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NursingThe Magazine of the University of Maryland School of Nursing Fall/Winter 2011 Volume V, Issue II
LEADING FROM WHERE YOU STAND Meet eight nurses from the University of Maryland who are blazing new paths to improve patient care— and the profession.
GAINING THROUGH LOSING WALKING IN HER SHOES GETTING REAL IN THE SIM LAB New Additions to the Family Simulation Lab Director Mary Fey prepares “Noelle Maternal” and “Newborn Hal” for a simulated birth scenario.These new mannequins, along with other new and updated simulation lab equipment, were funded through an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant the School recently received. See story on page 28. Photo by Rick Lippenholz Fall/Winter 2011 Volume V, Issue II UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING
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28 18 Departments 2 Letter from the Dean Features 3 News $1 million earmarked for nursing Leading From Where You Stand informatics professorship. A call to Today’s nurses have a golden opportunity to lead action for the future of nursing. New center offers services to promote the way in transforming the health care system. 18 student success, and more. Meet eight from the University of Maryland who are blazing new paths to improve patient care 12 Discovery —and the profession. The heart of the matter, champions By Marlene England for function-focused care, gaining through losing.
Walking in Her Shoes 15 Forecast When Dean Janet Allan talks, people listen— Why is it important for nurses to 26 whether she’s testifying before state legislators take leadership roles? or casually chatting with students. NURSING 16 Living History tags along with the School’s top leader for Museum celebrates renovated a weeklong profile. space, new exhibits. By Patricia Adams 30 Alumni Pulse Getting Real in the Sim Lab News of our alumni Mary Fey, director of the School’s 24 simulation 37 Philanthropy 28 labs, tells how students are tapping technology Stories of giving to improve their clinical judgment and make On the Cover Col. Peggy McNeill, PhD ’07, RN, strides in patient safety. is stationed at Andrews Air Force Base and Interview by David Taylor works out of the new Walter Reed National Medical Center, where she is a senior nurse scientist of clinical investigation. For more on her work, see page 19. Photograph by Christopher Ruano. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DEAN’S LETTER Nursing Fall/Winter 2011 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL Volume V, Issue II of Nursing was founded in 1889 by University of Maryland NURSING is a Louisa Parsons, a graduate of the publication of the University of Mary- land School of Nursing. The magazine Nightingale Fund School for Nurses in informs readers about faculty, student, London, England, the first modern school and alumni involvement in nursing edu- of nursing. During her short stint as our cation, research, practice, and leader- ship and serves as a tool for connecting School’s“superintendent,”Parsons paved alumni and other constituents with the the way for the future of nursing educa- School of Nursing. tion by instituting a two-year course of editorial board: nurse training and by convincing the Patricia Adams, Editorial Director Maryland University Hospital medical Marjorie Fass faculty to build residential quarters for Laurette Hankins Karen Kauffman student nurses.And so, our school began, Shannon McClellan with a decorated veteran of the British needs of patients. Under such a model, Kathryn Montgomery Army—a visionary who saw the poten- physicians, nurses, and all professionals Patricia Morton Robin Newhouse tial of young women to become healers, involved with patient care will work Barbara Smith educators, and leaders—a graduate of collaboratively,with an emphasis on co- Rebecca Wiseman Florence Nightingale’s training school. operation and communication to provide contributors: Florence Nightingale, as we know,was seamless, quality health care.We truly Patricia Adams Patricia Fanning the epitome of a “leader” in the field of espouse the conviction that nobody can Kristi Birch Laurette Hankins nursing. She was more than “the founder get there unless everybody gets there. Dan Caughey Elizabeth Heubeck This national initiative recognizes Stacey Conrad Cynthia Sikorski of modern nursing.”She was an educator, Sue De Pasquale David Taylor a reformer, and a leader—qualities that the fundamental role that nurses have in Marlene England must resonate within all nurses to ensure transforming health care. Nurses make up the largest single sector of the health care design and editorial: the effectiveness of ongoing efforts to Alter Custom Media improve health care and health care workforce, and the empowerment of 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 200 delivery across the nation. nurses is critical if we are to bring the Baltimore, MD 21201 This point is driven home in the highest level of care to our citizens. Just 443-451-0738 www.altercustommedia.com Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report, as our faculty,students, and alumni make The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, a difference every day in providing care, consulting editor: Advancing Health.Today’s nurses are posi- so too must we make a difference in Sue De Pasquale redefining how care is provided, with tioned to both define and demonstrate art director: leadership across a broad range of health an emphasis on enhancing the leadership Cortney Geare care issues. In fact, in the wake of the of nurses. In closing, I want to share the news photography: IOM report, a national initiative is taking Kirsten Beckerman shape to advance comprehensive health that I recently announced my plans to Richard Lippenholz care transformation by enhancing the retire at the end of this academic year. Christopher Ruano capabilities of nurses and better utilizing Because of the School’s commitment to Justin Tsucalas Timothy Westmorland their insight, knowledge, and experience. innovation and the quality of our faculty To help foster this movement and and staff, I step down with confidence University of Maryland NURSING is published twice a year by the University sharpen Maryland’s focus in establishing that the School will continue to grow of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, true “nurse leaders,”our School hosted in excellence and stature. I am extremely Md. We welcome comments, sugges- proud of the work we have done, and tions, and story ideas from alumni, a state-wide summit in September, partners, and friends. Please send all designated as Maryland’s response to will continue to do, to shape the correspondence to the editorial director. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. profession of nursing and the health care environment by developing leaders in send correspondence to: One immediate outcome of the Patricia Adams summit was the formation of eight education, research, and practice. Executive Director of Communications leadership teams to address each one of University of Maryland School of Nursing 655 W. Lombard St., Suite 311D the recommendations in the IOM report. Baltimore, MD 21201 The ultimate goal is to create an inter- Phone: 410-706-4115 disciplinary,collaborative heath care Fax: 410-706-5560 approach that more effectively meets the Janet D.Allan, PhD,RN, FAAN [email protected] Dean and Professor Copyright © 2011 University of 2 | FALL/WINTER 2011 Maryland School of Nursing. NEWS
$1 Million Bequest Earmarked for Nursing Informatics Professorship
PROFESSOR NANCY STAGGERS, PhD University of Utah; program director ’92, MS ’85, RN, FAAN, announced for the $138 million enterprise clinical last summer that she has included the information systems at Catholic School of Nursing in her will, with Healthcare West;and director for a $1 million bequest to establish an corporate informatics at the U.S. endowed professorship in nursing Department of Defense. She retired informatics. She announced her gift at from the U.S. Army in 1998 after 25 Dr. Nancy Staggers and Dean Janet Allan the School’s 21st Annual Summer years of service and was the first Institute in Nursing Informatics, an formally trained informatics nurse in leader in informatics when folks event that she co-chaired. the Army Nurse Corps. couldn’t spell ‘informatics.’” Staggers, who joined the faculty “I would like to make a difference “We are extremely grateful for this in 2010, has an extensive background going forward, and this is one small extraordinary gift from Dr. Staggers,” in clinical informatics. She has held a way to do that,”said Staggers.“I said Dean Janet Allan.“By supporting variety of executive positions, including am happy to be in a position where an endowed professorship, her gift associate chief information officer, I can give back to the School because will also help strengthen the research Information Technology Services, for I received such an extraordinary efforts for generations of nursing the Health Sciences Center at the education here. It allowed me to be a informatics students.”
Bausell Awarded Emeritus Status
BARKER BAUSELL, PhD, who served on the School of WANT MORE Nursing’s faculty for 30 years before retiring in January University of Maryland Nursing? 2011, was recently awarded the rank of Professor Emeritus. He is the 11th School of Nursing faculty member to obtain emeritus status. Bausell was a tenured Become a Fan! faculty member, author, biostatistician, mentor, and Visit http://nursing.umaryland.edu member of countless research grants. He served as Click on the Facebook link Director of Evaluation in the School of Nursing’s Office of Research; chaired the Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure Committee; and served as a member of the Research Council. Bausell authored 12 books, eight research monographs, and more than 80 peer- reviewed articles. He also served as editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal, Evaluation and the Health Professions, for more than 30 years. Dr. Barker Bausell
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A Call to Action for Future of Nursing
participants to the all-day working • Implement nurse residency programs conference. “This is a call to action for • Increase the proportion of nurses nursing, and for the country,” she said. with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing “The vision of the IOM report is that all degree to 80 percent by 2020 Americans have access to high-quality, • Double the number of nurses with patient-centered health care in a system a doctorate by 2020 where nurses contribute as essential • Ensure that nurses engage in partners in transforming the health care lifelong learning delivery system.” • Prepare and enable nurses to lead Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony change to advance health Brown urged the group to help the state • Build an infrastructure for collec- meet an expected need for 11,000 new tion/analysis of inter-professional nurses by 2018. health care workforce data. From left: Maryland Sen. Delores Kelly; “The Future of Nursing Campaign In addition to Dean Allan, members Dr. Denise Seigart, associate dean, nursing education, Stevenson University; and could not have come at a better time,” of the Maryland Coalition Executive Dean Janet Allan discuss the promotion of said keynote speaker William D. Novelli, Committee are Neil Meltzer, MD, president doctoral education among nurses. distinguished professor of the practice at and CEO, Sinai Hospital and senior vice- Georgetown University McDonough School president, LifeBridge Health; Lynn Reed, THE MARYLAND SUMMIT on the of Business and former CEO of AARP. “The executive director, Governor’s Workforce Future of Nursing drew leaders from nation, indeed the entire world, is aging. Investment Board; Frank Calia, MD, vice nursing education and health care, along Chronic disease management is becoming dean of clinical affairs, University of Mary- with physicians, elected officials, state increasingly important. And so is advanced land School of Medicine; Larry Strassner, government organizations, and business illness and end-of-life care.” PhD, RN, NEA-BC, vice president of patient leaders, to the School of Nursing in Sep- Deborah E. Trautman, PhD, RN, care and CEO, Franklin Square Hospital tember for a conference held in response executive director, Johns Hopkins Medicine and president, Maryland Organization of to a 2010 groundbreaking Institute of Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Nurse Executives; Kelly Nevins Petz, CRNA, Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nurs- Transformation, presented “Linking the president, Maryland Association of Nurse ing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. IOM Report and Health Care in Maryland.” Anesthetists; Nancy Adams, MBA, RN, The purpose of the summit was to She said health reform is needed because president, Maryland Board of Nursing; and develop a strategic plan for implementing our nation’s current system is “expensive, Pat Travis, PhD, CCRP, RN, immediate past the recommendations of the IOM report ineffective, and unjust.” president, Maryland Nurses Association. in Maryland. The summit was led by the The conference was organized into eight —Patricia Fanning and Patricia Adams executive committee of the Maryland work groups—one for each IOM Action Coalition, one of 36 state-based recommendation—to draft a coalitions named by the Future of Nursing: Members of the Maryland Coalition Executive strategic plan for implementing Committee. Not pictured: Neil Meltzer, president Campaign for Action. Maryland’s designa- The Future of Nursing’s recom- and CEO, Sinai Hospital/senior vice president, tion was announced Sept. 26 by the LifeBridge Health. mendations in Maryland. The Center to Champion Nursing in America, recommendations are: an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson • Remove scope-of- Foundation (RWJF), the American practice barriers Association of Retired Persons (AARP), • Expand opportunities and the AARP Foundation. for nurses to lead and Dean Janet Allan, a founding member diffuse collaborative of the Maryland Action Coalition Executive improvement efforts Committee, welcomed the 200-plus
4 | FALL/WINTER 2011 “Empirical Outcomes vs. Urban Myths” is Topic of Edmunds Lecture
ONE OF THE BIGGEST challenges presented the lecture. facing today’s nurses is learning how “We must look at how to recognize and understand the these common miscon- evidence behind their practice. ceptions developed and This challenge of nursing practice what can be done to and others were addressed at the change nurses’ approach 2011 Millicent Geare Edmunds to practice through Lecture,“Empirical Outcomes vs. improved inquiry and Urban Myths.” appraisal skills.” Dr. Julia Aucoin “There are many misconceptions The Millicent Geare in today’s nursing practice, which Edmunds Lecture was made education of students and faculty. are too easily accepted as the truth,” possible through the generosity She was one of 12 nurses who said Julia Aucoin, DNS, RN-BC, of Edmunds who, upon her death graduated from the School in CNE, nurse research scientist at in 1963, left an endowment to the 1905 when enrollment was just Duke University Hospital, who School of Nursing to promote the 55 students.
Informatics Institute a Huge Success
MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE gathered at the Mark your calendar for SINI 2012, School of Nursing in July for the 21st Annual “National and Global Priorities in Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics Informatics and Health Care,” scheduled (SINI), the nation’s pre-eminent conference on for July 18-20. William M. Tierney, MD, nursing informatics.This year’s conference, president and CEO, Regenstrief “Real Meaningful Use: Evolution or Revolu- Institute, Inc., and associate dean for tion,” featured keynote speaker Farzad clinical effectiveness research at Indiana Mostashari, MD, ScM, national coordinator University School of Medicine, will for health information technology,U.S. deliver the keynote address. Updates Dr. Farzad Mostashari Department of Health and Human Services. on the 2012 conference will be posted In his address, Mostashari noted,“Health IT to the School of Nursing’s website does not lead directly to improvements in the throughout the year at quality or efficiency of care, but it is the http://nursing.umaryland.edu/sini. foundation for what does improve quality.”
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Five DNP Courses Receive Quality Matters Certification
QUALITY MATTERS (QM), a leader in content of the course.To evaluate the Janet Allan; Kay quality assurance for online education, courses, the reviewers used a research- Blum, PhD, RN, awarded QM certification to five based rubric consisting of eight general assistant professor;Allison Davis, PhD, core courses included in the School of standards and 40 specific criteria that RN, assistant professor; Marian Grant, Nursing’s Doctor of Practice program. describe best practices in online and DNP,RN, CRNP,ACHPN, assistant Under the leadership of Associate hybrid course design. professor; Shannon Idzik, DNP,CRNP, Professor Kathleen Buckley,PhD, RN, “Our faculty members worked CCRN, assistant professor and director IBCLC, who is a certified QM peer very hard to prepare their courses for of the DNP program; Meg Johantgen, reviewer, a team of School of Nursing this review,”said Buckley.“We are PhD, RN, associate professor; Jane faculty members spent several months proud that our faculty has received this McCarthy,CRNA; Robin Newhouse, preparing their courses for the review. prestigious recognition for including PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, associate Each course was then assigned to three elements associated with best practices professor and chair, Department of external reviewers who made up the in teaching and improved student Organizational Systems and Adult QM Peer Review Team. Members of learning outcomes in the design of the Health; BrigitVanGraafeiland, DNP, the team completed QM training to DNP courses.” CRNP,assistant professor; and become a peer reviewer; one of the Faculty members who participated Deb Schofield, DNP,CRNP, reviewers also had expertise in the in the review process include Dean assistant professor.
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Welcome New Faculty
BIMBOLA AKINTADE SUSAN BINDON LING-YIN CHEN KRISTEN RAWLETT PhD ’11, MS ’05, BSN ’03 DNP ’11, MS ’95, RN-BC PhD MSN, FNP-BC Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Clinical Instructor and Evaluator VERONICA AMOS SUSAN BRAID VALERIE ROGERS PhD, MS ’07, MS ’00, DrPH, MPH, MSN, RN ANN HOFFMAN PhD ’09, MS ’97, CRNP-P, BSN ’99, CRNP, PHCNS-BC Assistant Professor MS, MAdE CPNP-BC Assistant Professor and Clinical Instructor, Assistant Professor Assistant Director, AMEERA CHAKRAVARTHY Universities at Shady Grove Nurse Anesthesia MS, BSN ’02, ACNP, FNP Master’s Specialty Clinical Instructor JENNIFER KLINEDINST PhD, MSN, MPH, RN Assistant Professor
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New Center Offers Services to Promote Student Success
STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL OF Hospital Association, NURSING (UMSON) are benefiting from a has raised $17 million for new facility that is intended to improve their 23 nursing education retention and graduation rates. The Student programs in Maryland. Success Center (SSC), specifically designed “It was an amazing to meet the needs of pre-licensure students, accomplishment to raise was officially unveiled during a grand that amount of money to opening ceremony in October. support nursing education The SSC offers a variety of services to help in the state,” said Dean nursing students meet their academic and Janet Allan, who opened graduation goals, including assistance with the ceremony by thanking writing, academic enrichment workshops, the donors. “This was From left: Dr. Jay A. Perman; Dean Janet Allan; Dr. Patricia Morton; guided study sessions, private peer tutoring, a major need of our Robert Chrencik, president and CEO, University of Maryland Medical and assistance with the medical calculations students,” she said of the System; Dr. Carmela Colye, president and CEO, Maryland Hospital Association; and Dr. William “Brit” Kirwin. laboratory curriculum. SSC, which was conceptu- The SSC is funded by a four-year, alized as a campus model. becoming outstanding nurses. The SSC is $980,000 grant through the Who Will Care? Allan was a co-author of the grant, along the fulfillment of this need, and I am so Campaign, an initiative to increase the with Sandra McLeskey, PhD, RN, professor, happy it is finally here.” number of nurse graduates in the state by and Patricia Morton, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, University System of Maryland Chancellor 1,500 per year, thereby helping to alleviate professor and associate dean for academic Brit Kirwan, PhD, said it is a major imperative a shortage of professional nurses. The cam- affairs at UMSON, who led the grant team. for the system to respond to work-force paign, established in 2007, has attracted Morton said each grant application differed, needs in key fields such as nursing, noting broad-based support from hospital, insur- depending on the needs of the various the SSC is “right at the sweet spot” of ance, business, and academic leaders; nursing programs state-wide. At UMSON, the system initiatives and priorities by helping to nurses; long-term care providers; and team saw the need to assist Bachelor of meet two key goals of a strategic plan for concerned private citizens. Science in Nursing and Clinical Nurse Leader 2020. The first is to have 55 percent of the The University of Maryland Medical students by creating a center with a full state’s young adult population holding a System, LifeBridge Health, and Mercy Health array of services to promote success in their degree; the second is enhancing Maryland’s System were honored during the ceremony nursing studies. competitiveness and meeting vital work for having designated contributions to the “The SSC will increase the retention rate force needs. state-wide campaign for UMSON. The cam- and timely graduation of our pre-licensure “By helping nursing students succeed paign, under the leadership of the Maryland students,” said Morton. “For instance, some academically by becoming more efficient and students can be baffled by a clinical case effective learners, you are helping to ensure scenario in test-taking. The SSC will familiar- that more nursing students complete their ize them with the format, so they can better degrees,” Kirwan said. demonstrate their grasp of the material.” University of Maryland President Jay A. McLeskey said, “We admit highly qualified Perman, MD, said the center’s task of help- students, but our nursing curriculum is ing students succeed by assisting with study extremely rigorous. I have always wanted skills, writing skills, and clinical performance a school-wide mechanism to help these enriches the university. “Everybody’s boats very smart students over the bumps in the are raised,” he said. “Here is further road they may encounter on their way to evidence that the university cares about its students and what they become.” Student tutors Jamie Rubin (left) —Patricia Fanning and Jheremy Sigler
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Dr. Robin Newhouse (left) and Dr. Susan Dorsey
suggesting that APRNs garner similar, and in some ways better, outcomes than their physician counterparts. Newhouse was also the recent recipient of a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to enhance the School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program in ways that will benefit executive nurse leaders and the communities where they live and work. Also among the 2011 inductees were School of Nursing alumni Kathryn Fiandt, PhD,BSN ’71, RN, FNP-BC, associate dean for graduate programs and clinical affairs, University of Texas Medical Branch; Hae-ra Han, PhD ’01, RN, associate professor and director, PhD Dorsey, Newhouse Inducted as Fellows in AAN program, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; Mildred Horodynski, ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Susan transcriptional alterations associated PhD,BSN ’72, RN, professor, Michigan Dorsey and Robin Newhouse were with neuromuscular dysfunction in State University College of Nursing; among 142 nurse leaders inducted as muscular dystrophy. Karen McQuillan, MS ’86, BSN ’81, RN, Fellows in the American Academy of A member of the faculty since 2007, CNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, clinical nurse Nursing during the AAN’s 38th annual Newhouse, PhD ’00, MS ’99, BSN ’87 specialist, University of Maryland Med- meeting and conference held in RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, has served as ical Center; C. Fay Raines, PhD ’85, RN, Washington, D.C., in October. assistant dean for the Doctor of Nursing dean and professor, University of Alabama Dorsey,PhD ’01, MS ’98, RN, FAAN, Practice program and co-director of the in Huntsville College of Nursing; Linda joined the School of Nursing faculty in Developing Center of Excellence in Rose, PhD ’92, RN, associate professor, 2004. Her research on the molecular, Health Systems Outcomes. She is Department of Acute and Chronic Care, cellular, and genetic mechanisms underly- currently chair of the Department of Johns Hopkins University; and David ing the development and persistence of Organizational Systems and Adult Health. Vlahov,PhD,MS ’80, BSN ’77, RN, dean chronic pain has been continuously Newhouse is a leading expert in and professor, University of California at funded by the National Institutes of evidence-based practice (EBP), as San Francisco School of Nursing. Health and the American Pain Society. Dorsey is director and principal investiga- The AAN’s approximately 1,500 Fellows are nursing leaders tor of the National Institute of Nursing in education, management, practice, and research. Research P30-funded University of Maryland Center for Pain Studies.The current focus of her lab includes the demonstrated by her development and The AAN’s approximately 1,500 identification of cellular and molecular implementation of innovative models of Fellows are nursing leaders in education, mechanisms of chronic pain so that new EBP and extensive research on evidence management, practice, and research. therapeutic targets can be identified to translation in acute-care settings. She is Fellows contribute their time and improve or ameliorate chronic pain. the only nurse appointed to the federal energy to the AAN and engage with Her most recent project, supported by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research other health care leaders outside the funding from the 2009 American Institute Methodology Committee. She AAN in transforming America’s Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was lead author on a systematic review health care system. —P.A. addresses molecular signaling and published recently in Nursing Economic$
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Consider the student who chose to watch the 1993 movie Philadelphia for her immersion experience.The film is about a young homosexual lawyer with AIDS who is fired by the conservative law firm where he works. During a classroom discussion about the film, the student acknowledged her own prejudices against homosexuality and her struggle to overcome them. In fact, students often find the course is as much about confronting their own beliefs as it is about understanding how cultural influences affect patients. “You become more aware of your
Jana Goodwin (third from right) holds a debriefing with students following their simulation exercise. own biases and values. It helps you become more open-minded,”says David Ortega-Navas, who completed the course in July.The insights he Beyond the Stereotypes gained surprised Ortega-Navas, a native of Nicaragua and a practicing physician AS AN ELDERLY WOMAN in a hospital And while the sensitive situations they in his homeland. bed nears the end of life, nursing represent are realistic, they are rarely “Once I started participating in the students surround her.At this point, discussed in nursing school curriculum. [class] discussions and doing the role there are no more decisions to make But at the School of Nursing’s Shady play,I got into it. I realized that there is regarding treatment. But when it comes Grove location, the popular three-credit so much diversity among patients,” to meeting the patient’s needs, there elective, Healthcare and Culture, tackles Ortega-Navas says. Now,during clinical are still many choices to be made. such issues head on. rotations, he finds himself more By showing sensitivity to the Unlike in courses on anatomy or observant about common cultural char- woman’s cultural background and biology,nursing students in Healthcare acteristics. Patients of certain racial and Culture can’t arrive at the correct related preferences, the students can backgrounds, Ortega-Navas finds, tend answers by memorizing terms in make her last moments as comfortable to be very soft-spoken and reserved; a textbook. as possible.The patient, a devout those from others are more outspoken. “To be culturally competent Catholic, has made known her desire But he is quick to acknowledge that requires immersion,”says course these are mere generalizations.“People for rosary beads, to be used in prayer. instructor Jana Goodwin, MS, RN. from the same ethnic background can The students readily accommodate her. She has her students watch movies, Down the hall, another patient also is read books, and role play scenarios in show very different behavior, so health preparing to leave this world.An atheist which cultural differences play a role care providers should keep an open and war veteran, his end-of-life prefer- in health care.“The challenge is how mind,”Ortega-Navas says. ences differ significantly from the first to acknowledge cultural differences It’s this nuanced way of looking at patient. He wants to celebrate his life without stereotyping,”she says. cultural diversity that Goodwin hopes and requests that those in the room That’s why class discussion is a the course sparks in students. make a toast in his honor.The nursing vital part of the immersion process. “We must have a willingness and students acquiesce, filling plastic cham- It not only gives students a better openness to ask and learn [about a pagne flutes with sparkling juice. understanding of other people’s patient’s culture] so that we can provide The hospital rooms, as well as the differences, it also helps them discover the best possible care,”she says. patients that lie in them, are simulated. things about themselves. —Elizabeth Heubeck
10 | FALL/WINTER 2011 CAREERCHANGER | NEWS
A New Legacy
AT AGE 46, Lysle Everhart was comfortable in his job as an assistant vice president at GE Capital Commercial Financial, a global finance company,when thoughts of a career change started flashing across his mental radar screen. It was 2009, and the ballooning real estate crisis was negatively impacting his business.The financial security that Everhart had long known in his career started seeming like an underwhelming reason to get up and go to work each morning. Subsequently,his long-buried thoughts of entering the medical profession began to resurface. “I think when you’re making a good salary and you don’t want for material things, you start asking yourself:‘What’s my legacy? Am I going to have the opportunity to impact somebody’s life?’” Everhart says. These nagging questions jump started Everhart’s active search for a new career path.A self-described “fast-paced thinker,”he quickly took stock of what he enjoyed and excelled at in his current career— particularly the opportunity to think critically and analytically—and melded that with benefits he felt were missing.“I wanted to do something where I could have a direct impact on people,”Everhart says. Nursing seemed like the ideal answer. With his mind made up, Everhart started taking Lysle Everhart pre-requisite courses at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) in August 2009.Though he hadn’t a sense of the satisfaction that he believes will grow sat in a college classroom since he obtained his BS with his new career. Everhart hopes to have the in Business Administration from University of opportunity to get involved similarly at the School of Notre Dame, Everhart had no problems adjusting. Nursing.This fall, he started working toward his BSN, He enjoyed success in biology and chemistry,the with an eye on eventually pursuing a master’s degree. pre-requisites that tend to be most challenging Everhart still has plenty of time to decide which to students. area of nursing he’d like to pursue. But he’s already In addition to his natural propensity for science, considering both cardiac care and trauma.“I need Everhart attributes another factor to his success as something that’s pretty fast-paced, and that involves a returning student.“I’m a lot more serious now. critical thinking and analysis.That’s what I’ve done I have 18 years of real-world experience,”he says. my whole life,”he says. Everhart’s maturity made him a natural candidate —E.H. to assist other students in tutoring and supplemental instruction at AACC. He dove into this role, gaining
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 11 DISCOVERY
The Heart of the Matter
YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE PUMP: Before each beat, the muscle is relaxed and as it fills with blood, it undergoes a stretch. During each heartbeat it then contracts to propel the blood into the arteries and carry oxygen throughout your body. If you’re healthy, this happens between 50 and 100 times a minute in an even, perfect rhythm. Ernest H. Starling first recognized the importance of the relaxation portion of the heart cycle with work in the late 1800s and early 1900s that formed the basis for “Starling’s law of the heart.” In this work it was recognized that when heart muscle is stretched during filling, this stretch increases the force of contraction. In 2009, a team comprised of School of Nursing Associate Professor Chris Ward, PhD; Jonathan Lederer, MD, PhD, director of the University of Dr. Jon Lederer (left), Dr. Benjamin Prosser (seated), and Dr. Chris Ward examine experiential Maryland Center for Biomedical Engineering data. On screen is a series of images in which single heart cells are shown attached to custom- and Technology (BioMET); and colleagues at designed apparatus via MyoTak-coated glass rods. Oxford University in the United Kingdom acts through microtubules to trigger a burst enhanced in the DMD heart,” says Ward. provided important insights into a new of reactive oxygen species (ROS) molecules, But first, they had to develop some new mechanism by which mechanical stretch of also known as free radicals, that then trigger tools. “The techniques we had been using to the heart increased the forcefulness of con- calcium release in the cell, a process they stretch the cells were inefficient,” says Ward. traction. In a paper published in Circulation termed “X-ROS.” The answer is ironic: Free Their work led to the development of an Research (2009: 104:787-795), these radicals, the target of antioxidants, are adhesive to attach the heart cells to experi- researchers found that microtubules, hollow famous for causing cell damage. But it turns mental apparatus. This adhesive, MyoTak™, rods that help support and shape the cell, out that they are critical to this mechanism. is now being marketed to researchers around the world. “The techniques we had been using to stretch the cells Using their new techniques, Ward and were inefficient,” says Ward, whose work, with colleagues, colleagues discovered that stretching a led to the development of an adhesive to attach the heart heart cell from a healthy heart resulted in cells to experimental apparatus. microtubules tugging on enzymes that produce ROS, and the ROS triggering The significance of their finding was calcium release—the newly identified X-ROS were critical to the sensing of mechanical realized when turned their attention to pathway. In the DMD cells? As hypothesized, stretch and converting this mechanical Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a they found that in mdx, which have excess signal to increased calcium release that devastating disease in boys that often leads microtubules, there was excess ROS release fuels contraction. Despite these important to death due to arrhythmias and heart that triggered hyperactive calcium release new insights, the physiological basis of failure. It was well established that heart consistent with that needed to trigger this essential new mechanism had cells from the DMD mouse (i.e., mdx) have arrythmias. “The excitement around this remained elusive. increased ROS production, misregulated paper in Science is not just the intricate In a recent publication in the journal calcium release, and increased levels of biophysics and discovery in the heart, but Science (333, 1440-1445), Ward, Lederer, and microtubule protein. The researchers also that we have identified a pathway that Benjamin Prosser, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow reasoned, “If the X-ROS mechanism is could be a potential target for therapy in at BioMET, found the answer: When the dependent on microtubules, then stretch patients with DMD,” says Ward. heart cells stretch, the mechanical stress dependent ROS production must be greatly —Kristi Birch contributed to this article
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Champions for Function-Focused Care
TWO SCHOOL OF NURSING faculty home residents to the bathroom rather members are on a mission to change than providing them a bed pan, or the way nurses approach the care of handing them a hair brush instead of residents in assisted living facilities. brushing their hair for them.While “Traditionally,nurses learn to take performing the task for the resident care of people. Now,we’re teaching may be quicker and easier, it won’t nurses to ask patients to think about promote the goal of function-focused what they’re going to do for them- care—to increase physical activity and selves,” says Barbara Resnick, PhD, decrease sedentary behavior. RN, CRNP,FAAN, FAANP,the Sonya “If you don’t move a joint, it Ziporkin Gershowitz Endowed Chair eventually freezes,”Resnick says. in Gerontology at the School.Thanks to Previous studies have shown that a $100,000 grant from the Leonard & even nursing home residents with Helen Stulman Charitable Foundation, advanced dementia can benefit from Resnick and Assistant Professor Beth function-focused care, Resnick notes. Galik, PhD, CRNP,will now be able to Positive results range from reduced extend this philosophy of “function- depressive and agitated behavioral Dr. Barbara Resnick works with residents to symptoms to a more hopeful attitude maintain range of motion so they can continue focused care” to 20 residential living to perform their personal care activities. facilities in the Baltimore area. and a higher quality of life. Function-focused care optimizes Resnick and Galik will use a might involve discussing ways to permit patients’ current abilities and integrates “train the trainer” model to disseminate residents safe access to the facility’s functional and physical activity into in- function-focused care.This involves grounds for walking. teractions between nurses and patients. identifying a key staff member within Making these changes is easier said This might mean walking nursing a facility who learns how to implement than done.The majority of older people the care and becomes an “internal who live in assisted living facilities are Dr. Beth Galik gets residents up and moving to help them maintain and improve their champion”—a cheerleader of sorts who extremely sedentary,with many getting ability to walk. makes sure the philosophy is effectively only about one minute of moderate recognized and practiced throughout activity per day,according to Resnick. the facility. This is largely because the facilities’ “When you have an excited policies often promote residents’ safety ‘champion,’things happen more over safe engagement in physical rapidly,”Galik says. activities, she explains. Resnick says they also will employ Once employees understand the a “socio-ecological approach” to ensure benefits, they can learn more about that facilities adopt the approach.This residents’ former interests and activities. requires gauging the current environ- Galik tells of one gentleman who ment at each participating facility to suffered from dementia and had lost determine if it hinders or promotes his ability to walk.After learning that the type of care the researchers he once was an avid bicyclist, the are espousing. employees made a cycling machine “The first thing we do is look at available to him.“Eventually,it helped a facility’s environment and policies,” with his level of agitation. If we had Resnick says.“Then, we fix the envi- him do his pedaling first, he not only ronment to optimize physical activity.” easily engaged in daily living tasks, but For facilities that always lock their doors was not as resistant to care,”Galik says. to ensure patient safety,for instance, this —E.H.
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 13 DISCOVERY
Gaining through Losing
WHEN A BREAST CANCER PATIENT finishes treatment, it is Maryland School of Medicine, says Griffith’s work tackles not always an easy transition:Typically she receives good a difficult area that can have broader implications. Ryan’s wishes from her nurses—and a recommendation that she role in the study involves monitoring changes in body fat lose weight.This comes at a time when she’s likely to feel composition, measuring inflammatory processes related to exhausted from treatments such as surgery,radiation, or the cancer before and after the weight-loss program and chemotherapy and changes in her body. tracking the dietary recommendations on caloric intake. Yet,the point is important.Women typically gain weight For guiding the intervention with the study participants, after diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer (due in part Griffith adapted a mindfulness approach. Rooted in to medications they take during treatment), and obese Buddhism, mindfulness, defined as a “nonjudgmental, women with certain types of breast cancer are twice as likely present-oriented, focused attention,”came to health care in to experience a recurrence of the cancer.African-American treatment for stress reduction and depression. Its concept women are nearly twice as likely to experience obesity as of focusing attention on the present is widely used in white women (54 percent to 30 percent) and so are at weight management for non-cancer patients. even greater risk. So far, says Griffith, the women in the study have been “I’ve spent many years looking after breast cancer patients receptive to the sessions on mindfulness led by Catherine who tend to gain a lot after diagnosis,”says Assistant Professor Kelleher, ScD, MPH, RN, associate professor at the School of Kathleen Griffith, PhD, CRNP,AOCN®, who has received Nursing.“The mindfulness piece has really resonated with funding for a pilot study to investigate weight gain in them,”says Griffith, noting that they often email follow-up African-American breast cancer survivors through a K12 questions afterward.“It extends beyond the weight loss,”she Calabresi Scholar Award from the National Cancer Institute, notes.“Losing weight this way shows they can regain control in conjunction with the University of Maryland Greenebaum over parts of their lives.” Cancer Center. Having completed a post-doctoral fellowship The pilot study began in May and involves three cohorts at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing on health care of 10 women each. Griffith plans to finish data collection disparities, Griffith sees this pilot study as perfectly aligned next summer. If analysis shows sustained weight loss, she with her interests and expertise. She aims to test the feasibility hopes to conduct a randomized clinical trial comparing the of a focused dietary program for these vulnerable patients. mindful weight-loss intervention plus exercise with the Most women diagnosed with breast cancer are age 60 or standard treatment: a recommendation to lose weight with older and usually fairly entrenched in their eating habits, says no structured support for it. —David Taylor Griffith. Still, she sees an opportunity. “Having a life-threatening illness shakes things up,” she says,“so people are open to change.”They’re also open to support from other women in similar situations, which comes through group meetings of study participants. The women receive individual dietary counseling from a registered dietitian, using the exchange system for weight loss published by the American Dietetic Association, which emphasizes low fat, healthy food choices in conjunction with calorie reduction. Many women in the study may find that learning aspects of nutrition gives them confi- dence, says Griffith.“When they have these tools they feel empowered.” Alice Ryan, PhD, Griffith’s mentor for the study and a professor in the Gerontology Division of the University of
Dr. Kathleen Griffith consults with one of her study participants.
14 | FALL/WINTER 2011 FORECAST
Why is it important for nurses to take leadership roles?
Kathleen M. Buckley, PhD, David Vlahov, PhD, MS ’80, Sanna Ali RN, IBCLC BSN ’77, RN Current Bachelor of Science Associate Professor and Chair, Dean and Professor in Nursing Student Faculty Council University of California, San Francisco President, Nursing Student University of Maryland School of Nursing School of Nursing Government Association
The patients, families, and communities Nurses are at the vanguard of public health. Leadership is a quality that nurses at all that nurses serve today expect high-quality Having an adequate number of nurse levels must possess. Nurses have authority, care and service at affordable costs. Nurses leaders who can manage highly trained the ability to influence patients, and the are in a position to critically examine if the nurses to deliver care to all segments of the privilege of providing holistic care. These are health care provided is based on the best population, whether in resource poor coun- a few responsibilities that make all nurses available evidence. Nurse leaders are driving tries or in our own communities, is essential leaders. However, like any skill, leadership major changes in health care delivery by to meet public health goals. Recently, a takes time, practice, and effort. The ability to promoting the use of evidence-based inter- major foundation approached me to engage be a leader requires nurses to transform our ventions to ensure quality care and patient with an African country to develop a nursing attitudes and modify our behaviors. With the safety. Bridging the gap between current education program. Their overall program imminent changes in health care, and with care and evidenced-based care is not only concept included advanced training to nurses having a seat at the policy table, it is the responsibility of experienced nurse produce Western-style medical practice, important now, more than ever, for the pro- leaders, but also an expectation of all modern hospitals, and diagnostic equip- fession to have strong, influential leaders. nurses—from the clinician to the executive— ment. Visiting faculty members would train We are at a point where nurses can directly especially in a context of shared governance high school-prepared nurses to become, in influence future health care legislation, but and inter-professional collaboration. Nurses essence, two-year nursing graduates. The there is a limited supply of nurse leaders. at all levels have the opportunity, through plan included no new schools for nursing, Fortunately, nurses do not have to wait leadership, to positively impact the future very little new equipment, and no plans to until they are practicing to begin developing of health care in our nation, leading to develop nursing leadership. We reminded proficient leadership abilities. Many nursing improved patient safety outcomes, healthier the foundation that without nurse leaders, schools, such as UMSON, provide numerous work environments, increased job satisfac- it would be impossible for the country to opportunities for students to build their tion, lower patient turnover rates, and sustain and grow this important part of the clinical and leadership skills. It is up to us, as positive outcomes for patients health sector. future leaders of our profession, to take and organizations. advantage of these privileges.
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 15 Changes update the story of nursing Museum to address contemporary developments Celebrates in the profession. A September reception celebrated the reopening of the School of Nursing’s newly renovated Living History Museum. The restoration was the result of a yearlong project to update Renovated the existing space and add an exchangeable exhibit, where new artifacts, photographs, and documents can be displayed. The museum opened to the public in 1999 as a permanently installed exhibit of the School’s 100-year history. Space, New Over the past decade, the original exhibits became outdated and worn, and many new developments—which have taken place within the School and the nursing profession—had to be added. Exhibits The changes to the permanent gallery bring the exhibit By Dan Caughey to the modern day and update the story of nursing to address contemporary developments such as new nursing specialties, contemporary nurse-led research, and the ongoing nursing shortage.There are two new rotating aspects to the permanent exhibit.The first, on the Research-themed wall, will change annually and will highlight recent nurse-led
16 | FALL/WINTER 2011 LIVING HISTORY
< Items on display at the Living History Museum Early Nurse Leaders— include nursing uniforms, such as a graduate “ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD” uniform (center), and artifacts, such as a mobile (on display until Jan. 27) infant care kit (right). Clara Barton research conducted at the School of Nursing.The other Nicknamed the “Angel of the rotating section includes wall and exhibit case space for Battlefield,” Clara Barton worked covering a variety of historical School of Nursing topics tirelessly to help the wounded and stories of nursing history in general. during the Civil War. Her most The Living History Museum’s current rotating exhibit, important contribution was “Angels of the Battlefield: Nursing during the Civil War,”is providing Union surgeons and on display to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the hospitals with desperately needed start of the conflict and is open until Jan. 27, 2012.The bandages, food, and other supplies. exhibit incorporates historic photographs, prints, and letters, Early in the war, aid stations were woefully unprepared for as well as artifacts on loan from the National Museum of the human misery they encountered, and Barton was an Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Md. important figure in aiding the effort. The Civil War was a turning point for women and the Barton was a tireless promoter of nursing after the profession of nursing. Before the war, most of what is war and is remembered today as the founder of the considered “nursing” today was done by women in the home. American Red Cross in 1881. Within the military,nursing—whether it involved assisting Photograph courtesy of the National Archives with surgeries or giving comfort to the wounded—was mostly done by men, known as orderlies. By the end of the Susie King Taylor Civil War, thousands of women had served as nurses on both Of the hundreds, or perhaps sides of the conflict.They faced a variety of challenges during thousands, of African-American the war: societal obstacles; woeful working conditions; and in- women who served with the Union adequate knowledge of injury and disease. Many nurses, such Army’s Colored Regiments during as Clara Barton and Susie King Taylor, were strengthened by the second half of the Civil War, their experiences during the Civil War and emerged as Susie King Taylor is the only one effective advocates for the advancement of nursing. who left a published memoir of The nursing profession underwent a transformation her experiences. after the Civil War, partially because of the thousands of At age 14, she ran away with some of her family soldiers who returned home with firsthand knowledge of the members and found sanctuary in the Union lines in the quality of care they received from female nurses.Women small pockets of Union-controlled South Carolina. From had proven that they could be excellent nurses and could 1862 to the end of the war, she served as a nurse for the handle themselves admirably under stressful situations. 33rd Colored Regiment. She also taught some of the Changes in the profession were swift; the vast majority of soldiers in the regiment (many runaways themselves) nursing students were women by the 1880s, when a large how to read and write. number of the first nursing schools were founded, including Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress the University of Maryland Hospital Training School, which eventually became the University of Maryland Sally Louise Tompkins School of Nursing. Born in Virginia, Sally Louise Tompkins practiced nursing skills from an early age. During the Civil The Living History Museum is open from 10 a.m. to War, she became the supervisor of 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday during the academic Robertson Hospital, where the most semesters. The museum is supported by a dedicated critically wounded Confederate team of volunteer docents who are alumni of the School soldiers were sent. She received of Nursing. If you are interested in becoming a docent, more than 1,400 patients from contact Museum Curator Dan Caughey, 410-706-2822 Aug. 1, 1861 through June 13, 1865; only 73 died. Tompkins or [email protected]. believed the secret to her success was her passion for cleanliness and her concern for the spiritual well-being of her patients. Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 17 LEADING From Where You Stand BYMARLENEENGLAND
ever there was a time for nurses to shine as leaders, that time is now, says Karen Daley, PhD, IF MPH, RN, FAAN, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The Affordable Care Act and the Institute of Medicine’s report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, have created a golden opportunity for nurses to become more visible and vocal leaders in health care, she points out. “By virtue of our knowledge, competencies, and close proximity to patients and their families, nurses are positioned to assure everything possible is done to place patients at the center of health care delivery systems. “To fully exercise that power is to ‘lead from where you stand,’” Daley says, borrowing a phrase from a recent ANA webinar. She knows, as we do, that University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty, students, and alumni put their leadership skills to work every day for the benefit of their patients, colleagues, and the nursing profession. The passion and commitment of these leaders is inspiring to all.
Peggy McNeill, now stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, recently completed a seven- month stint in Afghanistan, as an inpatient 18 | FALL/WINTER 2011 flight commander. LEADING BY EXAMPLE— bedside, as her team provided IN AFGHANISTAN care for wounded service mem- bers, U.S. citizens and foreign When Peggy McNeill, PhD ’07, RN, contractors in the area, along packed her bags last November, it with local Afghan families. wasn’t for vacation.As a colonel in the “The diagnoses ranged from United States Air Force, McNeill was trauma to burns to pneumonia headed for a seven-month stint in to meningitis, and the clinical Afghanistan as inpatient flight com- environment was pretty challeng- mander for the 455th Expeditionary ing,” she says, estimating that Medical Group at Bagram Air Field. It approximately 300 patients was quite an adventure for the career a month received care at Bagram, Altitude and aircraft noise are factors that impact nurse who, in 1984, joined the with many more readied for nurses during air evacuations. Here, McNeill recreates military “on a whim” to see if she such a scenario in the Sim Lab with a student volunteer. aero-medical evacuation. would like it. Trained as a critical care air At the medical facility on Bagram’s working out of the new Walter transport nurse, McNeill knows how base, McNeill was in charge of all the Reed National Military Medical important patient preparation inpatient capability—the intensive Center, where she is senior nurse is to a successful flight.A military care unit, medical surgery ward, and scientist of clinical investigation in the post-anesthesia care unit.Although plane isn’t the ideal setting for treating Department of Research Programs’ she helped prepare many patients patients, but her doctoral research has Center for Nursing Science and for aero-medical transport back to helped make the ride a little smoother Clinical Inquiry. the United States or to hospitals in for patients and for nurses. McNeill’s “It’s very exciting because I’m Germany,she also did her fair share of research focused on the effect of getting to use the research skills I patient care.“More than once some- altitude and noise on nursing care, learned during my doctoral education one would say to me,‘I haven’t seen as well as the impact of fatigue and more,”she says. One of several new too many colonels doing patient care clinical experience on the cognitive research initiatives involves a partner- at the bedside,’” she recalls.“But that’s and physiological performance of ship with another School of Nursing leading by example. I don’t expect critical care air transport providers. alumna, Colonel Sara Breckenridge- anyone else to do something I’m not She is pleased that, in recent years, Sproat, PhD ’09, RN, United States willing to do.” training for air transport nurses has Army.With funding from the Throughout her time in improved and equipment has been military’sTriService Nursing Research Afghanistan, McNeill drew from modified to ease the burden on nurses. Program, McNeill and others are the skills she developed in her years “People are more conscious of how investigating ethical issues in military as a clinical nurse specialist.“No one difficult it is to work in that environ- nursing practice during wartime. wants to be away from home, but ment,” she says, noting that the 7,000- As an example, McNeill cites ques- that’s what you train for—it’s the mile trip from Bagram to the U.S. tions that often arose at Bagram.“If a ultimate nursing challenge.” takes a toll on nurses.“It doesn’t all patient has extremely severe wounds, Approximately 80 medical have to be clinician decision-making. when is the care being delivered personnel reported to McNeill, Technology can assist.”Better alarms considered futile? And does the fact including nurses, physicians, and respi- for the noisy environment, for that resources are finite in a war zone ratory therapists. In the Air Force, example, can help compensate. impact that determination?” nurses have the opportunity to lead Now that she’s stateside, McNeill “All of my experiences from all types of health care providers, with can keep closer tabs on her daughter Afghanistan give me greater insight enlisted medical technicians and Elizabeth, who is earning her into some of the things we do well, officer physicians frequently reporting Bachelor of Science in Nursing what the nurses and patients are expe- to nurses.The nurse leader’s goal is degree at the University of Maryland riencing, and how we can better help to ensure that the entire health care School of Nursing’s location in Shady them,”McNeill says.“I think in a lot team has what is needed to provide Grove, and once again turn her atten- of ways it is our clinical experiences the best care. McNeill did a great deal tion to research. McNeill is stationed that inform the next research project of teaching and mentoring at the at Andrews Air Force Base but or study.”
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 19 INFORMATICS EXPERT Rebecca Burgess, BSN, RN, speaks a language that both nurses and Information Technology (IT) staff understand.“I do a lot of translating,”she says with a smile. Her ability to communicate effectively is a skill honed during her 10 years as manager of nursing informatics at Bay PinesVeterans Administration (VA) Healthcare System in west- central Florida. Burgess had no job description to guide her when she stepped into her current position. She created the Rebecca Burgess with N3 (Nurses News Network) collaborators Joseph Desimone, job—in fact, she created the depart- MSN, RN, (left) and Jason Barton, BSN, RN. ment. Before Burgess arrived on the scene, the IT process at Bay Pines types of medications administered their day? This is easy to use, and mostly involved assigning computer each month.When computers even if they don’t have time to watch menus and keys that gave nurses unexpectedly went offline for three the video they can listen to it while permission to do specific and very days (with a backup system that they’re doing other things.” limited tasks on the computer.“What lasted for just 24 hours), Burgess and With a sense of humor as strong I wanted to do was so much more her three-person team worked with as her love for nursing, Burgess is able to smile about the twists and turns of her career. She worked for the “BEDSIDE NURSES HAVE REACHED THEIR CAPACITY. Department of Defense at a hospital HOW MANY MORE THINGS CAN THEY PUT IN THEIR DAY? in Germany,where she developed an immunization clinic for children, THIS IS EASY TO USE, AND EVEN IF THEY DON’T HAVE then worked as an emergency room TIME TO WATCH THE VIDEO THEY CAN LISTEN TO IT nurse in South Dakota prior to WHILE THEY’RE DOING OTHER THINGS.” moving to Florida. Last summer she enrolled as a distance learner in the — REBECCA BURGESS, BSN, RN School of Nursing’s master’s specialty in nursing informatics, eager to learn than that, but I didn’t have a clue nurses and programmers to develop the latest in this burgeoning field what to call it,”she says. In 2001, a contingency plan, which may in the so she can make even more effective after reading some literature future be implemented nationwide. contributions in the workplace. reviews from the American Nurses Most recently,Burgess and her Burgess earned all A’s and B’s in her Association, she settled on “nursing staff launched the Nurses News first year while working full time informatics,”a term that was not Network—N3 for short. Brief and battling breast cancer. yet widely used in the military. informative videos are filmed in “At times it feels a lot like Her first major project was YouTube-fashion and linked to an Mr.Toad’sWild Ride,”she says with a implementing a computerized icon on the workstation computers laugh.“I’ve been a nurse for 30 years, barcode system for medication of direct care nurses.With a quick out of school for 18 years, and now I administration.With a quick scan click, nurses can stay current on decide to go back to college. But this of a barcode on a patient’s wristband, procedural or policy changes, staff time I’m going to school because nurses can confirm that the patient additions, product news, and more. I want to know.This is for me.” receives the appropriate medication “Bedside nurses have reached their and dose, and the department can capacity,”Burgess explains.“How easily determine the number and many more things can they put in
20 | FALL/WINTER 2011 Dr. Lisa Plowfield with students Fuzail Siwani and Anna Robuccio.
the department chair do as nurses,”she reflects.“It’s a saying to me,‘Look who’s different way of understanding busy around you.That’s information from different people’s who you ask to get perspectives, and that’s not always things done.’” at the table.” And there’s no doubt As chancellor, Plowfield oversees that Plowfield has been full campus operations at Penn State busy.At Florida State, York, where students choose from she led the College of eight bachelor’s degree programs or Nursing through national opt for two years of study toward accreditation and a rigor- 160-plus majors offered at other Penn ous state university system State campuses. Plowfield is responsi- quality enhancement ble for serving students and faculty,as review.She facilitated the well as ensuring a high quality,safe first successful promotion learning environment, where all and tenure of nursing faculty and staff work collaboratively faculty in 13 years and to meet the students’ needs. established the first “Although I might not be giving doctoral education pro- nursing care in a physical way,my grams within the College skill set allows me to look at our com- of Nursing. munity as a regional campus and see At the University of Delaware, what the needs are, how we keep she became the highest funded our community healthy,employed, investigator in the School of Nurs- and successful,”she continues.With ing—setting the example for others interests in safety that stem from her AT THE HEAD OF THE CAMPUS who have since surpassed her achieve- clinical background and system level ment. She was a founding board interactions, Plowfield wants to Lisa Plowfield, PhD,MS ’87, RN, member of the National Nursing examine issues that affect families and always knew she wanted to teach. But Center Consortium and appointed well-being across the lifespan and she never anticipated that her love for by the governor to the Florida Center health continuum. Penn StateYork has academia would one day land her in for Nursing’s board of directors. a strong focus on engineering and the chancellor’s seat. The fact that Penn StateYork business, and she will use these In August, Plowfield was appointed doesn’t have a nursing program is not majors as a foundation to examine chancellor at Penn StateYork, an issue for Plowfield, who began system-level issues throughout the becoming the first woman—and the her career as a staff nurse on a trauma- community.“I’m still taking care of first nurse—to serve in the position. neurology unit. She recognizes the people—just in another perspective,” She is former dean and professor of similarity between health care and she reflects. the College of Nursing at Florida academic systems.“The missions Plowfield relishes her leadership State University and also has served as remain the same,”she says, adding that role but says she’s found that nurses director of the School of Nursing in her nursing background may,in fact, sometimes don’t recognize themselves the College of Health Sciences at the offer some unique benefits.“Nursing as leaders.“A nurse caring for a University of Delaware. comes naturally to me.All those patient at the bedside is in a leadership “It’s been a serendipitous path,”says listening skills, the ability to really hear role, as an advocate for that patient,” Plowfield, a native of nearby Lancaster what’s being said and what’s not being she points out.“Every nurse is County,Pa.“I didn’t target myself said—that’s part of the assessment we a leader.” for academic administration. People targeted me.”In her multiple and often “ALTHOUGH I MIGHT NOT BE GIVING NURSING CARE IN A overlapping roles as teacher, committee PHYSICAL WAY, MY SKILL SET ALLOWS ME TO LOOK AT OUR member, advisor, administrator, and researcher, Plowfield shone—and her COMMUNITY AS A REGIONAL CAMPUS AND SEE WHAT THE hard work and leadership skills NEEDS ARE, HOW WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHY, produced results that got noticed.“As EMPLOYED, AND SUCCESSFUL.” a young faculty member, I remember — LISA PLOWFIELD, PhD, MS ’87, RN
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 21 protocol for oral care but needed delivery and outcome.As director support in finding a company that of nursing and business operations provided products that suited their at Baltimore Washington Medical needs. Purvis’ group helped by Center, Purvis developed the strategic THE BOTTOM LINE: identifying potential companies and financial plan for supplies in all HIGH PERFORMANCE then facilitated the process of review nursing departments and collaborated As if working in one hospital isn’t to choose the best one. He doesn’t with clinical staff on product challenging enough, PhD student hesitate to ask a vendor to create a review,performance metrics, and Jeffrey Purvis, MS ’98, MBA, RN, is new product to better meet the needs communications. the director of performance consulting of UMMS nurses and patients.“The It was the question of one of for 12 hospitals—yes, 12. future lies within utilization and Purvis’ former School of Nursing He and his colleagues are identification of products that provide professors, Mary Etta Mills, ScD,RN, responsible for supply chain manage- ment and contract implementation for the 12 member hospitals of the “WE WANT AS MANY PERSPECTIVES AS POSSIBLE—PHYSICIANS, University of Maryland Medical NURSES, PURCHASING AND CONTRACT FOLKS—SO WE CAN System (UMMS).Working with the MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION.” — JEFFREY PURVIS, MS ’98, MBA, RN Performance Consulting and Systems Contracting departments, Purvis focuses on the bottom line—what’s a better solution, based on feedback FAAN, that led him back to school. used where, and why,and how much from clinicians,”he states.“This “She asked me what kept me up at it costs. Last year, the team was eliminates waste, reinforces clinical night,”he recalls.“And I realized that instrumental in saving UMMS more protocol, and supports better patient what still bothers me most as a nurse than $7 million by improving outcomes. If we do it right, it will are all the new products added to standardization pricing and utilization. lead to savings.” nursing care that always come with Purvis anticipates even greater savings Purvis’ past experiences—starting the hype from the vendor—but with this year and has already added three as a mental health worker at Sheppard no appropriate measurement in place analysts and is recruiting two more Pratt and then as an operating room to know if the product has a positive clinical consultants. nurse at University of Maryland effect on patient care,”he explains. But it’s not all about the numbers Medical Center, with a brief stint His PhD focus is concentrated in for Purvis. He sees the bigger picture in surgical sales and service—have examining the effects of utilizing new of how products impact nursing staff shaped his skill set and fueled his products and technology involved in and, ultimately,patient care.That’s desire to analyze and improve care nursing patient care. why he takes a multidisciplinary approach to clinical product review in nursing and surgical services, as well as other departments.“We want as many perspectives as possible— physicians, nurses, purchasing and contract folks—so we can make an educated decision,”Purvis says. Never content with the status quo, Purvis takes the lead in identi- fying new opportunities to save valuable resources and, at the same time, improve workplace efficiency to benefit staff and patients. He points to oral care as an example. Nurses created a standardized
Vikky Bates, CPM, APP, director of system contracting for the University of Maryland Medical System, and Jeffrey Purvis review a proposed custom oral care kit—the result of work between their departments and the University of Maryland Medical Center.
22 | FALL/WINTER 2011 Deborah Kolakowski (left) collaborates with her mentor Dr. Clare Hastings.
“We translate basic research into Says Hastings,“We came to the clinical applications, bolstering bio- Clinical Center at almost the same medical research aimed at discovering, time, and Deb demonstrated immedi- REDEFINING CLINICAL interpreting, and revising knowledge ately that she was committed to RESEARCH NURSING in a clinical setting,”Kolakowski the mission here. She’s a highly explains.“We’re looking at how we contributing member of the team and Nearly three decades ago, Deborah can define the specialty practice of has shown unusual talent in taking Kolakowski, MSN, RN, was at the clinical research nursing to better her understanding of management hospital bedside of President Ronald support the NIH research mission— processes—staffing, recruitment, Reagan, serving as his primary critical and that’s for the good of the country.” data components, variables and out- care nurse after the 1982 assassination Working closely with advanced prac- comes—and putting them to use for attempt on his life. Now a Doctor tice clinical nurse specialists keeps the whole department.” of Nursing Practice student at the Kolakowski connected to patients and Kolakowski is grateful for Hastings’ School of Nursing, she is program what’s happening on the unit.“I’m support, particularly with regard to director of advanced practice and very much an operational hands-on her doctoral studies, which focus on outcomes management for the person,”she says. identifying and measuring the impact National Institutes of Health (NIH) In addition to her program director of research activities on nurse work- Clinical Center, Nursing and Patient responsibilities and her doctoral stud- load. “Clare is very much a visionary Care Services, a 240-bed hospital ies, Kolakowski also works with the and has really defined the role of dedicated to biomedical research. patient classification program at the clinical research nursing as a specialty While Kolakowski never would NIH Clinical Center, a hospital-wide practice. She really opened that door have predicted such a 360-degree system that measures the clinical for everyone to walk through,” evolution in her professional path, she acuity and complexity of patients that Kolakowski says. sees a common theme: helping nurses translates to nursing workload.The Having such a wonderful develop and advance in clinical prac- system’s data enables nurse managers mentor has inspired Kolakowski to tice and, more recently,in the specialty and administrators to determine the mentor her own staff in its efforts practice of clinical research nursing. In proper amount of nursing staff to to support the department, measure her 19 years at George Washington meet patient care needs. and improve outcomes, and demon- University Medical Center, she At NIH, Kolakowski reports to strate clinical leadership. transitioned from staff nurse to nurs- Clare Hastings, PhD ’95, BSN ’77, “‘Leading from where you stand’ ing management to director of critical FAAN, who serves as the Clinical can apply to nurses no matter what care services. First serving at NIH Center’s chief nursing officer. But role they’re in,”she notes.“With the as nurse manager, Kolakowski em- Hastings is more than a boss; health care environment changing so braces her current program director Kolakowski considers her a mentor as rapidly,the nurses at the bedside make role as a way to support nurses and well.The two share ideas and engage all the difference because they’re the improve patient outcomes in a in creative brainstorming and prob- ones doing the work.” research setting. lem-solving several times a week.
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 23 Newhouse and her research colleagues analyzed 69 studies published between 1990 and GAINED IN TRANSLATION 2008, comparing APRN processes and patient outcomes Robin Newhouse, PhD ’00, MS ’99, to those of physicians or teams BSN ’87, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, with physician providers. didn’t set out to be a researcher. For Certified nurse midwives, years, she anticipated growing her skills for example, had lower rates as a clinical nurse in intensive or peri- of cesarean sections and operative care.“What drove me toward perineal lacerations than a PhD was the need in the clinical their physician/physician arena to have data on which to base team counterparts. better decisions,”she says.“The higher Funded by the Tri-Council I moved on the clinical side, the more for Nursing and the Advanced I realized how critical that data was.” Practice Registered Nurse When Newhouse left her position Alliance, the study was a as director of patient care services collaboration among faculty at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore nearly members at the University a decade ago, she became nurse of Maryland School of researcher for the Department of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Nursing Administration at Johns University (nursing, medicine Hopkins Hospital and assistant profes- and public health), and sor at Johns Hopkins University Catholic University (nursing). School of Nursing. Four years ago, she “It was quite a rigorous returned to the University of Mary- and intense project,”says Dr. Robin Newhouse is a leader in nursing education, land School of Nursing as an associate Newhouse, who was pleased research, and practice. professor, serving first as assistant dean that the study reinforced the for the Doctor of Nursing Practice important role that APRNs play serve an underserved and vulnerable (DNP) program and now as chair of in providing high-quality,effective population,”Newhouse says. the Department of Organizational patient care. Newhouse balances her research Systems and Adult Health. Now Newhouse is rolling up with faculty obligations. She has As in any academic environment, her sleeves to implement a $1 million- taught at all levels, with a recent focus the expectations for faculty research plus training grant from the Health on graduate courses in evidence-based and engagement are high—and Resources and Services Administration practice and outcomes measurement, Newhouse never fails to deliver. Her (HRSA) to enhance the DNP as well as two funded research studies. diverse research efforts have focused program at the School of Nursing. She co-chairs the Implementation on the impact of nursing in rural hos- The goal is to reduce disparities in Team of the University of Maryland pital environments, the role of nurses health care by improving access to Nursing Oversight Committee with in improving heart failure outcomes, quality care and by providing a diverse Kristen Seidl, PhD,RN; serves on the and the effectiveness of nurse-led and culturally competent workforce Comparative Effectiveness Working interventions in improving screening of DNP graduates.The project Group; and is a U.S. Government and treatment for substance use, calls for the addition of four electives Accountability Office-appointed among other topics. in the DNP program specifically member of the Methodology Results of a recent study,led by intended for nurse executives and Committee of the Patient Centered Newhouse with School of Nursing chief nurse officers, along with Outcomes Research Institute, the colleagues Meg Johantgen, PhD, increased emphasis on recruiting only nurse holding this prestigious RN, and Lilly Fountain, MS, RN, and retaining ethnically diverse appointment. CNM, indicated that advanced students from rural or medically Whenever the opportunity arises, practice registered nurses (APRNs) underserved areas or with plans to Newhouse encourages her students have similar patient outcomes to other practice in those areas. and nurse colleagues to embrace their providers and in some areas might “This project will have high role as leaders.“You have to influence outperform physicians and other relevance [in advancing] leadership from where you stand,”she advises. health care teams without APRNs. and quality outcomes in areas that
24 | FALL/WINTER 2011 Student leaders Regina Leonard and Regine Faucher.
scholarships through MANS for Maryland students. Like Leonard, Regine Faucher doesn’t hesitate to step up to lead. During her first semester as a BSN student, she connected with UMANS and helped with health fairs, blood drives, and fundraising. She currently serves as president of UMANS and this spring attended NSNA’s national convention in Utah, where she was then I’ll speak up. It’s not right to just elected as chair of the Nominating sit back and watch.” and Elections Committee. Now she’s Leonard recently served as busy with conference calls, email president of University of Maryland blasts, and workshops across the LEADING AND LEARNING Association of Nursing Students country in an effort to inspire other Most nursing students struggle to (UMANS) and serves as president of nursing students to run for find enough time for their studies. But the Maryland Association of Nursing national office. Regina Leonard and Regine Faucher, Students (MANS) and chair of the “I guess I’ve always been one to go both in the School of Nursing’s NSNA’s Council of State Presidents the extra mile and take on additional program at the Universities at Shady (COSP). Her position as COSP chair responsibilities,”says Faucher, who is Grove, successfully manage their enables her to sit on the board of an active-duty sergeant in the U.S. coursework and leadership roles in the NSNA as a liaison between the state Army.After deploying as a medic to National Student Nurses Association and national levels.“If nursing students her native Haiti immediately after the (NSNA), as well as other student in Montana or Guam or anywhere 2010 earthquake, she was accepted nursing organizations. across the nation think NSNA should into the Army’s Enlisted Commission- Leonard, a second-career student have a stance on a national nursing ing Program, which enables soldiers who joined NSNA as soon as she issue, then they contact me, and I to attend college full time to complete enrolled in the BSN program, is a contact the board to bring it to their a BSN with a four-year service firm believer in the importance of attention and discuss,”she says. commitment after graduation. professional organizations.“You need Because she is a scholarship Faucher’s volunteer pursuits are to know what’s going on, how you recipient, the topic is important not limited to nursing.Together with fit into the big picture,”she says. If to Leonard. She was instrumental family members and friends, she plans something’s not being done right, in implementing three new to build an orphanage in Haiti.
The following UMSON alumni are leading universities and schools of nursing across the nation:
I Sara K. Barger, DPA, BSN ’67, I Katharine C. Cook, PhD, I Georgia L. Narsavage, PhD, I C. Faye Raines, PhD ’85, RN, RN, FAAN, dean and professor, MS ’78, BSN ’72, dean, School BSN ’69, RN, FAAN, dean and FAAN, dean, University of University of Alabama, of Nursing, Notre Dame of professor, University of West Alabama in Huntsville College Capstone College of Nursing Maryland University Virginia School of Nursing of Nursing I Elizabeth Berrey, PhD, MS ’73, I Dorrie K. Fontaine, PhD, I Lisa A. Plowfield, PhD, MS ’87, I Gail W. Stuart, PhD, MS ’73, APRN, BC, dean of nursing, MS ’77, RN, FAAN, dean, RN, chancellor, Pennsylvania RN, FAAN, dean and distin- Cuyahoga Community College University of Virginia School State University, York Campus guished university professor, of Nursing Medical University of South I Paulette G. Burns, PhD, I Laura Cianelli Preston, Carolina College of Nursing BSN ’71, dean and professor, I Patricia McMullen, PhD, MS ’81, MS ’91, BSN ’77, dean, Nursing Texas Christian University, BSN ’75, JD, CRNP,dean and and Allied Health, Harford I David Vlahov, PhD, MS ’80, Harris College of Nursing and ordinary professor, Catholic Community College BSN ’77, RN, dean and profes- Health Sciences University of America School sor, University of California, San of Nursing Francisco School of Nursing
Additions or corrections to this list can be forwarded to [email protected].
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 25 By Patricia Adams Walking Photos by Richard Lippenholz and Justin Tsucalas in Her Shoes
IT WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT, as head of the School of Nursing, Dean Janet Allan has a very busy schedule. But, it is also a diverse schedule—one in which she takes time to relax, exercise, and enjoy life while leading one of the nation’s
> Top: Dean Allan, whose research is in women’s top nursing schools. We decided to obesity, knows the importance of exercise. She regularly tag along with Dean Allan for a walks along the waterfront near her home in Canton. Above: During office time, Dean Allan answers phone week to get a glimpse into the calls and emails, works on projects, and meets with life of this busy nurse leader. faculty and staff.
26 | FALL/WINTER 2011 > Left: University of Maryland President Jay A. Perman, MD, holds regular meetings with UM deans. Here, President Perman dis- cusses an issue with Dean Allan and UM School of Pharmacy Dean Natalie Eddington, PhD, FAAPS, FCP. Middle left: During the Maryland Legislative Session in Annapolis, Dean Allan discusses nursing and health care issues with state legislators. Here, she addresses the Maryland Women Legislator’s Caucus.
< Left: Hot dog or hamburger? Dean Allan enjoys meeting students and serving up food at the annual Founder’s Week Student Picnic. Above: At the end of a busy day, Dean Allan unwinds by tackling a jigsaw puzzle.
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 27 GETTINGREAL in the Sim Lab
Interview by David Taylor
Mary Fey, MS, RN, the new director of the Clinical Simulation Laboratories (CSL) at the School of Nursing, had her first involvement with simulation learning in 2005, when she enrolled in the School’s post-master’s certificate in teaching and worked with Debra Spunt, DNP, MS, RN, FAAN, who was director of the CSL at the time. Spunt, who directed the CSL until her death in 2007, was instrumental in taking the original labs—founded in Whitehurst Hall by Patricia Morton, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, associate dean for academic affairs—to the next level of excellence. Fey recalls how engaged nursing students were in their simulation exercises. “It activated all their senses. I saw it was a great way to teach nursing in a very realistic way,” says Fey, who until recently was coordinator of clinical simulation at the College of Southern Maryland. Mary Fey Today, as director of the CSL, she leads the School’s 24 simulation labs, which serve hundreds of nursing We’re looking for opportunities to collaborate with other disciplines on campus. For example, we have simulations students—at every stage of study—each year. She is also where medical students come to the School of Nursing and enrolled in the School’s PhD program. work with nursing students to care for patients.We want to do more of that.We envision simulations with pharmacy students, students from the School of Social Work, and What is your vision for the CSL? even law students, all working together to provide We need to take our simulation program toward use of patient care. existing and new tools that can measure clinical judgment, and give our students simulation cases that help develop those How can clinical judgment be measured judgment skills. I also envision a program of research related in the simulation lab? to the use of simulation in health care education. Let’s say students enter a simulation where the patient’s presenting symptom is dangerously low blood pressure.The Could you explain what you mean by “clinical judgment?” students have to understand the patient’s history of the present I mean a student’s ability to assess a patient’s situation, figure illness (that is, why are they in the hospital?), and figure out out what’s going on clinically,and from their assessment, why the patient’s blood pressure might be low.Then they need understand what their own abilities are, what the scope of to present their assessment of what’s wrong to the physician. practice is, and what resources are available.Then solve that Reasons for low blood pressure can vary from dehydration to patient’s problem on their own or collaboratively. heart problems, to a really bad infection. By looking at the We can re-create collaboration in the simulation lab history and the chart they can assess: Is the patient bleeding by having students call a physician or another practitioner. somewhere? Does the lab work suggest a bad infection?
28 | FALL/WINTER 2011 Is there much “front end” work required pressure couldn’t be cared for by a student nurse independently. to prepare these scenarios? But in simulation, the students can make all the decisions, for The most important part of any situation is setting it up better or worse.They can implement whatever care they think appropriately for what students will learn, and setting up the is right; we can let the patient get worse, and no one gets hurt. environment so it looks realistic.The instructors have to make Simulation can never substitute for the clinical environment, patient presentation consistent with reality.With the patient but it’s a wonderful adjunct. with low blood pressure, for example, if I want to convey that post-operative patients sometimes bleed, I have to make sure How do clinical simulation labs help that when students go into that simulation: 1) they’ve had improve patient safety? education in theory classes about post-operative patients; For many fundamental skills at the beginning of the nursing 2) they have a chart where they can review lab work to curriculum, students spend hours in the simulation labs compare with pre-operative levels; and 3) they have access to learning and being tested on techniques and procedures prior current values during the simulation.The vital signs on the to working with actual patients. For example, they learn the simulator have to give the impression that the patient is principles of sterile technique, safety practices related to bleeding (very low blood pressure, high heart rate), and there medication administration, and techniques for safely moving must be a surgical dressing saturated with blood.All the patients with mobility impairments. pieces need to tell the same story. Later in the program, students do more complex work in the simulation labs and are expected to make independent Are there “props” involved? decisions related to patient care. For example, they may Yes,you do have props: IV pumps that reflect reality; have to make decisions regarding pain management or decide compressed air equipment that can deliver simulated oxygen when a patient’s condition is deteriorating and when with a flow meter that students can turn on; even simulated a physician or nurse practitioner needs to come evaluate medications.There needs to be a phone so they can call, and the patient. somebody on the other end who answers and gives them The most important part of simulated care is the realistic instructions. debriefing afterward, where students can ask questions. It’s almost like a theater production: You’re creating an In the debriefing we help them put all the pieces together alternative reality for them in the simulation lab. and then we can run the simulation again.We have the potential to improve patient safety by working through lots You recently received new equipment for your labs. of problems in the lab. By the time students get to the How often is it necessary to update the equipment? clinical area, they’re better prepared. Inventory control is quite a job.The new equipment that came as a result of our recent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant included a couple of respirators, which I expect to last for 10 years.We also got a good medication-dispensing system. We use many kinds of equipment, so the frequency with which each needs to be updated varies.There are anatomical models called “task trainers,”which teachers use, for example, to start an IV or dress a wound.Those get used a lot, and we replace them fairly frequently.Then we have the mid-level fidelity man- nequins, which students use to listen to breathing or heart sounds or for taking vital signs.They can last five to 10 years. For our high-fidelity mannequins like SimMan (which can cost up to $50,000), a rule of thumb is that they have a lifespan of about five years before the technology has improved so much that you have to replace them.
How does simulation learning compare with clinical time spent with real patients? In the simulation lab students can exercise clinical Students Danielle Crane and Dan Indelicato listen to breath sounds to determine if the “patient” needs to be suctioned. judgment in ways we can’t allow in a clinical environ- ment. A real patient with dangerously low blood
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1940s Barbara Thomson Lamb, Lisa Rowen, MS ’86, senior vice president of patient care DIN ’46, has been married services and chief nursing officer at University of Maryland for 62 years to Capt. Harold Medical Center, recently received the top award from Nursing Lamb, USN, Retired.They Spectrum magazine for “Advancing and Leading the Profession” have six children and nine in the Maryland/District of Columbia/Virginia region. Her effort grandchildren.After moving in building the UM NURSING partnership with the School of many times while in the Nursing is among her many accomplishments. service, they retired to Maine in 1977 and built their own home in the woods.They 2001. She assisted with the Capitol Healthcare Group, Obama Administration, and enjoy sailing and traveling. publication Baltimore, My LLC, in Bethesda, Md. held a similar post during HomeTown (1940-1956) by the Clinton Administration. Amber Arnold Amy Lewis, published in 1970s Zimmerman, DIN ’46, December 2009. Winifred S. Hayes, MS ’74, Kathleen Deska Pagana, volunteers at a nursing home BSN ’71, president and CEO BSN ’74, is professor several times a week and 1960s of Hayes, Inc., was an invited emeritus at Lycoming assists with residents’ activities. Claire Greenhouse, BSN speaker at the 21st Annual College (Penna.) and has She also volunteers at a food ’66, retired in June 2011 Conference and Expo of the published more than 75 pantry once a week. after 31 years as a school Case Management Society of articles and 25 books.Two America. She explained how of her books were recently 1950s nurse, most recently at Ridgely Middle School in comparative effectiveness published—Mosby’s Diagnostic Barbara L. Daniel Pickett, Lutherville, Md. research and evaluation of and LabTest Reference, MS ’92, BSN ’60, DIN ’56, evidence-based research can 10th Ed. and The Nurse’s is retired and enjoys compil- Rosemary Noble, advance health care in ways Communication Advantage: ing the history of the School BSN ’66, coordinates the that measurably improve the How Business-Savvy of Nursing’s last diploma volunteers for Neighbor care of patients, as well as Communication Can Advance class (1956), some of which Ride, a nonprofit supplemen- their clinical outcomes and Your Nursing Career. is available in the School’s tal transportation program overall health. Hayes was Living History Museum. serving Howard County,Md., elected a member-at-large Kathleen Willis Gray, She is involved with research- residents ages 60 and older. on the School of Nursing’s BSN ’77, worked in the Alumni Council for a ing her family history and open heart/trauma Intensive two-year term beginning genealogy,published in Suzanne Marie Clark, Care Unit at the Washington July 2011. Rappahannock Roots in BSN ’67, is a consultant with Hospital Center until 1979. She has worked in critical Sister Charlotte Kerr, care at the Washington BSN ’71, is a practitioner of Adventist Hospital Center Annie M. Clavon, MS ’83, traditional acupuncture, since 1981 and in cardiac BSN ’79, received the a health care consultant, and and vascular research for Evelyn C. Keiser Teaching a faculty member at the Tai the past 10 years. Excellence Award in Sophia Institute in Laurel, October 2010. She is a 2013 Md. She was appointed a 1980s candidate for a PhD in member of the Advisory Educational Leadership Group on Prevention, Health Fran Lessans, MS ’85, from Keiser University. Promotion, and Integrative BSN ’80, CEO and founder and Public Health in the of Passport Health, was
30 | FALL/WINTER 2011 Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD ’89, MS ’79, professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Nursing, was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow, beginning in fall 2011. The three-year leadership and development program is designed to prepare Besides serving as state selected registered nurses who are in senior executive positions for influential roles in shaping prosecutor in Cameron the U.S. health care system. Morton was among County,De Ford also was 20 nurses selected for the program out of a state prosecutor in Harris 138 applicants. County.She served in the U.S.Army Nurses Corps as a 1st Lieutenant at Walter Reed Medical Center and in honored as one of the top 372 currently recognized She shared the following the 121st General Hospital Influential Marylanders of organizations around the words for School of Nursing in Seoul, Korea. 2011 by The Daily Record, world. She implemented the students and alumni:“Wear a leading business and law first National Magnet your accomplishments as you Ann Baile Hamric, state-wide newspaper. Lessans Conference in 2003, with go through your nursing PhD ’96, received the founded Passport Health in 1,200 attendees; in October journey at the School of Distinguished Nurse Award 1994 and has successfully 2010, the ANCC hosted Nursing with pride.When from the Beta Kappa expanded the company to more than 6,500 nurses at you leave, you will be Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau become the nation’s leading the annual conference. welcomed and respected International Honor Society provider of travel medical Under her leadership, because the professional of Nursing at an awards services and immunizations. ANCC’s nursing certificate alliances and colleagues you banquet held at the Univer- Passport Health recently program has become make will know you came sity of Virginia (UVA). opened its 180th office and the largest credentialing from a solid foundation.” Hamric, an internationally now operates in 36 states. Linda Hudson, BSN ’91, has worked at the VA Maryland Health Genemarie Worley Care (VAMHC), Nursing Service, for 19 years. She recently McGee, MS ’84, is Chief received the VAMHC Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Nursing Nurse for the East Coast at and the Advancement of Nursing Programs. Hudson served as Sentara Healthcare, a major acting Women’s Health coordinator from December 2009 to hospital system in the September 2010 and played a key role in the development and Norfolk,Va., area. expansion of the Women’s Health program at eight sites within the VAMHC System. Jeanne M. Floyd, MS ’84, retired as executive director of the American Nurses organization in the 1990s renowned leader in advanced Credentialing Center world, recognizing nearly practice nursing and nursing Maria Guadalupe Urbina (ANCC) in 2010, having 150,000 ANCC board- ethics, joined the UVA De Ford, BSN ’95, is served in that position for certified nurses. School of Nursing in 1999. seeking the Democratic Party nearly 10 years. Following She has served as senior nomination for the position her retirement, Floyd Barbara Colvert, BSN ’89, editor for six books on of Cameron County District served as a consultant is a clinical research associate- advanced practice nursing— Attorney in Brownsville, to ANCC. Floyd achieved RN I at the St. Jude two editions of The Clinical Texas. De Ford currently many major accomplishments Children’s Research Hospital Nurse Specialist inTheory and serves as an assistant district during her tenure, in Memphis,Tenn. Colvert Practice and four editions of attorney for the county and including the significant received her master’s degree Advanced Practice Nursing:An has worked for the office growth of the Magnet in March 2011 and is Integrative Approach. since 2007. She earned a JD Recognition Program™ applying to the University of from Indiana University from 22 designated hospitals Mississippi for a post-graduate at the end of 2000 to the certification in education. Maurer School of Law.
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Nancy Lamb, MS ’98, Repique joined Jackson Marty Rice, MS ’01, is a Joy Chizobam Ahanonu, is a nurse practitioner at the Health System as its first chief registered nurse and nurse nee Aninwene, MS ’06, Senior Health Center, nursing officer for the Jackson informaticist. Since receiving BSN ’02, has been appointed University of Arkansas Mental Health Hospital. his master’s in nursing infor- Special Assistant on State Medical Center. She serves matics, Rice has held a Affairs to the Minister of as a preceptor for BSN and 2000s number of positions in Power, Federal Republic of NP students. Lamb gave a Kimberlie Ann Biever, Electronic Health Record Nigeria. She recently poster presentation at a recent MS ’00, MS ’07, is an implementation, data model- completed a health awareness American Academy of Nurse assistant chief nurse, Joint ing/design, enterprise teaching and medical mission Practitioners conference. Trauma System, at the U.S. architecture, clinical quality at Umoude, Enugu State. Army Institute of Surgical measures, retooling clinical Renee John Repique, Research, Fort Sam Houston, quality measures, and data Captain Gerbert MS ’99, has been appointed Texas. She recently completed standards. He was an adjunct Flores-Chaves, BSN ’06, interim chief administrative a one-year Army fellowship faculty member at the School a Captain in the Army officer for Jackson Mental in policy analysis and research of Nursing from 2001 to Nurse Corps, was deployed Health Hospital and Correc- at the RAND Corporation 2007, and currently teaches at to Afghanistan for six months tional Health Services of the in Santa Monica, Calif. the Johns Hopkins School in 2010. Flores-Chaves Jackson Health System in of Nursing. expressed his gratitude for the Miami, Fla. In October 2008, leadership and education he
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32 | FALL/WINTER 2011 received at the School of Alumni Council for a Cory Riley, MS ’10, is IN MEMORIAM Nursing in a letter to two-year term that began employed as a registered Dean Janet Allan and with on July 1, 2011. nurse at Genesis Health Alice J. Akehurst, MS ’66 an American flag and a Care, Franklin Woods certificate stating that the Ruth Lee, PhD ’09, Center, in Glen Burnie, Md. Mary C. B. Besett, DIN ’46 flag had been flown over the has been elected a Cheryl R. Esty, MS ’05 headquarters of the U.S. member-at-large on the Gary Dupart, Jr., BSN Georgia L. Helmick, BSN ’55 Army’s 31st Combat Hospital, School of Nursing’s ’11, is Nurse Corps Officer Camp Dwyer,Afghanistan, Alumni Council for a in the U.S.Air Force. Carrie S. Hickman, BSN ’89 in Dean Allan’s honor, two-year term that began Thelma Inskeep, BSN ’39 during Operation July 1, 2011. Heather Hoff, BSN ’11, June Winn Jennings, DIN ’47 Enduring Freedom. is employed as a Clinical Elizabeth Krug, Nurse I at the University of Carol A. Nily, MS ’76, Ashley L. Meiklejohn, MS ’10, has been elected Maryland Medical Center’s BSN ’69 MS ’11, BSN ’06, who a member-at-large on R Adams Cowley Shock Laurie Shinham, MS ’92, received a Master of Science the School of Nursing’s Trauma Center. BSN ’85 degree (pediatric nurse Alumni Council for a practitioner) with honors two-year term that began Dana James, MS ’11, is This list includes notices from the School of Nursing July 1, 2011. a nurse at the University of received by the University in May,is currently working Maryland Medical Center. of Maryland School of in the intensive care unit Emily Palmisano She was married to Matt Nursing from March 24, at Georgetown University Lederer, MS ’10, received Hutchinson on Oct. 1. 2011, to September 12, 2011. Hospital. the Rising Star award from the University of Maryland Patricia E. Jones, BSN Anna Burnell, BSN ’07, Medical Center, where she ’11, passed the American married Alex Turpin in works as an oncology RN. Nurses Credentialing Marita Ventura, MS ’11, May 2011. She is currently The award is presented to a Center’s Nurse Practitioner is employed as a registered employed as a nurse at the nurse with less than two boards and accepted a job as nurse at the Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital and years experience who the only nurse practitioner in Washington Medical Center. is a student at the University demonstrates exceptional the Surgical Intensive Care of Maryland School of promise to advance the Unit at the University of Timothy Jerald Vojak, Nursing, where she is a practice of nursing through Maryland Medical Center. BSN ’11, is a medical master’s degree candidate enthusiasm, commitment, surgical nurse in the U.S. Air (pediatric nurse practitioner). passion, and innovation. Jennifer Passwaters, Force, stationed at Lackland She married Timothy BSN ’11, is a Clinical AFB,Texas. Hershaw Davis, Jr. Lederer in 2010. Nurse I at the University of BSN ’09, is employed as Maryland Medical Center. a registered nurse at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Adult Emergency Department. He is pursuing a master’s Alumni Share Your News! degree at the University of Virginia. Davis was recently If you have information to share about what’s happening in your life—new jobs, family nominated for induction into events, awards, advanced degrees, marriages, etc.—please share it with us so we can the University of Virginia’s include it in the Alumni News & Notes section of NURSING magazine. Photos are welcome! Beta Kappa Chapter of Sigma Email your news items to [email protected] or mail to Cynthia Sikorski, associate Theta Tau. He was also director of alumni relations, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W. Lombard St., elected a member-at-large on Suite 209W, Baltimore, MD 21201. the School of Nursing’s
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The Hayes Report
Do mechanical stretching devices improve health outcomes in She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1971), Primary patients after joint surgery when compared with conventional Care Nurse Practitioner Certification (1977) and Master of Science physical therapy? Does Botulinum toxin reduce the frequency, (1974) degrees from the School of Nursing and holds a PhD from severity, or duration of migraines? Compared with other imaging Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health. techniques, how accurate is PET (or PET-CT) for diagnosis and Today, with health care reform efforts in full swing, the work of initial staging in patients suspected of having ovarian cancer? Hayes, Inc., couldn’t be more timely. In an era in which legislators, When health care providers and health care leaders, and insurers are looking for ways to improve insurers want answers to important efficiency and cut costs, while improving patient outcomes, questions like these, they frequently turn “there is increasing appreciation for the clinical and financial to Hayes, Inc., the international research value that evidence-based solutions bring,” says Hayes, who and consulting firm launched in 1989 by lectures widely and has served on the faculties of the University WINIFRED HAYES, PhD, MS ’74, of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Emory University, and the BSN ’71. Today, with 35 scientific analysts University of Maryland. She is currently affiliated with the Senior located throughout the United States, Scholars Program in the Department of Health Policy at the Canada, Europe, Asia, and New Zealand, Jefferson Medical College. the company produces more than With the growing trend toward personalized medicine, 200 evidence-based reports annually on made possible in part by a burgeoning number of genetic new technologies and protocols for hospitals, government agencies, and health care insurers—including the “We are the leader in the genetic Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, United testing field in terms of evaluation— Healthcare, Wellpoint, Tricare, and CareFirst. the source that most organizations “Evidence should be the foundation for all clinical decisions turn to.” in health care, but too often we see new technologies adopted —WINIFRED HAYES, PhD, MS ’74, BSN ’71 and disseminated prematurely, [in part] because we, as a society, are enthralled with new technology,” says Hayes, who was a founding member and the first president of the National screening tests, Hayes says she is proud of her company’s Association of Independent Review Organizations (NAIRO). ongoing advances in genetic test evaluation. “The field is When Hayes launched her company more than two decades exploding, with more than 1,500 genetic tests on the market ago, her primary customers were senior claims examiners for today, many produced by small labs.” Such testing demands health insurers. They needed scientific proof that new treatments scrutiny, she says. “Indiscriminate genetic screening can cause and protocols were safe before they could approve reimburse- more harm than benefit, and there is the potential for a huge ment—and the information being provided was “pretty abysmal, misuse of dollars.” and often based on someone’s opinion,” says Hayes. Currently, In response, Hayes, Inc. has pledged to produce a scientific Hayes’ audience consists largely of physicians, nurses, and report for every genetic test this year that is newly CPT-coded pharmacists. Among a wide range of services, her company (codes assigned by the American Medical Association to medical provides subscribers with access to evidence-based assessments services, tests, and procedures that are used by providers and and information on more than 1,000 medical technologies, insurers to submit and process health care claims for payment). including devices, drugs, and procedures; clear information “We are the leader in the genetic testing field in terms of test regarding the impact of a technology on patient outcomes and evaluations—the source that most organizations turn to,” safety; and the proprietary “Hayes Rating”—an evidence-scoring says Hayes. system that has become a standard in the industry. Hayes’ —Sue De Pasquale scientific analysts hold advanced degrees in health-related fields, and many of them, like her, have a background in nursing.
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For BONNIE HARTLEY FAUST, MBA ’07, MS ’02, BSN ’87, For more than one project, Faust a Director of Patient Care at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, no two has been called on to a write a busi- days are alike—and she couldn’t be happier. ness plan—a task she can accom- Faust supervises the work of nurse managers on three units: plish with ease, thanks to the strong the Sandra & Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute; the Rubin preparation she received in the Institute for Advanced Orthopedics; and the Orthopedics/Trauma School of Nursing’s joint MS/MBA Unit. Mentoring is an important part of her role and something program. “I now have such a good she particularly enjoys. “The satisfaction and success of my understanding of the business side managers is near and dear to my heart, because that’s what of health care,” says Faust, who drives the satisfaction of our nurses,” says Faust. intends to enroll in a PhD program “In addition, I am responsible for leading and/or participating within the next couple of years. in many hospital-wide projects and initiatives.” Within the But before then, she has a 25th reunion to help plan. She and past year, for example, Faust led the project team that selected fellow BSN ’87 classmates Regina Donovan Twigg, Lisa Broccolino bedside medication cabinets and had them installed across the Johnson, Suzanne Sherwood, Karen Stumpf, and Mark Weiber are hospital, and she’s currently the main patient care representative spearheading efforts to track down their old friends and entice for Sinai’s new medication bar coding initiative. “I feel really them back to campus for the big event on April 28. “I think it will fortunate to work in an organization where I am given the oppor- be really fun,” says Faust. “The wonderful thing about nursing is tunity to be able to lead and be involved in major efforts to that you can do so many things with your degree. I can’t wait to improve patient satisfaction,” she says. see what paths people have taken.” —S.D.
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D.C.-Area Alumni Brunch SAVE held at Shady Grove THE DATE Saturday,April 28 FOR REUNION 2012
Reunion 2012 festivities, scheduled for Saturday,April 28, will honor undergraduate classes ending in “7” or “2.” Save the date and come to Baltimore to reconnect with classmates and renew your pride in the University of Maryland School of Nursing! Look for your invitation in January 2012. If you would like to volunteer as a Class Representative for your class, please contact Cynthia Sikorski, associate director of alumni relations, 410-706-0674 or [email protected] http://nursing.umaryland.edu for more information.
The following class years DEAN JANET ALLAN hosted a brunch for Washington, will be celebrated: D.C.-area alumni at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) on Sept. 25. Dean Allan updated attendees Class of 2007 – 5th on School of Nursing initiatives, while two current Class of 2002 – 10th students, Sanna Ali and Regina Leonard, spoke about Class of 1997 – 15th their nursing school experiences. Liz Ness, MS ’93, vice Class of 1992 – 20th president of the School of Nursing Alumni Council, Class of 1987 – 25th served as emcee for the event. Pam Shumate, MSN, RN, Class of 1982 – 30th CCRN-CMC, clinical instructor at USG and current Class of 1977 – 35th Doctor of Nursing Practice student, led a tour of the Class of 1972 – 40th USG clinical simulation labs. Class of 1967 – 45th Class of 1962 – 50th From left: Henrietta Hubbard, BSN ’73; Sanna Ali; Faye Trageser, BSN ’91; Carol Romano, PhD ’93, MS ’85, BSN ’77; Emile Deady, BSN ’72; Class of 1957 – 55th Dean Janet Allan; Liz Ness, MS ’93; Regina Leonard; Class of 1952 – 60th Mary Brewster, MS ’88; Brenda Roup, PhD ’95; Priscilla Rivera, BSN ’77; Christine Boltz, MS ’98; and Barbara Alexander, BSN ’77. Class of 1947 – 65th Class of 1942 – 70th Class of 1937 – 75th
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A Boost for Graduate Education Martha Shively completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the School of Nursing in 1972 as part of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing (WRAIN) program.“I feel grateful for the education I earned,”says Shively,who went on to earn her master’s in nursing from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1977 and her PhD in nursing from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986. “I completed those two degrees through the GI Bill. I was fortunate to have that financial support to further my education in nursing,”she says.“One way I can give back to the profession of nursing is by donating to a scholarship fund.”Shively recently made a gift to the School of Nursing to support graduate scholarships. Her pledge, which spans five years, will enable one student each year to receive the Martha Shively scholarship. “These days it’s more important than ever for nurses to pursue graduate education in nursing,”says Shively,whose active research career included a faculty position with the San Diego State University School of Nursing and adjunct status in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, in Bethesda, Md. Her research focused on behavioral management of chronic heart disease.Though Shively officially retired in 2010, she hasn’t stopped working completely; she is finishing up a research project and continues to mentor a doctoral nursing student. “I had a very fulfilling nursing career,”says Shively.“Nursing research is important and exciting. It was fun for me to look at the research questions that truly would have an impact on patient care.” —S.D.
Capturing Greatness As a veteran nurse anesthetist, who first worked at University of Maryland’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and then went on to serve as president of the Maryland Association of Nurse Anesthetists, John Bing, CRNA, knows how important it is to prepare nurse anesthesia students to fill a looming shortage in the specialty. “There’s clearly a need.The average age of today’s nurse anesthetist is about 50 years old.We need to make sure we have a new generation ready to serve,”says Bing, who worked with leaders of the School of Nursing to establish a nurse anesthesia master’s specialty in 2009. “Dean Janet Allan and Dr. Patricia Morton are forward-thinking and were very receptive [to starting the nurse anesthesia specialty at the School],”says Bing.“We now have our sixth class enrolled, and students are working at eight or nine clinical sites around the state of Maryland,”he says proudly. Recently,Bing created the Jihan D. Bing Memorial Scholarship, an endowed fund that will provide scholarship support for nurse anesthesia students at the School.The scholarship is named in memory of his daughter, who died at just 15 months old from complications related to spina bifida. “Nurse anesthetists are some of the hardest working people I’ve ever seen. If you want to capture greatness in people, you have to give them an opportunity.People who can’t afford to go to school won’t go,”he says in explaining his motivation for establishing the scholarship. Bing, who serves on the School of Nursing’s Board of Visitors, is also president of a nonprofit mentorship diversity program; he visits campuses around the country to give talks and workshops aimed at opening doors for people of color in nursing.“Of the 44,000 nurses in the United States, only 10 percent are people of color and only 2.5 percent are African-American.That’s got to change,”he says. And twice each year, Bing does medical mission outreach in Nicaragua, working with a medical team to repair cleft palates in Nicaraguan children. “Once you get to a certain point,”Bing says of all his philanthropic activities,“you have to give back. I feel it’s my duty.” —S.D.
UNIVERSITYOFMARYLANDSCHOOLOFNURSING | 37 OFDONORS Honor Roll $10,000 to $24,999 International Society for JULY 1, 2010 – JUNE 30, 2011 Anthrozoology Kaiser Permanente Medical Group John Stewart Morton, Jr.* $1,000,000 William D. Schaefer* Nancy T. Staggers, Sandra A. Schoenfisch, PhD ’92, MS ’84 MS ’76† Anna M. Slacum, DIN ’47* $500,000 to $999,999 Kendeda Fund Stewart & Marlene University of Maryland Greenebaum Family Medical System Foundation
$250,000 to $499,999 $5,000 to $9,999 Maryland Healthcare Anonymous Education Institute Adalman-Goodwin Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Inc. Foundation Estate of E. L. Bunderman, Greetings, UMSON Alumni! Courtney A. Thomas, DIN ’31* BSN ’66 and Susan Dorsey, BSN ’66 We are proud to present our annual Honor Roll of Donors, which James P. Thomas* Fairfield Community recognizes those who made gifts or pledges to the University of Foundation, Inc. Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) between July 1, 2010 and $100,000 to $249,999 Virginia Lee Franklin June 30, 2011. CareFirst BlueCross Memorial Trust The entire UMSON community deeply appreciates your generous BlueShield GFC Women’s Club of support, whether it was designated for scholarships, research, Komen Maryland Laurel, Inc. simulation lab equipment, or other needs. During this uncertain Catherine Ingle, BSN ’61 economic climate, we realize that you have many wonderful causes $50,000 to $99,999 Frances Lessans, MS ’85, vying for your donations. The fact that you made the decision to Bauman Family BSN ’80 at Passport Foundation give to UMSON is, therefore, all the more meaningful. Your vote of Health, Inc.† Jacob & Hilda Blaustein Myrna E. Mamaril, MS ’93 confidence, while keenly felt by our students and faculty, is also Foundation Rosemary Noble, BSN ’66 recognized by our foundation and corporate donors and prospects, Estate of Gladys B. and Oncology Nursing who are understandably interested in alumni participation rates. Lansdale G. Clagett* Foundation Currently, only 5 percent of our 19,000 alumni give back to UMSON, Community Foundation of Daniel J. O’Neal, III, and we hope to double that amount in the next few years. Frederick County BSN ’66 To those of you who have given to the Annual Fund and have William Randolph Hearst John A. Scigliano joined the Louisa Parsons Legacy Society by including the School of Foundation Jeanette A. Jones, MS ’70 Nursing in your estate plans, we thank you! To those who have not yet $2,500 to $4,999 participated, we urge you to seriously consider becoming a donor. It Leonard and Helen R. Janet D. Allan is one of the few investments that is guaranteed to pay rich rewards— Stulman Charitable Cecil J. Clark, Jr., MS ’90 Foundation the ultimate satisfaction of helping the next generation of nurses Lura Jane Emery, MS ’79 achieve its highest potential! Foundation of the National $25,000 to $49,999 Student Nurses’ Alzheimer’s Association Sincerely, Association American Cancer Society GE Healthcare John Bing Claire P. Greenhouse, Sharon H. Hanopole, BSN ’66† BSN ’66 Louise S. Jenkins, PhD ’85, Nancy J. Miller, BSN ’73 Laurette L. Hankins MS ’81† Caleb A. Rogovin, MS ’92 Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Alyson C. Ross Betty Lou Shubkagel, [email protected] United Way of Central BSN ’54* Maryland, Inc.
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$1,000 to $2,499 Patricia A. Saunders, $250 to $499 Sharon L. Michael, Ella J. Angell, MS ’98 Marjorie Stamler BSN ’68† Anna C. Alt-White, PhD ’87† BSN ’71† Erwin S. Atillo, MS ’08 Bergemann Martha J. Shively, BSN ’72 Patricia K. Beneshan, Estelle J. Miecznikoski, Deborah E. Atwood Ann R. Brookens, BSN ’66 Deborah K. Shpritz, BSN ’66 DIN ’51 C. Russell Baker and Bruce R. Brookens MS ’82, BSN ’78 Edna J. K. Benware, BSN ’76 Margaret K. Miles, BSN ’70 Mary E. Baker, MS ’72 Ann Ottney Cain Siemens Medical Solution Georgia Boyer, BSN ’61† Gayle Miller, BSN ’66 Yvonne Barash, BSN ’82 Judith H. Carpenter, Robert T. Singleton Carolyn J. Brownell, Betty Jane Mincemoyer, Curtis S. Basso, BSN ’95 BSN ’66 The Vermont Community BSN ’86 DIN ’48† Shawn C. Becker, MS ’05, Laura Catalfo Foundation Maria C. Brzeczko, BSN ’05 Denis C. Mitchell BSN ’93 Sally F. Chow, BSN ’59 Susan Wozenski, BSN ’72 Jeffrey S. Cain Kathleen P. Mitchell, Abbe R. Bendell, BSN ’74 Cynthia K. Cohen, Suzanne L. Canale, BSN ’72 MS ’02 Andrea C. Berndt, MS ’89 DNP ’09 $500 to $999 Carol W. Capozzoli, BSN ’67 Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD ’03 Marjorie P. Berne, BSN ’72 Robin B. Cohen, MS ’73 Janis L. Bahner, BSN ’71 Barbara A. Cardinale, Charlotte E. Naschinski, Mara Berzins, BSN ’81 Kathryn Patchen Freer, Ann F. Bennett, MS ’69 BSN ’78 MS ’82 Mary C. B. Besett, DIN ’46* BSN ’74 and Marita S. Bowden, Stacey Conrad Evelyn O’Connor, BSN ’51 Mary G. Bey, BSN ’75 Rob Walker Freer† BSN ’66 Susan G. Dorsey, PhD ’01, Harriet E. Palmer-Willis, Gretchen F. Bierman, Sonya G. Goodman, Shirley E. Callahan, MS ’98 BSN ’68 BSN ’59 MS ’79, BSN ’73† BSN ’52 Carol Drake, BSN ’68 Katharine W. Parris, Lorna Ann Bills, BSN ’61 Judah S. Gudelsky Carol Eason Pamela Dunn-Obriecht, MS ’95, BSN ’69† M. Jane T. Birnn, BSN ’69 Dinah L. Halopka, BSN ’74 Bradley T. and BSN ’81 Cynthia R. Paschal-Pulliam, Loriane K. Black, BSN ’85 Laurette L. Hankins Barbara K. Foote Shirley B. Edwards, BSN ’95 Suzanne M. Blevins, MS ’81 Healthcare Information & Rosa R. Goldstein, Trustee; MSN ’80, BSN ’78† Karen C. Poisker, BSN ’78 Jean L. Bloom, BSN ’46 Management Systems 1996 Goldstein Family Marjorie Fass Eva M. Popp, BSN ’46 Richard L. Bodine Society Trust, BSN ’58 Dorrie K. Fontaine, MS ’77 John M. Preto, MS ’82, Kathleen K. Boyd, BSN ’89 Mary E. Johantgen Winifred S. Hayes, MS ’74, Julie C. Fortier, MS ’68, BSN ’77 Margaret A. Bradford, Jo Anne E. King, MS ’03, BSN ’71 BSN ’66† Mary Regan MS ’76, BSN ’74† Henrietta D. Hubbard, Maureen A. Robinson Janet E. Bristow, BSN ’91 BSN ’80 Cynthia L. Fox, MSN ’10 BSN ’73 Miriam G. Rothchild, Michael P. Broussard, Ruth Lee, DNP ’10, MS’04 Nancy Fraser, MS ’88 Joseph H. Kelly, MS ’85, MS ’60 MS ’07, BSN ’04 Edward and Mary A. Fullerton-Morgan, BSN ’77 Deborah Lynne Schofield, James T. Brown, Jr., BSN ’75 Catherine Masek BSN ’74 Mildred S. Kreider, DNP ’09, MS ’95, BSN ’92 Janis O. Brown, BSN ’66 Victoria C. McAndrews Denise C. Geiger, BSN ’79 MS ’68† Christine K. Shippen, Sally D. Brown, BSN ’74 Kip J. Naugle and Lawrence Goldstein Eve L. Layman, BSN ’73 MS ’98, BSN ’73 Vivian A. Bruce, MS ’63 M. Natalie McSherry Dorna P. Hairston, PhD ’05, Pamela A. Lentz, MS ’00, Alan J. Silverstone Paul L. Brunson, BSN ’88 Medical Information MS ’88 BSN ’84 Voncelia S. Brown, BSN ’78 Colleen M. Burke, BSN ’77 Technology, Inc. Carolyn C. Handa, Maryland Charity Richard H. Tateishi, Rose M. Burke, BSN ’74 Geraldine F. Mendelson, BSN ’63† Campaign 2010 BSN ’78 Kathryn A. Cadwell, BSN ’66 Joan Hessey, DIN ’50† Clayton S. McCarl, Jr. and Shirley B. Teffeau, BSN ’55† MS ’93, BSN ’75 Joan L. Meredith, BSN ’62 Ruth J. Honnas, BSN ’74† Lisa S. McCarl, MS ’84, Robin Varker, BSN ’75 April A. Campbell, BSN ’91 Judith R. Miller, BSN ’66 Jacquelyn M. Jones Stone, BSN ’81 Madonna P. Vitarello, Daly P. Cantave, MS ’00, Mary Etta C. Mills, MS ’73, MS ’71 Anne Redo, BSN ’62 BSN ’84 BSN ’99 BSN ’71† Joyce L. Kee, BSN ’54 Sandra W. McLeskey Sandra B. Warner, BSN ’60 Mary J. Carroll, MS ’96 Rebecca S. Miltner, Joyce A. Parks, MS ’93 Gail G. Kestler, BSN ’71 Joan I. Warren, PhD ’04, Anne M. Caylor, BSN ’76 PhD ’01 Lesley A. Perry Eugenia Kiser, DIN ’47 MS ’88 Saturnino Chavez, MS ’02 Kathryn L. Montgomery, Ann E. Roberts, BSN ’93 Raymond G. LaPlaca and Elinor W. Wells, DIN ’46† Nora C. Cincotta, MS ’97 PhD ’97 Janet Rowan, MS ’63, Rose C. LaPlaca, Helen Jane Wobbeking, Jane B. Clemmens, DIN ’50 Elizabeth A. Ness, MS ’93 BSN ’61 BSN ’81† BSN ’72† Cheryl A. Cline, MS ’07, Elizabeth G. O’Connell, Harold W. Smith, MS ’77, Zu-Kei C. Lin, MS ’85 Cynthia K. Wright, MS ’98 BSN ’98 MS ’74, BSN ’73† BSN ’72 Ann S. Madison, BSN ’62 Claudette C. Clunan, Marilyn A. Pigg, BSN ’66 Maryland Society of Janet R. Southby, MS ’71† $100 to $249 BSN ’72 Jane F. Preto Neshat Tebyanian, MS ’08, Accountants, Inc. Christine L. Abelein, MS ’92 Lynne M. Connelly, MS ’78, Judy A. Reitz, MSN ’76, BSN ’01 Esther E. McCready, DIN ’53 Paul K. Addae, BSN ’05 BSN ’76 BSN ’71 Susan M. Wilby, BSN ’73 Karen A. McQuillan, Beatrice V. Adderley-Kelly, Michael Romano and Joyce Willens, PhD ’94 MS ’86, BSN ’81 MS ’71 *Deceased Carol A. Romano, Rebecca E. Wise, BSN ’69 Sharon E. Meadows, Lisa Allman, BSN ’93 BOLD –Louisa Parsons PhD ’93, MS ’85, Beth D. Yarnold, MS ’98, MS ’99, BSN ’81 Beth K. Amstad, BSN ’00 Legacy Society Member BSN ’77 BSN ’96 Norma J. Melcolm, MS ’69† Nancy P. Anderson, BSN ’54 †Cornerstone Club Member
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Deborah J. C. Conner, Antoinette M. Gonzalez, Patricia S. Kern, BSN ’67 Marion S. McEwan, Joyce Ritchie BSN ’81 BSN ’55 Anne M. Kim, BSN ’00 BSN ’69 Joan R. Benfield, MS ’92, Otill C. Dabbs, BSN ’71 Mariluz Gonzalez, MS ’01 Carolyn C. Knight, BSN ’70 Elizabeth B. McGloon, BSN ’89 Deborah N. Dang, PhD ’06, W. Conrad Gordon, MS ’02, Thomas W. Koenig, BSN ’78 Anita M. Langford, MS ’79, MS ’78, BSN ’72 BSN ’96 BSN ’84 Ann N. Merkel, BSN ’56 BSN ’77 Leslie W. Daugherty, Beverly C. Gordy, BSN ’57 Jeanne B. Krause, BSN ’68 Patricia C. Middleton, Jill W. Rosner, BSN ’83 BSN ’75 Mary J. Graham, MS ’80 Susan M. Kremmer, BSN ’61† William D. Rountree, Joan M. Davenport, PhD ’00 Eleanor M. Greentree, BSN ’66 Deborah L. Miller, BSN ’03 MS ’86 Linda L. Davis, PhD ’84 MS ’72, BSN ’62, Dorothy R. Kuhn, DIN ’46† Sharee T. Miller, MS ’06 Nelson J. and Marla J. De Jong, MS ’96 DIN ’49† Olufowora M. Kuti, BSN ’77 Priscilla O. Mills, BSN ’69 Marilyn J. Sabatini Patricia M. Griffith, MS ’85 Emily P. Deitrick, BSN ’68 Sally G. Kweti, BSN ’99 Leah L. Moran, MS ’06 Dorothy L. Sabolsice, Leigh A. Grill, BSN ’86 Marsha H. DeWeese, Nancy Lamb, MS ’98 Michael A. Moran MS ’67 Margaretta C. Grimm, MS ’93 Gary M. Lang, PhD ’07 Naomi Morgan, BSN ’83 Kay F. Sauers, MS ’78, MS ’86, BSN ’81 Bonnie S. Di Pietro, MS ’85, Diane T. Langford, BSN ’75† Ann S. Morrison, PhD ’02, BSN ’72 Cecelia M. Grindel, PhD ’88 BSN ’78 Angela L. Lee, MS ’93 MS ’84 Mary Margaret Saunders, Katherine L. Haag, MS ’99, Lisa M. Dinoto, BSN ’96 Catherine G. Leipold, Mary W. Muller, BSN ’52 BSN ’71 BSN ’97 Jan M. Disantostefano, MS ’87 Sarpomaa S. Nyantakyi, Phyllis J. Scharp, BSN ’50† Anne Owings Hacker, MS ’93 Susan Seiler Lerner, BSN ’97 Barbara Schmitthenner, Regina Donovan Twigg, BSN ’57 Joanne M. Ogaitis, MS ’94 BSN ’57† Wallace Hankins* and BSN ’62 DNP ’10, MS ’95, Romona V. Lewis, BSN ’76 Patricia A. O’Hare, MS ’76 Bonnie Schneider, BSN ’72 BSN ’87 Kathleen Hankins* Oluwatomi O. Oladimeji, Pamela Schrank, BSN ’68 Lisa K. Harvey, BSN ’84 Dorothy Liddel, BSN ’61 Patricia L. Dorio, BSN ’95 BSN ’05 Spencer R. Schron and Mary C. Headridge, Maye L. Liebeck, MS ’66 Glen D. Downey, BSN ’89 Marcie R. O’Reilly, Eleanor B. Schron, BSN ’65 Patricia R. Liehr, PhD ’87 Leanne M. Downey BSN ’88 PhD ’08, MS ’79† Nan B. Hechenberger Alyce K. Lazarevich, Sharon L. Dudley-Brown, Ann E. Page, BSN ’75 Charlotte Sebra, BSN ’57† Margaret V. Herbert, BSN ’75 PhD ’95 Wayne H. Parris Margaret K. Seuss, MS ’96, BSN ’50† Nancy Lougheed, BSN ’61 Nancy Eason, BSN ’75 Jeanne W. Patten, BSN ’90 Donna C. Herndon, BSN ’69 Joan C. Lynn, BSN ’88 Kathleen Spicer Ecklund, BSN ’53† Ruby L. Shadow, PhD ’87 Sarah P. Herring, BSN ’79 Mildred E. Madsen, BSN ’77 Beverly J. Paulk, BSN ’65 Sarah J. M. Shaefer, PhD Carole Ann Hill, MS ’81, BSN ’73 Kathleen F. Edwards, Janice H. Pavlock, MS ’95 ’96, MS ’80, BSN ’74 BSN ’71 Mary Mahon, BSN ’85 BSN ’67 Margaret A. Pedersen, Lisa M. Shank, BSN ’10 Beadie L. Holden, BSN ’77† Sandra B. Malone, PhD ’98 Imogene S. Fagley-Combs, BSN ’74 Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD ’88, Eileen B. Hollander, MS ’89 Jo Ellen Marek, BSN ’64 BSN ’69 Anne Griswold Peirce, BSN ’70† Deana Lee Holler, BSN ’81 Wendy P. Margolis, Oluyinka O. Fakeye, MS ’09 PhD ’87 Jane E. Shea, BSN ’75 Todette L. Holt, BSN ’65 BSN ’76 Marylouise K. Felhofer, Laura P. Pendley, BSN ’87 Cynthia C. Sikorski Elmer E. Horsey and Susan D. Markus, MS ’06, MS ’91 Jeanne M. Picariello, Patricia A. Skelton, MS ’93 Patricia J. Horsey BSN ’74 Fidelity Charitable Carol M. Hosfeld, DIN ’50 BSN ’75 Diane V. Skojec, DNP ’10, Gift Fund Maureen B. Maskarinec, Patricia J. Prichard, MS ’01, BSN ’00 William O. Howie, BSN ’82 BSN ’77 Judith G. Flemmens, Ann C. Hubbard, DIN ’47† BSN ’74† Joan E. Slavin, BSN ’57† Theresa M. Maskell, BSN ’67 Elizabeth J. Huebner, Jeanette L. Priest, BSN ’71† Mary Jane Sligar, BSN ’62 DIN ’50† Erika Friedmann MS ’74, BSN ’69 Robin Prothro, BSN ’79 Elizabeth P. Smith, MS ’99 Katherine J. Matteson, Wanona S. Fritz, MS ’78 Helen M. Huffard, BSN ’56 Linda C. Pugh, PhD ’90, GeorgeAnna Smith, BSN ’86 Marguerite B. Froeb, Kelly L. Hunt, BSN ’02 MS ’76, BSN ’69† BSN ’55 Jeanne A. Matthews, MS ’67, BSN ’62, Kathleen Milholland Lou Ann Race Kellner, Lillian M. Smith, MS ’76 PhD ’91 DIN ’53 Hunter, PhD ’89, MS ’81, BSN ’78 Timothy H. Smith, BSN ’77 Mary Lee S. Matthews, Diane R. Genther, BSN ’81 BSN ’76 Minnie M. Raju, MS ’05, and Lynn Gerber Smith, Robin L. Getzendanner, Teri L. Jackson, BSN ’80 BSN ’50 BSN ’02 MS ’84, BSN ’77 BSN ’91 Connie A. Jastremski, Stuart H. Maynard, MS ’86 Carol K. Randall, BSN ’79 Frances L. Snyder, BSN ’76 Martha Gibbons, MS ’68 BSN ’80 Anne E. McArdle, BSN ’74 Joyce H. Rasin, PhD ’88 Laura M. Sorkin, MS ’96, Kathryn A. Gibson, MS ’67 Marian K. Jones Donna Behler McArthur, Carol A. Rauen, MS ’91, BSN ’91 Audrey G. Gift, PhD ’84 William Jordan, BSN ’81 PhD ’98, BSN ’76 BSN ’81 Anne M. Sparks, BSN ’77 Vicki L. Gillmore, PhD ’90, Sally A. Kaltreider, MS ’88† Mariah D. McCarthy, Norma R. Rawlings, MS ’68 Debra L. Spittler, BSN ’78 MS ’77, BSN ’76 Sherri Legum Kassimir, BSN ’72 Kenneth W. Reese, MS ’99 Eula D. Spratley, BSN ’68 Patricia A. Goddard, MS ’83 BSN ’85 Corttney McClelland, Mary Lou Reilly, BSN ’59 Rebecca S. Stanevich, Linda J. Goetz Jean W. Keenan, BSN ’48† BSN ’96 Loretta M. Richardson, BSN ’73 Patricia Golembieski, Bonnie E. Keene, BSN ’71 Shirley A. McDonald, MS ’71, BSN ’68† Audrey J. Stansbury, BSN ’71 John E. Keeney BSN ’71† Veronica T. Ridings, MS ’02 BSN ’91
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Jean P. Staples, BSN ’68 Jacqueline Lee Badro Dawn C. Clayton, MS ’05, Anne J. Grafton, MS ’90, Henrietta H. Latimer, Stat Medical Services Inc. Mechelle Tanishia Bailey, BSN ’01 BSN ’81 DIN ’44 Karen C. Stearns, MS ’07 BSN ’00 Betty J. Clifford, MS ’79 Laurie T. Granata Dean J. Layman and Mary M. Stevens, BSN ’78 Nancy W. Ball, MS ’93 Nancy S. Connor, DIN ’52 Mary Guhleman, DIN ’44 Leslie A. Layman, BSN ’79 Madeline Stier, BSN ’68 Betsy A. Bampton, MS ’65 Maura P. Cornell, BSN ’80† Susan E. Gutkin, MS ’99 Gwendolyn A. Leatherman, Marlyn J. Storch-Escott, Cheryl A. Barraco, MS ’92, Beverly F. Craig, BSN ’61 N. J. Haddad BSN ’81 BSN ’75 BSN ’85 Patricia D. Brooks, BSN ’56 Patricia M. Haddad, Ruth M. Lebet, BSN ’79 Josephine M. Strauss, Cheryl C. Battee, BSN ’72 Charlotte E. Davies, MS ’68 BSN ’65† Barbara E. Lehman, MS ’85, BSN ’71† Mark B. Bauman, BSN ’89 Alisa B. Dayanim, BSN ’85 Carole F. Hair, MS ’79 BSN ’81 Jane L. Talbott, BSN ’66 and Monika E. Bauman, Helen G. Dearborn, BSN ’61 Janet R. Hall, BSN ’61 Phyllis M. Lehner, DIN ’43 Margaret A. Tangires BSN ’90 Jill A. DeCesare, BSN ’69† Leona T. Hammond, Amy Goldberg Lester, Koenig, BSN ’84 Barbara Baumann, DIN ’50 Carolyn R. Decker, MS ’96, BSN ’77 BSN ’79 Lillian R. Taylor, MS ’01 Mary L. Beachley, MS ’80, BSN ’94 Ann B. Hamric, PhD ’96 Amy E. Lewis, MS ’09, Carol E. Tessman, BSN ’67 BSN ’78 Mary Joan Dennis, BSN ’73 Renea L. Harbert BSN ’05 The Brod Group Marion J. Bendt, BSN ’78† Dale K. DeWeese and Margaret F. Hart, MS ’96 Shirley E. Liberman, BSN ’55 Anita Throwe, BSN ’68 Grace A. Black, DIN ’46 Valerie DeWeese, Sharon L. Harvey, BSN ’61 Christine W. Lindstrom, Jane M. Trainis, MS ’90 Rose M. Blakely, MS ’01 BSN ’81 Marcia F. Haxall, BSN ’86 BSN ’85 Deborah M. Tsunoda, Bette A. Boggess, BSN ’69 Marilyn T. Digirol, MS ’72 Michele D. Heacox, MS ’93 Patricia K. Lovaas, MS ’98, BSN ’81 Zoe M. Bouchelle, BSN ’71 Elizabeth K. Dougherty, Virginia Hedges, BSN ’80 Ret., BSN ’74 Marion Burns Tuck, Deborah L. Bowers, BSN ’71 Phyllis B. Heffron, BSN ’74 Donna D. Lowman, MS ’80† BSN ’78 Emilene S. Drager, MS ’07, Doris Jean Hekman, BSN ’75† Terry L. Tucker, MS ’94, Linda Henneman Bowers BSN ’02 BSN ’56 Judith E. Maeda, MS ’85 BSN ’81 Helen A. Bozzo, MS ’76, Mary J. Maggio, BSN ’71 Christina M. Duetsch, Mary J. Helfers, BSN ’75 Connie M. Ulrich, PhD ’01 BSN ’65 Patsy L. Maloney, BSN ’74 MS ’74, BSN ’70 Ellen M. Hilsheimer, Helen W. Valentine, DIN ’51 Maureen S. Bravo, Demetria Manandic, Jennifer C. Edwards, MS ’73† Tadsaung T. Von Visger, BSN ’74† BSN ’54 BSN ’09 Sallie Packham, BSN ’57 MS ’94, BSN ’90 Carole B. Brokos, MS ’09, Maryanne Mancuso, MS ’91 Ann Louise Ellenson, Ruth M. Hirsch, BSN ’72 Linda J. Wadsworth BSN ’00 Jane E. Mansfield, BSN ’76 BSN ’70 Theresa T. Hommel, Mary Patricia Wall, Betsy Brown, BSN ’74 Kathleen M. Martin, Julie M. Falk, BSN ’85 BSN ’63 PhD ’04 Maruta Brunins, MS ’72 DNP ’08, MS ’97, BSN ’95 Janet Farinholt, BSN ’61 Dora C. Honig, BSN ’07 Glenn E. Watkins, BSN ’93 Harry Edward Victoria D. McAdams, MS’84 Sherry D. Ferki, BSN ’71 Joan C. Hoover, DIN ’51 Jessica A. Webster, MS ’08 Buchheister, Jr. Olivera E. McAphee, BSN ’81 Mary Reilly Fine, BSN ’79 Jane M. Houck, MS ’84† Linda E. Wendt, PhD ’91 Ellen G. Buck, MS ’93 Carmel A. McComiskey, Carolyn W. Fitzgerald, Christine L. Ingle, BSN ’68 Jo Gail Wenzel, BSN ’67 Katherine P. Cadwallader, MS ’96 BSN ’78 Nadine A. Jacobs, BSN ’74 Susan E. Simms, BSN ’78 BSN ’86 Jean O. McConnell, BSN ’66 Brenda K. Fleming, BSN ’73 Joan Jacobson, BSN ’56 John W. Willis, Jr., BSN ’93 Michele P. Cameron, Christine R. McMurtrie, Rhea N. Foster, MS ’00, Lisa M. Johnson, BSN ’87 Adele Wilzack, MS ’66 BSN ’70 BSN ’75 BSN ’96 Joyce F. Kaetzel, BSN ’58 Debbie Tipton Winters, Myrna E. Clemenson Beverly J. Meadows, Kay E. Kearns, BSN ’76 BSN ’76 Carpenter, MS ’77 Adalyn G. Frank, MS ’95, PhD ’06, MS ’84, BSN ’69 Elizabeth D. Keller, MS ’82 Carolyn A. Wirth, BSN ’06 Shirley A. Carpenter, BSN ’93 Rose Ann Meinecke, Cheryl G. Kemp, MS ’80, Bernadette M. Wolff, BSN ’74 Edward G. Frank, BSN ’82 BSN ’79 BSN ’74 BSN ’81 Elizabeth C. Carroll, Beth Frankel, BSN ’00 Jacqueline Ruth Mickley, Delores G. Kenne, BSN ’74 Judith R. Wood, BSN ’71 DIN ’40 Causaunda B. French, PhD ’90 Diane E. Knecht, BSN ’70 Sally O. Young, BSN ’01 Heidi M. Cawman, MS ’98, MS ’77 Carol M. Miller, BSN ’86 April C. Kopec, MS ’09, Teresa S. Zemel, MS ’87, BSN ’85 E. Maxine Fritz, MS ’62 Christine C. Miller, MS ’92, BSN ’03 BSN ’77 Karen Chan-Zuckerman, Elizabeth M. Galik, PhD ’07 BSN ’89 Barbara G. Kormann, MS ’93 Mary Anne Clark, BSN ’81 Jane Rizer Miller, BSN ’61 BSN ’66 $50 to $99 Jean B. Chapoton, BSN ’60 Joyce N. Gering, MS ’92, Susan D. Miller, BSN ’86 Mary Koutrelakos, BSN ’55 Cecilia B. Abbott, BSN ’67 Alice E. Chaput, BSN ’61 BSN ’89 Lois Minchoff Stacy Zweig Krakower, Teresa Acquaviva Begg, Kathleen G. Charters, Roberta O. Gibson, BSN ’88 Marik A. Moen BSN ’78 PhD ’98 Helen E. Gilmer, BSN ’68 BSN ’99 Ruth Ann Mulnard, MS ’80 Jennifer C. Adamson, Mary E. Chetelat, BSN ’73 Sue A. Goldman, MS ’75 Ellen D. Kwiatkowski, Angela G. Musser, BSN ’95 MS ’00 Myra Chichester, MS ’72 Paul E. Gonzales, BSN ’09 BSN ’51† Marie La Penta, BSN ’81 Shelby L. Ainsley, BSN ’98 Basil I. Chidebelu, Deborah L. Goodhart, *Deceased Mary A. Lancaster, MS ’87 Carol C. Amitin, MS ’60 BSN ’98 MS ’95 BOLD –Louisa Parsons Diane Atchinson, MS ’78 Sharon A. Childs, MS ’91† Jacquelyn J. Goodrich, Caterina E. Lasome, Legacy Society Member Ruth Austin, DIN ’43† Lesley R. Clark, BSN ’75 BSN ’77† PhD ’08 †Cornerstone Club Member
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Marina V. Needham, Mary Ruth Shafer, BSN ’73 Doris E. Warrington, Arundhati Bhattacharyya Dana J. De Shon, MS ’98 MS ’06, BSN ’98 Joanne M. Shafik, MS ’82 MS ’76, BSN ’72 Terri F. Biggins, BSN ’80 Crystal L. De Vance-Wilson, Lorraine W. Newborn- Brian C. Sharkey, MS ’00, Elizabeth D. Webster, Theresa C. Bittle, BSN ’83 MS ’06, BSN ’00 Palmer, MS ’95 BSN ’98 MS ’93 Susan D. Bitzel, MS ’87 Norma S. DeMarino, Stephanie Smith Nordberg, Martha M. Shemin, BSN ’72 Nancy Smith Westerberg, Katherine R. Blackburn, BSN ’49 BSN ’61 Leslie M. Siebert-Terner, BSN ’58 BSN ’98 Susan H. Demetrides, Nkoli M. Ogbuchi, BSN ’95 MS ’93 Ouida E. Westney, MS ’65 Allan Bokser BSN ’78 James A. Olaleye, MS ’03 Connie L. Slewitzke, Mary L. Wetter, MS ’92 Steffi J. Bokser, BSN ’85 Stacy C. Denham, BSN ’05 Thomas J. O’Toole and BSN ’71 Kathleen M. White, MS ’78 Eloise T. Bonney, BSN ’96 Susan R. Desaulniers, Joyce B. O’Toole, MS ’68 Claudia M. Smith, BSN ’65† Linda L. Williams, MS ’70 Florence A. Bowen, BSN ’49 BSN ’78 Linda T. Patterson, BSN ’72 Tara L. Sofia, BSN ’82† Sonya T. Williams, Barbara R. Brakebill Jean B. Dotson, MS ’73 Maureen Pawlikowski, Mary N. Somerville, BSN ’96 Anne Bratt-Elliott, BSN ’73 Lillian O. Dove, BSN ’83 MS ’08, BSN ’02 BSN ’79 Edwina Jones Wimberly, Karen M. Bream, BSN ’00 Laura Draper, BSN ’00 Deanna J. Peckham, Seidou N. Soweh, BSN ’09 BSN ’61 Mary C. Brewster, MS ’88 Linda S. Dubansky, BSN ’71 BSN ’65 Katharine S. Speers, Barbara V. Wise, PhD ’99, Marie A. Briscoe, BSN ’75 Jacqueline K. Dunn, MS ’92 Christina M. Pollet, BSN ’54 MS ’82 Shirley Brooks, BSN ’78 Gary F. Dupart BSN ’84 Debra A. Spencer, MS ’99 Rebecca F. Wiseman, Diane L. Brown, BSN ’75 Teresa M. Dyer, MS ’99, Ellen Poole, DIN ’51 Elizabeth L. Stambolis, PhD ’93 Kathleen R. Brown, BSN ’95 BSN ’81 Regina R. Porter, MS ’88 MS ’93, BSN ’88 Gloria C. Wiser, BSN ’77 Carola Bruflat, BSN ’68 Lawrence J. Eberlin, BSN ’73 Susan Porter, BSN ’65 Sheri B. Stern, MS ’91, Betty G. Witherspoon, Nicole W. Brynes Dorcas A. Edge Marcia G. Postal-Ranney, BSN ’75 BSN ’80 Kathleen M. Buckley, Rose Eisenbeiss, BSN ’09 BSN ’78 Kathleen P. Stevens, James R. Witte and Alison MS ’76, BSN ’73 Ellen S. Eisenstadt, MS ’08, Keisha A. Potter, MS ’01 BSN ’75 S. Witte, MS ’81, BSN ’75 Elaine M. Bundy, MS ’09, BSN ’81 Judith Quick, BSN ’71 Lawrence F. Strassner, Susan H. Wood, DIN ’53† BSN ’75 Amy L. Engelmann, BSN ’88 Timothy Ranney MS ’88, BSN ’82 Priscilla S. Worral, PhD ’85, Charon M. Burda, MS ’03 Barbara C. Engh, MS ’80, Mary Fry Rapson, MS ’67, Karen L. Stumpf, BSN ’87 BSN ’74 Alice J. Burrow, MS ’89 BSN ’74 BSN ’61 Arla Sussman, BSN ’63 Gwendolyn Wright, Christine L. Byerly, BSN ’89 Carolann L. Engler, BSN ’75 Ronald E. Rebuck, MS ’94 Susan L. Tancredi, MS ’79, BSN ’01 Bella P. Caplan, MS ’78, Paula M. Ephraim, BSN ’75 Susan M. Renda, MS ’89 BSN ’69 Louise M. Wulff, MS ’75 BSN ’73† Linda J. Epstein, MS ’79, Renee J. Repique, MS ’99 Ann G. Taylor, MS ’65 Joan D. Wynn, BSN ’85 Harriet L. Caplan, BSN ’89 BSN ’74 Kathleen M. Ripp, MS ’95 Valerie R. Tenbroeck, Joyce F. Yamasaki, Berlyn S. Carlson, BSN ’73† Deborah L. Evans, BSN ’78 Anne Robin Waldman, BSN ’59 BSN ’68 Ruth M. Carroll, PhD ’90 Dorothy G. Evans, BSN ’86 BSN ’58† Barbara N. Terry, BSN ’71 Joan Fraser Yeash, Elizabeth L. Carter, BSN ’78 Vanessa P. Fahie, PhD ’94, Lisa Robinson, MS ’65 Pamela A. Thompson, BSN ’77 Sara A. Caskey, BSN ’79 BSN ’76 Flora Ann Rodney, BSN ’96 Dorothy L. Yorke, BSN ’57 Susan M. Cavey, BSN ’76 Karen M. Fairbrother, BSN ’77† Susan M. Thompson, Adele E. Young, PhD ’96, Janice Chance BSN ’72 Shari Rolnick MS ’01 MS ’84 Marlene H. Cianci, MS ’66, Deborah A. Falls, BSN ’80 Natalie J. Rook, MS ’85, Barbara T. Lamb, DIN ’46 Amber A. Zimmermann BSN ’65† Janice M. Farinelli, BSN ’72 Dorothy B. Throneburgh, Laura Cianelli Preston, BSN ’74 Donna S. Ryan, BSN ’81 BSN ’60 $1 to $49 MS ’91, BSN ’77 Maria Fedynsky, BSN ’02 Anne V. Samuels, BSN ’84 B. Irene Torino, BSN ’85 Denise M. Ahlgren, BSN ’72 Suzanne M. Clark, MS ’88 Denise C. Feller, BSN ’69 Kristine D. Santos, MS ’09 Ernestine Turner, BSN ’67 Sigrid M. Ahlmark, BSN ’84 Stacie E. Cuthbertson Kathleen M. Ficco, Sharon A. Saunders, Janice M. Ulmer, PhD ’91 Jacqueline A. Ahrens Coburn, BSN ’00 BSN ’79† BSN ’89 Evelyn F. Unger, MS ’66 McCoy, MS ’77 Kristin L. Cohen, BSN ’05 Rebecca S. Fishel, MS ’96 Carole Schauer, MS ’70 M. Frances Valle, DNP ’10 Ellen B. Allin, MS ’85, Clara E. Connor, MS ’94, Kathleen A. Fisher, BSN ’74 Linda S. Schenke, BSN ’75 Jane M. Vardaro, MS ’77† BSN ’81 BSN ’88 Mary C. Fleury, BSN ’86 Charles M. Schevitz, Karen F. Vaughan, BSN ’79 Mary T. Asplen, BSN ’63 Michele H. Cootauco, Harry E. Foster BSN ’81 Anne L. Villanueva, MS ’99 Linda L. Atkins, BSN ’61† MS ’95 Liliane Foster Dorothy E. Daniels, MS ’88 Carole A. Volcjak, BSN ’60 Jawaid Bashir and Hilary B. Cosby, BSN ’99 Lilymae Fountain, BSN ’91 Maureen P. Schultz, Mary B. Wachter, MS ’98 Karen H. Bashir, MS ’10, Ruth M. Craig, MS ’73 Christianne N. Fowler, BSN ’79 Elaine M. Walizer, MS ’88 BSN ’07 Nance A. Crockett, BSN ’73 MS ’97 Ruth C. Schwalm, MS ’66† Camilla K. Walker, BSN ’81 Margaret C. Berman, Judy A. Custer, MS ’94 Sondra J. Fox, MS ’64 Carolyn W. Schweitzer, Joyce L. Walls, BSN ’73 BSN ’80 Donna D. Damico, MS ’99, Adelina B. Gage-Kelly, BSN ’64 Mary G. Walshe, BSN ’99 Shirley Bernstein, DIN ’53 BSN ’93 BSN ’79 Debra A. Scrandis Cathy M. Walter, MS ’03 Carla A. Bester, BSN ’80 Ann R. Davis, DIN ’52 Ilana D. Gamerman, MS ’91 Elizabeth A. Seaton, Suzanne D. Walton, MS ’87, Norma H. Beyer, MS ’84, Bessie A. Davis, BSN ’75 Wendy F. Gannon, MS ’00 BSN ’92 BSN ’78† BSN ’74 Christina M. Davis Rachel E. Garvin, BSN ’96
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Carol M. Gifford, BSN ’79 Deborah L. Kavanagh, Marie C. McCarthy, Susan C. Plafker, BSN ’78 Rosemarie A. Splitgerber, Robyn C. Gilden, PhD ’10, MS ’86, BSN ’79† MS ’79 Martha A. Popovic, MS ’95 MS ’01 Cheri M. Keating, BSN ’96 Maryann K. McCarthy, BSN ’61 William F. Splitgerber, Jr. Joanne S. Ginley, BSN ’83 Barbara A. Kellam, MS ’80, BSN ’96 Nan K. Pue, BSN ’66 Carolyn P. Sponn, MS ’07 Gary J. Glowac, BSN ’77† BSN ’72 Mitchel A. McDonald, Rita T. Quarles, MS ’04, Kathleen Srsic-Stoehr, Debra G. Goddard, BSN ’94 Catherine Kelleher BSN ’73 BSN ’74 MS ’77 Frances C. Gordon, MS ’80, Jill A. Keller, MS ’96, Diane S. McGregor, Caroline L. Diehl, BSN ’71 Diana F. Staley, MS ’78 BSN ’73 BSN ’92 BSN ’74 Elizabeth W. Ratrie, MS ’90, Mary Helen Staley, BSN ’54 Reba E. Goslee, MS ’76 Anne M. Kelly, BSN ’85 Roberta W. McHale, BSN ’82 Mahala A. Stansfield, Steven T. Goyette, BSN ’98 Elaine Bishop Kennedy, PhD ’98 Wendy Fanaroff Ravick, BSN ’79 Helen Susan Grady, MS ’94 MS ’78 Randie H. McLaughlin, BSN ’76 Nancy Sullivan, BSN ’67 Roberta A. Greber, MS ’95, Holly M. Kent MS ’91, BSN ’86 Kim M. Reck, BSN ’78 Surgical Assessment BSN ’93 Phyllis D. Keys, BSN ’78 Erin E. McMichael Mary E. Redman, BSN ’80 Services Phyllis Green, BSN ’74 Deborah A. King, BSN ’77 Janice M. Melton, BSN ’75 Sara J. Reeder, MS ’76 Mary Pauline T. Tablizo, Tracy L. Greenfield, Eleanor Nixon King, Jacqueline M. Michels, Margot A. Regen, MS ’79 MS ’02 BSN ’79 BSN ’80 BSN ’99 Elizabeth C. Rehkemper, Edward P. Tabor, BSN ’98 Emily J. Griffith, BSN ’56 Mary Margaret King, Laurie H. Mindek, MS ’78 BSN ’67 Rita E. Talley, BSN ’78 Kathleen Griffith, PhD ’06 BSN ’78 Susan C. Minter, BSN ’70 Mary Jane Reichert, DIN ’47 Emily Tamburo, BSN ’64 Edna M. Grimes, MS ’08, Sherry L. Kirchner, Edith M. Moerschell, Susan J. Reiman, BSN ’91 Nicole E. Tarleton, BSN ’91 BSN ’80 BSN ’83 BSN ’68 Donna J. Riley, BSN ’69 Dolly C. Taylor, DIN ’48 Doris D. Taylor, BSN ’78† Carmela Groves, MS ’83 Thelma I. Kleckner, MS ’74, Margaret Mohler-Strahan, Sherrill L. Ringley, BSN ’69 BSN ’72, DIN ’47 BSN ’59 Jaap Tekelenburg, BSN ’96 Joyce A. Gun, MS ’90, Betsy F. Robbins, BSN ’96 Kathryn A. Knox, BSN ’73 Barbara A. Moore, MS ’95 Esther F. Tendler, BSN ’76 BSN ’84 Lisa F. Roupas, BSN ’92 Doris F. Koman, BSN ’74 Jacqueline M. Moore, Faye G. Trageser, BSN ’91 Barbara A. Gundersen, Mary E. Rouse, MSN ’81, Lisa A. Kuntz, BSN ’77 PhD ’90 Tiffany L. Trask, BSN ’08 BSN ’54 BSN ’70 Ernest K. Latimore, MS ’06, Karen L. Moore, BSN ’87 Nina M. Trocky Lou Ann Harman, Diane M. Rudolphi, MS ’91 BSN ’02 Patricia T. Nagorka, Susan R. Trone, BSN ’89 BSN ’56† Stephanie K. Sanders, Janice L. Lazear BSN ’57 Darlene Augins Tyson, Susan G. Harris, BSN ’94 BSN ’94 Victoria R. Lentz, MS ’81, Paula Silkworth Nee, BSN ’74 Sherry G. Hartman, BSN ’61 Kathryn M. Saunders, BSN ’76† MS ’95, BSN ’84 Ekaete G. Udo-Affah, MS ’09 Judy Hathaway, MS ’80, MS ’04 Tammy R. Tenace, MS ’99, Lois H. Neuman, BSN ’63 Ellen R. Deugwillo, BSN ’79 BSN ’78 Susan Schutt, BSN ’80 BSN ’87 Nancy L. Newman, BSN ’87 Ginger S. Wallech, BSN ’81 Kimberly S. Haus-McIltrot, Deborah G. Schwartz, Angela C. Lewis, BSN ’10 Diana M. Ng, MS ’96, Sandra L. Walter, BSN ’69 MS ’96 BSN ’06 Maria S. Lobianco, MS ’96, BSN ’94 Joella D. Warner, MS ’70, Margaret M. Henry, DIN ’52 Frankie N. Schwenk and BSN ’77 Peggy S. Novotny, DIN ’48 BSN ’64 Diane B. Hirsch, BSN ’08 Vernon L. Schwenk Solveig K. Locke, MS ’92, Susan K. O’Connell, Cora S. Webb, DIN ’44 Jane B. Hoffman, BSN ’82 Sally R. Schwerdt, BSN ’74 BSN ’88 BSN ’77 Doris Webb, BSN ’59 Karen U. Houle, BSN ’84 Mary DeSales Lohr, Adena O’Keeffe, MS ’87 Lori K. Seaton, BSN ’05 Charles S. Wehner Mary M. Hryniewicz, BSN ’78 Cindy K. Osnos, MS ’92 Carol K. Segal, BSN ’69 Emily Wehner, BSN ’54† MS ’95 Mary K. Low, BSN ’75 Nicole M. Papel Susan J. Seyala, BSN ’67 Kathryn M. Weich, BSN ’88 Holly A. Huber, MS ’98, Dorothy J. Lucas, MS ’89 Jacqueline W. Pargament, Taia Barton Shabazz, Phyllis Weitzel, DIN ’49 BSN ’91 Natalya Makarevich, BSN ’71 MS ’97 Marilyn R. Welling, MS ’87 Patricia A. Hyer, MS ’88 MS ’00, BSN ’98 Nicholas A. Parker Frances Sides, BSN ’55† Steen G. Westerberg Carol M. Hyland, BSN ’58 Carol A. Malinowski, Quentin G. Parker Claudette K. Silberfein, Linda F. White, BSN ’78† Dora E. Ifon, MS ’98 BSN ’77 Ruth R. Parker, PhD ’00 MS ’71 Nancy S. White, BSN ’62 Ann Isaacs, MS ’72 Gwynne L. Maloney-Saxon, Constance C. Pavlides, Carol Sinclair, BSN ’66 Teresa M. White, BSN ’96 Jacqueline Moore & MS ’92 MS ’77 Norma Z. Smith, BSN ’72 Jessica L. Whitfield, Associates Joan Martellotto, BSN ’66 Doreen L. Paynter, MS ’99, Rita H. Smith, MS ’98, BSN ’94 Sara S. Jarrett, BSN ’66 Charlotte Martin, BSN ’47 BSN ’87 BSN ’71 Cheri N. Whiting, BSN ’93 Mary Anne Jayman, Colleen M. Mason, MS ’00 Donna M. Pedersen Roxanne M. Smith, MS ’00 Margaret C. Wilmoth, BSN ’72 Anne E. Matey, MS ’87, Hershey, MS ’08 Michaelyn M. Solomko, MS ’79, BSN ’75 Kristina Jewell BSN ’85 Mary J. Peitersen, MS ’78 BSN ’76 Jennifer D. Wilson, BSN ’99 Carol A. Johns, MS ’76 Amy E. May, MS ’97, Britta Phillips, BSN ’52 Kimberly Sparklin, BSN ’83 Jane B. Johnson, DIN ’47 BSN ’89 Claire A. Pieri, MS ’92 Derek E. Spencer, MS ’99, *Deceased Lydia A. Johnson, MS ’94 Patricia A. Mayernik, Cynthia L. Pike, BSN ’84 BSN ’90 and BOLD –Louisa Parsons Mary R. Kalapaca, BSN ’90 MS ’81† Ann L. Pike-Paris, MS ’01 Trina D. Spencer Legacy Society Member Shafali Kapoor Karen L. Maylor, BSN ’76 Daniel E. Piper, BSN ’91 Sandra Spina †Cornerstone Club Member
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Dara K. Winfield, BSN ’05 Gifts Given in Honor of: Karen L. Soeken Lorraine L. Moore, BSN ’73 Every effort has been made Joan M. Davenport, PhD ’00 Terrence E. Winnie, MS ’96 Student & Academic Teresa A. Moore to accurately list all donors Ida B. Wolk Mary C. Fleming, MS ’00 Services Staff Cynthia E. Northrop, MS ’75 who made contributions to Florence Hom, DIN ’47 Mary L. Herster, MS ’10 Gwendolyn Denise the School of Nursing be- Vivian A. Wonisch, BSN ’61 Sandra W. McLeskey Gifts Given in Memory of: Parrotte-Bush tween July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. If your name is mis- Emilie J Wunderlich Karen A. McQuillan, Mary C. B. Besett, DIN ’46 William D. Schaefer spelled, omitted, or listed Jean E. Yancey, BSN ’53† MS ’86, BSN ‘81 Lila Buchheister, DIN ’50 Betty Lou Shubkagel, incorrectly, please accept Mary M. Yancey, MS ’00, Ann B. Mech, MS ’78, David R. Davenport BSN ’54 our sincerest apologies. If a BSN ’96 BSN ’76 Donald Hartman Elizabeth R. Singleton, correction needs to be made, Ellis Q. Youngkin, MS ’65 Mary Regan, BSN ’95 Francis Hartzell DIN ’47 please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Norris Jones Nancy R. Zavilinsky, William D. Schaefer* Eleanor Slacum, MS ’61 Relations at 410-706-7640 or BSN ’75 Suzanne F. Sherwood, Rayna M. Keyser, BSN ’68 [email protected] Debra S. Zawitoski, MS ’93, BSN ’87 Judith E. Littlejohn, MS’92, *Deceased BSN ’78 Deborah K. Shpritz, MS ’82, BSN ’75 BOLD –Louisa Parsons Caryn S. Zolotorow, BSN ’78 Wendy S. Luttrell, MS ’02, Legacy Society Member BSN ’78 BSN ’02 †Cornerstone Club Member
The Cornerstone Club
The Cornerstone Club proudly recognizes School of Nursing alumni who have given back to the School for 20 years or more. Membership in the Club provides special acknowledgement to these long-term donors who have continually shown their commitment to the School’s mission of educating nurse leaders in education, research, and practice.
Alice J. Akehurst, MS ’66 Sonya G. Goodman, MS ’79, Patricia A. Lavenstein, MS ’59 Patricia A. Saunders, BSN ’68 Anna C. Alt-White, PhD ’87 BSN ’73 Harriet Leap, BSN ’62 Phyllis J. Scharp, BSN ’50 Carol C. Amitin, MS ’60 Jacquelyn J. Goodrich, BSN ’77 Victoria R. Lentz, MS ’81, BSN ’76 Barbara Schmitthenner, BSN ’57 Linda L. Atkins, BSN ’61 rs. Elaine D. Gosey, BSN ’47 Frances Lessans, MS ’85, BSN ’80 Sandra A. Schoenfisch, MS ’76 Helen L. Aubel, MS ’65 Claire P. Greenhouse, BSN ’66 Donna D. Lowman, BSN ’75 Eleanor B. Schron, PhD ’08, MS ’79 Ruth Austin, DIN ’43 Eleanor M. Greentree, MS ’72, Theresa M. Maskell, DIN ’50 Ruth C. Schwalm, MS ’66 Marion J. Bendt, BSN ’78 BSN ’62, DIN ’49 Patricia A. Mayernik, MS ’81 Charlotte Sebra, BSN ’57 Eva K. Berkow, BSN ’59 Patricia M. Haddad, BSN ’65 Shirley A. McDonald, BSN ’71 Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD ’88, BSN ’70 Georgia Boyer, BSN ’61 Bonnie M. Hagerty, MS ’77 Norma J. Melcolm, MS ’69 Frances Sides, BSN ’55 Margaret A. Bradford, MS ’76, Carolyn C. Handa, BSN ’63 Sharon L. Michael, BSN ’71 Joan E. Slavin, BSN ’57 BSN ’74 Lou Ann Harman, BSN ’56 Patricia C. Middleton, BSN ’61 Claudia M. Smith, BSN ’65 Maureen S. Bravo, BSN ’74 Ruth M. Harris, MS ’81, BSN ’79 Mary Etta C. Mills, MS ’73, BSN ’71 Tara L. Sofia, BSN ’82 Susanne S. Brown, BSN ’68 Margaret V. Herbert, BSN ’50 Betty Jane Mincemoyer, DIN ’48 Janet R. Southby, MS ’71 Bella P. Caplan, MS ’78, BSN ’73 Joan Hessey, DIN ’50 Elizabeth A. Montgomery, BSN ’70 Josephine M. Strauss, BSN ’71 Berlyn S. Carlson, BSN ’73 Ellen M. Hilsheimer, MS ’73 Patricia G. Morton, PhD ’89, MS ’79 Zane A. Szurgot, BSN ’75 Sharon A. Childs, MS ’91 Betty D. Hoatson, BSN ’54 Elizabeth G. O’Connell, MS ’74, Barbara M. Tawney, DIN ’50 Marlene H. Cianci, MS ’66, Beadie L. Holden, BSN ’77 BSN ’73 Doris D. Taylor, BSN ’78 BSN ’65 Ruth J. Honnas, BSN ’74 Katharine W. Parris, MS ’95, Shirley B. Teffeau, BSN ’55 Jean W. Cohn Sandifer, BSN ’48 Jane M. Houck, MS ’84 BSN ’69 Sue A. Thomas, MS ’73, BSN ’69 Anne R. Connery, DIN ’48 Ann C. Hubbard, DIN ’47 Kathryn Patchen Freer, BSN ’74 Marion Burns Tuck, MS ’80 Maura P. Cornell, BSN ’80 Louise S. Jenkins, PhD ’85, MS ’81 Jeanne W. Patten, BSN ’53 Andrea S. Van Horn, BSN ’69 Jill A. DeCesare, BSN ’69 Sally A. Kaltreider, MS ’88 Darlene C. Potter, BSN ’75 Jane M. Vardaro, MS ’77 Dorothy K. Dicarlo, DIN ’49 Jane F. Kapustin, MS ’85 Patricia J. Prichard, BSN ’74 Dorothy Walls, DIN ’49 Kathleen A. Diehn, BSN ’75 Deborah L. Kavanagh, MS ’86, Jeanette L. Priest, BSN ’71 Suzanne D. Walton, MS ’87, BSN ’78 Jeanne Ascosi Dorsey, BSN ’74 BSN ’79 Linda C. Pugh, PhD ’90, MS ’76, Emily Wehner, BSN ’54 Shirley B. Edwards, MS ’80, Jean W. Keenan, BSN ’48 BSN ’69 Elinor W. Wells, DIN ’46 BSN ’78 Mildred S. Kreider, MS ’68 Loretta M. Richardson, MS ’71, Linda F. White, BSN ’78 Bonnie W. Ellis, BSN ’62 Dorothy R. Kuhn, DIN ’46 BSN ’68 Helen Jane Wobbeking, BSN ’72 Kathleen M. Ficco, BSN ’79 Ellen D. Kwiatkowski, BSN ’51 Priscilla V. Rivera, BSN ’77 Susan H. Wood, DIN ’53 Julie C. Fortier, MS ’68, BSN ’66 Diane T. Langford, BSN ’75 Anne Robin Waldman, BSN ’58 Jean E. Yancey, BSN ’53 Gary J. Glowac, BSN ’77 Rose C. LaPlaca, BSN ’81 Flora Ann Rodney, BSN ’77
44 | FALL/WINTER 2011 THE LOUISA PARSONS Create a Lasting Legacy LEGACY SOCIETY IN GRATITUDE TO THE MEMBERS WHEN ANN CAIN retired from the School OF THE LEGACY SOCIETY of Nursing in 1994 after serving for 30 years on Estate of Robert Ageton the faculty,her colleagues and students came Janet D. Allan together to create the Ann Ottney Cain Endowed Anonymous Floraine B. Applefeld Lectureship in Psychiatric Nursing.“I was Estate of Carolyn V Arnold overwhelmed. It was such a meaningful Estate of Zabelle S. Howard Beard expression of high regard,”Cain recalls today. Ann Bennett, MS ’69 Marjorie Stamler Bergemann “Psychiatric nursing was the first specialty to Jean L. Bloom, DIN ’46 be offered in the Master of Science program at Estate of Mary J. Brewer the School, beginning in 1954,”explains Cain, Estate of E. L. Bunderman, DIN ’31 Ann Ottney Cain who says she loved working with graduate Estate of Dorothy C. Calafiore, BSN ’51 students at the School—“serving as teacher, Shirley E. Callahan, DIN ’52 mentor, advisor, and role model to them and to Avon B. Chisholm Estate of Gladys B. and Lansdale G. Clagett many other professionals in the field of Estate of Bonnie L. Closson, BSN ’61 mental health.” Stephen Cohen Recently,Cain made a planned gift of life insurance to support the lectureship. Regina M. Cusson, MS ’79 Celeste A. Dye, BSN ’66 “I did this because psychiatric nursing is a wonderful and challenging field,”she Mary H. Gilley, DIN ’44 says,“and the lecture is a way of celebrating it on a yearly basis at a school of Lura Jane Emery, MS ’79 nursing with a long history of psychiatric nursing excellence.The lecture calls Carolyn Cook Handa, BSN ’63 Sharon Hanopole, BSN ’66 attention, in a very positive way,to the many contributions psychiatric nurses have Barbara Heller-Walsh made and currently make.” Estate of Marie L. Hesselbach Estate of Kjerstine K. Hoffman, DIN ’47 Margaret H. Iles, DIN ’53 Catherine Ingle, BSN ’61 Estate of Mary McCotter Jackson Whether you wish to support scholarships, research, faculty positions, or other areas of June Jennings, BSN ’47 and E.R. Jennings need, there are several methods by which you can benefit the School of Nursing and Jeanette Jones, MS ’70 future generations of nursing students and patients. A planned gift can be designed to Jean W. Keenan, DIN ’48 Debbie G. Kramer, MS ’79, BSN ’75 achieve your financial and philanthropic goals and also makes you eligible for member- Cynthia P. Lewis, BSN ’58 and Jack C. Lewis ship in our Louisa Parsons Legacy Society. Margaret A. McEntee, MS ’73 Estate of Wealtha McGunn Myrna Mamaril, MS ’93 SOME POPULAR TYPES OF PLANNED GIFTS INCLUDE: Estate of Lois Marriott BEQUESTS AND OTHER GIFTS: After providing for your loved ones, you can designate a gift to the Beverly Meadows, MS ’84, BSN ’69 Joan L. Meredith, BSN ’62 School of Nursing. Charitable bequests can include cash, securities, real estate, or other property. Sharon L. Michael, BSN ’71 They may be for a specific percentage of your estate, a fixed dollar amount, or the part remaining Nancy J. Miller, BSN ’73 after fulfilling other bequests. Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD ’89, MS ’79 Lyn Murphy, MS ’01 and John Murphy LIFE INCOME GIFTS: These enable you to make a gift to the School of Nursing while receiving an Harriet Palmer-Willis, BSN ’68 income for life. Benefits also include federal income and state tax deductions, increased income from Ann E. Roberts, BSN ’93 low-yield assets, and preferential capital gains tax treatment on gifts of long-term appreciated property. Linda E. Rose, PhD ’92 Amelia Carol Sanders, DIN ’53 Many of our alumni and friends, like Ann, have already discovered that a planned gift can be an Patricia A. Saunders, BSN ’68 invaluable component of their financial and charitable planning. Whether you are seeking to satisfy Estate of William Donald Schaefer current income and estate tax needs, diversify a portfolio, liquidate a business, prepare for retire- Phyllis J. Scharp, BSN ’50 Sandra Schoenfisch, MS ’76 ment, or make low yielding assets more productive, a carefully crafted planned gift may provide a Ruth C. Schwalm, MS ’66 solution that satisfies your needs. Beverly Seeley Deborah K. Shpritz, MS ’82, BSN ’78 If you would like to learn more about making a planned gift, or about membership in our Louisa and Louis Shpritz Parsons Legacy Society, please contact us. We are available to work with you and your advisors Estate of Betty Lou Shubkagel, BSN ’54 to create a personalized plan. Estate of Anna Mae Slacum Nancy T. Staggers, PhD ’92, MS ’84 Estate of Marie V. Stimpson, MS ’89, BSN ’84 Laurette L. Hankins Thomas F. Hofstetter, JD, LLM Courtney Ann Kehoe Thomas, BSN ’66 Associate Dean for Development Senior Director of Planned Giving and James P. 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Earthquakes and hurricanes and classes … Oh my! At the start of September, an earthquake shook Baltimore and Hurricane Irene blew through with strong winds and rain, but these unusual weather events did not keep students from celebrating the new academic year with a back-to-school ice cream social.