Voice magazine, spring 2020 by Boston College

Spring 2020

CSON RESPONDS TO COVID-19

from the dean susan gennaro

Dear friend,

dean Susan Gennaro

In this Year of the Nurse, in the midst of an unprecedented international pandemic, the nursing community has shown the world how vital our role is. “Nurses are the underappreciated heroes of this crisis,” Dr. Paul Dohrenwend, assistant chief of emergency medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Diego, asserted recently in the Wall Street Journal. “They’re on the front line, face-to-face, in the six-foot Photograph: Caitlin Cunningham danger zone. They are collecting the data that epidemiologists use to track the outbreak.” Nurses I know personally, from Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx to those in Italy and China, have served as patient champions, pleaded with the public to stay home, and been symbols of strength to those across the world. Closer to home, here at Boston College in March, our amazing faculty moved student learning online for roughly 437 undergraduate and 326 graduate students. I contributed to a proposal asking the White House to ensure that nursing students’ virtual work will be recognized in every U.S. state (so our seniors can sit for the NCLEX in any of the 50). We volunteered in every capacity. “The number of nurses staffing the hospital determines its capacity,” Dr. Dohrenwend pointed out. “Everyone is playing a part—but none are more important than the nurses.” I thank you for being the nurse who has cared for so many and for helping prepare the nurses that we need right now and in a more predictable future. The world needs CSON graduates. I am very proud of our community, who are truly women and men for others. Yours,

editor Maureen Dezell

managing editor Tracy Bienen

art director Diana Parziale

graphic designer Monica DeSalvo

contributors Timothy Gower Debra Bradley Ruder John Shakespear

photographers Caitlin Cunningham Lee Pellegrini

Voice is published by the William F. Connell School of Nursing and the Boston College Office of University Communications. Address letters and comments to: csonalum@bc.edu Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications William F. Connell School of Nursing Maloney Hall 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

cover CSON Clinical Instructor Alison Marshall at South Boston Community Health Center. Courtesy: Alison Marshall

Susan Gennaro Dean

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contents Mary Seacole (1805–81), a highly accomplished Jamaican nurse and businesswoman, is the namesake for CSON’s living and learning community. Courtesy: Winchester College (UK)/In aid of Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal/Mary Evans

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4 CSON Research Scholar Cherlie Magny-Normilus, a nurse practitioner who also works part-time at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, was among hundreds of Partners HealthCare employees required to show a COVID pass this spring to gain access to their workplaces at inpatient care facilities. Courtesy: Cherlie Magny-Normilus

As she approaches retirement, Dorothy Jones, CSON professor, researcher, clinician, and mentor, continues to elevate the fields of nursing and nursing research. Artwork: Monica DeSalvo

The woven symbol (in yellow and blue) of the Mapuche, one of the indigenous peoples of Chile, brought together with elements of the modern Chilean and American flags, both of which share red and white stripes and white stars on blue fields. Artwork: Monica DeSalvo

Spring 2020 news

4 CSON responds to COVID-19 The Connell School highlights a few of our many community members who are caring for patients and families afflicted with coronavirus disease.

Features

8 Seacole Scholars connect and reflect A new living and learning community supports first-year students from diverse backgrounds, helping them to thrive.

12 Nursing across continents CSON partners with Chile’s Pontifical Catholic University. Their goals: to develop advanced practice

achievements nursing in Chile, build a service learning program, and expand international study at the university.

16 Fierce advocacy Celebrating the remarkable nursing career of Professor Dorothy Jones, one of the more decorated among Boston College’s nursing faculty.

20 Faculty publications

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cson responds to covid - 19 While Voice usually celebrates Connell School community members’ accomplishments and honors in this section, we decided that this edition would highlight a few of the many who are caring for patients and families afflicted with coronavirus disease. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it provides an overview of what many with ties to CSON are doing each day to combat the spread of COVID-19, and to care for the affected and their families.

Dictionary definition: COVID-19 A new name for a new disease, COVID-19 is an abbreviation for novel coronavirus disease 2019, a new strain in a family of viruses that had not previously been identified in humans. Merriam-Webster’s has revised its definition of COVID-19, adding novel to its entry to indicate the virus is new.

We thank you for all that you are doing.

Alumni

At Boston College in March, CSON’s faculty and administration moved to virtual classrooms and meeting places. There they worked to locate clinical sites for undergraduate and graduate students who were required to work direct patient hours (aspects of health care conducted face-to-face) during spring semester.

Aristotle Boslet ’18 says there’s “nowhere else” he’d rather be than on his unit at Beth Israel Lahey Health, which was turned into a COVID-19 f loor.

The Connell School also immediately donated personal protective equipment from the Simulation and Brown Family Clinical Learning Laboratories to local health care centers. We held town halls to keep students apprised of changes in our teaching and learning methods this semester, and we offered them a place to ask questions directly of CSON leadership and to voice their own opinions and concerns. The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing determined that “simulation could be used as a substitute for traditional clinical experience,” which allowed our students to make the best decisions for themselves about whether to return home or remain at BC when the University shut down most of its campus in March.

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Elizabeth Byrne ’17 is working in emergency medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Christine Grady, M.S. ’78, a nurse-bioethicist who is married to Anthony Fauci, M.D.—director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—is chief of Bioethics and section head of Human Subjects Research at the National Institutes of Health. She played a major role in the early fight against AIDS in the 1980s.

Eileen Searle ’06, Ph.D. ’20, an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, obtained a one-day license to marry two co-workers in MGH’s Ether Dome in March—after which they went back to COVID-19 testing. The wedding received coverage in the Boston Globe. John Welch, M.S. ’12, a senior nurse anesthetist at Boston Children’s Hospital, is overseeing the 1,000 public health workers in the Massachusetts Community Tracing Collaborative. The program focuses on reaching out to the contacts of confirmed positive COVID-19 patients to identify and help those who may have been exposed to the virus.

Nahoko Harada, Ph.D. ’15, is chief of research and training in Japan’s Primary Care Association Post-Disaster Aid Project, where she does disaster planning. Stacy Hutton Johnson, Ph.D. ’15, is chief nurse at Boston Hope, a 1,000-bed medical center constructed inside the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for postacute COVID-19 patients and homeless patients with COVID-19 who do not require hospitalization in an acute care facility.

Aristotle Boslet ’18

Courtesy: Aristotle Boslet

On campus

cson responds to covid-19 Courtesy: Donna Cullinan

Faculty expertise Assistant Professor Nadia Abuelezam, who is an infectious disease epidemiolo gist, is increasingly sought after in her new role as spokeswoman and translator of COVID-19 facts and information for an anxious public. In March, Abuelezam and other Boston College and Boston University experts in biology, medicine, political science, and public health gathered in a virtual panel discussion to explore the epidemiology and status of COVID-19 around the world—and the global, national, and local politics and policies adopted so far to address it. Abuelezam was also interviewed about the pandemic: NBC Nightly News and MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes

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in a discussion on WBUR’s CommonHealth on how the virus is affecting communities of color

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Alex Rhoads ’13 and Associate Professor Jane Ashley.

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Clinical Assistant Professor Donna Cullinan (left, in blue mask) and Kathryn Ferguson ’20 (above, in blue mask) care for residents in Fuller Village, Milton, an independent senior living facility, in April.

Associate Professor Jane Ashley is working with COVID+ patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on a f loor where she previously cared for trauma patients. Clinical Assistant Professor Donna Cullinan runs a clinic at Fuller Village in Milton that has been caring for patients with chronic or urgent conditions who are not being seen in an office setting because of the pandemic. Population Health student Kathryn Ferguson ’20 worked alongside Cullinan in April.

Clinical Assistant Professor Julie Dunne volunteered at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) Center for Mindfulness and Compassion to provide guided meditation sessions for nurses and other health care providers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. She does the same for BC students, faculty, and staff. She also worked in the CHA department of outpatient psychiatry, both in telehealth—to help people with non-acute issues receive care while they practice physical distancing—and during personto-person, urgent care encounters. As chair-elect of the American Public Health Association Nursing Section, Associate Professor Joyce Edmonds provided state affiliates with information about federal funding allocated to local public health authorities. She emphasized that it be used to hire public health nurses at the front lines of case identification, contact investigation, and support for families in quarantine. She also co-authored the article “A Call to Action for Public Health Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the journal Public Health Nursing.

Courtesy: Julia Klein

Julia Klein ’18 (middle row, second from left) and fellow night-shift nurses at NYU Langone in Manhattan transformed their medicine/oncology unit into an acute COVID+ center in March. She said the photo truly embodies the Jesuit-inspired goal of living as “men and women for others.”

Associate Professor Holly Fontenot was appointed to represent the Society of Adolescent Health on the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Adult Immunization Schedule Workgroup, putting her on the front lines of new vaccine policies in the U.S. Assistant Clinical Instructor Nanci Haze is a consultant on the acute pain treatment team at Boston Children’s Hospital, which has new social distancing measures and proper protection in place to remain vigilant against exposure. Clinical Instructor Dorean Behney Hurley has been working with coronavirus patients in the surgical ICU at Emerson Hospital in Concord, managing their respiratory status and helping families provide emotional support remotely.

Professor Dorothy Jones is working with a team at Massachusetts General Hospital on a variety of measures, including evaluating the impact of the current crisis on the nursing workforce and its many roles. By repurposing the Professional Practice Work Environment Inventory and evaluating Nurses and Therapies within MGH Patient Care Services, Jones’s team can study the impact of COVID-19 on the work environment. Part-time Adult Health faculty member Mary Kelley, an RN at Brigham and Women’s, was interviewed on Boston’s Channel 7 News about a patient whose family was able to “visit” safely in spite of the current no-visitor policy. They waved to one another through the hospital’s glass bridge.

Courtesy: Julie Dunne

CSON research scholar Cherlie Magny-Normilus was interviewed on a Haitibased radio station about the

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Julie Dunne, a clinical assistant professor, recorded five- and ten-minute breathing meditations, which can be streamed from the BC COVID-19 resources web page.

importance of social distancing, cultural health beliefs, signs and symptoms, rapid COVID-19 testing sites, and information for family caregivers. She is a nurse practitioner who also works part-time at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Clinical Instructor Kathleen Mansfield is working in a registry pool at Boston Children’s Hospital that has her f loat throughout the hospital’s f loors as needed. Clinical Instructor Alison Marshall is working on the Inf luenza-like Illness f loor at South Boston Community Health Center, where she assesses, treats, and manages patients until they either return home when stable enough or are transferred to the Emergency Department for more intensive therapy. Now that several states have lifted restrictions to allow NPs to fully practice for the duration of the COVID-19 state of emergency, Assistant Professor Monica O’Reilly-Jacob and her research colleagues are working to fast-track a new nurse practitioner (NP) policy project that recognizes NP contributions during crises and how full-practice authority changes NP practice.

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Students

A lab team led by Clinical Instructor Christine Repsha, who directs CSON’s Clinical Learning and Simulation Centers, identified options for virtual simulation and remote clinical learning to ensure that Connell students meet the requirements to graduate and sit for the NCLEX on time.

Clinical Assistant Professor Donna Cullinan arranged for CSON undergraduates to partner with families from Boston College’s Campus School to complete their required Population Health and Synthesis hours while maintaining physical distancing guidelines. Seniors who provided respite care for Campus School families this spring included Dante Cobelli, Shannon Conley, Bridget Harrington, Minji Kim, Teresa Kim, Hailee Lacasse, Melissa McGourty, Emily Melucci, Erin Morrissey, Hao Pham, Mikaila Richards, Jen Shi, An-Julie Tran, Rebecca Tran, and Samantha Wold.

Clinical Instructor and CSON Assistant Department Chair Jacqueline Sly is working with outpatient COVID-19 patients and families—including those most vulnerable—to try to stop the spread of the virus within homes.

Ph.D. student Amy Delaney helped put Department of Public Health plans in place at Franciscan Children’s, a pediatric post-acute health provider in Boston. She also cares for patients at Roslindale Pediatric Associates.

Clinical Assistant Professor Sherri St. Pierre volunteered at Mutual Aid Worcester, providing referrals and resources for social services including MassHealth, access to food pantries, and mental health counseling.

Ph.D. candidate Jane Hopkins Walsh, a longtime pediatric nurse practitioner at Boston Children’s Hospital, is working with patients with complex needs who cannot be triaged remotely. As a Spanish-speaking provider, she works with populations who have high COVID+ rates, helping children and adolescents understand not only their own health but the risks facing the adults in their communities during the pandemic.

Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Instructor Allan Thomas has been caring for patients in need of anesthesia at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge.

CRNA Clinical Instructor Allan Thomas.

During the pandemic-spurred shutdown, CSON students are providing respite care for families whose children attend Boston College’s Campus School, a day school that offers personalized approaches to special education for children with multiple disabilities. In March, CSON senior Samantha Wold ’20 went for a walk with Campus School student Dylan McAlister.

Courtesy: Donna Cullinan

Courtesy: Allan Thomas

Judith Vessey, CSON’s Lelia Holden Carroll Endowed Professor in Nursing, co-authored the editorial “Everything Old Is New Again: COVID-19 and Public Health” in the April issue of the Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

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Seacole Scholars: A new living and learning community on campus By debra bradley ruder

Maria Gabriela DeOliveira was thrilled to be accepted into the Connell School’s undergraduate nursing program. It had been her top choice. But DeOliveira, who lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts, was worried about making connections with fellow students and faculty, as she had in high school. “I really wanted to find a place where I belonged and that would provide support through my first year,” she said.

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o after learning about the Seacole Scholars program, a new intentional living and learning community for select first-year nursing students, DeOliveira, who is known as Gabby, was intrigued—with reason, it turns out. “Seacole Scholars has definitely helped me find a solid group of friends that I go to class with and collaborate with outside of class,” she said in January. “As students of color, we have similar experiences, so we can really connect.” Launched at the start of the current academic year, the program is exploring whether living, studying, and working together as a small group will increase a sense of belonging among students of diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds—and help them transition smoothly to college life. Connell School leaders hope the community support, coupled with academic skill building, mentoring, and access to campus resources, will help students thrive during their challenging first year, positioning them for future success.

Open to students of color, first-generation college students, and participants in the Montserrat Program (for students with the greatest financial need), Seacole Scholars ref lects the school’s long-term goal of increasing diversity and inclusion, both at Connell and in the nursing profession (see sidebar). The program is one of BC’s first research projects deliberately rooted in formative education, a Jesuit, Catholic approach that emphasizes examination of one’s intellectual, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual development. Conversations and emails with the seven inaugural Seacole Scholars this winter and spring—before and after the COVID-19 pandemic sent students home to finish the semester remotely—suggest the program has exceeded expectations. It provides a nurturing community of friends and faculty to rely on—whether in person or online. “During this anxious time, Seacole Scholars has been very beneficial for me,” Boston resident Sabrina Ng wrote in early April. “I can relax and talk about my academics or life at home with a group of people who can relate.” Karen Aldana, of Everett, Massachusetts, added, “If anything, my feelings about the program are even more positive [since going home].”

“There’s a lot of research showing that students with a greater sense of belonging have a greater chance of graduating college and [that it] even has a positive impact on their well-being,” says Julianna González-McLean, assistant dean of Student Services, Diversity, and Inclusion, who developed Seacole Scholars with Colleen Simonelli, associate dean for Undergraduate Programs and a clinical professor.

Advancing Advancing diversity atdiversity Connell and beyondand beyond at Connell The Seacole Scholars program is one of a number of efforts made under Dean Susan Gennaro’s leadership to expand and support a diverse and culturally sensitive faculty, staff, and student body at Connell. Individuals of African, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American (AHANA) descent, after all, represent nearly 40 percent (171 of 436) of nursing undergraduates this year. Leaders hope these efforts will help diversify the nursing profession (still predominantly white and female) and deepen nurses’ understanding of racial, ethnic, cultural, and other differences. Both are critical for communicating with colleagues and providing the best possible care to an increasingly multicultural patient population. boston college william f. connell school of nursing

Meaningful gatherings Seacole Scholars is one of eight living and learning communities established so far for Boston College students who want to purposefully interact with peers, faculty, and staff with shared interests, such as women’s issues or sustainability. These themed communities— an increasing presence on college campuses seeking to foster learning and bonding—are open to BC undergraduates of all class years. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, BC students moved home and the University switched to remote learning in mid-March, but—before then—the Seacole Scholars, like many first-year students, lived in residence halls on BC’s Newton Campus. There, they had non-Seacole roommates, but spent a lot of time together. Every other week, the group met with González-McLean to discuss what was happening in their academic, social, and family lives and to take time to unwind and ref lect. González-McLean’s warm, open approach made them feel welcomed. Once home, the Seacole Scholars continued to meet regularly, and even held study sessions, using the virtual Zoom platform. They talked about their online classes and ways to stay motivated, and—to lighten the mood—traded funny stories about their families. “Our meetings still bring us positivity in hard times,” noted Grace Neary, who is known as GG, of Waltham, Massachusetts.

One of González-McLean’s goals is to help the students celebrate their various racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. “I emphasize that we are always growing and evolving, and identities change and evolve as well,” she said. Joelle Leong, of Mount Kisco, New York, said while still on campus, “It’s harder at BC to have conversations [about being students of color] with other people. But this is a small group, and Julianna’s really supportive and listens and shares her advice.” Classmate Vidisha Pandey, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, recalled coming to BC from a mainly white high school, where she had never talked much with others about race. Being part of Seacole Scholars “has really helped me open up and understand more about who I am and how important my identity is to me as well as learn about the struggles that others face.” The group also shares practical tips, such as how to prepare for tough courses like Anatomy & Physiology 1, and how to find balance. “I’ve been able to slowly build a schedule that helps space out my studying and resting time,” Joanne Chun, of Levittown, New York, said this winter. “This helps calm my stress and be more organized when studying.” Mentoring is another highlight of the program. Over informal monthly dinners in the fall and early spring, the scholars met campus leaders such as Burt Howell, executive director of Intersections (a program promoting

The extraordinary Mary Seacole When it came time to choose a namesake for BC’s newest living and learning community, Julianna González-McLean and Colleen Simonelli wanted to recognize an influential but lesserknown nurse. They found her in Mary Seacole (1805–81), an extraordinary Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who practiced her healing skills in the Caribbean, Central America, and Britain. Turned down when she offered to help Florence Nightingale’s nursing team during the Crimean War against Russia—a rejection she attributed to racial prejudice—Seacole traveled on her own to Crimea, where she set up a “hotel” in 1855 to provide food, supplies, and medicine to sick and injured British soldiers and earned the name Mother Seacole. She published an autobiography, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, in 1857. Seacole was heralded in Europe after the Crimean War but fell into relative obscurity after her death. Her legacy is once again being recognized. She topped the 100 Great Black Britons poll in 2004 and was honored with a statue in London in 2016. Her life story was featured in Marys Seacole, a critically acclaimed play mounted at New York City’s Lincoln Center in 2019. 10 voice | spring 2020

Above Courtesy: Winchester College (UK)/In aid of Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal/Mary Evans

“There’s a lot of research showing that students with a greater sense of belonging have a greater chance of graduating and [that it] even has a positive impact on their well-being.”

Gabby DeOliveira

Sabrina Ng

Karen Aldana

GG Neary

understanding of the University’s Jesuit, Catholic mission), and Akua Sarr, vice provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs. During her visit, Vice President for Student Affairs Joy Moore ’81, Hon. ’10, described how her career has zigzagged as opportunities have arisen. “That was really inspiring,” said Neary. “It taught me to take each moment for what it is, and not worry too much about having the perfect path in your career.”

Driving forces Seacole Scholars was established to address concerns, revealed in surveys and conversations in the past few years, that students from diverse backgrounds didn’t feel the same sense of community as their white counterparts—and that pursuing those connections distracted them from their studies. In addition, González-McLean noticed that first-years often struggle to manage their time and workloads, but typically don’t ask for help. “One of our driving forces was to create that sense of community and share all the supports and resources we offer,” Simonelli explained. They also wanted to augment CSON programs like Keys to Inclusive Leadership in Nursing (KILN), which is geared toward juniors and seniors. Simonelli and González-McLean worked with BC’s University Residential Life division to recruit and enroll students, a venture they funded in part with a research grant from the Provost’s Office and University Mission

Above Courtesy: Seacole Scholars

Joelle Leong

Julianna González-McLean

Vidisha Pandey

Joanne Chun

and Ministry. Their study will compare the Seacole Scholars’ sense of belonging with that of first-year nursing students not in the program. As they await data assessing the scholars’ inaugural year, González-McLean and Simonelli are also planning for next year—and would like to double the program’s size. “We hope they are getting a true sense of the Jesuit mission and the difference a Boston College education has to offer,” said Simonelli. She hopes, too, that the students “are being much more ref lective and discerning about where they sit in the world and where they want to go, rather than just surviving freshman year.”

Pandemic provides insight Seacole Scholars say the coronavirus crisis has reminded them of the critical, self less, and sometimes dangerous nature of their chosen profession. “This pandemic has emphasized how much nurses actually risk their lives on the front line,” said Aldana. “I cannot wait to be making a difference in the world someday, just as they are.” “I’ve thought a lot about what it means to be a nurse during this pandemic,” DeOliveira ref lected. “Their job is to be there for their patients, who are terrified and uncertain of what will happen to them, even though many nurses are probably uncertain themselves. This situation has strengthened my desire to become a nurse. It’s shown me what a virtuous career nursing is and how rewarding it must be.” ▪

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Nursing Across Continents the connell school partners with chile’s pontifical catholic university

By John Shakespear

In October 2018, Boston College officially embarked on a strategic alliance with seven other Catholic research universities from around the world. Their goal: to jointly engage in collaborative research projects and increase the impact of Catholic institutions in confronting global challenges. Among the participants is the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, or PUC) in Santiago, Chile, which U.S. News & World Report has ranked as the second-best university in Latin America. With some 28,000 students, the Chilean university is approximately twice as large as Boston College. But both institutions are rooted in the Catholic tradition. Both combine an emphasis on research and professional training with a focus on service. And both are leaders in nursing education—which is among the reasons the Connell School has developed a multifaceted partnership with PUC during the past seven years. CSON is collaborating with PUC to bolster Boston College’s global efforts on three fronts: developing a master’s program designed to educate the country’s first generation of nurse practitioners; building a service learning program in Santiago that is open to BC undergraduate nursing students; and expanding Global Health Care: Meeting Challenges and Making Connections, a four-week international study elective Connell established with two Swiss universities, Haute École de Santé Vaud (HESAV) and LaSource, in 2012.

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Building an Advanced Practice Nursing Program Associate Professor Susan Kelly-Weeder, the Connell School’s associate dean for Graduate Programs, is working with PUC to build the first-ever nurse practitioner (NP) master’s program in Chile. Graduate programs in nursing exist in the country, explains KellyWeeder, but virtually all of them prepare nurses to pursue research rather than primary care practice. According to a 2019 American Association of Nurse Practitioners report, an estimated 270,000 licensed nurse practitioners are living and working in the United States. The U.S. produces NPs at three times the rate of other countries—40.5 NPs per 100,000 vs. 12.6 in the next highest country, the Netherlands. NPs are prevalent in Canada, Australia, and Europe as well. But “the licensed advanced practice nurse” is a “new concept in Latin America,” according to the Pan American Health Organization and the WHO. Nurse practitioners pursue “a different model of care that would enable Chile to add more providers in a situation where there is a tremendous need for more providers,” KellyWeeder says. “This need is especially acute in rural areas and particular specialties, such as oncology and primary care.” She is working with Chilean hospital and government officials to increase understanding of what a nurse practitioner does, and to introduce legislation that would establish and govern the professional role. In addition to helping craft a curriculum for the new master’s program—which is to be modeled on Boston College’s two-year Family Nurse Practitioner M.S. degree—Kelly-Weeder teaches an accelerated version of one of that program’s classes, The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse. She expects that physicians will play a crucial part in training the first nurse practitioners in Chile, just as they instructed the U.S.’s first NPs in hospitals and clinics in the 1960s.

Service Learning/Community Service Each January, select CSON seniors travel to Santiago to participate in a three-week service learning program. Besides taking classes on the Chilean health care system at PUC, they visit clinics, hospitals, and other care sites in and around Santiago. This year, students also heard from experts on HIV and STD care, and learned about Chile’s two-tiered health care system: universal public health care is available to all, but private options are also open to those who can afford them.

Educating nurse practitioners “would enable Chile to add more providers where there is a tremendous need … especially in rural areas and particular specialties.” —Susan Kelly-Weeder, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs

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“For those on the public health plan, there are long waits to be seen and real problems with access, whereas the private system is not much different than ours,” says Kelly-Weeder, referring to the United States. Since the Connell School’s pilot visit to Chile in 2015, 28 undergraduates and two graduate students have participated in the service learning program. On the most recent trip in January, Maria Meyer ’19, M.S. ’20—the winner of the 2019 Edward H. Finnegan, S.J., Award, Boston College’s top undergraduate honor—led a group of six seniors on the expedition. “The service trip was a formative part of my undergraduate experience,” she says. “It’s eye-opening for U.S. students to learn how we look on a global scale.” CSON students stay in a hostel called Casa Suecia and cook communal meals while they are on the service trip. International students from France and Switzerland who are in the same exchange program as the BC students often join them. On visits to hospitals and clinics, the students observed Chilean nurses at work and witnessed the differing standards of care in the private and public systems. Meyer, who is training to become a nurse practitioner, says that many of the students and nurses she met were interested in learning about what NPs do. “I spent a lot of time talking to the Chilean undergraduates about how to actualize the possibility of that role in their country,” she says. This winter’s service trip took place against the backdrop of political upheaval in Chile. In October 2019, a subway fare hike spurred demonstrations that quickly expanded in scope, and on October 25, more than one million Chileans took to the streets of Santiago, calling for change in such long-term, pressing issues as the minimum wage, utility and transportation costs, retirement pensions, and public health care. Although Meyer says that BC students felt safe in Santiago, the continual protests were a presence that altered their plans. In previous years, students spent the final week of the trip visiting homes and clinics in rural areas on the outskirts of Santiago. But political unrest kept them in the city this year.

Global Health Care: Meeting Challenges and Making Connections The Connell School’s collaboration with PUC dates to 2014, when Dean Susan Gennaro invited Chilean nursing students to Boston to take part in Global Health Care: Meeting Challenges and Making Connections. In this interdisciplinary course, whose location alternates between Chestnut Hill and Switzerland each summer, students exchange perspectives on global health policies and practices that serve the needs of diverse and underserved populations. Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Colleen Simonelli has led the Connell School’s involvement in the course since it began. She sees it as an opportunity for nurses-in-training to “broaden their horizons” and build cross-cultural understanding. Students from Pontifical Catholic have attended the course since 2014, and in January 2016, they hosted the Global Health Care course in Santiago. BC students have much to learn from exchanges such as these, Simonelli says. She points to Chile’s complementary care tradition— and its long-term history serving diverse populations by integrating indigenous health practices with conventional medicine—as exemplary.

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Training Chile’s First NPs In addition to building a new master’s

Both Duque and Leyan say that although

program in Chile, Connell and Pontifical

the process of fully integrating nurse

Catholic have sponsored two Chilean

practitioners into Chile’s health care

nurses’ enrollment in the Family

system may take time, their presence

Nurse Practitioner M.S. program at BC.

has the potential to significantly improve

These nurses—Magdalena Correa

access to health care, particularly for

Duque, M.S. ’21 (at left, top), and Sandra

underserved rural communities.

Leyan, M.S. ’19 (at left, bottom)—are poised to become the first clinical nurse

“I see this starting in the capital,” Duque says, “but I hope it will spread to the rest

practitioners in Chile’s history.

of the country.” Leyan has returned to Santiago, where she and her colleagues are working to

“If we succeed with this,” Leyan says, “it

establish foundations of NP principles

could actually change nursing history in

and practice. She and Duque have also

Chile and open doors for nurses in the

agreed to teach on the faculty of PUC’s

entire country.”

new master’s program.

“This could actually change nursing history in Chile and open doors for nurses throughout the country.” —Sandra Leyan, M.S. ’19

On one trip, for example, Boston College students visited a healing hut built on the campus of a major hospital in Santiago to provide care to Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people. In this hut, or ruka, a Mapuche healer administers traditional care and palm readings to patients while prescribing herbal infusions for their ailments. Since the 1990s, when Chile’s government began to introduce rukas to its hospitals, the huts have provided a place where Mapuche healers can collaborate with patients and doctors, encouraging them to consider non-indigenous approaches, and vice versa. Through such experiences, Simonelli says that “students get to see effective ways to meet patients’ culture, values, and beliefs, so that people feel cared for.” Whether her students end up practicing abroad or at home, she says, she believes that the exposure to other methods of patient care and the workings of another health care system will help them develop a cultural humility that will serve them well in their careers. ▪

Above, top Photo courtesy Magdalena Correa Duque Above, bottom Photo courtesy Sandra Leyan

Page 12 Students from Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile nursing school, and France’s Institut de Formation Interhospitalier Théodore Simon nursing school hike Santiago’s Cerro San Cristobal in January. Courtesy Maria Meyer

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Fierce Advocacy DOROTHY JONES AND A NURSE’S LIFE

By Timothy Gower

Professor Dorothy Jones is retiring next year. And though she says she really means it this time, no one in Maloney Hall is ready to ink in her retirement party on the calendar. “I have changed the date so many times,” Jones admits with a laugh. A fixture and force at the Connell School of Nursing (CSON) since 1978, the professor, researcher, clinician, and mentor known to most simply as Dottie may be officially stepping down, but she’s not stepping away from the work she finds so meaningful: elevating the practice of nursing and nursing research.

ones’s remarkable career spans more than five decades. A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, she has served as president of several leading nursing research organizations, and is a decorated member of BC’s nursing faculty. She won a Boston College Teaching Excellence Award in 2005, a Living Legend Award from the American Nurses Association of Massachusetts in 2017, and numerous other honors. A chair in nursing and patient care research was endowed in her name at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). But to many who know her best, Jones’s greatest legacy will be her role as a champion for her colleagues and for other nurse scholars. “Dottie is always making sure that nurses can articulate and demonstrate the impact that

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they have,” says Marianne Ditomassi, RN, DNP, MBA, executive director of Nursing & Patient Care Services Operations and Magnet Recognition at MGH, who has worked closely with Jones. “She is a fierce advocate for the profession of nursing.” Jones downplayed the accolades and praise in a conversation in her office one brisk afternoon last February. But she spoke animatedly about what it means to be a nurse today. “I think nurses are more educated and better prepared for a changing practice environment,” says Jones. “I see the professional nurse today as guided by knowledge—a thinker, someone who engages in clinical reasoning and decision-making to identify and respond to problems that impact care outcomes.”

orn in Brooklyn, Jones decided she wanted to be a nurse while attending Bishop McDonnell Memorial, a progressive Catholic high school. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Long Island University in 1966, and worked at Brooklyn Hospital, where she was offered a post at the medical center’s school of nursing. “That was my first foray into teaching,” says Jones, “and I enjoyed it.” Jones went on to earn a master’s degree in nursing science and a minor in education at Indiana University, then accepted a teaching position in Boston University’s nursing program in 1970. “I always wanted to live in Boston,” she says. “I was attracted to the Irish heritage and the city’s passion for politics at the local level. And I just thought it was a beautiful place.” She taught at BU for eight years, meanwhile earning advanced practice and doctoral degrees from the university. She became a nurse practitioner at Harvard Community Health. “Then I got a call from Boston College,” Jones recalls. It was from Marjory Gordon, chair of the nursing school’s graduate program in adult health, who recruited Jones to help her start a nurse practitioner program. Gordon, a pioneer in nursing theory and research, became Jones’s mentor and close friend. She quickly felt at home at Boston College. “The Jesuit mission of service to others, helping to solve global problems for the good of all—that’s so aligned with nursing and my own personal value system,” she says.

n addition to teaching, Jones has served as chair of the nursing school’s graduate program and adult health department. In 1990, she was invited to evaluate a program at MGH’s Institute of Health Professions. The consultation turned out to be the beginning of a long-standing association with the premier teaching hospital. When MGH established the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research in 1997, it tapped Jones as its first director. Though initially ambivalent about giving up teaching to take on the role, Jones couldn’t resist. “This was an opportunity to create new visibility for nursing research,” which Jones considers an essential complement to medical research. She ended up dividing her time between Boston College and Mass General. The Munn Center, named for a former chief nurse at MGH, offers grants and mentoring to nurses who want to conduct research. Over the years, it has produced studies on a wide range of medical topics, including care of the elderly, symptom management, and complementary healing therapies. “Dottie was the perfect person to lead the Munn Center because she was able to bridge the two worlds of academia and science with nursing practice,” says Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, DNP, MGH’s chief nurse

“Nursing practice is the laboratory of nursing science.” DOROTHY JONES Professor, Connell School of Nursing Director Emerita, Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research

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THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE In 2018, the National League for Nursing designated the Connell School a Center for Excellence in Nursing Education. The title is reserved for nursing schools and health care organizations that demonstrate a level of excellence in a specific area. Connell was recognized for its teaching, curriculum development, innovation, community engagement, and other criteria. Not surprisingly, Dorothy Jones spearheaded the effort to garner the designation, producing 97 required pages of documentation showing the Connell School faculty’s pedagogical expertise.

at the time (now chief nurse emerita), and a cofounder of the center. For her part, Jones firmly believes that classroom learning and research should not be thought of as distinct from the work nurses do every day. “Nursing practice,” she says, “is the laboratory of nursing science.” Now director emerita of the Munn Center, Jones also revealed herself to be a master motivator. “Dottie sees the potential in people that they might not see in themselves,” says Ditomassi. “She’s always encouraging people to pursue additional education.” Jones, Ives Erickson, and Ditomassi have formed a close partnership. They developed survey instruments to measure aspects of nurses’ practice environment—staff relationships with physicians and nurse autonomy, for instance—that are now used at hospitals around the globe. The trio has also produced two books. The first, Fostering Nurse-Led Care (Sigma Theta Tau International, 2012), weaves together recommendations from the 2010 Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing report and a path to achieve them. The most recent, Fostering a Research-Intensive Organization (Sigma Theta Tau International, 2015), describes how MGH implemented a nursing research agenda. It received a 2015 Book of the Year in Nursing Research award from the American Journal of Nursing. In recognition of Jones’s leadership at MGH, the hospital established the Connell-Jones Endowed Chair in Nursing

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“I see the professional nurse today as guided by knowledge—a thinker, someone who engages in clinical reasoning and decision making to identify and respond to problems.” DOROTHY JONES Professor, Connell School of Nursing Director Emerita, Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research

and Patient Care Research, funded by longtime BC philanthropist Margot Connell. The chair is held by a senior member of the nursing faculty who has demonstrated leadership.

eanwhile, in addition to supporting nursing research, Jones has found time to conduct much of her own. As principal investigator in a 2011 randomized trial, she and several colleagues showed that coaching phone calls from nurses reduced anxiety about post-treatment symptoms (such as nausea and vomiting) and sped up recovery among patients who had ambulatory day surgery. In 2016, Jones led a multidisciplinary team that created a series of web-based educational modules for teaching nurses how to manage symptoms caused by cancer immunotherapies. But Jones’s commitment to improving the practice of nursing is perhaps best demonstrated by her work with NANDA International (NANDA-I), an organization whose mission is to create a standardized nursing language for use in documenting and communicating information about patient diagnoses. Jones is a charter member and past president of NANDA-I; the organization’s first president was her friend, Marjory Gordon, who died

in 2015. Two years later, NANDA-I formed a partnership with the Connell School to help advance the organization’s mission by creating the Marjory Gordon Program for Knowledge Development and Clinical Reasoning. Naturally, Jones—who started thinking about retiring in 2017—agreed to become director of the Gordon Program that year. That means running a biannual conference and overseeing the work of international pre- and post-doctoral students (currently from Brazil, Italy, Nigeria, and Spain) who are conducting research on nursing diagnosis, and many other responsibilities. Jones had planned to remain on the job until after the next NANDA-I conference— scheduled to meet in June at Boston College—but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. She plans to begin winding down her role as director, take a “terminal” sabbatical, and officially retire in June 2021. But that will hardly mean her passion for nursing will be quieted. While Jones hopes to spend more time with family, including her brother and his wife, a niece, and several nephews, she also plans to continue in a leadership role in the Gordon Program, probably on a part-time, per diem basis. There’s more writing to do, too, including a book about Newman’s theory of health as expanding consciousness, which was created by her friend and mentor, nursing theorist Margaret Newman, Ph.D., RN. And she’ll do some consulting work at MGH. “Our research continues,” says Jones. “I can’t walk away from it all. I love what I do.” ▪

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faculty publications Nadia Abuelezam Abuelezam, N. N., & El-Sayed, A. M. (2020). The Health of Arab Americans in the United States. In I. Laher (Ed.), Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World (pp. 1–26). New York, NY: Springer. DeVilbiss, E. A., Weuve, J., Fink, D. S., Morris, M. D., Arah, O. A., Radoc, J. G., Datta, G. D., Abuelezam, N. N., … Schisterman, E. F. (2020). Assessing Representation and Perceived Inclusion among Members in the Society for Epidemiologic Research. American Journal of Epidemiology, kwz281. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwz281 Fontenot, H. B., Abuelezam, N. N., Rosenberger, J. G., Novak, D., Mayer, K. H., & Zimet, G. (2020). The Impact of Advertisement Messaging on Enrollment of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men for Web-Based Research: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(1), e16027. DOI: 10.2196/16027 Abuelezam, N., El-Sayed, A. M., & Galea, S. (2019). Differences in Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes among Non-Hispanic Whites and Arab Americans in a Population-Based Survey in California. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 892. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7233-z Abuelezam, N. N., Reshef, Y. A., Novak, D., Grad, Y. H., Seage III, G. R., Mayer, K., & Lipsitch, M. (2019). Interaction Patterns of Men Who Have Sex with Men on a Geosocial Networking Phone Application in Seven United States Metropolitan Areas: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(9), e13766. DOI: 10.2196/13766 Abuelezam, N. N., El-Sayed, A. M., & Galea, S. (2019). Relevance of the “Immigrant Health Paradox” for the Health of Arab Americans in California. American Journal of Public Health, 109(12), 1733–1738. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305308

Ann Wolbert Burgess Burgess, A. W., & Fawcett, J. (2019). Application of the Comprehensive Sexual Assault Assessment Tool (CSAAT). Nursology. Brewer-Smyth, K., & Burgess, A. W. (2019). Neurobiology of Female Homicide Perpetrators. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177/0886260519860078 Petreca, V. G., Burgess, A. W., Stone, M., & Brucato, G. (2020). Dismemberment and Mutilation: A Data-Driven Exploration of Patterns, Motives, and Styles. Journal of Forensic Sciences. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14274

Susan DeSanto-Madeya Lundquist, D. M., Berry, D. L., Boltz, M., DeSanto-Madeya, S. A., & Grace, P. J. (2019). Wearing the Mask of Wellness: The Experience 20 voice | spring 2020

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Hesse-Biber, S., Dwyer, A. A., & Yi, S. (2019). Parent of Origin Differences in Psychosocial Burden and Approach to BRCA Risk Management. The Breast Journal. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13633

Dunne, J. P., Shindul-Rothschild, J., White, L., Lee, C. S., & Wolfe, B. E. (2019). Mindfulness in Persons with Anorexia Nervosa and the Relationships Between Eating Disorder Symptomology, Anxiety, and Pain. Eating Disorders. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2019.1688009

Eyholzer, S., Perrenoud, B., & Dwyer, A. A. (2019). Patient Perceptions of Peripheral Artery Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of Hospitalized Adults. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 37(3), 188–193. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2019.04.001

of Young Women Living with Advanced Breast Cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46(3), 329–337. DOI: 10.1188/19.onf.329-337

Andrew Dwyer Dwyer, A. A. (2020). Minipuberty: A Primer for Pediatric Nurses. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 50, 138–139. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.10.012 Barraud, S., Delemer, B., Poirsier-Violle, C., Bouligand, J., Mérol, J.-C., Grange, F., … Young, J. (2020). Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism with Anosmia and Gorlin Features Caused by a PTCH1 Mutation Reveals a New Candidate Gene for Kallmann Syndrome. Neuroendocrinology. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1159/000506640 Delaney, A., Volochayev, R., Meader, B., Lee, J., Almpani, K., Noukelak, G. Y., … Shaw, N. D. (2020). Insight into the Ontogeny of GnRH Neurons from Patients Born Without a Nose. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Advance online publication. DOI: 105/5/dgaa065/5730383 Messina, A., Pulli, K., Santini, S., Acierno, J., Känsäkoski, J., Cassatella, D., … Pitteloud, N. (2020). Neuron-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Is Mutated in Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism. American Journal of Human Genetics, 106(1), 58–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.12.003

Santos, G. C., Liljeroos, M., Dwyer, A. A., Jaques, C., Girard, J., Strömberg, A., … Schäfer-Keller, P. (2019). Symptom Perception in Heart Failure: A Scoping Review on Definition, Factors and Instruments. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19(2), 100–117. DOI: 10.1177/147451511989279 Dwyer, A. A., & Hauschild, M. (2019). Transitional Care in Endocrinology. In C. L. Betz, & I. T. Coyne (Eds.), Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Young Adults with Long-term Conditions: An International Perspective on Nurses’ Roles and Interventions (pp. 281–318). New York, NY: Springer. A. A. Dwyer, & R. Quinton (Eds.) (2019). Frontiers in Endocrinology: New Aspects in Hypogonadism. Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Publishing.

Laura Dzurec Dzurec, L. (2020). Strengthening Contexts for Scholarly Dialogue: Micro-Moments of Inclusive Excellence. Journal of Nursing Education, 59(2), 63–64. DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20200122-01 Dzurec, L. (2020). Nursing and Health at the Heart of Climate Change Debates. Rehabilitation Nursing, 45(2), 55–56. DOI: 10.1097/ RNJ.0000000000000250

Zwingli, G., Yerly, J., Mivelaz, Y., Stoppa-Vaucher, S., Dwyer, A. A., Pitteloud, N., … Hauschild, M. (2020). Non-Invasive Assessment of Coronary Endothelial Function in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Using Isometric Handgrip Exercise—MRI: A Feasibility Study. PloS One, 15(2), e0228569. DOI: 10.1371/journal. pone.0228569

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Santos, G. C., Liljeroos, M., Dwyer, A. A., Jaques, C., Girard, J., Strömberg, A., … Schäfer-Keller, P. (2020). Symptom Perception in Heart Failure— Interventions and Outcomes: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu. 2020.103524

Flanagan, J. M. (2019). A Means to an End. International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 30(4), 196. DOI: 10.1111/2047-3095.12262

Maione, L., Pala, G., Bouvattier, C., Trabado, S., Papadakis, G., Chanson, P., … Young, J. (2019). Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism/ Kallmann Syndrome Is Associated with Statural Gain in Both Men and Women: A Monocentric Study. European Journal of Endocrinology, 182(2), 185. DOI: 10.1530/EJE-19-0537

Edmonds, J. K., Kneipp, S. M., & Campbell, L. (2020). A Call to Action for Public Health Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Nursing. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/phn.12733

Jane Flanagan

Hill, R., & Flanagan, J. M. (2020). The Maternal-Infant Bond: Clarifying the Concept. International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 31(1), 14–18. DOI: 10.1111/2047-3095.12235

Holly Fontenot Fontenot, H. B., Abuelezam, N. N., Rosenberger, J. G., Novak, D., Mayer, K. H., & Zimet, G. (2020). The Impact of Advertisement Messaging on Enrollment of Young Men Who Have Sex with Men for Web-Based Research: Observational

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Mei Fu Fu, M. R., Kurnat-Thoma, E., Starkweather, A., Henderson, W. A., Cashion, A. K., Williams, J. K., … Coleman, B. (2020). Precision Health: A Nursing Perspective. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 7(1), 5–12. DOI: 10.1016/j. ijnss.2019.12.008 Vardhan, M., Flaminio, Z., Sapru, S., Tilley, C. P., Fu, M. R., Comfort, C., … Saxena, D. (2019). The Microbiome, Malignant Fungating Wounds, and Palliative Care. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 9, 373. DOI: 10.3389/ fcimb.2019.00373 Fu, M. R., & Gormley, M. (2019). Nursing Care of Patients with Cancer. In G. Bauldoff, P. Gubrud, & M.-A. Carno (Eds.), LeMone and Burke’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care, 7th ed. (pp. 406–450). Pearson Education: Prentice Hall Health. Fu, M. R., Tilley, C., & Van Cleave, J. (2019). Lymphedema Management. In B. R. Ferrell, & J. A. Paice (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing, vol. 5 (pp. 238–250). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Fu, M. R., & Tilley, C. (2019). Palliative Wound, Ostomy and Continence Care. In B. R. Ferrell, & J. A. Paice (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing, vol. 5 (pp. 251–284). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Susan Gennaro Gennaro, S., O’Connor, C., McKay, E. A., Gibeau, A., Aviles, M., Hoying, J., & Melnyk, B. M. (2020). Perinatal Anxiety and Depression in Minority Women. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/ Child Nursing. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000611 Gennaro, S. (2020). Your Scientific Legacy. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 52(2), 127. DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12543

Pamela Grace Lundquist, D. M., Berry, D. L., Boltz, M., DeSanto-Madeya, S. A., & Grace, P. J. (2019). Wearing the Mask of Wellness: The Experience of Young Women Living with Advanced Breast Cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46(3), 329–337. DOI: 10.1188/19.onf.329-337 Milliken, A., Ludlow, L. H., & Grace, P. J. (2019). Ethical Awareness Scale: Replication Testing, Invariance Analysis, and Implications. American Journal of Bioethics, 10(4), 231–240. DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2019.1666176

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Victor Petreca

Harris, A. L., & Harrison, A. (2019). Examining Sleep Disturbance During the Menopausal Period. Nursing for Women’s Health. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.nwh.2020.01.008

Petreca, V. G., Burgess, A. W., Stone, M., & Brucato, G. (2020). Dismemberment and Mutilation: A Data-Driven Exploration of Patterns, Motives, and Styles. Journal of Forensic Sciences. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14274

Elizabeth Howard Etchin, A. G., Fonda, J. R., McGlinchey, R. E., & Howard, E. P. (2020). Toward a System Theory of Stress, Resilience, and Reintegration. Advances in Nursing Science, 43(1), 75–85. DOI: 10.1097/ ANS.0000000000000277

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Christine Repsha Repsha, C., Quinn, B. L., & Peters, A. B. (2020). Implementing a Concept-Based Nursing Curriculum: A Review of the Literature. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 15(1), 66–71. DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2019.09.006

Repsha, C., Morse, B., Lee, S. E., Katz, J., Burrows, E., & Teates, J. L. (2020). Use of a Simulated Electronic Health Record to Support Nursing Student Informatics Knowledge and Skills. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 38(2), 55–59. DOI: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000618

Auld, J. P., Mudd, J. O., Gelow, J. M., Lyons, K. S., Hiatt, S. O., & Lee, C. S. (2019). Device-Detected Congestion Is Associated with Worse PatientReported Outcomes in Heart Failure. Heart and Lung, 48(3), 208–214. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng. 2018.12.003

Patricia Tabloski

Lyons, K. S., & Lee, C. S. (2020). The Association of Dyadic Symptom Appraisal on Physical and Mental Health over Time in Care Dyads Living with Lung Cancer. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(1), 15–25. DOI: 10.1177/1074840719889967 Lyons, K. S., & Lee, C. S. (2020). Understanding the Family Care Dyad: A Comparison of Two Multilevel Models. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19(2), 178–184. DOI: 10.1177/1474515120902368

Karen Lyons Lyons, K. S., & Lee, C. S. (2020). The Association of Dyadic Symptom Appraisal on Physical and Mental Health over Time in Care Dyads Living with Lung Cancer. Journal of Family Nursing, 26(1), 15–25. DOI: 10.1177/1074840719889967 Lyons, K. S., & Lee, C. S. (2020). Understanding the Family Care Dyad: A Comparison of Two Multilevel Models. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19(2), 178–184. DOI: 10.1177/1474515120902368

Alison Marshall Marshall, A. O. (2020). Syphilis Update for Women’s Health Nurses. Nursing for Women’s Health. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.nwh.2020.01.009

Jinhee Park Park, J. (2020). Sleep Promotion for Preterm Infants in the NICU. Nursing for Women’s Health, 24(1), 24–35. DOI: 10.1016/j.nwh.2019.11.004

Schmitt, E. M., Gallagher, J., Albuquerque, A., Tabloski, P., Lee, H. J., Gleason, L., … Schulman-Green, D. (2019). Perspectives on the Delirium Experience and Its Burden: Common Themes Among Older Patients, Their Family Caregivers, and Nurses. The Gerontologist, 59(2), 327–337. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnx153 Fong, T., Racine, A., Fick, D., Tabloski, P., Gou, Y., Schmitt, E., … Inouye, S. (2019). The Caregiver Burden of Delirium in Older Adults with Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(12), 2587–2592. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16199

Judith Vessey Vessey, J. A., & Betz, C. L. (2020). Everything Old Is New Again: COVID-19 and Public Health. Advance online publication. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.03.014 Vessey, J. A., Strout, T. D., DiFazio, R. L., & Ludlow, L. H. (2019). Identifying Bullied Youth: Re-Engineering the Child-Adolescent Bullying Scale into a Brief Screen. Journal of Applied Measurement, 20(4), 367–383. Lulloff, A. J., Vessey, J. A., Bashore, L., & Gregas, M. (2019). Nutrition Related Clinical Decision Making of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 36(5), 352–360. DOI: 10.1177/1043454219844233 Vessey, J. A., & Williams, L. (2020). Addressing Bullying and Lateral Violence in the Workplace: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000480

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