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Nursing’s Future Comes to Life in Driscoll Hall College of Nursing Board of Consultors gueras No la o • H.E. Dr. Ali Al-Moosa a P • Mr. Thomas E. Beeman • Rear Adm. Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler • Dr. Helen R. Connors • Mrs. Tara M. Easter • Rear Adm. (Ret.) James W. Eastwood • Mr. Stephen P. Fera • Mr. Daniel Finnegan • Dr. M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ex officio • Ms. Margaret M. Hannan • Veronica Hill-Milbourne, Esq. • Mr. Richard J. Kreider • Mr. J. Patrick Lupton • Dr. Thomas F. Monahan • Dr. Mary D. Naylor • Mr. James V. O’Donnell Mrs. Sue Stein, staff Mark your calendar! October 4 Undergraduate Open House November 16 Annual Distinguished Lecture Dr. Mary D. Naylor ’71 B.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, the Marian S. Ware In the lobby of Driscoll Hall, the Crucifix, designed and painted in the Byzantine style by Professor in Gerontology and director Edward Ruscil, includes depictions of the Visita- of the Center for Health Transitions, tion and the parable of the Good Samaritan. School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

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Features On the Cover: In May, the Class of 2009 became the first B.S.N. class Driscoll Hall Advances Nursing’s Future...... 2 to graduate from the College of Nursing following the opening of Driscoll Hall last fall. Thank You to the Donors...... 11 Editorial Board College Launches Campaign Ann Barrow McKenzie ’86 B.S.N., ’91 M.S.N., R.N., Editor Promoting Nursing...... Inside Back Cover Marcia Costello, Ph.D., R.D. Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, Ph.D., R.N., CRNP M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., R.N. FAAN, Ex officio Departments Lesley A. Perry, Ph.D., R.N., Ex officio Perspectives...... 1 Published by the Villanova University College of Nursing, Driscoll Hall, Villanova, PA 19085-1690...... 14 College Highlights Produced in cooperation with the Alumni Magazine Consortium and the Faculty Focus...... 20 Johns Hopkins Publishing Group, based at The Johns Hopkins University. Contributing editor: Donna Shoemaker Alumni Focus...... 25 Designer: Pam Li Standard class postage paid at Villanova, PA 19085-1690. Perspectives

Dear Alumni and Friends of the College of Nursing:

his is a time of challenge and opportunity. The process also encourages us to step back and consider ways to national economic crisis, although grave and unex- improve, to chart future directions and to formulate new goals pected, has not changed our resolve to advance the for the College in congruence with trends in the profession and future in positive ways for the College of Nursing. Villanova’s Strategic Plan. Naturally, we are particularly grateful that our dream As nursing education at Villanova continues to progress, I ofT a facility dedicated to the preparation of extend thanks to so many of you who con- nurses at the bachelor’s, master’s and doc- tributed to the enhancements in and out- toral levels is now a reality. We hope that side Driscoll Hall, and to those who were this issue of Villanova Nursing will capture present to share our Dedication celebra- both the beauty and functionality of tions. Thank you for the letters, cards and Driscoll Hall. I hope that it will reflect the tokens of congratulations from so many excitement and pride of our alumni, col- friends and alumni at home and abroad. leagues, administration, trustees and friends At a reception for our Nursing alumni and who attended the historic dedication on officials from the Sultanate of Oman’s October 6, 2008. For our students, faculty Ministry of Health, held in late January and staff, it was indeed a day to remember. at the American ambassador’s residence Driscoll Hall is more than a building. It in Muscat, Father Donohue and I had the represents the maturation of our profes- pleasure of sharing the news of Villanova sional discipline within the academic world with a majority of our 160 Nursing gradu- and the acknowledgment of the College’s ates from that country. Villanova’s reach contribution to the expression of Villanova continues to be extended. Special thanks University’s mission. Most of all, it is a to the Connelly Foundation for making symbol of the future. possible the continuous support of our The College of Nursing considers programs in a variety of significant ways the implications of the current national “Driscoll Hall is more and to Mr. Jim O’Donnell for making pos- dilemma critical for those who through sible the Campaign to Promote Villanova unemployment and financial hardship lack than a building…. Nursing to the public through the media. adequate health care. We recognize the Most of all, it is a Particularly now, the financial needs of potential impact of the economy on higher our students loom large. We are grateful to education and on those prospective and symbol of the future.” those who provide scholarship assistance current students who are affected. We are for our students. To those who are able, hopeful that measures and strategies being taken by our govern- we ask that you consider this kind of support as an opportunity to ment to stabilize the situation will be successful. We in the Col- contribute to the preparation of nurses for a future that will affect lege of Nursing are prepared to do whatever we must to maintain all of us. the quality of our programs, assist our students and move toward I enthusiastically invite you to visit us at Driscoll Hall, to meet advancing our goals for the future. with our students and faculty, and to share your news with all of us In February 2010 the College will be visited as part of the and one another through Villanova Nursing. process of reaccreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The College Accreditation Steering Commit- Sincerely, tee, chaired by Dr. Betti Bruderle, is hard at work in preparing our self-study. Such an event always presents opportunities for reflection and assessment. It provides an occasion for systematic evaluation of our achievements and the outcomes of our work as judged by common criteria set for nursing education programs M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., R.N., FAAN under university auspices and our peers. The reaccreditation Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor

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sented the first time that lege’s 75,500-square-foot Al Advances Nursing’s Future College of Nursing staff physical space with its and faculty could enter educational philosophy their own home after and reputation for 55 years and four other excellence. This state-of- locMations at Villanova University. Moving the-art facility, centrally day was a very moving day. located on the main Driscoll Hall’s beauty and design draw campus, will support the visitors and Villanovans alike inside. The education of many future College’s new home is named in honor of generations of nurses, the Rev. John M. Driscoll, O.S.A., demonstrating the Villanova’s 30th president who served from University’s commitment 1975 to 1988. It is both a gracious and to nursing education as a significant part of its institutional and social The lobby of Driscoll Hall held a large crowd for the Facing page, clockwise from top left: mission. reception after the Dedication. Since then, many events have In Driscoll Hall’s Lecture Hall, Clinical M. Louise Fitzpatrick, taken place in this welcoming space. Assistant Professor Karen McKenna ’70 Ed.D., R.N., FAAN, B.S.N., ’83 M.S.N. and her students Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor, office of the construction management firm interact during a discussion about insulin. along with College administrators, faculty Torcon, Inc. of Red Bank, N.J. and staff, had a dream for a facility that College faculty and administrators were M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., R.N., FAAN, would be the locus for academic “at the table” from the start to ensure the Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor, excellence, high-level clinical performance space met the future needs of nursing addresses the crowd assembled for the and professional impact. The vision for education. It does. Driscoll Hall provides Dedication ceremony. Driscoll Hall was brought to life first an atmosphere that stimulates academic At the Dedication dinner, Dean Fitzpatrick through decisions made by two University excellence and advances the future of stands with the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, presidents—the Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, nursing. Its four floors incorporate O.S.A., (left) and his predecessor as O.S.A. (now president emeritus) and his sustainable design principles, making it University president, the Rev. Edmund J. successor, the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, Villanova’s first “green” building (see page Dobbin, O.S.A., now president emeritus. O.S.A.—as well as Villanova’s Board of 10). The new building supports the The Rev. John M. Driscoll, Villanova’s Trustees. The endeavors of the building’s College’s initiatives, including undergrad­ 30th president, is seated. project team then carried the vision uate and graduate student learning in the Dedication Day visitors to the simulation forward into reality. The team included the Learning Resource Center’s sophisticated labs included Mrs. Josephine Mandeville University’s Facilities Management office clinical simulation labs (see page 9). The (left) and other members of the Connelly working in conjunction with Richter blending of its facilities enhances the family. Cornbrooks Gribble, Inc. (RCG) architects environment for teaching and scholarship. of Baltimore (with Jonathan Fishman as There is space for the Center for Nursing Graduate students in Nurse Anesthesia principal architect) and the Philadelphia Research; a Reading Room, which houses refine their skills in a simulated operating room scenario.

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recently approved Center for the Study of PA Global Health. There is a small chapel that contains a stained glass window repre­ senting nursing themes, designed by the Rev. Richard Cannuli, O.S.A. Outside Driscoll Hall, that environment is com­ plemented by the beautiful landscaping, “Almighty God…we benches and outdoor space design. Driscoll Hall’s other amenities include a dedicate this building to 200-seat Auditorium, a 200-seat Lecture the education of the Hall, conference rooms, and six class­ rooms and two seminar rooms featuring whole human person, technology to stimulate learning and to the progress of the expand teaching strategies across the undergraduate and graduate programs and In addressing students at the Dedication, health-care profession in Continuing Education (CE). nursing leader Margaret L. McClure, and to excellence in Ever since the doors of Driscoll Hall Ed.D., R.N., FAAN observed that the were opened to students last summer, there profession of nursing will allow them to teaching and fullness has been a shared level of excitement in grow in so many ways. Dean Fitzpatrick of learning. Grant that Villanova’s Nursing community. The awarded the New York University professor College held a lively ribbon-cutting a College of Nursing Medallion prior to those who will come ceremony at Driscoll Hall for students, just her speech. here as teachers or as before their first class on the bright students may always morning of August 25. Father Donohue and Nursing’s 25th Anniversary, she was Dean Fitzpatrick welcomed the Class of chosen to be the College’s first annual pursue the truth and 2012 to campus and introduced the student Distinguished Lecturer. learn to know You, body to the new facility. Both leaders cut Prior to Dr. McClure’s lecture, Dean the ceremonial blue ribbon with the Fitzpatrick surprised her with the College the source of all truth.” assistance of the Wildcat mascot. Students of Nursing Medallion, the College’s —From the Rite of Dedication streamed in and quickly found classrooms highest award. A prolific writer and and Blessing, spoken by the Rev. and faculty offices. lecturer, Dr. McClure is internationally recognized as a nursing leader with William T. Garland, O.S.A., Dr. McClure’s special message prominent publications on the subject of Vicar Provincial and province for Nursing students Magnet® hospitals. She was one of the counselor of the Province of The Dedication of Driscoll Hall last fall principal investigators of the original study ® St. Thomas of Villanova. Father further energized the College and its that led to the Magnet system. constituents. Festivities on the afternoon of In her talk at the Dedication, Dr. Garland represented the October 6 began with an academic lecture McClure identified Villanova Nursing Very Rev. Donald Reilly, O.S.A., on “Advancing Nursing Practice” by students as being “very special, they stand who was unable to attend as he Margaret L. McClure, Ed.D., R.N., FAAN. out.” She encouraged them to retain a was visiting the Augustinian Her talk took place in the building’s positive outlook about their practice and to Auditorium and was simulcast to a wider seek additional learning, as nursing is mission in Durban, South Africa. audience in other areas of Driscoll Hall. “caring that is based on knowledge.” She Dr. McClure, a professor at New York added, “Figure out what your strengths are University, holds appointments in both its and then spend your whole career refining School of Medicine and its College of and honing your strengths because that’s Nursing. For almost 20 years, she served as where success lies.” (To view Dr. McClure’s the chief nursing officer at the NYU lecture, follow the link from the College’s Medical Center, where she also was the home page at www.villanova.edu/nursing.) chief operating officer and hospital administrator. Dr. McClure is the past Dedication marks a milestone president of the American Academy of in College’s history Nursing and the American Organization of A sunny fall day and the carefully crafted Nurse Executives. In 1978, for Villanova stone façade of Nursing’s new home

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Lower Level: The Learning Resource Center features a parable of the Good Samaritan. The Chapel houses the variety of clinical labs, including computerized human patient bas-relief of Our Mother of Good Counsel by Brother Jack simulators and advanced digital recording technology. Stagliano, O.S.A., as well as liturgical furnishings crafted by First Floor: Visitors enter via the lobby on this floor, the Mennonite community in New Holland, Pa. which includes administrative offices, the Donna Second Floor: Grouped together here are DiPalma Cassidy ’79 Conference Room, classrooms, the International Student Activity the Auditorium and Lecture Hall, and Room (a gift of the Sultanate of Oman), the the Chapel. Commons, student study rooms, the Nursing In addition to the Chapel’s beautiful Historical Book Collection and Reading stained glass window, Driscoll Hall is home Room, as well as offices for student to other works of art. On the lobby floor is organizations, the Center for Nursing Research, the Terrazzo Medallion (right), a representation Continuing Education and College Relations. of the College of Nursing alumni pin. The Crucifix on Third Floor: Faculty and academic program offices are the wall, designed and painted in the Byzantine style by located here. Edward Ruscil, includes depictions of the Visitation and the

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n the Chapel in Driscoll Hall, the lower left is a ship, the transportation Panel 3: Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) stained glass window was designed by that brought the 16-year-old nun to what was the creator of modern nursing, a Ithe Rev. Richard G. Cannuli, O.S.A., was then New France. The maple leaf pioneer in nursing education, a reformer of and illustrates three key figures in symbolizes Canada, where she died, and hospital sanitation methods and a leader in nursing history, as well as a contempo- a fleur-de-lis symbolizes France, where the development of applied statistics. rary Nursing student. Father Cannuli she was born. She was beatified in 1989. Above the head of “the Lady with the chairs Villanova University’s Department Lamp” are the stars of the night and a Panel 2: St. Fabiola, who died around 400 of Theatre and Studio Art and is a crescent moon, representing the time A.D., was a Roman matron of nobility who liturgical artist. The window was crafted Florence Nightingale spent in the Crimea. devoted herself to the needs of the Church by the Vetrate Artistiche Toscane studio There, she used her lamp to illuminate her and the care of the poor and the suffering. in Siena, Italy. path while caring for the wounded. The The Roman column symbolizes St. branch symbolizes the leaves used to Fabiola’s citizenship. The letters SPQR are (From the left) Panel 1: Blessed Marie- develop medications. the initials from the Latin phrase Senatus Catherine of St. Augustine (1632-1668) Populusque Romanus (“The Senate and the Panel 4: Villanova University student. was a French nursing sister of St. People of Rome” or “The Senate and The student wears the College of Nursing Augustine who dedicated her life to the Roman People”), and was used as an uniform and a stethoscope. His left sick in Quebec, Canada. official signature of the government. With hand, placed over his heart, symbolizes The panel depicts Blessed Marie- her right hand, she blesses and protects Caritas, the love that one should have Catherine in the Augustinian habit of a the College of Nursing, whose new building for another. The scroll has the year of nursing sister, with two Huron children. she holds in her left hand. The clover Villanova’s founding, 1842. The Chi-Rho The baby holds a doll and the young girl a signifies the Irish Augustinians who founded anchor symbolizes hope in Christ, the hoop and stick, a simple toy used by the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova and gentle healer. The fish and the sea Native American children. To the left is established Villanova College. represent the College of Nursing’s the burning and pierced heart, part of the longstanding relationship with the Navy seal of the Order of St. Augustine. On the Nurse Corps. The twin spires of the St. Thomas of Villanova Church, a campus landmark, can be seen above his head.  Villanova Nursing “Villanova Has Built Us a Home” A symbol of the future, Driscoll Hall will prepare the nurses who will shape and advance health care, Dean Fitzpatrick noted at the Dedication. In her talk, she reflected on the College’s rich history and commended those who have generously supported nursing education at Villanova.

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the College of Nursing to life, first directed contribute to the desperately needed stone, the brick, the mortar or the by two religious sisters, Sister Margarella changes in health care and you will have landscaping that matters, as much as what O’Neill, a sister of St. Francis, and Sister what it takes to influence health policy is already happening inside this building. Alma Lawler, a Mercy sister. They were decisions that ultimately can improve Villanova University and its College of followed by the first two deans, Dr. Marion health care. Our students will be prepared Nursing are about the business of Schrum and Dr. Dorothy Marlow. Our for these challenges and Driscoll Hall will cultivating and transforming minds and history is chronicled in your Dedication support their development. hearts—Veritas, Unitas, Caritas—inclusive programs, but I think it is important to We are grateful to the College of and respectful of diversity, but absolutely note that Father McGuire’s vision and Liberal Arts and Sciences and the myriad clear and confident in our own identity. understanding of how nursing education of clinical agencies who are our partners in Mindful that the motivation and rationale could extend the service reach of the preparing new generations of nurses at for what we do and how we do it is rooted Augustinian charism is rooted in the Villanova. We are grateful to all of you in Scripture, in Catholic Social Teaching history of the College. who support us with your talent, your and the understandings we gain from the Over the years, with trustee and admin­ friendship and the financial resources that writings of St. Augustine. istrative support, the College has earned the have provided scholarships for students, The College of Nursing is an expression reputation it enjoys as a Center of the technology that Driscoll Hall offers and of Villanova’s mission and values, so is Excellence in Nursing Education. Our that is so important for teaching, learning Driscoll Hall. We embrace the future that alumni and faculty have developed that and delivering patient care. We are grateful this building will support. Many new reputation through their untiring efforts and for contributions that made the beautiful generations of Nursing students will study performance. Our graduates are excellent enhancements that grace this building a here and they will shape and ultimately clinicians at the bedside, as well as leaders reality—spaces for prayer and reflection, advance health care. in the military, health care We are custodians of a administration and rich legacy that has been nursing education. They “As beautiful as Driscoll Hall is, it is not the inspired by many, one of are faculty, deans and whom we honor today, distinguished endowed stone, the brick, the mortar or the landscaping Father John Driscoll, chair holders at universi­ that matters, as much as what is already Augustinian, priest, academ­ ties. They are college happening inside this building.” ician and the pastoral and presidents and many of generous steward who them sit among you —M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., R.N., FAAN served as the 30th president today. Our faculty model of Villanova University. the intellectual curiosity, For all of us, and the clinical expertise and personal attributes as evidenced by the artistry of Father College of Nursing in particular, today is that are reflected in our alumni of both the Richard Cannuli, O.S.A.; Brother Jack just one step along the journey. It is a very undergraduate and graduate programs. Stagliano, O.S.A.; and Professor Ed important one, but only a context for what They, and our colleagues who have passed Ruscil—all of whom are here at Villanova. will follow and what I believe will endure. on, have built our programs brick by brick, We especially appreciate the Connelly I close with this quote from the writings year after year, decade after decade. Foundation whose generous endowment on of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, who Similarly, our staff has been the dedicated the occasion of our 50th Anniversary wrote so eloquently about Catholic health mainstay of our College throughout its catalyzed our College’s future vision, as care. And I quote, “We are called, indeed history. [Note: The College of Nursing well as the recent gift of James O’Donnell empowered, to comfort others in the midst faculty and staff, past and present, were that will help position us for that future. of their suffering by giving them reason to asked to rise and were acknowledged.] Most importantly, we sincerely thank the hope. We are called to help them experi­ Driscoll Hall will advance nursing’s Augustinians, presidents, trustees and our ence God’s enduring love for them. We are future. It is a symbol of the future—and Villanova colleagues for being such good to do for one another what Jesus did, com­ that future surrounds us here and now. and loyal friends and supporters. I fort others by inspiring them in hope and Our students are our future. You will be personally thank the members of our confidence in life. This is what makes prepared for it. You will gain a strong College Advisory Board of Consultors who Christian health care distinctive.”* And I liberal arts and sciences education, a global provide sage advice and counsel. You have would add: This is also what makes nursing perspective and critical thinking skills that all demonstrated your confidence in and education at Villanova University distinctive. will ensure sound nursing practice, clinical commitment to nursing education at On behalf of all of us, thank you for judgments, ethical decision-making. It is an Villanova University. This building is an being with us at this celebration, and, again education that will foster an attitude of important symbol and reflection of that. Father Driscoll, congratulations on this concern for others—especially the I assure you that our academic wonderful day. disadvantaged of society. Today’s nurses programs continue to reflect the mission *The quotation from Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, the are knowledge workers, and an essential and values of this Catholic Augustinian late Archbishop of Chicago, is from A Sign of Hope, part of our work is to humanize the high- university and that we view nursing as a Celebrating the Ministry of Healing: Healthcare as tech world of health care. We nurse people, ministry as well as a profession. As a Ministry of Hope, a Pastoral Letter on Healthcare. not machines. You, our students, will beautiful as Driscoll Hall is, it is not the October 18, 1995—Chapter 13, p. 107.

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n the ground floor of Driscoll clinical practice initially converge for For undergraduate Nursing students, the Hall, College of Nursing students and faculty. The labs provide an simulations promote critical thinking, students experience the new integrated learning environment for Nursing psychomotor skills, learning and evalua­ Oage of clinical simulation in students on the cutting edge of information tion. Students work with faculty, classmates nursing education. The 12,000-square-foot synthesis. Here the College is at the fore­ and simulators in carefully crafted, Learning Resource Center boasts 10 future- front of best practice, for clinical simula­ increasingly complex scenarios, such as oriented clinical simulation labs for nursing tion, when combined with targeted nursing those relating to heart failure and post­ skills, individual patient simulation, courses and Villanova’s broad liberal arts partum hemorrhage. “As a result of stu­ teaching-learning, health assessment, adult education, nurtures clinicians and leaders dents’ increased confidence, they are better by building not only competence but also able to take advantage of the learning oppor­ confidence and autonomy. tunities in the clinical setting,” explains as r Kathryn M. Reynolds ’79 B.S.N., M.S.N., gue o

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ol At the graduate level, Nurse Anesthesia a thinking and professional P knowledge students use the simulators to practice the Transitioning to a new role, that of sophisticated operating suite care they professional nurse or advanced deliver to the critically ill patient. Nurse practice nurse, requires new Practitioner students build the higher level thinking. Through the use of physical exam skills needed for their new patient care scenarios, Nursing roles as primary-care providers. faculty model and facilitate the development of their students’ Setting the standard for skills of inquiry, clinical judgment standardized patient scenarios and decision-making. Students The Learning Resource Center also choose appropriate assessment provides three labs for SP practice techniques and nursing interven­ scenarios and testing—valuable tools in tions, based on a patient’s clinical clinical education. SPs are individuals profile, to manage their “patients.” trained in acting techniques to simulate Computerized human simulators medical conditions accurately and are at the core of this teaching- repeatedly in a systematic way. Using SP learning method. These labs— cases in health-care education has been used by both undergraduate and shown to improve student confidence, Irene Cheng ’09 B.S.N. listens to the breath sounds graduate Nursing students as well history-taking and physical assessment of an infant simulator. as CE learners—are all supported skills, awareness of cultural and behavioral by advanced technology. biases, and student performance in the health, maternal/child health, anesthesia The family of simulators—adult male clinical setting. and critical care, as well as three and female, birthing mother, child and In the labs, Nursing undergraduates standardized patient (SP) teaching labs. infants—mimic normal and abnormal meet several SPs requiring psychiatric Nurse educators from near and far have human physiological phenomena and assist evaluation. Through interacting with SPs, been visiting this facility and tapping into in preparing students for the live clinical who follow a script, students gain the expertise of the faculty and lab person­ experience in hospitals and health-care experience with substance abuse nel to gain insights for their own practice, agencies. These “patients” are programmed withdrawal symptoms, proper medication programs and facility enhancements. to speak, exhibit signs of medical crises and treatments, mental status exams, suicide In these labs, academic excellence and respond to interventions. risk assessments and health histories. In

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John W What Makes Driscoll Hall a “Green” Building?

The College of Nursing’s new facility, Driscoll Hall, was built using environmentally friendly construction practices, such as: n use of construction materials— from recycled sources when possible—from within a 500-mile radius of campus; n a white, reflective roof membrane to reduce daytime heat accumulation and nighttime radiation of heat into the atmosphere; n a high-efficiency HVAC system Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, Ph.D., R.N., CRNP, associate professor, monitors students’ and light fixtures with daylight interventions during an infant asthma simulation. sensors; and n plumbing fixtures that reduce doing so, they continue to refine the In the “eye” of enhanced evaluation water consumption. therapeutic communication skills that they A digital recording system in the labs have been learning since freshman year. functions as an extra “eye” in the room. The In April 2008 Villanova University Nurse Practitioner students benefit from system uses cameras around the patient submitted the Driscoll Hall project practicing history-taking, physical exams simulation spaces and recording “bubbles” to the U.S. Green Building Council and developing a differential diagnosis in the ceiling for sound. This enables real- (USGBC) for LEED (Leadership in through “patient” encounters in which the time capture of a practice or testing situation Energy and Environmental Design) SPs exhibit various health concerns, such so that students and faculty may review the Certification. This certification as knee pain, high blood pressure and recording and assess performance for process involves the application physical disabilities related to a stroke. feedback or grading purposes. Playback of sustainable principles in five “Students meet their ‘patients’ in a features also enable peer review and inter- space that mimics a fully equipped clinic relater reliability testing. key areas: examination room—without interruptions n selection and design of the from other class members,” explains A site for new opportunities building site, Elizabeth Blunt, Ph.D., M.S.N., APRN, “Beyond the technology, we have new n water efficiency within the BC, assistant professor and coordinator of spaces that foster and promote excellence,” building and landscaping design, the Nurse Practitioner Program. “Faculty noted Colleen Avery ’09 B.S.N. of n energy efficiency and the are able to observe the student/‘patient’ Turnersville, N.J., during her remarks at building’s impact on the interaction via the live-feed cameras. the Dedication Day dinner. In summarizing atmosphere, This makes the encounter much more Driscoll Hall’s impact on students and the n the use of sustainable materials realistic.” The SP approach propels new opportunities it offers, she said, “The and practices in the construction students to practice at a higher cognitive spaces in which undergraduate and of the building, and level with real patients in the clinical graduate research flourish provide the n the quality of the indoor setting—a hallmark of a Villanova nurse. impetus for young nurses to ask questions, “The practice scenarios put to use find answers in their research and redefine environment. everything we are learning in our nursing practice for the future.” Avery, who assessment class, and are helpful in getting appreciates the value of her Villanova us to think through the processes of Nursing education, observed, “I came to diagnosing, treating and following up with Villanova because of the outstanding patients,” notes Sarah Bissell Klein ’04 faculty and I will leave Villanova knowing B.S.N., R.N., an Adult Nurse Practitioner that my greatest talents and critical student who hopes to practice in internal thinking were brought out by them in an medicine after graduation. environment such as Driscoll Hall, which brings out the best in nursing education.”

10 Villanova Nursing Thank You to Our Generous Donors to the Building Enhancement Fund

The College of Nursing Tara Siegal Cortes Ph.D., R.N. Dr. Barbara R. Caldwell Jim and Sue (LaRose) McElhenny gratefully acknowledges the and Louis E. Cortes, M.D. Michele P. Campbell, M.S.N., Marycarol and Tom McGovern contributions of all of its Dick and Martha Coyle R.N. Karen and George McKenna alumni, students, parents and Dr. Lynore DeSilets Maj. Mark Noblit and Dr. Mrs. Rita G. McNamara Tfriends, as well as the Connelly Rose and Bob O’Driscoll Francesca Cariello Mr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Megan Foundation, who made Dr. M. Frances Keen Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Caserta Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Monahan enhancements to Driscoll Hall Rick Miller Helen B. Connors, Ph.D. Maria M. Mozzani possible and who, through their Dr. Mary D. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Creedon Christine Crumlish support, ensure that its vibrancy Gerald and Susan V.B. O’Shea Frances and Joseph D’Ambrisi O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D., R.N. continues. In a future issue Lesley A. Perry, Ph.D., R.N. Daniel and Darcy D’Andrea Dr. Barbara B. Ott of Villanova Nursing, we will Mr. Rene C. and Dr. Marguerite Constance M. DiPietro Joann M. Pawletko-Mathews be profiling additional donors K. Schlag Caroline L. Doherty Mr. Joseph and Dr. Helen Yura who help the College envision William M. Warfel, Ph.D., R.N. Margaret Bonner Dolan Petro its future. Rev. Arthur E. Woolley, Jr., S.S.C. Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Donahue Mary Pickett, Ph.D., R.N. Friends and Family of Mary Dr. Gloria F. Donnelly Dr. Robert V. Piemonte This list reflects donations Louise Lamb Elaine T. Duck Mr. and Mrs. Brendan E. Quinn and pledges to the Building Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Dumais Julie Daniels Riedlinger Enhancement Fund through $2,500 and Above Maureen Finan Erskine Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Ross May 31. Kathleen Barkley John A. Erwin Cynthia D. Rugart Dr. and Mrs. Uday V. Doctor Eileen and Warren Ferdinandsen Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Fanelle Pamela Y. Fernandez Samulewicz $100,000 and Above Marita Frain, Ed.M., R.N. Dr. Regina S. Fink William J. and Rose Marie Scharle The Sultanate of Oman Nicole and David Guerin Donette H. Fitzpatrick Ann S. Scheve Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Fox Peter D. and Colleen E. Schleider $50,000 and Above LoBiondo Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fuchs Ann P. Schoemaker Joseph and Donna DiPalma Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Maguire Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gallen Jr. Dr. Mara H. Schwenk Cassidy Matthew and Ann Barrow Dr. Kathy D. Gray-Siracusa Dr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sciortino Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Fitzmyer McKenzie Betty Ann Curren Grozier Mr. and Mrs. Luka Sinishtaj Dr. M. Louise Fitzpatrick Matthew and Cynthia Novak Dr. Elizabeth P. Hagen* Dr. Susan C. Slaninka Lisa Smith Freer and Brad Freer Elise and Charles Pizzi Margaret M. Hannan Drs. Suzanne and Ronald Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hopko Elly Burns Prestage Dr. Patricia M. Haynor and Smeltzer Bill and Diane Parrett Mariel Woolley Rodgers Donald Maaswinkel Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Smith William R. VanArsdale Family Dr. Mary Ellen Scanlan Cynthia S. Hoens and the Hoens/ Jennifer A. Specht Carol (Toussie) and Michael S. Dr. Florence I. Smoczynski Richards Families Dr. and Mrs. Peter M. Tan Weingarten B.S.N. Class of 1959 Andrea O. Hollingsworth, Ph.D. Gloria E. Trevlyn Joyce S. Willens and Brad B.S.N. Class of 1966 Capt. Joan M. Huber, N.C., Stephanie Trinkl Lamson-Scribner U.S.N. (Ret.) Dr. Kimberly K. Trout Nursing Alumni Society, $1,000 and Above Nadia C. Kaczun Mr. and Mrs. John M. Villanova University Jeannette Abboud-Niemczyk, Lauren E. Kattany Vanderslice III D.M.D. Dr. Anne P. Keane Duncan W. VanDusen $10,000 and Above Michele R. Aragno Claire L. Keane Joan A. Vernose Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cannon Annella J. Barranco Sharon A. Keeney Joy A. Vroman Tim and Gail Frederick Donovan Gil and Carmelita Bautista Jennifer Z. Kirkby James A. and Barbara Walsh Michael J. and Elizabeth A. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Bernaz Jeannette M. Large Robert L. Wesolowski Christina Larson Kelly A. Michael Blanche III Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Sue A. (Stein) Wilson Eugene and Peggy (Richter) Lorraine F. Brewer Lavin Jr. Wimmer Family McQuade Mr. and Mrs. Alfio J. Brindisi Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Leach Roberta K. Witte Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Schaible Carolyn B. Broeren Colleen A. Lee Friends of Dr. M. Louise The Kathleen B. and Charles R. Alice Brogan Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lim Fitzpatrick Walgreen III Foundation Lt. Kathryn M. Brothers James C. Loper Neumann College Alpha Nu Chapter of Sigma Mr. and Mrs. Gerard J. Bruderle Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Omani Student Association Theta Tau International Rear Adm. Christine Bruzek- Maglione Student Nurses Association of Kohler, Ed.D., R.N. Dr. Claire M. Manfredi Pennsylvania (SNAP) $5,000 and Above Barbara M. Buerke Margaret McClure, Ed.D. Undergraduate Nursing Senate Cecile S. Blanche Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Byrnes Ruth McDermott-Levy and Eugene and Rosemary Buerke Andrew Levy * Deceased

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PA Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Alcusky Alana M. DePrisco Jane M. Alvino Jeanne DeSantis Mary Jo Ambury Rose B. Dethlefs Dr. Stephen J. Andriole Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Devaney Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Arens Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Domenick Dr. and Mrs. John M. Babinecz Sandra T. Douds Mr. and Mrs. John G. Bagley Gerald A. Dougherty Talin K. Bakalian Dr. Elizabeth B. Dowdell Maureen M. Baraky Barbara and James Drake Mariellen Benedetto Bridget E. Drake Dr. Patricia Bennett Mary R. Dressler-Carre Theresa M. Berger-Stengel John G. and Gloria Drosdick Among those gathering for the Dedication of Driscoll Hall were Nancy Oberlies Bierowski Lisa A. Duffin four NROTC students from the College of Nursing (from left): Anne M. Bizup Mary C. Earley Brittney Kelly, Class of 2011; Melissa Dowe and Devon Robert I. Blanchard Patricia L. Edwards Czarzasty, both Class of 2010; and Angela Laurance ’09 B.S.N. Cheryl W. Blanzola Diane Ellis Dr. Donna Zimmaro Bliss Aimee E. Enos $500 and Above Kathleen O. McGovern Diane M. Bonagura Belle Erickson Mary Paieda Allen Joanna and Paul McGrath Janine Bostick Mr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Fater Dr. and Mrs. William C. Anania Colleen and Chris Meakim and John Peter Boudwin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Fay Dr. Angelina and Mr. Giovanni Family Catherine M. Boykin, M.Ed., Veronica D. Feeg, Ph.D. Arcamone Linda B. Menard R.N., PNP Mary Jane Finnegan Madeline M. Bell Gwen E. Metz Janet Ann Boyce Brian Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Bogle, Jr. Shirlene Moore Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Brady Mr. and Mrs. Sean C. Fitzpatrick Donna M. Bohs Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Morris Patricia K. Bradley, Ph.D., R.N. Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Christine Bossone Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Najarian Erin Brand Fitzpatrick Cmdr. Alice I. Bova, Ret. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Nazarethian Joyce A. Brill Timothy M. Fitzpatrick Mr. Steven J. Cataldo and Mary M. O’Leary Kathleen R. Brinkman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Flegel Ms. Stephanie S. Allen Capt. and Mrs. Michael H. Orfini Mr. and Mrs. Barry O. Burke Michaelene A. Fogli Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Terri S. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Burke Jacquelyn Shaefer Foley Chiarantona Rafael and Theresa Pérez Joan M. Burrill Carolyn Fowle Annette P. Day Mr. and Mrs. James E. Rocap III Anne Burrows, Ph.D. Patricia B. French Sharon Roth DeFulvio Mr. and Mrs. John E. Roncevich Michael Buttil Michelle Lyn Gallagher Mrs. Mary K. S. Denny Mr. and Mrs. William J. Maj. and Mrs. Thomas J. Laurie Garawski Forlano, Mary E. Dlugos Rosanelli Callan Jr. D.O., M.P.H. Jane M. Dolan Kimberly A. Schoen Nancy H. Camp Dr. Cecelia M. Gatson-Grindel Linda C. Donoghue Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Sexton Laura J. Carideo Jennifer Gazdick Dr. and Mrs. Richard Dressler Deborah E. Silvers Robert and Rosemary Casey Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Gelso Mary E. Duffy, Ph.D. Patricia A. Somers Mary Kay Cassidy Diane Evans Gilbert Beth and Tom Dunleavy Mr. and Mrs. John C. Steger Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Catalano Patricia L. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ehle Tom and Janet Stevens David Cavanaugh and Mary Dolores M. Gillespie James Eric Fickenscher Eleanor M. Fenol Strack Jeaneen Riely Patricia A. Gillin Dorothy K. Fontaine, Ph.D. Maryann G. Tallman Ing M. Chiv Heather R. Girolamo James J. Hannan Dr. Terry Valiga Allison Christian Eileen A. Gornell Sheila A. Quinn Hartung, Ph.D. Melissa Van Engers Dimitra G. Christoforatos Marie P. Graham Mr. and Mrs. William P. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Christian Voss Helene Moriarty Cincotta Mary E. Halphen Greipp, Ed.D. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wayne Hom Patricia B. Wise Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Clark Michele C. Guagliardo Julie Hutmacher Bethann Worster Mr. and Mrs. Terrence J. Cooney Joanne Frances Gurney Mr. and Mrs. Drew P. Lamarca Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Worster Mr. Robert and Dr. Linda Copel Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Maribeth S. LeBreton Grace A. Wummer Mr. Joseph and Dr. Marcia Harbourt Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Lynch Nurse Anesthesia Class of 2008 Costello Gail S. Harrigan Margaret G. Lyons Sigma Theta Tau International Capt. Mary Ann Cronin Constance Mary Hartzell Michele Blanche Ma Theta Delta Beta-Chi Eta Phi Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Curcio Nina M. Heppe Steven and Bette Mariani and Sorority Kim Curley Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Family Herron

12 Villanova Nursing Teresa A. Holman Gifts of Art Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Dawn Hughes Urban Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hulka The College of Nursing is grateful for the following gifts of art: Joan A. Valcarcel Helen M. Hulme n painting of “Nightingale in the Crimea,” a gift of Judith Young Abagail K. Vanaskie Dr. Jacqueline G. Hunt and Amy Young McKeever ‘08 Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Velez Pamela A. Hunter Jennifer M. Venafra n Picasso print, a gift of Jeannette Large Karen B. Hurst Grace V. Verruno Karen E. Javie n photograph of the Philadelphia Nursing Mural, a gift of Thomas Barbara A. Vishton Kelly L. Job Jefferson University Hospital Anne K. Vizzard Sharon E. Johnson n photograph of early Visiting Nurse-Visiting Nurse Service of Karen B. Voystock Kathleen M. Joyce New York, a gift of Dr. Rita Lourie Joanne L. Walker Morgan E. Judge n Middle Eastern decorative chest, a gift of Zayana al-Ghaithi Dr. Barbara E. Wall Dr. Elizabeth K. Keech ’08 M.S.N. Drs. William and Diane Wardell Mary P. Kelly Carol L. Warner Capt. Kathleen C. Kendall, Kristy E. Washington U.S.N. (Ret.) Tara McDermott Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Peterpaul Margaret A. Wellington Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kenwell Barbara W. McGarvey Maureen F. Peters Randall A. Wellington Angie Kearney Patricia McGrath Joan L. Pfaff Mary F. Wendling Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Kerwin Elizabeth McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley Mr. Albert C. Wong and Jane E. Kerzan Jill M. McKenna Charlie and Carol Rae Ms. Pansy Mar Dr. Shaké Ketefian Carol E. McKeon Claire M. Rankin Frances R. Worman Mr. and Mrs. Randall L. Kidd Nancy L. McKinley Dr. and Mrs. Martin F. Reale Judith M. Young Margaret M. Kinlan Gloria J. McNeal, Ph.D., Sara Reeder, Ph.D., R.N. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Zoubek Judith M. Klimek R.N., C.S. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Villanova College of Liberal Arts Margaret K. Knapp Linda T. McNerney Reynholds and Sciences Maryanne Koval Barbara A. Miller Kathryn Moriarty Reynolds Villanova College of Nursing Kristen D. Krebs Melinda R. Milliken Alice S. Ritchie Villanova College of Nursing Sylvia P. Kuritzky Lt. Cmdr. Shauneen P. Murray Rosemary W. Ritchie Staff (Anita Burry, Sharon Katherine G. Labman Miranda Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ritz DeFulvio, Geri Hansen, Margaret F. Lang Dr. Rosalie Mirenda Dr. Gale C. Robinson-Smith Theresa Hoffman-Lare, Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Langran Estelle M. Monahan Joan B. Roop Susan Leighton, Peggy Karen Elaine Larson Elizabeth S. Monsen Joyce C. Roth Lyons, Karen May, Colleen Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lauriello Mr. and Mrs. James J. Dr. Nancy L. Rothman Meakim, Denise Meikle, Kathryn E. Lawless Mooney Sr. Alison Ryan Sylvia Montgomery, Barbara Rosalind Alfaro LeFevre Mr. and Mrs. James J. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Ryan Nolan, Marie Paolucci, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lesovitz Lauren E. Moran Linda K. Ryan Carol Rae, Erin Sabatini, Carolyn M. Lidbeck Mary Moriarty Mr. and Mrs. Justin J. Scalzo Mimi Synder, Anne Wince, Maryanne and Steve Lieb Michael Moriarty Phyllis Ann Schiavone-Gatto Louisa Zullo) Rev. and Mrs. Philip C. Linder Maryalice Morro, Capt., U.S.N. Elizabeth J. Schmidheiser Villanova Office of Campus Claire Baldwin Lindley Michael J. Mucci Patricia G. Schneider Ministry Mary Ellen P. Lorenz Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Mullally Mary B. Shannon Villanova Department of Molly W. Ludwig Andrea M. Mullen Mr. and Mrs. James O. Shoup Mechanical Engineering Mary P. MacWilliams Linda F. Murphy Courtney A. Sisk Diane J. Mancino Sharon W. Napoli Dr. Patricia A. Slachta Barbara A. Mankey Maria L. Narliotis Mr. and Mrs. John J. Slater III Barry P. Martin Mary E. Navins Jean Marie Sowa Additional Naming Patricia F. Martin Joanne M. Neu Grace A. Spena Opportunities Christine R. Martinenza Lorraine R. Nisonoff Judith A. Spross, Ph.D., R.N. There are additional naming Regina B. Mastrangelo Barbara and Francis Nolan Anne H. Stocking opportunities available in Julianne M. Mattimore Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Shirley D. Stokes Driscoll Hall, as well as Julie Matule Norton Jr. Margaret Strickler exterior pavers. For more Anne-Marie McAlarnen Mr. and Mrs. James A. O’Brien David E. Stubanas information, please contact Stacey S. McArdle Nancy B. O’Connor Jennetta Jackson Stubanas College of Nursing Dr. and Mrs. Edward V. McAssey Kim Campbell Olivieri Joan Flood Swetz development officer Sue Stein Virginia J. McCadden Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Malley Christine M. Tierney by phone at (610) 519-7980 or by e-mail at sue.stein@ Elaine H. McCaffrey Patricia Hunt O’Neill Mr. William W. and Dr. Catherine villanova.edu. Mary A. McCarthy Mae Ann Pasquale Todd Magel Gloria K. McClellan Cecilia Paul Judith A. Turken

Spring/Summer 2009 13 College Highlights

No Longer a World Away

In South Africa, students gain experience in clinics, classrooms and orphanages, plus an eye-opening global perspective on health and illness—especially HIV/AIDS.

“ will never forget what I saw, heard and “These people are the plans and materials for their targeted learned in South Africa,” says Kyle statistics that we read audiences. They also learned useful Zulu Keating ’09 B.S.N., from Bryn Mawr, words and phrases. Pa. She and seven other rising seniors in the newspapers.” I —Anna Menard ’09 B.S.N. from the College of Nursing’s traditional A heart-wrenching look at AIDS and accelerated second degree B.S.N. programs in May 2008 traveled around Preparing for South Africa was intense. Once in South Africa, they had full days the world for a life-altering elective course To gain perspective on the community and their evenings were busy as well with in international nursing. they were entering, the students attended lectures from guest speakers who offered The field experience offered an class sessions covering the country’s further insights into South Africa’s health- opportunity to examine the socio-cultural history, economy, social and government care system. dimensions of health and illness and the structure, nursing and health-care delivery, The students took part in clinical systems for delivering nursing and health non-governmental agencies (NGOs), experiences, beginning with the Depart- care in South Africa, with an emphasis on philanthropy and the HIV/AIDS pan- ment of Health’s Pinetown Clinic in the the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In 2007, among demic. Before departing for Durban, municipality. They learned about the adults age 15-49, the country’s HIV they investigated health and cultural topics clinic’s services as well as the challenges infection rate might have been as high as to develop presentations for their group, for the health department and the country 20 percent, according to UNAIDS/WHO; and prepared health promotion teaching as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. in the eThekwini Municipality, where the Nursing students had their field experience, the HIV infection rate among pregnant women was 40 percent. This was the first time a group of students from the College traveled to South Africa. They built on the Augustin- URTESY DR. FRANCES KEEN ian presence at the mission in Durban. The O S C O

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the College’s Connelly Endowment, was PH facilitated by the Rev. Al Ellis, O.S.A., and the Rev. Frank Doyle, O.S.A. The group’s lodging and meals were provided by the Augustinian Sisters at Jacob’s Well, a convent and retreat center at the top of Botha’s Hill. The elective course in Durban inte- grates global health experience into the College’s curriculum, as do other experiences for Nursing students in such places as the Dominican Republic, Peru and Nicaragua. In South Africa, the students were accompanied by Frances Keen, D.N.Sc., R.N., assistant dean and director of the College’s Undergraduate Program, and Elizabeth Blunt, Ph.D., R.N., APRN, BC, assistant professor and coordinator of the Nurse Practitioner Program. By applying handwashing powder, Kyle Keating ’09 B.S.N. helped youngsters at St. Leo’s Primary School to visualize how well they have cleaned their hands.

14 Villanova Nursing Healthy lessons for children Our Villanova Nursing students devoted time to schools as well as clinics. In Mayville, the Sisters of St. Augustine manage St. Theresa’s Primary School and Home. The majority of the school’s 400 students, who are in grades one through seven, come from six local orphanages. The Nursing students focused on age- appropriate health topics, including hand hygiene, teeth brushing, basic first aid and cardiac function. The Nursing students also were asked to present information on HIV/AIDS and drug use to the older children. St. Theresa’s Home is an orphanage for 62 boys, from infants to age 18. At 1:30 p.m., when classes ended at the primary school, the Nursing students went to the Home’s individual cottages to provide services. They taught the older boys about first aid, HIV/AIDS and chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Their Anna Menard ’09 B.S.N. taught first aid to students at St. Theresa’s Primary teaching methods included Q&A sessions School. “I am taking away so much…a renewed appreciation for our country and so that the young men could focus on their health-care system, and a calling to do something more,” she noted about her areas of greatest need. elective field experience last year. Dr. Blunt provided screening physical examinations to 40 boys at the Home. Students assisted her by performing skin In Marianhill, the group visited St. Nursing students had an opportunity to and dental examinations. Mary’s Hospital, a facility funded by both provide care in its Respite Unit. the Catholic Church and the South African Keating says she was shocked and (continued on page 16) government. On its grounds are a school moved by her experience. She offered to of nursing and a community outreach accompany an Augustinian program. Students met with faculty from volunteer who would be the school and supervisors of the outreach transporting an elderly program. They visited maternity, pediatric woman to her appointment and adult medical-surgical wards, as well at the wound care clinic at as casualty, primary care, antenatal and McCord’s Hospital. The HIV/AIDS clinics. woman required care “The HIV/AIDS clinic was heart- following two snakebites and wrenching,” recalls Anna Menard ’09 infected skin grafts. Keating B.S.N., from Holicong, Pa. “People were and the volunteer used a everywhere. As I was passing by people wheelbarrow to take the that were so very sick, just skin and bones, patient up an unpaved, I realized these people were the statistics slippery road to the waiting that we read in the newspapers.” car, only to find after the Students also benefited from their visit long trek that the clinic had to the rural Lulisandla Social Outreach closed for the day. Project, a faith-based organization within Keating felt the impact of the Archdiocese of Durban. the area’s lack of resources. The Nursing students’ education “My personal goals upon continued at Hillcrest AIDS Centre and returning from South Africa Respite Unit. This faith-based NGO is led me into my next adven- known for its outstanding work in provid- ture: to figure out how I can ing HIV testing and counseling, educating best employ my gifts, good patients and care providers, and offering fortune and education to continuing support for the individuals better serve those who are Nursing faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Blunt (left) touched by AIDS. Developed and managed disadvantaged and deprived,” and Dr. Frances Keen (right) confer with Lindwe by two nurses, Hillcrest provides an she says. Maduna, the principal of St. Leo’s Primary School excellent model for holistic nursing care. who helped facilitate the visit by the Nursing students.

Spring/Summer 2009 15 College Highlights

Board of Consultors Chair Transitions

(continued from page 15) In April, the position of chairperson of the the board, she is associate dean, Integrated At St. Leo’s Primary School in College of Nursing’s Board of Consultors Technologies, and executive director of Emolweni, there are 600 students from transitioned to Helen Connors ’64 B.S.N., the University of Kansas Center for Health kindergarten through grade seven. This Ph.D., R.N., FAAN (left in photo below). Informatics at KU’s School of Nursing. government-sponsored school receives In addition to being a charter member of Dr. Connors will fill the unexpired significant support from a parish outside term of the inaugural Durban, Our Lady of Mercy, which is chairperson, Rear Adm. staffed by the Augustinians. Approxi- Christine M. Bruzek- mately 10 percent of the children are HIV- Kohler ’74 B.S.N., M.A., positive, and many of these 60 youngsters Ed.D., R.N., FACHE come from households headed by children (right), who will remain whose parents have died of AIDS. In on the board. Adm. addition to offering classes, the school Bruzek-Kohler has a new attempts to meet many of their health expanded role in the needs by providing food parcels for child- U.S. Navy. On May 22, headed households, a daily meal for the she became commander youngest children and a daily fruit of Navy Medicine West, supplement. The Nursing students again based in San Diego offered age-appropriate health and basic (encompassing hospitals first aid instruction. In addition, Dr. Blunt and clinics in California, examined approximately 25 children with Washington state, Hawaii, assistance from the Nursing students. Japan and Guam) and commander of Naval A second trip, a long road ahead Medical Center San This May, two assistant professors of Diego. She continues Nursing—Karen McKenna ’70 B.S.N., as director of the Navy ’83 M.S.N., R.N. and Elise Pizzi, M.S.N., Nurse Corps. The College CRNP—and eight Nursing students is grateful for her service journeyed to South Africa. Building on the chairing the board. College’s initial visit, they provided the additional first aid classes requested by the schools, as well as education on other topics such as nutrition. At the request of St. Theresa’s Home, this year’s group provided a physical examination for each resident child. Prior to leaving the United States, last year’s group of Nursing students raised funds so that they could give back to their clinical sites while in South Africa. They donated cash, first aid supplies, 600 toothbrushes, school supplies, rubber gloves, and new or used clothing for resale. The students were so affected by the needs of the agencies they visited that they continued with fund raising events last fall. “The experience has changed forever the way I think,” noted Danielle Turdo ’09 B.S.N., from River Edge, N.J. “The people we have worked with and the sites we have seen showed me how much hard work is needed to end the vicious cycle of The College of Nursing celebrates two members of our staff for their longtime poverty and HIV/AIDS in South Africa.” service: Barbara Nolan, administrative assistant (right), and Marie Paolucci, Undergraduate Program assistant. Both have served the College for 20 years. During that time, they have made outstanding contributions. Their talents, knowledge, good humor and exquisite attention to detail make them examples to all of us. We are so grateful for their efforts.

16 Villanova Nursing Research Symposium Addresses Advanced Practice

The College of Nursing once again they received from showcased the scholarly work of nurses pediatric oncology with its annual research symposium, nurses during their whose theme this year was “Advancing treatment. The study Nursing Practice and Nursing Education highlights the signifi- Through Research.” The symposium was cance of these caring held on March 26. acts. During her Mary E. Duffy ’68 B.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., independent study, FAAN, senior nurse scientist at Massachu- Matula participated in setts General Hospital and retired director the research process, of Boston College’s Center for Nursing assisted with data Research, gave the keynote speech on analysis and was “Development of a Nurse Researcher: co-author on “The Lessons Learned in the Trenches.” Meaning of Comfort Students, faculty and area nurses for Pediatric Oncology presented their work. Christine Matula ’09 Patients,” to be B.S.N., from Norwalk, Conn., while a published in Oncology In a poster presentation at the symposium, Nursing student junior undertook an extra credit indepen- Nursing Forum Christine Matula (right) and Mary Ann Cantrell ’89 M.S.N., dent study in research with Mary Ann in November. Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of Nursing, showcased their Cantrell ’89 M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., associate The symposium was joint research project. professor of Nursing. Their qualitative co-sponsored by the study was on the five themes generated College’s Center for Nursing Research and For more information, including a list from how a sample of childhood cancer the Alpha Nu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau of presenters, follow the links from www. survivors described the care and comfort International. villanova.edu/nursing.

Scholarship Recipients Honored

The College of Nursing held a breakfast during Parents Caitlin C. Ward Heewon A. Cho Weekend last fall for our undergraduate scholarship recipients Class of 2009 Class of 2011 and invited guests. Those honored on September 13, 2008, in The Col. Julia B. Paparella and Lauren E. Fowler the Driscoll Hall Commons area were: Dr. Benedict A. Paparella Class of 2012 Endowed Scholarship for Christine M. Matula Melissa K. Perez Lauren A. Robinson Nursing Class of 2009 Class of 2009 Class of 2012 Carolyn J. Schultz The Kreider Family Endowed The Mother Teresa Endowed Julie E. Christoforo Class of 2011 University Scholarship Nursing Scholarship Class of 2009 The Alexis Rosenberg Founda- Established by Peter and Mary Alice Holland Memorial tion Endowed Scholarship Erica Della Polla Colleen Schleider in Scholarship Class of 2010 Memory of Richard and Andrew E. Maisello The Daniel M. and Christine Ellen Wright LaTrina A. Bailey Class of 2012 A. Finnegan Endowed Deanna M. Del Gaiso Class of 2010 The Margaret Mary Starzynski Nursing Scholarship in Class of 2012 The Robert and Frances Memorial Fund Scholarship Memory of Eileen S. The Eastwood Family Nursing Capone Scholarship Lupton ’03 Scholarship Adriane Weigand Elizabeth A. Witte Class of 2011 Sarah E. Klein-Harris Danielle T. Sammartino Class of 2011 The Frances Farrell D’Ambrisi Class of 2009 Class of 2009 The Jill Laura Creedon Endowed Nursing The Eileen S. Lupton ’03 The Eastwood Family Nursing Scholarship for Nursing Scholarship Endowed Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Irene Cheng Caitlin B. Rhoades Class of 2009 Serena Hong Class of 2012 Hang T. Ly Class of 2010 The Linda A. and James W. Class of 2009 The Mary V. O’Donnell Eastwood ’68 Family The Memorial Endowment Endowed University Endowed Scholarship Fund of Margaret S. and Scholarship Jeremiah J. Enright

Spring/Summer 2009 17 College Highlights

Congratulations to Our Newest Freshman Presents Research in Canada Ph.D. Graduates! I decided to study social groups. I believe Catherine Lovecchio ’85 B.S.N., ’08 that this provided me an opportunity to Ph.D., R.N. successfully defended her make the most positive impact in the field dissertation, “On-Line Alcohol Educa- by making a real difference in the lives of tion: Impact on Knowledge, Attitudes, the individuals with whom I work.” and Behaviors of First-Year College Capozzola collaborated with Dr. Susan Students,” in October 2008. She is an DeLuke, associate professor of special edu- assistant professor at the University cation at the College of St. Rose in Albany, of Scranton Department of Nursing in N.Y., to conduct her ASD study at St. Rose Scranton, Pa. with subjects in sixth through 11th grade. Ruth McDermott-Levy The purpose of the research was to improve ’96 M.S.N., ’08 Ph.D., R.N. success- the social competence and interpersonal fully defended her dissertation, “The relationships of adolescents with high- Lived Experience of Female Arab- functioning ASD through a weekly social Muslim Nurses Studying in the United group using a case study format. Sixteen States,” in May 2008. She is an assistant participants attended a 10-to-12-week professor in the College of Nursing. program focusing on the development of Amy McKeever ’08 Ph.D., CRNP social skills, then completed the Social successfully defended her disserta- Skills Questionnaire (Gresham & Elliot, tion in December 2008. Her study was 1990) to assess changes in social relating “Female College Students’ Self-Reported Nursing freshman Catherine Capozzola within a peer group. Behavioral Change After an Educational gave a poster session in Toronto detailing Her quantitative results demonstrated Intervention to Reduce Behaviors Associ- her research on autism. statistically significant improvements, and ated with Cervical Cancer Risk.” She is her qualitative results showed the emer- a clinical assistant professor at Drexel atherine “Kate” Capozzola, a gence of the following themes: University’s College of Nursing and freshman from Albany, N.Y., • contradiction between observed behaviors Health Professions in Philadelphia. began her education at the College and expressed desires to connect socially, Anne Vitale ’08 Ph.D., APRN,BC of Nursing with an experience that • missing the meaning due to social successfully defended her dissertation, C would be highly coveted by many graduate confusion, “Nurses’ Lived Experience of Reiki for students. In October 2008, at the Geneva • the compounding effects of social mistakes, Self-Care,” in May 2008. She is a Centre for Autism International Sympo- • a sense of camaraderie among the group visiting assistant professor at Florida sium in Toronto, Canada, she presented members seeking connection and Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn her research on social behavior among • demonstrated improvement in some areas. College of Nursing. adolescents with high-functioning Autism What was it like for a freshman to do a Spectrum Disorders (ASD). poster session at a professional conference? Children with this disorder can face “I did not think anything of presenting at significant challenges in their home, school such a young age until I saw how proud and social life. Among 8-year-olds in the other presenters were to have their new multiple areas of the United States, master’s and doctorate degrees listed at the approximately 1 in 150 have ASD, accord- end of their presentations when my only ing to a 2007 report by the Centers for credential was a high school diploma,” Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Capozzola recalled. “Then, I remem- Autism and Developmental Disabilities bered that my presentation was given Monitoring Network. just as much time as theirs. People were It was in high school that Capozzola particularly impressed with the quantita- became involved with autism research. tive results, as many studies are unable to “I originally chose to study autism because produce statistically significant data.” (From left) Doctoral graduates Anne a good friend of mine has identical twin For her future research, Capozzola said Vitale ’08 Ph.D., APRN,BC; Catherine brothers who are just one year younger she plans “to continue my work on this study Lovecchio ’85 B.S.N., ’08 Ph.D., R.N.; than I, and are both autistic,” she said. “I and follow through to publication. I also Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 M.S.N., ’08 spent a lot of time with them and wanted intend to stay involved in the autism social Ph.D., R.N.; and Amy McKeever ’08 to learn more about autism as a result. groups I began. I hope to begin another study Ph.D., CRNP gathered for a photo before After exploring different research options, soon that focuses on the experiences of indi- Convocation on May 16. such as lab work verses personal contact, viduals with autism in the hospital setting.”

18 Villanova Nursing Nurses Must Be Leaders in Environmental Health Log on to Villanova for Continuing Nursing Education Consumer concerns have pushed envi- ronmental health to the forefront, and College Offers Online Courses for Relicensure and Recertification nurses as both consumers and health-care providers must be prepared to address oes your state have a mandatory care systems participating in the American these issues. With that goal, Barbara Sat- continuing education requirement Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Mag- tler, Dr.P.H., R.N., FAAN conducted an ® Dfor relicensure? If you live in Cali- net Recognition Program must demonstrate October 3, 2008, program for the Villanova fornia, Kansas, Delaware, New Jersey and nursing excellence in many ways, among University community on “Environmental now Pennsylvania, it does. About 60 percent them specialty certification of their nurses. Exposure.” Dr. Sattler is a professor in the of states in the United States have some In fall 2008, the College’s Continu- University of Maryland School of Nurs- kind of CE requirement for nurses. Each ing Education in Nursing and Health Care ing’s Department of Family and Consumer state board of nursing has its own specific Program launched its online CE collec- Health. Her evening program was a prelude requirements on the number of hours, pre- tion, which complements the conferences, to the Villanova College of Nursing’s Con- scribed time periods and mandated topics. courses, certificate programs and workshops tinuing Education conference on “Green- The National Council of the State offered on campus or on-site for clients. The ing of a Community Health Curriculum: Boards of Nursing College offers accred- Promoting Environmental Health,” which (NCSBN) is con- ited CE in a variety took place the following day. Dr. Sattler sidering criteria for of approved areas of highlighted the environmental risks in our ensuring the con- study for relicensure, lives and how nurses must take the leader- tinued competence recertification and life- ship role on these issues by becoming more of R.N.s. Nurses long learning. There knowledgeable than the average consumer. need to monitor the are single and series “The body is a reflection of contami- NCSBN Web site courses. Among the nants in what products we use and what (www.ncsbn.org) examples of the series environmental pollutants we are exposed for information about are the management, to,” Dr. Sattler stated. “Body burden stud- the development of psychology, clinical ies have demonstrated that pollutants can recommendations and Nurse Practitioner appear in various storage sites of the body, based on a continued options. Other courses such as breast milk, hair and umbilical cord competence regula- focus on HIV/AIDS, blood samples.” tory model. domestic violence, Where do these In the meantime, Last fall, the College of Nursing launched its pediatric nursing pollutants in the nurses must be new online continuing education courses. and cholesterol body come from? mindful of the state management. There are a variety requirements where they hold a license. For “The flexibility to choose not only of outlets for expo- instance, the Pennsylvania State Board of what I want to learn, but when and where sure in everyday life. Nursing is implementing its mandatory 30- I learn it, is a huge part of why I keep Potential contami- contact-hour relicensure process, based on coming back,” noted Teresa M. Conte ’03 nants are found in license expiration date. Advanced practice M.S.N., CRNP, who has also contributed a products used for nurses must also follow their state licensure CE course in professional grief, focusing personal care, home renewal requirements. on handling chronic grief in the workplace. and office main- CE is vital for nurses and advanced The College developed these targeted tenance, lawn and practice nurses seeking recertification in online programs for clinicians, educators, garden care, arts and their specialty practice. Their contact hours managers, researchers and advanced crafts, auto care and even pet care. We are also may have a secondary impact on the practitioner nurses. interacting and using potentially harmful ® Magnet status of the institutions where To view or take a course, visit agents in almost every aspect of our life, they are employed. Hospitals and health- www.villanova.edu/nursing/ce. from skin creams to kitchen cleaning aids to garden pesticides, Dr. Sattler empha- Continuing Education Connections sized. These chemicals can increase the risk Pennsylvania now requires continuing education (CE) for relicensure. Connect of birth defects, developmental delays in yourself to critical information and contact hours—onsite and online. For children, cancers, fertility issues, gastroin- upcoming clinical and administrative CE courses and series, on such topics as testinal and liver disease, and impairment of IV insertions, EKGs, wound care, med-surg review and Role Excellence (the the immune system. post-master’s Certificate in Nursing Administration), visit www.villanova.edu/ Dr. Sattler concluded with the words: nursing/ce. “If we keep our eyes on human health For more information, or to contribute to our online collection, contact protection, we will be incredible environ- Peggy Lyons ’87 B.S.N., M.S.N., CRNI, the College’s CE program coordinator, mentalists.” at (610) 519-5425 or by e-mail at: [email protected].

Spring/Summer 2009 19 Faculty Focus

Preteens’ Online Behavior Can Put Them at Risk

With a federal grant, Dr. Dowdell investigated the Internet behaviors of middle-school students who messaged with strangers.

inety five percent of teenagers go had posted personal information online: online or use home computers. 20 percent posted their e-mail address, Preteens and teenagers primar- 20 percent posted a photo of themselves Nily use their home computer for and 13 percent posted their last name. social networking, gaming, school work, Smaller percentages had posted other per- blogging, artistic work, and music and sonal data such as the name of their school, movie/television viewing. While comput- personal phone number and home address. ers provide a valuable and rich source of For parents and school officials, the information and opportunities for creativ- results of the study offer important infor- ity, they can also open up the possibility mation. “In my study of the 404 pre-teen for exposure to sexually inappropriate and students,” Dr. Dowdell stated, “59 had violent material. This also places teens at communication with a stranger who was greater risk for coming in physical contact not in their immediate social network. with potentially dangerous individuals. Since I had to have my questions screened Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, Ph.D., by school authorities, I was not allowed R.N., CRNP, associate professor in the to ask if they had received any predatory College of Nursing, recognizes the inherent e-mails. What I was allowed to ask was dangers in the Internet practices of young if they were made uncomfortable by the adults. “Historically, nurses, clinicians language in the e-mail from the ‘stranger.’ and educators have dealt with high risk Some said ‘yes,’ and they immediately behaviors of youth in the health arena of logged off the computer, or blocked the smoking cigarettes, substance use and As middle school students increasingly use stranger’s e-mail address. One 12-year-old sexual experimentation,” she observed. social networking sites, educators should girl related her story of having a friendship “The Internet has now moved risk-taking make teaching refusal skills a part of the cur- change into a relationship with an online behaviors into the cyber world arena, with riculum, according to Dr. Elizabeth Burgess stranger, only to find out he was 69 years very real and long-lasting outcomes.” Dowdell, associate professor of Nursing. old which, she stated, was ‘creepy.’ ” While the research on high school Of those middle schoolers who did mes- students and their Internet behaviors “In elementary school, almost sage with strangers, many replied that the has received considerable attention, less every child is taught the dangers stranger soon felt like a friend, and 87 per- attention has been given to middle school of strangers, but as adolescence cent of the females and 57 percent of the students (grades 6-8). To study this dispar- males thought the stranger was their own ity, Dr. Dowdell as part of a research team approaches, the idea of ‘I’m age. The females indicated that the online applied for and received a grant from the invincible’ increases.” conversations were romantic, and many of U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of —Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, these girls received phone calls, bus tickets Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven- and money from strangers. One third of Ph.D., R.N., CRNP tion in the Office of Justice Programs. the 59 students who did message with This federally supported study addressed strangers reported meeting the stranger two major questions: What are the Internet Internet Safety Survey (YISS) that was off-line. Of this group, 25 percent stated use behaviors of middle school students previously validated in another research that they felt uncomfortable at the meeting, and what Internet risk-taking behaviors study surveying young adults and parents. and three were physically assaulted. While do they use? In her study, 96 percent of the students the number of students who engaged in Dr. Dowdell’s study examined the Inter- reported having a computer in their home. risky behaviors is troubling, 61 percent of net use behaviors of 404 middle school The two most popular online activities for them did tell their parents of the “friend- male and female students from a public and the females were using Instant Messaging ship” with the stranger, and one boy used a a parochial school in a middle- to upper- (IM) and visiting Web sites. The males cyber-tip-hotline to report the contact. middle-class suburban area of Pennsylva- most often cited playing games online and “We are seeing that some middle nia. The subjects completed a written Youth using IM. Both genders indicated that they schoolers are beginning very risky

20 Villanova Nursing Internet behaviors,” Dr. Dowdell stated. although the number of students engaging “In elementary school, almost every child in risky behaviors in her study is small, is taught the dangers of strangers, but as “These youths should raise a red flag for adolescence approaches, the idea of ‘I’m educators or counselors. Prevention efforts invincible’ increases. This is totally normal need to focus on not just high school in adolescents, but the problem today is students but also pre-teens and need to be that (particularly in girls), the Internet is developmentally appropriate. The Internet an important source for social interaction is taking risky behaviors into a new public and knowledge. Unfortunately, for many health arena, and nurses are in a key posi- middle school kids, they have the idea, ‘If tion to make a difference.” it’s on the Internet, its real.’” Many parents Dr. Dowdell suggests that school cur- will feel a false sense of security with the ricula should include educational programs installation of filters and blockers on their that teach students refusal skills through computer but Dr. Dowdell pointed out that exercises involving simulated risky online “nearly half of the students I surveyed were situations. Additionally, parents should fur- able to manipulate the filters and blocks.” ther discuss with their children the dangers The opportunities for risky Internet of posting online personal data, and in that behaviors is only increasing as more young way decrease the possibility of strangers adults gain access to hand-held or portable obtaining their children’s vital information. devices. Therefore, Dr. Dowdell noted,

NIH Funds Dr. Trout’s Study of Gestational Diabetes

estational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is and are “diet-controlled.” Despite this, there Gone of the most common pregnancy is little evidence about the optimal com- complications. Could eating fewer carbs position of macronutrients in the diet for help pregnant women better control women with GDM. GDM? To study this question, Kimberly K. Dr. Trout’s proposed randomized con- Trout, Ph.D., CNM, assistant profes- trolled trial is designed to test the hypoth- sor in the College of Nursing, has esis that a lower carbohydrate diet (35 received a three-year grant to 40 percent of total calories) will from the National Institutes help pregnant women with GDM of Health (NIH)/National to achieve better blood glucose Institute of Nursing control and reduce the rate Research. Her of serious complications for research project is themselves and their infants. “Perinatal Outcomes with She will be implement- Carbohydrate Restriction for ing her study with research Gestational Diabetes.” participants from a Diabetes Dr. Kimberly K. Trout’s research will help One of the goals of treating GDM is in Pregnancy program clinic at women at high risk for developing diabetes to maintain maternal blood glucose levels an inner-city hospital that serves a while pregnant. within as close to normal range as possible. population at higher risk for health dispari- Some women with GDM require insulin ties and for developing GDM. The study’s to achieve optimal blood glucose levels; participants are primarily African-Ameri- however, most do not receive medication can and Hispanic.

Spring/Summer 2009 21 Faculty Focus

Faculty and Staff Transitions since 2004 as an adjunct clinical faculty Faculty Publications member in Adult Health Nursing. She Patricia Abdalla, interviews, advises and mentors for Elizabeth Blunt, Ph.D., M.S.N., APRN, B.S., M.E. joined the BSNExpress, the College’s accelerated BC, assistant professor and coordinator of College of Nursing in program for adults with a bachelor’s the Nurse Practitioner Program, has been August 2008 as the degree in another discipline. Prior to appointed co-author of a new monthly coordinator for coming to Villanova, she was the nurse column, Diagnostic Dilemmas, in Clinical student resources. educator at the Department of Nursing Reviews. Her article, “Expanding NP Abdalla earned a Education and Professional Development Students’ Skills: Learning Minor Proce- master’s degree in at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in dures,” was published in the Journal of Counselor Education Drexel Hill, Pa., part of the Crozer- Emergency Nursing, 34 (6), 516-518. and a B.S. in Business Keystone Health Patricia K. Bradley, Ph.D., R.N., Administration, both System. Dr. Mariani associate professor, co-authored “Nursing from Penn State University. While new to has a strong interest Research: Cancer-related Disparities” in the College, she is a familiar face on in mentoring, Advancing Oncology Nursing Science, campus, having served since 1997 at especially as it relates Chapter 10, 189-236, J. M. Phillips Villanova University’s Center for Multi- to the novice-to- and C.R. King, eds. (2009, Oncology cultural Affairs. In her current position, expert relationship Nursing Society). she remains student-focused. She provides and career satisfaction Lynore DeSilets, Ed.D., R.N.,BC, academic support to aid in the College’s within the nursing assistant professor, assistant dean and retention efforts, refers students to profession. She is director of the Continuing Education in academic and personal support resources involved in two Nursing and Health Care Program, on campus, and supports students’ efforts research projects, one that addresses issues published “Using Icebreakers to Open in identifying externships and employ- related to professional nursing practice Communication,” Administrative Angles ment. Abdalla serves on the College’s and another that is studying the attitudes Column, Journal of Continuing Education Scholarship and Academic Standing of nurses caring for dying patients. in Nursing, 39 (7), 292-293. committees and Villanova’s Who’s Who Dr. Mariani actively participates in the Mary Ann Cantrell ’89 M.S.N., Selection Committee. College’s Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Nu Ph.D., R.N., CS, assistant professor, Christa Labouvie Chapter. She is known beyond Villanova published the following articles: Gardner ’74 B.S.N., for her participation on professional n “Investigating the Determinants of R.N. returned to her committees. She serves on a panel Health-related Quality of Life Among alma mater in June developing NCLEX text items, belongs to Childhood Cancer Survivors,” with 2008 as the College’s the Eastern Nursing Research Society, and P. Lupinacci, in Journal of Advanced director of recruit- sits on the Crozer-Keystone Health System Nursing, 64 (1), 73-83. ment and admissions. and Delaware County Memorial Hospital n “Using the Internet to Deliver a Hope She builds on her Institutional Review Board. Intervention for Childhood Cancer clinical and manage- Nancy Zawacki, Survivors: A Feasibility Study,” with rial experience in M.S.N., R.N., a long- Teresa Conte ’03 M.S.N., PNP, in nursing, as well as her term member of the Cancer Nursing, An International admissions experience at the undergradu- faculty since 1975, Journal for Cancer Care, 31 (5), ate and graduate levels, and is developing retired in August 370-379. strategies to attract new adult learners to 2008. An instructor n “Between Being Cured and Being Nursing’s second-degree undergraduate, and later assistant Healed: The Paradox of Childhood R.N. completion and graduate programs. professor in pediatric Cancer Survivorship,” with Teresa She additionally is expanding the Col- nursing, she is best Conte ’03 M.S.N., PNP, in Qualitative lege’s presence at recruitment and exhibit remembered as Health Research, 19 (3), 312-322. opportunities in the region. Gardner is a coordinator of the n “The Importance of Debriefing in welcome addition to our professional staff. College’s undergraduate Recruitment and Clinical Simulations” in Clinical Bette Mariani ’82 B.S.N., Ph.D., R.N. Admissions over the last 20 years. We Simulation in Nursing Education, joined the faculty in 2008 as clinical continue to see this avid fan of Villanova 4, e19-e23. assistant professor. She earned her basketball at the games. n “The Power of Positive Thinking” doctorate from Widener University. Dr. in Cancer Nursing Practice, 7 (10), Mariani is well known to the College of 18-19. Nursing, not only as an alumna but also

22 Villanova Nursing Linda Carman Copel, Ph.D., Sharts-Hopko at: download.lww.com/ inspiration and a source of great pride to APRN,BC, NCC, DAPA, professor, downloads/eJP/NAJ/podcasts/ Johns Hopkins. published “The Lived Experience of NAJ_BTA_EP4_020109.mp3. Also last fall, Dean Fitzpatrick was Women in Abusive Relationships Who Kimberly K. Trout, Ph.D., R.N., awarded the St. Francis Medallion from Sought Spiritual Guidance” in Issues in CNM, assistant professor, co-authored the the St. Francis Country House Women’s Mental Health Nursing, 29, 115-130. cover story on “Blood Glucose Control Auxiliary, which honored her dedication, Marilyn Fetter Ph.D., R.N., CS, and the Menstrual Cycle” in the Review of commitment and personal contribution to assistant professor, published “Enhancing peace on Earth by helping to ensure a high Endocrinology, October 2008, 27-29. She Baccalaureate Nursing Informatics and standard of nursing care for patients in the also published “Insulin Sensitivity, Food Technology Outcomes—Faculty Perspec- United States and around the globe. tives” in International Journal of Nursing Intake and Cravings with Premenstrual In December 2008, Dean Fitzpatrick Education Scholarship, 5 (1). Syndrome: A Pilot Study,” in the Journal was named one of 25 “Women of Distinc- M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., R.N., of Women’s Health, 17 (4), 657-665. tion” by Philadelphia Business Journal FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and Carol Toussie Weingarten, Ph.D., and the National Association of Women Professor, contributed “Aid for Muslim R.N., associate professor, published Business Owners. Students after 9/11” in Creative Nursing “Going for the Gold: Credit Bearing Inde- She also served on the Middle States Leadership and Management, Carolyn pendent Studies Hold Academic Treasure” evaluation team for the reaccreditation of Chambers Clark, ed., 439-442 (2009, in IMPRINT: The Journal of the National the American University of Beirut (AUB). Jones and Bartlett Publishers). Student Nurses’ Association, 55 (3), 36-40. During her visit to Lebanon, she made a Margaret “Peggy” Lyons ’87 B.S.N., presentation to students, faculty and AUB M.S.N., CRNI, program coordinator, Faculty Leadership medical center staff on the “Challenges Continuing Education in Nursing and and Achievements and Opportunities Facing Nursing Practice Health Care Program, published “On Angelina Arcamone ’82 B.S.N., ’86 and Higher Education in a Climate of Being a Novice,” Administrative Angles M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., CCE, clinical Economic Exigencies.” Column, in Journal of Continuing assistant professor and coordinator of Maryanne V. Lieb ’85 M.S.N., R.N., Education in Nursing, 39 (11), 486-487. Clinical Education, presented the paper clinical assistant professor and coordinator Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 M.S.N., “Satisfaction with the Childbirth Experi- of second degree options, in October 2008 ’08 Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor, ence: Does Attendance at Prepared was honored with Pennsylvania’s Nightin- published “Green Meetings: Hosting Childbirth Classes Make a Difference in gale Award in Nursing Education for 2008. Environmentally Friendly Events” in Primiparous Women?” at an Association Margaret “Peggy” Lyons ’87 B.S.N., The Journal of Continuing Education in of Women’s Health, Obstetric and M.S.N., CRNI, program coordinator of the Nursing, 39 (9), 388-389. Neonatal Nurses conference in Los Continuing Education in Nursing and Colleen Meakim ’84 M.S.N., R.N., Angeles in June 2008. Health Care Program, presented “Open director of the College’s Learning Patricia K. Bradley, Ph.D., R.N., Access Isn’t Here Yet. Navigating Your Resource Center, and Ann Barrow associate professor, was appointed Way Through Copyright, Fair Use and McKenzie ’86 B.S.N., ’91 M.S.N., R.N., secretary of the Pennsylvania Division the TEACH Act” at the Professional Nurse coordinator of College Relations, pub- Board of Directors of the American Educators Group conference in Kansas lished “Clinical Simulation in Nursing Cancer Society. City, Mo., in October 2008. She recently Education” in Imprint, April/May 2009, Lynore DeSilets, Ed.D., R.N.,BC, obtained CRNI certification from the 56 (3), 40-42. assistant professor, assistant dean and Infusion Nurses Society. In May at the Mary Pickett, Ph.D., R.N., associate director of the Continuing Education in Society’s meeting in Nashville, she professor, co-authored “Systematic Pelvic Nursing and Health Care Program, in fall received a grant to develop a PICC Floor Training for Lower Urinary Tract 2008 was an invited consultant for insertion course. Symptoms Post-Prostatectomy: a Ran- Singapore’s Ministry of Health, for both Bette Mariani ’82 B.S.N., Ph.D., domized Clinical Trial” in International the National University Hospital and the R.N., clinical assistant professor, in Journal of Urologic Nursing, 2 (1), 3-13. SingHealth cluster of public health-care January gave a poster presentation on Nancy Sharts-Hopko, Ph.D., R.N., institutions. Dr. DeSilets was appointed “The Effect of Mentoring on Career FAAN, professor: to the American Nurses Credentialing Satisfaction of Registered Nurses and n co-authored “Primary Open-Angle Center Commission on Accreditation. In Intent to Stay in Nursing” at the National Glaucoma: Catching and Treating the May she received the Distinguished League for Nursing’s Faculty Leadership ‘Sneak Thief of Sight’” in American Alumna Award from the Frances Payne Conference in New Orleans. Journal of Nursing, 109 (2), 40-48; Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 M.S.N., n published “Low Vision and Blindness Reserve University, where she earned her ’08 Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor, in Among Midlife and Older Adults: bachelor’s degree. September 2008 was appointed as a A Review of the Nursing Research M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., R.N., community member of the Main Line Literature” in Holistic Nursing FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and Health (MLH) Systems’ Healthy Work Practice, 23 (2), 94-100; Professor, in fall 2008 received a Johns Environment Council, which addresses n published “Issues in Pediatric Immuni- Hopkins University Alumni Association issues that influence a healthy workplace zation” in MCN: The American Journal Distinguished Alumna Award for the lead- for nursing staff within the MLH of Maternal/Child Nursing, 34 (2), ership and vision she demonstrated in her system. She also presented the following: n 80-90. career. A graduate of The Johns Hopkins “The Lived Experience of Arab- Visit the American Journal of Nursing School of Nursing, she was cited as an Muslim Nurses Living in the United Web site for a podcast interview with Dr. States” at the National American Arab

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Nurses Association Inaugural Conven- the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, and potential to significantly affect the tion in Detroit in October 2008; a two-year independent college in Media care of women and infants, as well as the n “Unique Needs of International Pa. The board is affiliated with interdisciplinary importance of the work. Students,” invited speaker, at Drexel the school’s Practical Nursing Program. In Guam, Dr. Smeltzer presented University’s Nurse Educators Institute Bing Bing Qi, Ph.D., R.N., assistant “Improving Nursing Care Through in Atlantic City, N.J., in June 2008; and professor, presented a paper, “Self- Research” and “Rewards of Research and n “The Nurses’ Role in Environmental Efficacy Enhanced Education Program in Evidence-Based Practice” at the Guam Health,” at the Pennsylvania State Preventing Osteoporosis in Asian Older Nurses Association/University of Guam Nurses Association District 1 Meeting Adults,” at the Sigma Theta Tau Interna- Annual Nursing Research Conference on and Awards Dinner in Bala Cynwyd, tional 19th International Nursing Research November 22, 2008. On the previous day, Pa., in September 2008. Congress in Singapore in July 2008. she presented “Writing for Publication” at Dr. McDermott-Levy was a panelist Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, Ph.D., R.N., a University of Guam Department of representing the College at Villanova FAAN, professor, was elected vice chair Nursing faculty development program. University’s Catholic Relief Services’ of the Certification Commission for the Bette Wildgust, M.S., ’97 M.S.N., Peace Building Faculty Workshop in National League for Nursing. CRNA, clinical associate professor and September 2008. Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Ed.D., R.N., program director of the Villanova Univer- Barbara Ott, Ph.D., R.N., associate FAAN, professor and director of the sity College of Nursing-Crozer Chester professor, was among those interviewed College’s Center for Nursing Research, Medical Center School of Nurse Anesthe- by author Susan Trossman for “No has been selected for the Best of JOGNN sia, was appointed to a three-year term as Peeking Allowed,” an article about Award from the Journal of Obstetric, an educator representative to the Council electronic medical records and privacy and Gynecology and Neonatal Nursing for her on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia confidentiality, published in the American paper “Pregnancy in Women with Physical Educational Programs. Nurses Association’s American Nurse Disabilities.” She was recognized at the Joyce S. Willens ’83 B.S.N., Ph.D., Today, 4 (2) 31-32. 2008 Association of Women’s Health, R.N., assistant professor, was appointed Elizabeth Petit de Mange, Ph.D., Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Convention chair of the American Nurses Credentialing R.N. NP-C, assistant professor, was in Los Angeles in June 2008. Her paper Center Content Expert Panel on invited to serve on the Advisory Board for was cited for its originality, scholarliness Pain Management.

College Is Well Represented in Scientific Sessions

The following faculty, doctoral students n Sara Reeder, Ph.D., R.N., assistant n Michelle Dougherty LaMora ’08 and alumni presented their research at professor: paper on “The Relation- M.S.N., R.N.: poster on “The the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s ship Between Body Mass Index and Experiences and Perceptions of 21st annual Scientific Sessions, which Breakfast Consumption, Blood Pres- Adult Dwarfs about Health Care.” took place in Boston in March. sure, Television Viewing, and Physi- n Linda Carman Copel, Ph.D., cal Activity in African American and APRN,BC, NCC, DAPA, professor: Asian American Inner City Children.” poster presentation on “The Experi- Also part of the project were Marcia ence of Verbal Abuse for Women Costello, Ph.D., R.D., assistant with Disabilities.” professor; Marita Frain ’69 B.S.N., n Kathy Gray-Siracusa, Ph.D., R.N., M.Ed., R.N., assistant professor; CCRN, NEA-BC, assistant professor: and Dr. Paul Lupinacci. poster presentation on “An Inter- n Jennifer Specht ’98 B.S.N., M.S.N., vention Bundle to Prevent Pressure R.N., second-year doctoral student: Ulcers in Critical Care.” poster on “Mentoring in Nursing n Elizabeth Dowdell, Ph.D., R.N., Education: a Concept Analysis.” CRNP, associate professor: paper n Pennie Sessler Branden, M.S.N., on “Vulnerable Girls and Foster Care R.N., CNM, first-year doctoral Placement Instability” and a poster student: poster on “Advocacy: a presentation on “Unsafe Internet Concept Analysis.” Habits: A Survey of Middle School n Amy McKeever ’08 Ph.D., R.N., Students.” CRNP: poster on “Female College n Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 M.S.N., Students’ Self-reported Behavioral Two Nursing doctoral students, Jennifer ’08 Ph.D., R.N., assistant profes- Change after an Educational Inter- Specht ’98 B.S.N., M.S.N., R.N. (left) and sor: paper on “Back Home My Father vention to Reduce Behaviors Associ- Pennie Sessler Branden, M.S.N., R.N., CNM, Takes Care of Things for Me: The ated with Cervical Cancer Risk.” took part in the Eastern Nursing Research Lived Experience of Female Arab- Society’s Scientific Sessions in March. Muslim Nurses in the United States.”

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Researcher Is Passionate About Perfecting Practice Environments

“My wish is that leaders in health-care organizations would better understand the importance of investing in and sustaining evidence-based nursing practice environments.” —Donna Sullivan Havens ’83 M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., FAAN

telling us that when the practice environ- what research tells us about the ideal prac- ment of nurses is characterized by certain tice and care environment into practice. organizational features—such as enhanced I thrive when engaging in this work,” communication and collaboration—and Dr. Havens affirms. “My wish is that lead- when staff R.N.s are involved in decisions ers in health-care organizations would bet- about nursing practice and patient care, ter understand the importance of investing then the outcomes are positive for the in and sustaining evidence-based nursing patient, the nurse and the organization,” practice environments.” explains Dr. Havens. “Generally, we know The researcher began her career with what the optimal care and practice environ- a diploma in nursing from the Grace- ment looks like in hospitals, but we haven’t New Haven School of Nursing at the Yale been very successful in making it happen Medical Center in New Haven, Conn., then Translating what has been learned from on a widespread basis.” earned a B.S.N. from Cedar Crest College research about the nursing work environ- Dr. Haven’s significant contributions to in Allentown, Pa. After completing the ment and outcomes into evidence-based nursing’s body of knowledge, as well as M.S.N. program at Villanova, she earned leadership and management is the focus her outstanding reputation as a researcher, her Ph.D. in nursing with an emphasis in of two studies being conducted by Donna were recognized in April when she was health services research from the Uni- Sullivan Havens ’83 M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., presented with the 2009 American Organi- versity of Maryland. At the University of FAAN. She is a professor of nursing at the zation of Nurse Executives (AONE) Nurse Pennsylvania, she completed post-doctoral University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Researcher Award. research on the organization of nursing Others also have recognized her schol- and outcomes. ospitalized patients may not arship for its significance. For example, “My Villanova Nursing education was know her name, but in increasing Dr. Havens recently was honored with the an influential factor in my personal and numbers, they will benefit from Edgar C. Hayhow Award by the Ameri- professional development,” Dr. Havens Hher work. That’s because Donna can College of Healthcare Executives says. “First, it was my experience that Sullivan Havens ’83 M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., (ACHE) for an article she co-authored Dean Fitzpatrick [M. Louise Fitzpatrick] FAAN is determined to change the practice with C.B. Jones and P.A. Thompson. The and the faculty have great capacity to men- environment in hospitals. article, “Chief Nursing Officer Retention tor, which is an essential component for “I am passionate about improving and Turnover: A Crisis Brewing? Results developing professionals with the knowl- the work life of nurses and the quality of a National Survey,” was published in edge, self-esteem and confidence to assume of patient care in hospitals,” Dr. Havens ACHE’s Journal of Healthcare Manage- leadership roles in nursing and health care. affirms. A professor in the School of Nurs- ment, 53 (2), March-April 2008. In 2002, Second, the dean and the faculty practiced ing doctoral program at the University Villanova University’s College of Nursing what they preached—serving as outstand- of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has awarded Dr. Havens a Medallion in recog- ing role models (and as peers at times) for spent more than 20 years as a researcher. nition of her scholarship. those aspiring to leadership roles. Third, She investigates, publishes, presents and Dr. Havens is the principle investigator my Villanova Nursing education was consults in the areas of nursing practice in two five-year research initiatives: “Build- rooted in the liberal arts and ethical values and its environment, staff nurse decisional ing Capacity for Better Work and Better that are a critical foundation to understand- involvement (she created the scale used Care” and “Spiraling Upward for Nurse ing the world and those around me. This internationally to measure it), Magnet® Retention and Quality Care.” Funding for type of education helps one to understand hospitals and nurse executive leader- the two studies, totaling almost $2.3 mil- culture, likenesses and differences, and the ship. Her studies and their outcomes are lion, comes from the Health Resources and Villanova foundation provides a solid base exemplary, translational and influential in Services Administration, part of the U.S. for decision making.” The fourth factor, affecting policy. Department of Health and Human Services. notes Dr. Havens, was “the supportive “Many outstanding researchers have “Much of my work is about partnering community within the College, coupled provided decades of research findings with staff nurses and leaders to translate with the planned interaction with students

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who were preparing for multiple leadership roles in academe, administration, practice organizational strengths and past successes roles in nursing.” and research.” as means to implement change.” In short, As an example of the support and inter- In her field, Dr. Havens stays on the cut- that means finding the “best practices from action that Villanova provided, Dr. Havens ting edge of scientific inquiry. “My work is within,” she adds. cites how “the design of my educational influenced by the relatively new discipline Through her teaching, guiding doctoral program, insight and understanding were of positive organizational scholarship,” she students and contributing to nursing schol- nurtured between those preparing for roles observes. “One strategy that I am finding arship, Dr. Havens focuses on designing in nursing administration and in academe, to be particularly effective is ‘apprecia- the systems that bring about the desired which is essential to develop successful tive inquiry.’ Rather than focusing on outcomes in hospitals—especially patient partnerships to improve practice, education problems and what’s wrong, appreciative safety. “My aspiration,” she sums up, “is and the quality of health care. While inquiry shifts the focus to what is working that my work will help to develop knowl- I completed the graduate program focusing well as a foundation for change.” Another edge about how to implement the evidence- on the nurse educator role and adult health, strategy she cites, one that she uses in her based organizational features that improve my education prepared me for a career current implementation work, “focuses on nursing practice, nurse retention and qual- trajectory that has been a rich mix of building upon or enhancing individual and ity of care—and make these changes stick.”

Three Alumnae Honored for Excellence

Dr. Andrea Olexa Hollingsworth

GUERAS ’68 B.S.N. O Medallion for Distinguished LA N O

PA Contributions to Nursing Education A genuine commitment to the education of future nurses underscores the life’s work of Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth ’68 B.S.N. She began her career by caring for mothers and infants in Philadelphia, advocating for those with limited resources and special health- care concerns. She soon began working toward her lifelong dream of influencing the lives of those who chose nursing as a career. She has taught in several nursing programs in the Philadelphia area, includ- ing Holy Family College, the University of Pennsylvania (where she received the Excellence in Teaching Award for her inno- vative approaches to nursing education) and her alma mater, Villanova University. Dr. Hollingsworth returned to Villanova in 1991 as director of the Undergradu- ate Nursing Program, and for the next 10 years influenced the direction of this Dean Fitzpatrick (left) and the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., University president, program. She developed a reputation as a congratulate the three 2009 Medallion recipients. They are (from second to left) Dr. Andrea master teacher and a role model for faculty Olexa Hollingsworth ’68 B.S.N., Capt. Maryalice Morro ’83 B.S.N. and Jeanne Jackson and future nurse educators. In 2001, she Venella ’82 B.S.N. Father Donohue described them as “the power of Villanova.” became dean and professor at Gwynedd- Mercy College’s School of Nursing in Gwynedd Valley, Pa., where she continues n a beautiful spring evening, the place on April 18 in the St. Thomas of to have a profound impact on students. She College of Nursing honored three Villanova Church—an appropriate venue provides leadership in many professional alumnae with its highest award, to recognize the accomplishments of these organizations and recently completed Othe Medallion, bestowed for dis- outstanding women. The event is co- a term as president of PHENSA, The tinguished achievement. The 20th Annual sponsored by the College and its Nursing Pennsylvania Higher Education Nursing Mass and Alumni Awards Ceremony took Alumni Society. Schools Association.

26 Villanova Nursing has had 71 commanding officers. Founded consulting work to strengthen and raise the 182 years ago, the hospital has more than quality of emergency departments around 2,000 staff members and a $134 million the country. annual budget. Venella received the Medallion for her Rear Adm. Christine Bruzek-Kohler ’74 devotion to Villanova’s mission of service B.S.N., Ed.D., R.N., FACHE, director of and scholarly nursing practice and for her the Navy Nurse Corps and who this May leadership among the many exemplary became commander of Navy Medicine Villanova nurses who serve CHOP. She West and Naval Medical Center San Diego, described Villanova’s influence on her in an earlier comment about Capt. Morro’s career, saying it “formed me to recognize appointment at Naval Hospital Pensacola, the power of critical thinking…inspired me noted that “Her career has well-prepared her to ask what we can do better.” to assume the responsibilities of leading one of Navy Medicine’s family practice teach- Read the complete citations of the ing hospitals, and she has already begun to Medallion recipients by following the significantly impress the community with links at www.villanova.edu/nursing. To her knowledge and experiences. She is truly nominate Villanova Nursing alumni for the a tribute to the Navy Nurse Corps!” Medallion, please visit www.villanova. Capt. Morro, after receiving the Medal- edu/nursing/about/medallion.htm. Capt. Maryalice Morro ’83 B.S.N. lion, called her time at Villanova a “pro- found life-shaping experience” and thanked Upon receiving the Medallion, Dr. Villanova for “preparing me for a career I Hollingsworth thanked Villanova and the love and cherish.” College for “this education that was the basis GUERAS

for my career and my life.” Jeanne Jackson Venella ’82 B.S.N. O

Medallion for Excellence in LA N O

Capt. Maryalice Morro ’83 B.S.N. Clinical Practice PA Medallion for Distinguished Leadership Since its founding in 1953, the College of in Administration of Nursing and Health Nursing has enjoyed a strong and enduring Care Services relationship with The Children’s Hospital Capt. Maryalice Morro ’83 B.S.N., of the of Philadelphia (CHOP), which consis- Navy Nurse Corps, is a uniquely talented tently is ranked the No.1 pediatric hospital naval officer and nurse. She embodies the in the country. It is no accident that Jeanne values of Villanova University—Veritas, Jackson Venella ’82 B.S.N. is such a Unitas, Caritas—and the core values of the respected and valuable member of its staff. Navy—Honor, Courage and Commitment. She helps to put it on the map every day. They are seamlessly woven into the fabric As an expert clinician in the emergency of her professional life and her humanity. department, Venella cares for children in Early in her career, Capt. Morro was their most tentative moments of illness and quickly identified for her leadership and injury. A nurse with over 25 years of expe- management potential. She served as divi- rience, she is not only responsible for sion officer for the surgical wards aboard direct patient care, but also precepts and the USNS Comfort during Operation Iraqi educates a staff of 135. She often is the Special Recognition Freedom, and as special assistant to the driving force behind policy development During the Annual Mass and Alumni commander for Homeland Security in that advances the care of fragile and vul- Awards Ceremony, Carol Rae, who has Washington, D.C. nerable children to whom she has commit- been the assistant to the dean for 17 At Naval Hospital Yokosuka in Japan, ted her professional life. years and is retiring in February 2010, she demonstrated her leadership as the In 2006, she was there when the young was presented with the College of senior nurse executive for patient services, Amish girls, the wounded victims of the Nursing pin by Dean Fitzpatrick, and at Naval Hospital Lemoore in Califor- Nickel Mines, Pa., massacre, were brought recognizing her as an honorary nia, she gained experience as the executive in. She has been cited for her strength of alumna. Also given special recognition officer. Capt. Morro’s leadership skills character, clinical expertise and the team were two assistant professors— are epitomized in her current position as support she provided that day. This is just Catherine Todd Magel, Ed.D., R.N.,BC commanding officer at Naval Hospital one dramatic story, but one that captures and Belle Erickson, Ph.D., R.N.—for Pensacola in Florida’s Panhandle. In June Venella’s ability to respond at the highest 30 years of service, as well as staff 2008, she became the first Navy Nurse level of performance every day. She now members Marie Paolucci and Barbara Corps officer to lead that institution, which shares her knowledge though her national Nolan (see page 16).

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A Special Reunion in Oman

he warmth of the Sultanate of Oman Our Nursing alumni in Oman hold leader- country’s minister of Health, H.E. Dr. Ali was matched by the hospitable and ship positions in clinical practice, nursing al-Moosa, to whom Villanova awarded an Tenthusiastic atmosphere during the education and health-care administration honorary degree in 2001. Guests of Ambas- College of Nursing alumni reunion on throughout their country. Some flew from sador and Mrs. Grappo included Sarah January 26 in Muscat. Held in the garden remote regions of Oman to the capital for Jackson, a representative of AMIDEAST. of the residence of the U.S. ambassador to the reunion, others traveled three to four Also attending were Michael O’Neill, hours to attend. Villanova’s vice president for University The reception Advancement, and Michael Gaynor, direc- was a unique tor of University Admission. opportunity to “It was overwhelming and a great gift convene and was to see so many of our Omani alumni all one of Villa- together,” Dean Fitzpatrick noted. “Visit- nova’s largest ing our alumni at their work sites is always alumni gather- satisfying and validates the success of ings outside the our 15-year collaborative project with the United States. Omani Ministry of Health. Seeing them Hosting the reunited with their classmates from across alumni were the their country was a special joy. They are Rev. Peter M. deans, clinical experts, faculty in schools Donohue, O.S.A., of nursing. Majid al-Maqbali ’01 B.S.N., president of Vil- ’05 M.S.N. is the country’s chief nurs- lanova, and Dr. ing officer, serving as director of Nursing M. Louise Fitz- and Midwifery Affairs in the Ministry of patrick, Connelly Health. The influence of our partnership The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., talks with alumnae at the Endowed Dean is far reaching and mutually rewarding. College of Nursing reunion on January 26 in Muscat, the capital of and Professor. In Villanova’s influence on nursing in Oman the Sultanate of Oman. addition to the is palpable and the contributions of Omani Omani Nursing students to Villanova have enriched us Oman, Gary A. Grappo, the reception was alumni, others attending the event included culturally and intellectually. Our faculty Villanova University’s first alumni event a number of officials of the Sultanate’s have provided consultation and continuing in Oman. Among the guests were approxi- Ministry of Health, among them Moham- education in Oman and we have benefited mately 125 Nursing alumni of the 160 from med al-Afifi, director-general of Education greatly from the professional relationships Oman who have earned their bachelor’s and Training; H.E. Mohammed al-Hassan, and the personal friendships that have and/or master’s degrees from Villanova. undersecretary for Planning Affairs; and the resulted and that will endure.”

Help Us Get in Touch with These Alumni from Oman

To our alumni in the Sultanate of Oman: Samra al-Barwani ’99 B.S.N. Samiya al-Baluchi ’04 B.S.N. We are requesting your help in gathering Mabrooka al-Kanbashi ’99 B.S.N. Hasina al-Balushi ’04 B.S.N. the contact information for the following Laila al-Maskri ’99 B.S.N. Barika al-Hamani ’04 B.S.N. alumni. This is critical so that we may Khadija al-Shikeli ’99 B.S.N., ’04 M.S.N. Aziza al-Hinaa ’04 B.S.N. communicate with all of you. Please e-mail Fathiya al-Ismaili ’04 B.S.N. your complete contact information, includ- Saleh al-Harthy ’01 B.S.N. Ibisam al-Mashikhi ’04 B.S.N. ing home and work mailing address, e-mail Fatima al-Siyabi ’01 B.S.N. Yusra al-Nasseri ’04 B.S.N. addresses, job title and employer to Nancy Maryam Suwaid ’01 B.S.N. Amina Mubarak ’04 B.S.N. Wise at [email protected]. Thank you! Jamila al-Mabsali ’02 B.S.N. Salim al-Burtamani ’05 B.S.N. Ghada al-Mukhaini ’02 B.S.N. Aida al-Hinai ’05 B.S.N. Najat al-Sawafi ’05 B.S.N.

28 Villanova Nursing Guests enjoyed the reunion for Omani Nursing alumni, which took place at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat. (Below) Among the guests were (from left) Mohammed al-Afifi, director-general of Education and Training in Oman’s Ministry of Health; H.E. Mohammed al-Hassan, undersecretary for Planning Affairs; and H.E. Dr. Ali al-Moosa, Oman’s minister of Health.

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Nursing Alumni Notes

1950s editor of The ABNF Journal, published by ally recognized oncology nurse, has been the Association of Black Nursing Faculty. named the breast health navigator for the Joan Maguire ’56 B.S.N., Ph.D., R.N. is Carol Quinn ’70 B.S.N. in November Smilow Family Breast Health Center at professor emerita at Sage Colleges in New 2008 was named CEO of Mercy Home and Norwalk Hospital. York, where she coordinated the chemical Community Health Services (MHCHS), Kathleen Connors Reid ’83 B.S.N., dependency studies program. a new combined unit of the Mercy Health M.S., CCRP recently was presented with Mary Esther “M.E.” Screem Clark System, which is based in Conshohoken, the American Society of Clinical Oncology ’59 B.S.N. inspired the Mary Esther Clark Pa. She retains her current responsibilities Community Research Award for outstand- Pioneer in Nursing Award, which was for leadership of Mercy Home Health Ser- ing contributions to cancer research. inaugurated in May 2008 and awarded vices (MHH) and in her new position adds Director of clinical oncology research for during the 26th Annual National Nurses’ accountability for the Mercy LIFE (Living Wake Forest University Health System at Week recognition ceremony at the Uni- Independently for Elders) Program. High Point Regional in High Point, N.C., versity of Rochester Medical Center in Mary D. Naylor ’71 B.S.N., Ph.D., she is the founder of a community cancer Rochester, N.Y. The award recognizes an R.N., FAAN, the Marian S. Ware Professor clinical trial program that has enrolled entrepreneur or a pioneer who has a career in Gerontology and director of the Center more than 500 patients over the past four history of developing significant patient for Health Transitions, School of Nursing, years. Reid was also named a “Great 100 care programs in the Rochester community. University of Pennsylvania, was selected Nurse” in North Carolina, recognizing her Clark, a 1980 graduate of the Cleveland as the first recipient of the Friends of the significant contributions to the profession Clinic Enterostomal Therapy program, National Institute of Nursing Research and the state. put her new specialty to use in Rochester (FNINR) Frances Payne Bolton Award. Patricia Shane Snyder ’84 B.S.N., by teaching patients, nurses and doctors It is given to an outstanding scholar who R.N., CAPA earned certification as an how to care for ostomies and non-heal- has made a difference in the discipline of ambulatory perianesthesia nurse. She is ing wounds. In her second retirement, nursing and in the quality of health care for the quality assurance representative in the Clark also established wound and ostomy patients now and in the future. The honor post-anesthesia care unit at Bryn Mawr programs in Phoenix, Ariz. Continuing to reflects Dr. Naylor’s nationally and interna- Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa., where she look for challenges, she developed a parish tionally recognized program. She received has been employed for 32 years. nurse program for St. Thomas Aquinas her award at the FNINR Gala in October Mary Ann Lush ’87 M.S.N., assistant Catholic Community in Avondale, Ariz. 2008 in Washington, D.C. professor at Wesley College in Dover, Del., Her interest in parish nursing was piqued Dorrie K. Fontaine ’72 B.S.N., Ph.D., traveled to Beijing, China, as an ambas- by information in Villanova’s Nursing FAAN in August 2008 became dean of the sador with the People to People program alumni publication. University of Virginia’s School of Nurs- sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau Interna- ing. She had served as associate dean for tional Nursing Honor Society. 1960s academic programs at the University of Jill Salutric Mortimer ’89 B.S.N. is California, San Francisco School of Nurs- a surgical case manager at St. Joseph Medi- Helen Connors ’64 B.S.N., R.N., Ph.D., ing. Dr. Fontaine is the principal investiga- cal Center in Reading, Pa. FAAN in October 2008 became the first tor of a $9.7-million grant to implement an appointee to the E. Jean M. Hill Endowed accelerated doctoral program in nursing. 1990s Professorship at the University of Kansas Deborah Cook Altonji ’79 B.S.N., ’85 School of Nursing, where she is execu- M.S.N. is a nurse sales consultant with Mark C. Crider ’93 M.S.N., Ph.D. in tive director of the KU Center for Health- Health Advocate’s new direct-to-consumer June 2008 successfully defended his disser- care Informatics and associate dean for health advocacy program called Health tation, “Managing Professional and Labor Integrated Technologies at the School of Proponent in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Interests Through Organizational Change Nursing. She serves on the Villanova Col- in the American Nurses Association: A lege of Nursing’s Board of Consultors and 1980s Professional Society Case Study.” Dr. has recently assumed the chairmanship for Crider earned his doctorate in nursing from the 2009-10 academic year. Madeline McCarthy Bell ’83 B.S.N. is the Health Policy Program, Department of executive vice president and chief operat- Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of 1970s ing officer of The Children’s Hospital Nursing, University of California, of Philadelphia. San Francisco. He is an assistant professor Gloria J. McNeal ’70 B.S.N., Ph.D., Maureen Major Campos ’83 B.S.N., at San Jose State University’s School APRN,BC, FAAN in January became M.S., R.N. of Norwalk, Conn., a nation- of Nursing.

30 Villanova Nursing Cmdr. Marie Bridy-Casey ’94 B.S.N. candidate for an M.B.A. degree at The was awarded two outstanding unit cita- Johns Hopkins University and is a member tions: the Unit Commendation and the of the Washington, D.C. Metro Emergency Public Health Service Achievement Nurses Association. Medal. She also received the Commis- Lt. Cmdr. Kim Shaughnessy ’97 sioned Officers Field Medical Readiness B.S.N. has been in the Navy Nurse Corps Badge. Cmdr. Bridy-Casey recently was for nearly 12 years. She is a nurse midwife transferred from the Division of Medical at Naval Hospital Yokosuka in Japan. On Review to the Division of Recovery Audit January 25, she was featured on the front Operations, where she is a program evalu- page of the Stars and Stripes newspaper Do You Have ation officer for the Centers for Medicare in an article headlined “Midwives in the and Medicaid Services. military offer extra level of care.” News to Share? Nicole Gamba ’94 B.S.N. is nurse man- Megan Quick ’98 B.S.N., M.P.H. this ager for inpatient and outpatient pediatrics spring returned from Bolpur, India, where Stay in touch—tell us about your at the National Institutes of Health, the she joined an Operation Smile team that latest job, award and other news. U.S. research hospital, in Bethesda, Md. did 56 surgeries in four days (mostly cleft Contact Ann Barrow McKenzie Eden Zabat-Kan ’94 M.S.N., R.N. lips and cleft palates.) It was her 10th mis- by phone at (610) 519-6814 and Susan Stabler-Haas ’80 B.S.N., ’85 sion with Operation Smile. or by e-mail at ann.mckenzie@ M.S.N., LMFT, CNS co-authored Fast Jennifer Yost ’00 B.S.N., M.A., Ph.D., villanova.edu. Facts for the Clinical Nursing Instructor: R.N., a doctoral student at New York Clinical Teaching in a Nutshell (September University College of Nursing, on April 9 2008, Springer Publishing Co.). Dr. Susan successfully defended her dissertation on the Medical College of Virginia Cardiac Chianese Slaninka ’69 B.S.N., Ed.D., “Weight Perception, Actual Weight, and Catheterization Laboratory, where she has R.N. wrote the foreword for their book. Physical Activity: Is There a Relationship been working since 2006. She formerly Michelle A. Young ’95 B.S.N. was in U.S. Female Adolescents?” She is a practiced in critical care at Georgetown promoted to director of nursing at Bryn senior nurse clinician at NYU’s Langone University Hospital and also spent a year as Mawr Terrace in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She was Medical Center and an adjunct faculty a travel nurse in the Virgin Islands. formerly assistant director of this skilled member at NYU. Bridgette Carter Brawner ’03 B.S.N., nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living Ph.D., R.N. in May was awarded the Ph.D. community for older adults. Her career 2000s from the University of Pennsylvania. focus has been in rehabilitation and long- Helene M. Burns, M.S.N., R.N., term care. Kate Loper McDonald ’00 B.S.N., a doc- NEA-BC has been named assistant vice Bridget LeGrazie ’96 B.S.N., APNG toral student at the University of Pennsyl- president of clinical services at Kennedy was awarded the Advanced Practice Nurse vania, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Memorial Hospitals-University Medical in Genetics credential by the Genetic Nurs- National Research Service Award for Center in Stratford, N.J. She directly over- ing Credentialing Commission. There are Individual Predoctoral Fellows in Nurs- sees nurse management and is responsible fewer than 40 nurses nationwide with this ing for her project, “Community Violence for all aspects of nursing and clinical care credentialing and only two in New Jersey. Exposure and Positive Youth Development at the 183-bed acute-care hospital, one of Applicants are required to demonstrate in Urban Adolescents.” Her study uses a three hospitals in the Kennedy Health Sys- the skill level and experience in advanced quantitative cross-sectional research design tem. In 2005, she received a post-master’s practice genetic nursing in portfolio form, to examine the effects of post-traumatic Certificate in Nursing Administration from and then their portfolio is reviewed and stress in the relationship between commu- Villanova’s College of Nursing. scored by a panel of experts. LeGrazie nity violence exposure and positive youth Jennifer Foster ’06 B.S.N. in July 2008 was presented with her certificate at the development in 110 community-dwelling received the Daisy Award for Extraordi- International Society of Nurses in Genet- urban adolescents, ages 13-17. nary Nurses at The Children’s Hospital ics Conference, held in Philadelphia in Majid al-Maqbali ’01 B.S.N., ’05 of Philadelphia. Sponsored by the Daisy November 2008. M.S.N. has been appointed director of Foundation, it is awarded each month to Jennifer Graeke ’97 B.S.N. is clinical Nursing and Midwifery Affairs in the Min- outstanding nurses in hospitals and medical educator/manager in the emergency istry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman. facilities nationwide. department at Georgetown University Jennifer Shore ’02 B.S.N. received the Megan Davenport ’06 B.S.N. prac- Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is a Excellence in Nursing Practice Award at tices on the Bone Marrow Transplant

Spring/Summer 2009 31 Alumni Focus

Unit as well as the Oncology Unit at The visiting assistant professor in the Christine Greetings from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where E. Lynn College of Nursing. Dr. Vitale Nursing Alumni President she chairs her unit’s Quality Practice and is predominantly teaching online, using Patient Safety Committee. She looks her expertise in distance education. She Dear Fellow Nursing Alumni: forward to a future career as a pediatric teaches across divisions, in the R.N.-B.S.N. nurse practitioner. program, the graduate advanced practice Carol Proud ’07 M.S.N., CRNP pub- tracts and the Clinical Nurse Leader tract. What a wonderful time for Villanova lished “Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: Her courses are undergraduate and gradu- University and the College of Nurs- Risk Management Strategies” in The Jour- ate geriatric nursing, community nurs- ing! Under sunny blue skies, I had the nal for Nurse Practitioners, 5 (11), 47-52. ing-undergraduate and healthcare delivery pleasure of representing you at the Eileen Condon ’08 B.S.N. published systems for the Clinical Nurse Leader Driscoll Hall Dedication ceremony on an article on socialization among Japa- tract. She presented her doctoral research, October 6, 2008. While celebrating this nese nursing students and faculty in the “Nurses’ Lived Experience of Reiki for new state-of-the-art facility, I thought May/June issue of the National League for Self-Care,” at the Connect the Dots Nurs- about the rich Villanova history of Nursing’s Nursing Education Perspectives. ing Research Conference that Florida nursing excellence and achievement. (See the Spring 2008 Villanova Nursing for Atlantic sponsored in October 2008. As I looked around the large crowd at an article on her fellowship experience in Tokyo as a student.) In Memoriam: Alumni the ceremony, I realized how fortunate Marie DeFrancesco Loukas, M.S.N., the Nursing students are now to call CRNP, CRNA received the Student of Catherine Buffington ’64 B.S.N. died on Driscoll Hall home. Almost simultane- the Year Award from the Pennsylvania November 4, 2007. ously, I thought about us, the alumni, Association of Nurse Anesthetists during Florence E. Galotta ’64 B.S.N. died on and how fortunate we are to have its October 2008 meeting in Pittsburgh. In April 17, 2007. had the benefit of a Villanova educa- 2008 she completed the post-master’s cer- Norma White ’70 B.S.N. died on December 12, 2007. tion, regardless of where the College tificate in Nurse Anesthesia at Villanova’s Barbara Pierzinkowski Paparozzi ’72 resided. College of Nursing. B.S.N., of Parsippany, N.J., died on May 4 Of course, it’s great to have all of Karen Korfmann ’08 B.S.N. published “Volunteer Work on a Palliative Care Unit: from breast cancer. the most current technology available Cindy Stetz ’81 B.S.N., of Kingston, (and be able to buy a cup of coffee A Personal Reflection” in the Summer 2008 issue of The Student Voice, an online Pa., died in June 2008. between classes), but despite the move, newsletter for students published by the Sheryl Graham Monkemeyer ’84 some things will never change. Every Oncology Nursing Society. The article was B.S.N., of Newtown Square, Pa., died on Nursing graduate leaves campus as a about her volunteer experience at the Penn- April 6. highly educated, compassionate and sylvania Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Jane L. Robinson ’88 B.S.N. died on empowered health-care professional. Anne Vitale ’08 Ph.D., APRN,BC November 13, 2007. If you have not had a chance, I has been appointed to a full-time faculty Vicki Afum ’03 M.S.N., of Philadel- phia, died in May 2008 of breast cancer at encourage you to literally or virtu- position at Florida Atlantic University as age 37. ally visit the campus. You will be as impressed as I am. Don’t Miss Out on News and Updates Kind regards, from the College The College of Nursing is moving more and more to electronic communica- tions. Without your e-mail address, we cannot provide you with important information about your alma mater. The College uses the Villanova University alumni database, so your update will go to that office. Margaret M. Hannan ’84 B.S.N., It’s quick and easy by any of these methods: M.S., R.N. President, Nursing Alumni Society n Call 1-800-VILLANOVA (1-800-845-5266). [email protected] n Send an e-mail to [email protected]. n Or simply update your information in your Nova Network profile online at www.villanova.edu/advance/alumni/vuonline.htm. We look forward to staying in touch with you!

32 Villanova Nursing College Launches Campaign Promoting Nursing

This is a very special year for the College of Nursing. Our new building, Driscoll Hall, is beautiful as well as cutting-edge in its technology. The Dedication on October 6, 2008, was a great day of celebration, and we thank many of you for being here to participate in it. You have all been important in devel- oping our reputation of excellence over the years. Now, there is even more excitement to share. In the Spring 2008 issue of the College’s magazine, we fea- tured James V. O’Donnell ’63 VSB, a member of the College’s Board of Consultors and a great friend of Nursing at Villanova University. It is his wish to increase public awareness about nursing and in particular the excellence of our College. His very generous gift is making possible a promotional campaign that is showcasing some of our graduates who reflect the qualities, achievements and professionalism of all of you. On Sunday, October 19, 2008, the first spot appeared in the Boston Globe. Similar pieces appeared in the New York Times, starting Sunday, October 26, as well as in the November issue of Philadelphia magazine and have appeared in the Washingtonian magazine and on billboards in the Philadelphia area through June. This is a time when we have an abundance of applications and excellent students, so why are we doing this? The answer reflects Jim O’Donnell’s desire, and supports our belief that Villanova’s College of Nursing has grown in stature. We have developed a national reputation and a growing international presence. The gift that will support this promotional project creates even greater opportunities. It will gain attention for our College and University, but most of all, it will promote our profession and will honor you. We thank you for your continuous, enthusiastic support and your pride in being Villanova nurses.

To see more images from the promotional campaign, follow the link at www.villanova.edu/nursing. Villanova University College of Nursing Nonprofit organization 800 Lancaster Avenue U.S. Postage Villanova, Pennsylvania PAID Villanova, PA 19085-1690 Permit No. 5

Find out more about our programs by following the links at www.villanova.edu/nursing/programs or through the information below:

Traditional Bachelor’s Degree Program Master’s and Post-master’s [email protected] Certificate Programs (610) 519-4900 [email protected] (610) 519-4934 B.S.N./M.S.N. Gateway Program for R.N.s [email protected] Ph.D. Program (610) 519-4900 [email protected] (610) 519-4914 Accelerated B.S.N. Program for Second Degree Students Continuing Education Program (adults with a bachelor’s degree in [email protected] another discipline) (610) 519-4390 [email protected] (610) 519-7137

There is an information session for high school students on October 4 and for all other programs on October 20.