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October 5, 2012 Nursing. school names interim Political science ·class puts Dean, searches for replacement focus on election campaigns BY KIMBE;RLY DELANDE Island], we're making steady said the College of Nursing News Reporter BY GILDA CENTENO exactly how the system progress," Sullivan said. has made it their initiative to Contributing News Reporter · works," Pearson ~aid . "We're responding to the not just teach students, but University of Rhode · An interestiry~ fact in the IOM' s report by looking at ensure that they are getting Political science professor speCifics . of vote'r hi'rnout, is Island nursing professor, our eurriculum and working experience out on. the field: Shanna Pearson ~ Merkowitz the' difficulties that jlre in · nurse-scientist and scholar to increase the number of Nursing students currently Mary Sullivan has been challenge to Univers·i,ty of pface when voting in ( the · nurses with bachelor degrees gain these skills by learning Rhode Island students in her Unit~d States. She. said the narned interim Dean of the and graduate degrees." in community health centers, · College of Nursing. She suc­ upper~ level. CO~lfS~ . The ·. curre~t proces:s is one t~~~ is Responding to the 10M's which helps nurses with course s mam obJective IS to time sake with time ceeded Dayle Joseph, who : hmita~ report would mean that there bc'i.chelor degrees practice at a focus the analysis , tions au:ing' Election Day; retired from the dean's posi­ o~ in-de~th . more nurses able to give qual­ higher l'evel, according to of election campaigns. There this is without taking into tion irt the spring. ity care to more patients, Sullivan. As interim dean, Sullivan is also specif~c focus on voter account '\>the constraihts that Sullivan said. To illustrate "Nurses who graduate turnouts and reasons for elec- hinder voters, such as. current said she wants to "help the this point, Sullivan said that with bachelor degrees are college move forward in toral campaigns. location · versus regis'tran't hospitals, nursing homes and expected to practice at a high With prior expe_rience location. Merkowitz . accomplishing its goals and care facilities with more nurs­ level," Sullivan said. "They in professional management . described a scenario of URI initiatives." While a national es that have bachelor and are expected to make judg­ search is being conducted for of electoral campaign for. a student, as example of restric­ . graduate degrees have lower ments about their practices major Maryland · candidate, tion to vote. She said not a permanent dean, Sulliv<ln mortality rates and shorter and they are leaders in their has bee·n assisting the college Pearson has close familiarity being able to vote on national stay periods for patients. This communities and nursing with the subject of discussion; Election Day at URI, but hav­ in responding to changes hap­ is because processes like diag­ environments." in this case, strongly encour- ing to travel to Coventry in pening nationally to the nurs­ nosing a patient and using This fall, the College of aging students to understand order to vote is a dear case of ing profession and education, certain instruments are Nursing has accepted a due to a report issued by the more intimately the purpose constraint in voter turnout. changing due to technological diverse class, which consists of camp~igning . "The United States makes Institute of Medicine (10M). advances. For nurses, educa­ of 17 percent minority stu­ The report, "The Future of With an objective stand it harder than any other coun­ tional and practical knowl­ dents and 92 percent women. that leaves out the current try in the world to vote," Nursing," highlights the edge, Sullivan said, goes According to Sullivan, having political campaigns, Pearson Pearson said, in describing importance of educating hand in hand. diversity in the College is nurses to their highest poten­ engages._ ~JtJ;<J;ents" , <1.~ . ._t!w , ~ the true nature of voting in "The information . age "especially important," since importance of voter turnout, the United States. · tial, in order to help realize adds complexity to patient nursing is generally seen as a the objectives of the 2010 explicitly stating a surprising With a culminating exit care," Sullivan said. "Health "white profession." Sullivan detail, . that this country's poll project as part of the :Affordable Care Act. care providers need to be on said that the College is glad to According to Sullivan, ranked m the bottom three for course, she has plans for stu­ top of this in order to work at invite representation from all responding to this report is an voter turnout in democracies. dents to achieve greater skill their highest level." races, backgrounds and sexu- "What I hope students sets, that can potentially be imperative goal of the College In order to help nurses walk away with is a very of Nursing. reach their potential, Sullivan Continued on page 2 nuanced understanding of · cOntinued on page 2 "At · URI and (Rhode Student engineering organization supports Guatemalan community BY AUDREY O'NEIL organization .at University of choose the next project for the nities about -the ,benefits of the tank so that the kids can News Reporter Connecticut, Engineers organization to focus on. The developing environmentally kind of see what the tank is, Without Borders. organization selected a school sensitive designs. they can look at the posters, Students in the "It sparked my interest, so in which the community had· "One of our biggest focus­ and understand why this big University of Rhode Island I looked on the URI Website recently received flushing toi­ es is to. not only bring a solu- · con<::rete block is right there Community are coming and there wasn't any chapter lets, but "the waste was being tion there because that does­ and was built." . together to find sustainable, at URI, so I emailed one of my drained into the local river, n't really help them in the Although ESW has affordable and effective solu­ professors about starting that which was causing pollution. long run. Our purpose is to installed a septic tank for the tions to global engineering and we started meeting and "They just received the educate them and implement community, they are still problems. Formed in got some students together toilets but they have no infra­ the solution in their way of w~rking on finding a solution September 2010, the URI and · we started talking," structure to deal with the living so that they can repro­ for the project. Chapter of Engineers for a Vigeant said. "We got denied wastewater that it produces, duce it and take ownership of "Currently, we are focus­ Sustainable World provides from Engineers Without so they just drained the waste it and maintain it and see the ing on this project; it is not assistance to developing com­ Borders because of the group to the local river and the river importance of it," . Vigeant one hundred percent com~ munities. The organization limit so we started out with is completely polluted," said. plete yet. We just put in the addresses local and global Students for Global Vigeant said. "So we decided Vigeant also believes that tank and we are working with sustainability problems. Sustainability and became to install a septic tank and we edu_cating the children of the a professional engineer and Civil Engineering student recognized and made our first went back to install the actual community will help. he estimated that this would Marc Vigeant formed the URI trip. Then we found out about tank in August of this year "This is also why the solve eighty percent of the Chapter of Engineers for a Engineers . for a Sustainable and it is the first tank that school is a really good place problem because it is collect­ Sustainable World and is the World and applied and have their community has ever had to do that because the kids ing the solids but it doesn't president of the organization. been working with them." and they were really open to will grow up learning about really treat the water that is Vigeant became interested in ESW recently traveled to it." it," Vig1:1ant said. "Right now still going out so the liquid is finding an organization his Guatemala .for an assessment The organization also we are :working on building sophomore · year, when his trip ·in 2011 to survey and focuses on educating commu- some posters to put around friend introduced him to the Continued on page 2 Today's forecast 76 °F . Nickel Brief: Couldn't make it to the Big Learn about an attempt to Sean concert last night? Sunny! break a world record in the next issue of the Cigar. See page 3. Page 2 • The Good Five Cent Cigar • Friday, October 5, 2012 CONTINUED work with a group · of kids Engineering who have been .