Transforming Health Care 2019–20 Letter from the Dean in our surrounding communities, we Acknowledgments: have embraced creative approaches to curriculum delivery, and we have developed Lisa Rebeschi, Associate Dean and strengthened clinical and corporate and Professor partnerships. We also have a laser focus Heather Pastir, Director, Marketing now on engaging our nursing alumni. Our Communications nursing community benefits from the wisdom and expertise of our alumni, who School of Nursing Faculty, Staff, are vital in transforming our students’ Students and Alumni lives through scholarship, mentoring Office of Integrated Marketing and education. Communications Through this strategic plan, we are striving Office of Alumni and Development for national prominence. Quinnipiac’s Affairs School of Nursing is one of only 15 schools in the nation with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association. Front cover image: We are aiming for additional accreditation Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health in simulation and recognition as a Sciences on Quinnipiac University’s North Center of Excellence. Haven Campus As we settle into the new “norm” of educating students using a flexible model during this COVID-19 era, we continue This International Year of the Nurse inaugural viewbook. While Quinnipiac to strive for excellence in the education and Midwife, designated by the World has educated nursing students since 1972, we provide to our students. We invite all Health Organization, has certainly been the School of Nursing wasn’t officially of you—our students, parents, donors, challenging. We are navigating uncharted founded until 2011. Over the years, we alumni, patients and colleagues—to join us waters, confronted by circumstances we have expanded our bachelor’s, master’s in our initiatives. It is an exciting time to haven’t seen before. Here at Quinnipiac, and doctoral offerings, now including 10 be in nursing education. More than ever, a we have pulled together to face these programs, with more than 1,000 students spotlight is shining brightly on the nursing challenges head on and seek solutions and a state-of-the-art facility. Our licensure profession. At Quinnipiac, we are doing our that focus on our priority: providing a and certification pass rates are stellar, part to shine and transform health care. high-quality education for our students and our graduates are sought-after by Won’t you join us? so that we may continue our mission of employers across the country. transforming health care one student at a time. In 2018, the university community created a dynamic, ambitious strategic It is a privilege to serve as dean of the plan, which gave us in the School of Lisa O’Connor Quinnipiac University School of Nursing, Nursing the opportunity to re-envision Dean, School of Nursing and I am excited to present to you our our future. We have planted more roots Table of Contents 2020 Pinning Ceremony ....................................................................................................................4 Quick Facts ..............................................................................................................................................5 Student Fellows .................................................................................................................................6-7 Growing Simulator Family Enhances Clinical Experiences ...............................................8 Alumna Garners Prestigious Nursing Award ............................................................................9 Welcome New Faculty and Practitioners in Residence ...............................................10-11 Research Making an Impact ....................................................................................................12-13 Student Experiences ...................................................................................................................14-15 HRSA Grant for Nurse Anesthesia Program...........................................................................16 QU Representing CT ........................................................................................................................ 17 Importance of Holistic Practice ....................................................................................................18 2020 Commencement Awards ....................................................................................................19 Faculty Academic Scholarship .............................................................................................20-23 Connect with Us ...............................................................................................................Back Cover 2020 Pinning Ceremony The School of Nursing community comes together each year in May to honor graduating nursing students with a pinning ceremony. A ceremony for accelerated nursing students took place in August. In May, 161 students received their pins to those whose lives you’ve touched, well from their loved ones at home after before the pandemic. Regardless of where collectively completing more than 136,000 your journey takes you, you are always hours of class and didactic time, more than responding to someone in need.” 42,000 hours of lab experience, and nearly 100,000 hours of clinical practice and Keynote speaker Marcia Proto, executive fieldwork during the past four years. The director of the Connecticut League for ceremony celebrated the accomplishments Nursing and the Connecticut Center for of traditional four-year students as well as Nursing Workforce, described the pinning our RN-to-BSN students. ceremony as one of the many milestones nursing students will experience on their Regardless of where your journey Dean Lisa O’Connor told the graduates professional journey. takes you, you are always responding they are entering the profession at a very “ “I’m sure that when the World Health important time in the nation’s history. to someone in need. “You’ll be challenged to prioritize, make Organization decided a few years back to quick decisions, multitask and utilize designate 2020 as the year of the nurse ” and midwife, it had no idea nursing would your clinical reasoning skills—but you are ready.” take center stage on the global scale and be thrust into the spotlight to play a Quinnipiac President Judy D. Olian critical and integral role in addressing the expressed her gratitude, saying the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Proto. “No graduates are joining a community that matter the role a nurse plays, the setting is serving at major hospitals around the where he or she works, or the population world as well as in nearby regional medical served, nursing as a profession has truly centers and those providing support to shown the world the depth of our expertise rural communities. and knowledge, a commitment and passion for the work, innovation and creativity “We’ve heard the word ‘heroes’ used often in to address and manage even the most recent weeks to describe our nurses,” said challenging situations, and the power of Olian. “But the reality is that you have compassion, and the love of humankind.” ♦ always been Superman or Superwoman 4 Quick Facts Career Outcomes Pass Rates 91% 97% 100% Traditional undergraduate and Quinnipiac MSN/DNP students who passed Quinnipiac DNP Nurse Anesthesia 98% Employed full time accelerated Quinnipiac students the American Association of Nurse Practitioners students who passed the National who passed the National Council (AANP) or American Nurses Credentialing Certification Examination (NCE) 98% 2% Seeking, or not choosing of State Boards of Nursing Center (ANCC) certification exam Success Rate to seek employment for 2019 (NCSBN) on first attempt Data collected in 2019 with a 79% knowledge rate. Rankings and Distinctions College Factual U.S. News & World Report # Our undergraduate nursing Quinnipiac’s Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor program is ranked #9 out of 518 of Nursing Practice programs are nationally ranked by schools nationwide. U.S. News & World Report in its 2021 edition. 2019–20 Enrollment 9 Our undergraduate nursing program is ranked #9 out of 518 schools nationwide by College Factual. This puts our program in the top 5% of all nursing programs in Doctor of Nursing Practice (online) the United States. Based upon PayScale survey data, a student who graduates from DNP Nurse Anesthesia Quinnipiac with a bachelor’s degree in nursing will make an average early-career MSN in Operational Leadership (online) wage of $67,000 and average mid-career wage of $76,000. This is above the national DNP Nurse Practitioner average of all nursing graduates, who make $53,000 in their early career. It is also (either FNP or AGNP) Total above the average for nursing graduate’s mid-career salary of $70,000. Enrollment 2020 MSN Nurse Practitioner (either FNP or AGNP) 1,130 Bachelor of Science The research team at Nursing Schools Almanac ranked Quinnipiac #8 out of 60 RN to BSN (online) in Nursing nursing schools in New England. They evaluated nursing schools in the region on Accelerated Bachelor of three dimensions: the institution’s academic prestige and perceived value; the breadth Science in Nursing and depth of nursing programs offered; and student success, particularly on the NCLEX licensure examination. This is compared to schools in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Following a rigorous self-study process and onsite visit, the Quinnipiac School