taft, associate professor
at Kent State University College of Nursing, has received
the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from the Ohio Nurses
Association. |
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Melissa V. Taylor has earned
a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pittsburgh. |
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Sandra Millon Underwood, professor
at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, has received
the 2005 Oncology Nursing Society Excellence in Breast Cancer
Education Award. |
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Barbra Wall, Nancy Edwards
and Sharon Wilkerson received a $5,000 recruitment
grant from Purdue University Graduate School. |
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Shiaw-Ling Wang has earned
a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Leah Wurm, a student at the
College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., received the
Sigma Theta Tau International Scholarship, presented at the
annual convention of the National Student Nurses’ Association. |
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A passion
for volunteer service
Nancy Crigger describes her yearly trips to Honduras as
her passion. An associate professor of nursing at William
Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., Crigger organizes and directs
Brigada de Salud (Brigade of Health), a group of
professionals and students who bring short-term health care
to this Central American country.
This year marks Brigada’s eighth year of
service. Four nurse practitioners, one registered nurse,
two physicians and one emergency medical technician, together
with 10 nursing students and new graduates, participated.
The team held six clinics in rural settings, treating ailments
such as fungal and skin infections, asthma, diabetes, scabies
and worms and distributing more than $150,000 worth of medicines
and supplies.
“We saw almost 2,500 people and trained a class of
health promoters (Hondurans with no skills) in disease prevention
and how to manage simple health problems,” Crigger
said. “The health promoters can provide care to their
communities. Honduras has limited services, with only about
1,500 professional nurses and 6,000 physicians for a country
of 7 million. Brigada is really quite a commitment
and is strictly volunteer.” |
