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year in review 2010
Dear Connell School community, The 2009–2010 academic year was a fabulous one for the Connell School of Nursing (CSON). Our faculty and students were recognized for outstanding scholarship. We received grants for new programs and awards for research, and we were elected to leadership positions in nursing. We looked back, recalling the life and career of Dean Emeritus Rita P. Kelleher, and focused on what’s ahead, including our new pediatric palliative care program, the first of its kind in the country. We hope you take pride and satisfaction in being a part of the CSON community and the highlights of the past year outlined in this year in review. Sincerely,
Susan Gennaro Dean and Professor www.bc.edu/cson/yir
connell school of nursing | year in review 2010
Faculty Professor emeritus marjory gordon was named a Living Legend at the American Academy of Nursing’s 36th annual meeting in November 2009. Professor ann wolbert burgess was the inaugural recipient of the Ann Burgess Forensic Nursing Award, given by the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
barbara wolfe, Ph.D. ’95, associate dean for research and professor, was selected as one of 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows. The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and Alpha Sigma Nu, the national Jesuit honor society, awarded its 2009 National Book Award to Associate Professor pamela grace for Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (Jones and Bartlett, 2008). She was one of four recipients. Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Associate Professor patricia tabloski received 2009 Book of the Year honors from the American Journal of Nursing for Gerontological Nursing: The Essential Guide to Clinical Practice 2nd edition (Pearson, 2009).
Students A Boston College Magazine cover story, “Rookies,” featured nursing students and their semester of hands-on clinical training with Assistant Clinical Professor stacey barone, Ph.D. ’93.
kathryn boyle ’11, molly keefe ’09, and kristin stobo ’10 went on the Order of Malta’s annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, the town where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858. Graduate student shandon halland, M.S. ’10, was selected as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow. He will launch a homelessness prevention service at the Cambridge Health Alliance’s outpatient mental health clinic, working with people whose mental illness puts them at risk of losing their housing.
karen jennings, M.S. ’11, is a winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing essay contest. Ph.D. candidate lisa wolf, who last fall received the Rising Star Award from the Emergency Nurses Association, was selected as a Jonas Nursing Scholar by the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence and the National League for Nursing. Ph.D. candidate carol marchetti was chosen as a 2009 American Psychiatric Nurses Association Janssen Scholar, one of 30 national scholarships awarded to nursing students interested in psychiatric and mental health nursing. Ph.D. candidate patricia underwood, who was selected to attend the international summer doctoral program at the Institute of Nursing Science at the University of Basel, Switzerland, received a grant to cover her travel and living expenses while she attended the weeklong program.
Alumni Alumna karen daley, M.S. ’04, Ph.D. ’10 is the newly elected president of the American Nurses Association, the nation’s leading professional nursing organization representing 3.1 million registered nurses.
jennie chin hansen ’70, H ’08, who recently completed a two-year term as president of AARP, cohosted a July 2010 Tele-Town Hall on health care reform featuring President Obama.
cecilia mcvey ’72, the associate director for nursing/patient services at the VA Boston Health Care System, received the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Award for Excellence in Nursing and for the Advancement of Nursing Programs.
megan scully ’06 received the John Dystel Nursing Fellowship from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS). The Dystel Fellowship offers registered nurses advanced training in MS nursing care.
connell school of nursing | year in review 2010
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Connell School Dean susan gennaro presented the second annual Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award to genevieve v. foley ’66 at a ceremony honoring Foley during Reunion Weekend. Immediately after the ceremony, Foley, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Associate Professor patricia tabloski, and Clinical Instructor vanessa battista ’01 took part in a panel discussion on pediatric palliative nursing, the Connell School’s newest subspecialty. Boston College Magazine Editor ben birnbaum moderated the panel.
Assistant Professor katherine gregory, Ph.D. ’05 was named the first Steven and Kathleen Haley Nurse-Scientist at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The nurse-scientist program, funded by a $1 million gift from steven haley and kathleen (powers) haley ’76, supports Connell School faculty members and doctoral students who lead clinical nursing research and mentor clinical nurses pursuing scholarly work.
In May 2010, the Connell School hosted an Afternoon Tea to remember Dean Emeritus rita p. kelleher, who passed away in November 2009 at the age of 101. Swiss researcher sabina de geest visited the Connell School as the Ph.D. Colloquium Visiting Scholar in November 2009. She met with faculty and students, and spoke about “What America Can Learn from Swiss Health Care.” Dean susan gennaro spoke at Swissnex Boston/Consulate of Switzerland on “Inventing the Health Care System of the Future: New Trends in Nursing” in winter 2010.
Grants The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a three-year workforce diversity grant of more than $935,000 to the Keys to Inclusive Leadership in Nursing (KILN) program. KILN prepares nursing students from diverse backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses, to enter public health nursing. The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a three-year competitive renewal grant to the Connell School to expand the existing palliative care curricula and develop a pediatric concentration. CSON received more than $875,000 and will be the first nursing school in the United States to create a master’s level pediatric palliative care concentration.
Nursing leaders gathered at Massachusetts General Hospital to celebrate Nurse Recognition Week in May 2010. Connell School Dean susan gennaro delivered the Yvonne L. Munn Nursing Research Lecture. Gennaro’s presentation, “From the NICU to OB Clinics: A Research Journey,” covered her research on perinatal nursing practice and education, stress in families with preterm infants, and global women’s health.
Service katya wheelwright ’12 received a Boston College Advanced Study Grant to spend her summer teaching disease prevention in Ugandan schools. Wheelwright chronicled her experiences on her blog and in BC Nursing Voice.
alison quinn, M.S. ’10, Clinical Assistant Professor donna cullinan, M.S. ’99, and rebecca freedberg, M.S. ’07 traveled to Haiti for 10 days after the January 2010 earthquake. Eight undergraduate students, three graduate students, and three faculty members, funded in part by the Countess Moira Foundation, traveled to Nicaragua on a spring break service trip.
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connell school of nursing | year in review 2010
By the numbers students 381 undergraduates 96 percent female 25 percent ahana 89 incoming freshmen 363 graduate students 36 ph.d. students and candidates 36 states and u.s. territories 30 countries
faculty 48 full time 10 part time 60 part time clinical 98 percent female
degrees, programs, certificates b.s. m.s. m.s./ph.d. m.s./ m.b.a (joint degree program with the Carroll School of Management) m.s./ m.a. in Pastoral Ministry (joint degree program with the School of Theology and Ministry) Three routes of entry to master’s degree programs in advanced nursing practice Two post-master’s certificates
clinical specialities Adult health Community health Family health Forensic nursing Gerontology Nurse anesthesia Palliative care, including pediatric palliative care Pediatric health Psychiatric mental health Women’s health
alumni 9,337 alumni 51 states and u.s. territories 17 countries