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Dear Alumni and Friends,

As the Gulf Coast continues toheal from the devastation and losscaused by Hurricane Katrina, wefind ourselves reaching out to helpfriends, neighbors and loved ones.Students, faculty, alumni and staffat the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill School of Nursing(SON) have been proactive in volunteering, collecting funds anddonating items to support hurricanerelief efforts in the affected areas.You can read more about theSchool’s efforts in “Weathering theStorm: The SON Responds toDisaster on the Gulf Coast,” foundon page two. I thank all of you whohave demonstrated your dedication tonursing by helping those in need inthe aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

As some of you know, in2004 the North Carolina

Institute of Medicine Task Force on the North Carolina NursingWorkforce recommended that nurs-ing programs in the state increasethe number of prelicensure RNgraduates 25% over 2002-2003 lev-els. The Task Force recommendedthat programs meet this goal by2007, and place priority on educat-ing North Carolina’s nurses at theBSN level. Our faculty respondedwholeheartedly to the Task Force’srecommendations by developing anexpansion plan to admit baccalau-reate nursing students twice a yearstarting in January 2007. Under thenew enrollment plan, the Schoolexpects to graduate about 220 nurses each year, doing our part torespond to the needs of our stateand nation.

And we’re not only expandingenrollment, we’re expanding ourimpact. Read about our initiativeto influence care of our state’s old-est citizens in “Improving Care forNorth Carolina’s Elderly,” on page19. The School is also increasingthe impact of our graduates inensuring the safety of patients andnurses by participating in a pilotproject that teaches students how touse lifting equipment and assistive

devices to safely maneuver patients.Read about it in “Trail Blazing:SON Participates in Campaign forSafe Patient Handling,” on page 15.

Carolina Nursing gives me anopportunity to express my personalthanks for your continuing involve-ment in the School. Many alumsreturned to campus in 2005 forAlumni Weekend, which you canread about on page 10. Our firstclass, the Class of 1955, celebratedtheir 50th reunion, and I’m excitedto share it with you on page 14. Forthose of you who were not able tojoin us this past year, I hope youwill find time to revisit Carolina byparticipating in the School’s alum-ni events in the months ahead.

As the dogwoods begin to bloom,I hope you enjoy this issue ofCarolina Nursing and your role inthe wonderful community that isnursing at Carolina.

Sincerely,

Linda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAANDean and Professor

FROM THE Dean

Spring 2006Carolina

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2 Weathering the StormThe SON Responds to Disaster on the Gulf Coast

6 Building Bridges to the World

10 Coming Home to the SONAlumni Weekend 2005

12 Noteworthy Nurses2005 Alumni Award Winners

13 Alumni Association News

14 A First Class CelebrationClass of 1955 50th Reunion Special

15 Trail BlazingSON Participates in Campaign for Safe Patient Handling

16 Advancement NewsCreating our Future Today

19 Improving Care for North Carolina’s Elderly

20 Office of Multicultural AffairsPromoting a Climate of Inclusiveness

21 Faculty Hires, Promotions & Retirements

22 News Briefs

24 Alumni Notes

On the cover:The SON’s first graduatingclass celebrates their 50threunion by marching acrossthe field at Kenan Stadium as part of UNC’s May 2005commencement.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is open to people of all races, is committed to equality of educa-tional opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants, students or employees based on age, race, color,sex, national origin, religion, disability. It is the policy of the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill thatsexual orientation be treated in the same manner. Any complaints alleging failure of this institution to follow thispolicy should be brought to the attention of the General Counsel and the Assistant to the Chancellor andDirector for Minority Affairs.

Carolina Nursing is published by the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing forthe School’s alumni and friends.

DeanLinda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN

EditorAmanda P. Meyers

Contributing WritersLindsay Allen, BSN ’99, MSN ’04Keeton Crowder, Class of ’06Jean Davison, MSN ’00Mara Evans, MSN ’93Norma HawthorneVirginia Ingram, BSN ’77Katie JoynerBeth LamannaMarge MilesKathryn S. Miller, BSN ’81Lauren MoskowitzMark Philbrick, BSN ’80, MSN ’82Bill PowellAlicia RaiaGwen Sherwood, MSN ’70Patricia Swagart, BSN ’05Anne WebbGretchen Wendling, Class of ’06Mallory Williams, Class of ’07

PhotographyRick AllenBrian DaoustJean DavisonRaymond McCrea JonesSarah McCarty/GAAAmanda P. MeyersAndrew RossAshlie White

Design and ProductionDuncan Design

Office of AdvancementNorma Hawthorne, DirectorAnne Webb, Associate Director, Alumni Affairs

and Annual FundAmanda P. Meyers, Associate Director,

Public Relations and CommunicationsAileen Carroll, Assistant to the DirectorKatie Joyner, Alicia Raia & Lauren Moskowitz,

Health Affairs Communications Interns

School of NursingThe University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCarrington Hall, CB# 7460Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460(919) 966-4619E-mail: sonalum@unc.eduhttp://nursing.unc.edu/

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News of Hurricane Katrina andthe damage it caused to Gulf Coastcommunities struck the School ofNursing with alarm and sadness.We were overwhelmed withheartache for all who were affected,including some of our families andfriends, and we were moved to reach out and help begin the process ofhealing and rebuilding.

The School of Nursing has astrong tradition of responding tothose in need in the aftermath ofdisasters. As far back as 1954 whenHurricane Hazel stormed up theNorth Carolina coast towardCanada, SON alumna Jane SnyderNorris, BSN ’56, remembered, “Wewere called to be dressed in uniformand report to the hospital. Someclassmates did heroic things like

pump iron lungs after the powerfailure. I was assigned to carrypatient trays up and down the stepsthe rest of the day.”

In 1999, North Carolina suf-fered the wrath of Hurricane Floydwhich caused massive floodingthroughout the eastern part of thestate. Susan Labyak, PhD, RN, whowas an associate professor at theSON, signed up for a three-day tourof duty in the affected areas.

“Information sheets were handed out, alerting us to potentialissues. Quickly perusing the list, Ihoped that I would not be confront-ed by the first item—the sight ofcaskets unearthed by floodwaters,”said Labyak, who was selected to beairlifted across the Tar River forrelief work in a shelter. “The area

north of the river was flooded, androads were impassable. Everythingfrom food, supplies and volunteershad to be airlifted in. Seven of usflew by military helicopter, giving us an opportunity to get a realbird’s-eye view of the flooded region.The view was devastating…,” saidLabyak.

While not the most powerfulstorm to hit the US, Katrina was oneof the most destructive. All aroundus we saw ordinary people step upin extraordinary ways to help thosein need. School of Nursing alumni,students, faculty and staff steppedup, too.

Weathering the Storm

The SON Responds to Disaster on the Gulf Coast ABOVE: Three monthsafter Hurricane Katrinahit, water still leakedfrom the 17th StreetCanal breach.

A Changed OutlookBY IVY JONES, BSN ’04

“Thank you so much for beinghere.” I heard this repeatedly duringmy week in Waveland, Mississippi,after Hurricane Katrina devastatedthe town. I was deployed withCarolinas MED-1, a mobile hospitalbased in Charlotte, North Carolina.Over 7,000 patients were treated byMED-1 and the North Carolina StateMedical Assistance Team duringtheir six week stay. MED-1 was setup in the parking lot of Waveland’sKmart under a sign that appropri-ately read, “The Saving Place.”Dehydration, infected wounds, trauma, strokes, respiratory emergencies, burns and heartattacks were some of the conditionstreated in the 12-bed acute carecenter that was the core of MED-1. I heard incredible stories of survivalfrom the patients, and even thoughI have never worked such long, hardhours in my six-year nursing career,I have never felt so needed or appreciated. I was so fortunate tohave been a part of this team.Everyone from the physicians to theradiology technicians was dedicatedto making things better for the citi-zens of Waveland. This experiencetruly changed my outlook on lifeand health care in this country.

Service and DutyBY KATHRYN S. MILLER, BSN ’81

I was deployed in Gulfport,Mississippi, for two weeks with theMedical Reserve Corps (MRC). MRC

members were activated to supplement the efforts of the UnitedStates Public Health Service/Officeof the Surgeon General. I wasdeployed to help staff a coastal community health clinic, but by thetime our group arrived the needshad changed. Instead of the clinic, I was assigned to work at theNevada One Field Hospital, a tenthospital in Gulfport. While we did have a few inpatients, our major efforts were directed towardoperating an outpatient clinic.

I arrived several weeks after thehurricane. By this time we were notseeing the types of conditions thatearly responders had encountered.We were largely providing care forchronic illnesses. Many people stilldid not have access to their primarycare providers and/or had lost theirinsurance coverage and could notafford to pay for care. In addition tothe chronic conditions, we alsotreated acute illness and minortrauma. It was a challenge to carefor patients without all the tools Iam used to having in my office(although I was amazed how wellequipped a tent can be!). I alsoassisted in staffing the medical unitat the Gulfport base camp for volunteers, located at the NavalConstruction Battalion.

It is hard to put into words whatan incredible experience those twoweeks were for me. I am sure Ireceived more than I gave, but hopeI had at least a small positiveimpact on those I encountered.

Nurses Rise to theChallenge FollowingKatrinaBY VIRGINIA INGRAM, BSN ’77

Following Hurricane Katrina onAugust 29, 2005, the University ofMississippi Medical Center was facedwith an influx of patients such as ithad not seen for many years. Thenursing community, including staff nurses, administrators, nursepractitioners, faculty and studentsplayed an integral part in caring forpatients. A 24-hour control center,manned largely by nurses, wasorganized to oversee patient flow.Nurses stayed around the clock tomake sure help was adequate.Nurse practitioners and School ofNursing faculty helped to staff atemporary clinic and assisted in thetreatment of over 1,000 patientsduring a eight-day period. Nursingstudents were the primary supportin a temporary day care center.

What a gratifying experience it isto be a nurse and see how we rise tothe occasion, regardless of what thatoccasion is! Many thanks go out tothe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill! Within days, UNCwas in touch with and supportinghurricane torn Mississippi areas. It’s great to be a nurse, and it’s greatto be from Carolina!

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ABOVE: Carolina MED-1, a mobilehospital, set up in a Kmart parkinglot in Waveland, MS.

LEFT: Ivy Jones, BSN ’04, fifth fromleft, with some of the doctors,nurses and paramedics stationedat Carolina MED-1.

The SON Alumni Associationties its goals to the mission ofthe School, and public serviceis an important component of the work done by theorganization. After HurricaneKatrina hit, the group gottogether to determine how it could help. The plan wastwofold— reaching out to Gulf area SON alumni to support them in any way possible, and finding a tangibleway to provide assistance tothose in dire need.

First, board members workedto send letters and t-shirts toall area alumni, to ask if theyneeded help and to see howthe Association could assistthem. Alumni did not requestdirect assistance but continuedto respond with thanks to thekind thoughts being sent theirway from fellow Tar Heel nurs-es. Dealing with the aftermathof the hurricane continues tobe a struggle for many alumniin the area.

Because one of the boardmembers, Bonnie Angel, BSN’79, grew up in New Orleans, alink was quickly made to citi-zens who greatly needed assis-tance. The SON AlumniAssociation adopted membersof a New Orleans area alumniassociation, and money andaid were sent. For severalmonths, board members fol-lowed up with their adoptedcounterparts who faced over-whelming circumstances; manyevacuated to other areas, hadlimited access to resources, andwere dealing with illness, lossof homes and loss of employ-ment. The board also workedwith the Association of NursingStudents to ensure that one ofthe families most in needreceived extra support.

Caring for others is an important value for nurses, nomatter what area of practice,education or science one isinvolved in. The SON AlumniAssociation Board saw this asan opportunity to extend thatcare to those who needed itmost.

All students become membersof the SON alumni associationupon graduation at no cost.

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Remember New OrleansBY MARA EVANS, MSN ’93

Editor’s Note: The following excerptfrom Mara Evans’ “A Trip to NewOrleans” has been edited for space. To read her full story, visit http://nursing.unc.edu.

I worked at the CommonGround Health clinic in Algiers onthe side of the river that didn’tflood. It was here that I met a few ofthe wonderful survivors ofHurricane Katrina. The quietwoman with schizophrenia who hadrun out of medication three monthsearlier; the young 14-year-old girlwho lived on a bridge for six daysreceiving only a small amount of

food and a single bottle of waterevery other day; and Sean, a youngbusinessman who took out his boat,ignored the feds, rescued his neigh-bors one night and patients from ahospital the next.

I asked Eric, a volunteer doctorfrom Cleveland, about the LowerNinth Ward after he returned fromhis first visit there. He said, “Let’stalk about it after you’ve seen it.” Aswe drove downtown, we saw hun-dreds of abandoned cars, each one amini Grand Canyon. There weredozens of water lines on each car,the lines separated by an eighth ofan inch so you could see how highthe water rose and how it slowlyreceded.

As we entered the Upper NinthWard, we saw that most of the woodhouses had markings on them. Ilearned that the markings told res-cue workers which agency hadchecked inside the house, howmany people were found alive, andhow many bodies were found.Imagine having this painted onyour house in huge red letters:“FEMA, 3/1, live dog under house.”

I spent my first few days backhome unable to drive outside of myimmediate neighborhood. Whathelped me with the most overtshock was talking to family andfriends every day for a week, sharingstories and photographs.

RESPONDING TO DISASTER: Student Perspectives

Class of 2007 organizedclothing driveBY MALLORY WILLIAMS, Class of ’07

The Junior Class Board organ-ized a Teenage Clothing Drive forHurricane Katrina victims when weheard about clothing needs for teensin the affected area.

SON Clinical Assistant ProfessorJoellyn McCrory, MSN, FNP, who has

family members in Mississippi thatwere affected by the hurricane, sug-gested the service project. She madecontact with a high school principalwho let us know what the studentsneeded. We placed boxes to collectclothing in Carrington Hall andmade announcements in classesand through emails and flyers.

The clothing drive lasted from November 14 to December 1,and the response was absolutelyoverwhelming. Bags and boxes ofclothing took over the hall and allof us were very pleasantly surprised.Professor McCrory coordinated thepick up and shipment of the clothesto Mississippi.

The Junior Class Board greatlyappreciates all those who respondedand brought clothing for the victimsof Hurricane Katrina. Many thanksespecially to Joellyn McCrory, whodirected this project and ensuredthat the clothing got to those whowere in such great need of it.

Students adopt familydevastated by KatrinaBY GRETCHEN WENDLING, Class of ’06

When the Association of NursingStudents (ANS) heard about thedevastating impact Hurricane

Katrina had on Gulf Coast families,we immediately felt compelled tohelp.

As a service organization, ANSseeks out ways to give back to thecommunity. Immediately followingKatrina, ANS members donated$250 to the American Red Cross forKatrina relief efforts. But we wantedto do more.

Recognizing the ongoing strug-gles that accompany relief efforts,ANS decided to adopt a family inneed. Through our partnership withthe School of Nursing AlumniAssociation, we were able to makecontact with a family in Chalmette,Louisiana, who had been dramati-cally impacted by Katrina’s force,losing their home and all of theirpersonal possessions. ANS decided tohelp make their holidays a littlebrighter by providing them with a$400 gift certificate to Wal-Mart.The family sent a letter thankingANS for its generosity.

Clothing donationsfor teens affected byHurricane Katrinatook over the SON’sground floor hall.

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RESPONDING TO DISASTER: Faculty Perspectives

Communicating need,and so much more

In the days and weeks follow-ing Hurricane Katrina, the SON’sOffice of Community Partnershipsand Practice became the commu-nications hub for the School tolearn news about those affected bythe storm and how to help.

“The first thing we did wasreach out to the School communi-ty to find out who had been direct-ly affected by the storm,” saidAssociate Dean for CommunityPartnerships and Practice Dr.Sonda Oppewal. “Many studentsand faculty with families in thearea responded, letting us knowthey were safe, though many didnot know the condition of theirhomes and property.”

Next, the Office turned itsattention to relief efforts. Volunteerinformation was distributed to theSchool community and the Officeacted as a liaison to UNC’s Centerfor Public Service. Carolina addedits name to the list of schools willing to accept displaced studentsif space permitted. The School’sDisaster Preparedness MobilizationPlan for Faculty Volunteers, createdin a 2002 agreement with OrangeCounty Public Health ReserveCorps, was activated though nevercalled upon. And, several facultymembers offered rooms in theirhomes for displaced families.

“We really encouraged peopleto be patient. Immediately follow-ing the storm there was a surge of

volunteers without the infrastruc-ture to support them. We contin-ued to encourage people to givemonetarily while first-respondersassessed needs in the affectedareas,” said Oppewal.

Faculty join relief effortsBY JEAN DAVISON, FNP, MSN ’00,ADJUNCT CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR

After loading two cars withboxes of supplies and our personalitems, we left at 7 a.m. onSaturday, December 17th, headedfor New Orleans. Our 14-hour drivebrought us into the region thatevening. The devastation wasapparent. Part of the area still hadno electricity. There were boatswashed up on the highway andstranded vehicles everywhere.Taking a tour of the area Sundaymorning made us feel like the hurricane happened just yester-day—not five months ago—with homes moved off their foundations, covered in mud anddebris! Throughout the area youcould see flood lines on homes andbuildings boarded up.

Our “mobile” medical clinicwas really a stationary singlewidetrailer run by a generator, housedat Camp Good News in City Park,New Orleans. We were told by anemergency response center that wewere one of a few clinics open inthe entire city. Tulane and Charityhospitals were closed. When wesought supplies from the emer-gency response center, we were toldwe could only get vaccines andbasic first aid. Charity Hospital hadset up a mobile ER at the conven-tion center, so we stopped by to askfor suture supplies. The medicaldirector told us that they too wereshort supplies and had none tospare. Had we known that basicsupplies would be so difficult toobtain, we would have broughtthem. We had sutures trays, urinedip strips and other items shippedto us overnight.

We saw primarily constructionworkers, at first, with minorinjuries and respiratory infections.When word got out that there were

providers at the mobile unit thatcould write prescriptions, sick residents and those whose prescrip-tions had run out for their diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions began coming.Some had not been in touch withtheir primary care providers sinceKatrina hit five months earlier.

We also saw returning resi-dents. Some came back trying toreclaim possessions that were notdestroyed and fix homes that werenot marked for demolition. Manyhad respiratory and skin infectionsfrom working around mold andother contaminants. The stories we heard about their experiencesduring the flooding and at theconvention center brought tears to our eyes.

We found that there was still no good communication infra-structure in place, and that peopledidn’t know where to go for healthcare since many hospitals andclinics were closed. We were veryupset and made it our mission toorganize supplies to run the clinic,set up transportation to the ER at the convention center, and provide other teams with contactinformation.

Coming home on ChristmasEve made me thankful for all thatI take for granted: family, health,home, electricity, running waterand a safe environment. Havingwitnessed first hand the destructioncaused by Hurricane Katrina, Inow say an extra prayer for thosethat have lost so much and will

continue to rebuild for years tocome. I ask that we not forgetthese people, as they are in asmuch need of our help now aswhen Katrina first hit.

Disaster response continues

In March, SON ClinicalInstructor Beth Lamanna led agroup of faculty and student vol-unteers from the School of Nursingand the School of Public Health tothe Mississippi Gulf Coast towns ofOcean Springs, Biloxi and LongBeach to assist with HurricaneKatrina relief efforts.

Thousands of homes weredestroyed or badly damaged byHurricane Katrina and manyhouseholds were living in temporary units. Volunteers weredesperately needed to help staffmedical clinics, community workcrews, distribution centers and food kitchens.

The three free health clinicswhere students and faculty assistedwere totally dependent on volun-teer licensed personnel to staffthem. “We felt that responding to a critical need for nursing skillsprovided a much needed service tothe area, and modeled the human-itarian service of nurses worldwide,” said Lamanna.

In February, the School ofNursing hosted a fundraiser toassist in supporting travel costs forthe volunteers.

Jean Davison, FNP, MSN ’00, andthe volunteer medical team loadup what medical supplies theycould gather before making the850 mile drive to New Orleans.

Front row, left to right: Pam Hooker; Cindy VanAalst, RN; Ron Herring,MD. Back row, left to right: Jean Davison, FNP, MSN ’00; Debbie Hooker,RN; Joel Sholar; and Ray Hooker.

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part of its mission to educate nurses who are culturally

sensitive and responsive to their patients and their world.

Students and faculty scholars are engaging in cross-cultural

partnerships and community service as they seek to improve

health care in local, national and global communities.

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Learning outside theclassroom

The SON is taking learning outsidethe classroom by facilitating studyabroad opportunities for students inGuatemala. Students who travel to theCentral American country live andshare meals with a Guatemalan family,study Spanish and learn about culture,health and social issues. Through cultural immersion, students gaininsights into how to provide relevant,sensitive health care for Spanish-speaking patients.

Externships teach cultural sensitivity

Eight SON students volunteered atagencies and public health clinics aspart of Nursing Student SummerExternships in Rural andUnderserved Settings, a collaborativeprogram between North Carolina AreaHealth Education Centers and the KateB. Reynolds Charitable Trust. Theexternships aimed to increase culturalsensitivity, provide service in agencieswith a focus on caring for underservedcommunities, strengthen capacity ofnonprofit community-based agencies,and nurture students’ interests in work-ing with rural, diverse and underservedpopulations after graduation.

“My Spanish speaking skillsimproved. I also learned that certainstereotypes don’t hold true. Thisexternship emphasized the diversitywithin ethnic groups and remindedme that every patient is different.”

“It was nice to look at how manyoptions there are for nursing. I seemyself working in a place like this[Buncombe Public Health Center]—you can’t beat it.”

Creating your ownexperience—Bolivia

Dawn Bussey, Class of ’06, is a sec-ond-degree nursing senior who spenthalf of her summer work experience inCochabamba, Bolivia. Bussey was able to travel to the South Americancountry with support from the CV StarrInternational Scholarship, awarded to students pursuing research or professional experiences with an international focus.

While in Cochabamba, Bussey livedwith a native family who was veryinvolved in the development of thecommunity, which Bussey said helpedto facilitate many learning opportuni-ties for her. She assisted in teachingadolescents sex education and helpedpreschoolers learn how to brush theirteeth. She also met with the local nursing school director to discussfuture partnership opportunities.

Bussey enjoyed many excitingexcursions during her trip includingtraveling around the Salar de Uyuni,renovating a rural community’s schoolhouse, venturing into the mines inPotosi and wandering to the beautifulcity of Sucre.

Holly O’Hearn, BSN ’05, in Guatemala

Christina Martinez Kim, Class of ’06, Charles Drew Community HealthCenter, Burlington, NC

Chi Rutherford, Class of ‘06,Buncombe County Public HealthCenter, Asheville, NC

Dawn Bussey, Class of ’06, stood ontop of a huge salt pile while visitingthe Salar de Uyuni, a salt flat, inBolivia.

“This experience heightened myawareness of differences in health-care systems. Given the increasingtrend toward immigration fromLatin American countries, it is vital-ly important for nurses and otherhealthcare professionals to learnabout the customs, cultures and languages of these people.”

ScholarshipDeveloping Partnerships

While Macau may be a smallSpecial Administrative Region of thePeople's Republic of China, there arebig plans for advancing nursing.

In the fall, a delegation from MacauPolytechnic Institute (MPI) visited theSchool of Nursing to discuss plans forcollaboration in education, research,and student and faculty exchange. Ledby MPI President Lee, the delegationincluded nursing school Dean Yin Leias well as other administrators. AMemorandum of Understanding signing ceremony during the visit gavepromise to foster future partnerships.

MPI leaders invited a group ofCarolina students and faculty to Macauin 2006. Discussions are on-goingabout faculty exchanges to proposejoint research projects and to preceptvisiting faculty. SON Professor andAssociate Dean for Academic AffairsGwen Sherwood is the external reviewer for the MPI nursing programand is facilitating the exchange.

Touching Africa

UNC Chapel Hill has had a presencein Malawi, a small country in sub-Saharan Africa, for over a decade.The School of Nursing first becameinvolved when SON Professor EmeritaDr. Margaret S. Miles consulted with the nurses who worked in Malawi.

Miles later returned with SONClinical Associate Professor Dr. BethBlack to teach courses on HIV, breast-feeding, counseling strategies andresearch. Then, nine UNC-employedMalawian nurses traveled to Chapel Hillfor an intensive course on women’shealth at the SON.

Dr. Bill Powell, SON assistant professor, visited Malawi in fall 2005 topursue collaborations for faculty andstudent exchange with the KamazuCollege of Nursing at the University ofMalawi. UNC Chapel Hill is trying tomake a difference through consultationand collaboration with faculty atKamazu and nurses at the LilongweeGeneral and the Bottoms Hospital.

Stimulating InternationalResearch

The SON co-hosted an international con-ference, “Prevention and Management ofChronic Conditions: InternationalPerspectives,” in Bangkok, Thailand, inJanuary. Over 560 nurses from 18 countriesshared cross-cultural perspectives on chronicillness.

“These kinds of international initiativesare extremely important as we become moreactive in the global community. I think thatour School of Nursing has a responsibility, asan international nursing leader, to addresschronic conditions and other pressing issuesbeyond the borders of the United States,” saidSON Dean Linda Cronenwett.

The Conference offered an opportunity fornursing professionals and scholars to: explorestrategies for the prevention and managementof chronic conditions; explore trends in globalnursing research on prevention and manage-ment of chronic conditions; and demonstratethe impact of healthcare systems on outcomesof persons with chronic conditions.

Co-sponsors included RamathibodiHospital and Mahidol University, in Thailand,and Yale University in New Haven, CT.

SON Dean Linda Cronenwett (seatedcenter left) and Macau PolytechnicInstitute President Lee (seated centerright), agree to foster future partner-ships to benefit education, research,and student and faculty exchange.

BY BETH LAMANNA, WHNP, MPH, RN, SON CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR

The rain has been nonstop for a week, but for themost part North Carolina has not been affected by thelatest hurricane. Not that North Carolina has remainedunscathed by natural disasters in the past 10 years,but this time we were lucky. We are certainly luckierthan Guatemala, where, as I write, the death toll rises.Whole villages are lost to mudslides. Deforestation,poverty, lack of communication, the list goes on andon, and so does the loss of life, opportunity anddreams.

In July 2005, my daughter and I were luckyenough to see Guatemala in a sunnier light. We wentwith SON Research Assistant Professor Chris Harlan on

a health/education/community development visit toAntigua. It was my first trip to Latin America, it wasmy daughter’s second trip with Chris, and I wasdependent on both of them to serve as translators.

As the daughter of two anthropologists, I havebeen fortunate to have traveled globally since I wasborn in Uganda 54 years ago. However, it was my first time in a developing country since I became anurse, and since I began teaching public health nursing. My lens was influenced, I must confess, byChris’ longstanding love for the country and by mydaughter’s recent infatuation. Antigua is a beautiful,cosmopolitan town. Many languages are spoken onthe streets, the internet cafes are abundant and cellphones are glued to people’s ears.

As we made our visits to community health sites, Isaw public health at its best and its worst. Here were all

the complexities of providing health and education toliterate and illiterate people in various languages. Peopleare well meaning, but let’s face it, solid infrastructure iskey to both health and education. Guatemala has someof both, but not enough of either.

I was frustrated by my lack of Spanish, but thrilledthat I could understand the lay midwife’s top healthissues, priorities and challenges. I was impressed withthe training provided by the local health department,even if more resources were clearly needed. What Ithink most healthcare providers are struck with in globalhealth is how little is really needed to provide care.

I know that to be a better mother, a better educa-tor, a better public health nurse and a better memberof the global community, we all need to experiencethe needs, challenges and grit of the developingworld. I was thrilled to visit Guatemala.

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Construction of this building wasled by UNC. It is used for generalhealth care and for HIV researchwith women.

Opening ceremony for poster presentations.From left to right: UNC Chapel Hill SON DeanLinda Cronenwett, Mahidol University SONDean Kobkul Phancharoenworakul, MahidolUniversity; Assoc. Professor, Faculty ofMedicine, Ramathibodi Hospital and Director,Department of Nursing, Supanee Senadisaiand Yale University SON Dean Margaret Grey.

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ServiceRebuilding nursing programs devastated bythe tsunami

SON students, faculty and staffembraced the Tsunami NursingTextbook Project to help rebuild nurs-ing programs in Southeast Asia. Theycollected and distributed nursing texts,resource materials and supplies in aneffort to save and revitalize nursing pro-grams in devastated areas.

SON alumna Patricia Swagart, BSN’05, ran the Temple Marathon outsideof Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2005to help raise money for tsunami reliefefforts.

Swagart ran the 26.2 mile race inabout 4 hours. She said that with thesupport of her classmates, family andfriends, she was able to raise just over$1500. The money was donated to theAmerican Red Cross tsunami relief andthe Airline Ambassadors Internationalhumanitarian efforts.

The day before the marathon,Swagart and other members of UNC’sRed Cross club visited an orphanageand another facility for disabled children where they handed out newshoes to those who needed them.

“The children were incredible and it was an interesting experience to get a glimpse of the challenges people facein Thailand and in surrounding areas,”said Swagart.

Alum volunteers inHonduras

SON alum Mark Philbrick, BSN ’80,MSN ’82, led a volunteer team of fiveadults and 10 teens to Honduras for sixdays to distribute 2,000 toothbrushesand 3,000 pairs of new shoes to threeremote villages.

In addition, Philbrick spent time ina local medical clinic where he assisteda local cardiologist and nurse. “We sawover 300 patients in six hours. Many of them presented with parasites, skindiseases and malnutrition. My firstpatient was 84 years old and the secondone was 10 hours old,” said Philbrick.

SON students prepare textbooks forshipping to Southeast Asia as partof the Textbook Project to rebuildnursing programs.

Textbooks arrive at the distributioncenter in Bangalore, India. Fromhere, the textbooks were identified,sorted and catalogued before beingrepacked and shipped to nursingprograms in India and Sri Lanka.

Before running the Temple Marathonin Bangkok to raise money for tsuna-mi relief efforts, Patricia Swagart, BSN’05, (back left) visited an orphanageto hand out shoes to children in need.

Running for relief

SON alum Mark Philbrick, BSN ’80, MSN’82, distributes toothbrushes to vil-lagers while volunteering in Honduras.

To learn more about global health education, scholarship andservice at the SON, visit http://nursing.unc.edu/globalhealth/.

Good morning and welcome to Alumni Day at the School ofNursing. My name is EileenMulligan and I currently serve asUNC Chapel Hill’s Association ofNursing Students president, as wellas being a member of the classboard.

I am currently a senior in the24-month Bachelor of Science innursing program, pursuing my firstdegree. However, this is not the casewith many of my peers. Numerousstudents have returned to schoolbecause they are drawn to the nurs-ing profession. My class possesses a

wide variety ofstudents,reflecting thediverse popu-lation of nurses thatare employednationallyas well as the patientpopulationthat we serve.

As a senior, my time at UNC iswinding down and the hunt foremployment has officially begun.For many students, this is the firsttime that we will have to find a“real” job. However, UNC has pre-pared us for this. We have beentaught by some of the best profes-sors in the country, which hasallowed us to rise to the top. We are

knowledgeable of not only thepathophysiology of the patient, butalso of the calling to be patientadvocates, achieve works of compas-sion and emerge as a leader in thenursing profession. We know that injust eight months we too will beconsidered alumni and lookedupon, like you all are, for our wisdom, guidance and mentorshipamongst colleagues.

The importance of giving back is particularly true in the nursingprofession. You, as alumni, have notonly given back to the patients youhave served but also to the hundredsof students that are enrolled in thenursing school. Your generous giftshave helped complete the construc-tion of the School’s building addition, which all of the studentsand faculty are thankful for. It is amagnificent facility that houses themajority of research conducted atthe school, labs and the patient sim-ulator. Now, it is my understandingthat Carrington will be undergoinga make-over in the coming years.

Your generous gifts have notonly helped in the construction, but also in the activities in whichstudents are able to participate. Itwas with your assistance that 15students were able to represent UNCat the North Carolina State Nurses’Association Convention in October.This was a huge accomplishmentfor UNC, after being absent from the

state level for several years. We are making a comeback and areproudly showing other nursing students what it means to be aCarolina Nurse!

You all, as Alumni, have pavedthe way for the future nurses ofUNC, like myself and the other 120students that will be graduating inMay 2006. We look to you all asmentors and leaders, for guidanceand friendship. It is via your foot-steps that we are able to enter intothe dynamic field of nursing withconfidence and support. We allaspire to continue the legacy thatyou have initiated, proudly displaying Carolina degrees.

Thank you for taking the time to return to Carrington Hall andexperience nursing school as itexists today. The School would notbe where it is today, a leader in academic and professional nursingsettings, without your continuedsupport and time. I hope that every-one has enjoyed their time here atCarrington and that you reminiscedabout what it was like when youwere in school. We, as students,appreciate all of the hard work thatyou have accomplished for CarolinaNursing and the impact you had onthe future of nursing.

I hope that you all get to enjoythe game and GO HEELS!

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Coming Home to the SONAlumni Weekend 2005

Carolina blue skies, good food, visiting with friends, and a Tar Heel victory on

the football field; what more could we ask for during our 2005 Alumni Day

festivities? The classes of ’60, ’65, ’80 and ’00 celebrated reunions and four

deserving recipients were honored with alumni awards. Returning alumni

from various classes enjoyed exploring the new building addition, trying out

the human patient simulator and touring the bio-behavioral laboratory.

Nursingstudentdelivers

Alumni Dayaddress

Eileen Mulligan, Class of ’06

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The BSN Class of 1980celebrates. From left toright: Leslie Hicks, LisaHampton Kolb, BeckyBrooks, Sara Wall,Donna Renfrow Rutala,Mark Philbrick, DonnaWinston Laney, AlmaKay Bullock Woolardand Cathy Reagan.Not pictured but pres-ent: Melinda Privette.

SON alumni enjoyan exciting play inthe Tar Heel victoryover Boston College.

ABOVE LEFT: Class of 2000alums, Megan Randall (left)and Abby Ensign (right),catch up over breakfast onthe rooftop garden.

LEFT: The BSN Class of 1960.From left to right: AliceSpencer Shearin, ClaudiaBarnes Deese, Micqui (Sandra)Reed, Beverly Segee, HarrietteZimmerman Beaven, MargaretEvans Adams, Martha GrovesHarris.

Members of theBSN Class of 1965got together withfamily and friendsat the Chapel Hillhome of classmateKaren ColeyHarrison.

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BY KATIE JOYNER

Margaret FergusonRaynor, BSN ’67

The SON Alumni Associationpresented Margaret FergusonRaynor with the Alumni of the YearAward at the SON 2005 AlumniAward Ceremony for her tirelessenergy serving the mentally ill ofNorth Carolina.

Raynor is a dedicated alumna,receiving her BSN from UNC ChapelHill and completing her MS in edu-cation at North Carolina StateUniversity. She currently serves aspresident of the SON Foundation,Inc., and is a member of the UNCChapel Hill Board of Visitors.Raynor has been described as a“Carolina jewel” with an easy smileand a go-getting personality.

Raynor has worked at DorotheaDix hospital for the past 36 yearsand currently serves as director ofMedical Education. She has taughtmore than 50 workshops for psychi-atric nurses and allied professionalssince 1990 and published an articlein Psychiatric Forum based on herexpertise in patient assault on staff.With her clinical expertise and commitment to nursing, she hasshown exceptional achievement inher promotion of health care andher professional service.

Cynthia D. Lee, BSN ’97,MSN ’01

The SON Alumni Associationpresented Cynthia D. Lee with theGraduate of the Last Decade Awardat the SON 2005 Alumni AwardCeremony for her enthusiastic workas an educator and FNP.

Lee is a proud alumna. In herwork as a family nurse practitionerat the Dunn-Erwin Family Clinic inErwin, NC, she mentored studentsfrom UNC and Duke.

Lee volunteers much of her free

time to helping others at home andabroad. She regularly visits the areachildren’s camp where she tends tokids with special needs. Lee is a volunteer nurse consultant for CampDixie in Fayetteville, NC. She trav-eled to Biloxi, Mississippi, to workfor Hurricane Katrina relief and isactively involved with medical mission work in Central America.

Helen W. UmphletThe SON Alumni Association

presented Helen W. Umphlet withthe Honorary Alumna of the YearAward at the SON 2005 AlumniAward Ceremony for her selflessgenerosity and devotion to theSchool of Nursing.

In 2000, Umphlet made a gift tothe School of Nursing to establishan endowed professorship in agingin honor of her late husband, Dr. Thomas Umphlet, a belovedphysician who practiced at RexHospital. She has actively participat-ed with the SON in major celebrato-ry events and represented the Schoolas a member of the UNC Chapel HillBoard of Visitors.

Umphlet, a native of VanceCounty, NC, received a degree inbusiness and worked with the attorney general’s office and stateSupreme Court before retiring in1976.

Kathryn Schmidt Johnson,FNP ’73

The SON Alumni Associationpresented Kathryn Schmidt Johnsonwith the Carrington Award forCommunity Service at the SON 2005Alumni Award Ceremony for herremarkable contributions to hercommunity.

Johnson received her FNP certifi-cate from the SON in 1973, a MPHfrom the UNC School of PublicHealth in 1980, and a certificate in

Early Childhood LeadershipDevelopment from the UNC Schoolof Education. She currently worksas an FNP for the Wayne CountyWATCH Mobile Unit, providing acute and chronic primary care foruninsured patients.

Colleagues said Johnson is a rolemodel to other nurses, committingher time to a variety of organiza-tions including the St. Vincent DePaul Society, the North CarolinaExecutive Council of NursePractitioners and the SoutheasternRegion of Nurse Practitioners.

Johnson served as an adjunctfaculty member at the SON from1997-2004. She has been recognizedfor her service in nursing withnumerous past awards, includingthe Nursing Excellence Award fromWayne Memorial Hospital in 2004and the North Carolina OutstandingNurse Award from the AmericanAcademy of Nurse Practitioners in2003.

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2005 Alumni Award Winners

On Alumni Weekend, award win-ners were recognized during a cer-emony in the SON’s new FrancesHill Fox Auditorium. Seated infront: Helen Umphlet. Standingfrom left to right: Cynthia D. Lee,Kathryn Schmidt Johnson, SONDean Linda Cronenwett andMargaret Ferguson Raynor.

2006 ALUMNI AWARDSPROGRAM

The SON Alumni AssociationRecognition and Awards subcommittee is again recogniz-ing Carolina nurses for outstand-ing work in their communities.Nominate a colleague or classmate today!

Deadline for nominations is April 21, 2006.

Awards will be presented at theAlumni Day Celebration onOctober 28, 2006. Please plan tojoin us!

Award nominations may be submitted online. Visit http://nursing.unc.edu/alumni/awards/.

The award categories are:

Alumna/us of the Year AwardAwarded to a UNC School ofNursing graduate who is knownfor distinction in nursing throughscholarly endeavors, promotion ofhealth care or professional service.

The Carrington Award forExceptional Community ServiceAwarded to a UNC School ofNursing graduate who has givenremarkable service to thecommunity, state or other beneficiary organizations and hasreflected favorably on the Schoolof Nursing through efforts to ben-efit society (though not necessari-ly through direct nursing activity).

Honorary Alumna/us Award Awarded to a professional who possesses distinction in thenursing profession and hasdemonstrated outstanding support to the School of Nursing.This person is a non-graduate of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing.

The Graduate of the LastDecade (Gold) Award Awarded to a School of Nursingalum who has graduated withinthe past ten years and has madeoutstanding contributions to theSchool, profession, community ornation.

For more information please contact the alumni affairs office at (919) 966-4619 or sonalum@unc.edu.

AL U M N I AS S O C I AT I O N NE W S

The Board held its annual meeting in November. Pictured from left toright. Row 1: Evelyn Paul, ’75;Secretary Nancy Smith, ’73; MegGambrell, ’01; President BJ Lee, ’93;Derek Chrisco, ’91. Row 2: PresidentEmeritus Tonya Rutherford-Hemming, ’93, ’01; Executive DirectorAnne Webb; Laura Calamos Nasir, ’98,’02; Mary Lou Booth, ’57; GingerWeeks, ’63. Row 3: Faculty RepBonnie Angel, ’79; Mabel Yelvington,’61; Carole Warren, ’71; Geri Laport,’55; Donna Laney, ’80, BSN StudentRep Gretchen Wendling, Class of ’06.Row 4: Treasurer Courtney Rawls,’01; President-Elect Nancy Freeman,’73; Greg Simpson, ’01; GlendaWooten, ’82 ; Brandi Hamlin, ’01, ’04;Anne Allen, ’67. Not pictured: JackieGonzalez,’79; Beth Chadwick, ’81;Megan Manuel, ’02; Jona Martino,’03; Alyshia Smith, ’89; Jo Williams,’69.

Student outreach continues to be a priority for the association. TheBoard sponsored a career dinnerfor the Association of NursingStudents and provided funding for current students to attend professional development confer-ences. In the fall, Mary Boshkoff,’88, Abby Ensign, ’00, NancyCrutchfield, ’67, Courtney Rawls,’01, and Meg Gambrell, ’01, sharedtheir experiences and insights withcurrent nursing students through acareer panel presentation.

Alumni get togethers aren’t just limited toChapel Hill! Tar Heel nurses got togetherin many regions this year includingConnecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, andvarious North Carolina locations. Picturedabove are Charlotte area alumni at agroup luncheon. Pictured from left toright. Row 1- Pam Watson, ’79, FrancesKing, ’64, Barbara Warren, ’63, SarahHoag, ’05. Row 2- Ginger Weeks, ’63, TaraMcGee, ’04. Row 3- Ivy Jones, ’04, DonnaLaney, ’80, Vonda Brown, ’87. Row 4-Susan Lantz, ’73, Monica Muldoon, ’81Glenda Wooten, ’82.

Alumni Association Board memberspresented long time SON RegistrarJanice Payne a framed UniversityDay print at a luncheon celebratingher retirement. Janice is muchbeloved by SON alumni. During her30+ years of service, Janice was avalued mentor to many students.Pictured from left to right: MeganManuel, '02, Abby Ensign, '00, LauraCalamos Nasir, '98, '02, Bonnie Angel,'79, Janice Payne and Anne Webb,associate director of alumni affairs.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS FOR SON ALUMNI

April 21, 2006 Deadline for Alumni Award Submissions, http://nursing.unc.edu/alumni/awards/

April 24, 2006 Alumni reception at 2006 NCNA NP Symposium, Sunset Beach, NC

May 9, 2006 Alumni Appreciation Day, Chapel Hill, NC, http://nursing.unc.edu/alumni/events/appreciationday06/

May 12–14, 2006 Class of ’56 – 50th Reunion Weekend, Chapel Hill, NC

October 28, 2006 Alumni Day, Chapel Hill, NC

For more information about any of these events, please contact the alumni affairs office at (919) 966-4619 or sonalum@unc.edu.

Save theDate!

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In 1955, 16 young womenbecame the first graduates of theSchool of Nursing. As they walkedacross the stage that day to receivetheir diplomas from North CarolinaGovernor Luther Hodges, they hadno idea what would grow from thesebeginnings.

Four years as pioneer students ofa new School of Nursing had beenchallenging, both clinically andacademically. They were paving newground. All of their experiences wereunder close scrutiny by state and

university administrators, and espe-cially by their remarkable Dean,Elizabeth Kemble. As they performedtheir coursework, cared for patientsin the hospital, and rotated throughdifferent areas of the state for publichealth education, they were settingstandards for baccalaureate levelnursing education in NorthCarolina.

They were also enjoying studentlife as some of the first co-eds atCarolina. Living together, first inSmith Dorm and then in their quar-ters in the hospital, strengthened thebond of this special group. Held tostrict standards, both academicallyand socially, they needed each otherto make it through. The classremained close over the years, evenas their careers and lives took themin different directions. Because theyhave been such loyal and commit-ted alumni, the 50th reunion forthis group was a grand celebration.

The class enjoyed a weekend of

University activities and a specialluncheon in their honor at theSchool. They marched across theKenan Stadium field at theUniversity’s graduation and tookcenter stage at the School ofNursing commencement. Classmember Bette Davis spoke on behalfof her classmates and officially welcomed the new SON graduatesinto the Alumni Association. Whatstarted with 16 graduates in 1955has grown to nearly 7,000 graduates over 50 years. The tradition of excellence began with these firstCarolina nurses.

TOP: The class enjoyed sharingmemories at a luncheon in theirhonor.

BOTTOM: From left to right: JanetLittlejohn, Mary Leggette, DeanCronenwett and Geri Laport visitbefore they take center stage at the 2005 School of NursingCommencement.

A First Class Celebration

THE CLASS OF

1 9 5 5Donna Blair Booe

Joy Smith Burton

Gwenlyn Huss Butler

Martha Yount Cline

Winnie Williams Cotton

Virginia Edwards Coupe *

Bette Leon Davis

Sara Blalock Flynn

Patsy Colvard Johnson

Geraldine Snider Laport

Mary Anderson Leggette

Janet Merritt Littlejohn

Sally Winn Nicholson

Gloria Huss Peele

Ramelle Hylton Starnes

Louise Norwood Thomas

Arlene Morgan Thurstone

*Deceased Alumna

Marching across the field at KenanStadium, the first graduating classof the School of Nursing.

Ceiling Mounted Seated Sling

Float Lift

Sliding Transfer Aide

Power Standing Assist Lift

How can nurses continue to perform the physical tasks requiredto move patients safely and securelywhile avoiding injuries and physicalstress to themselves? The answermay be closer than you think.

The SON was one of 26 schoolsin the country, and the only one in North Carolina, selected to participate in a pilot program titled“Effectiveness of an evidence-basedcurriculum module in nursingschools targeting safe patient han-dling and movement” developed by Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN,director of the Patient SafetyResearch Center in Tampa, Florida,in collaboration with the AmericanNurses Association (ANA) and theNational Institute for OccupationalSafety and Health. The curriculumaimed to improve safe patient handling and movement systems toprevent work-related musculoskele-tal disorders that plague the nursingworkforce.

“Nurses assist patients to movein a variety of ways from somethingas simple as moving up in bed tomoving from the bed to a chair, or moving from the bed to the bathroom plus many more activitieseach day. Patient handling andmovement is a part of basic nursingcare,” said Carol Durham, MSN,RN, director of the Clinical

Education & Resource Center(CERC) at the School

of Nursingand the

site principal investigator of the program. “Moving patients withoutproper equipment puts nurses atrisk for musculoskeletal injuries,which are cumulative. Nurses of allages, fitness levels and experiencesbecome injured while movingpatients. The safe patient handlingand movement initiative could helpprotect our nurses from furtherinjury now, and save our youngernurses from musculoskeletal disor-ders in the future,” said Durham.

Nursing has one of the highestinjury rates of all industries accord-ing to the U.S. Department of Labor.“Nursing is the only profession thatconsiders 100 pounds to be light.All other professions that arerequired to lift or move this muchweight use assistive equipment. Ifyou consider the number of patientsper day (6), multiplied by the num-ber of lifts per patient per day (6),multiplied by the average weight ofa patient (185), a nurse can lift asmuch as 6,600 pounds per day. It isno wonder nurses are at such high

risk for injury,” said Durham. The pilot program began in

fall 2005 with undergraduate students in their fundamental

skills labs. SON ClinicalInstructor LindsayAllen, MSN, RN,was a co-investi-gator in the

study and taught teaching assistantsthe safe patient handling and move-ment curriculum, and collecteddata. Jean LeCluyse, RN, BSN, CERCassistant and medical illustrator,created images to help studentsvisualize the assistive equipmentand how it was used.

The study partnered participat-ing nursing schools with vendors of assistive equipment and patient-handling devices. The SON hadequipment on loan from ARJO, Inc.,including gait belts with handles, astand-assist lift, a mobile mechani-cal full-body lift, a floor-mountedover-bed lift, a lateral transfer deviceand friction reducing devices formoving patients in bed.

In the pilot study, data was collected from participants beforeand after the new curriculum wasimplemented. The data includedcharacteristics of the school, demographics surveys, knowledge,attitude and beliefs surveys, anequipment inventory, level ofacceptance surveys, a multiplechoice quiz for the student partici-pants and a qualitative phone inter-view with the site co-investigators.

“Many healthcare organizationshave not wanted to invest in assis-tive equipment because it is so cost-ly. But what we’re learning is thatnot investing in the equipment isputting our patients and our nursesat risk for injuries,” said Durham.“In the long run, the equipmentwill pay for itself because agencieswon’t experience costs associatedwith diminished capacity becausenurses are unable to work due toinjury.”

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Trail BlazingSON Participates in Campaign for Safe Patient Handling

To prepare for clinical rotations, thestudents practice selecting andusing each device in simulatedpatient care scenarios.

LEFT: Illustration of a mobile fullbody lift, created by Jean LeCluyse,RN, BSN, CERC assistant and medicalillustrator. A full body lift might beused to help a patient who has fall-en to be lifted safely from the floorto a bed.

There is ample space in the newbuilding for students to meet andstudy, for nurses to return for con-tinuing professional education, andfor faculty to stretch out in newoffices where they can write, developnew curriculum and continue theirresearch. The new building is fulfill-ing the needs of many, yet thereseems to be something missing.

When Denise Taylor Darden,BSN ’77, Foundation Board vicepresident, returned to campus forthe new building dedication in April2005, she noticed blank walls andthe absence of art to enliven andpersonalize public gathering spaces,conference rooms and office areas.

Denise went home toWilmington, NC, talked with agroup of alumni, and came up witha plan. They would ask alumni andfriends to make gifts of art to theSchool.

Here is their question. Wouldyou consider contributing a piece ofart you own or would acquire forthe SON? Perhaps you and your

classmates would collectivelymake such a gift.

All mediums are wel-come—paint, pottery, fiber,glass, metal, wood, andmulti-media, to name justa few. Selection of art forthe new building is notlimited by the artist loca-tion and we encourageyou to submit work fromartists around the world.

We request that all works of art: • be submitted to the SON Office

of Advancement;• have a value of no more than

$1,500 for security purposes;• include a bill of sale or appraisal

to be considered for gift-in-kindcampaign credit; and

• include a short bio about theartist with name, address, partici-pation in juried art exhibits, titleof work, estimated value, date ofacquisition and name of thedonor.

After the gifts of artare received, a committee will meetto select works for the School’s com-mon areas. Then, they will hold anart exhibit and invite faculty andadministrators to choose pieces todisplay in their own particularareas.

If you would like to participateor make a gift of art, please contactDenise Darden at (910) 686-4786,or SON Advancement DirectorNorma Hawthorne at (919) 966-4619.

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Gifts of Art: What’s Missing?

BREAKING NEWS:SON REACHES 86%TOWARD GOAL, $2.1 MILLION TO GO

Your campaign gifts andpledges of $12.9 million(as of this writing) haveprovided the resourcesto construct the newfacility that doubles theSON’s classroom, officeand laboratory space.

You have created thewherewithal to awardfinancial aid to under-graduate and graduatenursing students withneed-based and meritscholarships. Studentrecipients sincerelyappreciate your supportand send you theirthanks. Without yourhelp, their educationalopportunities would bemuch more limited. Forall the achievementsmade possible by yourgifts, we thank you.

A retired alumna, who hadCarolina in her charitable givingplans, recently made the decision toinvest in a gift annuity throughUNC. Because she made a charita-ble gift, she was also able to take atax deduction. With the annuity, sheis guaranteed a fixed income eachyear (payable annually or quarter-ly) for the rest of her life. Her taxadvisor explained that a portion ofthis income, too, can be exemptfrom certain income taxes. In addition, because she used highly

appreciated stocks to make the gift,she was able to reduce her capitalgains tax. Our alumna was able to earn 6.7 percent interest on thisrecent charitable annuity gift, farmore than her stocks have beenproviding.

The gift annuity helped ouralumna achieve her charitable giving goals. She always wanted toleave a gift to the SON and namethe School in her will. When shelearned about the gift annuityoption, she decided to designate her

gift now, boost her total retirementincome, and be recognized withCharles Gerrard Society member-ship. Upon her passing, the SONwill use the assets in the gift annuityto support a professorship to beestablished in her name.

If you are interested in findingout more about gift annuities andother options to meet your incomeand philanthropic goals, please callSON Advancement Director NormaHawthorne at (919) 966-4619.

Gift Annuities: Increase cash flow,save taxes in retirement

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Just before Thanksgiving, Janeand Jim Smith of Hendersonville,NC, told us they wanted to establisha scholarship to assist doctoral

students who pursue teaching andresearch in cardiovascular nursing.The Smiths, who have been verygenerous by making a bequest tothe SON, wanted to do somethingmore immediate. Their philosophyis that “if you give, it comes back toyou.”

The Smiths have a deep profes-sional and personal interest inimproving cardiovascular health forbetter patient outcomes. During hercareer, Jane was a compassionatenurse who gave extraordinary careto her patients. She attended WattsSchool of Nursing in Durham, NC.Jim was a pioneer in marketingmedical technologies to make a difference in the cardiovascularhealth of our nation.

On November 12, 2005, they created two scholarships: The Jane

Winningham Smith EndowedDoctoral Scholarship inCardiovascular Nursing, and The Jane Winningham SmithExpendable Doctoral Scholarship in Cardiovascular Nursing. Theexpendable scholarship will supporttuition expenses immediately andwill terminate when the endowedscholarship is fully-funded. TheSmiths are keenly aware of thenursing shortage in this specialtyarea and recognize that nurse educators and researchers will, in turn, teach future nurses anddevelop improved cardiovascularpatient care.

A doctoral scholarship in cardiovascular nursing

Jane (right) and Jim Smith (left),seen here with SON Dean Linda R.Cronenwett (center) established twodoctoral scholarships in cardiovascu-lar nursing.

When Anne and John Wilsonmet Michelle Landin at the May2005 reception to introduce the firstrecipient of the scholarship fundestablished in their daughter’smemory, their eyes filled with tears.They could see that the selection ofMichelle was a perfect choice.

The similarity between the twoyoung women is striking. LikeKatherine Wilson, Michelle battledcancer, underwent rounds of radiation and chemotherapy, and is infused with a purposeful desire to become a nurse. The Wilsonswere joined at the Carolina Clubreception by family and friends,many from Morganton, and manyof whom were classmates ofKatherine’s, to celebrate the successof the fundraising effort that createda $100,000+ endowment in lessthan six months.

Amanda Womble Greer, BSN ’00,was Katherine’s roommate duringtheir first year of nursing school.She and her husband, David Greer,talked about how they wanted tocreate the scholarship whileKatherine was still alive so that theycould tell her how her name wouldlive on far into the future.Katherine was 28 years old whenshe died on February 16, 2005.

Michelle told the crowd of about80 people how honored she was to be the first recipient and howreading about Katherine on the Web site helped her understand even more how nursing can have apowerful impact on people’s lives.

To learn more about MichelleLandin and the Katherine WilsonScholarship, visithttp://nursing.unc.edu.

Landin named first Katherine Wilson Scholar

Michelle Landin (left)with KatherineWilson’s parents,Anne (center) andJohn (right).

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Since July 1999 and the beginning of the Carolina FirstCampaign, one generous donor hascreated a distinguished professor-ship endowed with state matchingfunds. Our aim is to create threeadditional professorships in theremaining months of the campaign.Professorships help DeanCronenwett and the faculty recruitand retain the caliber of professorsthat attract students and researchersto our school. Without benefit of a

state-supported sabbatical programand other incentives to recognizeexcellent teaching, clinical practiceor research, it is the private gifts,and especially the endowed profes-sorships, that support faculty.

Margaret Raynor, chair of theSON Foundation, Inc., is calling onalumni and friends to help us reachthis goal. Call SON AdvancementDirector Norma Hawthorne at (919)966-4619 for more information.

Renewed focus on providingadequate support for faculty

If health care is to improve, thenhealth professionals need to be pre-pared with a different set of knowl-edge, skills and attitudes than theyhave today. Nationally, experts fromthe Institute of Medicine have urgedhealth professions educators toensure that their graduates arecompetent to deliver safe, reliableand high quality patient care. Thatis why the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation awarded a $590,000grant to UNC Chapel Hill School ofNursing to lead a group of 17national nursing and medical lead-ers who will outline the skills andknowledge that should be masteredby nursing students before theygraduate. Their goal will be to

examine key content areas includ-ing patient-centered care, teamworkand collaboration, evidence-basedpractice, informatics, performanceimprovement and patient safety.

SON Dean Linda Cronenwett, theprincipal investigator who led theproposal development effort, isnationally recognized for her leadership and consulting roles inthis area. “We know that there aresignificant problems related to safe-ty and quality in the U.S. healthcaresystem,” said Cronenwett. “Nursingeducators are eager to discovereffective ways to promote studentlearning that will make new gradu-ates ready for full partnership in thework of systems improvement.”

Cronenwett serves as the co-chair of the Institute of MedicineCommittee on Identifying andPreventing Medication Errors, is amember of The Robert WoodJohnson Foundation’s TransformingCare at the Bedside NationalAdvisory Committee, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for HealthcareImprovement. In May 2005, she wasawarded an honorary doctor of sci-ence degree from the University ofNebraska Medical Center for hercontributions to nursing andhealtch care.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards$590,000 to enhance nursing school curricula

A SOUND INVEST-MENT THAT YIELDSRETURNS FAR INTOTHE FUTURE

Graduate scholarshipsare held in the SONFoundation, Inc., whosefunds are managed by UNC InvestmentCompany, Inc., at the direction of theFoundation Board. Forthe last several years ourfund has outperformedthe benchmarks and, in this past year, had a15.5 percent rate ofreturn. The Universityconsistently pays out 5 percent each year onendowments, regardlessof higher or lower market returns. Higheryields will add principalto the endowment andgreater long-term futurebenefit to students and faculty. The samepractices are in place forundergraduate scholar-ships and professorships.

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A A T C H A P E L H I L L

The FRANCES HILLFOXDistinguished Professorship in Nursing

BY LAUREN MOSKOWITZ

School of Nursing faculty are in the third and final year of a $650,000 U.S. Department ofHealth Resources and ServicesAdministration grant, “Improvingthe Nursing Care of Acutely IllElders,” that is increasing geriatricnursing skills of North Carolina’snurses and improving the quality of nursing care provided to acutelyill older adults.

"This project is especially signifi-cant in light of the fact that morethan one-third of hospital patients in the United States are over the ageof 65, yet less than one percent of the nation’s nurses are certified ingeriatrics,” said Dr. Mary H. Palmer,SON Umphlet distinguished professorin aging and principal investigator.“There is a tremendous need toimprove care for acutely ill olderadults, and this program will helpnurses better identify symptoms andadminister care.”

The project has several compo-nents aimed at educating registerednurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN) and nursing assistants(NA). One- and three-day workshopsare offered through the SON’sDepartment of Continuing Educationfor RNs and LPNs. The workshopsmake use of four types of geriatricclinical simulations: human patientsimulators, standardized patients,case studies and online clinical simulations.

Human patient simulators arecomputerized mannequins with realistic features that can be pro-grammed to imitate health scenar-ios. Standardized patients are realpeople who act out scenarios thatmimic experiences a nurse might

encounter caring for an acutely illolder adult. These simulations provide a realistic and hands-onapproach to geriatric nursing care.

In addition to the workshops,geriatric clinical simulations are also available through an onlineelectronic library. The simulationsare unfolding case studies about a variety of health problems experienced by older adults. They are written by faculty who are expertclinicians and educators and basedon the American Association ofColleges of Nursing and the John A.Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative“Older Adults: RecommendedBaccalaureate Competencies andCurricular Guidelines for GeriatricNursing Care.”

Following peer-review for contentand format, the simulations areincorporated into an electroniclibrary, a system developed andmaintained by the SON’s Center forInstructional Technology andEducational Support (CITES). Bygrant’s end, there will be 30 interac-tive clinical simulations availableonline, each one adjusted for thethree levels of learner: the RN, LPNand NA. Nurses who participate inthe workshops are encouraged toshare the online resources with their colleagues. Simulations arecontinually being updated to addresscurrent healthcare issues.

The workshops and simulationsaddress cultural differences thatnurses regularly encounter.“Cultural diversity impacts commu-nication between nurses andpatients,” Palmer said. “Nurses mustunderstand why patients engage incertain health behaviors and incor-porate that understanding into thecare plan.”

Since the program began, morethan 200 nurses have participated inthe workshops and used the electron-ic library. To measure effectiveness,nurses are pre- and post-tested ontheir knowledge of geriatric nursingskills when treating acutely ill elderlypatients.

“Evaluations have shownincreased knowledge. Statisticallythere has been a significant increasebetween test scores taken pre-work-shop and post-workshop,” said Dr.Vicki Kowlowitz, director of CITESand the evaluator for the project.“Additionally, evaluations completedby participants have been over-whelmingly positive.”

Although the grant expires thisyear, Palmer is seeking additionalfunding to solidify a partnership with North Carolina Area HealthEducation Centers to take the work-shops to underserved areas of NorthCarolina and to expand the onlinelibrary making it accessible to nursesacross the state and nation.

“It will be a collaborative andcooperative effort of everyone in thehealth field,” Palmer said. “The UNCSchool of Nursing is making stridesto improve its sustained continuingeducation program in terms of geriatrics and geriatric clinical simulations.”

The success and impact of thisprogram is critically important inPalmer’s larger goal of establishing a Center for Geriatric ClinicalSimulation at UNC Chapel Hill.

The next workshops for registerednurses is on May 1, 2006. For moreinformation or to register, visithttp://nursing.ce.unc.edu/.

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SON Clinical Education Resource Center Director Carol Durhamhas been instrumental in developing and leading clinical simula-tion workshops with Stan, the SON’s human patient simulator.

Simulations includedmany facets of care:assessment, communica-tion with family, doctor'sorders, and medications,including herbs. Theywere good examples ofhow it all comes togetherwhen a ‘real’ patient hasan acute event. We didrapid assessments of critically ill patients. Theyreinforced communica-tion and emergencyskills. Great teamwork.Excellent. Presented asrealistically as possible.Promotes integration and synthesis.

—WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT

ImprovingCare of North

Carolina’sElderly

SON doctoral studentJeongok Park, seen herebrowsing the program'sonline library of simula-tions, is a teaching assistant and helped towrite simulations for theprogram's workshops and online library.

With a commitment to continu-ously improve the educational experience of every student in theSON, and to build upon a school-wide environment of inclusiveness,the SON recruited Rumay Alexander,EdD, RN, to lead the Office ofMulticultural Affairs (OMA) in 2003.

The SON, as part of its strategicplanning, had set diversity planningas a top priority. Alexander, whobrings over 20 years of experience as a nurse, faculty member, publicpolicy advocate and facilitator forall who are underrepresented, wascharged with leading the develop-ment and implementation of thediversity plan. She set about toincorporate practices for furtherdeveloping a welcoming, accepting,and supportive environment where all students, faculty and staff areencouraged to live, learn, grow andpursue dreams. The OMA is aschool-wide resource.

UNC is devoted to increasing thecollege-going rates among previous-ly underrepresented students. Thisis especially important in ourexpanding multi-racial andmulti-ethnic global society.“By experiencing diversity inthe educational setting, studentsare better prepared for the realworld,” said the UNC Board ofGovernors in January 2001. At theSON, our societal contract is toprepare nurses who understand andcan delivery quality care.Understanding a patient’s culturalhealth beliefs and practices is anessential component. Therefore,promoting a climate of inclusive-ness is an integral part of the con-tract.

Within the school, the OMAhelps to strengthen recruitment andretention programs for students,

faculty, and staff through multiplechannels including “CourageousDialogues,” the Minority VisitingScholar lecture series, collabora-tions with Historically BlackColleges and Universities, a bookclub, and student recruitment andcurricular modifications, as well as a number of other vehicles. Allprograms seek to foster culturalawareness, sensitivity, and compe-tency about relevant matters intoday’s society.

In 2004, the OMA establishedand presented the first annualKindred Spirit Award for Excellencein Multicultural Scholarship, recog-nizing a nursing student whosework demonstrates an understand-ing and competence with respect toissues of multiculturalism anddiversity. Christina Martinez Kim,BSN ’06, was the first recipient.

To learn more about the Officeof Multicultural Affairs at the SON,visit them online at, http://nurs-ing.unc.edu.

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SON DiversityQuick Facts2004–2005

17% of BSN students represented ethnic/racialdiversity

7% of faculty representedpersons of ethnic/racialdiversity

8% of BSN students aremale

6% of the faculty are male

113 faculty and staffattended “CourageousDialogues” last year

The SON is home to theCenter for Innovation in Health DisparitiesResearch, collaborationbetween the nursingschools at UNC, Winston-Salem State University andNorth Carolina CentralUniversity.

CORE Values Curiosity & Courage…the personal responsibilityfor getting to know one another and to beunderstood

Openness & Otherness…holding multiple perspec-tives simultaneously and valuing them all

Reciprocity & Respect…recognition of personaldiversity and a willingnessto admit that all peopleshave equal value

Equity & Empathy...dispersing power andequality opportunity

QuickFACTS

Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN

Dr. RumayAlexander is anational leader andspeaker on issues of healthcare work-force diversity, andstrategic planning.

She has servedon the American

Hospital Association’s (AHA)Workforce Commission, the boardof The American Organization ofNurse Executives, the NationalQuality Forum Nursing CarePerformance Measures SteeringCommittee, and the AHA’sLeadership Circle for EliminatingRacial and Ethnic Disparities inHealth Care.

Alexander was recently appoint-ed special assistant to the chiefnursing officer for multiculturalaffairs at UNC Hospitals by

Dr. Mary Tonges, vicepresident and chiefnursing officer.

YOU ARE INVITED to call or meet with Dr. Rumay Alexander

at any time. She can be reached by phone (919-966-7767), email (rumay@email.unc.edu), or by writing:DR. RUMAY ALEXANDER, DIRECTOR

Office of Multicultural AffairsUNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Carrington Hall, CB 7460Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460

AN INVITATION FROMDr. Rumay Alexander

Office of Multicultural Affairs:Promoting a Climate of Inclusiveness

Alexander

Rumay Alexander, director ofthe Office of Multicultural Affairs,has been appointed special assistantto the chief nursing officer for mul-ticultural affairs at UNC Hospitals.

Jane Barlow has been promotedfrom clinical instructor to clinicalassistant professor. Her area of focusis children’s health.

Beth Black rejoined the facultyas a clinical associate professor afterearning her PhD in June 2005. As ofJuly 2006, she will be an assistantprofessor in the School. She is therecent recipient of a BIRCWH(Building Interdisciplinary ResearchCareers in Women’s Health) awardfrom the National Institutes ofHealth. Her area of focus is women’shealth.

Tom Bush joined the SON inJuly 2005 as clinical assistant professor. Prior to his appointment,he taught classes in the SON as anadjunct faculty member and servedas a preceptor for FNP students.Bush has an associate’s degree fromthe University of Kentucky and anMS in nursing from Vanderbilt

University. Prior to becoming a NP,Bush had eight years of basic prac-tice experience in trauma and criti-cal care. He continues to practice asan NP specializing in musculoskele-tal problems and sports medicine,and recently published a chapter onoperative orthopedics in OrthopedicNursing Secrets.

Jane Kaufman has been pro-moted to clinical associate professor.Kaufman maintains a clinical practice in pulmonary care at UNCfocusing on individuals with chronicobstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and other pulmonary problems. Kaufman has an MS inmedical-surgical nursing and teach-es in the undergraduate program.

Mary Lynn Piven joined theSON in July 2005 as an assistantprofessor. She previously worked in a private practice as a nurse therapist, and as a clinical nursespecialist at Johns Hopkins and theUniversity of Iowa Hospitals. Pivenbegan her nursing career with aBSN from UNC Greensboro andcompleted her MSN in psychiatric

nursing at the University ofMaryland. She was awarded herPhD in gerontological nursing atthe University of Iowa and recentlycompleted a post-doc at DukeUniversity. Piven’s research interestsinclude gero-psych health care, par-ticularly the barriers and facilitatorsof depression assessment among theelderly in hospitals and long termcare settings.

Julee Waldrop has been pro-moted to clinical associate professor.Waldrop, who teaches in thePediatric Nurse PractitionerProgram, is also the director of theNewborn Nursery in the PediatricDepartment at the School ofMedicine.

The SON also welcomes 15new clinical instructors: LynetteChristine Aguilar, Rebecca Beadle,Nancy Crowell, Jennifer Daniels,Susan Davidson, Eugene Farrug,Makeba Felton, Glenda George, TedHeiser, Denise Hirst, Diane Legere,Heather Schultz, Adrienne Small,Nancy Smith and ChristinaStevenson.

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FA C U LT Y HI R E S , PR O M O T I O N S & RE T I R E M E N T S

Hires & Promotions

Margaret S. Miles has been astaff nurse, clinical specialist, edu-cator and researcher for almost 50years. She received her diploma atMercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, herBSN from Boston College, her MSNin pediatric nursing from theUniversity of Pittsburgh, and herPhD in counseling psychology fromthe University of Missouri-KansasCity.

Miles was one of the first clinicalnurse specialists in pediatric nursing where she quickly focusedon helping distressed and bereavedparents of critically ill children. Herpamphlet on parental grief is stilldistributed to bereaved parentsacross the nation. With colleagues,

she pioneered research on the stressof parents when their infants orchildren were hospitalized in anintensive care unit.

As founding member of the mul-tidisciplinary and internationallyknown UNC Center forDevelopmental Science, she hasworked to improve the developmen-tal sensitivity of research with chil-dren and families. Miles is knownfor her strong mentoring of studentsand faculty across the country. Thisis particularly evident in her role as research mentor for faculty conducting research through theSON’s Center for Innovations inHealth Disparities Research.

Retirements

SON Dean Linda Cronenwett recognized Dr. Miles’ career atthe 2005 Elizabeth L. Kemble Lecture held in Miles’ honor.

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SON EnrollmentQuick Facts

SON enrollments continue to increase. The fall 2005 semester saw enrollment up to atotal of 580 students.

BSN (24-month track) 261

BSN (14-month track) 41

RN BSN 28

MSN 170

Post-Master’s 22

PhD 58

Visit us online at http://nursing.unc.edu/about/quick_facts.html tolearn more.

BY KEETON CROWDER, CLASS OF ’06,Association of Nursing Students’05-’06 Secretary

The Association of NursingStudents (ANS) is the only pre-pro-fessional organization for nursingstudents at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill. Its focus ison professional student developmentand community service. ANS is recognized at the state level by theNorth Carolina Association ofNursing Students (NCANS) whereone of our very own members, junior nursing student Lisa Biltz,represents the UNC chapter by serv-ing on the board as the District IIIdirector. ANS is also recognized atthe national level by the NationalStudent Nurses’ Association (NSNA).

Involvement in ANS increasesstudent awareness of issues con-fronting the nursing professiontoday. For example, I had the pleasure, along with other ANSmembers, to go to Nurse’s Day atthe Legislature. At this event, Ilearned about the many proposedbills that have the potential toimpact the nursing profession. ANSencourages students to develop asleaders by learning about influen-tial bills and issues, and to advocatefor the nursing profession throughpolitical activism.

In addition to providing awareness about current nursingtopics, ANS also prepares studentsfor entry into the profession througheducational events. Funding provided by the Alumni Associationallowed ANS students to attend theNCANS annual conference where weparticipated in focus sessions tolearn about nursing specialties,such as forensic nursing.

ANS is also highly committed to giving back to the community by donating time and money to various organizations. Some serviceopportunities that the students havebeen involved in include:

• donating plasma and blood,

• donating money and clothing tovictims of Hurricane Katrina,

• selling raffle tickets for theNational Kidney Foundation atthis year’s State Fair,

• serving as waiters/waitresses at abanquet raising money for theCrohn’s and Colitis Foundationof America,

• participating in Relay for Life,and

• baking food for the RonaldMcDonald House.

Many of these wonderful activi-ties and community service oppor-tunities, such as relays and walks,usually have a fee. Thanks to thegifts from our wonderful alumni,many students who are on fixedbudgets have been able to getinvolved in ANS! ANS sincerelyappreciates those nurses who havegraduated from UNC for supportingstudents who are on their way tobecoming future nurse leaders.

ANS makes SERVICEa priority

QuickFACTS

ANS Members at Run for the Kids

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The Duke-Carolina VisitingProfessorship welcomed MathyMezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, who delivered the 2005 Carol HogueDistinguished Lecture December 5,2005 at the Durham Hilton.

Her presentation, titled “Careof Older Adults: Nursing’s CoreBusiness,” addressed thestrengthening of hospital carefor older adults and the inte-gration of geriatric compe-tence into existing nursingspecialties.

Mezey has served as theIndependence FoundationProfessor of NursingEducation at NYU since1991 and as the directorof the John A. HartfordFoundation Institute forGeriatric NursingPractice since 1996. For 10 years, she was a professor at theUniversity ofPennsylvania Schoolof Nursing, whereshe led the geriatricnurse practitionerprogram and the Robert

Wood Johnson Foundation TeachingNursing Home Program.

The Hogue Lectureship is a public program that is part of alarger three-day innovative collabo-ration between the Schools of

Nursing at Duke University andUniversity of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill toexplore and develop initiatives thatwill enhance geriatric nursing education in North Carolina. Withsupport from Blue Cross and BlueShield of North Carolina, bothschools venture to highlight theimportance of geriatric nursingresearch and practice for the benefit

of patients, providers andhealthcare leaders.

Carol Hogue, PhD, RN,FAAN, for whom the lecture-

ship is named, earned degreesfrom Duke University and the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hogue served on

the faculties of both Schools ofNursing, and held top administra-

tive positions. She was associatedirector for research at the UNC

Institute on Aging from 1997 untilher retirement in 2002.

The 2006 Duke-Carolina VisitingProfessorship will feature PartriciaG. Archbold, DNSc, RN, FAAN,Program Director, Hartford BuildingAcademic Geriatric NursingCapacity, American Academy ofNursing. It will be held October 16-18, 2006, in Chapel Hill.

The 2005 Carol Hogue Distinguished Lectureship

The Society of Pediatric Nurseshas named an award in honor ofSON Research Professor Emerita Dr. Margaret S. Miles.

The Margaret Shandor MilesLeadership Award was created to recognize outstanding leadership innursing care of children. The awardhonors Miles’ contributions in pedi-atric nursing education, leadership

and research throughout her 50-year career. Miles was the firstpresident of the Society of PediatricNurses when it was founded in1990.

"She has consistently mentored,guided and encouraged nurses toachieve in the areas of scholarship,leadership and child-sensitive care,”said Dr. Barbara C. Woodring,

president of the Society of PediatricNurses. “Dr. Miles continues to provide direction to novice pediatricnurses and strengthen the tiesbetween research and evidence-based practice.”

Miles will present the first award at the society’s 16th annualconference in April.

Award named in honor of retired professor

Get online… Stay in touch

Use the newly redesignedSchool of Nursing Web site to keep in touch with us. Plus, stay informed of all the latest news and events happening atCarolina. Visit us athttp://nursing.unc.edu/.

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1958

Several members of the BSNClass of 1958 met for a reunionat the Raleigh home of classmateFrances Ader Read. They enjoyedlots of fun time together includinga limo ride to their old stompinggrounds in Chapel Hill thatincluded an impromptu visit withDean Cronenwett. The group ispictured here in the School ofNursing Addition.

1961

Members of the BSN Class of1961 continued their tradition ofenjoying a reunion trip eachOctober. The group visited New Yorkthis fall, where they were hosted byclassmate Ann Bergamo. Not pic-tured but also in attendance was PatCrist.

1963Roberta B. Feather (BSN, MSN’65) was appointed to TheProvidence Center’s Board ofTrustees, bringing over 40 years ofpsychiatric nursing expertise tothe position. She currently servesas the clinical director for AdultPsychotherapy Services located inProvidence, Rhode Island, whereshe resides. She also holds a posi-tion as associate professor of nurs-ing at the University of RhodeIsland. Feather volunteers with

several community, political, andprofessional committees andorganizations, as well as with acommittee to preserve the historyof Butler Hospital.

1967Margaret Ferguson Raynor(BSN) was awarded the 2005Alumna of the Year Award after 36years of service at Dorothea DixHospital, where she serves as direc-tor of medical education. As presi-dent of the SON FoundationBoard, Raynor has supervised theschool’s endowment, ensuring thatfunds are well managed to providefor needed scholarships and pro-fessorships. With her clinicalexpertise and commitment tonursing, she has shown exceptionalachievement in her promotion ofhealth care and professional service.

1973Kathryn Schmidt Johnson (FNP)received the 2005 CarringtonAward for Community Service.Johnson works as the FNP for theWayne County WATCH MobileUnit, providing acute and chronicprimary care to over 56,000 unin-sured patients. She gives unselfish-ly to the state of North Carolina asa nurse and citizen through vari-ous professional and volunteeractivities.

1978Ann Cashion (BSN) is one of 20nurses in an executive leadershiprole nationwide to be selected as a2005 Robert Wood JohnsonExecutive Nurse Fellow. Cashion isan associate professor and chair ofthe Acute and Chronic CareDepartment at the University ofTennessee Health Science Center.She has been invited to speak atthe upcoming NINR 20thAnniversary Science Symposium,where she will present“Application of Emerging GeneticMethodologies to Study TransplantOutcomes.”

1979Jacqueline (Jackie) LytleGonzalez (BSN), a School ofNursing Alumni of the Year Awardwinner, has been named a Fellowof the American Academy ofNursing. The selection follows herwork with the nursing team atMiami Children’s Hospital, whereshe was recognized by her peersfor her contributions to nursingand health care, as well as herpotential to influence health poli-cy to improve the quality ofAmerican health care.

1980Bunny Lewis (BSN) was recentlyappointed to the Oregon NursesAssociation (ONA) Board ofDirectors. Lewis, a nurse practition-er, received the 2004 ONA HonoraryPolitical Involvement Award for heractivism in statewide healthcare leg-islative affairs. She owns a nursepractitioner practice, LastingWellness Healthcare for Women,which opened in 2004 in Ashland,Oregon.

Mark Philbrick (BSN, MSN ’82)accepted a position as director ofPatient Care Services with DukeHospice in December 2005.Philbrick is responsible for a staffof 70 people including nurses,aids, social workers and chaplains.He is also responsible for directingoperations of Duke's inpatienthospice, home hospice and partners programs which serveover 100 patients a day that needhospice care.

1981Mary Ann Carr (FNP) hasreceived the 2005 Rural HealthPractitioner of the Year Award fromthe Office of Rural Health at OregonHealth Sciences University. Theaward recognizes the best smalltown health worker in Oregon. The selection follows her work atAlsea Rural Health Care, where shehas served for 24 years. Carr was

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nominated by a peer who identifiedher as a “pioneer in the field” andrecognized her role as an adminis-trator and clinician, in addition toher contributions to the communityas a family nurse practitioner.

Kathryn S. Miller (BSN) spenttwo weeks with the MedicalReserve Corps in Gulfport, MS, notlong after Hurricane Katrina dev-astated the area. While there,Miller worked at Nevada One FieldHospital, a tent hospital, providingcare for patients with chronic con-ditions, acute illness and minortrauma.

1985Rev. Beth M. Crissman (BSN),an ordained elder in the WesternNorth Carolina Conference of theUnited Methodist Church, servesas Shepherd of the Vision (CEO)for Plowpoint, a non-profit min-istry. Combining her experience asa minister and as a family nursepractitioner, Crissman works withchurch leaders to prepare andrepair the church for ministry.Beth and her husband, Rev. KellyCrissman, have two children,James (13) and Maddie (9), andare living in their hometown ofGraham, NC.

1986Gina Samia (BSN) and husband,Glenn, became the proud parentsof Graham Glenn Samia onFebruary 26, 2005. Graham joinsolder sisters Gracee and Gabrielle.

1987Crystal Harris (BSN) wasappointed program chair of theBSN program at Cabarrus Collegeof Health Sciences in Concord, NC.

1989Terri Argabright Keller (BSN)and her husband welcomed theirthird daughter, Sarah Cameron,on March 11, 2005. Sarah joinsolder sisters Aubrey, 4, andMadeline, 2.

1993Mara Evans (MSN) volunteeredat the Common Ground HealthClinic in New Orleans in the after-math of Hurricane Katrina. Youcan read about her experienceonline at http://nursing.unc.edu.

1994Katherine Finn Davis (BSN)graduated from Emory Universityin May 2005 with her PhD innursing. Her interests includepediatric sleep disorders and infectious disease/ immunologystudies. Davis has two book chapters in press, and currentlyworks at Emory University Schoolof Medicine as a researcher in theDepartment of Pediatrics.

1997Pamela Garris Gaddy (BSN)and husband, Joey, welcomed theirsecond child, Andrew Dalton, onSeptember 14, 2005. He joins his4-year-old brother, Justin. Gaddygraduated from the University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte inMay 2005 with a master’s degreein nursing and health administra-tion.

Jill Hardin Knox (BSN) andhusband, Jamie Knox, gave birthto their second son on February24, 2005. Jackson Cannon Knoxwas 9 lbs, 5 oz. He was also welcomed by his 4-year-old brother, Jacob.

Cynthia D. Lee (BSN, MSN ’01)was awarded the 2005 Graduate ofthe Last Decade Award. Lee is aFNP at Dunn-Erwin Family Clinicin Erwin, NC, and this past sum-mer mentored four students fromthe NP program at Duke and anANP student from UNC. She regularly visits a children’s campwhere she tends to kids with special needs, such as asthma ordiabetes, and every spring she doesmission work in Honduras, pro-viding much needed medical care.

2000Dawn Wood Howell (BSN) andhusband, Andy, became the proudparents of their first child, IsabellaGrace, on June 30, 2005. Isabellawas born 6 lbs, 9 oz., and was 19inches long. In January 2006,Howell began her masters studiesat Radford University in Virginia. She will be studying to become a family nurse practitioner withan emphasis on primary care torural and other underserved populations.

2001Noelle Dorsey (BSN) wasawarded the Department ofPediatric Nursing ClinicalExcellence Award for 2005 by theUniversity Hospitals Health Systemin Cleveland, Ohio. Dorsey was nominated by her co-workers atRainbow Babies and Children’sHospital, and was selected bymembers of the Pediatric NursingRecognition and RetentionCommittee as one of three recipients of the award.

Lauren Venable Starkey (BSN)was recently accepted to the WakeForest University Baptist MedicalCenter Nurse Anesthesia MSNProgram in Winston-Salem, NC.

2002Susan Appel (PhD) was selectedto receive the Southern NursingResearch Society 2006 Award forResearch in Minority Health.

2004

Ivy Jones (BSN) volunteeredon Carolina MED-1, a mobile hospital, in Waveland, Mississippi,following Hurricane Katrina.

2005Patricia Swagart (BSN) raised$1500 for Southeast Asia tsunamirelief efforts by running the 26.2 mile Temple Marathon outside of Bangkok, Thailand inMarch 2005.

Helen W. Umphlet, a cherishedfriend of the SON, was awardedthe Honorary Alumna of the YearAward for 2005. In 2000, Helenmade a gift to the School ofNursing to establish an endowedprofessorship in aging in honor of her late husband, Dr. ThomasUmphlet. Umphlet, a native fromVance County, NC, received adegree in business and workedwith the attorney general’s officeand state Supreme Court beforeretiring in 1976. She has activelyparticipated with the SON inmajor celebratory events and represented the School as a member of the UNC Chapel HillBoard of Visitors.

Jones with Dr. Dave Manning, a2002 UNC School of Medicinegrad.

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