2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Choose to be a Blessing | I II | Choose to be a Blessing MESSAGE FROM Students have been enjoying spacious classrooms designed with learning in mind. There are little nooks and crannies all over our 4th floor home THE PRESIDENT at Rock Valley College for students to refresh themselves between classes or work on group projects. Four group study rooms are available and in use the majority of evenings. The library has gone high-tech with almost every journal available electronically, but we still have stacks and a wall of reference books. Many students cannot afford to purchase texts, so there is high use of the course texts placed on room reserve.

In addition to the simulation and clinical skills labs at Guilford Square, we now have a simulated hospital room, four simulated clinic rooms for the graduate students, a large health assessment lab for both undergraduate and graduate students and high-tech classrooms. We have also retained our Mission and Catholic Identity both in our demeanor and through dedicated space for religious art work and a meditation room. The move culminated with the blessing of our new space by the Bishop August 8.

While busy relocating, we sustained focus on our main reason for being. Academics and clinical skill development remain our priority. Student retention and progression remain consistent with rates exceeding national averages. Our pass rates for NCLEX-RN and board certification exams also remain above national average as well – 92 percent and 100 percent, respectfully. Graduate students and faculty have been engaged in scholarship that advances patient care, population health and education. Some have received awards for their work – more on that later in this report.

Our Global Nursing Initiative is also alive and well. We continue to host Japanese nurse leaders on our campus and send faculty to to prepare people as Clinical Nurse Leaders. In August, one of the participants in this program passed the CNL exam. Clearly, the college is helping to What an exciting year 2016-2017 advance nursing on a global scale. was! While conducting business The beginning of every academic year brings the feeling that so much as usual, we sorted through a is possible. To that end, we are exploring ways to expand our academic programming and enrich our relationships with alumni, loyal supporters hundred years of history, packed and the community. My wish list is created each August 1, and this year up the college and moved into it includes creating a tutoring center for students, creating a teaching enhancement center for faculty and connecting with each person who is our new location. The sadness interested in SACN. of leaving one home filled with I am excited to begin my third year working with the college, and proud memories has been joined by the to share some of our successes. I hope you enjoy reading this report. Most joy of creating a new home filled importantly, I would like to invite you to come to the college for a visit! with new opportunities. Regards,

Sandie Soldwisch

Choose to be a Blessing | 1 MESSAGE FROM The OSF Healthcare Saint Anthony College of Nursing graduate program has had another excellent year in our endeavor to prepare future nursing THE DEAN OF leaders, educators and practitioners. Last year at this time we were waiting for formal notification of the College DNP program’s Commission on THE GRADUATE Collegiate Nursing Education accreditation. I am happy to share that we did PROGRAM receive that notification in fall 2016.

Once again we had many exciting moments as students completed their graduate studies! In December, two faculty members completed their Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree, Christine Krause and Libby Myers. Both completed projects in partnership with their respective communities aimed at improving health outcomes in asthma care and in promoting healthy behaviors. Three additional DNP graduates completed in May, one of whom is faculty – Lori Compton. The two other DNP graduates, Kim McCullough and Fiona Okoroti, presented their projects at national conferences. We had seven Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) graduates as well, consisting of six family (FNP) graduates and one graduate. To date, all practitioner graduates who have taken required board examinations have passed those exams.

Student numbers continue at a steady pace in the college’s graduate program. The DNP program, launched in summer 2014, continues to grow, with 42 students currently enrolled. There are 24 students enrolled in the College MSN program. In all, we count among our numbers students from a range that stretches from Mendota, Illinois, to southern Wisconsin.

We have also been blessed this year with the addition of a new faculty member. Mary Doyle, PhD, RN, a local nursing leader and consultant, has joined the faculty as an adjunct clinical assistant professor. She is currently teaching in the DNP program. Her experience in nursing leadership will foster learning and growth in our DNP students.

In summary, this has been a wonderful and productive year for the graduate department. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve Saint Anthony College of Nursing.

Respectfully,

Shannon K. Lizer, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP Dean, Graduate Program & Research

2 | Choose to be a Blessing MESSAGE FROM The 2016-17 academic year will go down as the year of change. After classes were complete in the spring semester all energy moved THE DEAN OF THE towards the move to the new Health Science Center on the Rock Valley College campus. The new space is beautiful and quite a change from UNDERGRADUATE the basement classrooms in the East State Street campus. We are now PROGRAM surrounded by walls of windows with great views of the campus and surrounding neighborhood.

What does not change is our commitment to providing the best undergraduate nursing education in the area. Our undergraduate program continues to have strong outcomes with the highest pass rate in town for first-time takers of the NCLEX-RN exam in 2016. Our pass rate was 92 percent, well above the state and national rates of 85 percent. For first quarter 2017, our pass rate was 100 percent, reflecting the quality of our December 2016 graduatves. The second quarter 2017 pass rate was 97 percent, which says a lot about the successes of our May 2017 graduates.

Our new RN to BSN curriculum – started in October 2016 – continues to be implemented. Current students are happy with the hybrid approach to each course, while some have asked for more face-to-face meetings. Face-to-face class meetings and individual appointments with faculty are the types of opportunities that set our program apart from online programs. There continues to be an opportunity for more enrollment in this program.

We invite you to see our new space and join with us in enthusiasm over the great things Saint Anthony College of Nursing brings to the community.

Beth Carson, EdD, RN, CNE Dean Undergraduate Affairs

Choose to be a Blessing | 3 CHOOSE TO BE A BLESSING

In August 2015, we selected “Choose to be a Blessing” as our theme for the next two years. The theme embodies how we as faculty, students, nurses and people engage the world. We make the choice every day to be a blessing to the people with whom we interact. We seek to better ourselves so that we are more equipped to improve the lives of those we are called to serve.

4 | Choose to be a Blessing GREAT IS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE

Our Global Nursing Initiative continues to serve January 13-16, 2017 as an excellent example of our efforts to improve The President of our Japanese partner school – the Japanese Red Cross health care not just in our own backyard, but Kyushu International College of Nursing – and two nursing faculty everywhere. The opportunities we had during members came to the U.S. and presented a poster with a Saint Anthony the 2016-17 school year to work with nursing College of Nursing team at the conference in Long professionals from Japan – to exchange ideas Beach, California. and share our methods – showed what cross- cultural teamwork can accomplish. March 5-12, 2017 Sixteen Japanese nurses visited the Saint Anthony College of Nursing. Among the group were a chief nursing officer, vice chief nursing officer, a manager, a CNS, college faculty and PhD students. They performed clinical shadowing at OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center and at Saint Mary’s of Michigan. The also attended the Clinical Nurse Leader certification review and took the CNL certification examination at Saint Anthony College of Nursing.

August 8, 2017 Two BSN students and a nursing faculty member from another partner school – University Tsukuba – visited the college, as did a Japanese DNP student from University of Illinois at Chicago. They did some shadowing at OSF Saint Anthony and asked Christine Krause questions about the work of a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

August 2017 Akemi Kijima becomes the first non-American educated person to achieve Clinical Nurse Leader certification. This is a significant milestone in our efforts to bring the Clinical Nurse Leader model to Japan.

SIGMA THETA TAU International, the honor society of nursing, recognized the Saint Anthony College RECOGNIZED FOR of Nursing chapter for its efforts to further the field of nursing in Japan through partnerships INTERNATIONAL with several Japanese nursing schools. OUTREACH

Choose to be a Blessing | 5 OUR PATH FORWARD Welcome to our New Home In August, we moved into our new main campus facility in the newly finished health science center on the Rock Valley College campus. Our new home on the third and fourth floor of the building provides significant technology upgrades to our classrooms and comes with plenty of space for simulation rooms, where students can get hands-on clinical practice. Our new home, where we begin holding classes starting with the 2017-18 school year, allows us to embrace the latest teaching models. Our future on the Rock Valley Campus is a very bright one.

6 | Choose to be a Blessing Choose to be a Blessing | 7 2015-18 STRATEGIC PLAN

Five strategic planning teams have been making great progress toward accomplishing SACN’s strategic goals.

Mission & • Adopted “Choose to be a Blessing” theme to demonstrate the life of Catholic Identity SACN learning community as a Catholic, faith-based college • Created a plan to ensure the seven principles of Catholic Social Teaching are authentically included in each program • Partnered with community organizations on service and fundraising opportunities, such as Feed My Starving Children

Academic • Tested technology options for optimizing blended/online Quality learning offerings • Supported preparation efforts for 2016 CCNE accreditation visit of DNP and post-master’s APN certificate programs • Developing a plan for increasing effective utilization of technology by faculty and students

Engagement & • Increased engagement with a faculty and staff retreat Development • Conducted a college-wide lunch and learn on social media • Increased alumni engagement by adding two new yearly events

Financial Sustainability • Developing a process to offer more continuing education courses & Growth • Conducting a needs assessment of operational technology resources in order to complete a 3-5 year master plan for operational technology

Resources & • Established a systematic evaluation plan that integrates all regulatory Planning and accrediting requirements as well as educational best practices • Examining the impact of SACN’s relocation to the Rock Valley campus

Mission The Mission of Saint Anthony College of Nursing, a private Catholic college, is to provide quality nursing and health care education in an environment that encourages open inquiry and lifelong learning, and to serve all persons with the greatest care and love.

Vision Leaders in Nursing and Health Care Education, Practice and Service

8 | Choose to be a Blessing FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Susan Baylor, Teaching RN, MS, PEL, NBCSN, CNE Sue’s first teaching job was as an adjunct instructor at Rockford College, teaching nursing Finding her calling research. She says the course has the advantage Sue Baylor always wanted to be a nurse, but of not having a direct link to NCLEX preparation, teaching seemed to be a family tradition. Her which means she can take a more flexible and father was a physical education teacher, as was creative approach. She changes her course as she her brother. It was just natural to go with that, finds new, innovative ways to get the information so she taught PE and health for Kindergarten to students. through 8th grade. Teaching community nursing While home with her newborn son, she started The community nursing course is generally considering a career change. She discovered she offered in the final semester of the bachelor’s could become a by attending degree program and provides students with a Rock Valley College’s program. Her first nursing variety of clinical experiences. The course pulls job was in a post-surgical unit. Soon after, she from everything the student has learned and started her bachelor’s degree at Northern Illinois practiced before, and Sue finds it interesting to University, taking community nursing as her first see them use their critical thinking and nursing course in the curriculum. She loved it. One of her skills as they prepare for their future role. assignments was to interview someone in the field. She selected because that What the future holds was most familiar to her, and it led to an “AHA!” Sue will be retiring in May, 2018. Retirement will moment for her: She found her calling. give her and her husband, Phil, more time at the lake, but that doesn’t mean she’s slowing down. Sue served as a school nurse for 13 years. She She has plans. She has already scheduled her realized she wanted to teach nursing to others, first piano lesson and she and Phil have signed so she went back to school to earn her master’s up to volunteer at the local zoo. Sue and Phil degree. She taught at Saint Anthony College of have two grandchildren within driving distance Nursing from 2003 through 2005. She returned who they plan to visit frequently. In addition, to being a school nurse for a year, then decided she plans to volunteer at the local library. She is the college level was where she belonged. She looking for a non-profit organization to help out came back to the college in 2006 and has been with secretarial work one or two days per week, here ever since. She has had offers at other and, of course, she’s open to possible volunteer institutions, but this is the place she feels settled. opportunities if the college needs her.

Choose to be a Blessing | 9 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Class of 2010, 2016, 2017 In September 2017, at its annual awards event, the National Alliance Dr. Fiona Okoroti of Wound Care and Ostomy bestowed the award for Outstanding Achievement in Wound care Research Care to Fiona Okoroti, DNP, AGPCNP- BC, WCC a proud alumna of Saint Anthony College of Nursing and a Rockford resident.

Dr. Okoroti, who works as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and a wound care-certified Consultant at Alpine Fireside Health Center, received the national recognition for her doctoral research “Telemedicine Program for Chronic Wound Care Management”, which focused on the effectiveness of using telehealth technology to assess wounds remotely.

Alpine Fireside is a long-term care facility, so wound care clinicians are not available every day. Yet, most wounds need regular monitoring or they risk getting infected and causing health problems. The facility already has a secured text-messaging program, and Dr. Okoroti thought the technology could be used to improve access to wound care clinicians.

“I’ve always loved wound care. I received some good advice that when doing research, do something you love to do so you don’t get tired of it.”

Dr. Okoroti enlisted the help of the wound care RN. They used a secured text-messaging photographic app to take photos of seven sample wounds. Then, using the Bates-Jensen wound assessment tool, they attempted to analyze the severity of each wound using just the cell phone photos.

“It was successful, but there were some aspects of the wounds you couldn’t assess,” Dr. Okoroti said. “You can’t tell the drainage and you can’t smell the wound, but overall it was a benefit.”

Dr. Okoroti has received her bachelor’s degree, her master’s degree and her doctorate all at Saint Anthony College of Nursing. She credits the school’s faculty and staff with helping to mold her into the person and practitioner she is today.

When she first arrived in Rockford from the United Kingdom, she was hit with culture shock. The staff and her peers at the college helped her transition, though.

“The culture and language were very challenging for me, and the school guided me with great support, and believed in me,” Dr. Okoroti said. “It was a challenge to adjust, but they really saw me through.

“So many of the faculty are working health care jobs and they bring their work experience to the classroom, which was really great. My instructors were so helpful and instrumental to getting my BSN, I decided to do my MSN and DNP through the same school, where I received so much support.”

10 | Choose to be a Blessing OUR STUDENTS

SACN Enrollment, Fall 2016 Total Enrollment: 319 Students

250 215 200

150

100

50 50 33 21 0 BSN RN-BSN MSN DNP

Fall 2016 Demographics

Undergraduate

Female White Male 11% Hispanic Asian Black or African American 2 or more races/ethnicities Pacific Islander Unknown 89%

Graduate

Female White Male 11% Hispanic Asian Black or African American American Indian/ Alaskan Native

89%

Choose to be a Blessing | 11 SACN AT A GLANCE

Pass Rates (1st attempt) Graduation – Class Size by Degree

NCLEX-RN Pass Rates SACN IL USA SACN Graduates BSN MSN DNP

102 100 2016-2017 7 97 5 95 99 95 95 2015-2016 14 92 1 90 2014-2015 82 13

85 2013-2014 91 10

80 2012-2013 75 2013 2014 2015 2016 16 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 MSN Graduates’ Certification Pass Rates Job Placement Within One Year 100 (December 2015 - May 2016 Graduates)

95 Undergraduate Graduate 90

85

80 2013 2014 2015 2016 99% 100%

Retention Rates (Fall 2015/Spring2016 to Fall 2016)

Undergraduate

92%

Academics and clinical skill Graduate development remain our priority. Student retention and progression remain 77% consistent with rates exceeding national averages.

12 | Choose to be a Blessing FOCUS ON GRADUATE SIMULATIONS

Thanks to our move to the third and fourth floors of the Rock Valley College health sciences center, we now have two sets of primary care simulation rooms and one acute care simulation room. Each set of primary care rooms has two patient care areas resembling an actual primary care examination room. Between the two exam rooms is a viewing room where student experiences may be observed for evaluation and remediation.

The patient rooms will be used multiple times per semester for Observed Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) exercises, where trained volunteers act as patients in pre-planned scenarios. Students get to practice their assessment and communication skills in a safe environment, but also one that closely resembles real practice. The rooms are also available for students to practice when classes are not in session.

Choose to be a Blessing | 13 RESEARCH Fricht, M., Wojewodzki, E., and Penny, H. (2017, March). Stress and Coping in Baccalaureate ACCOMPLISHMENTS Nursing Students: An Integrative Literature Review. Poster session presented at Nursing Posters: Expo, Rockford, IL.

Ackerman M., McLaughlin, R., & Wagner, P. Gonzalez, J., McGrath, C., Dalstrom, M. (2017, June) Thoracic Procedures Workshop. & Zaiser, J. (2017, A pril). Improving Health (Invited Presentation) American Association Knowledge Among Hispanic Mothers in of Nurse Practitioners Annual Conference, Winnebago County. Poster session presented at Philadelphia, PA. (Workshop Assistant) UIC Research Day, Rockford, IL.

Bonilla, M., Covarrubias, W., Dudeck, B., Kakuta, M. & Klein, C. (2016, October). Power Marsh, C., Muchow, T., Serrano-Martinez, of Nursing Leadership: Clinical Nurse Leader G. & Allen, T. (2017, March). Purple crying Role Implementation in Japan through Academic/ campaign: Education to reduce incidence of Clinical Collaboration. Poster presented at AACN shaken baby syndrome in the neonate. Poster National Magnet Conference, Orlando, Florida session presented at Nurses EXPO – Winner of the People’s Choice Award, Rockford, IL. Katsumata, T. A., Dermody, G, Kakuta, M., Nin K., & Kagoshima, M. (2017, January). Power Boomer, J., Wagner, P., & Messer, B. (2017, of Nursing Leadership: Clinical Nurse Leader March). Concussion management in the school Role Implementation in Japan through in Japan setting: An integrative literature review. Poster through Academic/Clinical Collaboration. Poster session presented at Nursing Expo, Rockford, IL. presented at 2017 CNL Summit, Atlanta, Georgia.

Boyd, J., Carlson, J., Kruse, G. & Rogers, P. Krause, C.I, Perenchio, C, Lizer, S. (2017, (2017, May). The effects of music therapy on March). Integrative approach to asthma pain and anxiety in oncology patients who are education in a school based health center. Poster undergoing treatment: An integrative literature session presented at Nursing Expo, Rockford IL. review. Poster session presented at the Nurses Week Poster Session 2017, Rockford, IL. Kulavic, V., & Kakuta, M., Dermody, G., & Anderson, C. (2017, April). Improving Adherence Compton, L., McGrath, C., Schomburg, J., to Fall Prevention Interventions in a Certified Perenchio, C., Schneiderman, J. & Doughty, A. Stroke Center. Poster presented at UIC Research (2017, March). Most Effective Exercise for Day, Rockford, Illinois. Optimal Health in Adults. Poster session presented at Nurses EXPO – Co-winner Best Kulavic, V., Kakuta, M. & Anderson, C. (2017, Research Poster, Rockford, IL. April). Promote 3 East staff adherence to current fall prevention measures. Poster session presented Cullor, J., Lizer, S.& Hunziker, N. (2017, May). at UIC Research Day, Rockford, IL. Poster session What is the relationship between repeated presented at the Annual Research Conference at pesticide exposure and neurological disease in the JUMP Center, Peoria, IL (2017, May). adult farmers? Poster session presented at the Nurses Week Poster Session 2017, Rockford, IL. Linder, S., Lizer, S. & Doughty, A. (2016, September). The relationship between DeHaven, M., Specht, E., & Wagner, P. (2017, depression scores and readmission rates in CHF March). Radon testing barriers in Stephenson patients. Poster session presented at STTI 2016 county, Illinois: An integrative literature review. Leadership Connection Program, Sigma Theta Poster session presented at Nursing Expo, Tau International - Rising Stars of Research and Rockford, IL. Scholarship, Indianapolis, Indiana.

14 | Choose to be a Blessing Longnecker, M., Wagner, P., & Bartel, A. (2017, Parizek, R, Kakuta, M., & Dermody, G. (2017, March). Improving March). Integrating an electronic medical Adherence to VTE Prophylaxis is an Acute Care Setting. Poster presented at record into standardized patient testing. Poster Nurses Expo, Rockford, Illinois session presented at Nursing Expo, Rockford, IL. Spinker, K., Myers, E. & McGrath, C. (2017, May). Barriers to medication Lutz, H., Castronovo, L. & Matheson, L. (2017, adherence in United States Veteran Administration patients with Type Two May). Pain assessment in the older adult with diabetes. Poster session presented at the Nurses Week Poster Session 2017, dementia: An integrative literature review. Poster Rockford, IL. session presented at the Nurses Week Poster Session 2017, Rockford, IL. Stupek, C., Eymann, S., Bonner, E., Frichtl, M. (2017, March). Comparing Intrapartum Intravenous Fluids and Newborn Weight Changes. Poster McLaughlin R. & Wagner, P. (2017, June) session presented at Nurses EXPO, Rockford, IL. Winner EBP Award Advanced Office Procedures for Nurse Practitioners Workshop (Invited Presentation) American Takekuma Katsumata, A., Kakuta, M. Dermody, G., Nin, K. & Association of Nurse Practitioners Conference, Kagoshima, M. (2017, January). Power of nursing leadership: Clinical Philadelphia, PA. (Workshop Assistant) Nurse Leader® role implementation in Japan through academic/clinical collaboration. Poster session presented at the 2017 CNL Summit, Atlanta, Mockmore-Bennet, L., McGrath, C., Doughty, Georgia. A. & Behling, B. (2017, March). Patients’ Adherence to Newly Prescribed Medication Vaccaro, E., Dalstrom, M., Kruse, G. (May, 2017). Medication Regimens After Undergoing Coronary Artery Management in the Home-Based Elderly Population: Strategies for Bypass Grafting Surgery. Poster session presented Reducing Harm from Medications. Poster session presented at Saint at Nurses EXPO, Rockford, IL. Anthony Medical Center Nurses Week, Rockford, IL.

Mosher, D., Messer, B, Feng-Chang, L., Verner, T., Frichtl, M.J. & Wagner, P. (2017, May). Barriers to universal drug Baylor, S. & Doughty, A. (2017, April). Student testing during pregnancy: An integrative literature review. Poster session perception of interprofessional education presented at the Nurses Week Poster Session 2017, Rockford, IL. competency change following an IPE Immersion Day. Poster session presented at UIC Research Wagner, P. (2017, May). Critical Care and Air Medical Transport in Japan: Day, Rockford, IL. Poster session presented at the An International Leadership Exchange. (Invited Presentation) National OSF Healthcare Research Symposium, Peoria, IL Teaching Institute – American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Houston TX. (2017, May) – Won 2nd Place for Research. Williams, L., Lizer, S., Thomson, P. & Poole, S. (2016, November). Myers, E., Lizer, S., Perenchio, C. & Parks, C. Promoting healthy eating and physical activity for the parents of African (2017, March). The use of social media and American children in a faith based setting. Poster session presented at interprofessional collaboration as an intervention Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony, Rockford, IL. to improve population health outcomes and quality of life in WISEWOMAN Programs. Poster Wojewodzki, E., Frichtl, M., & Penney, H. (2017, March). Stress and coping session presented at Nurses EXPO, Rockford, in baccalaureate nursing students: An integrative literature review. Poster IL. Poster session presented at Explore Nursing, session presented at Nursing Expo, Rockford IL. Rockford, IL. (2017, April). Wojewodzki, E. (December, 2016). Educational session for parents of Okoroti, F., McGrath, C., Nika, V., Villiers, B. school-aged children on nutrition and physical activity. Presented at the OSF & Aleksic, V. Telemedicine Program for Chronic Pediatric Council Meeting on December 22, 2016. Wound Management. Poster session presented at Nurses EXPO, Rockford, IL. (2017, March).

Choose to be a Blessing | 15 Oral/Podium Presentations: Publications:

Dalstrom, M. (June, 2016). How culture Harp, E. R., Scherer. L. L., & Allen, J. A. (2016). Volunteer engagement influences health care practices among the and retention: Their relationship to community service self-efficacy. elderly: lessons from the US/Mexico Border. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi: Presented at Nurses Improving Care to Health 10.1177/0899764016651335 System Elders Annual Conference, Rockford, IL. Klein, C., Hamilton, P., Kruse, G., Anderson, C. & Doughty, A. (in press). Dalstrom, M. & K. McCullough. (November, Delegation, documentation, and knowledge of evidence-based practice for 2016). Health Insurance without health care: oral hygiene. MedSURG Nursing. Improving health insurance knowledge among the homeless in Winnebago County IL. Presented Dermody, Gordana et al. (2017). ED Utilization and Self-Reported at the American Anthropological Association Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Emergency Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Nursing, 43, 57 – 69.

Dalstrom, M. (December, 2016). Applied Doering, J.J., Sims, D. A, Miller D.D. (2017). How postpartum women anthropology in public health: Using with depressive symptoms manage sleep disruption and fatigue. Research ethnography as a tool for intervention and policy in Nursing & Health,40 (2), 132-142. DOI: 10.1002/nur.21782 development. Presented at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropology Colloquium Laethem E. (2015). Why Bother with Bioethics? in Coors et al., A Catholic Series, Milwaukee, WI. Bioethics Reader. National Catholic Bioethics Center.

Dalstrom, M. (August, 2016). Medicaid and Laethem, E. (2015). Moral Evaluation of Risk-Reducing Salpingectomy and Managed Care. Presented at Rockford Regional Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oopherectomy: Response to Case Study. Catholic Health Council Forum, Rockford, IL. Health Care Ethics USA 23(1).

Messer, B. (2016, July 29). Traumatic Brain Linder, S. R., Lizer, S. & Doughty, A. Screen and intervene: Depression’s Injuries: The Need for Baseline Testing [Video effect on CHF readmission rates. : 2016, December, file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/ 47 (12):14–21. doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000508257.88733.0c2016, watch?v=pNMfi68AJMQ. December: 14-20.

Messer, B., Engel, A., Lizer, S., Perenchio, C., Rogers, M.A., Lizer, S., Doughty, A., Hayden, B. and Klein, C. Expanding Doughty, A. Traumatic Brain Injuries: the Need RN Scope of Knowledge - Genetics/Genomics: The New Frontier. Journal for Baseline Testing; podium presentation. for Nurses in Professional Development, 2017, March/April: 33 (2): 56-63. Nursing Expo 2017, Rockford, Illinois; March doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000340 2017. June E Dilling Fund: Dalstrom, M. (2016). The Impact of using Mexican pharmaceuticals on US senior’s health.

Harp. (2017)

Krause, C. (2017). The ACCESS Project

Grants: None

16 | Choose to be a Blessing SCHOLARSHIPS Saint Anthony College of Nursing is proud to offer students scholarship opportunities through a new online application system implemented this fall. The following institutional scholarships are made possible through the 57 scholarship recipients generosity of alumni, college faculty, staff and community members. $148,212.35 Nursing Legacy Endowment The Saint Anthony College of Nursing Legacy Endowment Scholarship campaign was launched in 2002 and was designed to provide scholarships “It is a great honor to be selected as a for future nurses and nurses that are continuing their education. Currently, recipient of this award. This scholarship will there are 54 named legacy scholarships. help greatly in reducing my financial burdens and allow me to focus on my education.” Doris and Albert Von Morpurgo Scholarship - Tricia Sortino Doris (Stromquist) Von Morpurgo was a 1944 alumna of the school of nursing and she led an extraordinary life. She served in the Army Nurse “As a member of the Illinois National Guard Corps during World War II and the Korean War and then went on to earn who hopes to pursue an active duty military her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing. Doris passed away in 2011 career upon graduation, I was deeply and bequeathed a generous gift to Saint Anthony College of Nursing that honored when I learned more about Doris supports student scholarships. von Morpurgo. Her commitment to service was evident in the years she spent in both Ina Cholke and Olga Dean Bullard Charitable Trust Scholarship the military and civilian nursing fields. It is a An endowment fund established by a charitable trust that provides commitment I share.” scholarship opportunities to nurses who wish to advance their education. - Charles Gillingham

“I’m extremely grateful to have been chosen to receive the scholarship and further my academic pursuit in nursing. Thank you.” - Brian Razek

FINANCIALS

Total Revenue 6,374,125 FY 16 Revenue FY 16 Expenses (including Federal Support)

Expenses Other Indirect Revenue Medicare Salaries & Benefits 4,130,791 Expenses 18% Direct Expenses 523,271 Direct (e.g. maintenance, marketing, equipment) Expenses 9% College of Nursing Salaries & Benefits Indirect Expenses 988,504 Tuition 73% (e.g., rent and utilities) Total Net Income 731,560

Choose to be a Blessing | 17 SAINT ANTHONY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP COLLEGE OF Sandie Soldwisch, APN, ANP-BC NURSING BOARD President, Professor PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI College Board Members Sister Theresa Ann Brazeau Elizabeth Carson, RN, CNE Linnette Carter, MSN, APN/CNS Dean, Undergraduate Affairs, Professor Vice Chair EdD, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Paula Carynski, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE ex officio Shannon Lizer, APN, FNP-BC, FAANP Lori Domski-Swanson, RN, MHSA, PC Dean, Graduate Affairs & Research, Professor Kim Entsminger, BJ PhD, Rush University, Chicago, IL Victoria Glidden, JD, BA Chair Nancy Sanders David Johnson, DDS Associate Dean, Support Services, Kathleen Meade, PN/CNP MBA, Cardinal Stritch University, Jon Schmidt, BS Milwaukee, WI Sandie Soldwisch, PhD, APN, ANP-BC Secretary Heather Klepitsch Promod Vohra, EdD Supervisor, Medical Library & College LRC Fr. Kenneth Wasilewski, STL MLIS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Linda Zuba, JD, MSN

Honorary Board Members J. Maichle Bacon, MS, MPH SUPPORT STAFF Reverend Monsignor Thomas C. Brady, PhD, PA, VG Dawn Arns | Secretary II – Faculty John Crone, CPA Tawnee Calhoun | Learning Resource Technician Mary Anne Doherty, RN Roberta Craig, MLIS | Medical Librarian Lois Halstead, PhD, RN Teresa Daugherty | Executive Secretary Marian Frerichs, EdD, RN Deborah Denny | Bursar Richard Nora, MD Elizabeth Harp, MA | Institutional Effectiveness/Assessment Specialist Charles Thomas, JD, BS April Lipnitzky, AA, BA | Enrollment Management Coordinator Gordon Wesner, PhD Alina Llanas, BA | Recruiter Beth Marlewski | Secretary II - Operations Jean Odom | Student Affairs Specialist – Graduate Program Lea Rappa | Student Affairs Specialist – Undergraduate Program Susan Staab, GradCert ETL, BS | Educational Technology Coordinator Vicki Wigtion | Secretary II - Student Services Serrita Woods, BA | Financial Aid Coordinator

18 | Choose to be a Blessing FACULTY Teresa Allen, RN Kimberly Cooper, RN Instructor Instructor MSN, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, MSN, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL Rockford, IL Matthew Dalstrom Christine Anderson, APN, CNS-BC Associate Professor Adjunct Instructor PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI MS, Rockford University, Rockford, IL Gordana Dermody, MSN, RN, CNL Deborah Anderson, RN Adjunct Assistant Professor Adjunct Instructor PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI MSN, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Rockford, IL Andrea Doughty Associate Professor Marilyn Balch, RN, APN, FNP-BC PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Adjunct Assistant Professor MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Mary Doyle, RN Adjunct Assistant Professor Alissa Bartel, FNP-BC PhD, New Mexico State University, Instructor Las Cruces, NM MSN, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Rockford, IL Judi Forner, APN-CCNS, RN-BC Adjunct Instructor Susan Baylor, NCSN, RN, CNE MSN, University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL Assistant Professor MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Mary Jo Frichtl, RN, CNE 2010 IBHE IL Nurse Educator Fellow Assistant Professor MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Justine Beaman, RN, TNS Adjunct Instructor Minami Kakuta, RN, CNL MSN, Western Governors University, Instructor Salt Lake City, UT MSN, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX Ellen Bonner, RN, CCRN, APN Assistant Professor Christine Krause, MS, PNP-BC, FNP-BC, AE-C PhD, University of Texas, Tyler, TX Assistant Professor DNP, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Darla Bradle, RN, CCRN Rockford, IL Adjunct Instructor MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Gayle Kruse, RN, GCNS-BC, ACHPN Instructor Lynette Castronovo, GNP-BC MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Assistant Professor MSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Erica Laethem Adjunct Assistant Professor Lori Compton, BSEd, RN BeL, Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostol run, Instructor Rome, Italy DNP, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Rockford, IL

Choose to be a Blessing | 19 Christine Lepianka, RN Heidi Penney, RN Assistant Professor Instructor MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL MSN, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

Margaret Lowry, RN John Roska, CMD Adjunct Instructor Adjunct Assistant Professor MS, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Linda Matheson, RN Dauphne Sims, RN, APN, CNS Adjunct Associate Professor Assistant Professor PhD, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI PhD, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Cynthia McGrath, APN, FNP-BC Miaake Slayton, RN Associate Professor Instructor DNP, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL MSN, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL

Grant McNall, RN Helena Stanaitis, RN Instructor Assistant Professor MSN, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL MSN, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Brandie Messer, RN, CPC Christina Stupek, RNC-OB DNP Program Coordinator Adjunct Instructor DNP, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, MSN, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL Rockford, IL Phyllis Thomson, RN, CNE Dawn Mosher, RN Assistant Professor Assistant Professor PhD, Loyola University, Chicago, IL MS, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Peggy Wagner, APN, FNP-BC, CCRN Elizabeth Myers, APN, FNP-BC Assistant Professor Adjunct Instructor MSN, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL DNP, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Rockford, IL Fr. Kenneth Wasilewski Adjunct Instructor Susan Newberg, MBA-HCM, RN STL, Alphonsian Academy, Rome, Italy Assistant Professor MSN, University of Phoenix Mary Westerman, RN Assistant Professor Twyla Ottowitz, RN MSN, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Adjunct Instructor MSN, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Erin Wojewodzki, RN Rockford, IL Instructor MSN, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Rebecca Parizek, RN, CNL Rockford, IL Adjunct Instructor MSN, Saint Anthony College of Nursing, Rockford, IL

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