Demand Exceeds Supply of Nurses Sets Record Some Problems in Those Areas." by MICK Mcgrath of Nurses Practicing in the Last Said Nathan
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Ouayto THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT season In Huntington. The SAGAMORE See INDIANAPOLIS August 29,1988 v<h i 8 .n. $ I THIS WEEK Slain IPD officer remembered By CINDY VAREY dean of the physical education school. Behind the tower of steel Faber also worked as a super where he once worked the sun visor for the intramural recrea hid, while down below the long tional sports department and shadows blanketed the street as was a member of Phi Epsilon the funeral procession for slain Kappa, a honorary physical edu Indianapolis Police Department cation fraternity. Patrolman Matt John Faber "He was someone you could slowly rolled by Friday eryoy being around, but \here afternoon. was always a sense of serious His car, draped in black, stood ness to him,” said Jeff Veesely, parked behind a black wreath director of the recreational encircling a photograph of sports department. Faber, a gnm reminder of the Both Vessely and Kellum Officer’s tragic shooting over planned to attend the funeral. two weeks ago. Vessely, who also serves as ex ecutive secretary for Phi Epsilon Matt John Faber, a 24 year-old Matt John Faber Kappa, added that Faber’s claim patrolman and 1986 graduate of to fame at IUPUI was a game IUPUI was investigating a A motorcade followed the that he and his friends invented reported canine disturbance at hearse and accompanying called “wallyminton;" a com the home of Fred C. Sanders, a mourners down Alabama Street bination of badminton and wal- fourth-grade teacher at St. Luke past the Police Department to lyball played in a racquetball Catholic School, when Sanders Floral Park West Cemetery. court. allegedly shot him. Representatives of police and Chad Cunningham, IUPUI Reportedly, the blast was fired sheriff departments from baseball coach, was a classmate from a .12-gauge shotgun at around the state were in the of Faber. "He was one of my best point-blank range entering procession, including two cars friends. We went to school to Faber’s bock, heavily damaging from the IUPUI Police Depart gether here and ran around to his left lung and chest cavity. ment. gether,” said Cunningham. Following a nine day struggle While attending IUPUI, Faber A year prior to his graduation, earned a degree in physical edu Faber married IUPUI physical to survive, Faber died Tuesday, Robert Fischrogt, Jr., an education major, looks over one of his Aug. 24 at 7:27 p.m. in Wishard cation. education mqjor Jan Marie Memorial Hospital. "We all feel a great personal Stokes. Later, they both joined textbooks on the steps of the library last Monday on the first day of loss. We have a sense of com the Indianapolis Police Denart- classes. Photo by STEVE ROSE An autopsy report released the munity too, so when a police of ment. creased enrollment — faculty next day attributed the death to ficer for the city is lost it affects The man accused of fatally members were added, available respiratory failure caused by the us, but when it is someone you shooting Faber, Fred C. New student classrooms were found, and ad heavy damage to Faber’s lungs helped raise, it affects us even ditional textbooks were ordered. by shotgun pellets. See IUPUI, Page 18 more," said P. Nicholas Kellum, "Because we are not clair enrollment voyant, we do not have a crystal ball, ther>* obviously could be Demand exceeds supply of nurses sets record some problems in those areas." By MICK McGRATH of nurses practicing in the last said Nathan. Editor in Chief 15 years by 100 percent, but at By CINDY VAREY In an effort to maintain the same time the demand has classes of a reasonable size, ex Long tenm effects from this tripled," said Nell Watts, execu "May I be the first to congratu isting sections were not ex summer’s drought will take tive officer of Sigma Theta Tau, late you on your acceptance of panded. Instead, additional sec some time to determine, but the a national 125,000-member admission to Indiana tions were added for those effects of another drought the nursing honor society. University-Purdue University at classes that are in the greatest nation is facing are all too ap demand. (Construction on a $4-million , Indianapolis,” says John C. parent. Those students most likely to International Center for Nurs Krivacs, director of admissions, Nationwide, the shortage of have felt the crunch brought on ing Scholarship, which will in his letter to all new students. nurses is expected to reach by the increased enrollment serve as headquarters for Sigma This year 6,227 students 300,000 by the year 1992. sociation. were those who participated in Theta Tau, is scheduled to begin received such a letter. That is on "What’s going on in the nation late registration. Locally, shortages in nursing in October on the IUPUI 18 percent increase over last staffs at Larue D. Carter today is a real crisis,” said Con “We can accommodate stu campus. Hie structure will be year and according to Krivacs is Memorial Hospital and Riley stance Baker, the new denn of dents in April and July fur located at North Street and In the "largest group ever" of newly the School of Nursing at IUPUI, easier than we con two days be Hospital for Children have diana Avenue and is expected to admitted students at IUPUI. caused problems. the largest nursing school in the fore registration is over and be completed by November With such a large increase in country. classes ore about to begin," said At Carter, the lack of nursee 1989.) enrollment, many areas of the Because of a federally Nathan. has jeopardized the hospital's Other factors adding to the University were forced to make mandated change in the way in certification for reimbursement growing need for nurses are the some adjustments in order to ac "When 20,000 students have surance payments are remitted commodate the new group. through the federal Medicare early release of hospital patients already registered there are most people admitted to hospi The Enrollment Management limitations at the end of the pro and Medicaid programs. who then require at-home care At Riley, expansion of new tals stay for shorter periods of Steering Committee was created cess as to what can be avail and the aging population of the born intensive care and time and require more attention to deal with such situations. able," added Associate Denn of United States. The demand is from the nurses on staff, who "The purpose is to serve the Student Affairs and Registrar pediatric intensive care units “more than we have been able to has been delayed until the hos typically spend more time with students as well os possible supply,” said Watts, a former Richard Slocum. pital can add to its nursing staff. patients than do doctors. within the resources that we Now that registration for the faculty member at the nursing At the same time there is an have,” said committee chairper fall semester is complete, the Across the state, the shortage school here. of nurses at long-term care increased demand for profes son and Associate Dean of emphasis is on preparation. “We At the 1U School of Nursing, facilities, like nursing homes, is sional nursing care, in part be Faculties Carol Nathan. nre taking strategic steps in enrollment in the associate de estimated to be in the thousands cause the technology of health This task included a lot more shoring up the situation so that gree and graduate degree pro- according to a year-long study care has expanded. than simply opening a new sec w-e can respond to the needs of by the Indiana Health Care As “We’ve increased the number See NURSES, Page 17 tion to accommodate the in- the students," said Nathan. P age 2 The SAGAMORE Aug. 29. 1988 NOTICES deadline is Thursday at noon. TODAY Switch failure leaves campus in dark Copies of the New Student Record will be available for moved their clasaes outside. A switch failure at an Indianapolis Power and pickup in The Office of Residence Life for students who Light power station resulted in an hour long The Natatorium and the hotel have emer have ordered copies. A student I.D. is required. The office blackout of campus buildings last Friday. gency generators, said Blaudow, and were University buildings south of Michigan Street without power for only a short time. is located in Ball Residence ‘135. If you have a question, and the University Place Executive Conference The fluctuation in power tripped a fire alarm call Anita Grady at 274-7457. Center and Hotel were without power from ap in one of the buildings, said Lowell Black, coor ♦ ♦ ♦ proximately 8:25 a.m. until about an hour later, dinator for fire prevention services on campus. Phi Mu Sorority will have its first chapter meeting at Frnnk Blnudow, director of the physical plant, Responding to the alarm, the Indianapolis rire said. Department dispatched four engines, two aerial 8:30 p.m. in Business/SPEA 4095. All provisional members Some students got an early break from clasaes trucks, a rescue squad and a district chief to the are asked to attend. Call Wyndi Skillrud at 636-2442 for because of the blackout while other faculty just campus. more information. ♦ ♦ ♦ New commons areaio be north of hotel Genesis, IUPUI’s literary journal, will be offering two workshops, today and Tuesday, on the "how-toV or sub An area formerly used for parking construc Baxter, special assistant to the IUPUI chancel mitting to genesis.