Spring 1999 Vol

SCHOOL OF NURSING PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Spring 1999 Vol. 6, No. 15

THE HISTORY OF PURDUE NURSING

PART THREE: THE JO A. BROOKS YEARS(page 9)

MENTOR

Violet Haas Award winners Brooks (l) and Mara Wasburn, shown as Brooks is notified of her selection for contributions to campus women. PRACTITIONER

As a nurse practitioner, Brooks (l) is director of the Carroll County Nursing Center

EDUCATOR

Brooks (middle) demonstrates fingerstick technique to students at a health fair. ADMINISTRATOR

Brooks recognizes the late Robert “Doc” Epple

for contributions to nursing students. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ALSO INSIDE○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ School of Nursing Research Agenda Expands… 4 • Graduate Program Update…5 December 1998 Graduates…13 • Gala Week Nursing Leadership Conference…15 Linda A. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD, Professor & Head, School of Nursing HEAD—LINES Associate Dean, Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, & Health Sciences

STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AT PURDUE AND BEYOND ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ T he School of Nursing is on the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Head Start program in Greater move in strengthening partner- Lafayette. The targeted population is ships at Purdue, as well as through- pregnant moms and children from out the Greater Lafayette Community, birth to age two. the State of Indiana, and beyond. In In early March, I enjoyed chair- recent months, our faculty, facilities, ing a special projects grants review and program have been featured in panel for the United States Depart- several Purdue publications, the local ment of Health and Human Services radio, and the national press. Division of Nursing, attended the Lafayette’s WLFI-TV 18 aired infor- American Association of Colleges in mative features on both the Carroll Nursing spring meeting in Washing- County Nursing Center for Family ton, DC, and a legislative workshop Health and the Center for Nursing sponsored by the Indiana State Nurses Education, Research, and Practice Association. I also spoke about the role (CNERP), formerly the LRC. In from Pharmacy Practice, collaborated of advanced practice nurses in man- addition, several Lafayette newspaper on a hands-on teaching experience in aged care as a guest lecturer in articles have highlighted the impor- the CNERP for Pharmacy Students Dr. James Anderson’s Medical Soci- tance of nurses and nurse practitio- (see page 6). In addition, Dr. Robert ology course. In addition, I partici- ners to the community, using our L. Ringle, Purdue’s Executive Vice pated in the CIC-Big 10 Dean’s faculty, alumnae, and graduate stu- President for Academic Affairs, is meeting in Chicago. dents for background information and scheduled to give a lecture on com- On the School’s horizon are plans expert quotes. munication problems arising from for expanding our master’s degree spe- Several initiatives have come to neurological deficits to junior nursing cialty tracks, the establishment of an fruition since my arrival here last May. students. Jane Kirkpatrick, Kit infrastructure for inter- and intra- The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Schafer, and Dr. Margaret Hamilton, disciplinary research, strengthening Master of Science in Nursing degree who teach Nursing of Childbearing our international linkages in Central consortium program with Purdue Families, continue to refine and im- America, the Middle East, and the Far Calumet was approved for statewide prove upon their course website. At East, and phasing into a separate and distance education delivery, with a recent in-house Lunch & Learn, they independent School with its own dean. Purdue West Lafayette serving as the gave their peers advice and encour- initial site. This means that the 27 agement to implement websites for There is much to do as we count- students currently enrolled in the FNP their respective courses. down toward the new millennium. The Fall 1999 Vital Signs will keep you up program can pursue their total degree On the community outreach front, to date. I look forward to personally here in West Lafayette. Plans are several students, faculty, and staff greeting you at our Nursing Gala Week underway for collaboration between participated in a slide presentation on Conference on April 23. (See page 15 Purdue and Indiana University to the School’s mission, goals, program, for registration information.) deliver graduate level courses to and and facilities to the local Rotary Club’s from each school’s respective campuses breakfast and luncheon meetings. One (see page 5). of our students, junior Amie Swardson, On the research front, creative gave a very insightful and professional synergies were forged by Dr. Ruth presentation on her two-week medi- Wukasch with the establishment of the cal mission trip to Haiti at the joint Indiana State Nurses Association-Dis- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

Research, Praxis, and Grants Commit- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ tee, comprised of nursing faculty mem- trict 8 and Delta Omicron Chapter of bers, colleagues from Purdue, and Sigma Theta Tau dinner meeting in members of the local health care com- March (see page 12). Dr. Carol Blue munity. On page 4, you can read more and Dr. Peg Krach received a United about what the current co-chairs of Way Venture Grant XII to provide the committee, Dr. Sharon Wilkerson homecare nurses for low-income fami- and Dr, Nancy Edwards, have planned. lies in the Greater Lafayette area. In April, several faculty members and Dr. Simunek (l) and Assoc. Dean for Re- On the teaching front, Dr. Peg students will provide health screenings search and Evaluation at the Univ. of Ten- Krach, Dr. Carol Blue, Ruth Ann at a developmental fair for the Early nessee (Knoxville) Dr. Maureen Groer, who Smolen, and Dr. Nicholas Popovich facilitated the Faculty/Staff Fall Retreat.

2 DEVELOPMENTS Mara H. Wasburn, PhD, Director of Development and Alumni Relations

ne of the more rewarding aspects of my job here at the School of O Nursing is arranging for students to meet the donors who have helped them. One particularly poignant moment stands out in my mind, and I’d like to share it with you. Violet B. Arihood Road, who died last November (see page 16) always wanted to be a nurse, but never made that happen. However, nurses had a special place in her heart. She and her husband Dick, a graduate of Purdue’s Schools of Engineering, created a Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust to provide for scholarships for nursing students. Not content with that, the Roads also decided to make annual gifts to our School so that their money could begin helping students now. Brenda Metteal is one of those students. A divorced mother of two, she feels “Purdue Nursing is the best School to go to because it is a very highly rated program. I know I will be able to get a good job and provide for my children with a Purdue University Nursing degree.” Metteal will graduate in May. She currently is a PRN aide at Home Hospital’s Home Health Care and works every other weekend as a medical- surgical nurse tech at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. She received the 1998 Nurse of the Future Scholarship that goes to a need-based junior student with a 3.0 GPA or higher. She had the opportunity to have lunch with the Roads, who generously have supported this fund, and to share with them what the scholarship had meant to her. “That extra help means your utility bills will be paid for a few months or you can take a weekend off work to spend time with your family,” explains Metteal. “The time I have had to spend studying Violet Road and working has been difficult on my children, but my family couldn’t be prouder.” Metteal believes that Purdue doesn’t have the scholarship opportunities that she has seen at other schools. “I plan to do something about this after graduation when I have the opportunity to give back to the School,” she says. “I hope that I can make a difference for future Purdue nursing students.” You can give something back to our School by contributing to the Nurse of the Future Scholar- Brenda Metteal ship fund. By so doing, you will help ensure that the fine education you received will be here for future generations of nurses.

NURSE OF THE FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP DONATION FORM

Enclosed is my gift of $______. Make checks payable to Purdue Foundation.

Name ______Address ______

City ______State ______Zip ______

MAIL TO: Nurse of the Future Scholarship, School of Nursing, 1337 Johnson Hall of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1337 840 13370002

3 SCHOOL EXPANDS RESEARCH AGENDA

Building upon its outstanding ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ing the School forward,” states ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ undergraduate program and the Wilkerson, who is part of the Greater new graduate curriculum, the faculty Lafayette Neonatal Research Consor- and staff at the School of Nursing are tium. “Keeping track of, as well as making a renewed commitment to knowing how to take advantage of all promoting excellence in teaching and the diverse research funds available service through research activities is difficult to do as an individual. It that will have a direct impact on the is so helpful to have peer support. health and well being of the citizens “Nursing research has real-life of Indiana, the nation, and the world. implications,” continues Wilkerson, During the fall 1998 semester, the who has received a Purdue Global need to facilitate the utilization and Faculty Initiative Grant for travel to promotion of research within educa- Egypt to study developmental care Nursing Freshman Scholars pair with tion and practice led to the forming with premature infants in collabora- faculty mentors who introduce them to the research process. The 1998-99 schol- of the School of Nursing Research, tion with Azza Ahmed, RN, PhD (see ars are (l to r): Ginger Disrud, Carolyn Practice, and Grants Committee. This page 6). “Most nurse researchers Czyz, Dawn Frautschy, Maudie Roberts, standing committee is comprised of focus on nursing practices or inter- Katrina Ruettiger, and Larry Plawecki. both nursing faculty and practicing ventions that directly affect patient (Tiffany Frieders and Kathryn Tibbits are nurses in the community. care. People are familiar with the art not pictured.) of caring as it relates to nursing. As researchers, we show there is truly via lectures in the classroom, inno- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ a science and a rationale, behind our vative interventions in clinicals, and ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ professional, day-to-day practice.” unique opportunities to participate in This academic year, several the research process firsthand. Stu- nursing faculty are engaged in dents at all levels enroll in NUR 399: multidisciplinary research projects Special Topics to collaborate with and that have the potential for attracting assist faculty members performing extramural funding. Edwards and research. Junior nursing students are Alan Beck, ScD, director of the required to take NUR 308: Research Human-Animal Bond Center at in Nursing to learn the principles and Purdue’s Veterinary Pathobiology methodology of research. They are department, are researching cognitive expected to interpret research, ana- A nursing student assesses a subject stimulation through pet therapy. lyze findings, and identify its signifi- at one of the fish tanks used for Asst. Carol Blue, RN, PhD, is working with cance to clinical practice. Professor Nancy Edwards’ research in James McGlothlin, PhD, associate the effects of animal-assisted therapy “One of the challenges professors on Alzheimer’s individuals. professor of Health Sciences at face is finding time for research, Purdue, to investigate ergonomic teaching, and service. That is why I According to current committee safety measures in the workplace. find student involvement in research co-chairs Sharon A. Wilkerson, RN, Blue also collaborates with Randy to be a big help and an experience PhD, associate professor and assistant Black, PhD, professor of Health, that benefits both parties,” says head for graduate studies, and Nancy Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies at Edwards, who recently was named a Edwards, RN, PhD, assistant profes- Purdue, on exercise behaviors in blue- 1999 Hartford Institute Geriatric sor, the goals of the committee are: collar workers. Peg Krach, RN, PhD, Nursing Research Scholar. and Kenneth Ferraro, PhD, profes- 1) establish a formal peer review “Students learn how to perform sor of Sociology at Purdue, are in- process for all grant applications, literature searches, navigate through volved in gerontology research; and research studies, and manuscripts; 2) Purdue’s library system, and can Cynthia Fletcher, RN, PhD, is collabo- promote the utilization of research collect data as well as enter it,” she rating with nurse researchers from findings in teaching and practice; 3) continues. “Most important, students Indiana University on pain manage- promote Purdue School of Nursing as see how applicable nursing research ment in sickle cell adolescents. A a center for nursing research; and 4) is to actual, real life practice. We are complete list of each faculty member’s establish a nursing research institute building a generation of nurses with research focus is available on our as an infrastructure for inter-and strong practitioner skills backed by website: www.nursing.purdue.edu. intradisciplinary research. the scientific knowledge needed to “This formation of a joint re- The School’s diverse faculty pursue any career in nursing.” search committee is crucial to mov- research interests filter to the students

4 GRADUATE PROGRAM UPDATE ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ L ast semester, the first two ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ West Lafayette to officially market graduate courses were offered the entire Family Nurse Practitioner at Purdue West Lafayette’s School of (FNP) program — not just the courses. Nursing. Thirteen nurses completed “We will continue to offer the Theoretical Constructs of Nursing, FNP in consortium with Purdue and 12 completed Holistic Health Pro- Calumet, but our next goal is to motion. This spring, 19 students are develop an independent master’s pro- enrolled in Pharmacology and 13 are gram at West Lafayette,” explains enrolled in Holistic Health Promotion. Graduate student and NCFH Coordinator Sharon A. Wilkerson, RN, PhD, Kathy Nichols (‘93), RN, (right) teaches stu- Vicki Nees (’77), RN,C; BSN, Associate Professor and Assistant dents in the NCFH. She is pursuing a FNP family birth center education coor- Head for Graduate Studies. “We want degree to further her interest in health promotion and wellness. dinator at St. Elizabeth Medical to expand the graduate program Center (Lafayette, Indiana), was one options on this campus so nurses can of the first graduate students to enroll. pursue advanced degrees in other Recently, collaborative work has clinical specialties and functional begun with Indiana University to “I have been waiting for Purdue areas such as teaching.” facilitate access to some of their to move their program to the gradu- nursing courses and to ensure ease ate level” she says. “With the con- Ideally, all existing and future of credit transferability between stant changes, it’s hard to tell where Purdue Nursing master’s degree graduate level nursing programs health care will be in two years. I want programs will be offered via distance throughout the state of Indiana. to be prepared for the future as more education, says Wilkerson. “We want and more people realize how cost-ef- Purdue Nursing to be a leader in uti- “This also gives the Purdue fective nurse practitioners are, what ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ lizing technology, like interactive Nursing schools the ability to offer they can do, and how much they con- satellite and web-based courses. If we more degree options without over- tribute to health care as a whole.” tie all our Purdue nursing master’s loading existing clinical spaces and degree programs together, we can faculty workloads,” she says. Nees wasn’t surprised that part draw on each campus’s existing clini- of this program utilizes innovative ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ “In the end, students will be the cal and faculty expertise. For example, distance education. “At Purdue, tech- ultimate benefactors of this collabo- Fort Wayne has a nursing adminis- nology is the norm. The two-way rative effort,” continues Wilkerson. tration graduate program that may satellite course is very effective and “They will have the opportunity to interest students here.” convenient for me and my peers.” pursue the master’s degree of their According to Wilkerson, this type choice without long commutes and by On February 12, 1999, The In- of flexibility is crucial to attracting experiencing the latest technical indiana Commission for Higher Edu- students, most of whom have full-time novations in distance education.” cation unanimously approved the pro- nursing careers and families.

posal to offer Purdue Calumet’s ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Masters of Science in Nursing degree ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ statewide via distance education tech- For information and to register for the Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate nology. This allows Purdue Nursing Program, contact Donna M. Kauffman, Asst. Head for Student Services, 765-494-4008; [email protected] or Sharon Wilkerson, Asst. Head for Graduate Studies, 765-494-4013; [email protected]

SUMMER 1999 COURSES (May 17-August 6) NUR 500: Theoretical Constructs of Nursing TENTATIVE FALL 1999 COURSES (August 23-December 18) NUR 500: Theoretical Constructs of Nursing NUR 503: Advanced Physical Assessment NUR 504: Holistic Health Promotion NUR 506: Advanced Pathophysiology

The School of Nursing needs to collect rationale to support its efforts in securing While Wilkerson and a technician a master’s, and then a doctoral, program. Please let us know what type of monitor the controls, the Nursing program(s) you would like to see offered. Contact Dr. Linda Simunek, School graduate students participate in a pharmacology course via live, two-way of Nursing; 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907; satellite feed. 765.494.4004 phone; 765.496.1800 fax; [email protected]

5 INSIDE THE SON ACCOLADES Purdue University Continuing Nursing Education, West Lafayette, has been ap- NAME CHANGE REFLECTS CENTER’S ROLE proved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA). ISNA is accredited as an approver of continuing edu- T he Learning Resources cation in nursing by the Commission on Center, located in Johnson Hall Accreditation of the American Nurses of Nursing, has been renamed the Credentialing Center. Center for Nursing Education, Re- search, and Practice (CNERP). In February, Nursing faculty, staff, and Ruth Ann Smolen (‘69), RN, BSN, students provided hands-on instruction in MS, says “the CNERP provides stu- taking and reading blood pressures to over dents opportunities to demonstrate 150 Pharmacy students at the Center for the transfer of knowledge in a highly Nursing Education, Research, and Prac- sophisticated, technically integrated tice. The Pharmacy students gained in- learning situation that corresponds valuable knowledge to help them better with the ‘real’ world. The facilities assist clients who have blood pressure and equipment constantly are up- problems. Assoc. Professors Carol Blue, RN, PhD, and Peg Krach, RN, PhD, graded so Nursing faculty and staff CNERP Director Ruth Ann Smolen, RN, In the CNERP, students can use this can teach our students the most up- MS, and Assoc. Head and Professor of state-of-the-art equipment provided by to-date treatments and techniques.” a Hewlett-Packard grant. Pharmacy Nicholas Popovich, RPh, PhD, With the addition of graduate coordinated the collaborative project. courses to the School’s curriculum, the research agenda is growing. The CNERP is poised to serve the needs Mara H. Wasburn, director, Development of the graduate students, who will use the center to hone their advanced and Alumni Relations, earned her doctorate assessment skills and perform basic clinical research trials. in Higher Education Administration, and Funding proposals for a complete redesign of the CNERP currently Ruth Ann Smolen, director, Center for Nurs- are being evaluated. The plans include adding a simulated home health ing Education, Research, and Practice, re- care setting, creating a research area, and expanding the critical care lab. ceived a master’s degree in Education, with In addition, the entrance to the CNERP will be moved to a safer location a specialty in curriculum development and at the front of Johnson Hall. design. Both degrees were earned at Purdue. According to Smolen, approximately 100 nursing students use the CNERP every day. In addition, other schools on campus, such as Engineering, So- Jo A. Brooks, RN,C; DNS, professor, and ciology, and Pharmacy, have discovered the wealth of resources available Mara H. Wasburn, PhD, director, Devel- opment and Alumni Relations, were hon- at the center. Nursing faculty, staff, and students have worked collaboratively ored with the other recipients of the Coun- with these disciplines to foster a better learning and research environment. cil on the Status of Women at Purdue’s “This outreach into the University community enhances the School’s Violet Haas Award for “outstanding con- image and shows diverse groups the science behind the nursing profes- tributions on behalf of women.” A plaque sion,” states Smolen. “We want all of Purdue to know that our CNERP with the winners’ names recently was un- is an invaluable asset, both to our School and the University as a whole.” veiled in the Purdue Memorial Union.

VISITING SCHOLARS OPEN INTERNATIONAL DOORS ○○○○○○ ○○○○○○ r. Azza Ahmed, RN, a visit- sistant in pediatric nursing at Cairo D ing scholar from Egypt, re- University. She is the third visiting cently received her doctorate from scholar to collaborate with the School Cairo University. Her dissertation of Nursing in recent years. In 1996, ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ topic was the effect of a breast- Kin Holbek, RN, MSN, director and ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ feeding educational program on senior counselor at Adger College, breastfeeding practice among moth- Kristiansand Norway, gathered data Ahmed (left) and Assoc. Prof. ers of preterm infants. Associate at Purdue and other schools of nurs- Joan Kuipers. Professor and Assistant Head for ing to demonstrate the importance Graduate Studies Sharon Wil- of nursing research to Norwegian col- and teaching projects. Kim plans kerson, RN, PhD, and the neonatal leagues. During 1998, Dr. Juhee Kim, to duplicate one of the Alzheimer’s research consortium at Home professor of Nursing at Hanyang Uni- Disease research studies performed Hospital plan to duplicate her versity, Seoul, Korea was an active by Assistant Professor Nancy study. Ahmed was a teaching as- participant in several faculty research Edwards, RN, PhD.

6 NEW FACULTY BRING SON ENHANCEMENT WINNERS NAMED DIVERSE EXPERIENCE I n September, the School held its Last August, Carol first annual Honors Convocation Baird, RN,CS, DNS, to kick-off the academic year and was named assistant to recognize individuals who received professor of Nursing, School of Nursing Enhancement after earning her doc- Awards for outstanding service and torate from Indiana dedication to Purdue Nursing. The University. Baird’s 1998 winners were (l to r): Ruth Ann clinical specialty is Smolen, RN, MS, director of the Baird gerontological nursing Center for Nursing Education, Prac- “I like being a tice, and Research; Jane Overbay, part of the Purdue RN,C; MSN, associate professor; Nursing community. The scholarly Ruth Wukasch, RN,C, DNS, assis- environment here is very stimulating,” tant professor. Featured guests and speakers were Purdue’s Executive Vice she says. President of Academic Affairs Robert Ringle, former Dean of the Gradu- Baird previously ate School and Vice President for Research Louis Proenza, and Dean of was an assistant the Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences Charles Rutledge. clinical professor at Nursing students and staff, their family members, and representatives from Indiana University several departments across Purdue’s campus also attended the gala event. School of Nursing. Her current research focuses on older os- SCHOOL OF NURSING HEALTH TIP teoarthritic women who are able to live BY CAROL BAIRD, RN, DNS, ASST. PROFESSOR independently. Fletcher Jamaican native here are approximately 1.5 billion days of restricted Cynthia Fletcher, RN, PhD, was T activity per year due to osteoarthritis, a major cause of dependency named assistant professor of Nursing and disability as you age. To live with incurable and frequently progressive in August 1998. She is developing a pain, stiffness and instability, you must learn to cope. Here are some pain appraisal tool for adolescents important tips: with sickle cell disease, and is collabo- 1. Keep moving. Often the difference between someone doing well and rating with nurse re- someone not doing well is as simple as walking. If you cannot do searchers from Indi- strengthening exercises, do low-impact aerobics; if you cannot do aero- ana University who bics, do short-distance walking; if you cannot walk, stretch. share her research interests in sickle cell 2. Understand and trust yourself. Only you know how you feel, and how disease. you react to medication and treatments. Communicate clearly with Fletcher previ- your healthcare provider. ously was an assistant 3. Get plenty of rest. Change activities to decrease physical stress. professor of Nursing 5. Find out newest information and treatments. Learn from others but realize that something may help them and not you. Rudman at Florida Interna- tional University. 6. Do what works for you. What provides relief and helps today, may She says “Being not work tomorrow. What didn’t work today may help next week. able to impart what you know to 7. Keep learning and think positive. An empty mind can easily be filled future nurses is very fulfilling. To with pain and suffering. Be hopeful; do not continually focus on physical further the advancement and excel- difficulties. lence of our profession, we each must 8. Let others help. You’ve worked hard, now let others assist you. pass on the knowledge we accumu- late in our areas of she was a critical care nurse special- sor of Nursing in January 1999. She expertise.” ist and the department head at the previously instructed medical-surgi- In August 1998, Home Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab. cal nursing students at St. Elizabeth Suzanne Rudman, RN, Rudman, who was a faculty Medical Center. CS, MSN was named member from 1984 to 1989, says, “It’s According to Scheetz, “Purdue visiting assistant pro- very satisfying to be back. Purdue Nursing students are very dynamic. fessor of Nursing. Her Nursing has only improved upon itself As they enter the profession and as- clinical specialty is over the years.” sume leadership roles, their enthusi- pulmonary nursing. Patricia Sabol Scheetz, RN, MSN, asm and know-how will rejuvenate From 1989 to 1998, Scheetz was named visiting assistant profes- nursing and the health care system.”

7 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ & Avioli, Louis V. (1998) Regulation of ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Kirkpatrick, J.M. Rethinking Assessment: FACULTY FOCUS insulin-like growth factors I and II and Strategies for evaluating learning out- their binding proteins in human bone mar- comes. Outcomes Conference, Indiana row stromal cells by dexamethasone. Jour- Univ., Indianapolis (4/7/99). GRANTS nal of Cellular Biochemistry 71, 449-458. Aaltonen, P.M., Valley, J., and Smolen, Krach, P. and Smolen, R.A. Producing R.A. $21,057 undergraduate instructional Krach, P. (1998) The older adult in a rural winning presentations: Tips for designing support grant from Purdue University for home setting. Cole, V., Johnson, M., Malone, effective visuals. Third Annual Nursing and the Center for Nursing Education, Re- J., Walker, B. (eds.) Family Nursing Practice. Health Professions Educator Conference, search, and Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. 297-318. Univ. of So. Ind., Evansville, IN (10/27/98) and ANA Council for Professional Nursing Blue, C.L. & Krach, P. $4,600 United Way Krach, P. (1999) Assessing elders in the Education, Indianapolis, IN (11/1/98). Venture Grant XII to provide homecare office for alcohol abuse. Medicine & Be- nurses for low-income families in the havior 2(1), 31-32. Schafer, K. Video validation: Technology, Lafayette (IN) area. time, and tension. Faculty Technology PRESENTATIONS Showcase Program, Purdue University, Edwards, N.E. $975 Sigma Theta Tau W. Lafayette, IN (3/2/99). Aaltonen, P. Foodborne illnesses. Area Delta Omicron Chapter for continuing Agencies on Aging Conference, Lafayette, research in the Utilization of animal as- Wilkerson, S.A. Kangaroo care with very IN (2/12/99). sisted therapy in the management of premature infants and Developmental care education in the community NICU. The Alzheimers Disease. Baird, C. Holding on while letting go: Physical and Developmental Environment Community-residing older women with os- Posey, S.C. $450 MUCIA grant from of the High-Risk Infant Conference, Univ. teoarthritis. Educating Health Care Profes- Purdue University for travel to Honduras. of So. Florida, Clearwater (1/27/99). sionals, Univ. of So. Ind., Evansville (10/ 27/98) and N.W. Indiana Nursing Research ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

Valley, J., Blue, C.L. & Aaltonen, P. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Consortium 6th Annual Nursing Research $393.90 Sigma Theta Tau Delta Omicron Conference, Merrillville, IN (11/6/98). NOTABLES Chapter for Factors predicting vacci- Asst. Professor Jane Kirkpatrick, RN,C; nation against influenza in a worker Brooks, J.A. Faculty and students: Part- MSN, is a featured faculty speakers on population: A pilot study. ners in providing primary health care in a Purdue Multimedia Instructional De- a rural setting. 1999 Faculty Practice Con- velopment Center video. At Purdue’s Fac- Wilkerson, S.A. & Posey, S. $2500 Purdue ference, American Association of Colleges ulty Technology Showcase Program, she Global Initiative Faculty Grant for re- of Nursing, San Francisco, CA (2/26/99). will present converting an instructional search on premature infants in Egypt. videotape to a computer-based program Edwards, N. Handling geriatric emergen- and demonstrate her newborn assessment ACCOLADES cies, restraints: Issues and concerns, and computer program. She also developed a Geriatric assessment. Academy of Medical Edwards, N.E. Named a 1999 Hartford In- multidisciplinary program on cultural di- Surgical Nursing, Philadelphia, PA (10/4/ stitute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholar. versity during the perinatal period for 98); Geriatric assessment and handling local physicians, nurses, and other health common complications of the elderly. Staff Hunt, A.H. Appointed by Indiana Gover- care workers. Asst. Professor Margaret workshop, Southern Baptist Hospital, nor Frank O’Bannon to serve as a mem- Hamilton, RN, PhD, was co-moderator. Paducah, KY (11/19/98); The management ber of the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Dr. Azza Ahmed, a visiting scholar at the of Parkinson’s Disease as it relates to School (see page 6), and junior nursing Simunek, L.A. Appointed by the U.S. marital quality, perceived support, locus student Yolanda Gonzalez were panelists. Department of Health & Human Services, of control, and perceived burden. Midwest Division of Nursing, to chair a grants re- Alliance in Nursing Conference, India- Five Nursing faculty and staff members view panel. Nominated for the American napolis, IN. (9/17/98); and The utilization are taking a “Spanish for Medical Per- Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) of animal assisted therapy in the manage- sonnel” course: C. Baird, M. Hamilton, T. Board of Directors. Appointed to the edi- ment of Alzheimers Disease. Governor’s Lansinger, S. Posey, and L. Simunek. Carroll torial board of the Journal of Nursing Task Force on Alzheimers and Related County Nursing Center nurses D. Mears and Administration: Law and Ethics. Named Senile Dementia, Indiana Department of G. Noe also are participating. the Most Distinguished Alumna for out- Health, Division of Disability, Aging, and standing achievement in nursing educa- Rehabilitative Services (2/22/99). Outcome assessment: Communication, tion, University of the Philippines. critical thinking, and therapeutic inter- Edwards, N. & Scheetz, P. Predictors of ventions of nursing students,” a poster UBLICATIONS burden in Parkinson’s Disease caregivers. developed by Asst. Head for Undergradu- P Midwest Alliance in Nursing, Inc. Confer- ate Administration Pam Aaltonen, RN, Hunt, A.H. (1999) Using research in prac- ence, Indianapolis, IN (9/16/98). MS, and designed by Writer/Editor Becky tice. Orthopaedic Nursing 18(1), 79-80. Lohman, was named a finalist at Purdue’s Fletcher, C. Adolescents’ appraisal and Excellence 21 Celebration. coping with Sickle Cell Disease pain. Na- Nine Purdue Nursing faculty members were Hunt, A.H. & Repa-Eschen, L. (1998) As- tional Sickle Cell Disease Conference, San invited to present at the June 1999 Inter- sessment of learning needs of registered Francisco, CA (2/25/99). nurses for osteoporosis education. Ortho- national Congress for Nursing in London. paedic Nursing 17(6), 55-60. Hamilton, M. & Davis, J. (’74) Feminism The School also was invited by the Council for Nursing Centers Executive Committee and personal control in pregnancy as ex- to participate in a presentation at the June Cheng, Su-Li, Zhang, Shu-Fang, Mohan, pressed by nurses and physicians. 23rd 1999 National League for Nursing’s Bien- Subburaman, Lecanda, Fernando, Fausto, Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society nial Convention. Aurora, Hunt, Ann H., Canalis, Ernesto, Conference, Indianapolis, IN (4/11/99).

8 SCHOOL OF NURSING THE HISTORY OF PURDUE NURSING TIMELINE: 1992-1998 1992 PART III: THE JO A. BROOKS YEARS • Jo A. Brooks, RN,C; DNS, named Head, School of Nursing; Associate Dean, Pharmacy, Nursing, & Health hen Jo A. Brooks, RN,C; DNS, ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ front, literally affecting the lives of Sciences. W became Head of the School of almost everyone, everywhere. • Helene Fuld Health Trust Grant allows Nursing in July 1992, she had a very The changing face of health care Purdue Nursing students to be deliberate strategy formulated. She led the faculty and Brooks to predict among first in the country to utilize wanted to build a community of that community-based programs computers on in-home visits. scholars by fostering an infrastruc- would become more prevalent and • JNSN Computer Lab opens. ture that promoted increased faculty that the demand for nurses with • 31 students from Vincennes Univer- research, scholarly activities, and advanced nursing degrees would sity receive a Purdue BSN degree via continuing education. She felt these increase. Home health care and the an innovative outreach program fa- were the most essential elements to aging population were two other cilitated by Purdue Nursing faculty. further the undergraduate program’s prominent health care issues affect- 1993 success and to lay the groundwork ing schools of nursing everywhere. • Nursing faculty and students respond for a graduate program in nursing. “Since we wanted Purdue nurs- to measles outbreak, vaccinating “This move toward scholarly ing graduates to be the future lead- thousands of Purdue students. activities reflected the maturation ers of the health care industry, we • One of 72 baccalaureate nursing pro- level of the nursing program as well ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ had to continually refine our bacca- grams in the country to have 100% as the entire nursing profession,” says laureate curriculum to provide more passing rate on NCLEX. Brooks, who served as Acting Head case management and home health • Charter Benefactors Club formed. for one year after the retirement of care clinical experiences. In addition, 1994 LaNelle Geddes, RN, PhD, in 1991. we began to develop a plan for a • NLN Board of Review unanimously master’s degree program that would votes to continue School’s accredi- provide more advanced nurses. The tation for 8 years. first step in this process was hiring • 20th Anniversary of the Ethel Crockett more faculty members with doctor- Epple Award for the Outstanding ates,” explains Brooks, who felt it was Graduating Senior. important to “try to grow our own 1995 doctoral faculty. We had faculty mem- • School of Nursing Student Council bers with excellent clinical skills. With formed and receives officially recog- a little encouragement and support, nized by the Dean of Students Office several of them went on to earn their • 30th reunion of the first Purdue Nurs- doctorates.” ing graduate class. Mara Wasburn, PhD, the School’s • 15th anniversary of Delta Omicron director of Development and Alumni Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Brooks (middle) with students from her Relations, was “excited by Jo’s vision” • NCFH Employee Wellness Program spring 1990 Nursing 408 course. when she was hired shortly after serves over 2,500 Purdue employees Brooks’ appointment. or retirees. • Carroll County Nursing Center opens. “LaNelle had succeeded in mak- “Her enthusiasm for planning 1996 ing our baccalaureate program top- toward a graduate school and hiring notch,” continues Brooks. “Now, we doctoral faculty was contagious,” re- • Purdue named only Big Ten school needed to refine our curriculum to members Wasburn, who owes the fact of nursing Army Cadet Command position the School as a leader in that she was able to earn a doctorate Center of Excellence. nursing education in the rapidly ap- to Brooks. “When I told her I wanted 1997 proaching 21st century.” to return to school, she threw her • School selected to participate in the arms around me and gave me a hug. FITNE Nightingale Tracker project. Brooks’ years as head were chal- This type of support toward the 1998 lenging because of the election of Bill continuing education and professional Clinton as President of the United • First Annual School of Nursing Job development of faculty and staff was Fair in Johnson Hall of Nursing. States and the rapid and continual very important to the School.” changes in health care, both political • Brooks steps down as Head. and technological. In addition, per- As more faculty members became Linda A. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD, sonal computers, email, and World involved with scholarly activities, named Head, School of Nursing; As- Wide Web access moved to the fore- research, and presenting at national sociate Dean, Pharmacy, Nursing & Health Sciences. (cont. next page)

9 and international levels, the comput- erization of the School of Nursing that had begun during Geddes’ years BROOKS’ LEGACY: NURSE-MANAGED CENTERS became an even more critical element to the School’s continued success. T oday, more health care consumers are familiar with and use nurse Associate Professor Jane Kirk- practitioners who can provide excellent, affordable primary care. This patrick, RN,C; MSN, a member and was not true in 1981 when nursing faculty members Jo A. Brooks and former chair of the School’s Instruc- Mary Lou Holle received a $250,000 grant from the United States Public tional Support Committee, says Health Service to establish a nursing center. As the demand for nurse “While Jo was head, one of our practitioners continues to rise, it is clearly evident that Brooks’ vision committee’s goals was to purchase a of nursing centers becoming prominent health care facilities has come computer for every faculty member’s to fruition. Her true legacy to the School are the Nursing Center for office. We came up with a three-year Family Health (NCFH) and the Carroll County Nursing Center (CCNC). plan to accomplish this task. Jo’s will- “When I became head of the School, a lot of people warned me that ingness to find the funds necessary I possibly would have to give up my actual hands-on care as a nurse to make this happen was very crucial practitioner,” states Brooks. “But I have always seen myself as an RN to the burgeoning technological skills and a practitioner first. I spent my entire career getting my skills to of our faculty, staff, and students. their current level. You have to use ‘em or lose ‘em!” Computers have become essential support tools for all of Brooks is the director of the CCNC, us. Right from our which receives in-kind support from the desks, we now are School of Nursing. The clinic, located in linked to other nurs- rural Delphi, Indiana, is the primary health ing professionals, stu- care site for over 1,600 families in this medi- dents, and our col- cally underserved area. leagues here at The CCNC participates in the Indiana Purdue.” State Department of Health (ISDH) breast Brooks wore and cervical cancer screening program and many hats while she Healthy Moms/Healthy Babies campaign. was head: adminis- The center also is involved with a free car trator, educator, re- seat program, and a Center for Disease searcher, mentor, Control prostate screening program. Last and nurse practitio- July, due to its impact on the community and continued success, the CCNC was ner. Her service to In 1981, Brooks (l) and former Nursing faculty member the University, the Mary Lou Holle received a $250,000 grant from the awarded close to $134,000 from the ISDH community, and to US Public Health Service to establish the NCFH, to transition into a community health clinic. nursing has been located in Johnson Hall. Future plans include Hispanic prenatal widely recognized. classes, as well as increased numbers of She won the 1978 Dwyer Award for community health seminars and fairs. Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Sherry Hensley, who lives in Bringhurst, Indiana, says “The nurse in the School of Technology. In 1986, practitioners at the Carroll County center make me feel comfortable and she received the Outstanding Woman safe. They have great bedside manners and actually listen to you. Even Faculty Award from the Association my teenage daughters like coming here. We need more nurse practitio- of Women Students and was the In- ners. Purdue is good at nursing. I hope they keep up the great work.” diana League of Nursing’s Nurse of the Year. She was the 1990 School According to Brooks, “Our doors are open to all. We practice ho- of Nursing’s Outstanding Alumna and listically and really listen to our patients’ needs. The community values the recipient of the Council on the us, as evidenced by the financial support from several local organiza- Status of Women’s 1995 Violet Haas tions, the return rate of clients, and the continual increase in new clients.” Award for contributions to women Brooks believes both centers have been so successful because they at Purdue. In 1998, she received the fill a particular need in their respective communities. “Every change we’ve Indiana Rural Health Volunteer Award made in the clinics has been driven in part by the needs of the popu- for Central Indiana. lations we serve. We continually assess how best we can make a dif- Brooks also was chair of the CIC ference, here in the Delphi area and at Purdue,” says Brooks, who credits Nursing Deans and the National NCFH Director Theresa Lansinger, RN,C; MSN, for furthering the center’s League for Nursing’ Executive Coun- role and reputation in the Purdue community. cil of Nursing Centers. She is a “There is a big push in schools of nursing to move students into member of Congressman John Myers’ community health clinical settings,” concludes Brooks. “With the NCFH Health Advisory Committee and has and the CCNC, Purdue Nursing students from both our undergraduate consulted with the Indiana State De- and our graduate programs have access to two excellent facilities.” partment of Health.

10 James Blakesley, former director ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ “I had my life as a public health of Space Management and Academic nurse all planned out, but Helen was ALUMNA PAYS scheduling, worked with Brooks to a lady who wouldn’t take no for an

renovate the basement of Johnson answer,” smiles Brooks, who remar- A WELCOME VISIT!

○○○○○○○ Hall to accommodate the Nursing ried shortly after she began teaching ○○○○○○○○○○○○ Center for Family Health (NCFH). at Purdue in the Fall of 1972. “Teach- “Jo’s dream for this facility was truly ing turned out to be a fantastic wenty-nine years and two Tdegrees later, Kathleen Risa visionary,” he says. “Due to the con- challenge. I often think how lucky I stantly changing needs of the nurs- am to have been able to pursue a (AD’70), RN, MSN, CRNP, CS- ing profession, we always seemed to career that has offered me the joys ACNP, CCRN, returned to be trying to carve out more space for of being a practitioner as well as a Purdue to reconnect with her the program.” teacher to the next generation of pro- Alma Mater. What she found was fessional nurses.” completely different from her days Blakesley, or members of his staff, as a student: an innovative bac- visited the NCFH and Nursing fac- According to Brooks, who earned calaureate curriculum, a state-of- ulty and staff over the years to pro- a doctorate in nursing from Indiana the-art Center for Nursing Edu- vide expert advice, cation, Research, and Practice, counsel, and care on “Being a faculty member, an administrator, computer labs, and a nursing a number of health- graduate consortium program. related issues. and an alumna of Purdue Nursing What hasn’t changed, says Risa, “The Nursing fa- is the excellence of the Purdue cilities and program has been a wonderful experience.” Nursing program. are fantastic and “One of the hallmarks of readily available to everyone on cam- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ University in 1985, it was Johnson’s Purdue Nursing is the strong sci- pus. Nurses provide a wonderful el- dream to have one of the graduates entific background students re- ement of personal care,” says from the first class return to head ceive,” states Risa, a nurse at the Blakesley. “The profession of nurs- the School. Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center ing improved as a result of Jo’s “She said just that during her in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “A stamina and persistence.” speech at my senior recognition cer- Purdue degree means something, Brooks was a member of the 1965 emony,” remembers Brooks. “We especially beyond Indiana.” associate degree nursing class, the first graduates chuckled among ourselves A mother of two, Risa’s to graduate from Purdue. “Nursing at the time, little knowing what a dream of higher education was was on the top floor of what is now prophet she would turn out to be. put on hold until her children the Purdue Student Health Center. Helen was a pioneer in nursing edu- were grown. Recently, she re- There were three faculty offices and cation. I felt like I was carrying her ceived a bachelor’s and then a one classroom,” remembers Brooks, legacy forward.” master’s degree from the Univer- who was a single mother at the time. sity of Pittsburgh. She holds lead- Brooks returned to full-time “I would pull my twin daughters down ership positions in several profes- teaching and research when Linda A. University Street in a wagon to sional nursing organizations. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD, was named Humpty Dumpty Daycare Center “Nurses must be catalysts of Head of the School in May 1998. before heading to class!” change and embrace educating the “I was anxious to be more in- public about what our profession After her Purdue graduation, volved with students again. They are can do. We can’t hide behind our Brooks worked at a local hospital and so enthusiastic,” states Brooks. “Be- jobs. I finally have the resources, a physician’s office while earning her ing a faculty member, an administra- education, knowledge, and expe- bachelor’s degree at Indiana Univer- tor, and an alumna of Purdue Nurs- rience to support issues close to sity. Some of her classmates sparked ing has been a wonderful experience.” my heart,” she her interest in public health nursing. states. “I believe in After working several years for the Regardless of the Purdue Nursing, so Bureau of Public Health, Brooks went changes in health care, I made a donation to the University of Michigan and re- Brooks believes the “Purdue to help the pro- ceived a master’s degree in public Nursing curriculum will al- gram. I look at it health in Spring 1972. ways prepare graduates for as leaving some- professional practice, not just Helen R. Johnson, RN, EdD, thing behind so for today but for careers former head and founder of Purdue the next genera- spanning into the next Nursing, had been a mentor and tion can further century. The School always friend to Brooks. She had followed the work we al- responds to challenges and Brooks’ career and heavily recruited ready have done finds solutions,” she concludes. her to teach public health at Purdue. in the world.” “Our alumnae are making names for themselves in the Risa (left) watches a student in the health care industry.” CNERP. All alumnae are encouraged to come visit the SON.

11 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Junior nursing student Amie S TUDENT N EWS Swardson went on a medical mission trip to Haiti. Student international experiences will be featured in the Fall 1999 Vital Signs. SECOND ANNUAL PURDUE NURSING JOB FAIR input to assist in the faculty’s and administration’s evaluations. F orty recruiters from as far away as Texas Members of the Minority Student Nurses Association (MSNA) attended the Second Annual Nursing Job Fair, volunteered at the Minority Health Coalition of Lafayette’s February 19, 1999, at Johnson Hall of Nursing. This Healthy Soul Food Dinner in February 1999. MSNA members more than doubles the number of recruiters who par- calculated participants’ body mass index, and provided educa- ticipated in the 1998 job fair. Student Services Sec- tion on healthy eating and exercise habits. MSNA continues to retary Susan Kauffman coordinated and publicized volunteer at the Lafayette Urban Ministry Homeless Shelter. this year’s fair with assistance from Mary Lurie, a 1998-99 officers are: Rashanda Laye, president; Maria Free- sophomore nursing student from Crown Point, man, vice president; Nyla Fleming; secretary; Rona Stewart, Indiana. treasurer; and Ivan Cook, Student Council representative. The job fair allows nursing students to meet face- Eleanor Stephan, academic advisor, is the group’s advisor. to-face with potential employers from a wide variety of health care disciplines. Some of the employers even Purdue Student Nurses Association (PSNA) coordinated two held interviews on the day of the event. blood drives this academic year. Members also collected food According to Donna Kauffman, RN, MSN, asso- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ and clothing for Greater Lafayette’s Family Resources Center, ciate professor and assistant head for Student Ser- and donated textbooks to medical clinics on the island of Banga. vices, the event isn’t just for graduating seniors. Currently, textbook collections are under way for Indonesian Nursing students looking for internships, as well as clinics. 1998-99 officers are: Brandi Waybright, president; Greg Purdue Nursing alumnae, can attend the job fair. Jones, vice president; Tasha Scott, secretary; Sarah Noel, Deb Greene, human resource analyst for Goshen publicity; Eli Cummings, fundraiser; Laura Leverton, trea- (Indiana) Health System says several Purdue Nursing surer; Nicole Sellers, social/membership; and Heather Fayhee, students expressed an interest in her organization and Breakthrough to Nursing. Donna Schmeiser, clinical asst. pro- are being invited to an open house. “I was impressed fessor, is the academic advisor. by their maturity level,” she states. “As we spoke, their compassion for and knowledge of nursing was Last December, Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF) members clearly evident.” went caroling at Home Hospital in December, put together treat packs for guests of the Lafayette Urban Ministry’s Homeless Purdue Nursing students inducted into Sigma Theta Tau Shelter, and passed out candy canes with encouraging messages International Nursing Honor Society, Delta Omicron Chapter: to all Nursing students before final exam week. In March, NCF will prepare a dinner for the Lafayette Urban Ministry’s Jaina Amin Demara Farnbach Terry Jones Homeless Shelter. 1998-99 officers are: Molly Welch, president; Jennifer Bloemker Christina Freeman Patricia Kerrigan Jamie Falbe, vice president; Allison Zengler, secretary; Nicole Anne Crockett Maria Freeman Jennifer Kruse Sara Deater Erin Harper Emily Lenderman Shimala, treasurer; Sarah Hoffar, publicity; and Jill Walden, Allison Ebert Erika Horn Coreen Mattaliano meeting coordinator. Faculty co-advisors are Assoc. Professors Jamie Falbe Jody Johnson Joan Kuipers and Dr. Carol Blue.

The Nursing Student Council continues to assist in the School of Nursing Student Ambassadors have represented the recruitment of students by calling every high school senior School at several functions. One of their primary responsibili- admitted to Nursing. Council members also assist in student ties is helping recruit students. The ambassadors have given retention by organizing a mentor several one-on-one tours of program for all incoming fresh- Johnson Hall and Purdue to pro- men. The 1998-99 officers are: STUDENT SERVICES WISH LIST spective students and their families. Jaime Coady, president; Alyson • Student copy machine for Johnson Hall Zingler, vice president; and Kim Two nursing student interns, Terry • Funds for international student travel Jones, a senior from Valparaiso, Provence, secretary/treasurer. The • Alumnae representatives to help raise funds faculty advisors are Donna Ind., and Mary Lurie, a sophomore to frame every class graduation composite from Crown Point, Ind., work in Kauffman, assistant head for photograph for hanging in Johnson Hall Student Services and Dr. Ruth the Student Services. According to Wukasch, assistant professor. Assistant Head for Student Ser- vices Donna Kauffman, RN, MSN, the interns are improving With the recent changes in the School’s curriculum, particu- their communications and time management skills, as well as larly the Seamless Senior Year (see Vital Signs, Fall 1998), the learning to be goal-oriented. Nursing Student Council has been actively gathering student

12 DECEMBER 1998 SENIOR RECOGNITION CEREMONY Congratulations to all graduates of the 34th Class of Purdue Nursing!

Jennifer Anne Bloemker* Amanda Kay Butler Smith Pinned by Kim Gretebeck, RN, Pinned by her mother, Purdue Nursing Graduate Instruc- Sharon Butler tor Amanda Cheree Thomas* Susan Nikele Clevenger Pinned by her mother, Jill Thomas Pinned by her mother, Darlene Clevenger Lisa Marie Treba Pinned by her mother and father, Barbara Sue Click Rosie and Herb Treba Pinned by her husband, Gary Click Heather Ann Wroblewski Tracy Louise Graf Pinned by her mother, Pinned by her mother and father, Ann Wroblewski Chris and Larry Graf * Sigma Theta Tau International Patricia Anne Kerrigan* Nursing Honor Society Membership Pinned by her husband and mother, ^ Graduate “With Distinction” Daniel Kerrigan and Matie Flowers ^^ Graduate “With Highest Distinction” Kristina M. McElhaney Pinned by her mother, Dianne McElhaney Anne Marie Miller*^^ Pinned by her mother, Mary Miller David Anthony Morris STRAIGHT A STUDENT Pinned by his father, Dave Morris Jennifer Kristen Olson*^ RECEIVES AWARD Pinned by her mother and father, Rita and Robert Olson nn Miller’s perfect grade Polly Lynne Powell A point average upon gradu- Pinned by her mother and father, ation was a very poignant and sig- Suzette and Robert Powell nificant achievement. Amy Elizabeth Rasch* Pinned by her grandfather, Dr. George Rasch “My SAT scores weren’t high enough for direct admissions into the nursing pro- Gina Elizabeth Schuler Pinned by her mother and father, gram,” says the North Vernon, Indiana, native, who Marsha and John Schuler graduated with Highest Distinction. Miller (left) also Vanessa Lynn Scobee received the School’s Outstanding Academic Achieve- Pinned by her mother, Pat Scobee ment Award at the December 1998 Recognition Cer- emony from Associate Professor Ann H. Hunt, RN, PhD. Miller’s desire to get her nursing education at Purdue was so strong that she gambled by enrolling in Purdue’s School of Education first. “I studied a lot to get straight A’s that first year, so I was able to request a change of degree objective and earn acceptance into nursing by my sophomore year.” Miller paid half of her college expenses by working as a nurse’s aide and tutoring other nursing students. She currently is a staff nurse on the progressive care unit at Columbus (Indiana) Regional Hospital. “I received a great education and discovered I can achieve anything,” she says. “The Purdue professors taught us that nursing is a profession. We just don’t follow doctors’ orders. Nurses also use their own knowledge to come up with interventions.”

13 CONNECTIONS

reetings fellow alumnae! ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Maintaining your ties with the school is important to G I am Janet Kemper, the the future of the nursing program, especially with the new newly elected Purdue Nursing graduate program and Dr. Linda Simunek’s plans to make Alumni Organization president. It Nursing a stand-alone school. We need your wealth of tal- is a privilege to represent you and ents, ideas, and support. You are one of the greatest re- be an active part of Purdue Nurs- sources for the School of Nursing! ing. For 12 years, I have worked I hope you already have marked down April 23 on on the telemetry-oncology medical your calendar. On that day, we will celebrate nursing with floor of Home Hospital. My hus- fellow alumnae, nursing colleagues from the community, band Alan is a farmer, so my family and current nursing students. Together, we will learn how and I are active in the Tippecanoe County 4-H program. to become an even greater force of professionals who can I also am the women’s leader of the Tippecanoe County ○○○○○○○○○ move nursing to greater heights in the next century. Farm Bureau. Have you noticed how big our “Connections” page Janet Kemper, RN (’73), PNAO President is getting? More and more of you are keeping in touch with us. I hope you find out the latest and greatest about P.S. Remember to send us your news! Use the form on one of the friends you made while at Purdue Nursing. page 19, or visit the alumnae page on the School’s website.

Kari Carpenter Florey (’83), Hot Springs ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Village, AR. Evening manager, Arkansas Cen- THE LATEST ON PURDUE NURSES! (as of 3/14/99) ter for Research, Univ. of AR, Little Rock. Tina L. Frazier (’95), Sacramento, CA. On- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ANCC certification as Family Nurse Practi- cology/chemotherapy Nurse. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION tioner, August 1997. Anna McClean Bower (’81), Munster, IN. MS Lana Greene (’93). Indianapolis. Neuro Unit, in Nursing Administration (1998) and MBA Catherine Shideler Winslow (’90), Denver, Community Hospitals of Indianapolis East. (1993), St. Xavier University. CO. Finishing residency in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery. Brian Hopp (’96), Kasungu, Malawi, Africa. Janet Burford (’94), Elkhart, IN. Masters of Pam Dunn Zurfus (’73), Monticello, IN. Re- U.S. Peace Corps representative providing Science in Nurse Anesthesia. ceived BSN with High Honors from Indiana home-based care and counseling to HIV/AIDS University, Kokomo. patients and their families. Karin E. Duffy (’90), Greensboro, NC. Mas- ters in Health Science, George Washington ACCOLADES Rémi Hueckez (’92), Durham, NC. Newest member of Duke’s LifeFlight Team. University Physician Assistant Program. Catherine Shideler Winslow (’90), Denver, CO. Presented “Dysphonia & dysphagia fol- Linda Alleyne Dye (’76), Tampa, FL. Doctor Jennifer Jagiela (’96), Orlando, FL. CCU RN lowing anterior cervical fusion,” ENT and of Education, Univ. of South Florida (Tampa). with Cross Country Traveling Agency. Otolaryngologists Annual Meeting, Fall 1998. Rémi Hueckez (’92), Durham, NC. MSN, Alisa Jackson (’96), New Haven, CT. Clinical Pam Dunn Zurfus (’73), Monticello, IN. In- Duke University, 1998; ANCC Family Nurse Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Yale-New ducted into Sigma Theta Tau, April 1998. Practitioner Certification. Haven Medical Center, New Haven.

Judy Wilson Ingall (’87), Orlando, FL. Der- WHO’S WORKING WHERE Melissa Cook Jeffries (’96), New Castle, IN. matology Nurse Certification, February 1998. Anna McClean Bower (’81), Munster, IN. Emergency Room, Henry County Memorial Clinical Practice, Research and Development, Hospital, Newcastle. Melissa Cook Jeffries (’96), New Castle, IN. Illinois University Medical Center, Chicago. Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum. Noelle Dilling Lottes (’98), Crown Point, IN. Jill Myers Cardwell (’85), Indianapolis, IN. RN, Medical-Surgical Unit, Broadway Meth-

Kari Grice Mau (’96), Houston, TX. Attend- Asst. Prof., Dept. of Nursing, Marian College, ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ odist Hospital, Merrillville, IN. ing Texas Woman’s University for Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s Degree. Leslie Long Deitchman (’84), Indianapolis. Kari Grice Mau (’96), Houston, TX. Labor & Founder, Tendercare Home Health Services, Delivery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston. Catherine Pflum (’95), Indianapolis, IN. Indianapolis, currently over 200 employees. Graduated from the Family Nurse Practitio- Noel Poindexter (’91), Columbus, GA. Nurse ner Program at Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. Jennell C. Davis (’96), Chicago, IL. Clinic Anesthesist, Ft. Benning, GA. Nurse, Gastrointestinal Procedures, Univer- Noel Poindexter (’91), Columbus, GA. MSN, ○○○○○○○○○○○ sity of Chicago. Catherine Pflum (’95), Indianapolis, IN. Nurse Nurse Anesthesia, US Army/Univ. of Texas Practitioner, Community Hospitals. Health Science Center, January 1998. Karin E. Duffy (’90), Greensboro, NC. Phy- sicians Assistant, The Sports Medicine and Cindy Snitchler (’95), Hobart, IN. Operating Elizabeth Brafford Stamper (’96), Baldwin, Orthopedic Center, Greeensboro. Room, St. Catherine’s Hosp., E. Chicago, IL. MI. MSN, Case Western Reserve University. Linda Alleyne Dye (’76), Tampa, FL. Legal Elizabeth Brafford Stamper (’96), Baldwin, Terry L. Treece (’76), Fort Smith, AK. MSN nurse consultant, Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, MI. Family Nurse Practitioner, Teen Health from Midwestern State University, May 1997. Edwards & Roehn, Tampa. Program, Baldwin, MI.

14 ¥ NURS E IN T G Town Hall Meeting A ! • Face of Education: R Purdue Linda A. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD B APRIL 23, 1999 Professor and Head, Purdue School E Gala Week 8:30 a.m. — 2 p.m. of Nursing; Assoc. Dean, Pharmacy, North Ballroom Purdue Nursing, and Health Sciences L Memorial Union, W. Lafayette, Indiana

E Nursing Conference •Face of Acute Care: C 2.6 contact hours available Katherine Kreutz, BSN, MBA, RN Asst. Vice President for Nursing Greater Lafayette Health Services KEYNOTE SPEAKER • Face of Community Health: BS, MSW Pam Levin, RN, PhD Katherine Tyler Scott, Asst. Professor, College of Nursing, Executive Director, University of Illinois at Chicago Trustee Leadership Development $25 fee ($15 for students) includes The New Leadership: lunch. Walk-in registrants are welcome, but cannot be guaranteed a lunch. Habits of the Mind, Practices of the Heart Call 765.494.4004 for information.

Sponsors: Purdue School of Nursing; Purdue Nursing Alumni Organization, Purdue University School of Nursing has been ap- Delta Omicron Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International; Indiana State Nurses proved by the Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) as a provider of continuing education in nurs- Association, District 8; Association of Operating Room Nurses; Purdue Student ing. ISNA is accredited as an approver of continuing Nurses Association; Purdue Nurses’ Christian Fellowship; & Purdue Minority education in nursing by the Board on Accreditation of the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Student Nurse Association. Purdue is an EA/EE university.

GALA WEEK NURSING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM (Feel free to copy.)

______Name (include former if applicable) Title Employer ______Home Address City State Zip Phone

Please check all that apply: l Purdue Alumna (graduation date ______) l Purdue Nursing faculty/staff l Nursing student (school ______) l Other ( ______)

Please enclose your registration fee(s). Make checks payable to Purdue Nursing Alumni Organization.:

l Enclosed is my $25 registration fee. l I am a nursing student. Enclosed is my $15 registration fee. l I wish to sponsor a nursing student! Enclosed is the $40 registration fee for me ($25) and a student ($15).

l I require auxiliary aids or have special dietary needs. Please contact me. MAIL FORM & PAYMENT TO: M.H. Wasburn, 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Terry L. Treece (’76), Fort Smith, AK. Ad- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Laura Staroscsak David (’89), Ellettsville, IN. Kari Grice Mau (’96), Houston. Married, vanced Practice Nurse, River Valley Ortho- Son, 8/18/98. 6/98. paedic Center, Fort Smith. Catherine McDaniel Downing (’93), Warren, Becky Ellis Norris (’93), Saginaw, MI. Second Pam Dunn Zurfus (’73), Monticello, IN. Di- PA. Daughter, 10/24/98. daughter, 9/22/98. rector of Home Care, Cardiac Rehab & Home Supplies, White County Memorial Hospital. Melissa Cook Jeffries (’96), New Castle, IN. Judi Read-Van Dorn (’95), Sharpsville, IN. Married, 8/97. Son, 8/98. PROMOTION Jennifer Reeves Justus (’84). Daughter, Kellie Drum Schimelman (’93), Pinckney, MI. Mary Herczeg Roehling (’86), Eagle, ID. Di- 12/97. Daughter, 12/10/98. rector of Nursing, St. Alphonsus RMC, Boise. Molly Burns Liebermann (’93), Winchester, PERSONAL Jill E. Thomas (’74), Greenwood, IN. Daugh- KY. Twin daughters, 7/31/98. ter, Amanda, earned BSN at Purdue, 12/98. Julie Carbray (’87), LaGrange, IL. Son, 2/98. Noelle Dilling Lottes (’98), Crown Point, IN. Christie Mott Trent (’93), Fishers, IN. Son. Lana Greene (’93), Indianapolis. Son, 7/1/97. Married, 5/30/98

15 I N MEMORIAN

Ida Winchester ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ is one of the most prestigious at the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ were made through Weinberger, who Casey, former School and is given to the outstand- earned a nursing degree from the Uni- associate pro- ing graduating senior. versity of Michigan and went on to fessor of nurs- In April 1994, the twentieth Epple become a faculty member there. ing at Purdue, Award was given at a celebratory The sisters became Charter Bene- died on Janu- banquet honoring Doc and Miriam at factors to the School of Nursing be- ary 21. Casey, a the Purdue Memorial Union. Thirteen cause they wanted “Purdue Nursing first lieutenant past winners traveled from as far to be a model school.” in the Army away as New Mexico and Washing- Nursing Corps ton, DC, to thank Doc for his con- during World tinual support of Purdue nursing. War II, helped the School receive Na- Epple earned a bachelor’s degree iolet B. Ari- tional League for Nursing accredita- in Chemistry from Purdue in 1940, V hood Road tion for the bachelor of science in the same year he co-founded the of West Lafayette, nursing completion program. University Bookstore. During World Indiana died on In 1976, Casey became professor War II, he served on the U.S.S. En- November 17. of nursing and chairwoman of the terprise. He was a member of Cov- Along with her department of nursing at the former enant Presbyterian Church, Lambda husband Rich- Edgecliff College, which now is part Chi Alpha Fraternity, the Elks Club, ard, who sur- of Xavier University. Before retiring and the Lafayette Country Club. He vives, she was a in 1985, she developed the registered also served on the President’s Coun- Charter Bene- nurse to bachelor of science in nurs- cil of Purdue. factor to the ing completion program there. Doc once said. “Miriam and I School of Nursing. Since her parents In 1981, she received the Mary have a loyalty to good things. When wouldn’t support her interest in Hamer Greenwood Award for excel- you are sick or in a hospital some- pursuing a career in nursing, Road lence in nursing. That same year, she times the nicest hand that ever was has watched with pride the positive also received the Nursing Leadership is that of a nurse. We all need to care changes that occurred in the nursing Award from the Ohio League for about these young people and help profession. She was particularly Nursing. In addition, the Ida Casey them prepare for the future. People pleased when Purdue began a nurs- Award was created at Xavier Univer- need to realize how important nurses ing education program in 1963. sity for the nursing student who are to all of us.” Road was a secretary at the “makes a difference.” ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Tippecanoe County Extension office In 1981, Casey founded the for nine years. She also was very Greater Cincinnati Council of Nurses. active in and served on the boards She also was a charter member of the ary Agnes Kennedy, 97, of of several church and community or- American Association for the History M ganizations. As a member of the local of Nursing and a member of Sigma Camden, Indiana, died on January 2 (photo unavailable). Born Mental Health Association, Road Theta Tau International Nursing made many trips to Logansport State Honor Society. in 1901, Kennedy graduated from Camden High School in 1919 and Hospital and Tippecanoe County Purdue University in 1923. She was home to present programs and visit a member of Purdue’s Chi Omega- residents. Chi Beta Chapter, American Society Not having children of their own, obert W. R for Medical Technology, YWCA, and the Roads took an active interest in “Doc” Epple, Audubon Society, as well as Purdue’s helping nursing students who did not 83, of West Alumni Association. have the financial resources to attend Lafayette, Indi- Kennedy was an active traveler college. Donating to the School was ana, died Janu- and sports enthusiast. She played one way for them to stay involved in ary 23. He and interfraternity basketball at Purdue, the everchanging roles and exciting his wife Miriam, played tennis, bowled, and swam at developments in professional nursing. who survives, are the YWCA. She also enjoyed sailing In a 1994 Vital Signs article, Road Charter Benefac- and won the marathon race walk said “It is so interesting to be able tors to the conducted by the Commercial News to sit back and see that today’s young School. In 1974, and American Red Cross Life Sav- women are encouraged to attend Doc established the annual Ethel ings Corps Adult Division. nursing school. There is much more Crockett Epple Award to honor his Surviving is her sister, Kathryn open thinking in our society now, and mother, who was a nurse, and her de- Weinberger, Flora, Indiana. Kennedy’s nursing certainly has evolved. We just votion to the profession. The award connections to the School of Nursing want to help that along.”

16 NURSING DONORS

Charter Benefactors ($10,000 plus) JO A. BROOKS MARY AGNES KENNEDY ROBERT and MIRIAM EPPLE VIOLET and RICHARD ROAD JOHN and JEANNE GRISWOLD DAN A. VIERK PHILIP and KATHERINE HARNER KATHERYN K. WEINBERGER RONALD J. and ELAINE H. WILSON

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18 Brenda Stephens Diana Welch Katherine Stephon Dianna Wellen Becky Lohman, Bridget Stoy Julie Wendel ETWEEN THE LINES Kellie Stull Sarah Werner B Writer/Editor William Summerfield Judith & Henri Wesdorp Kristen Sweeney Vicki & J. Theodore White Cheryl Swetland Charlene Wilcox ave you “surfed” www.nursing.purdue.edu Deborah Swinford Joan Wildblood H yet? Upon her first visit to the site, Cindy Patricia & Theodore Garnette Williams Betzner Kiemeyer (’86) wrote, “I am pleased Tabloski Katharyn & Daniel Williams Theresa Tarabrella Judy Williamson to see that the School of Nursing is continuing Kathlene & Mark Tarnow Phyllis & Samuel Williamson a tradition of excellence!” She also completed Leanne & John Taylor Mary Wilson Linda Taylor Susan & Conrad Wong the online form that allows you to share Margaret & William Taylor Alice & Everett Wright memories. Cindy wrote about the history of the Teresa Teagle Susan & Mitchell Yeakley Michael Telfer Nancy Zarle Senior Recognition Ceremony: Diana Terry Patricia & Dennis Zawierucha “I browsed the various links listed and Jill & Robert Thomas Laura & Phillip Zeller Margo Thomas-Murray Kelisa Zink found one about the Senior Recognition Cer- Victoria & Charles Tiller Diane & Max Zolman emony. I remembered back to 1986 when my Norma & James Tomlinson classmates and I were about to become the first class to Lynn Tomlonson MATCHING Terry & Joanne Treece graduate from the new four year program. We were excited Christie Trent DONORS Robert Trout to receive our pins in a pinning ceremony as classes in the Margaret Trznadel Amoco Foundation Inc. past had done. However, the faculty told us that there would Mary & Emanuel Arthur Andersen LLP Fdn. not be a pinning ceremony because they wanted to portray Tsourounakis Boeing Co. Rebecca Tunink Caterpillar Foundation a more professional image for our graduates. We would have Gale & Ronald Turco Cummins Engine Fdn. Gudrun Ulbrich our commencement and receive our pins at another time. Dow AgroSciences Deanna & Ritchie Dow Corning Corp. “Naturally, we were disappointed and felt there should VanBussum Teresa & Terrance Eaton Charitable Fund be some sort of recognition in addition to commencement. Vandereyk Eli Lilly & Co. Fdn. The faculty was open to our ideas as long as the professional Eleanor VanNatta First Natl. Bank of Warsaw Carol VanSchepen Gannett Foundation Inc. image was maintained. I remember being part of a small group Nancy & David VanZee Glaxo Wellcome Inc. of nursing students; consisting of Joan Zink, Pam Gottlick, Kathryn & James Viater Guidant Foundation Inc. E. Gail & Randall GE Fund and Sue Boggs (If I forgot someone I’m sorry, the memory Vonderheide Louisville Gas & Electric Co. is fuzzy after 13 years!) who met on our own time to plan Elayne Waeltz Microsoft Amy Wakefield Motorola Foundation what we would do. We finally arrived at the idea of a Senior Beth & Kenneth Walker Osram Sylvania Inc. Recognition Ceremony. We would hold the ceremony the same Margaret & Fred Wall Proctor & Gamble Fund Louis Warner State Farm Companies Fdn. day as commencement at which time we would receive our Laura Watt Wheelabrator Technologies pins. We found the faculty to be receptive and supportive. Susan & Timothy Waymouth Inc. The first Senior Recognition Ceremony took place May 18, Marilyn Weber SBC Foundation Darla & Dwight Weese Zeneca Pharmaceuticals 1986, at the Purdue Memorial Union.”

Krista & Kurt Weisenfluh Thanks, Cindy. I hope to hear from more of you as we continue to ○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ enhance our website. Look for video clips of faculty, staff, and students The Donors List includes gifts recorded through 12/31/98. to go online in the near future! Please contact us if your name was omitted or listed incorrectly. To make a donation, make check payable to the Purdue Foun- dation and mail to M.H. Wasburn, School of Nursing, 1337 New Address! Johnson Hall, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1337. SENDSEND UUSS YOURYOUR Latest News!!

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In the Fall 1999 Vital Signs, meet Nursing faculty, staff, students, and Mail to Connections, School of Nursing, 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue alumnae who are part of the growing University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1337. Or, FAX to (765) 496-1800. international movement at the School. email: [email protected]

19 SISTERS PUT CARING INTO ACTION ALUMNAE CHAT ROOM? MENTORING? INTERESTED? READ ON! P WITH PURDUE NURSING DEGREES Every year, new generations of Purdue Nurses A graduate and put their caring into action all over the world. As an alumna, you now have the opportunity to be a resource for and/or R a mentor to Purdue nursing graduates contem- plating a career in your area. To participate, please check the appropriate box below. We T also want to know if alumnae are interested in a chat room on the School’s website. If you I are, check the “chat room” box below.

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Getting the Sabol sisters all together is a rare event. Four of them are Purdue Yes, include me in the resource directory O Nursing graduates. They are clockwise from upper left: Nancy Edwards (’80), l for Purdue Nursing graduate use only West Lafayette, Indiana, assistant professor at Purdue School of Nursing; Janet Metz (’68), Hilliard, Ohio, former ob/gyn nurse at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, T l Yes, a chat room just for Purdue Nursing Lafayette; Mary Ann Caswell (’69), Heuvelton, New York, faculty member at alumnae is a great idea the State University of New York-Canton, and ICU nurse at Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg, New York; and Carol Bailey (’76), Dayton, IN, director Mail or Fax to: M.H. Wasburn, School of Nurs- S ing, 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue University, W. of quality assurance for Laurel Health Care Company, Columbus, OH. Not pictured Lafayette, IN 47907; FAX 765.496.1800; or email is Patty Scheetz, who recently joined the Purdue Nursing faculty (see page 7). [email protected]

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