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Sentiments and philosophy that we value in the School of Nurs-ing include caring, support for individual differences, and peace-ful transitions. We approach our work from a perspective of un-derstanding. Opportunities in the form of presence, service and philanthropy are available to all of us. I encourage each of you to celebrate generosity by giving to those in need, giving back in appreciation and paying it forward when you are able.

As we move into 2016, there are many gifts being projected into the New Year. Our exceptional new graduates will enter the work force and make us proud. The generosity of these students and their willingness to sup-port and care for others is evident.

Another gift we take into the New Year is the approval of our DNP program, which will begin in fall ’16. This new DNP program brings tremendous excitement and attention to our school and our university. More information will be forthcoming.

Thank you to all of our faculty and staff for their contributions to our school. They are dedi-cated to making every student a success. One person in particular, Annette Richards, has been a gift to our school for 26 years. She will be greatly missed and we wish her well.

Be well, Laurie Badzek

UNC Wilmington

End of Semester Issue December 2015 Volume 9, Issue 2

School of Nursing Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:

Jan. 4: Spring Semester begins.

Jan. 6: Faculty Retreat.

Jan. 11: Spring classes begin.

Jan. 11: Faculty Council Meeting. 3-5 p.m. 1051 McNeill Hall.

Jan 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. No classes.

Jan. 25: Prelicensure Council Meeting, 3-5 p.m. 1051 McNeill.

Feb. 22: Faculty Council Meeting. 3-5 p.m. 1051 McNeill Hall.

Feb. 29: Prelicensure Council Meeting, 3-5 p.m., 1051 McNeill.

Mar. 5-13: Spring Break.

Mar. 14: Faculty Council Meeting. 3-5 p.m. 1051 McNeill Hall.

Mar. 24-27: Easter Holiday. No classes.

March 28: Prelicensure Council Meeting. 3-5 p.m., 1051 McNeill.

April 18: Faculty Council Meeting, 3:30-5 p.m., 1051 McNeill Hall.

April 4-8: Health and Human Services Week.

April 8: CHHS Research Day.

April 25: Prelicensure Council Meeting. 3-5 p.m., 1051 McNeill.

April 27: Last day of classes.

April 29 - May 5: Exams.

May 6: Awards Ceremony and Commencement.

Greetings from the Director

Editor: Sandra O’Donnell ([email protected]) Production: Debra Simpson ([email protected])

Please submit items of interest, calendar events, notable achieve-ments, community events and questions you may have for our faculty and staff to our editorial/production staff: Sandy O’Donnell or Debra Simpson.

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Reaches Final Approval The request to establish the DNP was unanimously approved on Oct. 30 by the UNC Board of Governors. This final approval was the result of a three-year effort led by RuthAnne Kui-per and other graduate faculty.

Efforts are currently underway to ensure that all internal processes are in place to admit stu-dents for Fall ’16. A SON subcommittee is working with the UNCW Graduate School to de-velop admission criteria and have the application procedures in place for Spring ’16. Courses are being developed and will be submitted for approval to the UNCW graduate school by the end of January. Questions about the program should be directed to RuthAnne Kuiper.

Why the DNP? Change in advanced practice nursing education has been generated from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) study re-ported in 2011 in The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (Nichols, Davis & Richardson, 2011). Conclusions of the landmark report state that transformation of the American health system could occur by strengthening nursing care by advancing clinical preparation at the doctoral level and doubling DNP graduates by 2020. The report calls for a nursing workforce that will have greater preparation in leadership roles, such as the DNP to function as care coordinators and leaders in health reform.

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Notable Recognition Stephanie Smith, director of Community Engagement and Impact and director of the Center for Healthy Communities in the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) and former SON faculty, has been named winner of the 2015 Health Care He-roes Award in the area of community outreach. She received this award at an awards event on Nov. 21 sponsored by the The Greater Wilmington Business Journal. The program honors individuals who are making a significant impact on the quality of health care in the Wilmington area. Next semester Smith will rejoin the SON faculty.

Candice Curtin (RN-BS ’13) was presented last Sept. the “Outstanding Research in Wound Care 2015 Award” by the National Alliance of Wound and Ostomy Association in Las Vegas. Curtin is a diabetic wound and ostomy certified nurse for NRHMC Home Care. Her most re-cent accomplishment is her case study series that demonstrates advantages of using the in-stant total contact cast to manage diabetic foot ulcers. Her study has been presented at sever-al national conferences, including the Visiting Nurse Associations of American annual confer-ence.

Curtin’s research is one of many directed at developing better methods of treating patients. She has developed a pressure ulcer staging tool that helps clinicians ensure they are staging ulcers correctly. She continues to research its effectiveness and hopes to develop the tool for broader distribution. Curtin also has developed a tool to assist health care providers choose the correct ostomy appliance to best serve individual patients. Several of her projects have been presented at national conferences.

Congratulations to Brandy Mechling (pictured on left in photo with Diana Ash, Interim Di-rector of the UNCW Center for Teaching Excellence) for being selected as a recipient of the 2015 Discere Aude Award for outstanding mentoring of students. The Discere Aude Award recognizes faculty and staff who were nominated by our most academically successful un-dergraduate students. Mechling was recognized at a reception on Thursday, Dec. 3. Congratulations to the following faculty who have been recognized by the Dec. ’15 graduat-ing seniors as making a significant impact on their education at UNCW: Nancy Ahern, Tammy Arms, Blaise Bolan, Traci Bramlett, Michelle Campbell, Susan Crawford, Saralyn Gillikin, Anne-Marie Goff, Nancy Grant, Carol Heinrich, Carolyn Jones, Peggy Jones, Jeanne Kemppainen, Jared Kerr, Kelly Laham, Sarah Larson, James Lyon, April Matthias, Brandy Mechling, Nancy Murdock, Dane Pastor, Barbara Pennington, Paula Reid, Penny Sauer, Patti Schulz, Christy Simmerman, Susan Sinclair, Stephanie Turrise, Marge Verzella, Patty White,

Anita Williams and Heidi Winslow. The faculty were honored at a university reception on Dec. 4. Congratulations to Beth Gazza for her Nov. 18th installation on the Board for the NC League for Nursing. Also, Gazza has been selected to be a site evaluator of nursing programs for the new accrediting agency NLNCEA, the NLN Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation. Three members of the Dec. ’15 class received Honors medallions for successfully com-pleting the Nursing Honors requirements for graduation, which includes individual re-search projects and their defense. The students and their projects are:

Claire Maxwell (“Examining the Prevalence and Consequences of Nurse Bullying”). Thesis chair: Penny Sauer.

Nicholas D’Amico (“American University Undergraduate College Students Views of Depression and On-Campus Counseling Services”). Thesis chair: Brandy Mechling.

Nicole Shepard (“The Awareness of Adolescent Risky Behavior: A College Stu-dent’s Perspective”). Thesis chair: Nancy Ahern.

Candice Curtin


Photo Taken on 2015 Trip to Belize Selected as Contest Winner Anita Aviles (MSN ’15) entered her photo (above) taken during the March ’15 cultural immersion trip to San Ignazio, Belize, in a photo contest. Her photo, “Free clinic at the Market”, was selected as the winner for the Service Learning & Volunteering category in the UNCW Office of International Program’s Chasing Change: Windows to the World International Photo Contest. Aviles’ photo, along with other winning entries, were on display this fall at the Boseman Gallery in Wilmington and at the OIP’s Study Abroad Fair on Nov. 4.

Contributions to Brunswick County Streetreach Inc (BCSTR) Make a Difference Beth Gazza delivered sleeping bags and food gift cards collected from CHHS and the Nu Omega Chapter of STTI to the Brunswick County Streetreach on Nov. 17. As part of National Homelessness Awareness Week, this effort was conducted to raise awareness of homelessness within the CHHS. BCSTR is a sheltering program and ministry that offers programs to meet spiritual, physi-cal and emotional needs of those less fortunate. Faculty who contributed time and effort to this campaign were Beth Gazza, Susan Crawford and Aprel Ventu-ra from the SON, Brandi Crowe from SHAHS and Andrea Jones from SSW. Pictured at right is Gazza (on left) with Donna Phelps of BCSTR.

Congratulations to the Newest Prelicensure Cohort: Class of May ’18 Congratulations to the newest prelicensure cohort (Class of May ’18) who will begin the SON program in Jan. ’16. The cohort had an average Math/Science GPA of 3.93 and an average Non-Math/Science GPA of 3.87. The average TEAS score was 84.3. As far as age and gender: ages range from 19 to 26 years old with 90% of the class female. NC residents comprise 80% of the class with 78% of the students returning as UNCW students and 22% as transfer students. Race demographics are: 93% Cau-casian, 1.7 Asian, 1.7% American Indian, 1.7% Hispanic/Latino, 5% multiple races, and 3% are African American.


Faculty Presentations

Jeanne Kemppainen (at left) presented Oct. 15-17 two posters at the American Academy of Nurs-ing Conference: 2015 Transforming Health, Driving Policy. The citations for her poster presenta-tions are: (1) Kemppainen, J., Laham, L., Blackman, S., & Taylor, J. “Dimensions of Medication Adherence in African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes in Rutal North Carolina; and (2)Kemppainen, J., MacKain, S., Alexander, M., Reid, P., & Jackson, M.P. “Posttraumatic Stress Dis-order (PTSD) and Stressful Life Events Among Women with HIV Disease.

Stephanie Turrise presented a poster on her current research study “The Experience of Illness Con-trol and Hospital Readmission in Adults with Chronic Heart Failure” at the 21st Qualitative Health Research Conference in Toronto, Canada Oct. 19-21. Co-authors were SON faculty Barbara Lutz, Denise Phillips-Kuhn of NHRMC and prelicensure student Nina Hadley.

Presenting at the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) 43rd Biennium Convention in Las Vegas last November were: Stephanie Turrise (pictured at right) who presented her poster “A Comparison of Nursing Students'

Satisfaction and Self Confidence in Learning Medication Administration Using Simulation”. Project co-author was Kelly Laham.

RuthAnne Kuiper and Tammy Arms presented their poster “Care Coordination Clinical Reasoning Model”. Daniel Pesut, creator of the OPT model, assisted in the presentation.

Barbara Lutz presented her poster “Assessing and Addressing the Needs of Stroke Survivors and Family Caregivers Across the Care Continuum.” Lutz presented her paper for a peer-reviewed sym-posium “Meeting Family Needs at the Bedside and Across the Continuum.”

April Matthias made a paper presentation at the 32nd Annual Conference of the American Association for the History of Nurs-ing in Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 19. Her presentation was entitled: “Who’s on First? Is it enough that she is a woman? Analysis of an Early Twentieth-Century Debate on the First Nurse Training School in America.”

Beth Gazza (pictured left in photo on left) and April Matthias (on right) made a peer-reviewed po-dium presentation on Oct. 23 at the 10th Annual National League for Nursing/Elsevier Technolo-gy Conference in Tampa, FL. Their presentation was “E-Learners in Fully Online Programs: Clos-ing the Gap between Priorities and Satisfaction.” Patty White (pictured on left in photo at right) and Elise Thompson (pictured right) made poster presentations at the 11th Annual SENSES Conference in Concord, NC Nov. 6-7. White’s presenta-tion was “Transformative Nursing Education Utilizing Student-

Drive Simulation for First Semester Seniors” and Thomas’ work was “Comparing State Anxiety of First Year Undergraduate Nursing Students when Administering Oral Medication Pre-simulation and Post-simulation Training in Practice.” Susan Crawford made a poster presentation at the 2015 NHRMC Cardiovascular Symposium on Oct. 7-9 in Wilmington. Her posted was entitled “Health Beliefs Related to Physical Activity in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients.”.

Barbara Lutz and colleagues made a poster presentation on “Models to Promote Best Practice in Inter-professional Care of Stroke Survivors and Their Caregivers” at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 92nd Annual Research Conference in Dallas, TX.

Barbara Lutz also made the following two presentations at the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses 41st Annual Education Conference in New Orleans, LA. Titles of these presentations are as follows: “Identifying and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in stroke” “Care transitions throughout the continuum of care”

Notable Achievements


Faculty Presentations cont’d. Gazza, E. A. (October, 2015). “When 'One Size Fits All' Really Doesn't Fit All: The experience of teaching online,” Peer re-viewed podium presentation of grant-funded research at 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, FL. Gazza, E. A. (October, 2015). “Using a Data Repository in a Learning Management System to Enhance E-learning,” Peer re-viewed poster presentation at National League for Nursing/Elsevier Technology Conference, Tampa, FL. Student/Faculty Poster Presentation Honors student Katelyn Michele Rowe (May ’17), pictured on left in photo, presented her poster depicting her study “An Individualized Method of Pro-moting Physical Activity in Rural Dwelling Adults with Implantable Cardi-overter Defibrillators.” This study is being conducted in collaboration with Brandi Crowe and Lisa Sprod (SHAHS) and with Susan Crawford (SON)(pictured right in photo), Rowe’s Honors advisor. Both qualitative and quantitative data from patients enrolled in the study are being conducted with results expected in the Spring ’16 semester.

Appointments

Congratulations to Beth Gazza for being appointed so-chair of the UNCW Institutional Review Board. Beth Gazza has also been selected to participate in the UNCW NextUp Leadership Development Fellowship through the UNCW Center for Faculty Leadership. Congratulations to Barbara Lutz and Stephanie Turrise from the SON for their appointment to the Research Advisory Council for 2015-16. This council is part of the CHHS Office of Research and Innovation.

Publications Badzek, L. & Desmond, K. (2015). Issues up close. ANA Center for Ethics and Human Rights: Addressing ethical issues for 25 years. American Nurse Today, 10(9).

Newly published book chapter:

Lutz, B.J., Camicia, M., & Farrell, J. (2015). Care transitions and the role of the rehabilitation nurse.” In C.A. Lehman (Ed.), The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum (7th ed.) (Ch. 9). Chicago, IL: Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.

Congratulations to three RN-BS students for having their respective letters to the editor published in this month’s editions of nursing publications. The students, the respective publications and the articles to which they responded are listed below:

Yeni Pineda in The American Journal of Nursing in response to “Moral Distress as a Contributor to Nurse Burnout.” Rebecca Heffner in The American Journal of Nursing in response to “OHSA Gets Serious About Workplace Safety for Nurses.” Holly Glover in The Journal of Emergency Nursing in response to “Emergency Nursing Triage: Keeping it Safe.”

Stephanie Costelloe (Dec. ’14) had her Honors thesis accepted for publication in a widely respected AIDS journal. Jeanne Kemppainen served as her faculty advisor. Below is the citation:

Costelloe, S., Kemppainen, J., Brion, J., MacKain, S., Reid, P., Frampton, A., & Rigsbee, E. Impact of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms on Perceptions of Stigma in Persons Living with HIV Disease in Rural versus Urban North Carolina. AIDS Care, (in press).


Faculty Presentations Susan Sinclair (in photo at right) made a podium presentation in London at the 2015 Pregnancy Summer Sep. 29 - Oct. 1. Her presentation was entitled "Pregnancy ex-posure registries: a discussion of methodologies with an emphasis on health care pro-vider involvement.”

Sinclair also with her colleagues made a poster presentation in Prague in late Octo-ber at the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP). The citation is as follows:

Sinclair S. M., Jones J.K., Miller R.K., Kwo P.Y., Greene, M.F., Thorpe, P.G., Maddrey, W.C. "The Ribavirin Pregnancy Registry: an interim analysis at the mid-point of enrollment." The International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) 15th Annual Meeting 27-30 October 2015. Prague, Czech Repub-lic. Poster Presentation.

While in Prague, Sinclair met with the director of the National Hungarian Congenital Anomies Registry to discuss methodolo-gies and potential opportunities for collaboration. Jared Kerr presented “Project Management for Clinical Research in the Information Age” as an invited speaker at the Mid-Carolina Society of Clinical Research Associates’ Annual Symposium in Charlotte this past August. Also presenting at the sym-posium was James Lyon. Lyon’s presentation was entitled “Obtaining a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research: How will it help my Career?

Jared Kerr presented a poster entitled “Preliminary Findings of Clinical Research Inventory for Undergraduate and Graduate Students” at the 24th Annual Conference for the Society of Clinical Research Associates last Sept. in Denver.

Clinical Research faculty Jared Kerr and Susan Sinclair have been successful in their attempts to secure funding sources for the study of a new device for COPD.

Recent Grant Awards

The following internal grants were recently awarded (with CLR faculty in bold):

Project Title: “A Randomized Crossover Study Evaluating the Feasibility and Usability of the Easy Breather in Subjects with Chronic Respiratory Disease.” The funding source is the UNCW Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Charles L. Cahill Award for Faculty Research and Development in the amount of $5,000. Principal investigator is Susan Sinclair and co-investigators are Jared Kerr and Justine Reel (CHHS Office of Research and Innovation).

Project Title: “An Exploration of the Easy Breather Therapy Table for the Management of COPD Using Healthy Volun-teers.” The funding is from the CHHS School of Health and Human Sciences 2015-16 Research and External Funding Sup-port Grant in the amount of 44,000. Principal investigator is Robert Boyce (SHAHS); co-investigators are Harold Campbell (SHASH), Justine Reel (CHHS Office of Research and Innovation) and Susan Sinclair (CLR) and Jared Kerr (CLR).

Project Title: Scientific Writing: Developing a Clinical Study Protocol using a Real-world Approach. The funding source is

the UNCW eTEAL Award in the amount of $3,500. The principal investigator/primary instructor is Susan Sinclair. Co-investigators are Jared Kerr (CLR), Harold Campbell (SHAHS) and Justine Reel (CHHS Office of Research and Innova-tion). ETEAL (Experiencing Transformative Education through Applied Learning) is UNCW's Quality Enhancement Plan which aims to improve the quality of learning for all of our students and faculty through applied learning approaches. In this project, students will participate in the development of real-world study protocols using the COPD studies as real-world examples.

Notable Achievements of Clinical Research Faculty


Nurses’ Christian Fellowship and the Angel Tree Project The Nurses' Christian Fellowship (NCF) sponsored for the first time a child in the Angel Tree Project supported by UNCW. Names of children, their wish lists and clothing sizes were provid-ed by the Boys and Girls Homes of Lake Waccamaw, and the NCF selected a 14-year-old girl as the recipient of the organiza-tion’s donations. NCF collected approximately $310 through donations from its members and other students in the May ’17 cohort. The money was used by students to purchase a bike, a bike pump, a wonder loom set, a knit and loom set, an art set and sketch pad, a blan-ket and various clothing items for their chosen recipient. Pic-tured at left is Megan Karpinski shopping for the child. In the photo on right are the items purchased - all of which are being wrapped by the mother of member Kaitlyn King.

Reflection Day - December 2015 Undergraduate pediatrics and community nurs-ing courses collaborated to engage students in learning the art of nursing through their reflec-tive projects. Each student chose a client who made an impression upon him or her during the community or pediatric clinical rotations. Then each student presented to faculty and student peers an original fine arts expression of an under-standing of the “whole” person during a special presentation event on Dec. 1. Students vote on their choice for various award categories. The winners (pictured right) are as follows: “The One I Wish I had Thought Of:” Collin Baldiga; “Most Talented”: Samantha Rouse; “The One that Con-veyed the Essence of Nursing:” Trang Jeralds; “The One that Made Me Smile:” Celyna Albano; “The One that Made Me say ‘Wow:” Silva Stout; “Most Creative:” Alexandra Portal; and “The One that Really Touched Me:” Sofia Patrick.

Funding Awards

Congratulations to the NC-AARP Grant Recipients within the SON

Congratulations to Tammy Arms and Susan Crawford for being chosen as NC-AARP grant recipients. Also, congratulations to the 2016 eTeal Funded initiatives within the SON: Susan Sinclair, Jared Kerr and Patty White. Funding for Improved Functional Outcomes After Stroke Congratulations to Barbara Lutz on her funded study of Early Supported Discharge for Improving Functional Outcomes After Stroke (Duncan, P. PI, Wake Forest University Health Sciences). This 5-year study, also known as the NC COMPASS Study (COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services Study, is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). COMPASS is a pragmatic trial to investigate post-acute stroke transitional care models to improve patient functional outcomes, caregiver strain, and reduce hospital admissions. Approximately 6000 patients from 50 hospitals across the state of NC will be enrolled. Lutz will provide expertise in stroke family caregiving, community-based transitional care models, patient and family engagement, and identification of community resources.

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Congratulations to the Newest Inductees of the Nu Omega Chapter, STTI Congratulations to the following students and nurse leaders for their recent induction on Nov. 12 into the Nu Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing:

Prelicensure Inductees (pictured below):

Rachel Abele Alexis Chandik Haley Grzebyk Missy Justiss Brianne Ryan Alexis Abraham Leah Childress Nine Hadley Shelby Koenig Brooke Sebastian Cierra Alford Amanda Contic Renae Hester Stacy Kopfmann Nicole Shepard Blake Allen Miranda Crider Emma Howe Deirdre Leary Hyla Smith Theresa Behler Heather Dingwell Morgan Johnson Claire Maxwell Leanne Stainback Jessica Blanchard Arely Dominquez Madison Jones Kristina McCarty Silva Stout Allison Bowman Alyssa Duane Teresa Jones Julie Primm Kristin Sweeney Jessica Brown Cari Edwards Trent Jones Michelle Queen Jennifer White Mandy Castillo Samantha Geiger Mallory Jones Jazmyn Robinson Emily Williams Kristin Rose Roger Yost

RN to BS Inductees (pictured at left): Kathryn Bradford Lauren Howard Virginia Monk Gerriann Burton Deana Jackson Jessica Morris Leslie Ann Byrd Jennifer Joyner Normal Prosser Nikeeta Corey Casey Keeling Samantha Slaton Mariam Farid Kimberly Kirk Sherry Spencer Master of Science Candidates (pictured left): Patrick Bruff Carrie Licht Lindsay Sanderson Chelsea Cain Ariel Locklea Pamela Schmierer Stormy Gilbert Cayla Preston Jamie Sullivan Cynthia Grant Erin Riley Jessica Thomas Tina Grue Shauna Ruoff Patricia Yates

Nurse Leader Inductee (pictured at right): Billie Robinson

2015 Nu Omega Research Day The Nu Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society conducted its 23rd Annual Research Conference on Nov. 13. The conference consisted of various podium and poster presentations. Awards were announced to several of the presenters in various categories.

Pictured right in the photo is the winner of the podium presentations, Carolyn Brown, for her presentation “Novice Critical Care Nurses’ Perception of Withdrawal of Life Support: A Qualitative Study”. (Stephanie Turrise, chapter treasurer, is on right.)

Pictured left is the winner of the poster presenta-tion, Nasrin Falsafi, for her research on “A Random-ized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Versus Yoga: Effects on Depression and/or Anxiety in College Students”. Congratulations to the other podium presenters for research presentations: Barbara Lutz (Results from an ED to Home Transitional Care Intervention Pilot Study), student Claire Maxwell (“Examining the Prevalence and Consequences of Nurse Bullying: A Secondary Analysis”); and Diane Pastor (“Facilitating Innovative Student-directed Learning in Simula-tion Using Inter-professional Collaborative Care Teams to Deliver Difficult News”).

Appreciation for the efforts of others who made poster presentations: student Allison Bowman and her faculty advisor Tammy Arms (“Use of Essential Oils in Reducing Anxiety in Older Adult Population”); Marie Campbell (“Primary Care Provider’s Bar-riers and Adherence to the USPSTF Mammography Screening Guidelines”); RN-BS students Kimberly Cherry, Shannon Bran-ham, Jennifer Middleswarth, Raquel Flemming an Donna Sessons (“Reducing Readmission Rates and Post-discharge Follow-up Care”); Cheryl Cummings (“Taking the Fail Out of Heart Failure”); Neiki Jacobs Graham (“Rural Healthcare Providers’ Behav-ior Intentions with Hospice Referral: Attitudes, Knowledge, Beliefs, Benefits and Barriers”); student Nina Hadley, Denise Kuhn and Stephanie Turrise (“The experience of Illness Control and Hospital Readmission in Adults with Chronic Heart Fail-ure”); student Allison Hannon and her faculty advisor Penny Sauer (“Exploration of Incivility in Nursing Students”); Michelle-McEwan-Campbell (“Evaluating Chain-of-Command Self-efficacy Through High Fidelity Student-directed, Obstetrical Simu-lation”); student Nicole Shepard (“Awareness of Adolescent Risky Behaviors: A College Student’s Perspective”); and Jeanne Kemppainen, Sally Mackain, Melissa Alexander, Paula Reid and Morgan Parks Jackson (“Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Stressful Life Events Among Women with HIV Disease”).

Simulation Lab News Newly devised simulations occurred for mid-semester simulations in the Adult Health I and II courses. A “Sim Hospital” with six patients who had a variety of different needs was created. The purpose was to enhance student learning related to prioritiz-ing of patient needs and working with peers as a team. Scenarios included wound care, blood transfusions, oxygen needs and administration of multiple medications. Each patient had his or her own chart of medical orders, lab results and medications. The senior students (in the Adult Health II course) had more critical patients, including a patient on a simulated ventilator.

Clinical faculty were able to control changes in vital signs and be the voice of the patient. Student feedback was very positive.

Two faculty groups carried out inter-professional simulations. Tammy Arms (SON), No-ell Rowan (Recreational Therapy) and Sarah Miller (Social Work) had students from their respective courses participate in a simulated Rehabilitation Unit involving a “patient” and his “wife” for a follow-up evaluation of a tractor accident. Another group from these three programs was led by Robin Cunningham (SON Simulation Coordinator), Stacey Ko-lomer (Social Work) and Cara Gray (Recreation Therapy) had students involved with a “hospital visit” to a standardized male patient after hip replacement surgery. The next week another group of 12 carried out a follow up home visit in our home apartment to evaluate the patient’s progress after hospital discharge.

Objectives of these simulations are designed for student understanding of the roles of the other disciplines and work collabora-tively to meet patient needs. Student responses were very positive to this new collaborated simulation experience.


Congratulations to the December 2015 Graduates!

MS Graduates Family Nurse Practitioner

Post Masters Certificate Christy Roshelle Swinson

BS Graduates - Prelicensure


Cierra Evan Alford Julia Blake Allen Theresa Behler Kathryn Hayley Beil Ruth Joice F. Bendo Jessica Lynn Blanchard Jessica Lane Brown Mandy Toshiko Castillo Alexis Rosa Chandik Miranda Nicole Crider Nicholas Louis D’Amico Arely Renn Dominguez Alyssa Railene Duane Cari Elizabeth Edwards Meredith Ashley Foster Morgan Rachel Grieninger Allison Elizabeth Hannon Linza Meredith Haygood Renae Naomi Hester Jordan Bond Hurlebaus Monica Brianna Hyatt Hillary Morgan Johnson Mallory Lynn Joyner Missy Diem-Asheley Luong

Anita Huerta Aviles Melissa Ashley Buckner Kelli Lakish Corbett Kathryn Elizabeth Davis Nicole Amber Dobbs Danielle Therese Dubois Amanda Peoples Foster Emily Elizabeth Gavel Erin Abbey Gray Jamie Ryan Ham Patricia Jane Hanes Angie Farmer Hounsell Melissa Ernst Howdeshell

Logan Hall Hunt Morgan Parks Jackson Erica Kay Locklear Tristan Dennis McKenna Tonya Louise Palmer Matthew Linus Parker Deidre Chavis Powell Whitnee Roberts Salazar Pamela Lynne Schmierer Jessica Blair Thomas Nicole Christine Turner Pamela Hope Vetsch

Stacy Marie Kopfmann Deirdre Alice Leary Caitlin Michelle LeVee Kristen Margaret Long Claire Elizabeth Maxwell Katherine McGowan Urmilla Nandalall Medrano Erin Patricia Morabito Ashley Anne Mullen Katherine Virginia Osmond Kristin Alexandra Palmer Shanelle Alexis Pearce Julie Ann Primm Michelle Nichole Queen Kristin Ann Rose Nicole Samantha Shepard Whitney Nichole Skelton Hyla Nelle Fertig Smith Nicholaas Johannes Van Dyk Stephanie Jean Vance Jennifer Carol White Amy Louise Wilcox Courtney Jane Wilson

BS Graduates

RN/BS


Belinda Alayof Aleisha Nichelle Baker Kelly Nicole Barber Jacquelyn Nicole Barish Elisabeth Barber Biehl Jessica Leighanne Birge Sharon Maness Blake Mark Ashford Blizzard Kathryn Atkinson Bradford Shannon Arena Branham Patricia Amber Brothers Frieda Emily Brown Shawn Catherine Buie Gerriann Latasha Bernadette Burton Leslie Ann Byrd * Mackenzie Gromlovits Carrier Kimberly Ann Hughes Carter Rhonda Nicole Carter Stephanie Dawn Chambers Amy Furr Coltrane Adam Keith Combs Nikeeta Raviette Corey Lauren Holton Cowell Loralye Ingrid Creech Kelly Michael Crim Samantha Michele Cromartie Casey Dawn Cussson Erica Lippard Darnell Sarah Elizabeth Durbin Cyrille Anne Edmundson Paula Elias Carolyn Ball Ellison David Lawrence Fagen Courtney Erin Ferrell Sherri Bedore Fetzer Raquel Williams Fleming Patricia A. Floyd

Sarah Ruth Floyd James Robert Gibbs Barbara Anne Goden Jennifer Ashton Gore Misty Dawn Green Katie Janeene Griffin Dustin Ross Grimes Tammy Faye Hall Melissa Justine Hancock Katie Marie Hauser Yolanda Hicks Sandra Maria Hoelscher Bonnie Lauren Howard Juliet Mary Howard Kati Nicole Howdy Lauren Mouse Hubbard Kristen Jenda Johnson Jennifer Allison Joyner Robert Allen Keeter Jessica L. Kite Meredith Verena Kortan Camille Pansini Kroll Brandy Reardon Lamm Kelli Carlyle Lancaster Melissa Michelle Larmore Ashleigh Brook Lennon Brittany Priest Lindsay Linaleea Cunanan Lopez Megan Nicole Lorincz Shamia Avanta Majette Timothy Aaron Matusz Patricia Joy McMurry Kimberly Godwin McPherson Matthew Raymond Merrill Laura Ann Miller Lauren Ashley Miller Karla Diane Mills

Jamie Macrae Moore Natalie Ramona Myers Roseline Obiageri Nwadigo Sarah Frances Olejar Beverly Brigman Oliver Brittney Minor Overcash Jacquelin Michelle Parker Erin Michelle Parris Adriano K. Pignatelli Jennifer Leigh Price Hannah Nicole Rackley Brooke Susanne Robati Courtney Danielle Rosenthal April Sue Rosset Sam Harrison Sackenheim Dina Jane Sarro Melissa Jane Schneider Donna Warren Sessoms Kathy Copley Shaffer Amanda Michelle Sheffield Jessica Ann Shields Tannisha Brooks Simmons Heather Lynne Smallwood Heather Rose Snight Sherry Lhea Spencer Cassandra Angela Sta Maria Katherine Suzanne Staddon Jill Wentz Story Julia Jolly Suggs Melanie Diane Tilley Paula Ruth Toney Lyndsey Garner Walters Shaketa Dion Whitaker Sarah Marriott Wilkerson Elaine Marozsan Williams Monica Lashonda Williams Alisha Ann Wimmer Kelly Michelle Yow

Notable Recognition: Recipients of the December 2015 School of Nursing Awards

Excellence Award: Presented to a student with a minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.25, outstanding clinical perfor-mance and nominated from students and faculty with final endorsement by the faculty:

Pre-licensure: Cari Edwards RN-BS: Courtney Rosenthal

Graduate Students: Jamie Ham and Morgan Jackson

Achievement Award: Presented to the student who demonstrates growth and mastery of concepts and practices in nursing, utilizes resources effectively to develop potential and takes initiative for personal learning growth:

Pre-licensure - Senior: Missy Justice Luong Prelicensure - Junior: Corinthian Abella RN-BSN: Roseline Obiageri Nwadigo Graduate Students: Christy Swinson and Nicole Dobbs

Randall Library News Coming in the spring ’16 semester will be a redesigned Subject Guide for Nursing Resources. The new subject guide includes a search widget for searching nursing and health-related databases for journal articles and e-Books. There are also links for statis-tics and data as well as links to several specialized guides such as Clinical Research and Nurse Educator. This new look and re-sources should yield better search results. (See below for a screen shot of the guide.)

Randall Library teamed up with the CHHS for two events to help military-affiliated students, community members, and their families as part of the Invisible Wounds of War project. A lecture was presented in the Multipurpose Room on Nov. 17. Jen Johnson, a licensed counselor, spoke on the topic of “Healing the Invisible Wounds of War with Mindfulness, Writing, and Pho-tography.” Also presenting that night was Marion Gittings, suicide prevention coordinator at the local VA, on “Suicide Preven-tion as a Community and Public Health Concern.” On Nov. 20th there was a screening of the film Ground Operations in the Multipurpose Room followed by a panel discussion. This film explores the stories of combat men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and their struggles to return to civilian life. The panel consisted of Robert Elliott, a farmer Veteran from Cypress Hall Farms, Jane Steigerwald, executive director of Feast Down East, and Jose Herrera, a UNCW student veteran who is coordinating a container garden project with the Bri-gade Boys and Girls Club.


School of Nursing Graduates - December 2015


MS Graduates

RN-BS Graduates

Prelicensure Graduates

Photos courtesy of Erin Whittle Photography


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Final Lingering Thought . . .

Have a Joyous Holiday!

A fond Farewell to a “Pillar” in the SON When Annette Richards arrived at the SON in 1990, there were 21 prelicensure students and a full-time faculty roster consisting of 14 people. There were no graduate, RN-BS or clinical research programs. The school was housed on the first floor of Hoggard Hall and consisted of 2 classrooms, a skills lab and various rooms where faculty shared office space. There was no Student Services Office (later named the Office of Student Success). Annette became an addition to the Dean’s office, which consisted of the Dean herself and an ad-ministrative assistant. Another secretary served the faculty at-large.

Over the course of her SON career Annette has worked in Hoggard Hall, temporary office quarters within Friday Annex and most recently in the state-of-the art facility McNeill Hall. Graduation ceremonies have become semi-annual events and December graduates this year consist of 27 Masters, 48 prelicensure and 112 RN-BS students. The full-time list of faculty has increased to 50 full-time and includes faculty who lead the clinical research program. Annette has served two deans (Marlene Rosenkoetter and Virginia Adams), one associate dean (Bettie Glenn), a former director (James McCann), three interim directors (Susan Pierce, Deborah Pollard and Carol Heinrich) and the current Director Laurie Badzek.

It is fair to say that Annette played a strategic role in the tremendous expansion of the SON. She has maintained abundant ad-ministrative schedules and offices that have run smoothly and are well organized. She has planned graduations and major fac-ulty retreats and social events. She has kept meticulous faculty records and has assisted most of the faculty in some capacity. More important she has performed her duties with efficiency, organization, flexibility and integrity. She will be greatly missed.

Annette’s plans for retirement consist of travel and “spending lots of time” with her grandchildren and her about-to be-born great-grandchild. No doubt she is well deserving of quality family time and an exciting, albeit less stressful, period ahead. We send Annette our sincere appreciation for all of her hard work and best wishes for a well-deserved retirement.

Welcome to Our Newest Faculty:

We welcome Christy Simmerman (pictured at right) as an RN-BS instructor and as one of the pediatric clinical instructors. Simmerman specializes in women’s and children’s health working at Vident Medical Center in Greenville, NC, and at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. In her free time, Simmerman enjoys paddle boarding and spending time at the beach as well as time with her family, which including her two young children ages 5 and 2.

Welcome to Kay Pugh, temporary administrative associate in the Director’s Office. Pugh, formerly with the UNCW Financial Aid Office, will work throughout the Spring ‘16 semes-ter.

Welcome back to Carol Heinrich and Stephanie Smith as our most recent additions to the faculty roster. Both will resume administrative, teaching and community responsibilities

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