Nursing Spring 2017

VILLANOVA NURSING SPRING 2017

DEDICATION ACROSS THE DECADES

Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 3 Four Distinguished Alumnae to be Honored Mark your calendar!

The achievements of four distinguished May 19: Commencement alumnae will be celebrated on April May 20: Convocation/ 29 during the College of Nursing’s Baccalaureate Mass 28th Annual Mass and Alumni Awards Ceremony, to be held in the St. Thomas June 8-11: Alumni of Villanova Church. M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Reunion Weekend EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor, will bestow the College of July 1: Application deadlines Nursing Medallion, its highest award, upon: for MSN and post-master’s certificate programs  Angela R. Coladonato ’77 BSN, DNP, RN, NEA-BC: the Medallion for Excellence September 22: Naratil Family in the Administration of Health Care Health and Human Values Services. She is senior vice president Lecture: Collaborative Care and chief nursing officer for the Chester for Immigrants and Refugees County Hospital (part of Penn Medicine), in West Chester, Pa. October 17: Graduate and Adult  Amy Pelleg ’96 MSN, RN, BC-NE, CCRN: the Medallion for Distinguished Learner Open House Leadership in Nursing Practice. She is nurse manager, Intensive Care Unit, at Bryn Mawr Hospital (part of Main Line Health) in Bryn Mawr, Pa. November 16: Annual  Michele “Micki” Ballister ’08 MSN, ’13 DNP, CRNA: the Medallion for Excellence Distinguished Lecture in Nursing Education. She is assistant professor in the Division of Anesthesia for December 1: Application deadline Nurses at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. for PhD in Nursing Program Dean Fitzpatrick will recognize the achievements of Jennifer Yost ’00 BSN, PhD, RN with the College’s Emerging Scholar Award. As an assistant professor For the full Continuing Education at the School of Nursing at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Dr. Yost listing, visit www.villanova.edu/ focuses her research on knowledge translation and decision-making. nursing/ce. For more information about the honorees, visit www.villanova.edu/nursing.

College of Nursing Board of Consultors VILLANOVA Chairperson: M. Sharon Turner ’82 VSB (Acc.) Madeline McCarthy Bell ’83 BSN Rear Adm. (Ret.) Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler ’74 BSN NURSING Joseph Cassidy ’79 VSB Vol. 36 No. 1 Spring 2017 J.P. Connellan Stephanie Conners ’93 BSN Martha B. Coyle Pam DeCampli ’88 MSN John F. Durante Rear Adm. (Ret.) James W. Eastwood ’68 COE Nicole Blanche Guerin, Esq., ’88 BSN Tyonne Hinson ’01 MSN, DrPH Edward T. Joel ’83 CLAS Edward F. Kicak ’77 VSB Rear Adm. (Ret.) Joseph F. Kilkenny Mary Ellen Lorenz ’83 BSN Brian P. McDonough, MD Capt. (Ret.) Maryalice Morro ’83 BSN Jane Morro Mullany ’80 BSN Thomas Naratil Brian Reilly George Shapiro Lisa Thiemann ’12 PhD Elissa Topol Amy Tucci

Emeriti Members: H.E. Dr. Ali Mohammed Al-Moosa; Daniel Finnegan Published by the Villanova University College of Nursing, Driscoll Hall, Villanova, PA 19085-1690. Editorial Board Ann Barrow McKenzie ’86 BSN, ’91 MSN, RN, Editor Elizabeth Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN Contributing writers: Anna Gustafson; Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Ex officio PhD, RN, FAAN; Tamara M. Kear ’09 PhD, RN, CNS, CNN; Tracy L. Tamara M. Kear ’09 PhD, RN, CNS, CNN Oliver, PhD, RDN, LDN Tracy L. Oliver, PhD, RDN, LDN Contributing editor: Donna Shoemaker Lesley A. Perry, PhD, RN, Ex officio Design: Barnett Group Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF

On the cover: Among those in the Class of 1957 gaining clinical experience at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) were Facebook @VillanovaNursing Dolores Cofield (Buchanan) (left) and Winifred Daly (right). With FOLLOW US ON: LinkedIn: Villanovans in Nursing them is Helenterese Coffey ’58 BSN, RN. Twitter @VUNursing Mark your calendar! PERSPECTIVES

Dear Alumni and Friends of the College of Nursing:

s I write this message, Villanova University is celebrating its 175th Anniversary with a week of festivities. Step back in history and reflect on how much the world has changed since 1842 and how the campus and institution have developed into Athe iconic center of learning and community life that we know and share. The heritage and values of the Order of St. Augustine connect us to our past and inspire our vision for the future. Many have shaped and nurtured Villanova’s growth; many have contributed to its success. Unitas, Veritas, Caritas endures. Within the University, the College of Nursing and the School of Law share a shorter history than the other academic units on campus, but even within the span of these 64 years, the change and growth within our College and our profession are no less than amazing. To experience this evolution has provided a clear perspective on where we were, where we are and where we must still go. This anniversary provides an opportunity for reflection but also a chance to focus our lens on the challenges for our future. Many have served as architects of our College and its programs and we appreciate the support of many groups over Happy Anniversary, Villanova. Thank you for all you have the years. However, the College of Nursing has also provided done to foster the excellence of our College of Nursing. Thank important contributions that enrich the total University and you to the late Rev. Francis X.N. McGuire, O.S.A. and the late the Villanova experience. Rev. Edward J. McCarthy, O.S.A. Our College of Nursing was the for their courage in bringing first to admit full-time undergraduate The heritage and values of collegiate nursing and undergraduate women to this campus, the first to the Order of St. Augustine women to this campus. Thank you initiate women’s athletics and to alumni who have distinguished us add female voices to the chorus. connect us to our past and by your performance in clinical and The late Theresa Christian, MSEd, inspire our vision for the future. leadership positions. Thank you associate professor of Nursing, was trustees, administrators, Augustinians the first African-American faculty and friends who have believed in us member employed at Villanova. Our and continue to contribute to our College has created strong curricula that reflect the centrality of prosperity. Thank you faculty and staff, past and present, for the liberal arts and sciences within the education of professional preparing many generations of Villanova nurses who excel and nurses. Our College has epitomized the service ideal of the build our reputation of intellectual rigor and clinical competence Villanova community through its activities, locally and globally. within a context of compassionate care. In particular, thank you Our College has sent its faculty and students into diverse Villanova for the privilege of serving as the Connelly Endowed communities to learn and improve the care of others by providing Dean of the College of Nursing. To all of us, congratulations. critical health services to those who need them. Our College has We ask for God’s blessings for the future of our University and given special attention to the needs of people with disabilities. its College of Nursing. Our College has produced a significant number of leaders for the profession in education, clinical practice, research, the military and internationally. Most importantly, through our PhD program, our College has helped the University attain status as a national doctoral institution. Our College has expressed the mission of Villanova in tangible ways that are rooted in the essential elements of a Catholic Augustinian tradition. We are an integral part of M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN Villanova University. Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor Facebook @VillanovaNursing LinkedIn: Villanovans in Nursing Twitter @VUNursing Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 1 DEDICATION ACR OSS THE DECADES

FROM THE COLLEGE’S SIX PIONEERING BSN GRADUATES TO TODAY’S 8,000 ALUMNI, VILLANOVA NURSES HAVE APPROACHED THEIR PRACTICE AS A MISSION AND A PROFESSION.

his academic year brings many commemorations on campus, including Villanova University’s 175th anniversary. In tandem, the College of Nursing celebrates the 60th anniversary of the graduation of our first class. It is an opportunity to recall the TCollege’s many contributions to the University and to the nursing profession across the decades and to celebrate the nearly 8,000 On June 3, 1957, the first graduating class of six students posed with alumni who continue to enhance the College’s excellent reputa- the Rev. Henry Greenlee, O.S.A., Provincial (left) and the Rev. Louis tion each day. Rongione, O.S.A. (right), who taught at Villanova. The six graduates are The six BSN graduates in 1957 were pioneers, the first full-time female students on campus. Until their arrival in 1953, Villanova had been an all-male institution for 111 years. As Mary Buckley Shigo DeFebo ’57 BSN agrees: “I’m so proud to be a Villanovan.” Dressler ’58 BSN, PhD recalled many years later, veterans were the The impetus for a College of Nursing within the University most welcoming to the early classes of women on campus because emerged after World War II, during which thousands of women “they recognized the value of nurses from their wartime experi- volunteered to care for soldiers overseas, thus gaining valuable ence.” However, the majority of male students did not share that nursing skills. As federal support increased for health care, large welcoming perspective. numbers of nursing education programs nationally were moving In the 1950s, even taking a patient’s blood pressure was usually into colleges and universities. Two ideas fueled this change. One was entrusted to the physician. Since then, the responsibilities and roles that nursing education should be grounded in the liberal arts and of nurses have greatly expanded and become far more complex. sciences and based in institutions of higher education, not hospitals. Nurses are primary care providers, researchers, doctorally prepared The other was that hospitals and community-based settings should educators, administrators, advanced practice specialists, patient serve as clinical laboratory settings for practica offered as part of the advocates, care coordinators and essential team members in a wide academic program and taught by nursing faculty. variety of settings. In each decade, the College has educated nurses Since the 1930s in Philadelphia, Villanova had enrolled to assume their expanding place at the heart of health care. Notes hospital-trained RNs in courses offered at John H. Hallahan Betty Ann Grozier Curran ’57 BSN, one of the first six BSN gradu- Catholic Girls High School. But the degree awarded was not ates, “I received great values and a wonderful education at Villa- accredited and was through a division within the College of nova. I was so well-prepared that I felt I could do anything and go Liberal Arts and Sciences. Also in Philadelphia, the Sisters of anywhere. I have great respect for the program, still.” Classmate Rita Mercy and the Franciscan Sisters of Glen Riddle, Pa., operated

2 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 DEDICATION ACR OSS THE DECADES

Forty years later, on July 30, 2008, Nursing faculty and staff moved into their new facility constructed centrally on campus. At the dedication Aof Driscoll SAMPLING Hall, M. Louise Fitzpatrick, OF OUREdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly EndowedNURSE Dean and LEADERS Professor, noted that “Villa- nova has built us a home—not our first location, because there have been four—but the first permanent one in our 55-year history….It provides a state-of-the-art environment for advancing nursing education, using technology and the first green building on our campus. Additionally, it creates a welcoming climate that will foster interdisciplinary activities.”

ver the years, with trustee and administrative support, the College has developed the reputation it enjoys as a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence in Nursing Education. The College educates nurses to be strong leaders in Othe areas of clinical practice, innovation, research, education and administration—all exemplified by Catholic Augustinian teaching and values rooted in knowledge, ethics, compassion, social justice and inclusivity. The College’s alumni, administrators and faculty have enhanced this reputation through their untiring efforts and performance. Villanova Nursing graduates are excellent clinicians at the bedside and in the community, as well as leaders in the military, health-care administration and nursing education. They are faculty members, deans and distinguished endowed chair holders (from left): Dolores Cofield (Buchanan); Cecelia DeMuro (Paul); Rita Shigo (DeFebo); Sister M. Theolinda Moore, O.S.F.; Winifred at colleges and universities. They are college presidents, entrepre- Daly; and Betty Ann Curran (Grozier). neurs, policy experts and researchers. The College’s faculty models the intellectual curiosity, clinical expertise and personal attributes that are reflected in Nursing alumni of both the undergraduate hospitals and hospital-based schools of nursing. Both religious and graduate programs. They and colleagues now deceased have orders understood that nursing education was changing and that built programs course by course, clinic by clinic, year after year. a baccalaureate education for nurses was vital. Sisters from these Similarly, the College’s staff has been the dedicated mainstay two orders approached the Rev. Francis X.N. McGuire, O.S.A., throughout Nursing’s history. University president. Father McGuire’s vision moved Villanova As Dean Fitzpatrick remarked at the Driscoll Hall dedication, forward in many ways, including opening the door for Nursing on “While today’s nurses are knowledge workers, an essential part campus and the enrollment of the first full-time undergraduate of their practice is to humanize the high-tech world of health women in 1953. He also understood how nursing education could care. Our graduates nurse people, not machines. Our students extend the service reach of the Augustinian charism that infuses will contribute to the desperately needed changes in health care the College’s history. and will have what it takes to influence health policy decisions Under the Rev. Edward J. McCarthy, O.S.A., at the time Villa- that ultimately can improve the quality of patient care. Villanova nova’s academic dean, the College of Nursing came to life (Father Nursing students graduate well-prepared for these challenges.” McCarthy later became University president). The College was She added, “I assure you that our academic programs continue first directed by sisters from those two orders: Sister M. Margarella to reflect the mission and values of this Catholic Augustinian O’Neill, O.S.F. and Sister M. Alma Lawler, R.S.M. They were university and that we view nursing as a ministry as well as a followed by the first two deans, Marion M. Schrum, EdD, RN profession. As beautiful as Driscoll is, it is not the stone, the brick, (1960), who had chaired the nursing program at St. Louis Univer- the mortar nor the landscaping that matters, as much as what is sity, and Dorothy R. Marlow, EdD, RN (1968). already happening inside this building.”

Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 3 A SAMPLING OF OUR NURSE LEADERS

Among the College of Nursing’s nearly 8,000 alumni and our faculty are countless leaders in the profession. Here we offer just a few examples.

Rear Adm. (Ret.) Christine Bruzek-Kohler ’74 The late Julia Boland Paparella, BSNed, MSEd, BSN, EdD, RN, FACHE, former director of the Navy MSLS, RN, faculty member, Army Nurse Corps Nurse Corps as well as commander, Navy Medicine officer and World War II veteran West/Naval Medical Center San Diego; currently executive director of Healthcare Operations, Joint Task Force—National Capital Region The late Brig. Gen. Hazel Johnson ’59 BSN, PhD, RN, FAAN in 1979 became the first African- Madeline McCarthy Bell ’83 BSN, ’15 DHL (Hon.), American woman to hold two posts: director of RN, president and chief executive officer, The the Army Nurse Corps and Army brigadier general; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia former member of Villanova’s Board of Trustees

Jeanne Jellig Alhusen ’93 BSN, PhD, CRNP, RN, The late Theresa Christian, MSEd, the College’s assistant dean for research and associate profes- first African-American faculty member (1958) sor, University of Virginia School of Nursing

Majid al-Maqbali ’01 BSN, ‘05 MSN, director of Rosalie M. Mirenda ’59 BSN, MSN, PhD, Nursing and Midwifery Affairs, Ministry of Health, president, Neumann University Sultanate of Oman

Walter Knepley ’63 BSN, first male BSN Raja Jadelhack ’02 MSN, ’14 PhD, RN, general student, became a dialysis specialist in director of nursing, Ministry of Health, Kingdom the Department of Veterans Affairs. of Saudi Arabia

Bridgette Carter Brawner ’03 BSN, PhD, APRN, Gloria Ferraro Donnelly ’63 BSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, inaugural recipient of the Emerging Scholar FCCP, professor and dean emerita, College of Award, assistant professor, University of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Mary Duffin Naylor ’71 BSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology, director Margaret Hattori-Uchima ’13 PhD, RN, dean of of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and the University of Guam School of Nursing and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Health Sciences Nursing; member of Villanova’s Board of Trustees

Donna L. Torrisi ’72 BSN, CRNP, FAAN, Patrick Smith ’16 BSN, RN, the College’s first executive director, Family Practice and male Presidential Scholar, now a Fulbright Counseling Network, Philadelphia Scholar in the Kingdom of Lesotho (see page 15).

4 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR HISTORY

1953 The first 10 high school students who enroll 1930s–40s in Villanova’s generic BSN program initiate Bachelor of Science degrees are awarded to RNs the education of women as full-time under- studying at John H. Hallahan Catholic Girls High graduates on campus. They reside in the School in Philadelphia, through the College of Franciscan House of Studies, affectionately Arts and Sciences Division of Nursing. called “The Convent.”

1957 BSN program receives initial 1951 accreditation from the National Sister M. Alma Lawler, R.S.M. (left) and League for Nursing. Sister M. Margarella O’Neill, O.S.F. are appointed co-directors to develop the The College’s first six students University’s Division of Nursing. are awarded the BSN degree.

1960 1966 Marion M. Schrum, Installation of Alpha Nu EdD, RN, becomes as the 35th chapter of the College’s Sigma Theta Tau Inter- first dean. national, nursing’s honor society. The College The charter was displayed last moves to fall during the chapter’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. St. Clare Hall.

1972 The College moves to St. Mary Hall. 1968 Dorothy R. Marlow, EdD, RN 1978 1979 becomes the College’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN Continuing Education in second dean. becomes the College’s third dean. Nursing and Health Care Nursing students reside in the Program is established The Distinguished Lectureship in Nursing is first residence hall for women with federal funds. initiated during the College’s 25th Anniversary. on campus, Good Counsel Hall, called the “New Dorm.”

Expansion to St. Clare Annex (now Stone Hall).

Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 5 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 5 1992 1993 Michelle McInerney (’95 BSN) is the first First summer institute for Japanese nursing students (above). Nursing student to study abroad through an Federal grant initiates the MSN Case Management option. affiliation with Kings College in London. The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies provides sup- First international students—from Jordan and the port to establish the Health and Human Values Lecture Series. Palestinian West Bank—enroll in the MSN program. First students from the Sultanate of Oman and China begin the MSN program. 1990 First College of Nursing Mass and Alumni Awards Ceremony is celebrated. 1989 Senior Cynthia Rich (Schmus ’89 BSN) serves as president of the National Student Nurses’ Association.

1985 Nursing Alumni Society established. 1984 CE program receives initial accreditation from the American Nurses Association. 1983 Junior Sandra Myers (Gomberg ’85 BSN, MSN program receives initial accreditation ’90 MSN, RN) becomes the first Villanova from the National League for Nursing. Nursing student elected president of the Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania. 1980 Freshman Mary Alice Rice (’84 BSN) becomes the first Nursing student awarded a Presidential Scholarship from Villanova. 1982 First MSN students graduate. Master’s Program in Nursing (MSN) is approved and developed with partial funding from the U.S. Public Health The College’s first Medallion, its highest Service. Joan T. Large, EdD, RN is the first director. honor, is awarded to Ellen Cooper ’82 BSN.

6 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 6 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 1997 The College develops its first 1996 distance learning initiative. Adult Nurse Three-year federal grant Practitioner establishes the MSN Nurse Program established. Anesthesia component.

1995 1998

MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner option established (above).

The College receives three-year grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation for the Health Promotion for Women with Disabilities Project.

Students begin practicing health promotion at Students from Jordan, Oman (above), the Augustinian mission in Chulucanas, Peru. Lebanon, the People’s Republic of China, Botswana and Taiwan demonstrate 1999 the College’s appeal internationally. First 20 RN students from Oman earn their BSN degrees.

First summer institute for 2000 In Beirut, Lebanon, the College co-sponsors The College is granted preferred Korean nurses. the first International Nursing Conference. status by the U.S. Army ROTC— First students enroll in the graduate option In Irbid, Jordan, the the College the only non-host school in the in Health Care Administration. of Nursing co-sponsors the fourth country to be so designated.

Middle East nursing conference. Continuing accreditation by the Junior Jennifer Yost ’00 BSN elected president of National League for Nursing. the Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania. The College becomes a Four Nursing sophomores study in England collaborating center for BSN and MSN programs granted for a year at the University of Manchester. Operation Smile International. initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. MSN Geriatric Nurse Practitioner option established.

2002 Establishment of the PhD in Nursing Program approved, pending funding, by Villanova’s Board of Trustees.

2003 During the College’s 50th Anniversary celebration, the Connelly Foundation announces a $4 million endowment, establishing the endowed deanship and providing resources for program and faculty development; teaching technology; and the Connelly-Delouvrier scholarships for students’ international and multi-cultural experiences, including in Nicaragua (left).

BSNExpress, the 14-month accelerated second-degree program, admits its first students.

Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 7 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 7 2011 College designated a Stellar School by the National Student Nurses’ Association.

MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education is established.

Students establish Nursing Without Borders to address health-care social injustices.

2009 2012 2010 First cohort begins the new Doctor of MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Inauguration of the Center for Global Nursing Practice (DNP) Program. option is established. and Public Health. The College and eight other area nursing Jennifer Gunberg schools begin a federally-funded, four- 2008 Ross ’00 BSN, year Graduate Nurse Education Demon- ’05 MSN, ’11 PhD, Bonnie Baloga- stration Project to increase the number of RN, CNE, adjunct Altieri ’08 PhD, RN, advanced practice nurses in primary care faculty member CNAA-BC, becomes as well as access to services for Medicare and doctoral the first PhD in beneficiaries. student, is named one of the nation’s Nursing graduate. first five National League for Nursing Dean Fitzpatrick is celebrated Jonas Scholars. She is now an assistant 2013 Helene Moriarty for her 30 years of leadership. professor of Nursing. ’77 BSN, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC is 2007 appointed to the On March 1, construction begins Diane L. and Robert F. on the College’s new home. Moritz, Jr. DDS, ’51 VSB Endowed Chair, 2006 the College’s first endowed chair. The College’s inaugural Board of Consultors convenes March 24. Online RN-to-BSN program option launched through villanovau.com. The National League for Nursing redesignates the College as a First DNP cohort graduates. Center of Excellence in Nursing.

2005 In Beirut, Lebanon, the College

co-sponsors an international Twelve BSN students, guided by scientific nursing conference. two faculty members, establish the Theta Delta Beta Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.

Center for Nursing Research established. 2004 Inaugural class of 12 begins the new PhD in Nursing Program on June 1. 2016 The College on October 1 becomes one of In May, the DNP Program only three schools in the nation to receive the receives full accreditation National League for Nursing’s new designation without recommendations of Center of Excellence in Nursing Education. from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

8 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 PROTECTING MOTHERS AND BABIES for Healthier Communities

In the United States, approximately 4 million babies are born each year. Yet more mothers are dying while giving birth and 10 percent of babies are preterm. The nation performs worse in maternal health than any other developed country, according to Save the Children. Its 2015 “State of the World’s Mothers” report pointed out that the U.S. had slid down to 33rd out of 179 countries ranked on maternal health; children’s well-being; and education, economic and political status.

oth inside and outside the walls of Driscoll age, and ways in which to improve models of care at Hall, faculty and students are conducting critical the community level. This may include women facing research and related endeavors that will ulti- obstacles such as mental health issues and substance use mately influence the country’s physical, mental disorders, as well as low-income urban women with high- and economic health. At the core? Mothers and babies. In risk complex medical co-morbidities.” this roundtable, seven faculty members address what moti- What drives Dr. McKeever’s work, and the students vates them in their field of maternal-child health, and what she mentors, comes from the fact that while the United remains to be done. States is a wealthy nation with vast resources, “the women who birth in our nation face far worse outcomes” “THE WOMEN WHO BIRTH than in peer countries. “The U.S. is now one of eight IN OUR NATION FACE FAR countries where the maternal mortality rate is increasing,” she explains—just as in Afghanistan and South Sudan. WORSE OUTCOMES…” The United States has not addressed the disparity of African-American women, who are three times more “Mothers represent the well-being likely to die in pregnancy compared to white women. of a society, and their newborns the “Of the 50 cities with the highest infant death rates we potential future of that community,” [in Philadelphia] are seventh. Poverty, lack of prenatal notes Assistant Professor Amy E. education and care all have contributed to the high McKeever ’08 PhD, RN, CRNP, mortality rates.” WHNP-BC. “If the health and well-being of that community are ENVISIONING THE FUTURE: Dr. McKeever wants to not addressed, then potential harm disseminate knowledge and awareness as broadly as the may come to that population.” Dr. international stage. She seeks to “develop and implement McKeever studies “models of care and health education interventions to improve existing models of care,” often that affect childbearing women and women of reproductive through creative partnerships with community agencies.

Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 9 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 9 URBAN PUERTO RICAN breastfeeding, neonatal intensive care, pediatric and perinatal CHILDBEARING WOMEN outcomes, nursing workforce, staffing and work environments.” She explains, “We have shown that improved nurse staffing, level “FACE NUMEROUS ISSUES…” of education and NICU work environments are associated with For three decades, Assistant Profes- improved outcomes for very low birth weight infants.” sor Linda Maldonado, PhD, RN has Dr. Hallowell observes that the diverse families and health- provided care to childbearing women care providers with whom she has worked “have taught me the in various parts of the country. Latina importance of providing good health care that is patient-centered, mothers are the crux of her work. She evidence-based and supported by sound policy. There is great room clearly sees the disparities. “We know for improvement in terms of transitioning the patient from the hos- that of all the Latina subgroups, Puerto pital to home. Investments in nursing care would improve patient Rican women have the highest rates outcomes both in the hospital and the community.” of both poor maternal health and infant ENVISIONING THE FUTURE: “Someday I hope to develop mortality. Understanding the contributing factors will allow models of health-care delivery and interventions that create effi- innovative interventions to ameliorate this issue,” she notes. ciency in patient care, enhance communication and demonstrate Through guiding students in her research projects (her improved outcome for infants and their families.” dedicated group is Team Latina), she is “committed to both understanding the phenomena of the poor maternal/infant HER WISH FOR PATIENTS: “Evidence-based information outcomes within communities of urban Puerto Rican women and the empowerment, support when they need it and the way but also through their voices, building an intervention that will they want it.” (See page 27 for her team’s innovative project.) help Latinas have better access and attendance to prenatal care.” During interviews with Puerto Rican mothers, Dr. Maldonado has seen fortitude at its finest. “These women face numerous issues, “HAVING STABLE LIVING including housing instability,” she points out. “Fear of neighborhood CONDITIONS, COUPLED crime and low socioeconomics can be paralyzing to these women WITH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, and children,” she adds. “Despite these and many other complicated facets of their lives, they are able to care for their families, oftentimes LEADS TO HEALTHY FAMILIES…” at the expense of their own health. My wish for them would be An advocate for vulnerable children, neighborhood communities that band together for wellness.” Professor Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN describes the face of ENVISIONING THE FUTURE: “Ultimately, the women involved in this research program will help build an intervention that will homelessness: “An estimated 1 million empower them, as well as communities of Puerto Rican women, families across the United States are to be active change agents for their own maternal/infant health.” unstably housed.” She adds that of nearly a quarter of a million people counted in shelters on a single night in January 2014, “THERE IS GREAT ROOM FOR more than three-fourths were single female- IMPROVEMENT…” headed households with two young children, according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. “My work focuses on the idea that As she conducts research with the students she mentors, Dr. healthy babies begin with healthy Dowdell considers factors like housing, safety and stability. “Interper- families,” says Assistant Professor sonal violence, in particular, remains one of the leading causes of home- Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, lessness and housing instability for women and girls, and can prolong IBCLC, who approaches the subject or compound the impact of housing instability on vulnerable families,” from a clinical, systems and policy she observes. Therein lies her motivation, since “Mothers influence the standpoint. “Over 98 percent of health outcomes of their children, and having stable living conditions, infants in the United States are born coupled with access to health care, leads to healthy families.” She in a hospital. I explore the relationships adds, “My work with a University of Michigan group is looking at the between hospitals and health-care systems on patient outcomes. impact nursing management and care can have on reducing trauma for Nurses play an important role in influencing infant outcomes, mothers, which means better outcomes for babies and children.” She especially those related to breastfeeding support and the receipt adds that “Nurses are in an ideal position to work with mothers and their of human milk in the neonatal intensive care unit” (NICU). babies through practice at shelters, clinics, hospitals and into homes.” A 2014 Jonas Health Policy Scholar, Dr. Hallowell serves on the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on HER WISH FOR PATIENTS: “A future environment where Breastfeeding. As a nurse practitioner who mentors students in mothers have stable housing so their focus can be on raising scholarly efforts, she notes, “My specific areas of focus include healthy and resilient children.”

10 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 “I ENJOY RAISING AWARENESS…” “Most elementary and middle school educators do not know that 10 percent of the children in the U.S. are born Clinical Instructor Susan Meyers prematurely and that the 9 percent born between 32-36 weeks ’92 BSN, MSN, RNC, CRNP, a PhD in of gestation face a significantly increased risk of neurodevelop- Nursing student, builds on her advanced mental conditions that will affect their ability to be successful clinical and education practice in obstetric in the classroom,” says Dr. Kelly. “My goal is to bridge two very and pediatric hospital settings. As a nurse important gaps, the one between the NICU and the primary educator, she was the nurse lead in fall care providers, and the one between the primary care provider 2015 on the Baby-Friendly Designation and the education system.” Project at Pennsylvania Hospital—the first hospital to be so designated in the Phila- HER WISH FOR PATIENTS: Concerning those born prema- delphia area. This World Health Organization initiative promotes turely, “We must first educate the providers, the educators and breastfeeding and healthier feeding for infants and young children. the family to have a heightened awareness of the risks these Meyers’ desire for optimal feeding and maternal-child bonding children face, because these challenges are surmountable. We translates into her academic work: Her doctoral research will be just need to be prepared to face them and provide the children on postpartum depression (PPD), which “affects 10 to 15 per- with the tools to be successful. Health-care providers, educators cent of mothers in the United States,” she notes. “PPD is mostly and parents need to advocate for them.” undetected and untreated and can inflict long-term negative consequences on mothers, children and families. I explore nurses’ DEDICATED TO “THE TEACHING- perceptions about caring for mothers at risk.” LEARNING PROCESS” A certified car-seat technician, Meyers checks car seats and vol- unteers at hospitals, schools and day care centers to teach parents In preparing nurses who will be work- how to install them. Since more than 90 percent of car seats are ing in local and global settings, Associate installed incorrectly, her initiative is critical for child safety. Professor Carol Toussie Weingarten, HER WISH FOR PATIENTS: As a nurse practitioner in the pediatric PhD, RN, ANEF studies the art and setting, Meyers educates not only students but parents. Her goal of science of teaching about the nursing safety for children always tops her list. “I enjoy raising awareness and care of women and childbearing families. promoting healthy living with new families,” she notes. Known for her expertise in maternal- child nursing, health promotion and professional development, she involves “MEANINGFUL PREVENTION undergraduate and graduate students in conducting research. OF PREMATURITY HAS ELUDED Her special interests include teaching strategies, item writing US FOR DECADES…” and test construction—key areas of teaching that evolve as times and students change. Students need to pass their courses and later the Not every American baby has the ideal NCLEX-RN licensure exam, but the process is valuable in other birth scenario. Consider those born ways. “Testing fosters critical thinking and mastery of content,” Dr. prematurely. Assistant Professor Michelle Weingarten explains. Her collaboration with fellow educators and M. Kelly ’94 BSN, ’12 PhD, RN, CRNP, her “dream team” of three clinical faculty experts—Meyers and Drs. a neonatal and pediatric nurse practi- Maldonado and McKeever—delineates their shared passion “for tioner, doesn’t mince words. “We know the science of our content and the teaching-learning process to best that meaningful prevention of prema- prepare our students, our future colleagues.” turity has eluded us for decades and we She understands what a difference funding can make. For have pushed the edge of viability to its example, grants from the Villanova University Institute for limit. Survival rates for all gestational ages are astounding com- Teaching and Learning focusing on studying education have pared to those of generations past. What we have not done well allowed for faculty growth in “translating key clinical concepts into is impress upon those in the primary care and education systems items that evaluate learning” and ultimately produce better nurses, that those children who did well, who spent just a few weeks in she notes. “Broadening the recognition of nursing education as a the NICU, continue to face some challenges.” specialty of nursing and the importance of investment in nursing Along with mentoring student research assistants, Dr. Kelly digs education are critical to health care at every level,” she believes. deeper in studying babies born prematurely to focus on their educational and functional outcomes throughout childhood, specifically ENVISIONING THE FUTURE: Her broad goals include during elementary and middle school. “This is a critical time period, fostering student success in mastering objectives, preparation one during which families find it hard to secure educational support for the NCLEX-RN exam and promoting the essential outcome services for children with low acuity conditions like speech/language of excellent care for women and childbearing families in every delay or impaired executive function,” she explains. setting in which Villanova nurses practice. 

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INSIGHT, Guided by faculty mentors, many more Nursing undergraduates SIDE are pursuing research. Their studies are improving clinical BY practice and advancing SIDE the knowledge base.

Assistant Professor Meredith MacKenzie, PhD, RN, CRNP, CNE Senior Catherine DeLuca (right) explains to students her study of (right) mentored senior Emma Max, who last summer was the risky behavior like sexting among high school students. Her mentor College’s Villanova University Research Fellow. is Professor Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN.

12 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 rom enhancing the lives of 1 million Americans struggling with Parkinson’s disease to studying critical

topics like cyberbullying, elder care and homelessness, the College of Nursing’s undergraduates make

an impact in the world of nursing research. They are engaging in crucial, in-depth analysis that is

providing insight and discoveries benefiting patients, families and communities—locally, nationally Fand internationally. Undergraduates are learning the intricacies of the research process, becoming involved in scholarly endeavors and contributing to the body of nursing science.

The expanding research and related scholarly pursuits for God’s thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure undergraduates are a culmination of years of stimulation by the of his purpose,” Nightingale noted. Over the past 50 years, nursing College of Nursing and Villanova University. research has emerged as a dominant force within health care and Villanova’s Strategic Plan calls for a greater emphasis on under- nursing education. graduate research. Nursing faculty members guide students to pursue Through the Center for Nursing Research, undergraduate and research scholarships and awards, present at national conferences graduate students receive help with grant writing, the research and play a role in shaping the field of nursing through evidence- process, developing skills critical to professional writing, and more. based practice. Established in 2006, the College’s Center for Nursing This center assists students and faculty who study a vast array of Research has become a hub of scholarly pur- topics, from childhood obesity prevention to the psychosocial effects suits and information. It continues to grow and of breast cancer on African-American women survivors. It serves develop commensurate with the profession’s as a clearinghouse for funding opportunities and dissemination of response to the need to improve patient care. research outcomes and activities. Observes Professor Elizabeth Burgess While research has long been a cornerstone of the College’s Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN, “Nursing graduate programs, particularly the PhD in Nursing Program, under- students who work with faculty on research graduates have increasingly emerged as visible and capable partici- or evidence-based practice projects or have pants in research endeavors. Dr. Dowdell points out that in 2011 developed their own independent studies Villanova’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships are developing new skills and competencies (CURF) expanded its Undergraduate Research Fellows Program. that are demanded by an evolving health- This led to Nursing students receiving internal funding to support care environment. Through Villanova and their research. In 2012, CURF piloted its Villanova Freshman Match Nursing research opportunities, our students Research Program to provide first-year students with stipends to are learning to understand the critical link participate in the research of faculty mentors. Nursing students also between the bench and the bedside as well as take part in professional development seminars on writing résumés, developing enthusiasm and skills necessary cover letters, oral presentations and grant proposals. for the nursing workforce of the future. They In 2014, the Davis Family Undergraduate Summer Scholars are making a difference in and out of the Research Fund was established at the College through the generosity classroom by moving from dependent to of Hugh M. Davis ’83 MS, ’85 PhD; his wife, Pamela S. Davis; and independent roles within studies, as well as their daughter, Olivia M. Davis ’13 BSN. The Davis fund supports the power of dissemination.” undergraduate participation in faculty-guided research. Nursing research can be traced back to All of these endeavors have led to a significant spike in the number Florence Nightingale. In 1856, she returned of undergraduates taking part of the College’s nursing research to Britain as a hero after caring for soldiers agenda. In August 2015, there were 10 Nursing students conducting in the Crimean War. She pioneered not only research with faculty. In November 2015, Dr. Dowdell held the first patient care but the collection and analysis Research Information Session, which attracted 30 undergraduates. of data and the development of survey instruments like colored pie Last spring, 33 undergraduates were collaborating with faculty on a charts to make her findings clear to those in power. “To understand research or scholarly project—more than three times as many as in 2015.

Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 13 Accolades from Presentations to Publications Knowledge, Attitudes and Self-Efficacy to Care for the Dying n recent years, Nursing students, guided by faculty mentors, Patient.” The senior developed a data-based (co-authored) abstract have studied, published about and presented on an array of and poster, which she presented at the 2016 Villanova Under- topics. During 2015-16, for example, Clinical Associate Pro- graduate Research Poster Session and was accepted for the Eastern fessor Theresa “Teri” Capriotti ’95 MSN, DO, RN, CRNP Nursing Research Society’s 2017 Scientific Sessions. and senior Kristina Terzakis, a Presidential Scholar, pub- Seniors Annabel Anderson and Margaret “Maggie” Coleman Ilished “Parkinson’s Disease for the Home Health Care Clinician” collaborated with Dr. Dowdell in spring 2016 on a project titled “You in Home Healthcare Now. Their aim is to enhance the quality of Don’t Know Unless You Ask: School Nurses’ Role in Identifying life for patients and their caregivers who struggle daily with this Homelessness.” As Dr. Dowdell explains, Anderson worked tirelessly progressive neurodegenerative disease. Other students and faculty to identify states and school districts that have developed programs mentors published works addressing LGBT health-care issues, the to address homelessness among children, contacting school nurses health needs of Philadelphia’s Arab-American communities and across the country via e-mail, Skype and telephone. Anderson notes the impact of hydraulic fracturing on health. that she spoke with “school nurses in lower-income communities Among those who have received major accolades for their research [who] created entire programs to help students because homeless- are Davis Scholar/Fulbright Scholar Patrick Smith ’16 BSN, RN (see ness had become a significant problem.” Coleman, for her part in page 15), junior Carolyn Astrup and senior Catherine DeLuca. the project, conducted multiple literature reviews across eight professional disciplines and synthesized state and federal laws specific to homelessness and children throughout the country. Together, “Nurses and other professionals are in they identified laws that applied to nurses or other health-care key roles to screen, identify and assess providers. The abstract and poster the two seniors produced were online risk behaviors in adolescents.” presented at the College’s Scholar’s Day and Villanova’s Under- graduate Research Poster Session. —CATHERINE DeLUCA, SENIOR A Future of Opportunities Astrup works with Assistant Professor Melissa O’Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, COS-C on “Fuel for Life: A Literature Review of hese examples are merely a glimpse of the scholarly Nutrition Among Older Adults Receiving Home Health.” Astrup work Nursing undergraduates are conducting as observes that “The standard home health assessment does not they learn from faculty mentors. As the College contain information about a patient’s nutritional status. In the continues its efforts to develop and support research popular and empirical literature there is a plethora of knowledge at the undergraduate level, such skill-building will on what older adults should be eating, and what health-care profes- Tstrengthen the meaningful link between research and clinical sionals should do to help them maintain good nutrition. However, practice, a link crucial to the students’ career development and it is unknown whether or not this information is being shared with ultimately their ability to provide quality care based on evidence.  older adults who are receiving home health, and whether or not older adults are truly getting the support they need to be consuming a nutritionally sufficient diet.” Astrup says she has gained “much more respect for the many scholars and researchers of the nursing world who commit their time to their patients, as well as the science of nursing. I now hope to be able to do the same in my nursing career!” Dr. Dowell is mentoring DeLuca for their project on “High School Students and Risk Taking Behaviors: Is There a Relation- ship between Health Risks and Online Risks?” Through their data analysis, DeLuca says, “…findings from this study suggest that sexting is related to other risky Internet behaviors such as cyberbullying and drug use. Nurses and other professionals are in key roles to screen, identify and assess online risk behaviors in adolescents. Focused nursing interventions and educational programs that emphasize prevention, risk reduction and safety are imperative.” Assistant Professor Meredith MacKenzie, PhD, RN, CRNP, CNE has mentored several undergraduates, including senior Emma Max, who was Nursing’s Villanova University Research Senior Kristina Terzakis, a Villanova Presidential Scholar, published Fellow last summer. Max received funding for a strong proposal with Clinical Associate Professor Theresa “Teri” Capriotti ’95 MSN, DO, she submitted: “Just in KASE: Evaluating Nursing Students’ RN, CRNP an article on Parkinson’s disease.

14 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 AMBASSADOR FOR HEALTH ACCESS

IN SUB- Last December, Patrick Smith ’16 BSN, a Fulbright researcher (left), joined other Partners In Health-Lesotho staff in attending the World AIDS Day commemoration in Maseru, the capital and largest city in SAHARAN the Kingdom of Lesotho. ous Lesotho; and to draw attention to global health practices that AFRICA are measurably transforming health outcomes for populations in last-mile communities.” Based on his site visits and conversations with nurses at 25 health centers throughout the kingdom, Smith observes, “I’ve seen firsthand that nurses are also primary-care providers, 24/7 on-call skilled birth attendants, pharmacy technicians and data clerks whose dedication is profound and readily apparent in the way they speak of their daily challenges.” He shares his experiences through uring his senior year, Patrick Smith ’16 BSN, his blog, “One Foot Forth” (pd94smith.wordpress.com). RN was awarded a Fulbright research grant to Smith, who is from Melrose, Mass., was the College of Nurs- conduct a nine-month health reform project in ing’s first male Presidential Scholar. At Villanova, his interests in the Kingdom of Lesotho, which is encircled by international development, global health equity and social justice South Africa. The economy of this constitutional flourished and were nourished through his participation and lead- Dmonarchy is based on agriculture, mining, manufacturing and ership in such groups as Catholic Relief Services Ambassadors. subsistence farming. Forty percent of its population live below For two years, he chaired Villanova’s Hunger and Homelessness the international poverty level line of $1.25 a day. Life expectancy Awareness Week. As a sophomore and junior, through the federal averages 49 years. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he led two studies Working with staff from Partners In Health-Lesotho, Smith in Baltimore examining innovative health-care delivery to low- developed a proposal to investigate public perceptions of Lesotho's income, functionally challenged older adults. Primary Healthcare (PHC) Reform. Implemented in 2014, the In 2015, Smith served during the summer in Ghana with reform aims to increase health-care access and quality nationwide Unite For Sight, supporting health-care delivery in resource- through empowering district health-management teams, nurses limited settings. He blogged that “in adapting to changes in and village health workers. lifestyle and closely observing examples of scarcity, I have grown “My background as a nurse underlies everything I do here,” to more fully understand and appreciate manifestations of global Smith says, including his “understanding of the challenges of pro- poverty, the inspiring resilience of the human spirit and the need viding care in diverse settings, communication skills and exposure for us all to work towards socially just living conditions for all.” to research.” He channels his energies into assessing the impact of Support and guidance for his Ghana project came from the village health workers on access to and quality of care. Using mixed- Villanova School of Business’ Center for Global Leadership; methods research to Villanova’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships; “I have grown to more fully investigate their key the College’s Davis Family Undergraduate Summer Scholars understand and appreciate successes and chal- Research Fund; and Professor Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD, lenges with patients, RN, FAAN and Associate Professor Ruth A. McDermott-Levy manifestations of global poverty, he aims “to provide ’96 MSN, MPH, ’08 PhD, RN. the inspiring resilience of the useful programmatic Smith notes how his experience with direct patient care height- human spirit and the need for us feedback; to further ened his sensitivity to patients’ holistic needs and strengthened his all to work towards socially just global understand- awareness of the many factors—biologic, social and environmental, living conditions for all.” ing of the human among others—that can influence their health. He plans to pursue experience of people post-graduate studies on locally driven health system innovations —Patrick Smith ’16 BSN living in mountain- in sub-Saharan Africa. 

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Choosing to LEAD in Building Skills New professional development program enhances student readiness for the marketplace.

or 60 years, the College of Nursing LEAD emphasizes building skills such as net- Nursing students could also benefit from has taken pride both in educating working, professional etiquette, mentoring, a deliberate set of experiences that would Fstudents and in their performance as negotiation, financial planning, and appro- parallel their development as clinicians. To professionals after graduation. The College priate professional dress and demeanor. provide them with this value-added experi- prepares excellent clinicians and has produced Villanova University’s other colleges ence over their four years, the College will many fine leaders. Yet, there is always more to also have recognized the value in extending further design and develop LEAD, guided do and new opportunities to improve students’ students’ experience beyond the classroom by a subcommittee of faculty, staff, alumni overall education. and laboratory to better prepare them for the and BOC members. Fledgling students, in particular, need professional arena. Villanova offers career LEAD’s initial events, including the additional support to build their confi- development workshops, and many Nursing inaugural one on October 28, 2016, in dence and hone their professional skills courses integrate aspects of professional devel- Driscoll Hall brought together alumni, BOC for today’s marketplace. A pilot program opment, such as accountability, appropriate members and key individuals from clinical to do just that is under way for seniors and communications using a variety of outlets, partner agencies to interact with Nursing freshmen. Known as LEAD (Learn, Engage, and strategies for working with intraprofes- students. The events yielded a highly positive Advance, Develop), the program has a goal sional and interdisciplinary teams. response and evaluation. Observes senior of enhancing students’ total performance as Members of Nursing’s Board of Consul- Margaret “Maggie” Coleman, “For me, the they prepare to take on more responsibility tors (BOC), alumni and faculty agreed that event was a great opportunity not only to and accountability for their own professional given the diverse environment in which hone my networking skills but to appreciate growth upon graduation and employment. health care and nursing are practiced, the depth of the Villanova network as well.” Nursing exists in a highly competitive, diverse and complex marketplace. Compe- tence, ethical and professional behaviors, compassion and a spirit of service have long characterized Villanova nurses and their performance. The College’s expectations of its graduates are high. The LEAD experience expands this opportunity to contribute to the education of Nursing students and to distin- guish the College’s graduates.

Tyonne Hinson ’01 MSN, DPH, RN, NE-BC, director of Nursing, International Medi- As part of their first LEAD event, held in Driscoll Hall last October, seniors cine and Global Health at The Children’s networked with clinical partner agencies and key individuals from Boston Hospital of Philadelphia, offered career to Philadelphia, following a session on interviewing skills. advice during the networking session.

16 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 What Matters Most

usan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior advisor for Nursing for the SRobert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has spoken countless times about the vital role of nurses. She has shaped and led RWJF’s nursing strategies to create a higher quality of care in the United States. But on the evening of November 21, 2016, Dr. Hassmiller, who had been invited to give the College of Nursing’s 38th Annual Distinguished Lecture in Nursing, instead found herself offering a personal perspective. A little more than a month prior, she Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN (right) assisted Susan Hasmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN (left) in giving the Naratil lecture last November. They are colleagues at the Robert had lost her husband, Bob, due to a biking Wood Johnson Foundation. accident. As she spoke of this tragedy and loss, she brought a very special message goes beyond words in this profession. She stepped in for her to deliver the lecture in about the value of the care provided from concluded with a charge to the Nursing the Connelly Center. Dr. Swan addressed many compassionate nurses. students transfixed by her words: “My mes- nursing’s role in a culture of health. She Drawing parallels from her longstand- sage for you is to go forward with care and advised nurses to “be present, intentional ing career of fostering nursing leaders, compassion because care and compassion and thoughtful with your care, for each Dr. Hassmiller said she remains humbled are what matter the most.” increment of time impacts the patient and by the irreplaceable care Bob received dur- Her RWJF colleague, Beth Ann Swan, family you’re caring for in profound ways.” ing such a difficult time. She recapped how PhD, CRNP, FAAN, dean and professor of The lecture is part of the College of a nurse’s ability to just be there for patients the Jefferson College of Nursing at Thomas Nursing’s Naratil Family Health & and their families and provide support Jefferson University in Philadelphia, then Human Values Lecture Series. 

Community Partners Envision the Future

The Center of Global and Public Health inaugurated its Strengthening Partner- ships Workshop, held in the Idea Accel- erator in Falvey Memorial Library, on September 30, 2016. Twenty-five people representing Villanova University, Nursing faculty and four community organizations participated in this workshop to enhance existing relationships. The community agencies were Catholic Social Services, Nationalities Services Center, the School District of Philadelphia and Unity Clinic. The workshop was well-received and each group and faculty partner took away strategies for future initiatives. Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 MSN, ’08 PhD, MPH, RN directs the center. 

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Four PhD Students Dietitians Highlight Best Practices Named as Scholars n finding solutions to the obesity themes in helping their patients tudents in the PhD in Nursing epidemic, there’s no one-size-fits-all and clients: SProgram who have been selected as Iapproach. At the Breakfast Series in • setting small, realistic and scholars this past academic year include: Driscoll Hall on September 14, 2016, attainable goals; “Sharing Secrets and Successes: Best Prac- • focusing on positive behavior (i.e., • Carlene McLaughlin tices in Weight Management,” a panel of eating smaller portions) rather than ’09 MSN, CRNA, a registered dietitians discussed the inroads the outcome (losing 10 pounds); National League for they have made. The dietitians related the • increasing “touch points” (in-person Nursing (NLN) Jonas variety of approaches and evidence-based contact, phone calls, e-mails); Scholar. Her disserta- practices they use with their bariatric • building a strong rapport; and tion is “The Effect patients, low-income children in Philadel- of Debriefing with phia and their Main Line clientele. Thus • understanding the complex Good Judgment on Nurse Anesthesia the discussion remained dynamic and nature of weight management. Students’ Critical Event Recogni- engaging for the more than 40 dietitians Panel members discussed other tion, Response and Treatment.” and health professionals attending the approaches they often use, such as mobile program, which was sponsored by the fitness and food apps and motivational • Amanda Kirkpatrick, College’s MacDonald Center for Obesity interviewing techniques, to help their MSN, RN-BC, a Prevention and Education (COPE). clients and patients achieve lasting lifestyle College of Nurs- Despite the differences in the popula- changes. A Q&A session rounded out the ing Jonas Scholar. tions served, the dietitians found common two-hour program.  Her study will focus on simulation to increase undergraduates’ competence in palliative care.

• Tara Sacco, MS, RN, CCRN-K, AGCNS- BC, ACCNS-AG, also a College of Nursing Jonas Scholar. Her area of study is the relationship of work environment factors to compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue among critical care nurses.

• Susan Berryman Moyer ’07 MSN, RN, CNE, a Rob- ert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar at Independence The panel at COPE’s Breakfast Series last September featured (from left) Lisa K. Blue Cross Foundation in Philadel- Diewald, MS, RD, LDN, program manager of COPE; Colleen Tewksbury, MPH, RD, phia. Her area of research is health LDN, bariatric program manager at Penn Medicine/University of Pennsylvania Health promotion and disease prevention System; Sharon Howard, MS, RD, LDN, CDE, FAND, owner of Nutrition for Living behaviors among millennials.  Counseling and Coaching Services; John Rickards, RD, LDN, managing partner, The Charge Group Corporate/Individual Health Solution Management; Brenda Lazin, MS, RD, LDN, pediatric nutritionist, Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s City Health Centers; Ashvini Mashru, MA, RD, LDN, owner of Wellness Nutrition Concepts, LLC and author of Small Steps to Slim; and Rebecca Shenkman, MPH, RDN, LDN, director of COPE.

18 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 A Major Switch to the ICU PNP Students

hifting from managing lavish fine Pennsylvania’s Heart and Vascular ICU. Present at dining experiences at the Ritz-Carlton “It is surprising how many core skills NAPNAP Sto caring for post-operative surgical from hospitality management transfer over patients may not seem like a traditional career to nursing,” notes Ziemba. “It is very much path. However, Lauren Ziemba ’16 BSN, RN problem-solving on the spot, with a far greater easily traded in her business suits for hospital impact.” While holding a very positive regard scrubs. With the help of a Helene Fuld for her previous field, she knew it was not her Health Trust grant, she gave up her career calling. In her late teens, she lost her father in hospitality management to enroll in the to pancreatic cancer. She recalls the positive College of Nursing’s second-degree acceler- impact the health-care staff had on her during ated BSN program. Within 14 months, last this heartbreaking period. From this loss, she September she began practicing as a Clinical learned that she “wanted to make more of a Nurse I at the Hospital of the University of difference in the lives of others during their At a meeting of the Delaware most trying times.” She applied her “love Valley Chapter of the National for science and interactions with others” to Association of Pediatric Nurse becoming a nurse to help have that same Practitioners (NAPNAP), Lisa impact on her patients. Garber ’16 MSN, RN (left), then Being educated as a nurse with a focus a student, discussed with fellow on patient-centered care has made Ziemba’s PNP student Caroline Shane, transition into her fast-paced job feel very BSN, RN her poster related to the natural. She reflects that while she “thrives effect of education on how sex on intensity,” keeping the patients’ needs at trafficking victims are viewed. the forefront is critical to their care. Ziemba They were among the Villanova Nursing students who attended explains that many patients arrive critically ill, and presented last September with multiple co-morbidities, and post-oper- in Valley Forge, Pa. Assistant Hospitality management was her atively the nursing staff is able to guide them Professor Michelle M. Kelly ’94 previous career, but now Lauren Ziemba through the beginning steps of their journey BSN, ’12 PhD, CRNP, RN is the ’16 BSN, RN cares for patients who have towards recovery. “Seeing a positive progres- undergone such procedures as heart chapter’s president-elect and and lung transplants, coronary artery sion in patients is my favorite part of the job,” Assistant Professor Sunny G. bypass grafts and transcatheter aortic she says. She is reminded daily that her career Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC valve replacement. change was indeed the right choice.  is the immediate past-president. 

Fuld Scholars Accelerate to Their Careers

Thanks to a grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust, 28 students in the second-degree accelerated BSN program were offered the opportunity to pursue their dreams of becoming a nurse. The funding supports academically qualified students with financial need. Recipient Siana Minucci (back right) notes: “I was a full-time student and working full time as a patient care assistant in a busy PACU. I was inspired by the nurses with whom I worked and the superior nursing care they gave their patients. I soon had the desire to evolve and reach my full potential. The Helene Fuld Scholarship is helping me accomplish what I set out to do: to become a Villanova Nursing graduate and have meaning in my career as an RN.” 

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Evidence-based Practice for Nurse Leaders

ew graduates bring knowledge Professor Mary Ann of evidence-based practice and Cantrell ’89 MSN, Nprojects to their first professional PhD, RN, FAAN positions—often surpassing that of their (right) and Barbara Quintiliano (back more seasoned nurse leaders. To address the right), the College’s gap that may exist in the understanding and Falvey Memorial creative application of scientific evidence Library liaison, assist to their practice, the Continuing Educa- two nurse leaders tion in Nursing and Health Care Program with their evidence- based practice (CE) offered a day-long Evidence Based initiatives during Practice (EBP) Seminar for Nurse Leaders. last fall’s inaugural This seminar, held last October in Driscoll Continuing Education Hall, assisted each participant in developing seminar on that topic. ways to access and evaluate clinical evidence while considering its applicability to day-today operations and strategic planning. Nurse leaders explored the differences between research, EBP and quality “It was very exciting to provide one-on- Program. To address the more widespread improvement. Using a mix of small and one instruction that helped each leader need, she notes, “Our next venture is to large group discussions, everyone had a formulate a clinical question, and learn explore hosting this program online for all chance to consult with expert faculty. Each how to access and appraise relevant studies. health-care leaders. They can join this team nurse was assigned a mentor for a one- Comments from the participants were very of experts in the virtual classroom, accessing time consultation to provide guidance in positive,” says Evelyn Lengetti, PhD, RN-BC, the class from their personal computer achieving personal EBP goals and objectives. assistant dean and director of the CE anywhere in the country.” 

Theta Delta Beta Chapter Celebrates First Decade

On April 1, 2006, dedicated to its mission of “Service for Humanity,” 12 College of Nursing students launched the Theta Delta Beta Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. This national professional organization for registered professional nurses and student nurses (male and female) represents many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds. Support from its national and regional leadership, as well as from two Nursing faculty advisors—associate professors Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN, FAAN and Sara J. Reeder, PhD, RN—led to the success of the chapter’s chartering and longevity. In Driscoll Hall, supporters and charter members joined in the chapter’s 10th Anniversary Celebration on September 17, 2016. Pictured here are (front row, from left): Dr. Bradley, faculty advisor; M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor; Lillian Stokes, PhD, RN, FAAN, past national president of Chi Eta Phi; and Constance Sumner, MSN, CMSRN, OCN, past director of the Northeast Region. Students and alumni who returned for the festivities included (second row) Rasheeda Thomas ’13 BSN; Geena George ’08 BSN; Patricia Harris ’92 BSN, ’01 MSN, the first Beta sponsor; Marta Tikabu ’09 BSN, charter member (third row) Ava Phipps ’11 BSN; Lillie Manon ’06 BSN, charter member; Jazmin Russell, senior (fourth row) Sherrieka Bryan ’15 BSN; Rachel Watkins ’08 BSN, charter member; NyAsia White ’16 BSN (fifth row) Danielle Wallace ’12 BSN, Nurse Anesthesia student; Ugochi Onwuzurike, senior; and Terry Ravello ’16 BSN. 

20 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 Standard of Care Model Takes Wing

urner syndrome (TS) is a genetic extensively on growth disorders in condition in females where the X pediatrics, including journal articles, Tchromosome is missing or partially book chapters and manuscripts. She missing, resulting in a variety of medical speaks regionally and nationally and issues—most commonly short stature and received CHOP’s 2010 Caroline pubertal delay. Cardiac defects, renal anoma- Langstader Advanced Practice Award lies, hearing issues and higher incidence of for Excellence in Clinical Practice. autoimmune disorders can also occur. That She believes strongly in creating Denise Gruccio Paolucci ’16 DNP, CRNP, PNP-BC can be frightening for families whose daugh- the ideal patient experience and guides families and patients through the chal- ters may be diagnosed anywhere from the holds fast to her longstanding lenges of chronic illness. prenatal period to the teen years. TS patients commitment to improving the require ongoing care from a team of provid- care of children and adolescents. are growth and pubertal development. ers to promote their health and indepen- In 2011 she co-launched and developed Most patients will require hormone therapy. dence. That’s where Denise Gruccio Paolucci CHOP’s WINGS (Wellness in Growth Recognizing that the best standardized ’16 DNP, CRNP, PNP-BC comes in. and Spirit) program, designed to meet approach had not been identified, Dr. An expert in growth and pubertal the needs of girls with TS. WINGS brings Gruccio Paolucci in her DNP scholarly work disorders of childhood, she has 26 years of together an interdisciplinary team of experts created and implemented a clinical practice experience working with patients and families to provide the best care to TS patients of all guideline to a standard treatment approach. confronted with chronic illness and the chal- ages through prenatal visits as well as care to The implementation of a standardized care lenges that presents. A nurse practitioner children from birth to late adolescence and model improves both the quality of care at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia young adulthood. “The program has met delivered as well as patient outcomes. (CHOP), she practices in the Division of with much success and includes multi-state In April, she will give a podium Endocrinology and Diabetes, Diagnostic and patient referrals,” notes Dr. Gruccio Paolucci. presentation on “The Development and Research Growth Center and the Turner Syn- Recognizing the challenges and com- Implementation of a Clinical Practice drome Program. Each day she advocates for, plexity of health-care delivery, she decided Guideline for Feminization of Girls supports and educates patients and families to pursue her Doctor of Nursing Practice with Turner Syndrome” at the Pediatric in the management of their chronic illness. (DNP) degree at the College of Nursing. Endocrine Nursing Society, as well as a Families see her passion. What they While girls and adolescents with TS face poster presentation at the Eastern Nursing might not know is that she has published many health challenges, two of the biggest Research Society’s Scientific Sessions. 

Alpha Nu Prepares for Next 50 Years

ight years in the making, the Alpha “The values that [the Alpha Nu Nu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau founders] were committed to cele- EInternational (STTI)—nursing’s brating—love, courage, honor—have honor society—culminated in 1966 with its endured, and will guide us into the chartering on May 15 that year at a dinner future if we maintain focus,” added in Dougherty Hall. Dr. Sharts-Hopko. Fifty years later, in her keynote address That future lies with the 125 Nursing at Alpha Nu’s annual induction ceremony undergraduates, 15 graduate students and Four charter members of Alpha Nu who and 50th Anniversary Celebration, Nancy C. four nurse leaders from the community attended the October 30, 2016, induction Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN, observed who were inducted into Alpha Nu. and 50th Anniversary Celebration were “But Sigma Theta Tau International, while In recognition of its milestone, the acknowledged during the ceremony and appreciating our past, stands for preparing for chapter also made a donation to the presented with a gift recognizing their our future.” She is a professor of Nursing and College’s Building Enhancement Fund leadership and service to nursing. They are (from left) Marguerite “Margie” Aro- director of the PhD in Nursing Program. The and presented Dean Fitzpatrick with a mando ’65 BSN, Margaret “Peg” Griffiths celebration took place on October 30, 2016, replica of the wording that will appear on a ’62 BSN, Barbara Park Drake ’66 BSN and in the St. Thomas of Villanova Church. paver on the patio outside Driscoll Hall.  Eileen Walter Ferdinandsen ’65 BSN.

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Innovative Program Receives AACN Award Students learn from trained “patients” how to interact with and improve care for people with disabilities.

hile at least one-fifth of the The SPWD program has been successful United States’ population lives in improving students’ clinical skills and Wwith one or more disabilities, reshaping the health-care landscape to be far these 60 million people across all age more inclusive of people with disabilities. groups face significant barriers to accessing This success led to the College’s receiving the health care. Faculty members at the College American Association of Colleges of Nursing of Nursing are successfully helping students (AACN) 2016 Innovations in Professional learn to provide care to these patients and Nursing Education Award. help them overcome barriers. The AACN Award recognizes the In 2011-2012, faculty and staff launched extensive, and life-changing, work being the College’s Standardized Patients with done by faculty and staff assisting the Disabilities Program (SPWD), which gives SPWD program, including Suzanne C. students the opportunity to experience what Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, profes- At the Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) semiannual meeting last fall in it is like to work with a long-marginalized sor and director of the Center for Nursing Washington, D.C., (from left) Suzanne C. population—individuals with disabilities—and Research; Assistant Professor Bette A. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, profes- learn about the health issues that affect them. Mariani ’82 BSN, PhD, RN; Colleen H. sor and director of the Center for Nursing Standardized patients (SPs) are individuals Meakim ’84 MSN, RN, CHSE, director of Research, and M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, trained to simulate health conditions accu- the Simulation and Learning Resource RN, FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and rately in a systematic way. In clinical scenar- Center (SLRC); Assistant Professor Jennifer Professor, accepted AACN’s 2016 Innova- tions in Professional Nursing Education ios, SPs mimic the appearance, behavior, tone Gunberg Ross ’00 BSN, ’05 MSN, ’11 PhD, Award from Juliann Sebastian, PhD, RN, and language of an actual patient, becoming RN, CNE; Clinical Assistant Professor FAAN, chair of AACN’s Board of Direc- part of students’ simulation experience. Elizabeth A. Bruderle ’90 MSN, PhD, RN; tors, and Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN, who is AACN’s president and CEO. The College, one of three honored nationally with this award, was the win- ner in its category of school.

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Petit de Mange, PhD, NP-C, RN; Serah Nthenge ’04 MSN, a PhD in Nursing student; Associate Professor Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF; and Susan Markert, SLRC assistant. Notes Dr. Smeltzer, “Our faculty and superb standardized patients deserve a huge thank-you for their support of this effort to improve health care and to make health- care settings a better place for individuals with disabilities.” Studies by Nursing faculty have shown that most U.S. nursing programs do not address disability, that textbooks do not sufficiently incorporate disability and that people with disabilities receive compromised During a clinical scenario, Clinical Assistant Professor Elizabeth A. Bruderle ’90 MSN, PhD, RN oversees sophomores learning from a standardized patient (SP) with a care when hospitalized. Such research disability. Here, they transfer him from bed to wheelchair. Afterwards, the group prompted the College to create the SPWD debriefs together and the SP shares his perspective with students about what program, which not only changes the way they did well and where they could improve. Nursing students interact with people with

22 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 disabilities but is poised to improve significantly nursing education across the nation. Lecture Series at Bryn Mawr Hospital The program heeds calls from the U.S. Honors Dean Fitzpatrick Surgeon General’s Office and the Interna- tional Council of Nurses to remove barriers to health care. It ensures that students gain experience in, and become comfortable with, communicating with people with disabilities. Additionally, it prepares them to provide comprehensive, sensitive and appropriate care to this population that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes faces a myriad of problems with accessing health care. Individuals with disabilities, for example, are more likely to not have had an annual dentist visit, not have had a mam- mogram in the past two years, not engage in fitness activities, be overweight or obese, have high blood pressure and receive less social- emotional support. Faculty developed and innovated creative teaching strategies using videos and scenarios featuring SPs with disability. Faculty teach these strategies beginning with the undergraduates’ first semester and extending Following the inaugural Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick Lecture last November, these through their home health care experiences individuals gathered for a photo before the reception. They are (from left) donors in their final semester. Graduate students in J. Brien Murphy, MD, and his wife, Maggie; the lecturer, Dr. Kathryn H. Bowles ’90 MSN, the Nurse Practitioner Program also interact PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI; honoree M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly with SPs with disability in the simulation Endowed Dean and Professor; Andrea Gilbert, president of Bryn Mawr Hospital; environment to ensure that they are able and Marianne Harkin, vice president of Patient Care Services. to communicate effectively with them and are skilled in addressing the interaction of disability with managing primary health-care hanks to the generosity of J. Brien referred for post-acute care to avoid poor issues and modifying care as needed. Murphy, MD, and his wife, Mag- discharge outcomes. At the University of Over the past five-plus years, the program Tgie, on November 7, 2016, nurses Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Dr. Bowles has educated students in how to comfortably and colleagues from Bryn Mawr Hospital, is the vanAmeringen Professor in Nursing and effectively provide care to individuals other Main Line Health institutions and Excellence and director of the Center for with a wide variety of disabilities. Program the College of Nursing enjoyed the inau- Integrative Science in Aging. She also is evaluations have shown that students not gural Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick Lecture. vice president and director of the Center only can provide better care but have increas- They gathered to hear Kathryn H. Bowles for Home Care Policy and Research for the ingly positive attitudes about interacting ’90 MSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI Visiting Nurse Service of New York. with these patients. speak on “Innovations in Discharge Dr. Murphy was a surgeon at Bryn With this positive feedback, faculty Planning: The Three Rights of Post-acute Mawr Hospital for many years and is a members who created the program are devel- Care” in the hospital’s Pennypacker member of its Gerhard Society Commit- oping materials that will form the basis for Auditorium. The Murphys established tee as well as a former member of the Col- incorporating disability into nursing educa- the lecture series to recognize M. Louise lege of Nursing’s Board of Consultors. tion across the country. As part of this effort, Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly In 2016, he and his wife established the they have spoken at national and regional Endowed Dean and Professor. Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick Lecture in Nursing conferences—and this summer internation- Dr. Bowles discussed her nearly Endowment Fund to honor Dean Fitz- ally, in Dublin, Ireland. They also encourage 20-year research journey. It began with patrick and her “extraordinary career in nursing educators throughout the United a clinical question and led to launching nursing education.” The annual lecture States to embrace improving health care for a business to ensure that hospitalized will be of benefit to nursing staff, nurse this population.  patients are properly identified and leaders and guests. 

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TRANSITIONS of Pittsburgh and her FACULTY PUBLICATIONS master’s degree and PhD from Temple Anne M. Fink ’12 PhD, Our faculty share their expertise University. Dr. Oliver’s RN, CNE in August broadly, as noted by these selected areas of expertise 2016 joined Villanova publications, presentations and include nutrition, obe- Nursing as assistant achievements, which may include sity, weight manage- dean for College and colleagues, alumni and students ment and behavior Student Services. Dr. from the College. modification strate- Fink served as the gies. Certified in adult assistant dean for Cur- weight management, ricular Activities at the she teaches Principles of Nutrition. University of Pennsyl- Elizabeth M. Blunt, PhD, RN, APN-BC, vania. She also taught Maria Pavelsky ’08 FNP-BC, coordinator of the Nurse Prac- undergraduate nursing students at Alvernia MBA was named the titioner Programs and assistant profes- University and the Reading Hospital School College’s full-time sor, edited Chapter 2, “Important Factors of Nursing. Her diverse nursing background director of Finance Influencing the Nurse Practitioner Role,” in includes home care, hospice, university and Administration the Family Nurse Practitioner Review and health center, pediatrics and maternal child in June 2016 after six Resource Manual, C. Reinish (ed.). nursing. The PhD alumna received her BSN years as part-time Sherry A. Burrell ’15 PhD, RN, CNE, from Thomas Jefferson University and her financial manager. ACNS-BC, assistant professor, published: MSN from DeSales University. In her new role, she is responsible for yy with Oertle, S. and Pirollo, M., “Evaluating Evelyn “Evie” all financial, facili- the Effects of a Physician Referred Exer- Lengetti, PhD, RN-BC ties and staff administrative-related duties. cise Program (PREP) on Cancer Related joined the faculty in The Villanova MBA alumna holds a BBA Fatigue and Quality of Life Among Early June 2016 as assistant in International Business from The George Cancer Survivors,” in the Journal of Oncol- dean and director of Washington University. ogy Navigation & Scholarship, 7 (2), 15-21; Continuing Education (CE) in Nursing and yy Chapter 46, “Management of Patients with Health Care Program CHANGE IN PHD PROGRAM Gastric & Duodenal Disorders,” in Brunner and clinical assistant LEADERSHIP and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical- professor. She has Surgical Nursing, 14th edition, J. Hinkle been a part of the and K.H. Cheever (eds.), in press; and Villanova Nursing community as a CE associate since October yy with Jerome-D’Emilia, B. and Suplee, 2015. She spent 11 years at The Children’s P.D., “Primary Care Expectations in an Hospital of Philadelphia in various educa- Underserved Population,” in the Journal tional roles, including director of Nursing of Community and Public Health Nursing, Education. She earned her BSN at The 2 (4), 145-150. Catholic University of America, her MSN at Mary Ann Cantrell ’89 MSN, PhD, RN, CNE, the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD FAAN, professor, published: at Duquesne University. Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, yy with Conte, T.M.; Hudson, M.M.; Ruble, FAAN (left) will continue to teach James “Jim” Mendez L.; Herth, K.; and Canino, A., “Developing but has decided to relinquish her ’15 PhD, CRNP, ANP- the Evidence Base in Pediatric Oncology joined the faculty responsibilities as director of the BC Nursing Practice for Promoting Health- as assistant profes- PhD in Nursing Program. Notes Dean Related Quality in Pediatric Oncology sor in August 2016. Fitzpatrick, “From its establishment in Patients,” in The Journal of Pediatric He has been part of 2002, Nancy has guided its develop- Oncology Nursing (Epub. September 25, the Villanova Nurs- ment and has contributed to its con- 2016). (doi:10.1177/1043454216669678); ing community for tinuous improvement. Her colleagues many years as part- and I applaud and thank her for her yy with Posner, M.A., “Engagement in time pharmacology outstanding service to the College.” High-risk Behaviors Among Survivors of instructor. Dr. Mendez Succeeding Dr. Sharts-Hopko as Childhood Cancer and Matched Cohorts has a wealth of knowledge in cardio- director in August will be Mary Ann Surveyed in the Adolescent Health thoracic surgery and organ transplantation. Cantrell ’89 MSN, PhD, RN, CNE, Study,” in the Journal of Adolescent and He teaches Basic Concepts of Pharmacol- FAAN (right), a faculty member Young Adult Oncology, 5 (2), 146-151; and ogy and serves as an undergraduate clinical for 25 years. An expert in pediatric yy with Conte, T.M. and Suter, J., “From instructor. The PhD alumnus received nursing and teaching methods, his ANS in Nursing from Delaware County Chemo to College: The College Experi- Dr. Cantrell has taught in both ence for Childhood Cancer Survivors,” in Community College, his BSN from the undergraduate and graduate Wilmington University and his MSN from The Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nurs- programs. She is a tenured professor ing, 33 (5), 329-338. the University of Pennsylvania. with excellent research acumen and Tracy Oliver, PhD, RDN, LDN joined the significant scholarly production. The Theresa “Teri” Capriotti ’95 MSN, DO, RN, faculty as an associate professor in August MSN alumna earned her BSN from CRNP, clinical associate professor, published 2016. The registered dietitian received her Duquesne University and her PhD the book Pathophysiology Made Incred- undergraduate degree from the University from the University of Maryland. ibly Visual, 3rd edition. She also published

24 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 articles with three Nursing seniors: yy “Patient Handoff in Nephrology Nurse “High-fidelity Simulation in Undergradu- Practice Settings: A Safety Study,” 43 (5), ate Nursing Education: A Review of Simu- yy with Alexandra Gillespie, “Health Care Issues of the LGBT Population: What the 379-386, 400; and lation Reviews,” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 12 (7), 290-302; Primary Care Clinician Should Know,” in yy “Patient Handoffs: What They Are and Clinical Advisor, August 2016, 1-9 (Epub. How They Contribute to Patient Safety,” yy with Doolen, J., “Nursing Simulation July 14, 2016); 43 (4), 339-341. Research: What Are the Perceived Gaps?,” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing, yy with Teresa Murphy, “Ischemic Stroke,” in Michelle M. Kelly ’94 BSN, ’12 PhD, CRNP, 12 (1), 30-36; Home Healthcare Now, 34 (5), 259-266; and assistant professor, published “National yy with Mary Ann Cantrell ’89 MSN, PhD, yy with “Parkinson Disease,” Perspective of Health Outcomes of 8- to Kristina Terzakis, RN, CNE, FAAN, professor, and Colleen Home Healthcare Now, 34 (6), 300-307. 11-Year-old Children Born Prematurely and Their Full-term Peers,” in the Journal of H. Meakim ’84 MSN, RN, CHSE, director Diane M. Ellis ’84 BSN, ’92 MSN, RN, CCRN, Pediatric Nursing, 31 (4), 422-429. of the Simulation and Learning Resource clinical assistant professor, published with Center, “An Innovative Approach Using Bette A. Mariani ’82 BSN, PhD, RN, assistant Clinical Simulation to Teach Quality Vernon, G., Section III, “The NLN Center for professor, published: Excellence in the Care of Vulnerable Popula- and Safety Principles to Undergraduate tions: The Edmund J. Safra Visiting Nurse yy with Doolen, J.; Atz, T.; Horsley, T.L.; Nursing Students,” in Nursing Education Faculty Program,” in Building the Future of O’Rourke, J.; McAfee, K.; and Cross, C.L., Perspectives, 37 (4), 236-238. Nursing, vol. 3, L. Caputi (ed.), part of the Innovations in Nursing Education series. Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC, assistant professor, published: E-textbook Helps yy with Darcy-Mahoney, A.E., “Leveraging Nurses Respond to the Skills of Nurses and the Power of Language Nutrition,” in Advances in Environmental Risks Neonatal Care, 17 (1), 45-52;

hen the Alliance of Nurses for “Early language exposure is critical for language acquisition WHealthy Environments (ANHE) was and significantly influences a formed in 2008, its founders conceptual- child’s literacy skills. However, ized an e-textbook. That came to pass on preterm infants may experience November 11, 2016, when ANHE’s free, language deprivation in the open-access textbook, Environmental neonatal intensive care unit. Health in Nursing, went live on its website. Nurses are vital to helping Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 MSN, MPH, parents understand their ’08 PhD, RN, associate professor of Nurs- “As front-line health-care critical role in early ing and director of the Center for Global providers, nurses can make a language development.” and Public Health, is an inaugural mem- difference in identifying and —from the abstract of the article in ber of the group, chair of the education responding to environmental Advances in Neonatal Care, published workgroup and co-editor of this e-textbook, by Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, along with J. Leffers, C. Smith, K. Huffling health risks and exposures.” IBCLC, and Darcy-Mahoney, A.E. and B. Sattler. Dr. McDermott-Levy con- — Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 MSN, tributed sections on faith communities, MPH, ’08 PhD, RN immigrants and refugees as a vulnerable yy with Froh, E.B.; Spatz, D.L. and the population, the federal website ToxTown Public’s Health, which reported that nurses American Academy of Nursing Expert and her own research on fracking. needed more education and preparation to Panel on Breastfeeding, “Human Milk and Breastfeeding: An Intervention to “As front-line health-care providers, assess environmental risks and exposures Mitigate Toxic Stress,” in Nursing Out- nurses can make a difference in identifying and “to make appropriate referrals” related look (Epub. ahead of print July 14, 2016). and responding to environmental health to those risks. (doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2016.07.007); risks and exposures,” Dr. McDermott-Levy Providing nurses with this knowledge yy with Hatfield, L.A.; Kutney Lee, A.; Del notes. The e-text will “help nurses, nursing is critical for holistic care, she believes. Guidice, M.; Ellis, L.N.; Verical, L.; and students and nursing faculty be prepared “There are communities and specific popu- Aiken, L.H., “Fostering Clinical Nurse to address those risks and exposures within lations across the lifespan that are at greater Research in a Hospital Context,” in the Journal of Nursing Administration, 45 their practice settings.” She explains that risk of environmental exposures that effect (5), 245-249. the e-text was based on recommendations their health,” she says. “Flint, Michigan’s of the 1995 Institute of Medicine report, water crisis is just one example. There are Tamara M. Kear ’09 PhD, RN, CNS, CNN, assistant professor, published two articles Nursing, Health and the Environment: other cities and communities at risk of in the Journal of Nephrology Nursing: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the environmental exposures every day.” 

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Meredith A. MacKenzie, PhD, RN, CRNP, Helene Moriarty ’77 BSN, PhD, RN, professional Perspective,” in Research in CNE, assistant professor, published: PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, professor and the Gerontological Nursing, 9 (6), 269-277; Diane L. and Robert F. Moritz Jr. Endowed yy with Buck, H.G.; Meghani, S.H.; and Riegel, yy with Sefcik, J.S.; Petrovsky, D.; Streur, B., “Unique Correlates of Heart Failure Chair in Nursing Research, published the following articles: M.; Toles, M.; Ulrich, C.; Marcantonio, S.; and Cancer Caregiver Satisfaction with Coburn, K.; Mary Duffin Naylor ’71 BSN, Hospice Care,” in the Journal of Pain and yy with Winter, L. and Short, T., “Self-reported PhD, RN, FAAN; and Dr. Moriarty, Symptom Management, 51 (1), 71-78; Driving Difficulty in Veterans with “In Our Corner: A Qualitative Descrip- Traumatic Brain Injury: Its Central Role yy “Magical Thinking Around End of Life: An tive Study of Patient Engagement in a in Psychological Well-being,” in Physical Community-based Care Coordination Editorial on ‘Implantable Cardioverter Defi- Medicine & Rehabilitation (Epub. Feb. 3); brillator Deactivation Discussions: Reality vs. Program,” in Clinical Nursing Research, Recommendations,’” in the European Jour- yy with Winter, L.; Robinson, K.E.; and (Epub. December 30, 2016) (doi: 10.1177/1054773816685746); nal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 15 (1): 8-9. Newhart, B., “Rating Functional Capa- bilities of Veterans with Traumatic Brain yy with Angelina Arcamone ’82 BSN, Injury by Family Members and Veterans,” ’86 MSN, PhD, RN, CCE, assistant dean in the International Journal of Therapy “Our training has often prepared and director of the Undergraduate Pro- and Rehabilitation, 23 (6), 259-268; gram; Frances Amorim, MSN, RN, CCE, us for roles and identities as healers yy with Winter, L.; True, G.; Robinson, K.; and coordinator for Clinical Education; Mary and fixers and left us unprepared Beth Hoban ’77 BSN, ’10 MSN; Boyd, R.M.; for the unfixable, for mortality.” Short, T., “Depressive Symptomatology Mediates Associations with Community Fowler, L.; Marcelli, T.; Smith, J.; Nassar, K.; Reintegration in Veterans with TBI,” in and M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Military Psychology, 86 (6), 376-389; Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor, — Meredith A. MacKenzie, PhD, RN, CRNP, “Innovations in Gerontological Nursing CNE, from her editorial in the European yy with Winter, L.; Robinson K.E.; Piersol, Education: Exposing Baccalaureate Nurs- Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing C.V.; Vause-Earland, T.; Iacovone, D.B.; ing Students to Transitional Care,” in Home Holbert, L.; Newhart, B.; Fishman, D.; Healthcare Now, 34 (9), 491-499; and Hodgson, N.; and Gitlin, L.N., “Effective- y ness and Acceptability of a Home-based, y with Asdornwised, U.; Dempsey, M.L.; Family-inclusive Intervention for Veterans Huffenberger, A.; Jost, S.; Flynn, D.; and with TBI: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” Norris, A., “H3IT Special Topic: Using Tele- Linda Maldonado, PhD, RN, assistant pro- in Brain Injury, 30 (4), 373-387; health to Reduce All-cause 30-day Hos- fessor, published “Latinas and Intergenera- pital Readmissions Among Heart Failure tional Caregiving: An Integrative Review,” in yy with Bunting-Perry, L.; Robinson, J.P.; Patients Receiving Skilled Home Health the Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 28 (2), and Bradway, C.W., ”The Experience of Services,” in Applied Clinical Informatics, 203-211. (Epub. Dec. 27, 2015). Women Who Care for Spouses with 7 (2), 238-247. Ruth McDermott-Levy ’96 MSN, ’08 PhD, Parkinson’s Disease and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms,” in the Journal of Obstet- Jennifer Gunberg Ross ’00 BSN, ’05 MSN, RN, associate professor and director of the ’11 PhD, RN, CNE, assistant professor, published: Center for Global and Public Health, pub- ric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, lished with Victoria Garcia ’09 BS, ’15 BSN, 45 (5), 737-748; yy with Elizabeth A. Bruderle ’90 MSN, PhD, RN, clinical assistant professor, “Student- “Health Concerns of Northeastern Pennsyl- yy with Birchoff, S., “Interventions Using vania Residents Living in an Unconventional centered Teaching Strategies to Integrate Smartphone Health Apps Across Various the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Oil and Gas Development County,” in Public Populations: An Integrative Review of the Health Nursing, 33 (6), 502-510. Competency, Safety, into a Nursing Course,” Literature,” in the Journal of Informatics in Nurse Educator 41 (6), 278-281; and Amy E. McKeever ’08 PhD, RN, CRNP, Nursing, 1 (1), 13-24; and WHNP-BC, assistant professor, published: yy with Dr. Bruderle; Colleen H. Meakim ’84 yy with McKinley, L.; Beccerra, B.; Short, MSN, RN, CHSE, director of the Simula- yy “Achieving Safe Motherhood: Addressing T.H.; Hagle, M.; Reymann, A.; Valentine, tion and Learning Resource Center; Joyce the Healthcare and Education Needs of S.; Duster, M.; Warrack, S.; and Safdar, S. Willens ’83 BSN, PhD, RN-BC, assistant Mothers with Comorbidities: Re-envision- N., “Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus professor; and Joyce Holmwood ’14 MSN, ing Prenatal Care and Education,” in Clinic Co-colonization Rates with Methicillin- “The Development and Implementation of in Mother and Child Health, 12 (4), (doi: resistant Staphylococcal aureus and Formative Capstone Simulation Scenarios 10.4172/2090-7214.1000211); Clostridium difficile in Critically Ill to Prepare Novice Nursing Students for Veterans,” in the American Journal of yy with Sue Ellen Alderman, MSN, RN, Initial Clinical Practicum,” in the Journal of Infection Control, 44 (9), 1047-1049. PMHCNS, clinical assistant professor; Nursing Education, 55 (10), 587-589. Stephanie Luff ’14 BSN and Brian De Melissa O’Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, COS-C, Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN, Jesus ’14 BSN, “Assessment and Care of assistant professor, published: professor and director of the PhD in Nursing Childbearing Women with Severe and Program, published: Persistent Mental Illness,” in Nursing for yy with Helene Moriarty ’77 BSN, PhD, RN, Women’s Health, 20 (5), 484-499; and PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, professor and the yy with Nada Hussain Al Moosa ’99 BSN, Diane L. and Robert F. Moritz Jr. Endowed ’03 MSN, ’14 PhD, “Using Change yy with Bloch, J.R.; Zupan, S.; and Barkin, Chair in Nursing Research; Madden-Baer, Management to Redesign Oman’s J.L., “Perinatal Nurse Home Visiting Refer- R.; and Kathryn H. Bowles ’90 MSN, PhD, Health Professions Education Sector,” ral Patterns Among Women with Diabe- RN, FAAN, FACMI, “Identifying Critical in Health Professions Education, (Epub. tes and Hypertension in Philadelphia,” in Factors in Determining Discharge Readi- September 29, 2016). (doi: 10.1016/j. JOGNN, 46 (1), 29-29. ness from Skilled Home Health: An Inter- hpe.2016.09.001); and

26 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 yy with Katie Hooven ’16 PhD, “Learning PING Aims to Connect Breastfeeding Mothers to Teach: When Should the Socialization Begin?,” in the Journal of Nursing with Lactation Consultants in Philadelphia Education and Practice, 6 (1), 16-22.

Suzanne C. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, renatal care and delivery options FAAN, professor and director of the Center for Nursing Research, published: “Phave been steadily shrinking in yy with Mary Ann Cantrell ’89 MSN, PhD, Philadelphia for the last 15 years,” notes RN, CNE, FAAN, professor; Nancy C. a publication outlining PING (Patient Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN, profes- Information Networking Group). The sor and director of the PhD in Nursing founder and president of PING, a Program; Mary Ann Heverly, PhD, associate adjunct professor; and PhD students nonprofit, is Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, Amanda Jenkinson, MSN, RN and Serah PPCNP-BC, IBCLC, assistant professor Nthenge ’04 MSN, “Assessment of the of Nursing and a lactation consultant. Impact of Teaching Demands on Research Dr. Hallowell and her group, including Productivity Among Doctoral Nursing Program Faculty,” in the Journal of Profes- Angela Pisarra, a senior in the College of sional Nursing, 32 (3), 180-192; and Nursing, describe PING as a mobile platform that adds in a key component to the yy with Mitra, M.; Long-Bellil; L.; Iezzoni, nurse-family relationship: partnering with L.I.; and Smith, L.D., “Pregnancy Among Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, Women with Physical Disabilities: Unmet lactation agencies to help new mothers IBCLC (left), assistant professor, and Needs and Recommendations on Navigat- and their babies bridge the transition gap Angela Pisarra, at the time a Nursing ing Pregnancy,” in the Disability and Health from hospital to home. At 2 a.m., when junior, pitched the PING mobile Journal, 9 (3), 457-463; and also with platform concept at an innovation those co-authors, “Perinatal Experiences baby won’t breastfeed, the mother can of Women with Physical Disabilities and find help via her smart phone. competition last spring in Philadelphia. It took first place. Their Recommendations for Clinicians,” in The group is especially concerned the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecology, and about the 1,500 infants born “in the Neonatal Nursing, 45 (6), 781-789. poorest, most vulnerable neighborhoods convincing pitch at www.socialinnovation- LEADERSHIP AND in North Philadelphia,” according to the slab.org/?portfolio=ping). PING took first ACHIEVEMENTS PING publication. The two hospitals place for “Best Nursing and Community there have the city’s lowest breastfeeding Health Innovation.” The lab was hosted by Elizabeth M. Blunt, PhD, RN, APN-BC, FNP- rate (45 percent). the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, BC, coordinator of the Nurse Practitioner Dr. Hallowell, joined by Pisarra, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Health Programs and assistant professor: presented the PING concept to entrepre- Management Corporation. yy gave two workshops on minor proce- neurs and philanthropists at the Phila- In January, PING was named a finalist dures at the Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners’ annual conference, in delphia Social Innovations Lab’s Nursing (from 3,000 nominated for the regional Mount Pocono, Pa., last November; and Community Health Innovation competition) at the Philadelphia Social Competition in April 2016 (view her Innovations Journal Awards ceremony.  yy presented on “Inexpensive Simulations for Teaching Minor Procedures,” at the Networking Conference for Healthcare Education, in Cambridge, England, last yy an e-poster and oral presentation, “Self-Stigma in Women with Disabilities September; and “Symptom Clusters and Clinical Outcomes Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Violence,” at the Eastern Nursing Research yy gave the keynote, “The Imperative for Pancreatic Cancer,” at the Oncology Society’s 28th Annual Scientific Sessions, Multicultural Education in Health Care,” at Nursing Society’s 41st Annual Congress, in Pittsburgh in April 2016. the 4th International Conference on “Inter- in San Antonio, Texas, April 2016. disciplinary Aspects of Beauty, Health and Diane M. Ellis ’84 BSN, ’92 MSN, RN, Disease,” in Jaroslaw, Poland, May 2016. Linda Carman Copel, PhD, RN, PMHCNS- CCRN, clinical assistant professor, BC, CNE, NCC, FAPA, ANEF, professor: Sherry A. Burrell ’15 PhD, RN, CNE, presented a poster with G.M. Vernon, ACNS-BC, assistant professor, gave: yy presented a poster, “Joining Forces “Improving Nursing Education on Parkin- Beyond War: Teaching Nursing Students son’s Disease,” at the 4th Annual World yy a podium presentation, “Clinical Out- About Behavioral Health Issues of Military Parkinson’s Congress, in Portland, Ore., comes Associated with Increased Families,” at the National League for last September. Symptom Cluster Severity in Patients Nursing Summit, in Orlando, Fla., last Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Anne M. Fink ’12 PhD, RN, CNE, assistant September; and Cancer,” at the Sigma Theta Tau Interna- dean for College and Student Services, gave tional’s 27th Annual Research Congress, yy gave a podium presentation with a podium presentation with K.Z. Wisser, in Cape Town, South Africa, last July; and Khamis Al-Mamari ’01 BSN, ’06 MSN, “Becoming an Authentic Leader as a New

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DNP or PhD Young-in-Age Nurse,” at the Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, PPCNP-BC, presentation, “Facilitating Genomics Con- Sigma Theta Tau International Leadership IBCLC, assistant professor, lectured on: tent in Curriculum: Be a Tour Guide,” at the Connection, last September in Indianapolis. yy “Human Milk More Than Mere Nutrition: International Society of Nurses in Genetics Conference, in Dublin, Ireland, last August. M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Health Policy, Advocacy and Outcomes,” Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor, at the Nursing Grand Rounds, Nemours/ Bette A. Mariani ’82 BSN, PhD, RN, presented a paper, “Evolution and Revo- Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, in assistant professor, gave three presenta- lution in Nursing Education: A Global Wilmington, Del., last September; tions at the 15th Annual International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation Perspective,” last October at the American yy “Breastfeeding: An Evidence-Based Inter- and Learning Conference, in Grapevine, University of Beirut (AUB) Hariri School of vention to Mitigate Toxic Stress?,” at the Texas, in June 2016: Nursing (HSON) international conference, Alaskan Native Medical Center in Anchor- “Development of Evidence-Based Nursing age last July; and yy with J. Doolen, T. Atz, T.L. Horsley, in an Interdisciplinary Era: Achievements K. McAfee and J. O’Rourke, “High-Fidelity yy with B.L. Cassidy, “Links and Apps for and Prospects.” The conference in Lebanon Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Edu- Clinicians Caring for Children and Ado- celebrated AUB’s 150th and HSON’s 110th cation: A Review of Simulation Reviews”; anniversaries. A member of HSON’s Advi- lescents,” at the Pennsylvania Coalition sory Committee, Dean Fitzpatrick serves of Nursing Practitioners Conference, in yy with Jennifer Gunberg Ross ’00 BSN, as an external evaluator for the school’s Pocono Manor, Pa., last November. ’05 MSN, ’11 PhD, RN, CNE, assistant PhD proposal. Tamara M. Kear ’09 PhD, RN, CNS, CNN, professor, and Susan Paparella ’86 BSN, assistant professor, gave two podium ’02 MSN, “Improving Medication Safety presentations: Through Simulation”; and yy “Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Across yy with M. Fey and D. Gloe, “Simulation the Ages,” at the annual meeting of Research Rubric: An Instrument to the Infusion Nurses Society, in Fort Rate the Quality of Simulation Research Lauderdale, Fla., in May 2016; and Manuscripts.” yy “To Error Is Human: To Improve Safety and Linda Maldonado, PhD, RN, assistant Care Is Humane,” at the American Nephrol- professor, last August was selected as a ogy Nurses Association’s 47th National 2016 National Institute of Minority Health Symposium, in Louisville, Ky., in May 2016. and Health Disparities’ Health Disparities yy Also last May, Dr. Kear, a board member Research Institute Scholar. Last October, of the American Nephrology Nurses she presented a poster, “Exploration of Association (ANNA), was invited to Intergenerational Caregiving Related to represent ANNA on the federal Centers Puerto Rican Women’s Pregnancy Out- for Disease Control and Prevention comes,” at a Pennsylvania Action Coalition (CDC) Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Conference in Pittsburgh. Stakeholder’s Coalition. Ruth A. McDermott-Levy ’96 MSN, MPH, ’08 PhD, RN, associate professor and director of the Center for Global and Public Health, took part in a roundtable discussion, “Evaluation of Environmental Health “I view the future of nursing and Education Resources for Residents of nursing education as positive and I Unconventional Oil and Gas Development do know—having lived in the profes- Communities in Pennsylvania,” at the annual sion a long time—that we are now in a meeting of the American Public Health time of major transition and the lens Association last October in Denver, Colo. that captures the future is not clear or She also delivered two podium definite. We have to live with a certain presentations: amount of ambiguity, but I am hopeful, yy “Some People Build Walls, Others Open as has been our history and tradition, Doors: Health Barriers and Access for that the profession will make choices Immigrants and Refugees” at the Interna- that are not professionally self-serving tional Policy Conference: “Justice for All?,” but that will translate into competent, at Millersville University, in Millersville, Pa., compassionate and ethical decisions last October; and and clinical practice that improve the yy “Voices from the Community: Environ- health, well-being and safety of recipi- mental Health Concerns of Residents in ents of our care and that the personal Northeast Pennsylvania,” at the Southwest and humane qualities and character of Environmental Health Project’s Medical our profession will endure.” yy In September 2016, Dr. Kear presented on Conference, in Pittsburgh in June 2016. “American Nephrology Nurses Associa- tion’s Partnership with the CDC Founda- Amy E. McKeever ’08 PhD, RN, CRNP, —Dean Fitzpatrick, from her paper last tion” at the CDC on behalf of ANNA. WHNP-BC, assistant professor, presented October at an international conference in “Not Just About NAS Anymore: Best Prac- Lebanon, sponsored by the American Michelle M. Kelly ’94 BSN, ’12 PhD, CRNP, tices in the Care of Women with Substance University of Beirut Hariri School of Nursing RN, assistant professor, delivered a podium Abuse Disorder in Pregnancy” at the Asso-

28 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 ciation of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Melissa O’Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, COS-C, ration into Professional Development,” in Neonatal Nurses Conference, in Grapevine, assistant professor, served on an expert Columbus, Ohio, last October; and Texas, in June, 2016. She also presented two panel on “Modernizing Medicare Home yy with Dr. Bruderle, “Integrating the QSEN talks at the CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Health Care” for the AARP Public Policy Competency, Safety, into an Essentials Epidemiology Conference in Philadelphia Institute, held last July in Washington, D.C. of Nursing Practice Course,” at the 2016 last September: Last November, at The Gerontological QSEN Forum: “The New Frontier: Forg- Society of America’s 69th Annual Scientific yy with Y. Brown, J.B. Bloch, S. Zupan, ing Partnerships for Lifelong Learning in Meeting in New Orleans, she presented J. Barkin and M. Gallagher-Gordon, Quality and Safety,” in San Antonio, Texas, “Tools for Building a Solid Career in Ger- “Discordance Between Perinatal Nurse in May 2016. ontology Leadership” for the Emerging Home Visitors and Pregnant Women’s Scholars Professional Organization Pre- Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN, Health Concerns During Pregnancies,” and Conference Workshop and also presented professor and director of the PhD in Nurs- yy with J.B. Bloch, S. Zupan and J. Barkin, two papers: ing Program, in September was appointed “Perinatal Nurse Home Visiting Referral yy with M.L. Dempsey, A. Huffenberger, lead faculty for the Early Educational Patterns for Diabetes and Hypertension.” S. Jost, D. Flynn, N. Brennan and A. Norris, Administrator Institute of Sigma Theta Tau International. She presented “Reflections on Helene Moriarty ’77 BSN, PhD, RN, “Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause the Emergence of Alternative Healing in the PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, professor and the 30-Day Hospital Readmissions Among U.S.: History as Helicy” to a meeting of the Diane L. and Robert F. Moritz Jr. Endowed Heart Failure Patients” and Main Line Chapter of the American Holistic Chair in Nursing Research, presented: yy with Helene Moriarty ’77 BSN, PhD, RN, Nurses Association, in Wynnewood, Pa., in yy two sessions at the Eastern Nursing PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, professor and the November 2015. She obtained $569,205 Research Society’s 28th Annual Scientific Diane L. and Robert F. Moritz Jr. Endowed from the Nurse Faculty Loan Program of Sessions, in Pittsburgh in April 2016: with Chair in Nursing Research; Mary Beth the federal Health Resources and Services L. Winter, “Patient-centered and Family- Hoban ’77 BSN, ’10 MSN; and Kathryn H. Administration to support PhD in Nursing centered Outcomes in Intervention Bowles ’90 MSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, students’ course work and research from Research: Use of Target Outcomes in a “How Do We Know They Are Ready? July 2016 through this June. Study with Veterans with Traumatic Brain Determining Readiness for Discharge Suzanne C. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, Injury and Their Family Members,” and from Skilled Home Health Services.” with K. D’Alonzo, S. DeSanto-Madeya and FAAN, professor and director of the Center Dr. O’Connor is co-investigator on the grant J. Horowitz, “Think Like a Reviewer: for Nursing Research, gave the keynote, awarded to principal investigator Usavadee How to Create an Effective and Efficient “Why People with Disability Matter,” at the Asdornwised, PhD, associate professor Aims Page”; McGinley-Rice Symposium on Justice for in the Department of Surgical Nursing at Vulnerable Populations: “The Face of the yy with L. Winter, “Randomized Controlled Mahidol University in Thailand. Dr. Asdorn- Person with a Disability,” at Duquesne Uni- Trial of a Home-Based, Family-Inclusive wised was a 2015-2016 Fulbright Visiting versity in Pittsburgh last October. Intervention for Veterans with TBI: Scholar at the College of Nursing. They will Carol Toussie Weingarten, PhD, RN, ANEF, Moderator Effects,” at the 40th Annual study “Venous Thromboembolism Preven- associate professor, last November was International Brain Injury Rehabilitation tion Guideline Use in Perioperative Nurses honored with the 2016 Advisor of the Year Conference, in Williamsburg, Va., in May in Asian Countries.” The research grant was award from the Student Nurses’ Associa- 2016; and awarded by the Association of periOpera- tion of Pennsylvania. In June 2016 she was tive Registered Nurses/Sigma Theta Tau yy two sessions at the National Conference elected president of the Board of Trustees International. Last fall, Dr. O’Connor was for the Association of Rehabilitation of the Foundation of the National Student honored with the Excellence in Research Nurses, in Philadelphia last September, Nurses’ Association (NSNA). She repre- Award from the Alpha Nu Chapter of Sigma with L. Winter, D. Fishman, B. Newhart sented NSNA in Washington, D.C., at the Theta Tau International. and K. Robinson, “Concurrent TBI and national meeting of the Nurses on Boards PTSD in Veterans: Relationship with Psy- Jennifer Gunberg Ross ’00 BSN, ’05 MSN, Coalition last November.  chological Functioning and Wellbeing,” ’11 PhD, RN, CNE, assistant professor, gave and with L. Winter, K. Robinson and a podium presentation with Elizabeth A. T. Short, “The Central Role of Driving in Bruderle ’90 MSN, PhD, RN, clinical assis- the Psychological Wellbeing of Veterans tant professor, “Enhancing Active Learning with Traumatic Brain Injury.” Through the Application of Student- Dr. Moriarty was an invited presenter for centered Teaching Strategies Related to Happy Retirement! “Evaluating and Treating Veterans with TBI” the QSEN Competency, Safety” at Duke The College of Nursing at the “Mind Your Brain @ Penn Medicine” University School of Nursing’s Institute congratulates our conference, sponsored by the University for Educational Excellence 2016 National longtime colleague, of Pennsylvania Center for Brain Injury and Conference on Radical Transformation Henry Ramsey, on his Repair, in Philadelphia in March 2016. of Nursing Education, in Durham, N.C., in retirement in 2016 after April 2016. 38 years of custodial In May 2016 Dr. Moriarty received the service with Villanova Achievement Award from Philadelphia’s Dr. Ross presented two posters: University. Always Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical yy with “The Effect Hannah Carney ’16 BSN, friendly and a wise Center in recognition of “outstanding per- of Formative Capstone Simulation Sce- counselor, he was cel- formance, improving nursing care as a nurse narios on Novice Nursing Students’ Anxi- ebrated at an October researcher and nurse leader.” Since 2015, ety and Self-Confidence Related to Initial 14 party. We wish him she has served on the American Academy Clinical Practicum,” at the 43rd Annual well in his retirement. of Nursing’s Expert Panel on Military & Vet- Professional Nurse Educators Group Con- erans’ Health. ference, “Infusing Creativity and Collabo-

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SCHLEY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT FOLLOWS HER DREAM

rin Ferraro, a senior from Southwick, as a “whole,” Ferraro is confident she will Mass., last spring became the first be able to care for them in every facet of Erecipient of the Doris Clark Schley their treatment experience. Scholarship. Jenkins L. “Mike” Schley, MD Villanova University was the perfect established it in honor of his late wife, a 1957 choice for Ferraro to develop her passion for alumna of the then-new College of Nursing. nursing. She remembers the feeling of com- Ferraro notes how honored she was to receive munity and acceptance from the moment this gift, especially after hearing Dr. Schley she first stepped foot on campus. speak on the impact his late wife had not only Last summer, she had an externship on her classmates but the nursing profession in Washington D.C., at MedStar George- as a whole. “It’s not just the scholarship that town University Hospital’s cardio-thoracic meant so much, it was the honor of receiving step-down unit, where she could put into this gift, knowing what an amazing reputa- practice caring for the “whole person.” tion Mrs. Schley had,” Ferraro observed. “The acuity of the patients and the variety “I feel extremely blessed to be a student in of diagnoses I saw on my unit are exactly the College of Nursing, and I definitely what I am looking for in my first job as a appreciate Dr. Schley and his generosity.” nurse,” she explained. Her interests lie in Ferraro’s interest in nursing stems from cardio-thoracic care and critical care. her passion for holistic care. To her, caring “I’ve always had a little bit of wanderlust, During her externship last summer in Washington, D.C., Erin Ferraro, now a for a patient is not only about a patient’s so it wouldn’t surprise me at all if I end up senior, provided intermediate care on physical needs, rather that the needs are in a new city or state,” Ferraro predicted. “If a cardio-thoracic step-down unit. equal parts physical, emotional and spiri- there’s one thing Villanova has taught me, tual. By forming a deeper connection with it’s that there are so many opportunities to patients and providing care to the individual continue to grow as a nurse.” 

PITEK SCHOLAR’S PROJECT BENEFITS VULNERABLE NEWBORNS

t The Children’s Hospital of Phila- In CHOP’s N/IICU, which has 1,200 delphia (CHOP), Tracy Widmer, admissions a year, only about 20 are babies AMSN, RN, CRNP, PNP, NNP-BC, born with spina bifida. They require repair a student in the College of Nursing’s Doctor of their spinal defect after birth. This can of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, man- present clinical challenges for the unit’s ages a group of 23 surgical nurse practitio- medical team, which has more than 450 ners (NPs) dedicated to providing expert care nurses and 40 nurse practitioners and to neonates. A certified pediatric and neona- physician assistants. “Given that babies tal NP, she is a surgical NP in the Neonatal with spina bifida comprise about 2 percent Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU). of our annual admissions, there is a good Widmer is the 2016 Ashley Rose Pitek chance that many care providers have never Tracy Widmer, MSN, RN, CRNP, PNP, NNP- Scholar. The Ashley Rose Pitek Nurse taken care of a baby with spina bifida or BC seeks to give a N/IICU team more Scholars Fellowship supports DNP study that they provide care to this population expertise and confidence in caring for at the College for advanced practice nurses infrequently,” Widmer explains. infants with spina bifida. committed to the care of children with That’s why her DNP project focuses spina bifida. Each DNP student completes on “just-in-time training” of the front-line of this provider group. That will strengthen a scholarly project focusing on clinical clinicians. Using an educational DVD on their ability to hold meaningful conversa- issues and/or organizational systems. Her spina bifida (developed by Lori Howell ’15 tions with parents of neonates regarding project is “Improving Knowledge and Con- DNP, RN, the previous Pitek Scholar) and N/IICU expectations and bring about fidence of Frontline Clinicians Caring for a pre-test and post-test, Widmer aims for an enhanced knowledge for these parents Newborns with Spina Bifida.” outcome of increasing the knowledge base as well. 

30 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 DONORS ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS

Donna DiPalma Cassidy Doctoral Gerald M. and Carolyn A. Miller Nursing Scholarship enerous donors make Family Scholarship Ginger Schroers, PhD student, possible the education Yifan Wu, senior, New York, N.Y. Orland Park, Ill. Gof future Villanova The Mother Teresa Endowed Nursing Scholarship Pamela M. and John W. Cembrook nurses. The College of Nursing— Established by Peter and Colleen Schleider Family Endowed Scholarship and our students—are grateful in Memory of Richard and Ellen Wright Mairead Ryan, freshman, Bellmore, N.J. for the support of these alumni, Mikaela Gill, junior, Lenexa, Kans. Beatrice A. Chase ’54 Scholarship for Nursing parents and friends. Scholarship Theresa Wilson & Michael J. Mruz Adam Boroughs, junior, Swedesboro, N.J. recipients were designated in Scholarship in Nursing Christina Munoz, senior, Bronx, N.Y. the Fall 2016 semester. Olivia Potter, senior, Catawissa, Pa. David and Christine Clark ’94 Mullany Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Claire Leroux, sophomore, York, Maine Emilio Ponciano, freshman, Los Angeles The Daniel M. and Christine A. Finnegan Richard W. and Martha B. Coyle Endowed Nursing Scholarship in Memory The Mary V. O’Donnell Endowed Nursing Scholarship of Eileen S. Lupton ’03 University Scholarship Shannon Mahon, freshman, Springfield, Pa. Devon Murphy, senior, Dublin, Pa. Elizabeth Jones, senior, West Chester, Pa. The Jill Laura Creedon Scholarship for Nursing Dean M. Louise Fitzpatrick Endowed The Julia B. Paparella Endowed Maryrose Purdue, junior, Hopatcong, N.J. Nursing Scholarship Nursing Scholarship Fizza Javed, senior, Philadelphia The Frances Farrell D’Ambrisi Endowed Emily Haining, freshman, Rockport, Maine Nursing Scholarship Lisa Smith Freer & Bradford Freer College Daniel D. Peschio, Jr. Memorial Christine Kim, junior, Avenel, N.J. of Nursing Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Jennifer Kim, junior, Palisades Park, N.J. Madison Montague, junior, Coronado, Calif. Anika Nana, sophomore, Orlando, Fla. Michael Daly, MD Memorial Jeanne Gallagher Endowed Scholarship in Nursing The Ashley Rose Pitek Scholarship Scholarship Fund Antonio Garcia, sophomore, Manalapan, N.J. Tracy Widmer, DNP student, Christina McCusker, junior, Karen Suzuki, sophomore, Tivoli, N.Y. Franklinville, N.J. Newtown Square, Pa. Megan Edwards, junior, Mechanicsburg, PA The Pompizzi Family Endowed Catherine Fuller, junior, Lafayette Hill, Pa. Sophia Pappas, junior, East Brunswick, N.J. Scholarship for Nursing The Eileen A. Dowrick and Joseph Alison Mabery, senior, Ashburn, Va. Annabel Anderson, senior, Watertown, Mass. Cassidy Doctoral Nursing Scholarship Danielle Wheatley, senior, Greenbelt, Md. Carina Joy Rogerson Endowed Memorial Claire McKinley Yoder, PhD student, The Eileen Greyson Hoffman ’61 Graduate Nursing Scholarship Milwaukie, Ore. Scholarship for Nursing Erin B. Fiacco, MSN student, Stephanie Thompson, senior, Quakertown, Pa. Dumais Family Scholarship Prospect Park, Pa. Akua Fosu, junior, Bronx, N.Y. Eileen Greyson Hoffman ’61 Laura McDowell, MSN student, The Linda D. and James W. Eastwood ’68 Endowed Scholarship for Nursing Havertown, Pa. Jayne DeRogatis, senior, Belvidere, N.J. Family Endowed Nursing Scholarship The Alexis Rosenberg Foundation Melissa Mothersil, junior, Upper Darby, Pa. Mary Alice Holland Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Eastwood Family Nursing Scholarship Emily Biggs, senior, Leverett, Mass. Jessica Meehan, sophomore, San Diego, Calif. Stephanie Wainwright, junior, Atco, N.J. Christina Larson Kelly’ 74 Scholarship Doris Clark Schley Scholarship PPJOC Endowed University Scholarship Anna Wortman, senior, Nahant, Mass. Kristianna Pallitto, senior, Margate City, N.J. Joanna MacIntosh, junior, Prospect Park, Pa. The Kreider Family Endowed Nursing Scholarship The Margaret Mary Starzynski Memorial The Memorial Endowment of Erin Ferraro, senior, Southwick, Mass. Fund Scholarship Margaret S. and Jeremiah J. Enright John and Maureen Lloyd ’84 Nursing Scholarship Julia Peters, sophomore, Binghamton, N.Y. Agnes Tran, senior, Quincy, Mass. Agnes Cho, junior, Yonkers, N.Y. Addison Hillard, sophomore, Newton, N.J. The Father John J. Farrell, OSA and The Eileen S. Lupton ’03 Lisa Thiemann Restricted PhD Robert J. Capone Scholarship Endowed Memorial Scholarship Nursing Scholarship Shannon Myers, senior, Clarksboro, N.J. Margaret Dixon, freshman, Wilmette, Ill. Emily Sheff, PhD student, Bedford, N.H. 

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SIX NEW FUNDS EXPAND SCHOLARSHIPS

he Dumais Family Scholarship was established by Rich Nursing undergraduates with and Nicole Dumais, parents of Sarah Pompey ’11 BSN, for financial need. academically talented Nursing majors from inner cities who The John and Maureen Lloyd Thave significant financial need, with preference given to ’84 Nursing Scholarship was graduates of Cristo Rey Network high schools, which serve low-income endowed by the BSN alumna students in 21 states and Washington, D.C. and her husband to provide Initiated by an anonymous donor, the Dean M. Louise Fitzpatrick supplemental financial support Endowed Nursing Scholarship has since received additional to academically talented Nursing donations from friends, faculty and staff of the College of Nursing. It undergraduates with demonstrated provides financial support to academically talented full-time Nursing financial need from Pennsylvania, undergraduates with demonstrated financial need who are from the New Jersey or New York. Northeastern region of the United States. The Lisa Thiemann Restricted The Lisa Smith Freer & Bradford Freer College of Nursing PhD Nursing Scholarship, Scholarship was endowed by Lisa Freer ’91 BSN and her husband. It established by Lisa Thiemann ’12 provides financial support to academically talented full-time Nursing PhD, CRNA, a PhD alumna who undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. serves on the College’s Board of An anonymous donor established the Jeanne Gallagher Endowed Consultors, is awarded to an academically talented PhD in Nursing Scholarship in Nursing to be awarded to academically talented full-time candidate with demonstrated financial need. 

WE THANK OUR GENEROUS DONORS

he College of Nursing is grateful for the contributions Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Barrett Ms. Lorraine F. Brewer and support of our alumni, parents and friends over Mr. and Mrs. S. Jeffrey Bastable Ms. Kathleen R. Brinkman Tthe years. Since the beginning of Villanova University’s Dr. John L. Batchelor Mrs. Lorena P. Brock Ms. Allison M. Behette Mrs. Alice F. Brogan comprehensive capital campaign, “For the Greater Great: The Mr. Anthony Behette and Mrs. Amy M. Brown Schreiber Villanova Campaign to Ignite Change,” the College has raised Ms. Maryann Logue Mrs. Annie Smith Brown more than $23.9 million for our students and programs—the Ms. Bonnie Lee Behm Mr. Gerard and Dr. Elizabeth largest amount in the College’s history. We continue to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Bell, Jr. Bruderle all gifts in support of ongoing and future initiatives to ensure the Ms. Rosemary T. Bender Dr. Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler and American Endowment Foundation Mr. Michael C. Kohler growth of Nursing’s scholarly environment and the best education Ms. Patricia A. Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Tim D. Buckley for undergraduate and graduate students. Ms. Clare M. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Buerkle This list reflects donations to the College of Nursing and the Ms. Briana B. Benton Ms. Irene Buggy College of Nursing Fund in calendar year 2016. If you have questions Mr. James Tortorici and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Burdge, Jr. Mrs. Suzanne Berger-Tortorici Mr. and Mrs. Barry O. Burke about giving, or find an omission or error in this list, please contact Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Bernaz Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Burnett, Jr. Edward Stephen ’05 CLAS, director of Major Giving for the College, Mrs. Shirley G. Bernstein Mrs. Dolores B. Burns at (610) 519-5315 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Ms. Clunie M. Bienaime Mrs. June D. Burns Mr. Robert J. Biese Mrs. Andrea M. Burnside Mr. Ivan Biglang-awa Mrs. Dolores Z. Buzby A Ms. Michele R. Aragno Mrs. Alysia M. Black Dr. Angelina C. Arcamone Mrs. Carol F. Blauth C A.P. Kirby, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Archer Daniels Midland Foundation Dr. Donna Z. Bliss Mrs. Paula M. Agosto Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Arcidiacono Mrs. Nancy R. Block Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cain Anabel Aispuro Ms. Nicole Arcidiacono Dr. Barbara Boardman Mrs. Kathryn S. Callaghan Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Alcusky Mr. Ryan C. Arcidiacono Mr. & Mrs. John Bock Ms. Nancy H. Camp Ms. Mary Ellen Alderfer AstraZeneca Ms. Kathryn D. Bolger Mrs. Michele P. Campbell Mr. Anthony N. Alfano Ms. Katie J. Atkinson Mrs. Diane M. Bonagura Mr. James A. Cannon Ms. Rosalind Alfaro-LeFevre Ms. Mary Jane Austin Ms. Brynne A. Bonitatibus Ms. Maureen E. Cannon Mrs. Barbara B. Alice Cmdr. Katherine S. Auten Robert C. Bonser, MSN, CRNA Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Cannone Mr. Yasser Ahmad Al-Khatib Mr. Joseph A. Borillo Maj. Mark Noblit and Dr. Francesca Ms. Margaret S. Allen B Ms. Lauren E. Born Cariello Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Altenburger, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John M. Babinecz Mrs. Christine Bossone Ms. Jennifer L. Carillo Ms. Kelsey N. Alvarez Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Bajet Cmdr. Alice I. Bova, USN Mrs. Kara A. Carroll Ms. Donna R. Ambrogi Ms. Talin K. Bakalian Ms. Martha L. Bova Banks Mrs. Meg Sullivan Casey American Association of Colleges Mr. James E. Ball Mr. and Mrs. David Bowles Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cassidy of Nursing Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Mrs. Janet Ann Boyce Mrs. Mary Kay Cassidy Ms. Frances M. Amorim Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Banko Ms. Frances A. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Javier F. Castro Mrs. JoAnne H. Andree Cmdr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Barkdoll Mrs. Clare M. Brabson Mr. William L. Cavanagh Anonymous Ms. Annella J. Barranco Mrs. Barbara A. Brennan Ms. Linda M. Celia

32 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 Ms. Jacqueline L. Cembrook Ms. Nancy Leah Deeney Mrs. Deborah Farrington The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cembrook Mrs. Linda M. Degothseir Mrs. Audrey Pellerin Feely Ms. Lauren N. Goldschmidt Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Cerny Ms. Janice K. DelGiorno Mrs. Victoria C. Feidt Ms. Brianne Goodwin Dr. and Mrs. Francesco C. Cesareo The Delta Air Lines Foundation Ms. Barbara E. Felder Mrs. Elaine H. Goodwin Ms. Marianna F. Cesareo Mr. and Mrs. John A. DeLuca Mrs. Eileen W. Ferdinandsen Mrs. Bonnie Goshen Ms. Arlene Joy Chabanuk Ms. Jeanine M. DeLucca Ms. Pamela Y. Fernandez Ms. Linda A. Goss Mrs. Margaret Cheek Mrs. Lisa Marie Delutis Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Ms. Brianna Grande Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Chiarantona Ms. M. Patricia Demarest Ms. Lindsay B. Field Mrs. Stacy Grant Hohenleitner Ms. Deborah C. Chiarini Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. DeMatteis Mrs. Janice M. Filicetti Ms. Kelly Gregor Mrs. Constance S. Chopko Ms. Jane B. Dengler Ms. Marie L. Filipponi Mrs. Margaret S. Griffiths Mrs. Mary Christian Ms. Stephanie L. D’Eramo Dr. Anne M. Fink Mrs. Mary A. Grilli Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Christie, Jr. Dr. Lynore Dutton DeSilets Dr. Regina S. Fink Mrs. Paula R. Grose Ms. Julie E. Christoforo Mr. and Mrs. Jon F. Destefano Ms. Mary Jane Finnegan Mrs. Betty A. Grozier Chubb & Son, Inc. Ms. Janice B. Dickson Ms. Lauren D. Fiori Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gruffi Ms. Monica T. Cieplinski Ms. Brigid A. Didden Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Fish Mrs. Patricia Anne Gsell Patricia Hensler Ciesinski, BSN, RN Mr. Ryan Diehl Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Fitch Ann M. Gugle, CFP, CPA Mrs. Beatrice M. Cirillo Ms. Theresa J. DiMaggio Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Fitzmyer Mr. Gary Wynn Guldin Mr. and Mrs. David N. Clark Mrs. Barbara L. Dion Ms. Ashley M. Fitzpatrick Ms. Jennifer R. Gunnet Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Dobbs Mrs. Donette H. Fitzpatrick Ms. Anne K. Clifford Ms. Emily L. Doctor Dr. M. Louise Fitzpatrick H Ms. Nancy E. Coats Mrs. Caroline L. Doherty Ms. Irene E. Fitzsimmons Mr. and Mrs. John W. Haase Ms. Caitlin R. Cocopardo Mrs. Stella R. Doherty Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Folino John J. Hagarty, Esq. Mrs. Carolann Coe Mrs. Tamara L. Doherty Dr. Dorothy K. and Mr. Barry H. Ms. Bonnie N. Haines Mrs. Moira Ahearn Cohen Mrs. Margaret Bonner Dolan Fontaine Dr. Sunny Gaye L. Hallowell Ms. Erin Marie Colden Ms. Margaret M. Dolan Ms. Elizabeth Jane Forbes Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Haney, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Coleman Dr. Gordon D. Donald Mrs. Marie S. Fortunato Ms. Margaret M. Hannan The George W. Coleman DonationXchange Ms. Kathleen E. Fox Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hannigan Charitable Trust Mrs. Margaret M. Donegan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Fox Mrs. Lindsay I. Hanno Mrs. Quinn S. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Donnelly Mr. John F. Foytlin Mrs. Judianne Hare The Community Foundation for Mrs. Linda C. Donoghue Ms. Marita E. Frain Ms. Kaitlyn R. Harmon the National Capital Region Ms. Ciara M. Donovan Mrs. Jennifer M. Frankowski Ms. Gail S. Harrigan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Connellan Mr. and Mrs. Sean M. Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Bradford F. Freer Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Havard Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Conners Ms. Katherine H. Douglass Mrs. Ruth A. Frey Dr. Donna S. Havens Helen R. Connors, PhD, RN, FAAN Ms. Catherine M. Dowling Mr. John Frondorf Ms. Breanne K. Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Conway Ms. Mary Alice Dragone Mrs. Mary M. Fry Mr. and Mrs. James T. Hayes Dr. and Mr. Robert F. Copel Mrs. Barbara A. Drake Mrs. Suzanne S. Fudala Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Hayes Ms. Jacqueline H. Corbett Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Dresser Mrs. Sharon S. Fuentes Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes-Swartz Ms. Sheila M. Corcoran Mary B. Dressler, EdD Capt. and Mrs. Maxwell E. Funk Dr. Patricia M. Haynor Drs. Tara S. and Luis Cortes Ms. Marie T. Droogan Ms. Angela R. Furbush Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hazlett Mr. David Cosgrove and Jeanne Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Dudas Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Fynan Mrs. Karen L. Healy Schofield Cosgrove, Esq. Mrs. Maria Ann Duffy Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Heilmann Maura E. Costello, RN Mr. Gordon DuGan G Ms. Clare F. Heintzelman Mrs. Chowan O. Cowans Ms. Brittany C. DuHaime Ms. Kara A. Gagliardi Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Heintzelman Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Coyle Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Dumais Capt. Colleen K. Gallagher Thomas Helene Fuld Trust Mrs. Elizabeth J. Craig Ms. Laura L. Dunleavy Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Gallagher Mrs. Gina M. Hennessy Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Creedon Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dunleavy Ms. Elizabeth A. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. William P. Henry Mr. Paul J. Creedon Mrs. Elaine B. Dunn Ms. Alexandra M. Gantt Mrs. Nina M. Heppe Capt. Mary Ann Cronin Mr. and Mrs. James J. Dunn III Ms. Christa L. Gardner Ms. Elizabeth Hertneck Stier Ms. Virginia Lee Cronin Mrs. Linda M. Dunn Mrs. Katherine J. Gariti Dr. Mary Ann Heverly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cummings Mr. and Ms. Jeffrey M. Durand Margaret R. Garrett, Esq. Mrs. Laura M. Curran Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Heyse Ms. Elizabeth A. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Czekanski E Mrs. Shelley Hickey Dr. Cecelia M. Gatson-Grindel Ms. Valerie P. Hill Rear Adm. and Mrs. James W. Ms. Meagan L. Gatti Ms. Tyonne D. Hinson Eastwood D Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Gatti III Mrs. Jennifer A. Hite Eastwood Family Foundation Ms. Julie C. Dalby GE Foundation Elizabeth F. Hobdell, PhD Mrs. Susan M. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D’Alessio Ms. Orpha Elizabeth Gehman Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Hodskins Ms. Catherine M. Ehrig Ms. Linda R. Dalo Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Gelso Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hoffman Ms. Amanda L. Elcock Ms. Kathryn M. D’Ambrosio Ms. Gail J. Geraghty Mr. Paul Hohenleitner Ms. Diane Ellis Ms. Carine M. D’Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Gerardi Mrs. Jacqueline L. Holland Ms. Courtney E. Elms Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Danner Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Gerland Ms. Sarah F. Hom Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Enzler Mr. and Mrs. Michael D’Arcangelo III Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gibson Dr. Helen M. Horstmann and Mr. Benjamin R. Ervey Ms. Olivia Marie Davis Mr. and Mrs. David J. Gilbert Mr. John F. Horstmann Mrs. Kathleen S. Esser Dr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Davis Mrs. Janine Gillan Capt. Joan M. Huber, NC, USN (Ret.) Mrs. Annette R. Day Ms. Patricia A. Gillin Ms. Dawn Hughes Ms. Melissa A. Dazo F Ms. Tammy Marie Giovinazzo Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hulka Lt. Col. Janet Zimmerman De Caprio Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Fabiano Dr. Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow Mrs. Louise Laufer Hummel Mr. Brian D. de Jesus Ms. Sally A. Fabian-Oresic Dr. and Mrs. Edward F. Glynn Ms. Stacey E. Hunter-LaRue Mr. and Mrs. David G. DeCampli Mrs. Ellen N. Farr Mrs. Sharon A. Goldgar Mrs. Karen B. Hurst

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Ms. Megan P. Meaney The College’s Campaign Priorities M Ms. Jennifer Gamper Meenan The Bradley T. MacDonald Family Ms. Hope E. Megan The campaign priorities for the College of Nursing are: Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Megan Ms. Margaret M. Macek Mrs. Patricia Meier • scholarship assistance for all programs, including the Mr. Thomas R. Arena and Mrs. Jacquelyn Shaefer Meinhardt Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, Ms. Carolyn R. Mackay Dr. James D. Mendez • endowment of two College centers: The MacDonald Mrs. Mary P. MacWilliams The Merck Company Foundation Center for Obesity Prevention and Education and the Ms. Kathryn Magargee Mr. Jonathan A. Messing Center for Global and Public Health, Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Maggitti Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Maglione Mrs. Susan K. Meyers • endowed chairs and professorships, Mr. and Mrs. David L. Mahaney Mr. Salvatore Miceli III • expansion of the Connelly-Delouvrier International Mr. William J. Mahoney Mrs. Elizabeth Michael Mrs. Mary Beth S. Malone, BSN, CCN Scholars program, Mrs. Melissa Micheletti Mr. and Mrs. John R. Manahan III Miss Kathleen A. Michels • career development and alumni projects and Mr. John R. Manahan, Jr. Mrs. Jessica C. Michener Mrs. Katherine B. Mancini • funding for fellowships in oncology for Nursing students. Ms. Darolyn J. Milburn Mrs. Nicole Mancini Gerald & Carole Miller Foundation Ms. Mary Kathryn Mangano Mrs. Barbara A. Miller Mrs. Kathleen Mangold Ms. Kelly Miller Mr. and Mrs. Steve G. Mariani Mr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Kowalski Mrs. Maura L. Marin-Brattain Mr. Corbin Reyn Mills I Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Kreider Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Markert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mimnaugh Mrs. Anne Marie Kubik Ms. Shannon L. Markert Mrs. Christine M. Ilik, RN Dr. Rosalie Mirenda Mrs. Joanne M. Kuller Ms. Jennifer D. Marlin Mrs. Cynthia H. Istvan Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mischler Mrs. Sylvia P. Kuritzky Mrs. Shannon M. Marrone Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Mohr

J Ms. Julie P. Kurkowski Ms. Kathleen A. Martin Ms. Katherine G. Monari Mrs. Kathleen O. Martin Mrs. Ernestine Montagnolo Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jaicks L Mr. and Mrs. David B. Marwitz Ms. Shirlene Moore Ms. Elizabeth Rose Masi Mr. Martin D. Jansons Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Moran Ms. Nancy E. La Sota Ms. Annastasia K. Masso Mrs. Stephanie Franks Jobes Joseph M. Cincotta, Esq. and Mrs. Katherine G. Labman Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mastrocola Ms. Anne E. Joel Dr. Helene J. Moriarty Miss Kimberly Marie Lanfranca Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maurer Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Joel Ms. Nancy R. Langan Dr. Jenny Morrison Mr. and Mrs. David M. May Johnson & Johnson Ms. Alexandra Langbaum Capt. Maryalice Morro, USN Johnson & Johnson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. May Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Langran Ms. Meg M. Morro Ms. Janice L. Jones Mrs. Elaine H. McCaffrey Mr. and Mrs. Gerard S. LaRocca Mrs. Regina P. Mosby Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Jonnet Mr. and Mrs. John F. McCann Mrs. Karen Elaine Larsen Ms. Millieanne Moschella Mrs. Kathleen A. Jordan Mrs. Colleen M. McCarthy Mrs. Jeanne Latimer Ms. Maria M. Mozzan Mr. James Galeota, Jr. and Mrs. Kathryn McCarthy Dr. Marian P. Laufer Mrs. Mary Jane M. Mrazik Mrs. Kimberly Joyce-Galeota Ms. Mary Ann McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Lavelle Mrs. Joan Mucciarone Ms. Sara H. Jurek Ms. Gloria K. McClellan Mrs. Patricia A. Lavin Mr. and Mrs. Kevin L. Mueller Dr. Maribeth S. LeBreton Mrs. Judy A. McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Hank J. Mullany Ms. Elizabeth K. Leddy Ms. Patricia Marie McCormack K Mrs. Anne-Marie Mullikin Ms. Jessie K. Lee Ms. Marguerite L. McCormick Ms. Jeanne M. Kane Dr. Ann L. McCracken Mr. Ronald Mullowney Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Kays Ms. Holly A. Leighton Mrs. Susan Z. Lembo Ms. Melachai McCullough Ms. Jennifer Ann Muner Ms. Clare R. Keating Mrs. Mary E. Lenahan-Durnin Dr. Ruth A. McDermott-Levy Mrs. Laura M. Murphy Dr. Elizabeth K. Keech Mrs. Stacey Lynam LeSage Mr. Brian and Dr. Catherine McDonald Mrs. Faith C. Murray Dr. M. Frances Keen Mrs. Maria B. Liddick Mrs. Judith A. McElderry Dr. Patricia A. Mynaugh Ms. Sharon A. Keeney Ms. Maryanne V. Lieb Mrs. Linda M. McFarland Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Kelly, Jr. The Rev. and Mrs. Philip C. Linder Mrs. Barbara McGarvey N Mrs. Joan G. Kelly Mrs. Marguerite McGarvey Mrs. Claire Baldwin Lindley Ms. Sharon W. Napoli Mrs. Mary P. Kelly Mr. John J. and Dr. Susan A. McGaurn Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Lipske Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Naratil Dr. Michelle M. Kelly Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McGinnis-Haley Ms. Claire T. Liva Ms. Mary E. Navins Sheila G. Kempf, PhD, RN Mr. and Mrs. John K. Lloyd Mrs. Rosemary B. McGonigle Dr. Mary D. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kendall Mrs. Constance R. Lokos Ms. Patricia McGrath Ms. Morgan D. Neill Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Kenny Ms. Meghan N. Long Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McHale Ms. Carol Kerstetter Mr. James C. Loper Ms. Chloe B. McHugh Mrs. Latoya C. Nesbitt, RN Mr. and Mrs. Michael V. Kerwin Loper Living Trust Matthew and Ann Barrow McKenzie Mrs. Joanne M. Neu Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Kicak Mrs. Tobiola Lopez Ms. Samantha McKillip New York Community Trust Ms. Catherine A. King Ms. Mary Ellen P. Lorenz Mrs. Nancy L. McKinley Mrs. Patricia M. Nickerson Ms. Margaret M. Kinlan Ms. Sharon Lowe Mrs. Agnes L. McLaughlin Ms. Sarah E. Nicol Ms. Colleen M. Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Luciani Dr. and Mrs. Eugene J. McMahon NJ Ortho Group, LLC Mrs. Judith M. Klimek Ms. Mary Michelle L. Luistro Mr. and Mrs. Tim F. McMahon Mrs. Mary W. Nolen Mrs. Margaret K. Knapp Mrs. June R. Lunney Ms. Kerry T. McManus Mr. Stephen T. Noll Mrs. Deirdre M. Knight Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Lupton Ms. Joanna P. McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Noll The Hon. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Kohlman Eileen Shea Lupton Memorial Mrs. Linda T. McNerney Ms. Serah M. Nthenge Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Komelasky Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McQuade Nursing Alumni Association Mrs. Joanne Konick-McMahan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lyons McQuade Family Foundation Nursing Economic$ Foundation

34 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 Mrs. Corinne M. Robinson Ms. Phyllis E. Simone Virginia Grunder Trust U/W O Ms. Donna M. Robinson Dr. Susan C. Slaninka Hazel E. Volquardsden Mrs. Debra A. O’Brien Ms. Regina Robinson Mrs. Patricia G. Sloan Henry Ms. Barbara A. Vishton Mrs. Barbara M. O’Connell Mr. and Mrs. David Curtis Robl Mrs. Jennifer R. Slovinski Ms. Breanna M. Vitolo Ms. Erin E. O’Connor Mr. Sean P. Smith and Dr. Suzanne Smeltzer Ms. Carolyn Voorhees Dr. Melissa O’Connor Mrs. Gail Roden Mr. and Mrs. William Smith Mrs. Karen B. Voystock Priscilla C. O’Connor, PhD Mrs. Mariel W. Rodgers Mr. Brian P. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark Vroman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Connor Mrs. Katherine M. Rodriguez Ms. Elizabeth A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ocwieja Mr. Kevin G. Rogers, Jr. and Ms. Julie Anne Smith W Ms. Amanda M. Peterpaul Mrs. Colleen E. O’Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Smith Mrs. Nancy N. Wahl Mr. and Mrs. James P. Rolston Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. O’Driscoll Dr. Florence I. Smoczynski Nyal S. Walker, PhD Ms. Joan A. Roop Mrs. Kathryn L. O’Malley Mrs. Dolores M. Smyth Mr. and Mrs. Harold V. Walsh Ms. Maria Neu Rorer Ms. Allison H. O’Neill Ms. Erica N. Smyth Ms. Sally A. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Rosiecki Mr. and Mrs. David G. O’Neill Mr. Michael Smyth Mrs. Beverly A. Wasko Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Ross Ms. Nicolle C. Snyder Mrs. Joyce W. Roth Ms. Susan R. Wasserman Ms. Jessica F. O’Reilly Mr. and Mrs. William D. Snyder Ms. Jessica M. Watson Capt. and Mrs. Michael H. Orfini Ms. Kathleen A. Rowe Ms. Patricia A. Somers Ms. Robin Ellen Webster Ms. Jennifer M. O’Rourke Ms. Natalie M. Rua Ms. Frances C. Sonstein Drs. Michael S. and Carol Weingarten Jill Ortmann, MSN, RN, CNOR, RNFA Mrs. Nancy D. Ruane Mrs. Theresa D. Sorichetti Mrs. Faith Norcross Weintraub Miss Trisha C. Ouellette Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Ruibal Ms. Jean Marie Sowa Mrs. Mary F. Wendling Ms. Lorraine Michelle Rusch Ms. Grace A. Spena Ms. Margaret M. 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Williams Sandmeyer Steel Company George and Rita Patterson Foundation Mrs. Margaret Strickler Ms. Ellen C. Williams Mrs. Diane J. Sassaman Dr. Kathleen T. Patterson Mr. Brian A. Sullivan Ms. Abigail L. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. John V. Scalia, Jr. Mrs. Patricia P. Patterson Mrs. Joan E. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Greg R. Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Schaible Mrs. Maria K. Paulus Ms. Jordan E. Sunderland Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Wilson Mrs. Barbara L. Schairer Ms. Maria C. Pavelsky Ms. Eileen F. Suse Mrs. Marie L. Wilson Mrs. Joann M. Pawletko-Mathews Mr. Timothy C. Scheve and Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Suse Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wilson Dr. Lesley A. Perry Ms. Ann A. Scheve Ms. Michaline A. Swankoski Mrs. Amelia A. Wirth Ms. Erica J. Peters Ms. Dianne P. Schindler Ms. Bridget R. Sweet Ms. Elizabeth A. Witte Mr. and Mrs. John J. Peters Dr. Marguerite K. and Mrs. Joan Flood Swetz Ms. Roberta K. Witte Mrs. Joan L. Pfaff Mr. Rene C. Schlag Mrs. Sandra Lee Wojtkowiak Pfizer Inc. Ms. Sharon M. Schlereth T Lt. Col. Gregory Wojtkun and Regina M. Phillips, PhD Dr. Jenkins L. Schley Mrs. Angela C. Piro Mrs. Elizabeth J. Schmidheiser Ms. Katharine M. Tadley Mrs. Patricia Wojtkun Ms. Concetta M. Poidomani Mrs. Deborah S. Schmidt Ms. Joyce F. Tappen Mrs. Renee M. Woodworth Mr. and Mrs. E. Michael Pompizzi Mrs. Kimberly A. Schoen Mr. and Mrs. John T. Terzakis The Rev. Arthur E. Woolley, Jr., SSC Mrs. Kathleen M. Powell Ms. Carolyn J. Schultz Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Ms. Frances R. Worman Col. and Mrs. Paul F. Pugh Schwab Charitable Fund Lisa Joan Thiemann, PhD, CRNA Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Worster Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Pujdak Mrs. Dolores Antoinette Schwartz Ms. Eileen Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Wortman Mrs. Jenelle S. Purpura Joanne Schwartz, PhD, CRNP, CNE Ms. Christine M. Tierney Mr. Daniel M. Montegari and Dr. Mara H. Schwenk Mr. Mark S. Tierney Ms. Elizabeth A. Wray Q Ms. Kathryn J. Scully, RN Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Tierney Ms. Kathleen C. Wroblewski Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. 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Let the Sparks Fly in Nursing Innovation

othing makes Kelly Reilly ’16 PhD, MMC supports its nurses in advancing RN-BC happier than helping to their education, from full support from the Ncoach, mentor and guide nurses to chief nursing officer to generous tuition lead from wherever they are. Her passion is reimbursement. Dr. Reilly has developed palpable and her self-described mission is to strong academic partnerships and internal help people achieve their goals, to self- processes to help nurses implement and com- actualize. In New York City, as senior direc- plete their studies or capstone projects. tor of Nursing, Education, Innovation and To foster creativity, in partnership with Research at Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medi- the Massachusetts Institute of Technology cal Center (MMC), she collaborates and and the Robert Wood Johnson Founda- designs purposeful programs and situations tion, Dr. Reilly developed and imple- that allow the nurses to create, succeed and mented the first mini Maker Faire offered improve patient care and nursing practice. in a hospital setting. MMC provided “a Before she could help nurses, she knew community of inventive nurses who are she had to invest further in herself, to creating solutions to improve patient care better understand how people learn in every day,” notes its website. She developed order to tailor learning to their needs. At MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER Villanova University, she earned her post- Setting up the first mini Maker Faire “How do we get to in a hospital setting gave Kelly Reilly master’s certificate in Nursing Education, ’16 PhD, RN-BC a chance to let her then soon after rolled into the PhD in the next level to creative nurses showcase their Nursing Program, building a foundation innovative solutions. in research and leading the way to perhaps advance nursing a future in academia. Dr. Reilly notes that practice or improve “Villanova’s PhD in Nursing has afforded 60th Session, presenting on empowering me tremendous opportunities to grow and patient outcomes?” nurses to participate at the U.N. through develop as an educator and scholar.” — Kelly Reilly non-governmental organizations. Before nursing, Dr. Reilly studied evolu- Because moving out of one’s usual envi- tionary biology and discovered a new species ’16 PhD, RN-BC ronment introduces learners to new ideas of fish that lived 350 million years ago. Her and opportunities, Dr. Reilly created a day deep knowledge of evolution has helped her during which 40 nurses, from the CNO to to understand the inherent need to adapt staff nurses, attended two U.N. briefings on and change to survive and thrive—concepts a maker space during the Community sex trafficking and ebola. The MMC nurses easily applied to the health-care environ- of Nurse Scholars meetings for nurses to are now adding trafficking-related questions ment. She is there to create environments brainstorm and prototype new devices and to patient history forms in pediatrics and the in which nurses may think, innovate and care delivery inventions, which they can emergency department. They are also taking achieve. “I love to see the spark,” she says test in a simulated environment she devel- a look at “just-in-time feedback” from the with evident excitement for her work. oped. Some examples of their work include ebola crisis as a method to inform responses To encourage innovation, Dr. Reilly testing conductive materials, programming to evolving situations. She wants to see the considers “How do we get to the next level apps and generating a “patient gown 2.0” nurses’ global citizen philosophy instilled in to advance nursing practice or improve that monitors and reports vital signs. their practice model and has made the U.N. patient outcomes?” At MMC, she created All the while, Dr. Reilly keeps in mind visit an annual event. an annual nursing research conference and the “science of improvement,” advising Among MMC’s on-going innovative redesigned the Nursing Research Commit- nurses when to be relentless and when to initiatives, trauma nurses are advancing tee into a Community of Nurse Scholars “take their foot off the gas” to hold or look palliative care in their specialty as well as that includes a broad range of scholar- at their ideas a second time to refine them. examining car seat safety in their neigh- ship such as performance improvement, Dr. Reilly has partnered with the borhoods. Nurses in the surgical ICU evidence-based practice and research. She Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, journal with families. Dr. Reilly continues fosters inter-professional learning opportu- linking scholarship at MMC to the global to construct the foundation for creativity nities and uses simulation to test new tech- nursing community. In March 2016 she in nursing. She marches on, she explains, nologies and clinical platforms to ensure was a panelist at the United Nations (U.N.) because “I want nurses to know how their safe and effective implementation. Commission on the Status of Women’s power can impact the world.” 

36 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 GREETINGS FROM THE NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

Dear Fellow Alumni, basketball tournament. She is a terrific Villanova nurse? Please e-mail your name, representative of nursing. employer, role and contact information to As we reflect on the 60th anniversary As we work more closely with the Vil- [email protected] so we can link of the graduation of our six pioneering lanova University Alumni Association and them to you. Villanova nurses, the Nursing Alumni our College to further engage alumni and We encourage you to stay in touch. Association (NAA) extends warmest assist with professional development efforts, Visit villanova.edu/nursing frequently, congratulations to our fellow alumnae watch for changes to our NAA Facebook e-mail us at villanova.nursing.alumni@ being honored on April 29 at the Col- page and do join us on LinkedIn through villanova.edu and engage with us on social lege of Nursing’s 28th Annual Mass and our Villanovans in Nursing group. Through media (@VillanovaNursingAlumni on Alumni Awards Ceremony. They truly LinkedIn you not only may network with Facebook and @VUNursing on Twitter). represent the mission of our College and other alumni but become a resource for See you June 8-11 for Alumni Reunion show that Villanova nurses are leaders in Nursing students and new graduates seeking Weekend! many arenas. advice, externships, residencies or informa- We thank Michelle “Micki” Ballister tion on what it’s like to launch a career ’08 MSN, ’13 DNP, CRNA, one of this at your institution. Post your institution’s year’s Medallion recipients, for being opportunities and share your wisdom. The part of the safety and quality panel at the students love connecting with you! Villanovans in Healthcare breakfast for Are you open to becoming an NAA Mary Ellen Boyle Lorenz ’83 BSN alumni, held last November before the ambassador for your organization to Interim President, Nursing Alumni Gildan Charleston (S.C.) Classic men’s help students learn more from a fellow Association

Nursing Alumni Gather in New York City

Thanks to (on the right) Theresa ’74 BSN and Gerald “Gerry” ’74 CLAS Bernaz, who hosted Nursing alumni at their Manhattan restaurant, Rossini’s, on November 15, 2016. Dean Fitzpatrick and Among those present were (on the young alumnae show their left) Rose O’Driscoll ’64 BSN, MSN, Wildcat pride at Rossini’s. RN, who retired as assistant dean for Administration and assistant professor last year, and M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly Members of the Nova Endowed Dean and Professor. Nursing Nation gathered at this Northern Italian restaurant founded by the Bernaz family in 1978.

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NURSING ALUMNI NOTES

Nurses Association nity Health at the University of Pennsylvania 1950 s (ENA) with the Lifetime School of Nursing. She is program coordina- Rosalie Mirenda ’59 BSN, PhD, RN retires Achievement Award at tor and a pediatric nurse practitioner at the June 30 as president of Neumann University, the Awards Gala during Abington-Jefferson Health Children’s Clinic, a position she has held since 1996. Under her ENA’s Emergency a nurse-managed pediatric primary care leadership, the college in Aston, Pa., achieved Nursing Conference, practice in Lansdale, Pa. university status in 2009. Dr. Mirenda arrived held last September at Neumann in 1973 as a nursing instructor, in Los Angeles. later becoming dean of the nursing division Jill Cobb ’89 BSN, RN, CCM is the director of and vice president for Academic Affairs Case Management at LifeCare LTAC Hospital before her appointment to the presidency. in West Chester, Pa. She has been widely recognized for her 1980s leadership in Catholic education. Jocelyn Bessette Gorelin ’80 BSN, PhD, RN is an assistant professor of nursing at Nancy Camp ’89 MSN, PhD, RN earned her St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn. PhD at Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing. She is an assistant professor at 1960s the School of Nursing at Georgia Gwinnett Gloria Ferraro Donnelly ’63 BSN, PhD, RN, Mary Myers ’81 BSN, MS, RN last July became College in Lawrenceville, Ga. FAAN, FCPP, professor and dean emerita president/CEO of the Johns Hopkins Home of Drexel University’s College of Nursing Care Group in Baltimore. Over the past 12 and Health Professions, in August 2016 years, she has held several leadership roles 1990s there, most recently as vice president and stepped down as the founding dean, a Kathryn H. Bowles ’90 MSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, chief operating officer, as well as senior position she had held since 2002. An expert FACMI, the van Ameringen Chair in Nursing director of Quality and Safety. in psychiatric-mental health nursing, she Excellence and a professor in the Depart- will continue to teach and strengthen online ment of Biobehavioral Health Sciences at the education at Drexel. As Drexel unveiled her Kathleen M. Carletta ‘84 BSN, DNP, PMHNP, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, portrait during a tribute ceremony, it was PMHCNS, APRN-BC graduated in May 2016 has been appointed to the National Advisory noted that she is portrayed wearing her from Rutgers University with her Doctor of Council for Nursing Research (NACNR). As Villanova Nursing Medallion. Nursing Practice degree. She is a member of the National Institute of Nursing Research’s Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. principal advisory board, the NACNR reviews A nurse practitioner, Dr. Carletta treats chil- grant applications and the institute’s extra- dren and adolescents with behavioral health mural programs. challenges and autism. In addition, she works with mentally ill chemically addicted adults Jeanne Jellig Alhusen and has a private practice. Her capstone ’93 BSN, PhD, CRNP, project, “STRIVE: Success for Teens Residing RN received the Asso- in Violent Environments,” resulted in clini- ciation of Women’s cally significant outcomes. Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Sandra Myers Gomberg ’85 BSN, ’90 MSN, Excellence Award for last summer was appointed president of

CRAIG SCHLANSER/COLLEGE OF NURSING CRAIG SCHLANSER/COLLEGE PROFESSIONS AND HEALTH RN research, presented at Philadelphia’s Aria Health. She was previ- its annual conference ously COO for the system that merged with last June in Grapevine, 1970 s Jefferson Health. Texas. At the University Mary Duffin Naylor ’71 BSN, PhD, RN, FAAN of Virginia School of Nursing, she is assistant dean for research, an associate professor, was recognized for her significant contribu- Mary Dressler-Carre ’86 BSN, MSN, CRNP tions to health services research with the received the Outstanding Preceptor Award principal investigator (PI) on six grants and AcademyHealth 2016 Distinguished Investi- from the Department of Family and Commu- co-PI on two others. She received Villanova gator Award at its Annual Research Meeting Nursing’s Emerging Scholar Award in 2014. last June 27 in Boston. She is the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and director Mark Crider ’93 MSN, PhD, RN is president of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Associa- and Health at the University of Pennsylvania tion (PSNA), which represents more than School of Nursing. Dr. Naylor is the architect 217,000 registered nurses. At Duquesne of the Transitional Care Model, an evidence- University School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, based care management approach designed DO YOU HAVE NEWS TO SHARE? he is assistant dean for Administration and to improve the quality of care, decrease Stay in touch—tell us about your Special Projects and director of the Veter- unnecessary hospitalizations and reduce latest job, award and other news. ans to BSN Program. health-care costs for vulnerable community- based older adults. Elizabeth Galik ’94 MSN, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP in October 2016 was AnnMarie Young Papa ’77 BSN, ’95 MSN, Contact Ann Barrow McKenzie, inducted as a fellow into the American DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN, vice Phone: (610) 519-6814 Academy of Nursing. She is an associate president and chief nursing officer for E-mail: [email protected]. professor, Department of Organizational Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Systems and Adult Health, at the University Norriton, Pa., was honored by the Emergency of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore.

38 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 Theresa Adams ’95 MSN, PhD, RN, CSN, associate professor of nursing at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa., in March 2016 received the Pennsylvania League for Nursing’s annual Nursing Education Award.

Jennifer A. Specht ’98 BSN, ’10 PhD, RN in October 2015 co-presented a poster, “Finding a New Normal,” at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s 29th Annual Conference, held in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and in April 2016 presented an oral poster, “Cultivating Mentoring Relationships Among Nursing Faculty,” at the 6th International Nurse Education Conference in Brisbane, Australia. She is director of the Aria Health School of Nursing in Trevose, Pa. Capt. (Ret.) Colleen Gallagher, USN, at the USNA. During her naval career, NC, ’86 BSN, MSN, MPH, RN retired she was department head in a Nada Hussain Al Moosa ’99 BSN, ’03 MSN, from the U.S. Navy on October 1, 2016, primary care clinic and for population ’14 PhD received the Distinguished Oral after 30 years of service. She was health and was selected as the first Presentation award for her paper, “The honored on July 29 at a ceremony in Navy liaison to the U.S. Agency for Role of Change Management in Sustain- the famed Bancroft Hall at the U.S. International Development. A family ing a Culture of Quality Improvement,” at Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, nurse practitioner with a passion for Sultan Qaboos University’s 4th International where she gave her final salute. In her health promotion and wellness, in her Conference of the College of Education, most recent position, Capt. Gallagher civilian career she hopes to be involved “Academic Accreditation: the Road to served as director of Medical Services in education and international health. Sustainable Quality Education.” She delivered the paper last November.

at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: a hand in preparing the next generation 2000s director of Nursing, International Medicine of psychiatric/mental health scholars,” and Global Health. Dr. Hinson is a member Dr. Brawner stated. Tyonne Hinson ’01 MSN, DrPH, MSN, of Villanova Nursing’s Board of Consultors. RN, NE-BC last September successfully defended her dissertation, “Perceptions of Teresa Conte ’03 MSN, ’11 PhD, CRNP in the Facilitators and Barriers of Breastfeeding Bridgette Carter Brawner ’03 BSN, PhD, February 2016 was promoted to associate Initiation: Increasing Initiation Through a APRN, assistant professor at the University professor at the University of Scranton Tailored, Multi-Level Approach for African- of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, in Janu- College of Nursing. American Mothers and the Community,” ary began a one-year term as vice chair of at the Gillings School of Global Public the Minority Fellowship Program National Brian C. Peach ’04 BSN, ’10 MSN, RN, CCRN, Advisory Committee. “As vice chair of this Health, University of North Carolina at a PhD student at the University of Florida, amazing group, I look forward to having Chapel Hill. Last July she began a new role had his first manuscript, ”Risk Factors for Urosepsis in Older Adults: A Systematic Review,” published in the April 2016 Geron- tology and Geriatric Medicine.

Tama Berman ’06 BSN, RN is a nurse DON’T MISS OUT ON NEWS AND UPDATES manager at Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation in Malvern, Pa. FROM THE COLLEGE Kelly A. Gallagher ’08 BSN, MSN, RN in Send us your latest address and e-mail. March 2016 became Penn Medicine’s director of the Nurse Residency Program.

IT’S QUICK AND EASY BY ANY OF THESE METHODS: Jennifer Janniello Ramsey ’08 BSN, MSN, FNP-BC, RN is senior accreditation analyst for the American Nurses Credential- PHONE E-MAIL ONLINE ing Center. Call 1-800-VILLANOVA Send an e-mail to Update your Nova Network (1-800-845-5266) [email protected] profile information online at 2010s alumni.villanova.edu Najeem Al Balushi ’11 BSN, MPH last July became a research associate in the Director- ate General of Nursing Affairs, Ministry of Health in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

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Stephanie Jeffers ’11 PhD, RN is a 2016- one of 60 University of Hawaii at Manoa Theresa St. Leger ’58 BSN, of Media, Pa., died 2017 participant in the Nurse Faculty Outstanding Nursing Alumni at the School on January 3 at age 89. She was a professor Leadership Academy (NFLA) of Sigma of Nursing and Dental Hygiene’s 60th of nursing at Delaware County Community Theta Tau International. Dr. Jeffers is Anniversary celebration last June. This College in Media, Pa., from 1970 to 1984. an assistant professor at the Widener March, she gave a podium presentation, University School of Nursing in Chester, Pa. “Chuukese Migrant Women in Guam: Sister Anna Donofry, R.S.M., ’59 BSN, Barriers to Health Seeking,” at the formerly Sister Mary Joachim, died February 25, 2016, in Merion Station, Pa., at age 89. Katy Flannery ’12 BSN, RN and Gwen Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses An operating room nurse, she was later a Burlingame ’12 VSB, friends since their Association’s 14th Annual Conference, nursing educator. Villanova days, in 2015 founded Minus the held in Honolulu. Dr. Hattori-Uchima is Moo (minusthemoo.com) to produce a dean of the School of Nursing and Health Catherine Phillips ’59 BSN, of West Chester, dairy ice cream for the lactose-intolerant. Sciences in Mangilao, Guam. Pa., died at home on November 7, 2016, at A year later, their Boston-based company age 89. She was a former nurse anesthetist. won the 2016 Samuel Adams Brewing Colleen Connor ’14 BSN received the American Dream Pitch Room competition, 2016 Surgical Nurse of the Year Award at Marcia A. Starbecker ’59 BSN, of Silver which helps small business owners in the Norristown (N.J.) Medical Center. Spring, Md., died on February 8 at the age the food, beverage, hospitality and craft of 78. Her career included serving as a nurse brewing industries. They received $10,000 Rebecca Horton ’14 BSN, RN last summer consultant at the U.S. Department of Health and a year’s worth of mentoring from key received a DAISY Award® for Extraordinary and Human Services’ Health Resources and executives at the brewery. They hope to Nurses from The Children’s Hospital of Services Administration. grow their business. Philadelphia. Angela DiCarlo Giovonizzi ’71 BSN, of Harleysville, Pa., died on February 19, 2016, Haley B. Hlela ’12 BSN, RN is the quality Pamela E. Conner ’15 MSN, CRNP joined and patient safety coordinator for a pulmo- Einstein Healthcare Network last fall at at her home, at age 66. She most recently worked for Independence Blue Cross as a nary/general pediatric unit at The Children’s its Family Practice Associates of King of manager in Quality Assurance. Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). In 2016, Prussia, Pa. she presented two posters: “Changing the Conversation: Harm Prevention Data Barbara Tobin Hartnett ’74 BSN, of Molly Purnell ’16 BSN, RN published in Infrastructure at CHOP” at the Institute for Jenkintown, Pa., died on December 11, 2016, 2016, with her faculty mentor, Meredith Healthcare Improvement’s 28th Annual at age 64. She enjoyed a long career at MacKenzie, PhD, RN, CRNP, CNE, National Forum last December in Orlando, nearby Abington Memorial Hospital. assistant professor of Nursing, “The and “A Nurse Walks into a…Bundle Compli- Intergenerational Cycle of Obesity: ance for CLABSI Prevention” at the Society Anne L. Budnicki Cruz ’79 BSN, of Lanoka Nursing Implications and Interventions,” Harbor, N.J., died May 22, 2016, at age 58. of Pediatric Nurses Nursing of Children in Nursing for Women’s Health, 20 (3), She was a psychiatric-mental health nurse. Network’s 13th Annual Regional Pediatric 289-297. Purnell won the Falvey Scholars Nursing Conference, held last October in Award for this research project. Sister Mary Eileen Hegarty, SNDdeN Wilmington, Del. Also in October, she gave (Eileen Patricia Hegarty ’87 BSN), a former a podium presentation, “Breathing Better: Christina Whitehouse ’16 PhD last June nursing assistant and school teacher, died Creating Developmentally Appropriate Lit- November 20, 2016 in Ohio at age 84. erature for Children with Cystic Fibrosis,” at began a fellowship sponsored by the National Institute of Nursing Research, CHOP’s “It Takes a Village: Comprehensive of Mount the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Linda M. Brumbach ’87 BSN, Collaborative Care” meeting in Philadelphia. Laurel, N.J., died May 8, 2016, at age 64. Service Award (NRSA), for the training She practiced nursing in both Philadelphia program “Individualized Care for At Hamed Al Battashi ’12 MSN contributed and Camden, N.J. Risk Older Adults.” She will continue her to the 2015 book Psychology for Nursing dissertation research. Kathryn H. Bowles and Healthcare Professionals: Developing ’90 MSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI is her Compassionate Care. He is in the PhD Faculty and Friends mentor at the University of Pennsylvania program at Case Western University. School of Nursing. In December 2016, Mary Kay Schubert Denny died on Dr. Whitehouse won the Outstanding November 25, 2016, at age 96, in Haverford, Linda B. Borenstein ’13 MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC Poster Presentation award at the 5th Pa. A good friend of the College of Nursing, was a finalist for the Nightingale Awards Annual Penn Medicine Nursing Research she was a former member of the Villanova of Pennsylvania in the Nursing Education- Conference in Philadelphia for “From University Board of Trustees, a member of Staff Development category. She is a staff Hospital to Home: Aiding in Patient the honorary committee for the College’s educator for Main Line Health HomeCare and Transition Through Education for Obese 50th Anniversary and an active member Hospice, as well as a practicing family nurse Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes of the community. Her son, the Rev. John practitioner at Hatboro Medical Associates. Mellitus,” the topic of her dissertation. Denny, O.S.A., who had taught theology at She plans to complete her DNP degree this Villanova University and was a chaplain at August at Misericordia University. the School of Law, predeceased her. In Memoriam: Alumni Margaret Hattori-Uchima ’13 PhD, RN Mary Jane Holcomb Trautman, who taught received a 2016 State Award for Excellence Arlene E. “Lisa” Gray ’56 BSN, of Poland, psychiatric-mental health nursing in the (Advocate) for the Pacific U.S. Territories Maine, died March 9, 2016, at age 87. She College of Nursing for many years, died from the American Association of Nurse was a nurse educator who later retired as January 12 at age 92 at her home on Orrs Practitioners. She was also recognized as chief editor for the Merck Medical Manual. Island, Maine. 

40 Villanova Nursing | Spring 2017 Her Path to Professionalism Began with Chi

t’s no surprise that Megan Daven- able to help mentor and coach nurses in port Nghe ’06 BSN, MSN, RN as a different parts of their careers, interact ICollege of Nursing senior received with patients and families and manage The Hazel Johnson Leadership Award at the financial aspect of running a nursing Convocation or that she was one of the unit, as well as collaborate with my inter- driving forces in establishing the College’s disciplinary colleagues to focus on the Theta Delta Beta Chapter of Chi Eta Phi best outcomes for patients,” she explains. Sorority, Inc. (see page 20). A nurse for a decade, the Lansdale, Pa., resident and married mother of three young children “I want nursing students is now nurse manager of the Inpatient Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant to know that the Unit at The Children’s Hospital of Phila- profession of nursing is delphia (CHOP). exciting and dynamic.” Nghe enjoys “the challenge and privilege of being a working mother.” As such, she sent video greetings to those attending the —Megan Davenport Theta Delta Beta Chapter’s 10th Anniver- Nghe ’06 BSN, MSN, RN sary celebration last September, since she had recently given birth to her daughter. After receiving scholarships from the Philadelphia Chi graduate chapter, she and classmate Lena Congo Dailey ’06 BSN, Excellence in nursing is critical, Nghe ’11 MSN, CRNA worked with two faculty believes. “My wish for the nurses that members to launch the chapter on cam- I serve is that they view themselves as pus. Nghe recalls, “As a Nursing student I competent and capable professionals who felt strongly that nurses were professionals are an integral part of the care team,” she and that they should act as such, but more says. “My wish for our patients is that they In managing a 50-bed unit at The importantly be seen as professional mem- feel safe and at ease when they see their Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, bers of the care team. I was interested in nurse walking into their room, knowing Megan Davenport Nghe ’06 BSN, MSN, being a part of an organization that strived that he or she is highly trained and profes- RN says she has been inspired by Chi Eta Phi “to set and accomplish my own to deliver that message through its work. sional, and that we are working to help goals related to my education and Chi has empowered me as a professional foster their healing.” professional growth.” nurse and a woman of color, allowing me Her advice for new graduates would be to see people who look like me in my “to take advantage of as many experiences profession, setting and accomplishing and enrichment opportunities as they career goals.” can. They should not be afraid to become In 2015, her longstanding interest in involved on their units, and to challenge leadership and desire to further her edu- themselves.” The nurse manager shares cation led her to Drexel University for an this final thought: “I want nursing stu- MSN degree in Nursing Leadership and dents to know that the profession of nurs- Health Systems Management. ing is exciting and dynamic. Whether they At CHOP, for Nghe, the most exciting are at the bedside, or away from it, their part of overseeing her 50-bed unit and its voice is important and they should strive staff is that it is different every day. “I am to always make sure that it is heard.” 

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NURSING BY THE NUMBERS

PhDs awarded 60 since 2008 In the60 years since our first BSN 468 class graduated, the College of Nursing’s 154 initiatives and CCNE-accredited programs online RN-to-BSN have led to our designation as a Center four-year BSN students of Excellence in Nursing Education by the students come from National League for Nursing. 25 states plus 1 from Doctor of Nursing Washington, D.C. 17 Practice students MORE THAN 267 MSN AND POST-MASTER’S STUDENTS clinical FIRST-TIME PASS RATE FOR 150 affiliations 94% NCLEX-RN LICENSURE EXAM

12 study abroad 2,755 individuals in 2015-16 enrolled in our sites for Connelly- 80 Continuing Education (CE) programs, incoming accelerated 92 Delouvrier earning a total of 6,814.7 contact hours second-degree International Scholars: Chile, BSN students China, Dominican Republic, UK, Ghana, Ireland, Japan, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, $23.9 MILLION Spain and South Africa raised in the College’s capital campaign, as of March

109 3 CENTERS: Nursing full-time and clinical Research, Global and faculty members Public Health and the ENDOWED MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and LECTURE scholarships,44 of which Education (COPE) 1 SERIES 22 are endowed

of the Class of 2016 are employed NURSING 95.1% 7,861 ALUMNI or involved in nursing activities