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sigma theta tau international honor society of nursing alphaWILLIAM F. CONNELL chi news BOSTON Winter 2019 COLLEGE SCHOOL OF NURSING Leadership Scholarship Community ¤³³ Alpha Chi Chapter, Boston College Sigma Theta Tau International Offi cers & Committees 2018–2019 A A Catherine Hill [email protected] 617-552-4908 W M Chris Vu [email protected] P Allyssa Harris [email protected] V-P Margie Sipe [email protected] S Danielle Grimm [email protected] T Diana Goldstein (Kach) [email protected] F C¤¤ Colleen Simonelli [email protected] G¤ C¤ Colleen Simonelli, Chair [email protected] Rosemary Byrne [email protected] Louise Doyle [email protected] Student Representatives: Maria Meyer [email protected] L S¤ Rachel Priess [email protected] P ¤ª C¤ Diana Goldstein (Kach) [email protected] Beth McNutt-Clarke [email protected] Melissa Perez Capotosto [email protected] P /N C ¯ C¤ Luanne Nugent, Co-Chair [email protected] Jacqueline Sly, Co-Chair [email protected] Student Representative Julia Fitzgerald fi [email protected] • 2019 2 ¤³³ A ¯ S¤ C¤ Margie Sipe, Chair [email protected] Carina Katigbak [email protected] Michael Schinis [email protected] R D ¤ C¤ Joyce Edmonds, Chair [email protected] Stewart Bond [email protected] Tam Nguyen [email protected] Britt Pados [email protected] Jinhee Park [email protected] C R C¤ Andrew Dwyer, Chair [email protected] Danielle Grimm [email protected] Donna Hudson Bryant [email protected] Sharon O’Donoghue [email protected] Diane Carroll [email protected] M I ¤ Open Position H ª C¤ Karen Lourence, Chair & [email protected] Archivist Beth Grady [email protected] Sydney Conti [email protected] F C¤ Open Positions • 2019 3 W 2019 | ¤. 31 ¤. 16 5 G ª L ³ ¤ P 6 B¤ ¤ C¤ª 2018 C ¤³ E½ N ¤ Lª ¤³ N ª 7 Sª T T I ¤ (STTI) 29 I ¤ N ª R C¤ª M¤ , A ¤ 8 A S¤ O P ¤ Hªª ª A B ª ³¤ T M M H 10 R³ª R F¤ N : Fª Mª R P T¤¾ 11 NANDA-I I ¤ C¤³ B¤ ¤ C¤ª 13 N ª H¤¤ S¤ I ¤ N¤ 11, 2018 17 F G¤ L R P 20 T S D. F O¤¤ª F¤ P ¤ª ¤ 23 2018 F¤ D 24 A C A N¤ ¤ 25 T B¤ P ¤¿ J F Àª , CSON ‘19 26 S U E¤ L S¤ , L, S À M M , CSON ‘19 28 G¤ H C : M ª Cª ¯ C¤ ¤ 30 F ¤³ B¤ ¤’ H¤ C¤ ª D 31 A D S ¤³ L¤ ¤³ STT M , D . M ª A N 32 C¤ O¤ : G¤ L¤ 34 D Y¤ K¤? 35 A¤ 37 2018-19 C F¤ ¤ ³¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ A C C ¤ , ¤ : ://..// • 2019 4 Greetings from the President appy New Year! I hope that this newsletter fi nds you Hwell and that you enjoyed our New England fall and holiday season. This past fall, Alpha Chi hosted our Induction ceremony on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Thirteen undergraduates, 41 graduate students, and one community leader were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau. The keynote address was presented by our former Undergraduate Associate Dean, Professor Sean P. Clarke RN, PhD, FAAN, who spoke about the importance of mentorship, guidance and leadership. [AH1] [n2] This was the fi rst year that Alpha Chi held our Induction ceremony in the Fall and it was well received by the inductees and their guests. Our 2019 Induction ceremony is scheduled for the fall 2019 Please be on the lookout for future notices. The 2018 Father Gorman lecture was given by Rachel Preiss RN, MS, WHNP-BC, a former graduate of Boston College and current Alpha Chi Executive Board member. Rachel spoke about the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner’s program and Telemedicine in Nursing. This program is one of the 1st in the country providing care to sexual assault victims throughout the commonwealth. It serves as a model for other states seeking to expand services to sexual assault victims. Lastly, I wanted to inform you that Alpha Chi’s website is currently not functioning. This is due to a new change in IT infrastructure at Boston College rendering our website incompatible. The executive board is working with our webmaster, Chris Vu, to build a new and improved website. We expect to have our website up and functioning by this summer. Finally, next year Alpha Chi will celebrate 50 years!! The executive board and committee members are seeking ideas on how to celebrate our anniversary. Should you wish to participate, please contact any member of the executive board. As always you are welcome to attend our monthly meetings. Best wishes for a great spring. Keep warm!! Best, A¡¢¢£ H£¤¤¥¢, RN, P¦D, WHNP-BC P¤§¢¥¨§©ª, A«¦£ C¦¥ C¦£«ª§¤, B¬¢ª¬© C¬§®§ • 2019 5 BOSTON COLLEGE NAMED a 2018 Center of Excellence by the National League of Nursing oston College has been named a 2018 Center of BExcellence by the National League of Nursing and recognized as a 2018 award recipient for promoting the pedagogical expertise of faculty. Only sixteen nursing programs nationwide have been given this honor. Institutions need to make evident that they can sustain excellence in faculty development, nursing education research, or professional development in student learning to be invited to apply. As a Center of Excellence, Boston College is expected to be a role model as a visionary leader. This leadership includes excelling at inclusivity to support and nurture a strong and diverse nursing workforce for our next generation. It also promotes a global community to advance the nations health. Congratulations Boston College and the exceptional Connell School of Nursing faculty for creating and sustaining educational excellence in nursing. A special thanks to Dorothy Jones, Ed.D., ANP, FAAN, who led the application process”. • 2019 6 Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) 29 ¤ Nursing Research Congress Pictured center: Allyssa Harris, PhD, RN, WHNP, Alpha Chi President among colleagues at the ¤ , 29th International Nursing Research Congress he Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta nursing research and its impact from global TTau International (STTI), hosted its 29th experts. Nurses have investigated and International Nursing Research Congress from implemented cutting-edge solutions to health July 19th to the 23rd, 2018, in Melbourne, problems that impact patient care not only Australia. Our Alpha Chi president, Allyssa in their own country, but also worldwide. As Harris, was among the attendees and had the she walked around the Melbourne convention opportunity to network and engage with more center, she witnessed the exchange of than 800 nurses, researchers, leaders, and knowledge, the understanding among congress students. Together they explored innovative participants, and the development of lasting and collaborative research and evidence-based collegial relationships and friendships. practice to improve global health outcomes. Her experience in the city of Melbourne, which While Dr. Harris attended the conference, sits on the coast of Port Phillip Bay and is the she and Gaurdia Banister gave a podium second most populous city in Australia, was presentation titled, “It Was a Light Coming wonderful. She toured Federation Square, the Through: African American Nurses’ National Tennis Center, and walked so much Perceptions of A Collaborative Nursing that her legs ached for days! She encourages Leadership Program,” which was well received. members to attend Sigma’s Research Congress She also attended many sessions including: if the opportunity arises in the future. This “Getting Published” by Drs. Bernadette Melnyk summer, the event is scheduled on July 25-29, and Debra Anderson; “Promoting Maternal- 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Attending Child Health” with Drs. Rachel Abraham the research congress was an incredibly eye- Joseph, Julian Maree Grant and Creina Mitchell; opening experience for Dr. Harris. As they say and Sigma’s Special Session International in Australia, “G’Day, mate!” Leadership Opportunities. Dr. Harris witnessed • 2019 7 ¤ A reunion between Ann Wolbert Burgess and FBI Special Agent John E. Douglas to talk about the minds behind THE MINDHUNTER ¤ ª ³³ n the seat of honor at Robsham ITheater, Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess, who is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse, was center stage so that the audience could learn about her career that led to helping FBI Special Agent John E. Douglas develop theories and techniques of criminal profi ling. These techniques have been so widely accepted and received that they are the bases of the show, Mindhunter. This TV drama series of American crime created by Joe Penhall is based on the book, Mindhunter, which captures Dr. Burgess’s research. “Criminal motivation was largely a mystery and the fi eld of forensics comparatively primitive when then-FBI Director William Webster issued a mandate to provide police and agents with training in investigating rapes and interviewing rape victims,” Burgess said. At a time when rape victims were not coming forward and convictions were elusive, the FBI hired Burgess as a lecturer at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, where she (continued) • 2019 8 ¤ A reunion between Ann Wolbert Burgess and FBI Special Agent John E. Douglas … continued helped advance the FBI’s understanding of violent sexual crimes through her pioneering research on rape trauma syndrome. Burgess would become the principal investigator on the Criminal Personality Project, helping to move criminal profi ling into a database. In the four decades since, Burgess has studied, taught, written, and testifi ed about crime from the point of view of the victim and the criminal. She continues applying her research to new areas, such as the study of school shooters and elderly abuse, while teaching a full load of courses.