The University of Tennessee Health Science Center URSING N FALL 2008 Annual Report

A New World of Health Care Preparing Nurses to Succeed in a Complex Environment Dean’s Message

The theme of this year’s sional journals, and important acknowledgements annual report, “A New World of professional accomplishments. However, for of Health Care” provides an overall impact on the profession and health care, interesting look at two aspects our professional entry faculty members are our of our future. First, preparing front line and are the individuals who have our nurses to succeed in the com- future in their hands. Their contributions and plex world of health care to- legacy to our profession and to health care are im- day and tomorrow has called measurable. for schools across the As you read about the accomplishments of our nation to upgrade skills labs faculty, you will be impressed by the number of of the past to high fidelity simulation labs and publications, presentations, prestigious awards, translate complex theory into coursework that and research productivity. Yet, I predict you’ll be addresses quality, safety and evidence-based prac- drawn to the article about our professional entry tice. Our school is no different, and some of this students and faculty — what they’re learning and work is highlighted in the following pages. how they’re learning about the new world they Importantly, this mode of learning and empha- find themselves in, and what teaching means to sis on quality, safety and evidence extends beyond these faculty members. They are our FUTURE the mere introduction of skills in a foundations and our FUTURE is bright! course and permeates the entire professional entry curriculum, as well as our graduate programs. The other aspect of our future is seen through the comments of faculty who devote the majority of their time teaching professional entry students. We commonly celebrate faculty achievements Donna Hathaway, Dean and laud the receipt of large research grants and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center prestigious awards, publications in major profes- College of Nursing Letters

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 UT Health Science Center Alumni Board President’s Contents Message News 4 • The Listen Project As most of you are aware, the University • Disaster Drill Tests of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Preparedness College of Nursing are facing budget cuts that make it more important than ever to ask how we can show support to help our Feature 8 school achieve its goals. I personally encour- A New World of age each of you to be a part of the college’s Health Care mission: “To prepare nurse leaders for ex- cellence today and for the future.” We can share in the success stories and achievement Alumni 13 of their goals by giving financially towards an endowment or • Golden Graduates scholarship, attending events that benefit the school, helping to • Alumni Day Speaker sponsor students to attend alumni weekend, or by giving time 2009 to serve on the alumni board. I am enjoying my time as the UTHSC College of Nursing evelopment alumni president and am extremely encouraged to see that the D 15 • Donor List school continues to strive for excellence in keeping with their vision of “national recognition for transforming health care • Distinguished Visiting through innovative preparation of nurse leaders.” Professors This annual report will share with you vital information of tudents what lies ahead as the college embraces its goals. The college S 20 continues to provide unparalleled leadership in academic pro- • Graduation 2008 gramming and is consistently responsive to increasing the safety • 2008 Student Awards and quality of patient care. In recognition of the complexity of • Student Organizations today’s health care environment, the UTHSC College of Nurs- and Officers ing has developed a long-term strategic plan, “The 2010 Plan.” The college recognizes the need to provide the best approach for Faculty 23 meeting the educational requirements for future nurses and is • Faculty Activities looking forward to making the 2010 Plan a reality. • Government and Private I would also like to take this opportunity to extend a per- Funding sonal invitation for you to attend our 2009 Alumni Day on May 8 at the Hilton Memphis. This program will be an extraordinary opportunity to network with peers, show support for the Col- lege of Nursing and its future nurse leaders, and take part in an Annual Report Editorial Team informative program by our keynote speaker, Christine Curran, Sheila Champlin PhD, RN, who will address Best Practices in Information Man- Karin Eggert agement to Ensure Quality and Safety. Rebecca Ennis Susan Jacob And, please remember to support your UTHSC College of Anne Manning Nursing! Ramona Pierce

The University of Tennessee Nursing Annual Report is published in the fall each year for graduates of the University of Tennessee College of Nursing. Send all commu- nications to Alumni Affairs at [email protected] or phone: (901) 448-5516 or Madge Richbourg Saba ’66, President (800) 733-0482 or fax: (901) 448-5906. UTHSC College of Nursing Alumni Association

Fall 2008  The LISTEN Project: An Innovative Program to Enhance Nurses’ Information Literacy Skills Did you know… Faculty members in the College of Nursing are taking time to LISTEN in an effort to help workforce nurses and students improve their informa- • 50 percent of nurses tion literacy skills; efforts are being aided through a three-year (2007-2010) have not been taught infor- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant. mation search strategies? The LISTEN (Learning Information Seeking and Technology for • nurses are directly Evidence-based Nursing practice) Project, is being directed by Cynthia K. responsible for providing Russell, PhD, professor in the College of Nursing. The goal of the project care that should be based is to move workforce nurses at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical on evidence? Center and student nurses at the University of Tennessee Health Science • the current U.S. nursing Center away from the historical tendency to rely on hearsay, opinion, and workforce may not possess otherwise non-scientific data when seeking information related to patient the computer skills neces- care and practice protocols. Through online modules or group training sary to be proficient in their sessions, nurse researchers aim to improve nurses’ and nursing students’ work? information literacy skills, knowledge and attitudes. • health care providers Information literacy, which is the ability to recognize an information who used evidence-based gap, access, retrieve, appraise and use information in the clinical set- approaches in their patient ting, is a vital key to delivering evidence-based care to patients. Negative care delivery receive higher outcomes can result in patient care if any of the five steps of information levels of satisfaction than literacy are ignored. In addition to improving information literacy skills, those who deliver care directors of the study will enhance participants’ technology skills. based on tradition and The LISTEN Project offers several helpful resources to support life- ritual? long learning and information literacy skills that can be accessed from the project Web site (http://www.listenuphealth.org). At the LISTEN • that patients who re- News Web site you can find up-to-date material designed to keep students and ceive care based on the best nurses informed of evidence-based practice resources and information and latest evidence experi- searching tips. It also offers a blog for commentary, an evidence-based tip ence better outcomes? of the week, and numerous online evidence-based Web site links that are labeled using key words or tags to help nurses locate information quickly through the LISTEN social bookmark site (http://del.icio.us/listenuphealth). Cynthia Russell (CON), Heather Carter-Templeton (CON), Mona Patterson (CON), Stacy Clayton (CON), Pam Connor (College of Medicine), Lin Wu (Library), and Richard Nollan (Library) are all part of the LISTEN team. Project consultants include: Allan Carrington from the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, ; Dr. Christine Curran of the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Dr. Ann McKibbon of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, ; and Dr. Diane Skiba of the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Curran, who is associate chief nursing officer and chief nursing informatics officer at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, will also be the featured speaker for the 2009 Alumni Day. Dr. Curran has more than 30 years of experience in nursing with a combination of critical care, administrative and information technology knowledge. Read more about her upcoming Alumni Day presentation on page 13. For more information about the LISTEN Project, please visit the LISTEN Web site at http://www.listenuphealth.org. Make sure to check out the Did You Know video by clicking on “Did You Know” in the column on the left side of the page. Contact Heather Carter-Templeton if you have any questions about the LISTEN Project at [email protected]. This project is supported by funds from the Division of Nursing (DN), Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), HRSA, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The information or content and con- clusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any official endorsement be inferred by, the DN, BHPr, HRSA, DHHS, or the U.S. government.  UT Health Science Center News

Tai Chi Touted in The Epoch Times Veronica Engle, PhD, professor in the Department of Nursing Primary Care and Public Health, and her efforts to study how Tai Chi affects senior citizens were touted in The Epoch Times. The article, which ran April 28 online, quoted a number of Tai Chi instructors who are participating in UTHSC and Tai Chi for Health’s joint effort to assess the health benefits of this ancient Chinese healing exercise, which combines slow movement with focused deep breathing. The article also highlighted local efforts to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, which is celebrated April 26 and aims to send a positive wave of energy around the world and draw attention to the benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong. The Epoch Times is a privately held news media company with a network of local reporters throughout the world to uncover local stories that have global relevance. For a copy of the article that ran in The Epoch Times, please contact Communications and Marketing at (901) 448-5544.

A number of College of Nursing students, as well as an occupational therapy student, were among the UTHSC volunteers who participated in a disaster drill at the airport. Pictured from left: UTHSC student Steve Chamblee is carried away on a stretcher. Other victims sit in the field looking for first responders. Wayne Sims and his wife have been triaged and are waiting for further treatment. Angela Price prepares to play the role. With head and arm injuries painted on, Jessica Ginn and Gisella Puga are ready to go. Disaster Drill Tests Preparedness In early May, about 20 UTHSC team members joined a cast of more than 150 volunteers for about four hours to participate in a live crash drill at the Memphis International Airport. The Federal Aviation Adminis- tration requires the Memphis/Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) to perform a live crash drill at least every three years. This very large and “intense” drill included a significant number of local area emergency response units and facilities. The organizers were particularly interested in health care professionals for the value of the feedback. UTHSC volunteers played the role of crash casualties. “UTHSC has a great relationship with the Memphis International Airport through our management of the Airport Health Station,” said Peg Hartig, PhD, FNP-BC, professor and chair, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, and past-president, UTHSC Faculty Senate. “They asked for our help in an event that turned out to be both a great learning experience and a public service.” Fall 2008  College of Nursing Faculty/Staff

University Distinguished Professor Michael A. Carter, DNSc, FNP, APRN,BC, FAAN

Professor College Ranks in U.S. News & Ann Cashion, PhD – Chair, Department of Acute and Chronic Care & Director, Center for Health Evaluation and Lifestyle Promotion Veronica F. Engle, PhD, RN, GNP, FAAN World Report Listing Margaret Thorman Hartig, PhD – Chair, Department of Primary Care and Public Health & Family Option Coordinator Five graduate programs within three University of Donna K. Hathaway, PhD – Dean Tennessee Health Science Center colleges ranked in the Susan R. Jacob, PhD, RN – Executive Associate Dean Carol A. Lockhart, PhD, RN, FAAN top 100 in the U.S. News & World Report 2008 listing of Sheila D. Melander, DSN, ACNP, APRN,BC America’s Best Graduate Schools. The College of Nursing Karen Olson, RN, FNP, PhD, FAANP – Family Nurse Practitioner Option Coordinator was one of those on the list. Cynthia K. Russell, PhD, ANP Cheryl Cummings Stegbauer, PhD, FNP, APRN,BC – Associate Dean The Master of Science in Nursing ranked 32nd and the of Academic Programs Carol L. Thompson, PhD, CCRN, ACNP, FNP, FCCM – Acute Care Option Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia placed 52nd. Coordinator Peggy Ingram Veeser, EdD, FNP, APRN,BC Other UTHSC programs that received recognition Mona Newsome Wicks, PhD, RN – Associate Dean for Research include the College of Pharmacy’s PharmD program,

Associate Professor which ranked 16th in the nation, as well as the College of Jacqueline Burchum, DNSc, APRN,BC Allied Health Sciences’ Physical Therapy program, ranked Patricia A. Cowan, PhD, RN Patricia D. Cunningham, DNSc, PFNP, APRN,BC – Psychiatric Mental Health 41st, and its Occupational Therapy program, placed 58th Nursing Option Coordinator J. Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN, FAAIDD – PhD Program Director among national programs. Tommie Norris, DNS, RN – Director of Professional Entry Program Susan B. Patton, DNSc, APRN,BC, SANE-A – Option Coordinator According to the magazine’s editors, the health rank- Rebecca Winsett, PhD ings are based solely on the results of peer assessment sur-

Assistant Professor veys sent to deans, other administrators and/or faculty at Dwayne Accardo, DNP, CRNA – Nurse Anesthesia Option Associate Director accredited degree programs of schools in each discipline. Bobby Bellflower, DNSc, NNP – Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Option Coordinator Lanny Coker, DNSc, CRNA Margaret Harvey, PhD, APRN,BC, ACNP Lynn Kirkland, DNSc, APRN,BC College Sponsors Annual National Wendy Likes, DNSc, APRN,BC Kathleen McCoy, DNSc, APRN,BC, CS, FNP, FPMHNP Leslie McKeon, PhD, RN, FAAIDD Conference Jill S. Detty Oswaks, DNSc, CRNA – Nurse Anesthesia Option Coordinator Zoila Sanchez, PhD, RN On May 29, the UTHSC College of Nursing sponsored Patricia Speck, DNSc, APRN,BC, FAAN, DF-IAFN, SANE-A – Public Health its third annual National Public Health Nursing Confer- Nursing Option Coordinator Sherry Webb, DNSc, RN, CNAA, BC ence & Webcast. The theme for the conference was “Im- pacting Public Health System: Ending Disparities through Instructor Cindy Adymy, MSN, RN Bradley Harrell, MSN Policy and Action.” Hallie Bensinger, MSN, FNP, RNC Irma Jordan, MSN, FNP, APRN,BC Teresa Britt, MSN, RN Sandra Madubuonwu, MSN, BS, RN Cathy R. Taylor, DrPH, MSN, RN, assistant commis- Nancy Alise Farrell, MSN, RN Julie Overbey, MSN, RN Kathy Gaffney, MSN, APN, CNS sioner of the Bureau of Health Services and a UTHSC CON graduate, was the keynote speaker for the confer- College of Nursing Staff Tonya Brown-Jobarteh, AS Vikki Mercer Massey, MS ence and addressed the topic of “Galvanizing the Public Florine Burch Jones, BPS, CPS Ron Patterson, MAEd, BS – Assistant Health Workforce.” Connie Burgess, CPS Dean for Student Affairs Heather Carter-Templeton, MSN, RN Ramona Pierce, BA In addition to the keynote speaker, the conference for- Marsha Chorice Christinetta Shelton, BS Stacy Clayton, BA Kathy Stewart, CPS mat included two nationally renowned speakers. Kenneth Helen Dotson Erwin Story Roylynn Germain Tammy Vaughn Robinson, MD, the former Tennessee commissioner of Teresa Glaser, CPS Julianne Watkins health, spoke about “Public Health, Public Faith, and Pub- Jada Harding Janet Wood, BPS April Jones, BA lic Policy,” and Pamela Kulbok, RN, DNSc, MS, APRN, Beth Kirby, BS – Assistant Dean for Administration BC, presented “Public Health Nursing: Building Compe- Belinda Loyd, CPS tencies through Advocacy and Leadership.” Research Programs Lois Bolden, PhD, CNS-BC Gail Spake, MA Panelists also spoke on the subject of “How Com- Deborah Talley Renata Leimig munity Activity and/or Policy Affect Implementation of The Center for Health Evaluation and Lifestyle Promotion Staff Programs in Clinical Areas or Communities,” and posters Monique Johnson-Dailey, MA Marie Hedrick Deborah Gibson Melody Norris were presented in the areas of policy, practice, research Gayle Gower, BSN, RN, CCRC and education within the field of Public Health Nursing.

University Health Services Staff The conference received high to excellent evaluations Judith Ammons, MSN, APRN,BC Leminda Rogers, LPN from more than 80 participants. Christa Deiss, CMOM Vada Singleton Allesa English, MD Carolyn Springfield Harvey, MSN Stephan Foster, PharmD Traci Thompson The conference proceedings were videotaped and are Lakeisha Guy Sharon Thorpe, MSN, APRN,BC now available on the conference Web site at http://www. Lawrence Madlock, MD Evelyn Wright-Lewis, RN Sharon Martin utmem.edu/nursing/phnconference2008/

Practice Programs UT Health Science Center Arabella Mitchell, BSN, RN News

Teaching Awards

Three College of Nursing faculty members re- ceived Student Government Association Executive Council Excellence in Teaching Awards in April. They were presented to Sandra Madubuonwu, MSN, APRN; Susan Patton, DNSc, APRN-BC; and J. Carolyn Graff, PhD, at the 10th Annual SGAEC and Faculty Senate Awards Banquet. Sandra Madubuonwu, Susan Patton, DNSc, J. Carolyn Graff, PhD MSN, APRN APRN-BC Wicks Named as Robert Wood Johnson Fellow A national fellowship focused and matching funds from UTHSC. Her leadership on leading the country’s health project entails working with the newly established care system into the 21st century UTHSC Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been awarded to Mona N. (CTSI). With a goal of enhancing health outcomes in Wicks, PhD, RN, associate dean diverse populations, she will work with the CTSI to for research at the University of build effective and lasting partnerships between the Tennessee Health Science Center university, community agencies and organizations (UTHSC) College of Nursing. Dr. that facilitate the conduct of clinical research. Wicks is one of 20 nurses in execu- Dr. Wicks is a widely published researcher and Mona N. Wicks, PhD, RN tive leadership roles nationwide lecturer and has received numerous awards includ- selected as a 2008 Robert Wood ing the Chancellor’s Distinguished Educator Award Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. (UTHSC), the Professional Achievement in Education Now in its 11th year, the three-year fellowship Award from Women of Color in Health, Science and program is designed to strategically position the voice Education, and the Student Government Association of nursing across many sectors of the economy in a Executive Council Excellence in Teaching Award. health care system undergoing unprecedented change She is listed in four different Who’s Who directories: and challenges. the ones spotlighting American women, Americans, “Nurses must play a pivotal role in leading the nursing professionals, and America’s teachers. After redesign and success of health care now and into obtaining her master’s degree from the University of the future,” said Dr. Wicks. “The Executive Nurse Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Fellowship is an intensive opportunity to develop she completed her doctorate at Wayne State Univer- critical leadership skills, work with a nationally sity, Detroit, Mich. recognized team of coaches and instructors from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on within the health care industry, as well as from other the pressing health and health care issues facing our sectors of the economy, and benefi t from collaboration country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted with nursing and health care leaders throughout the exclusively to improving the health and health care of country. I am honored and excited to be selected as a all Americans, the foundation works with a diverse participant.” group of organizations and individuals to identify so- “Dr. Wicks has made her mark in nursing as a lutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and scientifi c investigator and an educator,” commented timely change. For more than 35 years the foundation UTHSC College of Nursing Dean Donna Hathaway. has brought experience, commitment and a rigorous, “Without a doubt, she deserves to be among the elite balanced approach to the problems that affect the chosen for the Robert Wood Johnson fellowship.” health and health care of those it serves. By helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they As part of the fellowship, Dr. Wicks will have need, the foundation expects to make a difference in an opportunity to undertake a leadership project to your lifetime. For more information, visit www.rwjf. benefi t the UT Health Science Center with funding org. support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fall 008 7 edside nursing has had to respond to a rap- A Broader Role “Bidly changing health care environment. As “The role of nursing has expanded,” explained a result, nursing education is changing with it,” said Alise Farrell, MSN, RN, instructor, “Our students Irma Jordan, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, instructor in the must learn to be leaders and critical thinkers because current BSN program. “From an illness standpoint, they are caring for more complex patients.” The the acuity level is so much higher in hospitals today typical patient today is older and in the hospital with than in years past. Patients enter the hospital sicker multiple health problems. For example, a patient and have a shorter length of stay than anytime in his- might be admitted with pneumonia but also have tory; this dichotomy requires nurses who are capable coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes and be obese. of meeting the needs of complex patients in a complex This one patient may require multiple medications, environment.” Jordan’s perspective spans 30 years in a wide variety of tests and be under the care of an the nursing profession, and she’s watched health care endocrinologist, a cardiologist, as well as a general change up close and personal. practitioner. Jordan, along with five other instructors on the “We need to be able to help patients through the College of Nursing faculty, bring highly seasoned health care maze,” noted Cindy Adymy, MSN, in- experience to the classroom, the laboratory and the structor. “In the old days, nothing was done on an bedside as they prepare entry-level nursing students outpatient basis. Now patients are in the hospital for for a whole new world of health care. three days instead of 10, and there’s so much more we Teresa Britt, MSN, RN, director of the Clinical have to do to get them ready for discharge. We liter- Simulation and Nursing Lab, underscored the situ- ally have to educate them on their medications and, in ation succinctly, “Today, patients who used to be in most cases, help them prepare for permanent lifestyle ICU are now on the floor.” changes.”

 UT Health Science Center A New World of Health Care Preparing Nurses to Succeed in a Complex Environment

BSN Seniors Marcia Enggano, Russell Jones and Jerri Wilson monitor computerized mannequin patients that talk and breathe and cost $8,000 to $9,000 each.

“Today the entire family is more involved and is to name a few advancements. “As a case in point,” part of the decision making,” said Sandra Madubuon- she illustrated, “Hormone shots used to be given wu, MSN, RN, instructor, adding, “Before they would intramuscular with a 1 ½ inch needle. Now we do it sit in the waiting room with no clue about what was subcutaneously with a ½ inch needle,” and empha- happening to their loved one. Patients and their fami- sized that nurses are navigating much more complex lies are more empowered by the information we are machinery than ever before. “It’s just one more thing able to give them, and their involvement reduces the we have to cram into our cranium.” patient’s hospital stay.” “We don’t have the time with the patient we used Technology Advances and Complicates to have, so today there’s more need for case coordina- Technological advances can lead to medical tion, and they rely on the nurses to do it,” said Ady- miracles but they also lead to a more complicated role my, summarizing, “We’re the patient’s advocate.” for the nurse. Hallie Bensinger, MSN, instructor, com- Safety and Quality A Top Priority mented that nurses today must continuously learn Shorter hospital stays and more complex patient and adapt to new technology in every arena. “La- illnesses require even greater attention to quality and bor and delivery used to depend upon internal fetal safety. Starting October 1, the federal government monitoring to determine short-term variability, but will up the ante and not pay for some treatments advances today allow external short-term variability related to medical errors. monitoring that is just as accurate. This approach is less invasive, thus a safer way to monitor fetal well- Brittany Cardell, MSN, CNL, BC, clinical director being.” of an inpatient unit at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis, is also a preceptor and adjunct Over her 20-year career, Bensinger has seen new faculty for UTHSC College of Nursing students. “We wound care technology, porta-catheters for deliver- have to get so much more done, and done right, in a ing meds and chemotherapy delivery systems, just See New World, pg. 10 Fall 2008  Hallie Bensinger, MSN, APRN-BC, instructor “As seasoned nurses we can take so Cindy Adymy, MSN, A-CNS-BC, much for granted. I love the ‘Ah ha!’ instructor moment when a student first listens Feature “It’s very rewarding when all of a with a stethoscope and hears air sudden it all comes together for the rushing into the tummy when check- students; I love watching them take ing for the placement of a nasogas- off.” tric tube.”

ety of health care settings in which to educate them.” continued from page 9 New World St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Methodist Uni- short period of time,” she explained. “Hospitals are versity Hospital, the Regional Medical Center (The taking quality and safety to a whole new level across MED), Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, and the the nation, and as the last stop before reaching the VA Medical Center are all practice sites for College of patient, nurses are hugely responsible for catching Nursing students. errors and preventing them from occurring.” Cardell Managing the day-to-day running of the program pointed out that even with numerous double-check for pre-licensure students is Tommie Norris, DNSc, processes in place to catch errors, for example, in the RN, director of the Professional Entry Program. “Our medication pipeline, some still fall through the cracks, last class of BSN-RN professional entry students and the nurse must catch them before they reach the entered in July 2008, and the first class of MSN-RN patients. “We can never stop thinking,” she empha- professional entry- students sized. will begin their program next summer,” she noted. In The Heart of Nursing Education nursing education since 1986, Norris has seen ma- “Clinical instructors and preceptors are not only jor shifts in health care and works to ensure that the the heart of nursing education, when it comes to curriculum prepares student nurses to meet today’s preparing new nurses, they ARE nursing education,” complex new requirements for skilled nursing care. said Dean Donna Hathaway, PhD, FAAN. “We con- In preparing for licensure, students meet in traditional tinue to prepare bedside nurses and are fortunate to and online classes, practice in the skills and simula- have such an experienced staff, as well as a wide vari- tion lab on campus, and shadow nurse preceptors in the real world of local hospitals. “Safety and quality concepts are introduced the very first term and threaded throughout the curricu- lum for all three terms of the program,” Norris ex- plained. In addition to more traditional courses such as adult health, mental health, pediatrics, and repro- ductive health, students today also have classes in clinical anatomy, genetics, informatics, pharmacology, pathophysiology, evidence-based practice and acute care of complex patients. “Today we must teach more holistically because we must prepare the patient for home care after a hospital stay,” Farrell observed. “We must prepare our students to care for the total patient,” added Jordan. “Nurses must see their patient not just in the traditional sense but also as a family and as a community. The net effect is that nurs- ing education today is so much more in-depth and all encompassing. Nurses must be prepared to care for Instructor Teresa Britt reviews organizing patient medications with the particular needs of a patient and identify resourc- BSN seniors Russell Jones, Marcia Enggano and Jerri Wilson in the simulated hospital unit. es to meet those needs.” 10 UT Health Science Center Alise Farrell, MSN, RN, Teresa Britt, MSN, RN, instructor director of Clinical Simulation & “I enjoy watching the huge growth Nursing Lab curve in students, when they go “I teach because I feel I can benefit from being afraid to see patients to more patients by preparing students going right into the room and caring to go out and take care of patients.” for them.”

Evidence-based Practice Irma Jordan, MSN, “Nursing research supports why we do what we do,” said Ad- APRN, FNP-BC, ymy. “That is why today’s student must become familiar with an instructor abundance of research. We must know exactly and precisely when “Teaching allows me to a certain procedure is needed and why it works. For example, we have a role in educating turn patients every two hours because research says it prevents bed nurses who will become sores.” excellent clinicians and Madubuonwu, a nurse for 18 years and a clinical nurse special- nursing researchers for the future.” ist, pointed out that research has advanced nursing practice in nearly every area of patient care. For example, evidence has shown that a safety measure called “the six rights of medication administra- tion,” which the nurse has to observe before giving any medication, Sandra Madubuonwu, has substantially reduced medication errors. “We used to do some- MSN, APRN, instructor thing just because that’s the way it had always been done,” she said. (2008 Excellence in “Now, we teach evidence-based practice and expect nurses to be Teaching Award) familiar with it or at least know where to go to find the answer before “I love teaching because making a critical decision.” of the impact I can make on students’ learning “Evidence-based practice assures we are performing for the opti- process, and the differ- mal level of patient benefit,” summarized Christine Purchase, precep- ence I can help make in tor and staff nurse at Methodist Germantown Hospital. their future practice as High-Tech Simulation and Skills Training nurses.” “More than ever, nurses must develop and use assessment skills and work in collaboration with the physician,” said Madubu- onwu. “If the patient’s status changes, the nurse doesn’t have to wait for the doctor to arrive; her assessment of symptoms should be thorough enough that the doctor can give the order over the phone.” Nursing students learn these kinds of skills in the simulation lab where computerized mannequins can speak and “breathe,” and have recorded human bowel sounds, heart sounds, blood pressure and pulses. “A mere 15 years or so ago, we used a mannequin to learn to bathe patients and give injections; but computer simulation has advanced at the same fast pace as computer technology,” said Britt, director of the simulation lab. “Every year we see more bells and whistles added. We can preprogram the simulator with BSN Seniors Jerri Wilson, Russell Jones and Marcia Enggano 50 different medical surgical scenarios.” A “pregnant” man- care for a computerized patient, while their instructor controls nequin that actually delivers a baby and a newborn simulator its vitals and monitors their work on the other side of the mirror. Computerized patients such as this one cost approxi- that moves, cries and changes color also help students learn the mately $40,000 each. intricacies of childbirth.

See New World, pg. 12

Fall 2008 11 New World continued from page 11 “Our lab can be configured to replicate many differ- ent health care settings. We can take our students to a higher level of complexity and problem solving before

Feature they have to face real patients,” explained Britt. Clinical Preceptor – A Guide for the Real World “As a preceptor, my primary responsibility is to role model appropriate behavior again, again and again. We can’t just tell students what to do,” emphasized Le Bonheur’s Cardell. “Preceptors have to set the example and model pro- fessionalism,” added Purchase, “We must convey the concept that patients always come first.” Instructor Teresa Britt assists senior Jada Love with a “virtual IV” Alfe White, BSN, RN, preceptor at Methodist South, used to practice drawing blood; the technology is valued at $12,000. works on the medical surgical floor and helps students focus on the diagnosis, noting “We train according to each patient; it’s a lot of work but we must be dedicat- ed because it makes a difference with the students.” “The world that clinical instructors and preceptors are preparing students for is vastly different than the world most of us encountered as students. The chal- lenge facing today’s faculty is to prepare students to step immediately into a highly complex environment that demands mastery of sophisticated technical skills coupled with a high degree of critical thinking and problem solving. At the same time, faculty must think futuristically and prepare their students to be lifelong learners in an ever-changing health care environment. “Without doubt, the contributions of our clinical faculty Instructor Teresa Britt supports graduating BSN seniors Marcia and preceptors are key to the future of nursing and the Enggano, Russell Jones and Jerri Wilson as they practice retrieving health of our nation,” concluded Dean Hathaway. patient updates.

Senior Jerri Wilson checks patient breathing while senior Russell Jones monitors vital signs and IV levels for the elderly mannequin patient.

12 UT Health Science Center Golden Graduates - Class of ’58

Golden Graduates from the Class of 1958 were honored in April during a luncheon at Alumni Day. Pictured, left, are March 1958 graduates and, right, are a combination of 1958 graduates from June, September and December. Alumni Speaker 2009 to Offer Insight Into Information Management

For those who get frustrated than 30 years in nursing with focused on developing effective Alumni with in- a combination of critical care, data displays to improve clini- formation administrative, and information cal decision making by nurses at technology technology experience. She has the point of care, in particular, in the clini- worked with implementations the development of icons and cal setting or of clinical information systems, other graphical displays for use wonder how has an extensive background in the electronic medical record. to maximize in work redesign/restructuring She was the project director for its use, you initiatives, and development of a Nursing, Education, Practice won’t want clinical competencies, and pro- & Retention HRSA grant titled Christine Curran, PhD to miss 2009 fessional practice models. “Using Clinical Information Sys- Alumni Day Dr. Curran has held dual tems at the Point of Care.” The speaker Christine R. Curran, practice and academic positions grant had two major purposes: PhD, RN, CNA. for five of the last six years in 1) to develop nursing students’ Dr. Curran, who is a nurse her current role and as an associ- skills in using technology for the informaticist with expertise in ate professor of clinical nursing delivery of high-quality patient human computer interaction at The care and 2) to improve practic- and clinical decision making, College of Nursing. Prior to ing registered nurses’ access to will speak on “Best Practices in this position, Dr. Curran was and use of patient and reference Information Management to En- a faculty member at Colum- information at the point of care. sure Quality and Safety” at the bia University in the School of Dr. Curran has an under- Hilton Memphis on May 8. Nursing. She also has worked at graduate degree in nursing from Dr. Curran, an associate Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Duke University, a master’s chief nursing officer and chief Medical Center where she was degree in nursing from the nursing informatics officer at the associate director, informa- University of North Carolina at the University of Massachusetts tion technology, and director, Chapel Hill and a PhD in nurs- Memorial Medical Center, has Division of ing with an emphasis in nursing a wealth of experience to share. and Nursing Informatics. informatics from the University Dr. Curran has spent more Dr. Curran’s research has of Maryland. In Memoriam Class Notes Betty Peterson Lambertson, 72, of Knoxville, passed Donna Holleman, (Class of September away April 2. She graduated from the College of Nursing 1944) of Columbus, Miss., writes: “am en- in 1959 and worked as a psychiatric nurse for many years joying ‘retirement home’ living. Very little on St. Mary’s Tower 4 and loved it very much. work and lots of leisure.” Fall 2008 13 Alumni Board of Directors President Alumni Award Winners Madge Richbourg Saba (2010) ’66

President-Elect Sam Maceri (2010) ’01, ’02 Alumni

Vice President Alice Parham Nunnery (2010) ’71, ’95

Secretary Sari Bledsoe (2010) ’64

Tennessee Representatives Madge Saba (left), president of the Madge Saba (left), president of the West UTHSC College of Nursing Alumni UTHSC College of Nursing Alumni Michael Briley (2009) ’05 Association, presents Cathy R. Taylor, Association, presents John Michael Sam Maceri (2009) ’01, ’02 DrPH, MSN, RN, with the 2008 Out- Briley, DNP, APN, with the 2008 Most Tammara H. Beard (2009) ’94, ’98, ’03 standing Alumna Award during Alumni Supportive Alumnus Award during Middle Day in April. Alumni Day in April. Alice Parham Nunnery (2009) ’71, ’95 Betty Witherspoon (2011) ’71 Janice Shelley Ledbetter (2011) ’71 McAdams Retires After 29 Years Barbara McAdams has very capably led the alumni office and East alumni staff at UTHSC for more than 29 years. On June 30, Bar- Cathy Hammons (2010) ’03 bara retired, and the university lost a very dedicated employee as Patti Ketterman (2010) ’06 M’Liss Darr Mather (2011) ’78 well as a passionate supporter of alumni programming at UTHSC. She advanced UTHSC’s alumni affairs office operations and Out-of-State Representatives helped build a strong college-oriented alumni program. Barbara’s Sherry Barry (2010) ’73 - Tampa, Fla. work, dedication and leadership on behalf of the University of Sari Bledsoe (2009) ’64 - Marion, Ark. Tennessee is appreciated. Elizabeth Fuselier (2009) ’93, ’95, ’05 - Moving forward, the search for a dynamic, energetic person Houston, Texas to lead the alumni operations will begin immediately. Develop- Mayola Rowser (2009) ’05 - ment and Alumni Affairs’ plan is to work with UTHSC campus Evansville, Ind. leadership to coordinate this search and to keep alumni informed Representatives-at-Large of the progress. It is anticipated that the search will be completed Paula Spears (2009) ’84, ’02 prior to the start of the calendar year. Charmin Thomas (2009) ’93, ’98, ’01 During the interim, while the search is being conducted, Johneene Whitmore (2009) ’93, ’01 Lofton Stuart, executive director, UT Alumni Association, and Carol Headley (2009) ’04 special assistant to the president, and Linda Garceau-Luis, vice Debbie Crom (2009) chancellor, Development and Alumni Affairs, have asked Kris Phillips, a veteran director in the system-wide alumni office, to Sigma Theta Tau come to Memphis three days a week to work with other alumni Dianne Greenhill (2010) ’62 staff members. He will assist in evaluating UTHSC’s alumni office Immediate Past President operations, assure continued forward movement and support the Rita Kimbro Miller, ’71 many wonderful programs on behalf of alumni. Kris brings 11 years of advancement experience to this new role, having served Past Presidents in various alumni leadership roles at both UT and his alma mater, Irma Jordan, ’97, ’98 Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn. Janet McMurray (Jan) Johnson, ’76 It is an exciting time to be involved with the University of Ten- Carolyn Moran DePalma, ’56 nessee. This institution has embarked upon the largest fundraising Alice Upchurch Warren, ’65 campaign in UT’s history — The Campaign for Tennessee. As Areti Tina Moskos Klein, ’86 Carol Denise Graham, ’86 Alumni Affairs diligently works with both alumni and develop- Patricia Fuqua Walker, ’56 ment staff toward the university’s goal of $1 billion, it will con- SuAnne Cobb, ’76 tinue to provide staffing for alumni activities, as well as seek new Terri Boyd Jacobs, ’74 ways to be of service to the alumni and the university. 14 Jo Ann UT HealthKyle, ’54 Science Center Donors to the College of Nursing July 1, ’07 - June 30, ’08

As donors, you are truly our partners. Your support is vital to the College of Nursing and helps to provide an outstanding educational experience for our students, as well as support our efforts to attract and retain the best and the brightest faculty members. Your investment in the college advances ground- breaking basic, clinical and translational research on the most pressing health care issues we face today, leading us to better treatments that benefit untold thousands of people around the world. We thank you Development for your gifts and ask you to continue to support the college through your generous philanthropy. For more information on making a gift to the college, contact Leigh Stubbs at [email protected] or (901) 448-5516. For more information on deferred giving plans, contact Bethany Goolsby at (901) 448-5516 or toll free at (865) 974-2115. Anita Akin Clella S. Crump Cheryl C. Allen Delsa T. Davis Dr. Edmond L. Alley and Vashti J. Alley Janet Elaine DePriest Elizabeth Ewing Bailey Dr. Jayant K. Deshpande and Patricia N. Scott Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Dr. Sattaria Smith Dilks Judy B. Barker and D. Wayne Barker Elaine A. Dooley Dr. Bill E. Barry and Sherry Barry Ginger Dorris Dr. Tammara Harris Beard and Gary D. Beard Molly Price Dougan and Dr. Robert P. Dougan Anne Coleen Bertsch and Ltc. Marvin L. Bertsch Ann R. Eason and Dr. Daniel S. Eason Virginia Totter Betts Wilma P. Edds Dr. Claudia Jean Beverly Lisa L. Ellis and Matthew G. Ellis Lynn James Binkley and Joseph E. Binkley Dr. Veronica F. Engle and Mr. Engle Sari S. Bledsoe Helen L. Erikson and Glenn T. Erikson Patricia A. Blissitt Deborah J. Esmon Frances A. Bower Ellen M. Faribault Jean G. Bradford Eleanor H. Faulk Sarah E. Legate Brinkley Rachel Dickson Fieg and Lothar Fieg Linda Moore Bronfin and Philip H. Bronfin Cynthia Lynn Fish Gail C. Buchanan and Neal C. Buchanan Dr. James Christian Fleming and Marie E. Buckley Anne O. Fleming Nancy S. Burke and Donald R. Burke Carol Esser Francisco and Dr. Jerry T. Francisco Tammy E. Calvasina and Jason Calvasina Diane Marie Furmanski and John A. Furmanski Yvonne M. Carroll Dr. Elizabeth F. Fuselier Drs. Michael A. Carter and Sarah A. Carter Melanie Kay Gardner and David M. Gardner Joyeleene Elwood Case and Robert C. Case Marie B. Gay and William D. Gay William T. Cashdollar Suzanne T. Gentry and Dr. James H. Gentry, Jr. Dr. Ann Cashion and Ted Cashion Deana O. Geraets and Dr. Douglas R. Geraets Dr. Harry T. Chandler, III and Kathy Chandler Nancy Rainwater Gilliam and Ralph G. Gilliam Ann Chesney and Murphy A. Chesney, Jr. Bethany K. Goolsby Marsha S. Chorice Eunice J. Gordge and William Gordge Patricia Cotten and Victor B. Cotten Joyce Grace Dr. Patricia A. Cowan and Dwight Cowan Dr. Joyce Carolyn Graff Dr. Donald R. Cox and Margo F. Cox Patricia Anne Grayson Dee Ann Cox and John W. Cox, Jr. Dr. E. Dianne Greenhill Mary Ortmeyer Acuff Croes Dr. William R. Crom and Dr. Mary Deborah Crom See Donors, pg. 16

Fall 2008 15 Reba Hare Lunney continued from page 15 Donors Dr. Samuel L. Maceri and Mrs. Kay Maceri Dr. Bob Halliburton and Clara A. Mason and Eddie W. Mason Donna Marie Halliburton Sandra K. Massey Paul S. Hanna and Tommye B. Hanna M’Liss Darr Mather and Dr. Jon A. Mather C. George Hanson, Jr. Dr. Rebecca Lee Matthews Gladys G. Hanson and Clinton Hanson Mary Kathleen Mayhew and Curtis Mayhew Development Judy Carol Harding-Valdez and Jose Valdez Allen G. Mays and Rachel Ann Renfro Mays Vanessa J. Harrington and Alvin F. Harrington Emma P. McCain and Dr. Garland E. McCain Dr. Margaret Thorman Hartig Vicki D. McCall and Dr. John G. McCall Dr. Mary S. Hartwig and Dr. Charles W. Hartwig Deanne P. McCormick and Dr. William F. McCormick Dr. Margaret B. Harvey Nancy McGarr and Keith Alan McGarr Mildred Louise Harvey Wynema McGrew Carol Harville and Jerry Harville Rose L. McKelvie and Michael McKelvie Christine Cobb Hasselle Dr. Leslie M. McKeon Dr. Donna K. Hathaway and Tom Hathaway Helen Whitlow Meredith Dr. Carol Motes Headley and Arthur Stacey Headley Rita Kimbro Miller and Vollie T. Miller, Jr. Betty J. Henry and Johnny Henry Sarah R. Miller Linda F. Herron Dr. Kenneth R. Mills and Rena G. Mills Irene Burch Hervery Cecilia Beverly Mittmann and Lt. Col. Kurt Mittmann Dr. Martha E. Highfield and Dr. Ronald C. Highfield Lucille Moore and Harry R. Moore Mitzi B. Higley Alice E. Morris Jane Wright Hill Glenda F. Moses and Michael Moses Theresa Marie Hogg and John Hogg Nancy S. Moss and Mr. Moss Tara C. Holt Janet Flynn Mulroy and Matthew M. Mulroy Catherine L. Horobetz and Gerald K. Horobetz Dr. Sarah I. Mynatt and Robert Mynatt Sarah Elizabeth Hughes and Dr. G. Edward Hughes Judy E. Narramore and William J. Narramore Billye R. Hurlburt Martha Nooner Nelson and Mr. Stewart P. Nelson Sylvia M. Jackson Dr. Margaret A. Newman Dr. Susan R. Jacob Cynthia Harrison Nichols and Mr. Steven Nichols Betty Cochran Jones and Budd Hopkins Dr. James A. Nunnery, Jr. and Dr. Alice P. Nunnery Irma L. Jordan and Robert W. Jordan, Jr. E. Wynell Orman Josephine Circle Inc. Jane Snedeker Owen and Robert C. Owen Linda Douglas Joyner and Stan R. Joyner, Jr. Lindaree L. Pearce Lisa R. Kanter Nancy Elizabeth Pechacek and Dr. Alan Pechacek Sally Jo Keller Cynthia S. Pendergrast and Joseph C. Pendergrast, III Gertrude M. Killen Catherine L. Pfeiffer Lara Beth Kirby and Keith Kirby Dr. J. R. Thomas and Pauline Mccarley Pinson Tharon M. Kirk and Rev. Cecil E. Kirk Billy N. Potter and Patsy Potter Mary Anne Koeppel and Scott R. Koeppel Dr. Stephanie A. Powelson and Tim Tucker Nancy K. Lakey Dr. Sylvia C. Price and Joseph W. Price Mary Kathryn Lawrence and Lewis K. Lawrence Betty Ragle Nancy Learned and Paul D. Learned Dorothy F. Redden Catherine Leigh Elinor F. Reed Shaunda Johnson Lewis and Ralph H. Lewis Lillian D. Riddick Mertie Long Emma F. Roberson Belinda K. Loyd and Mr. Loyd Susan Rossen and Richard G. Rossen Dr. Cynthia K. Russell

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Fay F. Russell Madge R. Saba Dr. Zoila Vichot Sanchez Mary P. Sandridge Rachel C. Sanford Dorothy M. Sayers and Leland Sayers Lisa W. Schafer Mary Mimms Schoettle Vanda L. Scott and Ken Simpson Louise V. Scott Arlene Elizabeth Shanks and J. C. Shanks From left to right: Mr. Dean Martin and Dean Donna Hathaway stand Cheryl B. Shields and James J. Shields together at the unveiling of the plaque to recognize the Dorothy Martin Denese A. Shumaker Scholarship Endowment. Kathryn Skinner Marguerite V. Slade Ruth M. Smith B. Leanne Smith Leslie C. Snodgrass and Dr. Gregory W. Snodgrass Gail P. Spake Janice Jones Spane and Carl Spane Dr. Paula Spears and Harold Dennis Spears Margaret F. Spencer and Mr. Harold Spencer Mrs. Barbara L. Spencer Frances Reed Springall Betty Smith Staub and John H. Staub Alicia D. Stigler and Samuel J. Stigler, Jr. From left to right: Dr. Cheryl Stegbauer and Dean Donna Hathaway stand together at the unveiling of the plaque to recognize the Brenda Marie H. Street C. Mills Scholarship Endowment. Laritha Sweet and William Sweet Hermione Smith Swindoll Dr. Carol L. Thompson Zinc Plaques Unveiled Deborah A. Usselman At the Alumni Awards luncheon on April 25 the Betty Vaughn and O. L. Vaughn Dorothy Martin Scholarship Endowment and the Dr. Kirby P. Walker, Jr. and Patricia Fuqua Walker Brenda C. Mills Scholarship Endowment were rec- Jo Ann West ognized with the unveiling of commemorative zinc Suzanne S. Whisnant and Dr. John T. Daugherty plaques that now hang in the lobby of the College of Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Incorporated Nursing. Heather D. Whitehead and Dr. Peter Whitehead The Dorothy McCarley Martin Scholarship En- Dr. Mona N. Wicks and Sammie Wicks dowment was recently established by Mr. Dean Geraldine T. Wilkerson Martin, her husband of 50 years from Franklin, Tenn. Barbara Brown Wilkey and Dorothy McCarley Martin was a 1956 graduate of the Edward Benton Wilkey, Jr. University of Tennessee Health Science Center Col- J. A. Williamson lege of Nursing, earning her Bachelor of Science in Frances M. Wise and Hugh Wise nursing. She provided nursing care to U.S. Armed Charles W. Yoakum Services veterans for more than 30 years. The Brenda C. Mills Scholarship Endowment Janice Ruth Young honors Brenda who served the people of Tennessee as Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in this report. If an educator and nurse practitioner for more than 25 a mistake has been made, please call Leigh Stubbs at years. Dr. Mills was also a flight nurse in the United (901) 448-5516. States Air Force Air National Guard, retiring as a com- mander in 1994. Fall 2008 17 Distinguished Visiting Professors

July 2007 of the Division of Family Health. Dr. Van Riper Elinor F. Reed DVP received a bachelor’s in nursing from De Pauw Uni- versity, a master’s in nursing from the University of Dr. Marci Van Riper, an associate Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a master’s in bioethics (with professor in the School of Nursing at an emphasis on genetic issues) from Case Western the University of North Carolina at Reserve University, and a doctorate in nursing and Chapel Hill, was the guest lecturer psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madi- Development for the 2007 Elinor F. Reed Distin- son. guished Visiting Professorship, Marci Van Riper, PhD Dr. Van Riper has conducted numerous studies held on July 26, 2007. concerning how families respond to being tested for and living with a genetic condition. Currently she is Dr. Van Riper’s topic was, “Legal and Social conducting a study about African-American fami- Implications of Recent Advances in Genomics.” Dr. lies with sickle cell disease, a study about how we Van Riper has a joint appointment in the School of train Ethical, Legal and Social Implications research- Nursing and the Carolina Center for Genome Sci- ers, and a study exploring attitudes and beliefs ences. Currently, Dr. Van Riper is the division chair about pharmacogenetic testing.

November 2007 and their families who are suffering from incurable William T. Cashdollar DVP illnesses. In San Antonio, he was the founder and director of the award winning “A.C.T. (Advanced Dr. Javier Kane, associate Care Team) for Children and Families” program, a member, Department of Oncology, collaborative initiative between UTHSCSA, Chris- and director, palliative medicine tus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital and Christus and end-of-life care, was the 2007 Home Care, with the goal to provide relationship- speaker for the William T. Cashdol- based, patient and family-centered medical care lar Distinguished Visiting Profes- Javier Kane aimed at attending suffering and helping patients sorship, held on November 2, 2007. and their families achieve the best quality of life Dr. Kane’s topic was “Understanding Principles possible. of Pediatric Palliative Care.” Prior to his current At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Dr. appointments, Dr. Kane was associate professor of Kane now leads patient care, education and re- pediatrics in the Division of Hematology Oncology search initiatives designed to enhance the quality of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, at the Uni- palliative and end-of-life care for patients suffering versity of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, from complex chronic conditions. Dr. Kane, along Texas (UTHSCSA, 1995 - 2006). Dr. Kane was also with his colleagues at St. Jude, developed the Indi- a medical staff member of the Cancer and Blood vidualized Care Planning and Coordination model Disorders Center and director of the Brain and designed to facilitate the integration of palliative Spinal Cord Tumor Program at Christus Santa Rosa care principles and practices into the mainstream of Children’s Hospital. pediatric oncology care. Dr. Kane is interested in the care of children

January 2008 Beverly H. Bowns Distinguished Visiting Professor- Beverly H. Bowns DVP ship held January 24. The purpose of the conference was to educate Virginia Trotter Betts, commis- students, faculty and community professionals on sioner, Tennessee Department of the nature of addictions and effective interventions. Mental Health and Developmen- The title of the program was “Substance Abuse: The tal Disabilities, was the keynote Hidden Illness.” speaker for the January 2008 Virginia Trotter Betts

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April 2008 service delivery models. He is noted for his work Mary L. Morris DVP on shared governance models, clinical leadership, conflict, innovation and health futures. He is associ- Tim Porter-O’Grady, DM, EdD, ate professor and leadership scholar at Arizona State ScD(h), FAAN, was the dynamic University, Program in Healthcare Innovation; 2007 guest lecturer for the April 2008 Visiting Scholar at University of Maryland; and is an Mary L. Morris Distinguished Visit- adjunct professor at Lakehead University, School of ing Professorship held April 25. Public Health, Ontario, Canada. More than 300 attendees were at Tim Porter-O’Grady, Dr. Porter-O’Grady holds graduate degrees in the lecture. Dr. Porter-O’Grady’s DM, EdD, ScD(h), FAAN clinical leadership — two doctorates, one in learning topic was “21st Century Health behavior and a second in organizational and sys- Care: Transforming the Future of Practice.” tems leadership. In addition, he received a Doctor Dr. Porter-O’Grady has been involved in health of Science degree, honoris causa, from the Medical care for 38 years and has held roles from staff University of Ohio. He has done postdoctoral work nurse to senior executive in a variety of health care in aging and is board-certified in advanced practice settings. Tim is currently senior partner of an in- in gerontology. He is also certified by the Georgia ternational health care consulting firm in Atlanta Supreme Court’s Office of Dispute Resolution as a specializing in health futures, organizational in- registered mediator and arbitrator. novation, conflict and change, as well as health

College of Nursing Giving Total Giving by Year by Allocation FY 2008 Endowed Funds: Brenda C. Mills Scholarship Endowment $14,434.46 250000 Dorothy McCarley Martin Nursing Scholarship 700.00 $223,180 8 Faculty Minority Scholarship Endowment 940.00

$200,12 Grace Spice Wallace Scholarship Endowment 510.00 200000 Lauralee Kathryn Larrabee Endowment 50.00 Margaret Newman Endowment 2,950.00 Marie E. Buckley Scholarship Endowment 1,095.27 $153,006 150000 Ruth Neil Murry Endowed Chair 13,265.16 $128,322 The Friends of the Help Center Endowment 1,000.08 William T. Cashdollar Endowment 20,475.00 5 Total Endowment $55,419.97 100000 $87,56 ***************************************************************** Current Operations: 50000 Fund for Nursing Education $17,502.08 Whitehead Scholarship Fund 49,000.00 Josephine Circle Scholarship 6,000.00 0 College of Nursing Program Fund 400.00 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total Current Operations $72,902.08 ***************************************************************** Total Endowed and Current Operations $128,322.05

Fall 2008 19 Graduation — May 2008

Doctor of Philosophy, Nursing

Dina Byers Belinda Mandrell Dana Manley Nina Sublette Jerithea Tidwell

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Martha Katheryn Ballard Vickie Stuart Jordan Laura Schluter Bonanno Teresa Marie Judge-Ellis Lynne Joanne Bouffard Kimba Jane Keel Janet Garrity Campbell Carol Lynn Klamser Juana Cantú-Cabrera Betty Hensley Lang Betty Gwen Carlton Robert David Lane Jodi Lea Cressler Karen Marie Lasater Jill L. Cunningham Julie Wood Lott Darlene Monica Dansby Carol Ann Matthews Diane Ruth Elbers-Keahey Laura Ann Melaro Betty Jo Ellington Angelia Clark Morris Monica Jean Esparza-Myers Lana Nadine Nealand Gwendolyn Savoy George Delilah Marie Pennington Michael Dennis Greene Dianna Lynn Phares Matthew Vincent Hadley Gary Robert Ramsey Jennifer Anne Hanley Lillian C. Robertson Christopher Todd Harlan Tracy Lytle Saddler Students Donna Ferrell Gill Deborah Lynn St. Germain Michelle Dawn Hickerson Jane John Thayer Brenda Jean Hutchins Debra Gail Walker Joanie Cool Jackson Mindy Gearhart Wright Johnny O’Neal Wyatt

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2008 College of Nursing Student Awards Alumni Award IMHOTEP Society Presented by the Alumni Association of the University of IMHOTEP is a leadership recognition organization that Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing to a honors students who have contributed to student govern- student who has displayed genuine enthusiasm for learning ment and student life. and nursing in addition to superior skill in providing pa- Kathleen Behnke Jada J. Love tient care and an outstanding ability to interact with peers, Danielle Bell Katy Meinbresse patients and staff. Jennifer L. Brandon Brandy Moates Lynne Bouffard Carolina Goodman Claudette Morrison Megan Goodrich Teresa Nichols Ashlee Haynes Nicholas Pierce Sigma Theta Tau K. Elaine Hubbard Melissa Sisko Membership in the University of Tennessee Health Science Blake Jeffries Christle Stanton Center College of Nursing Beta Theta Chapter-at-Large of Russell Jones Michelle Takir Sigma Theta Tau International is an honor Courtney Langston Mary-Kathryn Vescovo conferred on students who demonstrate academic and clini- cal excellence in their nursing courses. Donna Gill Laura K. Melaro Student Organizations and Officers Student Government Association - SGA Black Student Association - BSA President ...... Nicholas Pierce President...... Jerri Wilson Vice President ...... Courtney Langston Vice President...... Ashlee Haynes Historian...... Jada Love Secretary/Treasurer...... Carolina Goodman Secretary...... Danielle Bell Social Chair ...... Claudette Morrison Faculty/Staff Advisors ...... Dr. Mona Wicks and Nursing Student Assistant Christi Shelton Prorgram Chairperson ...... Blake Jeffries Student Nursing Association - SNA BSN Option Rep...... Katy Meinbresse President ...... Russell Jones DNP Option Rep...... Brandy Moates Vice President ...... Jennifer Brandon MSN Option Rep...... Mary-Kathyrn Vescovo Treasurer ...... Teresa M. Nichols Honor Council President...... Kathleen Behnke Secretary ...... Megan Goodrich Historian/Reporter...... Melissa Sisko Membership Chairman...... K. Elaine Hubbard Community Service Chairman...... Michelle Takir Faculty/Staff Advisors ...... Hallie Bensinger, Julie Overbey and April Jones Student Milestone Mayola Rowser, PhD candidate, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP, successfully defended her PhD dissertation this spring. Dr. Rowser, whose advisor is Muriel Rice, PhD, is believed to be one of the first, if not the first to com- plete both PhD nursing and DNP degree programs. Upon completion of her final examination, Dr. Rowser will officially be a PhD; the College of Nursing wanted to share this milestone. We are very proud of Dr. Rowser! Fall 2008 21 Before graduating in May, Lynne Bouffard, DNP, Student Presentation presented a poster at the American College of Car- diology conference. Partial funding for the trip was provided by doctoral student funds through CON

Students Dean Donna Hathaway. In addition to numerous presentations and recog- nitions, Dr. Bouffard was named 2008 Nurse Ambas- sador Award winner for the Christiana Care Health System, her employer in Delaware. She has been involved with many projects and created a great deal of excitement among the staff nurses as she exercised her leadership skills at work. Dr. Bouffard also received an alumna award at the May 2008 College of Nursing convocation. Student Enrollment by Programs Summer/Fall 2008 BSN MSN 150 Students 90 Students

134 Females 89% 99 Caucasian 66% 67 Females 74% 73 Caucasian 81.1% 16 Males 11% 45 Black 30% 23 Males 26% 11 Black 12.2% 3 Asian 2% 4 Hispanic 4.4% 3 Other 2% 1 Asian 1.1% 1 Other 1.1%

DNP PhD 92 Students 28 Students

82 Females 89% 65 Caucasian 71% 25 Females 89.3% 20 Caucasian 71.4% 10 Males 11% 19 Black 21% 3 Males 10.7% 8 Black 28.6% 5 Hispanic 5% 1 Asian 1% 2 Other 2% 22 UT Health Science Center Faculty Activities (not review boards or funding) 2007-2008 Faculty Information Jacqueline L. Rosenjack Burchum, DNSc, FNP- BC, CNE ------v Dwayne Accardo, CRNA, MSNA ------(Associate Professor) Certifications: American (Instructor) v Certifications: Council Nurses Credentialing Center (Family Nurse Practitio- on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists; ner); National League for Nursing (Certified Nurse v ACLS; BLS v Consultations: Chapter Educator) Presentations: 1 Local Refereed; 1 v Review and editing chapter 20 in Contem- National Refereed Publications: Computers, Infor- porary Maternal-Newborn Nursing 7th ed. for Prentice matics, Nursing; MERLOT Journal of Online Learning Hall v Organizations: Tennessee Nurses Association and Teaching; Issues and Trends Online for Contem- (Education Committee); American Nurses Association porary Nursing; M. Adams & R. Koch’s Pharmacol- v v Special Appointments or Roles: Education Com- ogy for Nurses Organizations: Tennessee Nurses mittee Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists Association (District 6 Secretary); American Nurses Association; National League for Nursing; National Faculty Cindy Adymy, MSN, APRN, BC, Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties; Sigma CNOR, ONC, CLNC Theta Tau International (Distance Learning Committee ------v (Instructor) v Certifications: American peer reviewer); Transcultural Nursing Society Com- Nurses Credentialing Center; National munity Service: National Health Service Corps Am- v Certification Board; National Certifi- bassador Honors: SGAEC Excellence in Teaching v cation for Legal Nurse Consultants; Perioperative Award 2007 Special Appointments or Roles: 2007 Nursing & v Presentations: Item writer for the NCLEX-RN Licensure Examina- 1 Local Invited; 2 National Invited; 1 International tion Invited v Organizations: Tennessee Nurses Associa- tion; American Association of PeriOperative Nurses; Michael A. Carter, DNSc, FAAN, American Nurses Association; National Association of FNP-BC ------Orthopaedic Nurses (University Distinguished Professor) v Certifications:American Nurses v Hallie Bensinger, MSN, FNP, RNC --- Credentialing Center Presentations: v (Instructor) v Certifications: American 1 National Refereed Practice: Southridge Village Nurses Credentialing Center; NCC Re- Retirement Center, Heber Springs, Ark.; Southridge productive Endocrinology and Infertility; Village Nursing and Rehab Center, Heber Springs, v BLS; STABLE; Neonatal Resuscitation Ark.; Christian Health Center, Heber Springs, Ark. Program v Practice: Memphis OB/GYN v Organi- Publications: Education in Nursing: A Professional zations: Zachariah Davies NSDAR (Chapter 2nd Vice Obligation; The Evolution of Doctoral Education in v Regent) v Honors: Nominated to attend and did at- Nursing Organizations: Arkansas Nurses Associa- tend Vanderbilt University School of Nursing “Tennes- tion; American Nurses Association; American Acad- see Center for Nursing Faculty Institute for Excellence emy of Nursing; Society of Primary Care Policy Fel- in Nursing Education” lows; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American College of Rheumatology; National Teresa Britt, MSN, RN ------Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (Treasur- v (Instructor) v Organizations: Ten- er); Sigma Theta Tau International Consultations: nessee Nurses Association; American Reviewer of DePaul University Nursing Department v Nurses Association; International Nurs- Community Service: • Christian Health Center, ing Association of Clinical Simulation Heber Springs, Ark., Board of Directors • Frontier and Learning (Membership Board Member); Sigma Nursing Service, Inc., Board of Governors • Frontier Theta Tau International, Beta Theta-at-Large (Faculty School of Midwifery and Family Nursing Board of Counselor representing UT CON); v Community Directors and the Academic Affairs Committee • Mary Service: Senior Olympics Breckenridge Hospital, Hyden, Ky., Board of Directors • Frontier Nursing Health Care, Inc., Board of Direc- tors • Frontier Nursing Service Real Estate, Inc., Board Fall 2008 23 of Directors • Frontier Nursing Service Foundation, Inc., ogy Nurses Association v Community Service: • Delta Board of Directors • Baptist Memorial College of Health Healthcare Consortium — Research day for Coahoma Sciences, Board of Directors and Academic Affairs Com- Community College students and area high school students mittee • American Red Cross, National Nursing Commit- • “All About Science”—science inservice for Memphis Faculty tee v Special Appointments or Roles: • Frontier Nursing City middle and high school teachers • Career day speaker Service, Inc., Board of Governors (Member, Executive – Memphis area high school • Science fair reviewer • Committee) • Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Diabetes screening – Fellowship Church of God in Christ Nursing, Board of Directors (Member, Academic Affairs (black church) and St. George’s church • Blood pressure Committee) • Mary Breckenridge Hospital, Hyden, Ky., screening – Fellowship Church of God in Christ (black Board of Directors • Frontier Nursing Healthcare, Inc., church) and St. George’s church • Speaker on obesity at Board of Directors • Frontier Nursing Service Real Estate, area school • Health fair – Emmanuel Center • Eight week Inc., Board of Directors • Frontier Nursing Service Foun- pedometer walking program – area church • Coordinate dation, Inc., Board of Directors • Baptist College of Health CPR training – area church • Feed the homeless—More Sciences, Board of Directors (Member, Academic Affairs than a Meal • Mentor minority college students (McNair Committee) • American Red Cross, National Nursing plus others) • Nutritional and hygiene “care packages” to Committee • Christian Health Center, Heber Springs, Ark., dental reservists serving in Iraq • Centre Infantile (San Board of Directors Miguel de Allende, ) and Feed the Hungry Soup Kitchen v Honors: • Nominated for Outstanding Gradu- Ann Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN ------ate Faculty Advisor – UTHSC College of Graduate Health (Professor, Director, Center Health Evalua- Sciences • Nominated for Outstanding PhD Advisor, tion & Lifestyle Promotion) v Presentations: Southern Regional Educational Board 1 Regional Invited; 4 Regional Refereed v Organizations: Tennessee Nurses Associa- Patricia D. Cunningham, DNSc, APRN- tion; Southern Regional Education Board (SREB): Ad Hoc PMH, FNP ------Committee on Genetics (Executive Committee); American (Associate Professor) v Certifications: Nurses Association; American Nephrology Nurses’ Asso- Family Nurse Practitioner; Clinical Nurse ciation; International Society of Nurses in Genetics (Past- Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental President and Board Member); International Transplant Health Nursing; Family Psychiatric and Nurses Society; Sigma Theta Tau—Beta Theta Chapter- Mental Health Nurse Practitioner v Presentations: 1 at-Large v Community Service: Pink Palace Presenta- Local Invited; 1 National Invited; 1 National Refereed v tion on Genetics v Special Appointments or Roles: • Practice: Help Center, Memphis, Tenn. v Publications: Acute and Chronic Care Department Chair • Evaluation of Journal of Nursing Care Quality; The Nurse Practitioner; Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Stake- The Nurse Practitioner Journal; Journal of Lower Genital holders Group (EGAPP Stakeholders Group), (CDC Public Tract Disease; The Primary Care Companion of the Jour- Health Initiative) • NIH Study Section Initial Review nal of Clinical Psychiatry v Organizations: Tennessee Group (NRRC) member (Training Grant Reviews) Nurses Association; American Psychiatric Nurses Associa- tion (National Advanced Practice Council) v Commu- Patricia A. Cowan, PhD, RN ------nity Service: • Honorary Deputy Sheriff, Shelby County (Associate Professor) v Presentations: 12 Sheriff’s Department for mental health specialist role Regional Refereed v Publications: Journal in the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team • Judge, of the International Society of Sports Nutri- Poster contest for Memphis Mental Health Institute tion; Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Progress in Transplantation; Thera- Veronica F. Engle, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, peutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes Care; AHN-BC, LADS, FGSA, FAAN ------CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing; Journal of Nutri- (Professor) v Certifications: Geronto- tion, Health, & Aging; Cell Transplantation; Journal of the logical Nursing Practitioner; Advanced American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Medicine & Holistic Nurse; End-of-Life Nursing Educa- Science in Sports and Exercise v Organizations: Sigma tion Consortium Trainer; Tai Chi for Arthritis Instructor; Theta Tau (Board, Leadership Succession, Grants/Scholar- Tai Chi for Back Pain Instructor; Reiki Master Practitioner ships and Awards Committee); Southern Nursing Research and Teacher; Chi Gong Instructor v Presentations: 8 Society; American College of Sports Medicine; American Local Invited; 1 Regional Refereed; 6 National Refer- Heart Association; American Nurses Association; Nephrol- eed v Practice: UT HELP Center v Publications: The 24 UT Health Science Center Faculty

Gerontologist (4 articles) v Organizations: Tennessee cations: International Review of Research in Mental Re- Nurses Association; American Academy of Nursing; tardation; Promoting Health from Preconception through American Holistic Nurses Association; American Nurses Maturity: A Unique Nursing Role; Uncommon Sibling; Association; American Geriatrics Society; Gerontological Medical Surgical Nursing; International Journal of Nursing Society of America; Sigma Theta Tau International, Beta in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Journal of Theta Chapter-at-Large v Consultations: Consultant ; CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing; on sitting Tai Chi for frail older adults for Dr. Paul Lam, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Nurse Educa- Tai Chi for Health International, Australia v Community tor v Organizations: Southern Nurses Research Society; Service: • Caring for the caregiver – Keynote presentation American Nurses Association; American Public Health at the Jewish Family Services Senior Resources Fair • Tai Association; Developmental Disabilities Nurses Associa- Chi for health and infertility – Invited speaker for Baptist tion; National Sibling Leadership Network, The University Women’s Hospital Infertility Forum for Couples • Medical of Illinois, Chicago, Rehabilitation Research and Train- volunteer for St. Jude Marathon v Special Appointments ing Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities; or Roles: Professional Advisor, Out On A Limb – Limb Society of Pediatric Nurses; American Association on Loss Support Group Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (Awards and Fellowship Committee, Chair; Action Group N. Alise Farrell, MSN, CPN, RN ------on Environmental Disasters; Ad Hoc Committee on Fel- (Instructor) v Certifications: Certified low Criteria, Member; Environmental Health Initiative’s Pediatric Nurse; CPR/CPR Instructor Education, Outreach and Training Workgroup; Health and v Community Service: • Multicultural Wellness Action Group; Nursing Interests Action Group); Health Fair • School Health Fair – High- International Society of Nurses in Genetics; Sigma Theta land Street Church of Christ • Faculty Advisor Stu- Tau International v Consultations: Education/Teach- dent Nursing Association • Catholic Youth Retreat ing: • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of – First aid volunteer Nursing • Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities – Distance Learning Workshop on Obesity Prevention • Kathy Gaffney, RN, CPNP, MSN, CS ---- Community Services Network (CSN) and West Tennessee (Instructor) v Practice: GTBHC, Trenton, Developmental Disabilities Nurses Network • American N.J. v Organizations: • NAPNAP, (Nation- Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities al organization) • Sigma Theta Tau, (Inter- • Center for Child Health and Development, University national organization) v Consultations: • of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas University Center of In-service, Psychopharmacology in pediatric Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) • Bol- psychiatry at GTBHC (yearly presentation to all staff/ ing Center for Developmental Disabilities and Harwood therapists) • Consultant to GTBHC School-Based Services: Center • Association of University Centers of Excellence Role to evaluate children in their therapy program to assess in Developmental Disabilities • Developmental Disabilities for further services (CST, psychiatric evaluations develop- Nurses Association (DDNA) and International Journal of mental evaluations, medication evaluation) v Community Nursing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Service: • Chairperson – Grants committee of Community (IJNIDD) – Consulted with executive director of DDNA Service Fund of Princeton University • Parent Liaison and editor of IJNIDD to gain indexing rights for IJNIDD – Foundation for FIRST Icthyosis Foundation resource and in EBSCO, CINAHL and SCOPUS [November] Research: support person for families of children with KID syndrome v Community Service: • Sibshop (sponsored by the Bol- (Keratitis, Ichthyosis and Deafness syndrome) • Parent ing Center for Developmental Disabilities and Harwood Liaison – NFED, National Foundation for Ectodermal Center and held at Hope Presbyterian Church) v Honors: Dysplasias resource and support person for families of Corrine Barnes Research Grant Award, Society of Pediatric children with KID syndrome • Alumni Resource List for Nurses v Special Appointments or Roles: • The Sibling University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Support Project, Kindering Center of Seattle, Advisory Board, Member • Vanderbilt University, Peabody Col- J. Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN, FAAIDD ----- lege, Department of Special Education, National Sibling (Associate Professor) v Presentations: 5 Research Consortium, Member • Tennessee Division of Local Invited; 1 Local Refereed; 2 Regional Mental Retardation Behavior Services, West Tennessee Refereed; 1 National Invited; 7 National Regional Office of Mental Retardation, Human Rights Refereed; 3 International Refereed v Publi- Committee, Member • Tennessee Division of Mental Retardation, West Tennessee Regional Office on Mental Fall 2008 25 Retardation, Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Commit- Research” to the Mississippi Delta Training Group v Hon- tee, Member ors: • UTHSC CON Faculty Fellowship Award • TCN Excellence in Education Speaker v Special Appointments Margaret (Peg) Thorman Hartig, PhD, or Roles: Supervisor for staff level Research Nurse Faculty FNP-BC ------(Professor & Family Nurse Practitioner Op- Donna K. Hathaway, PhD, FAAN ------tion Coordinator) v Certifications: Ameri - (Dean & Professor) v Presentations: 4 Re- can National Credentialing Center – Family gional Invited v Publications: Health Care NP v Presentations: 1 National Refereed Quarterly Journal; Progress in Transplanta- v Practice: Bobbitt Health Station, Memphis, Tenn. v tion v Organizations: Beta Theta Chapter- Publications: 34th Annual Meeting, National Organiza- at-Large, Sigma Theta Tau International; Southern Nursing tion of Nurse Practitioner Faculties v Organizations: Research Society; Southern Regional Education Board; Healthy Memphis Common Table (Co-Chair – Provider American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Board of Task Force, Community Advisory Committee); UTHSC Directors, Program Committee, Chair, TN Legislative Liai- Faculty Senate (President); TN Primary Care Association son, DNP Essentials Task Force, Chair); American Nurses (SEARCH Advisory Committee); Tennessee Nurses Asso- Association; American Academy of Nurses; Council for ciation (APN Interest Group); Institute for Nursing Cen- the Advancement of Nursing Science (Board Member); ters (Products Task Force); National Organization of NP National Institutes of Health – National Nursing Research Faculties (2 committees); National Health Service Corps Roundtable; North American Transplant Coordinators (Faculty Ambassador) v Consultations: DNP Program Organization; Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Reviewer – PA Department of Education, Division of Pro- Leadership Association; State of the Science Program gram Services – Reviewed application for DNP program Committee; International Transplant Nurses Society v initiation at Carlow University v Community Service: Consultations: – Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, • Community Health Fair planning committee and health Fla. – University of Massachusetts, College of Nursing care provider • Volunteer victim at Memphis International & Health Sciences, Boston, Mass. – Southern Illinois Airport Triennial Disaster Drill & UTHSC liaison for University Edwardsville, School of Nursing – College of volunteer sign-up • Caritas Village Diabetes Awareness Health Professions, Governors State University, Chicago, Evening • Focus Group member for Healthy Memphis Ill. – Florida State University, College of Nursing, Tal- Common Table CMS grant application v Special Ap- lahassee, Fla. v Community Service: Healthy Memphis pointments or Roles: • Member, Credentialing Commit- Partners v Honors: Patron Award, International Associa- tee, Memphis Managed Care Corp dba TLC • Member, tion of Forensic Nurses Health Care Provider Advisory Committee for XL Health / Tennessee – Medicare Diabetes Disease Management Susan R. Jacob, PhD, RN ------Demonstration Project • Member, Planning Committee, (Executive Associate Dean & Professor) Community Health Fairs v Publications: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 4th Edi- Margaret B. Harvey, PhD, ACNP-BC ---- tion; Nursing Perspectives; CIN: Comput- (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: ers, Informatics, Nursing; Journal of Professional Nurs- American Nurse Credentialing Center/Acute ing; Progress in Transplantation; The Tennessee Nurse v Care Nurse Practitioner v Presentations: 1 Organizations: Beta Theta Chapter-at-Large-STT (Chair, Regional Invited; 1 National Refereed v Program Committee); Nursing Institute of the Midsouth; Practice: Arrhythmia Consultants PC, Memphis v Or- Nu Lambda Chapter – STT; Tennessee Nurses Associa- ganizations: Greater Memphis Area of Advanced Practice tion District 1; American Nurses Association; Tennessee Nurses; Tennessee Nurses Association; Southern Nurses Center for Nursing (Board of Directors); Tennessee Deans Research Society (Abstract Reviewer); American Heart and Directors; Tennessee Nurses Association (Secretary); Association; American Nurses Association; Heart Rhythm Parish Nurse Network; Southern Nursing Research Soci- Society; Council on Cardiovascular Nursing; Council on ety; Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (Evalu- Clinical Cardiology; Sigma Theta Tau Beta Theta Chapter- ator); Southern Region Coalition; American Association of at-Large (Vice President Local Chapter) v Community Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Organizational Leadership Service: • Member, Memphis and Shelby County Public Network; Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Col- Health Reserve Corps/Medical Reserve Corps • Serve on laborative; American Nurses Credentialing Center – Nurse various UTHSC CON committees • Presentation, “Cardiac Planner/CEU Activities; Comfort Care Coalition; Sigma 26 UT Health Science Center Faculty

Theta Tau International (Writing Mentor); Runyor Com- Carol A. Lockhart, PhD, RN, FAAN ------mittee (Chair); Cashdollar Committee v Community Ser- (Professor) v Presentations: 1 Local vice: • Chair, Professional Advisory Committee, Methodist Invited v Organizations: Arizona Public Home Care and Hospice • Advisory Board, Tennessee Health Association; American Nurses As- Emotional Fitness Centers • Southwest Tennessee Com- sociation; Fellow, American Academy of munity College Advisory Board • St. Jude International Nursing; Sigma Theta Tau International v Consultations: Outreach Advisory Board • Facilitator of Grief Groups • St. Luke’s Health Initiatives – Consultation to assist in – Central Church • Chair, Samaritan Circle • Hospice Vol- the policy analysis/preparation of a report on housing for unteer • Multinational Health Fair • Inner City Health Fair people with serious mental illness in Maricopa County, v Honors: 2007 Memphis Business Journal Health Care Ariz. • St. Luke’s Health Initiatives – Consultation to Hero Finalist analyze and prepare a report on the issues and impact of increasing numbers of older Arizonans on individuals, Irma L. Jordan, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC --- families and the state (Instructor) v Certifications: American Nurse Credentialing Center (FNP) v Pre- Sandra Madubuonwu, MSN, APRN ----- sentations: 1 Regional Refereed v Practice: (Instructor) v Certifications: NCC, EFM Professional Care Services, Covington, Tenn. Certification (NCC = The National Certifica- v Community Service: Community Health Fairs v Or- tion Corporation, EFM = Electronic Fetal ganizations: GMAAPN; Tennessee Nurses Association; Monitoring); AWHONN EFM certification; American Nurses Association; NONPF (Psych Sig group) NALS; BLS v Organizations: Sigma Theta Tau Interna- v Special Appointments or Roles: Member, Planning tional (Faculty Counselor) v Community Service: Health Committee, Community Health Fairs Fair

Lynn Kirkland, DNSc, WHNP, CNM ----- Kathleen T. McCoy, DNSc, APN, PMH- (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: Na- NP/CS-BC FNP-BC ------tional Certification Corporation; American (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: Midwifery Certification Boardv Practice: American Nurses Credentialing Center: Memphis Obstetrics and Gynecological As- Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric sociation, P.C. v Organizations: Greater Memphis Area Mental Health Nursing; Family Nurse Practitioner; Family Advanced Practice Nurses; American Academy of Nurse Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner v Presen- Practitioners; American College of Nurse-Midwives; tations: 1 Local Invited; 1 Regional Invited; 1 National Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society v Consulta- Refereed; 1 International Refereed v Publications: tions: Warner Chilcott Lecture Series October 2007 “Ben- Behavioral Health; Nursing Homes/Long-Term Care Liv- efits of Shortening the Pill-Free Interval”v Community ing v Consultations: • Content Expert Panel – ANCC Service: • Heart Walk 2008 • Camp Celebration – children Psychiatric Mental Health NP Certification Exam • ANCC and adults with special needs, Down’s Syndrome Psychiatric Mental Health NP Role Delineation Meeting

Wendy M. Likes, DNSc, APRN-BC ------Leslie M. McKeon, PhD, RN, CNAA BC - (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: American Nurse Credentialing Center – FNP American Association of College of Nurses v Practice: UTMG, Memphis v Orga- CNL; American Association of College of nizations: American Nurses Association; Nurses Nurse Administrator Advanced; Six American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical pathology Sigma Blackbelt v Presentations: 3 Nation- (Advanced Practice Committee, faculty for LEEP course); al Invited; 3 National Refereed v Publications: Journal of International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Pediatric v Organizations: Tennessee Health • Fellow, International Society for the Study of Vul- Nurses Association; Southern Nurses Research Society; vovaginal Disease; Sigma Theta Tau International – Beta Academy of Healthcare Improvement; American Nurses Theta Chapter (Vice President) v Special Appointments Association; Council of Graduate Education for Admin- or Roles: • Appointed Committee Member – Infertility istration in Nursing; IHI Health Professions Education Late Effects Committee, Children’s Oncology Group • Ex- Collaborative; Society for Simulation in Healthcare; Sigma ternal Advisory Board – UTHSC College of Allied Health Theta Tau International, Beta Theta Chapter v Commu- Sciences nity Service: City Slickers Endurance Race v Special Fall 2008 27 Appointments or Roles: IHI Healthcare Professions National Refereed v Organizations: TANA (Educational Education Collaborative National Forum Student Scholar- Committee); Tennessee Nurses Association; Virginia As- ship Committee sociation of Nurse Anesthetists; AANA (Distance Ed Task

Faculty Force; On-site Reviewer); American Nurses Association; Sheila Melander, DSN, ACNP, FCCM ----- American Association for the History of Nursing; Society (Professor) v Certifications: American for Simulation in Healthcare; Sigma Theta Tau Interna- College of Cardiovascular Nurses Acute Care tional – Beta Theta Chapter-at-Large; Sigma Theta Tau In- Nurse Practitioner v Presentations: 2 Nation- ternational – Epsilon Chi Chapter v Community Service: al Invited v Practice: Kentuckiana Cardio- • Wounded Warriors Fund Raising Project • Memphis vascular, Owensboro, Ky. v Publications: Journal of the Triennial Emergency Drill American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2 articles) v Organizations: AACN (Advanced Practice Work Group); Julie N. Overbey, MSN, RN ------NONPF (Co-Chair National Conference Planning Com- (Instructor) v Organizations: • American mittee); Society of Critical Care Medicine (Chair Member- Association of Critical Care Nurses • Sigma ship Acute Care Advanced Practice Group) v Community Theta Tau International Service: Free Clinic Board Member, Daviess County Kentucky v Honors: • Fellow Society of Critical Care Susan B. Patton, DNSc, PNP-BC ------Medicine • Fellow American Academy of Nurse Practitio- (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: ners Pediatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC; Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Adult and Adoles- Tommie L. Norris, DNS, RN ------cent FNCB; Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (Associate Professor, PEP Program Director) Pediatrics FNCB v Presentations: 3 Local Invited; 5 v Presentations: 4 Local Invited; 1 Lo- Regional Invited; 1 National Refereed; 2 International cal Refereed; 3 National Refereed v Pub- Refereed v Practice: East Arkansas Children’s Clinic, lications: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Forrest City, Ark. v Publications: Journal of the Ameri- Trends, and Management, 4th ed. (3 publica- can Academy of Nurse Practitioners; Elder and Vulnerable tions); Journal of Professional Nursing; The Tennessee Person Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Curriculum for Nurse v Organizations: Tennessee Deans and Directors; Advanced Practice Nurses v Organizations: Arkansas Tennessee Nurses Association; American Association of Nurses Association (Chair, Regulation 30 Task Force); Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Organizational Leadership National Academies of Practice; International Association Network; American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta Tau of Forensic Nurses (Forensic Nurse Certification Board, International v Community Service: 54th Annual Mem- Chair, Advanced Practice Credentialing, Education Com- phis Shelby County Science and Engineering Science Fair mittee); Sigma Theta Tau International v Consultations: Judge v Honors: • Maurice Elliott Leadership Institute Education/Teaching: • Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Fellowship November 2007 Practice/Professional Service • Kids for the Future Devel- opmental Preschool v Community Service: Committee Karen Koozer Olson, RN, FNP, PhD, to develop UTHSC role at the Regional Forensic Center FAANP ------v Honors: • UTHSC Excellence in Teaching • Arkansas (Professor) v Certifications: Family Nurse Foundation for Medical Care Innovator’s Award Practitioner v Presentations: 1 Regional Refereed; 2 National Refereed; 1 International Cynthia K. Russell, PhD, RN ------Refereed v Organizations: GMAPN; Texas Nurse Practi- (Professor) v Presentations: 1 Local Invit- tioners (BOD, Regional Representative); AANP; ACNP; ed; 2 Regional Invited; 5 Regional Refereed; NONPF v Honors: • Fellow American Academy of 4 National Refereed; 3 International Refereed Nurse Practitioners • CONHS Nominee for TAM Univer- v Publications: Evidence-based Nursing; sity Distinguished Professor 2006-07 ; Journal of Professional Nursing; CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing; Advances in Healthcare Jill S. Detty Oswaks, CRNA, DNSc ------Management, Special Edition: Patient Safety and Health- (Assistant Professor and Director of Nurse care Management; American Journal of Obstetrics & Anesthesia Option) v Certifications: Coun- Gynecology v Organizations: Tennessee Nurses Associa- cil on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists tion; Southern Nursing Research Society (Vice President); v Presentations: 1 National Invited; 1 American Nurses Association; Distance 28 UT Health Science Center Faculty

Learning Association (Board of Directors); eLearning Patricia M. Speck, DNSc, FNP-BC, Guild; Professional Organizational Development Associa- FAAN, FAAFS, DF-IAFN, SANE-A, tion (Web site Committee); Sigma Theta Tau International SANE-P ------v Consultations: • Likes, W. (Principal Investigator) (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: – Predictors of Quality of Life Following Vulvar Excision ANCC – FNP; IAFN – SANE-A; IAFN • Russell, C.K. (Qualitative Research Consultant) – NIH- – SANE-P v Presentations: 1 Local Invited; 1 Local Ref- NINR • Ramsey, R. (Principal Investigator) – Develop- ereed; 8 Regional Invited; 2 National Invited; 4 National ment of a Clinical Research Participation Questionnaire Refereed; 1 International Invited; 4 International Refereed • Russell, C.K. (Qualitative Research Consultant) – Rout v Practice: Health Evaluation and Lifestyle Promotion Hospital for Women and Infants; Department of Obstet- (HELP) Clinic v Publications: Medical Response to rics and Gynecology, UTHSC v Community Service: • Adult Sexual Assault (2 publications); Nursing Clinics of Memphis Animal Coalition • Good Dog Rescue group of North America; Forensic Nursing: Scope and Standards Memphis, Tenn. of Practice; Dartmouth Interactive Media: Sexual Assault: Forensic and Clinical Management v Organizations: Ten- Zoila Vichot Sánchez, PhD, RN ------nessee Nurses Association; American Academy of Nursing (Assistant Professor) v Presentations: 1 (Expert Panel on Violence & Calling the Circle Project); Regional Invited; 3 National Invited v American Public Health Association; International Associ- Publications: Progress in Transplantation v ation of Forensic Nurses (Content Expert – SAFEta Grant, Organizations: Tennessee Nurses Associa- Research Committee & Government Affairs Committee); tion (President – District 6); Southern Nursing Research Sigma Theta Tau Beta Theta Chapter-at-Large v Consul- Society; American Nurses Association; National Associa- tations: • Institute of Evidence Based and Best Practices tion of Hispanic Nurses; North American Association for (Restorative Justice, Offender Treatment, Victim Services the Study of Obesity; Nu Lambda Chapter-Sigma Theta – Former Advocacy Center for Training & Treatment), Mi- Tau International (Vice President) v Consultations: • ami, Fla. • National Sexual Violence Resource Center (Na- Tennessee Center for Nursing, Research Committee – In tional SANE Coordinator Council) • SANE/SART.com, the process of investigating the feasibility of submitting official technical assistance Web site of Sexual Assault a grant to the Robert Wood Foundations on increasing Resource Service, Minneapolis, Minn. (expert advisor) • enrollment of minority students into nursing • Director of National Institute of Justice (Technical Working Group) TN Diabetes Advisory Committee – Identify and evaluate • National Institute of Justice Sexual Violence Research areas of disparity within the state of Tennessee and provide Workshop (expert advisor, invited speaker) v Commu- strategies and recommendations that will prevent and or nity Service: • Exchange Club Family Center (member, reduce the burden of diabetes throughout the state. Also, Board of Directors) • Memphis Exchange Club (president) the coordinator is responsible for contacting other regional • Shelby County Drug Court Support Foundation (member coalition members to arrange meetings and make other ar- and secretary) • Arkwings Foundation • Memphis/Shelby rangements of speakers for various engagements v Com- County Domestic Violence Council (member and chair, munity Service: • Civil Air Patrol member 1st Lieutenant Development Committee) • United Way of Greater Mem- – Health Advisor – Gibson County – lead health related phis (Member Allocations Committee) v Honors: Fellow discussions with cadets • Sacred Heart Catholic Church ac- – American Academy of Forensic Sciences tivities with Hispanic congregation • Health screening for rural Hispanic – Crockett County v Honors: Department Cheryl Cummings Stegbauer, PhD, APN, of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Ser- FNP-BC ------vices Administration (HRS Minority Faculty Fellowship) (Professor and Associate Dean of Academic v Special Appointments or Roles: • Diabetes Advisory Programs) v Certifications: American Committee for the State of Tennessee serves as director • Nurses Credentialing ANNCC v Presenta- Board of Directors, Tennessee Center for Nursing (TCN) tions: 1 Local Invited v Publications: Teaching Nursing: and serves on the Research Committee of the TCN • Net- Developing a Student-centered Learning Environment; work of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) estab- Nurse Educator; The Journal of Reproductive Medicine v lished by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Organizations: Tennessee Nurses Association; American and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) • National Partnership for Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Nurses As- Action (NPA) an initiative of National Office of Minority sociation; Sigma Theta Tau v Consultations: Consulta- of Health to address health disparities tion for Higher Education Commission for external state approval of new DNP programs v Community Service: Fall 2008 29 • External Consultation for DNP Program Approval – 2 Biological Research for Nursing; Archives of Psychiatric universities • External Consultation for ongoing DNP pro- Nursing; Clinical Nursing Research; Nephrology Nursing; grams – 3 universities • Chair, Tennessee Nursing Outlook; Progress in Transplantation; Editorial • Volunteer Hope House Memphis, Tenn. v Special Ap- for the Memphis Commercial Appeal v Organizations: Faculty pointments or Roles: Chair, Tennessee Board of Nursing Greater Memphis Area Chapter of the American Asso- ciation of Critical Care Nurses; Tennessee Nurses As- Carol Thompson, PhD, CCRN, ACNP, sociation; Southern Nursing Research Society; American FNP, FCCM, FAANP ------Nurses Association; Council for the Advancement of Nurs- (Professor & Acute Care Option Coordina- ing Science; ; University of Memphis School of tor) v Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Nursing Alumni Board; Sigma Theta Tau International v Practitioner; Family Nurse Practitioner; Criti- Consultations: Education/Teaching: • Cultural diversity cal Care ; Basic Life Support; Advanced expert for Cunningham’s HRSA grant titled “Comprehen- Cardiac Life Support; Fundamental Critical Care Support; sive Advanced Education Psych Nursing Program” Other: Advanced Pediatric Life Support v Presentations: 4 External Reviewer – The Johns Hopkins School of Nurs- Local Invited; 2 Regional Refereed v Practice: Method- ing Tenure and Promotions Committee v Community ist University Emergency Department, Memphis, Tenn. Service: • Recording Secretary, Mustard Seed Inc. Board v Organizations: American Association of Critical Care of Directors • Research Mentor, Memphis Achievers v Nurses; American Association of Nurse Practitioners; Honors: • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive American Nurses Association; American Thoracic Society Nurse Leader Fellow • Nominee, Student Government (Conference Abstract Reviewer); National Organization of Association Excellence in Teaching Award v Special Ap- Nurse Practitioner Faculty; Sigma Theta Tau International; pointments or Roles: • Regional Advisory Committee, Sigma Xi; Society of Critical Care Medicine (Council Memphis Community Networks Program Advisory Board, Member); Society of Medical Simulation v Special Ap- Meharry Medical College Community Health Centers pointments or Roles: Tennessee Board of Nursing Community Networks Program

Peggy Ingram Veeser, EdD, APRN, BC, Rebecca P. Winsett, PhD ------FAANP ------(Associate Professor) v Presentations: 1 (Professor & Director, University Health Ser- Local Invited; 3 Local Refereed; 1 Interna- vices) v Certifications: FNP v Presentations: tional Invited; 6 International Refereed v 3 National Refereed v Practice: University Publications: Social Work in Health Care; Health Services, UTHSC v Publications: Journal of Ameri- Nephrology Nursing Journal; Progress in Transplantation can College Health v Organizations: Children’s Foundation (2 articles); Evidence-Based Nursing; American Nephrol- of Memphis (Board of Directors); Harbor of Health (Advi- ogy Nurses Association: A Guide to Professional Develop- sory Board) v Special Appointments or Roles: Consultant ment; Core Curriculum for Certified Clinical Transplant – American College Health Consultation Service Nurses (CCTN) Examination. v Organizations: Organization for Nurse Executives; Sigma Theta Tau Beta Sherry Webb, DNSc, RN, CNL, CNAA-BC Theta Chapter; Sigma Theta Tau Omicron Psi Chapter; (Assistant Professor) v Certifications: American Telemedicine Association ( and CNL; CNAA-BC v Presentations: 2 Local Home Monitoring Special Interest Groups); International Invited; 1 International Refereed v Orga- Transplant Nurses Society (Research Committee/Grant Re- nizations: Tennessee Nurses Association; viewer); NATCO- for Transplant Professionals (Research American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta Tau Interna- Committee/Abstract Reviewer) tional v Community Service: Highland Church of Christ Health Fair

Mona Newsome Wicks, PhD, RN ------(Professor & Associate Dean of Research) v Presentations: 2 Local Invited; 1 Regional Invited; 2 Regional Refereed; 4 National Refereed v Publications: Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care; Journal of Mid- wifery & Women’s Health; Progress in Transplantation; 30 UT Health Science Center Faculty

Efficacy of a Sitting Tai Chi Program for Assisted Government and Private Living Residents The H. W. Durham Foundation Funding for Research and Principal Investigator: L. W. Faulkner Education Co-Investigator: Veronica Engle (Note: These are in alphabetical order by Exploring Strategies to Improve the Health of Custodial Grandparents title of grant.) H. W. Durham Foundation Principal Investigator: Carolyn Graff Cardiac Risk Profile of Obese African-American Co-Investigators: Belinda Hardy, Frederick Palmer, Adolescents Juanita Williams NINR & GCRC (separate grants) Principal Investigator: Patricia Cowan Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Use of Liquid- Co-Investigators: Pedro Velásquez, Grant Somes, based Cytology with HPV Testing for Post- George Burghen Treatment Surveillance of Patients with Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia Clinical Translational Science Application GCRC & UTHSC College of Allied Health Sciences NIH (separate grants) Principal Investigator: Jim Dale Principal Investigators: Wendy Likes & Co-Investigator: Ann Cashion Nadeem Zafar Co-Investigators: Barbara Bernstein, Leonard Bloom Comparison of Exercise Responses in Four ESRD Treatments. Role: Consultant for Heart Rate Genetics, Environment and Weight Gain Variability Interpretation Post-transplant NIH/NINR NIH/NINR Principal Investigator: Patricia Painter Principal Investigator: Ann Cashion Co-Investigator: Ann Cashion Co-Investigators: James Eason, Ramin Homayouni, Rongling Li, Y Cui, Omaima Sabek, Carolyn Driscoll, Conditions Affecting Early Neurocognitive Patricia Cowan Development and Learning in Early Childhood (CANDLE) Healthy Feet for Persons with Diabetes: Urban Child Institute A Community Coalition Principal Investigator: Owen Phillips CIGNA-Methodist Healthcare Foundation Co-Investigators: Carolyn Graff, Grant Somes Principal Investigators: Veronica Engle Co-Investigators: Emily Fox-Hill Demographic Determinants of ICD Benefit in Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Heart Improving Health Care Delivery for Hispanics with Failure Diabetes in Tennessee CTSI K-12 Training grant State of Tennessee Center for Diabetes Prevention Principal Investigator: Carrie Harvey and Health Improvement Principal Investigator: Zoila Sanchez Effect of a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Co-Investigator: Tommie Norris Plus Food Replacement with Dairy or Lean Meat on Incretins, Insulin resistance, and Weight Loss in Increasing Teaching Capacity Through the Use of Obese Adolescents Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) National Dairy Council & General Clinical Research The Foundation of the National Student Nurses Center (GCRC) (separate grants) Association Principal Investigator: Frances Tylavsky Principal Investigator: Teresa Britt Co-Investigators: M. Coday, Pedro Velasquez-Miey- Co-Investigators: Tommie Norris & Alise Farrell er, Patricia Cowan, Claudia Neira

Fall 2008 31 INSIGHT for Black Female Caregivers Shelby County Drug Court: Enhanced Services National Institutes of Health /National Institute of State of Tennessee, Office of Justice Programs Nursing Research Principal Investigator: Patricia Speck

Faculty Principal Investigator: Mona Wicks Co-Investigators: Sarah Mynatt, Sergio Acchiardo, Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Donna Hathaway State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services Principal Investigator: Carolyn Graff Nurse Practitioner Use of Telehealth Co-Investigators: Juanita Williams, Frederick Palmer for Transplant Care National Institute of Nursing Research Principal Investigator: Rebecca Winsett Faculty Research Fellowships: Co-Investigators: Cyril Chang, Donna Hathaway, Grant Somes Establishing Simulation Scenario Validity UTHSC CON Faculty Fellowship Principal Investigator: Leslie McKeon Parents’ Views of Their Communication with Co-Investigators: Patricia Cunningham, Jill Oswaks Siblings of Children with Sickle Cell Disease Society of Pediatric Nurses Principal Investigator: Carolyn Graff Relationship Between ICD Benefit and T Wave Co-Investigators: Jane Hankins; Ruth Roberts; Alternans: A Pilot Study Heather Hall UTHSC CON Faculty Fellowship Award/NIH/Gen- eral Clinical Research Center Grant MO1-RR00211 Principal Investigator: Margaret Harvey Practice-Based Learning and Improvement to Co-Investigators: James Porterfield, Develop Quality and Safety Competencies among Linda Porterfield Pre-Licensure Nursing Students Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) - Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Using Focus Groups to Improve Health Care Principal Investigator: Leslie McKeon Delivery for Hispanic Patients in Tennessee Co-Investigator: Tommie Norris UTHSC CON Faculty Fellowship Co-Investigator: Tommie Norris, Zoila Sanchez

Predictors of Sexual Function and Quality of Life Following Vulvar Excision HRSA Grants: National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Advanced Education Nursing Program Grant for Nursing Research Forensic Nursing Continuation Principal Investigator: Wendy Likes Health Resources and Services Administration Co-Investigators: Donna Hathaway, Barbara Reed, (HRSA) Cynthia Russell, Jim Wan Principal Investigator: Susan Patton

Proprietary Information Comprehensive Advanced Education Psych Nursing Private Industry Grant Principal Investigator: Pédro Velásquez Health Resources and Services Administration Co-Investigators: Patricia Cowan, Stacy Starks (HRSA) Principal Investigators: Sarah Mynatt, Race, Obesity and Enteroinsular Axis in Patricia Cunningham Adolescents NIH-NCRR K23 Expansion of Doctoral Program in Public Health Principal Investigator: Pédro Velásquez Nursing – Title VIII, Advanced Education Nursing Co-Investigators: Bruce Alpert (mentor), George Program Burghen (mentor), Patricia Cowan (collaborating Health Resources and Services Administration investigator), Samuel Dagogo-Jack (mentor), Donna (HRSA) Hathaway (mentor), Sylvia Perez (collaborating in- Co-Investigators: R. Craig Stotts, Patricia Speck vestigator), Frances Tylavsky (mentor)

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Individualized Information Literacy Skills agement; Journal of Palliative Care; Nursing Research; Improvement Research in Nursing and Health; The Gerontologist Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Carolyn Graff Principal Investigator: Cynthia Russell Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Pediatric Nursing Co-Investigators: Richard Nollan, Lin Wu, Pam Con- nor, Stacy Clayton, Heather Carter-Templeton Carrie Harvey Manuscript Reviewer: Biological Research in Nursing; Minority Faculty Fellowship Program Health Information Research Unit at McMaster Universi- Health Resources and Services Administration ty: Evidence-Based Nursing; Heart and Lung: The Journal (HRSA) of Acute and Critical Care Principal Investigator: Susan Jacob Donna Hathaway Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Nursing Education; Manuscript and Chapter Journal of Professional Nursing; Nephrology Nursing Journal; Nursing Research; Progress in Transplantation Reviewers Susan Jacob Teresa Britt Manuscript Reviewer: Evidence-Based Nursing; Jour- Manuscript Reviewer: Evidence-Based Nursing nal of Cultural Diversity; Journal of Health Behavior

Jacqueline Burchum Lynn Kirkland Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Transcultural Nurs- Chapter Reviewer: Pharmacotherapy Essentials: A ing; JOLT (Journal of Online Learning and Teaching) Pathophysiological Approach 6th Ed: Hormone Replace- ment Therapy and Menstruation-Related Disorder Michael Carter Manuscript Reviewer: Annals of Family Medicine; Wendy Likes Journal of Professional Nursing; McMaster Online Rating Manuscript Reviewer: Obstetrics and Gynecology of Evidence; Nursing Science Quarterly; Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Tommie Norris Manuscript Reviewer: Evidence-Based Nursing Ann Cashion Manuscript Reviewer: AACN Clinical Issues: Adv. Cynthia Russell Practice in Acute and Critical Care Journal; American Manuscript Reviewer: Evidence-Based Nursing; Jour- Journal of Nursing; Biological Research for Nursing; Kid- nal of Nursing Education; Journal of Transcultural Nurs- ney International ing; Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research

Patricia Cowan Carol Thompson Manuscript Reviewer: Biological Nursing; Ignatavicius Manuscript Reviewer: AACN Advanced Critical Care; & Workman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Think- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American ing for Collaborative Care (6th edition); Nephrology Nurs- Journal of Critical Care; Heart and Lung ing Journal; Research in Nursing and Health Mona Wicks Patricia Cunningham Manuscript Reviewer: Nephrology Nursing Journal; Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of the American Acad- Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research emy of Nurse Practitioners Rebecca Winsett Veronica Engle Manuscript Reviewer: American Journal of Transplan- Manuscript Reviewer: Advances in Nursing Science; tation; Evidence-Based Nursing; Research in Nursing and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Journals of Health (RINAH) Gerontology: Social Sciences; Journal of Health Man-

Fall 2008 33 Research Review Panels List Journal Editorial Boards & Editor Roles Faculty Ann Cashion American Nephrology Nurses Association; Interna- Teresa Britt tional Society of Nurses in Genetics; International Journal for Clinical Simulation and Learning (Editorial Transplant Nurses Society Board) Veronica Engle Michael Carter Gerontological Society of America Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (Editorial Board & Reviewer) Carolyn Graff HRSA Maternal & Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Ann Cashion Leadership Education in MCH Nursing Program; Biological Research for Nursing (Editorial Board & Southern Nursing Research Society; Council for the Reviewer) Advancement of Nursing Science; American Nurse Today; The International Journal of Research and Veronica Engle Practice Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Editor & Reviewer); Journal of Health Management (Editor & Carrie Harvey Reviewer) American Nurse Foundation Research Grants Pro- gram; Annual Conference Southern Nursing Re- Carolyn Graff search Society; Council for the Advancement of International Journal of Nursing in Intellectual and De- Nursing Science velopmental Disabilities (Editorial Board) Donna Hathaway Donna Hathaway National Institutes of Health Federal Advisory Progress in Transplantation (Editorial Board Committee & Reviewer) NIH/NSAA Peer Review Panel Cynthia Russell Wendy Likes Academic Exchange Quarterly (Editorial Board); Southern Nursing Research Society Evidence-Based Nursing (Editorial Board) Leslie McKeon Rebecca Winsett Academy for Healthcare Improvement Progress in Transplantation (Editorial Board) Cynthia Russell Southern Nursing Research Society

Mona Wicks Southern Nursing Research Society; American Nurses Foundation; College of Allied Health Scienc- es; Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science; DNP LLC

Rebecca Winsett International Transplant Nurses Society

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College of Nursing Faculty Academic Year 2007-2008 Publications

Note: Total published articles = 50, published book chapters = 18, other publications = 9, and total publications of all types = 77. 2007-2008 Faculty Publications

Articles: weight during the first year after kidney transplanta- Anderson, R., Elrod, E., Pigg, L., Faulkner, L. W., & tion. Progress in Transplantation, 17(1), 40-47. Engle, V. F. (2007). Evaluation of the sit and reach test for older adults in the community and nursing Cetingok, M., Hathaway, D., & Winsett, R.P. (2007). homes. The Gerontologist 47, 307. Contribution of post-transplant social support to the quality of life of transplant recipients. Social Work in Bolden, L. V., & Wicks, M. N. (in press). The clini- Health Care, 45(3), 39-56. cal utility of the stress process model with family caregivers of liver transplant candidates. Progress in Cetingok, M., Winsett, R., Russell, C., & Hathaway, Transplantation. D. (2008). Relationships between sex, race, and social class and social support networks in kidney, liver- Burchum, J. L. R., Russell, C. K., Likes, W., Adymy, pancreas transplant recipients. Progress in Transplanta- C., Britt, T., Driscoll, C., Graff, J. C., Jacob, S. R., & tion, 18(2). Cowan, P. A. (2007). Confronting challenges in online teaching: The WebQuest solution. MERLOT Journal of Cunningham, P., Connor, P., Manning, P., Stegbauer, Online Learning and Teaching, 3, 40-57. C., & Mynatt, S. (2008) Evaluation of mood disorder patients in a primary care practice: Measures of af- Cashion A. K., Sanchez Z. V., Cowan P. A., Hatha- fective temperament, mental health risk factors, and way D. K., Lo A., & Gaber A. O. (2007). Changes in functional health. The Primary Care Companion of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Fall 2008 35 Day, S., Dycus, P., Chismark, L., & McKeon, L. (in Jacob, S. & Stegbauer, C. Doctor of Nursing Practice press). Improving the quality of nursing care at a (DNP). (March, April, May 2008). The Tennessee Nurse. Central American pediatric oncology partner site:

Faculty Assessment process, findings, recommendations, and Krieder, R. B., Earnest, C. P., Lundberg, J., Rasmus- current outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nurs- sen, C., Greenwood, M., Cowan, P., & Almada, A. ing. L. (2007). Effects of ingesting protein with various forms of carbohydrate following resistance-exercise Duncan, A., Jacob, S., Martin, K., & Norman, L. on substrate availability and markers of anabolism, (2008). Clinical Nurse Leader™ programs in Tennes- catabolism, and immunity. Journal of the International see. Nursing Perspectives. Society of Sports Nutrition, 4,18. Available at http:// www.jissn.com/content/4/1/18. Engle, V. F., Faulkner, L. W., Lummus, A., & Thomp- son, W. (2007). Evaluation of a nursing home Tai Chi Likes, W., Sideri, M., Heafner, H., Cunningham, P., Wellness Program: Outcomes and issues. The Geron- & Albani, F. (2007). Aesthetic practice of labial reduc- tologist, 47, 526. tion. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, Accepted, pending revisions. Faulkner, L. F., Engle, V. F., Lummus, A., & Thomp- son, W. (2007). Balance and mobility outcomes from Likes, W.M., Stegbauer, C., Tillmanns, T., & Pruett, a nursing home seated Tai Chi Wellness Program. The J. (2007). A pilot study of sexual function and quality Gerontologist, 47, 352. of life after excision for vulvar intraepithelial neopla- sia. The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 53:23-7. Fox-Hill, E., & Engle, V. F. (2007). The Healthy Feet with Diabetes Program: Developing evidence-based McCoy, K., & Phillips, C. (2008). APRNs on the GO: very-low low literacy education materials. The Geron- An innovative community based integrated behav- tologist, 47, 166. ioral, outreach program. Behavioral Health.

Graff, J.C., Hall, H.R., & Nwokeji, S. (accepted with McKeon, L., Cunningham, P. & Oswaks, J. (in press). revisions). Global disparities in health care for per- Reducing risk to safeguard patients: Patient-focused sons with intellectual and developmental disabili- high reliability team training. Journal of Nursing Care ties: New evidence for nurses. International Journal of Quality. Nursing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Melander, S., Kleinpell, R., King, J., Miller, K., & Graff, J.C., Russell, C., & Stegbauer, C. (2007). Hvranak, M. (2008). Post-Masters certification pro- Formative and summative evaluation of a practice grams for Nurse Practitioners: Population specialty doctorate program. Nurse Educator, 32(4), 173-177. role preparation. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20(2). Hall, H.R., & Graff, J.C. (accepted with revisions). Parent stress, coping, resources, and supports in Melander, S., Kleinpell, R., McLaughlin, R. (in press). families of children with autism spectrum disorders. Ensuring clinical competency for NP’s in acute care. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. Acute Care Column, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Harden, K., Cowan, P.A., Patton, S., & Velasquez- Mieyer, P.A. (2007). Effects of lifestyle intervention Mynatt, S. & Cunningham, P. (2007). Unraveling and metformin on weight management and markers anxiety and depression. The Nurse Practitioner, 32(8), of metabolic syndrome in obese adolescents. Journal 28-36. of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 19, 368- 377. Mynatt, S. L. & Cunningham, P. D. (2007). Manage- ment of anxiety and co-morbid depression. The Nurse Harvey, M. & Buchanan, J. (2008). Characterization of Practitioner Journal. T wave alternans with ambulatory electrocardiogra- phy. Biological Research for Nursing. 9(3) 223-230.

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Mynatt, S., Wicks, M., & Bolden. L. (in press). Pilot Russell, C. K., Burchum, J. R., Likes, W., Jacob, S., study of INSIGHT in African-American women. Ar- Graff, C., Driscoll, C., Britt, T., Adymy, C., & Cowan, chives of Psychiatric Nursing. P. (2008). WebQuests: Creating engaging, student- centered, constructivist learning activities. CIN: Com- Neely-Barnes, S., Graff, J. C., Marcenko, M., & Weber, puters, Informatics, Nursing, 26(2), 78-87. L. (2008). Family decision-making: Benefits to per- sons with developmental disabilities and their family Sabek, O., Cowan, P.A., Fraga, D., & Gaber, A.O. (in members. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, press). The effect of isolation methods and the use of 46(2), 93-105. different enzymes on islet yield. Cell Transplantation.

Neira, C. P., Velasquez-Mieyer, P. A., Hartig, M., & Sanchez, Z. V., Cashion, A. K., Cowan, P. A., Jacob, Cowan, P. A. (in press). The prevalence of abnormal S. R., Wicks, M. N., & Velasquez-Mieyer, P. (2007). glucose metabolism in Hispanics with 2 or more risk Perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity factors for metabolic syndrome in primary care set- in kidney transplant recipients. Progress in Transplan- ting. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitio- tation, 17(4), 324-331. ners. Speck, P. M., Hartig, M. T., Connor, P. D., Cunning- Nobel, A., Rom, M., Engelhardt, K., Newsome Wicks, ham, P. D., & Fleming, B. (in press). Vulnerable popu- M., & Wolski-Wruble, A. (in press, 2008). Jewish laws, lations: Drug court program clients. Nursing Clinics of delivery, and post-partum care. Journal of Midwifery & North America. Women’s Health. Talley, C., & Wicks, M. N. (in press). A pilot study Norris, T. L. & McKeon, L. (2008). The Clinical Nurse of the self reported quality of life for patients with Leader: Transforming care in the microsystem. The COPD. Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Criti- Tennessee Nurse, 71(1), 6. cal Care.

Phillips, C., & McCoy, K. (in press). Finally: A seam- Talley, H. C., Wicks, M. N., Carter, M., & Roper, B. (in less geriatric outreach program that works. Nursing press). Ascorbic acid does not influence conscious- Homes/Long Term Care Living. ness recovery after anesthesia. Biological Research for Nursing. Ramsey, R., Egerman, R.S., Del Mar, L., Aycock, J., Bringman, J.J., Russell, C.K., Liu, C., & Wicks, M. Tamuz, M., Russell, C. K., & Thomas, E. J. (in press). (2008). Patient motivation for participation in ob- Promoting patient safety by monitoring errors: A stetric clinical research project as measured by a view from the middle. Advances in Healthcare Man- new instrument in an inner city primarily African- agement, Special Edition: Patient Safety and Healthcare American population. American Journal of Obstetrics & Management, Vol. 7. Gynecology. Veeser, P., Smith, K. P., Handy, B., & Martin, S. (2007). Rice, M., & Wicks, M. (2007). The importance of Tuberculosis screening on a health science campus: nursing advocacy for the health promotion of welfare Use of QuantiFERON-TB gold test for students and recipients. Nursing Outlook, 55(5), 220-223. employees. Journal of American College Health, 56(2), 175-180. Rice, M. C., & Wicks, M. N. (2008). Health risk characteristics of black female informal caregivers on Velasquez-Mieyer, P. A., Niera, C. P., Nieto, R., & welfare. Clinical Nursing Research, 17(1), 20-31. Cowan, P. A. (2007). Obesity and cardiometabolic syndrome in children. Therapeutic Advances in Cardio- Russell, C. K., Gregory, D. M., Care, W. D., & Hultin, vascular Disease, 1(1), 61-82. D. (2007). Recognizing and avoiding intercultural miscommunication in distance education: A study of Canadian faculty and Aboriginal nursing students’ experiences. Journal of Professional Nursing, 23, 351- 361. Fall 2008 37 Velasquez-Mieyer, P. A., Cowan, P. A., Neira, C. P., Faugno, D. K., & Speck, P. M. (in press) Anogenital Perez-Faustillini, S., Nieto, R., Villegas-Barreto, C., and oral anatomy. In L. L. Ledray & A. W. Burgess Tolley, E. A., Lustig, R. H., & Alpert, B. S. (2008). Ra- (Eds.), Medical response to adult sexual assault. St.

Faculty cial disparities in glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) and Louis, MO: G. W. Medical. inflammation markers among severely obese adoles- cents. Diabetes Care 31(4), 770-5. Graff, J. C., Smith, H., & Neely-Barnes, S. (2009). Theoretical and methodological issues in sibling Velasquez-Mieyer, P. A., Cowan, P.A., Neira, C. P., & research. In L.M. Glidden (Ed.), International review of Tylavsky, F. (in press). Assessing the risk of impaired research in mental retardation. San Diego, CA: Elsevier. glucose metabolism in adolescents with overweight in the clinical setting. Journal of Nutrition, Health, & Graff, J. C., & Davis, A. D. B. (2009). Disability and Aging. secondary diseases. In D.A. Raines & E.Q. Youngkin (Eds.), Promoting health from preconception through Wicks, M. N., Bolden, L., Mynatt, S., Rice, M. C., & maturity: A unique nursing role. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Acchiardo, S. R. (2007). INSIGHT potentially pre- Davis. vents and treats depressive and anxiety symptoms in black women. Nephrology Nursing, 34(6), 623-629. Graff, J.C. (in press). Growing up and growing with Harold. In D. Meyer (Ed.), Uncommon siblings. Balti- Winsett, R. P., & Cashion, A. K. (2007). The nursing more, MD: Paul Brookes. research process. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 24(6), 635-643. Graff, C., & Cashion, A. (in press). Genetics. In K. Osborn, C. Wraa, & A. Watson (Eds.). Medical Surgical Winsett, R. P., Thompson, D. A., Gower, G., Leimig, Nursing. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. R., Loyd, M., & Hathaway, D. K. (2007). Implement- ing randomized assignment in a nursing clinical Jacob, S. (2008). Cultural and social issues in nursing. randomized control trial. Progress in Transplantation, In B. Cherry & S. Jacob, (Eds.). Contemporary Nurs- 17(2), 150-156. ing: Issues, trends, and management, (4th ed.), St. Louis: Mosby. Winsett, R. P. (2007). Facilitated advance care plan- ning in end stage renal disease positively enhanced Norris, T. L., (2008). NCLEX-RN Examination. In patients’ hope. Evidence-Based Nursing, 10(2), 64-65. B. Cherry & S. Jacob, (Eds.), Contemporary Nursing: Issues, trends, and management, (4th ed.), St. Louis: Books and Chapters: Mosby. Burchum, J. (in press). Drugs for pulmonary dis- orders. In M. Adams & R. Koch’s Pharmacology for Norris, T. L., (2008). Making the transition from nurses. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. student to professional nurse. In B. Cherry & S. Jacob, (Eds.), Contemporary Nursing: Issues, trends, and man- Carter, M. (2009). The evolution of doctoral educa- agement, (4th ed.), St. Louis: Mosby. tion in nursing. In Barker, A (Ed.). Advanced prac- tice nursing: Essential knowledge for the profession Russell, C., Murrell, V., Hartig, M., Care, W., Jacob, (pp.31-41), Boston: Jones & Bartlett. S., Lockhart, C., Mynatt, S., Pruett, J., Stegbauer, C., & Thompson, C. (2007). Models and strategies Carter, M. (2007). Education in nursing: A profes- for teaching by distance education using learner- sional obligation. In Headley, C., (Ed), Career fulfill- centered approaches. In Young & Paterson, Teaching ment in nephrology nursing: Your guide to professional Nursing: Developing a student-centered learning environ- development. (pp. 31-41), Pitman, New Jersey: An- ment. Philadelphia: Lippincott. thony Jannetti. Russell, C. K., & Gregory, D. M. (in press). Evalua- Cherry, B. & Jacob, S. Co-Author and Co-Editor tion of qualitative research studies. In N. Cullum, D. (2008). Contemporary Nursing: Issues, trends, and man- Ciliska, B. Haynes, & S. Marks (Eds.), Evidence-based agement, (4th ed.), St. Louis: Mosby. Nursing.

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Russell, C. K. (2008). Information technology in the Appeal. Available from: http://www.commercialap- clinical setting. In B. Cherry & S. Jacob (Eds.). Con- peal.com/news/2008/apr/17/guest-column-we- temporary Nursing: Issues, trends, and management, (4th must-build-up-health-of-welfare/ ed.), St. Louis: Mosby. Instructor’s Manual for Textbook: Speck, P. M., & Patton, S. B. (2008). Education and Cherry, B. & Jacob, S. Co-Author and Co-Editor qualifi cations of the sexual assault forensic nurse. In (2008). Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Man- L. L. Ledray & A. W. Burgess (Eds.), Medical response agement, Instructor’s Manual, 4th Edition, St. Louis: to adult sexual assault. St. Louis, MO: G. W. Medical. Mosby.

Winsett, R. P. & Cashion, A. K. (2007). Nursing Online Course Development: research. In C. Headley (Ed.) American Nephrology Burchum, J. (2008). Issues and trends online for contem- Nurses’ Association: A guide to professional development. porary nursing (4th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Winsett, R. P., & Yorke, J. (2007). Professional issues. Russell, C. (2008). Issues and trends online for contem- In L. Ohler, & S. Cupples, (Eds.) Core curriculum for porary nursing (4th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Certifi ed Clinical Transplant Nurses (CCTN) examina- tion. Peer-reviewed Consensus Activity for Conference Proceedings CD: Continuing Education Through an Hartig, M. T. & Hollier, A. (2008). Critical prescrib- Interactive DVD: ing skills: Do NP graduates possess them? Presenta- Speck, P. (2008). Dartmouth Interactive Media. tion. 34th Annual Meeting, National Organization of Sexual Assault: Forensic and clinical management. Nurse Practitioner Faculties, April 12, 2008, Louis- Washington, DC: Department of Justice and the Of- ville, KY. fi ce on Violence Against Women.

Course Curriculum: National Scope and Standards: Chasson, S., Cresi, K., Patton, S. B., Sheridan, D., Speck, P. & Patton, S. Scope and Standards of Foren- Speck, P. M., & Spencer, K. (2007). Elder and vulner- sic Nursing Practice: ANA (in press). Washington, able person abuse, neglect and exploitation curriculum for DC: American Nurses Association. advanced practice nurses. Test Bank: Editorial: Norris, T. L. (2008). Test bank to accompany Contem- Rice, M. C., & Wicks, M. N. (2008). We must build up porary Nursing: Issues, trends, and management, (4th the health of welfare mothers. Memphis Commercial ed.), St. Louis: Mosby. At the UTHSC College of Nursing Our Alumni are a Valuable Asset Please Contact Us! Kris Phillips Acting Asst. Vice Chancellor for Alumni Programs [email protected] Suzanne Davidson Chandra Tuggle Director of Alumni Programs Director of Alumni Programs [email protected] [email protected] Karin Eggert Director of Alumni Programs [email protected] The university has created a Web site where all graduates can stay connected. On this site you can search for friends or make new connections. Please visit the following link to update your current information. http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UTK/

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