Duke Nursing Magazine Summer 2021 by DUSON Communications

SUMMER 2021 VOLUME 17 NO. 2

DukeNursing Advancing Nursing Education, Research and Clinical Practice

Passing the Torch of Leadership A Personal Message of Thanks from Dean Marion E. Broome

Aligning Values and Commitment with 10 Passion and Opportunity Alumni Salute Dean Broome 14

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SUMMER 2021 VOLUME 17 NO. 2 DUKE NURSING DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI AFFAIRS STAFF

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NURSING BOARD OF VISITORS JULY 2020 – JUNE 2021

4 Passing the Torch of Leadership

Bimal R. Shah, MD‘01, MBA’01 Chair

9 A Personal Message of Thanks from Dean Marion E. Broome

Guy C. Arnall, Jr., BA’85

Pamela M. Sutton-Wallace, MA’94

Amy E. Bell, DNP’17

Orit R. Szulik

10 Aligning Values and Commitment with Passion and Opportunity

Daniel T. Blue, III, BS’95, MBA’01, JD’01 James E. Vanek, Jr., BS’01 Michele Chulick, BSN’77 Lynn K. Erdman L. Sue Frederick, BSN’77, MD’83

14 Alumni Salute Dean Broome

Joanne L. Mazurki, BA’74 Bettye M. Musham, N’54 Maria Del Pilar Rocha-Goldberg

School News 22

New Faculty Appointments

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Brett. T. Williams, BS’81 EMERITUS MEMBERS

Christy W. Bell Charles C. McIlvaine, BA’87 Sheppard W. Zinovoy

NURSING ALUMNI COUNCIL JULY 2020 – JUNE 2021 OFFICERS

EMERITUS MEMBERS

Promotions & Transitions

Marianne Tango Williams, BSN’81 President

Sally Ann Addision, BSN’60

Recent Grant Awards Promotions & Transitions

Elizabeth A. Lee, BSN’82 Vice President

Connie B. Bishop, BSN’75, DNP’12

M. Christine Fulgencio, MSN’99 Secretary

Nancy S. Coll, N’63

MEMBERS

Susan M. Glover, BSN’70

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Ruth C. Scharf, BSN’80

Class Notes

44 Obituaries

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Sandra S. Averitt, BSN’67 Laurel J. Chadwick, BSNED’53 Nancy J. Davenport, BSN’67, MSN’69

Susan Beck Davis, BSN’77

Constance C. Kendall, BSN’84

Andrew R. Benson, MSN’09

Carole A. Klove, BSN’80

Ellen G. Donaldson, BSN’81

Virginia B. Lang, BSN’67

Kathleen V. Gallagher, BSN’75

Aliki H. Martin, DNP’13

Luisa Soler-Greene, DNP’14, MSN’13

Marilyn C. McIlvaine, BSN’58

Christine A. Long, BSN’70

Barbara Nims, BSN’71

Heather B. Paradis, MSN’95

Christine S. Pearson, BSN’84

Meghna Patel, ABSN’14

Susan J. Rainey, BSN’70

Steven D. Powell, MSN’19

Martha C. Romney, BSN’77

Joan M. Stanley, BSN’71

Ruth C. Scharf, BSN’80

Melisa A. Wilson, DNP’20

E. Dorsey Smith-Seed, BSN’60

Mary Ellen Wright, BSN’81

Judith K. Snyderman, RN

K. Becky Zagor, BSN ‘80

Martha S. Urbaniak, BSN’67 Barbara D. Yowell, BSN’62

Dean’s Welcome

A time of transition

elcome to Duke Nursing Magazine! This is a bittersweet edition for me because on June 30, I will be stepping down as dean of the Duke University School of Nursing after seven wonderful years. I will share more of my thoughts about my time here at Duke later, but I invite you to take a few moments to read just some of the many reasons why DUSON is such a special place. In this edition we will also introduce you to our next dean, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, who comes to us from New York University. He will become the 12th Dean of DUSON, its second alumnus dean. I am very excited for him to be the school’s next dean. Vincent brings so many strengths to DUSON and I know he will continue to build on the many strengths we have and bring new vision for what’s next for the School. Also in this edition, we will meet with students from our new MSN Veterans Health Care Specialty and the importance of ensuring that nurses are prepared to understand and care for our nation’s 19 million veterans. As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, 2021 has already proven to be a year of possibility, hope and as always, change. Sincerely,

Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University

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Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for Nursing, Duke University Health System

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Behind theScrubs

Nearly 80 DUSON faculty, staff and students have taken active roles in vaccination clinics on campus and throughout the Triangle in recent months. DUSON teams are logging more than 100 shifts per month to assist with rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina. Shown here are Associate Professor Margaret “Midge” Bowers and ABSN student Brian Oh providing a vaccination to Carolyn Bohlmann at the Karsh Alumni Center. You can also find DUSON teams at the Trent Semens Center on campus, Duke Regional Hospital as well as Southern High School and various pop-up clinics. In addition, DUSON’s Community Health Partnership Program (D-CHIPP) is doing its part with teams at vaccination clinics around the Durham area at TROSA, La Semilla, a vaccination clinic for the Latino community and Beacon Light Missionary Baptist Church.

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

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Passing the Torch of Leadership

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utgoing Dean Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing of the Duke University; vice chancellor for nursing affairs; and associate vice president for academic affairs for nursing, Duke University Health System (DUHS) remembers when she was applying for her undergraduate degree in nursing and received a letter from a school in Chapel Hill that she had been wait-listed. She recalls jokingly saying, “I’ll show them. One of these days, I’ll be dean at UNC.”

Top left: Broome worked closely with Duke Health Chancellor A. Eugene Washington, M.D. and University Provost Sally Kornbluth. Top right: Broome takes time during a graduation ceremony for a quick “speakerseye-view” photo.

Broome went on to earn her nursing degree at the Medical College of Georgia and eventually did become a dean, first at Indiana University School of Nursing, in 2004 and, then in 2014 at the other blue school, Duke University School of Nursing. Reflecting on her seven years at DUSON, Broome said her experiences have been challenging, exciting, tough, and overall, wonderful. Specifically, Broome did what she came to do. She expanded and built partnerships with DUHS and created formal agreements with other Duke schools, such as Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity School of Arts and Sciences, and collaborated closely with the Global Health Institute and the Margolis Health Policy Center. “I think that these partnerships have really strengthened our School and made it a better place for our students in terms of their ‘Duke’ experience,” she said.

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Expanding Partnerships Across Duke and Around the World Those experiences happen locally as well as globally, as the School during Broome’s tenure has established six new agreements with international universities in many countries including Oman, Rwanda, China, South Africa and Ireland. “We’ve created many different initiatives for our students that provide a broader perspective of nursing,” Broome said. Another significant achievement began in 2018 when the School collaborated with the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy. The Margolis Scholars Program, now supporting its third DUSON cohort, offers Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and PhD Students multidisciplinary

training and education in health policy, creating future nurse leaders. A partnership that Broome is especially proud of is the 2015 launch of the Duke Advancement of Nursing, Center of Excellence (DANCE) initiative, a collaboration between the School and DUHS that connects the research expertise at DUSON with the clinical needs of the health system. With the program now including about 20 nurse leaders from the health system and School of Nursing, Broome said, sustained support of this clinicaleducational partnership is a testament to its value to Duke. The School has developed into a special community that pushes for constant growth. “The fact is we are very blessed to have resources, and we use them strategically to improve the experiences of faculty, staff and students here,” she said. A shared commitment to excellence combined with a respect for the past and an eye on the future sets the School of Nursing apart. “Our faculty and staff are very committed to our students,” she said. “Students feel the connection and know that our faculty are here to support them in their academic journeys. The relationships among faculty, staff and students makes the School of Nursing a community like no other,” she said.

Engaged Leadership Throughout her time at Duke, Broome has encouraged transparency and engagement with the community by hosting quarterly town hall meetings to engage and inform the community on important news and updates and co-hosting monthly diversity conversations to openly

Left below: A highlight for Broome is to personally congratulate each DUSON graduate. Below: During Broome’s tenure, the School expanded with the 105,000 square foot IPE Building.

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#1 in 2018 and it has remained among the top three in the nation for the past five years. In 2021, the School also moved into the top 10 nursing schools in the world rankings by the QS World University Ranking. “Deans Mary Champagne and Catherine Gilliss did such a great job laying the foundation for this School,” Broome said of her predecessors. “We’ve been able to build and expand. It is clearly a top-tier school without a doubt, and there’s no going back.” A constant for Broome during her deanship has been her dedication to mentoring and leadership development. She was a driving force, along with Dr. Barbara Turner, behind the creation of the Executive Leadership Specialty in the School’s DNP Program. After she leaves her current role, Broome plans to take a year-long coaching certification course to build upon her interest in executive leadership development, specifically for leaders in practice and academe. Looking back on her career, Broome said since mentors played such an important role in developing her as a leader, a commitment to future leaders is a part of who she is as a person. “As a first-generation college student, I received guidance from people who seemed to understand me,” she said. “My mentors were people who weren’t easily intimidated. They were not put off by my energy, by my direct approach, by my questioning, questioning, questioning ‘Can’t we do this better?’”

discuss the difficult issues surrounding racial injustice and in creating a more open environment at the School. In 2018, under Broome’s leadership, the School took its commitment to expanding lines of communication and opening opportunities to underrepresented populations a step further by creating what is now the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The School has also undergone physical changes under Broome, with the addition of the 105,000 square foot Duke Health Interprofessional Education Building, which houses the Center for Interprofessional Education and Care (IPEC). The IPEC, a joint venture among Duke Health and the Duke Schools of Nursing and Medicine, provides educational opportunities for students to work with their peers across different professions in order to deliver more efficient, team-based patient care. In addition to classroom and office space, the IPEC is home to the School of Nursing’s Health Innovation Lab. The lab is a space where other disciplines, such as medicine, engineering and outside businesses can come together with nurses in shared research and development efforts. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lab fast-tracked testing to expedite developing PPE for Duke Health frontline workers. Such efforts to expand the School’s reach and influence throughout Broome’s tenure undoubtedly contributed to a bump in rankings by the U.S. News & World Report. The School moved from #7 in 2014 to

Above left: Broome welcomes Healthcare Economist Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN to Duke. Above: One of Broome’s passions is mentoring future nurse leaders.

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Above right: Broome, University President Price and Duke Health leaders march against racism.

The Pandemic, Social Justice and New Leadership When the COVID-19 pandemic started in March 2020, Broome faced one of her greatest leadership tests to date as she led the School in making quick decisions regarding the ever-changing health crisis. She credits her executive leadership team at DUSON for working together with her to keep the School moving forward while communicating with faculty, staff and students as the situation evolved. A few months into the pandemic, the national conversation expanded to include the important issue of social justice. The racial justice crisis that unfolded brought renewed attention to what institutions were doing, or not, to remedy racial inequities. “I can hardly think about the pandemic without thinking about the racial justice crisis because they’re so interwoven,” Broome said. “People were deeply distressed and understandably so,” she said. “No matter how much we thought we had done to address diversity and inclusion, it was not enough. I felt like I was the visible face of what was wrong, and that was one of the toughest points of my career.” Part of being a leader is being able to weather crises and to learn and grow from them. Broome said her interactions with alumni have given her much needed perspective and appreciation. “When you’re in an organization, sometimes it’s easy to feel like all we’re doing is looking for ways to improve, but when you go out there and speak with people who think the School is so strong, it’s good to hear,” she said. Passing the torch of leadership to the next dean,

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, MSN’17, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, is exciting for Broome. She feels good about the transition and looks forward to where the School is headed. “We have worked really hard as a School to build a strong sense of community,” Broome said. “That’s why we are planning now for what’s going to happen when we come back to campus and a more ‘normal’ environment. Are we still going to be the same? What resources will it take?” Broome suspects a new ethos will emerge, one that takes into account how the world’s sense of community has changed. “In a way, I’m sad I won’t be here to see it as dean, but I’ll come back to see how it’s turned out,” she says. “It’s time for a new leader, with new places for the School to go and more impact to make.” n Broome signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Hong Kong.

A Personal Message of Thanks from Dean Marion E. Broome

programs was so gratifying! And working with these amazing people over this last year during the pandemic made the situation bearable, and at times, even highly motivating as a leader. But it is time for me to step away from the deanship and allow another dean to bring new and exciting ideas to the School. Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos will do just that, and I am thrilled to be able to support his transition! I am excited about and looking forward to returning to the faculty role. This next year, while on sabbatical, I will participate in a year-long program to gain more knowledge and skills as an executive coach — an informal role I have played with other deans for the last 15 years. I plan also to take Spanish language classes, and take the time to develop some additional innovative approaches to teaching in our Executive Leadership Specialty in the DNP program, courses I have so enjoyed teaching the last three

years. On the personal side, I will spend much more time with our grandsons, Charlie (9) and James (7) and granddaughter Elise (19 months) in Atlanta. And my husband Carroll and I will resume our travel again to see more of this beautiful country! There are not ‘rich’ enough words to thank those of you who have supported me these past seven years. I have learned much from our students, staff and faculty, my colleagues in practice at DUHS, our alumni and the members of our School’s Board of Visitors. The other deans at Duke have been a wonderful source of support as well. I could not have scripted a better capstone to my long career in nursing than being dean at Duke University School of Nursing. My mind has grown. My heart has been touched, and my soul been branded as a Duke nurse. For this and so much more, I thank each of you for your belief in and support of me. I felt them and so valued both of them every day of my journey here. n

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This has truly been a magical seven years filled with awe at the ideas and innovations people bring to their work of educating the next generation of nurse leaders at DUSON. There is a deep satisfaction of being able to provide resources for innovative initiatives that strategically advance the mission of the school in education, research or practice. The School’s accomplishments over the last seven years have been nothing short of amazing, and I have proudly shared these in the pages of this magazine twice a year. What I am privileged to see is what and who stands behind those accomplishments. There is nothing as inspiring as watching others who see their visions for improvement in what they teach, how they mentor students, what knowledge they develop, what research they translate into practice to improve patient care and how they reach out to communities in need. Watching the confidence of faculty and staff grow as they engaged in leadership

fter 18 years as an editor and 42 as an author, putting my thoughts down on paper about my journey as dean of the School of Nursing at Duke University should be easy. But not so, so I will do my best.

Aligning Values and Commitment with Passion and Opportunity

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A conversation with Vincent Guilamo-Ramos In July, the Duke University School of Nursing will welcome its 12th dean, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, MSN’17, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN. Ramos brings with him a staunch commitment to social justice and equity, particularly as seen through the lens of social determinants of health. The child of immigrants, Ramos grew up in the Bronx, and didn’t really understand the concept of disparity until he left his borough on a field trip to lower Manhattan. “I could see from the window of that school bus that things looked different in other parts of New York City than where I lived,” he said. That started Ramos thinking and questioning, which led to a career of seeking answers through education in

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public health, social work and nursing, a natural combination, said Ramos, who in addition to serving as professor and associate vice provost for Mentoring and Outreach Programs at New York University (NYU), founded and currently directs the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). CLAFH has an extensive history of addressing the health and overall wellbeing of Latino youth and their families across the United States, and in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Ramos is nationally recognized as an expert on the development, evaluation and dissemination of familybased interventions designed to support adolescent health. He has held academic appointments in the NYU schools of nursing, social work and public health. Prior to NYU, Ramos was a tenured faculty member at Columbia University. “Social work has a heavy emphasis on social justice, on really thinking about the root causes of why people find themselves in the circumstances that they do,” he said. “It led me to want to understand population health. I think public health was a natural partner, particularly epidemiology and the science of distribution of diseases and outcomes. Ultimately nursing was really about wanting to respond clinically.” Ramos’ interdisciplinary approach to problem solving will inform his leadership at Duke University School of Nursing, guiding his development of a nursing program that continues to focus not just on critical partnerships but on leadership and meaningful impact, something Ramos said nurses are particularly suited for. “I think nursing is really positioned to be at the forefront of what we need to do in our country to resolve health inequities,” he said, noting that nurses are the largest segment of the health care workforce and the most trusted. Health inequities are impacted by

forces outside the immediate control of most health systems: social processes, economics, policies and even geography. “We need a health workforce, in large part shaped by nurses, to think outside of traditional health-delivery system frameworks,” Ramos said. “That means attention to meaningful community engagement and population health, the development and evaluation of nurse-led models of care, and nurses demonstrating large scale impact on health inequities. It means nurses taking leadership roles in policy-making, gaining skills in empirical perspectives, and learning to develop evidence through discovery and nursing science. It also means being able to communicate effectively and learning to advocate for patients and policies that affect patient care.” Nurses work in teams, which demands listening and understanding differing perspectives, including from other disciplines. Interpersonal skills and empathy, coupled with understanding health holistically and not just physically, position nurses as natural leaders in patient care and prevention, Ramos said. Nurse leaders can extend those skills and knowledge to impact patient populations as a whole. “It’s not just being cured,” Ramos said. “It’s also about how well you are living with whatever you’re grappling with.” Ramos is driven to reduce health inequities in the world by working to find solutions to determinants of health: housing, education, income inequities and social marginalization. “Those are things that weigh on me personally and professionally,” he said. “My commitment is trying to contribute to making a more just society for everyone.” Professionally, Ramos has worked for decades with adolescents and families concerning sexual and reproductive health, including prevention of unwanted

Ramos also welcomes the opportunity to work with the growing Latino communities. In a 10-year period, the Latino population in North Carolina has grown from 90,000 to almost one million, mostly by immigrants settling and starting families in the area in pursuit of a better quality of life. “I knew that I could Ramos is driven to reduce have an impact here,” said health inequities in the Ramos, noting that he has world by working to find worked with many diverse populations during his time solutions to determinants of at NYU. Ramos said the pull health: housing, education, to Duke was also influenced income inequities and social by Chancellor Eugene Washington’s concept of marginalization. the “third curve,” the goal of advancing population trajectory, but Ramos said focusing solely health improvement via academic health on individual behavior can miss the mark, care systems, something that Ramos as the resources and responses to that wholeheartedly supports. individual’s decision-making and behavior “Coming to Duke is a huge can actually have more influence on a opportunity to be someplace where your particular outcome. values and commitments align with what “Historically nurses have been trained to the actual job is,” Ramos said. “That’s address the specific health issue,” he said, an honor.” citing unplanned pregnancies or sexually Taking the helm at the beginning of transmitted infections as examples. post-pandemic recovery, Ramos said he’s Increasingly, Ramos said, the goal is excited to engage with faculty, staff and that nurses provide care all along the students and hopes that he can give back trajectory of one’s life through education, to the School’s community what he has advocacy, policy-making and community received throughout his lengthy career— partnership. Improving health outcomes windows of opportunity via mentors and can actually start proactively with nurse colleagues who have helped him grow leaders and community partners in all and learn and find his passions. As the populations, addressing outside forces first male and first Latino dean, Ramos that may negatively impact a person’s also wants to be a reflection of possibility. ability to thrive not just physically but “I think people need mirrors to see holistically in life. themselves and to imagine themselves doing that role and beyond,” he said. Coming to Duke “That’s something that matters to me. I’m looking forward to being immersed Only the School’s second alumnus to in a school of nursing and learning hold the position of dean, Ramos said more about what some of the challenges one thing that attracted him to Duke was are that nurses in 2021 and beyond Durham’s historical relationship with the Black and African-American communities. are facing.” n

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pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV. Ramos’ work focuses on family and community factors that lead to particular outcomes, including resource allocation and environment. Personal decision-making is part of one’s

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Alumni Salute Dean Broome Believing that everyone who dreams of a career in nursing should be able to pursue a quality education, Broome worked diligently to expand access to the School by increasing financial aid for students through philanthropy and institutional support. Simultaneously, she led the School in efforts of creating an antiracist environment that is welcoming to a racially and ethnically diverse community. Through her warmth of spirit, strength of leadership and her accomplishments, it’s easy to see how students, faculty, staff and alumni alike view Broome as the embodiment of true nursing excellence.

When Broome arrived in 2014, DUSON already had a reputation for nursing excellence, but she didn’t stop there. She challenged faculty, staff and students to achieve even greater results. Almost immediately, Broome turned her sights to augmenting the School’s research capabilities and educational efforts. Through planning and strategic investment, the School’s research is consistently ranked among the top National Institutes of Health-funded schools. Not only do these dollars support nursing research faculty, but they also support students who are interested in becoming nurse scientists.

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As we approach the final days of Dean Marion E. Broome’s tenure as the 11th Dean of DUSON, it is easy to see the mark she will leave on the School.

Dean Broome has been an inspiration to me in so many ways. She has always been accessible, and on her trips to the St. Petersburg area, has always connected with me and my husband Dick. Most recently, I have a friend who is losing her sight due to a genetic disease, and Dean Broome connected me with a physician at Duke who is leading in ophthalmic research. My friend now has an appointment at Duke. Dean Broome will be sorely missed. Thank you, and best wishes. Sandra Averitt, BSN’67 Thank you to Dean Broome for your years of service to the School and leadership in the nursing profession. Carlie Felion, MSN’13 Thank you for your leadership and for keeping the Duke Nursing program strong.

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Kim Kingzett Behm, BSN’76

Thank you for your continued investment in diversity and inclusion initiatives. Julie Neboh Baker, BSN’10, MSN’13, DNP’20 Thank you, Dr. Broome, for the continued effort to move this great School of Nursing forward. We wish you well in the next chapter of your journey, and you will always have a special place at Duke! Kenya Chavis-Gomez, MSN’14 Having graduated in 1961, I had no personal contact with Dean Broome but have been able to participate in several Zoom meetings with her. It seems that surely she has continued the tradition of keeping DUSON one of the highest ranked nursing education institutions in the country. I’m very proud to be an alumna of DUSON and offer my thanks and appreciation for all the contributions Dean Broome has made. Carol Seaton Dolan, BSN’61

Alumn

Thank you for all you have done over the past seven years to advance my beloved alma mater. DUSON has thrived under your leadership, and, for that, I am grateful. I always knew we had a stellar program. You built on past successes and took DUSON to the pinnacle – No. 1 level. Not many programs remain No. 1 or in the top five year after year. It is so nice to have the recognition. Thank you for leading us to the top! Since the first day I met you, when you visited Philadelphia and came to our home to meet some suburban Philadelphia DUSON alums, your warmth, genuineness and poise have made you very approachable. I love how you encourage collaboration, listening and varying ideas. The teamwork you have led is pervasive throughout DUSON. All are working for a common goal and progressing in a unified direction. Kathy Viall Gallagher, BSN’75

We have enjoyed working with Dean Broome through our respective participation on the Board of Visitors and Nursing Alumni Council. From our very first meeting, we were impressed with her strategic vision, focus on leadership, passion for research, and overall commitment to making DUSON the best nursing program in the World! It’s been delightful, as well, to get to know Dean Broome and Carroll personally through a variety of social events to include Duke football and basketball games and our military service banter about “their” Army and “our” Air Force. Her legacy as DUSON’s 11th Dean will endure, and we wish both Marion and Carroll all the best as they embrace the next chapter of their life adventure.

Marianne Tango Williams, BSN’81 and Brett T. Williams, BS’81

ni Salute Dean Broome During my time at Duke, she made herself accessible to all the DNP students. She made sure that she was involved and invested in our education. Cynthia Jovanov, DNP’19 It was a pleasure to meet Dean Broome in 2017 at our 50th class reunion for the class of 1967. Warm and pleasant conversations took place as we shared history and accomplishments through the years for the School of Nursing. Kristen Wolfe Goff, BSN’67

Katherine Pereira, MSN’02, DNP’12, Professor Emerita I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Dean Broome on the advisory board. Her strong sense of commitment and experience in navigating a top-ranked nursing program has been demonstrable. The common-sense approach to analyzing systemic issues and her respectful sense of humor have and will carry her far. We will surely miss Dean Broome and wish her well on her next adventures. She will, of course, forever remain a Blue Devil! Sue Frederick, BSN’77, MD’83

As a Duke grad, I wish to congratulate Dean Broome on her retirement and to express great appreciation for her continued expansion of the DUSON legacy for excellence in nursing education and leadership in the advancement of the profession of nursing. Before her tenure at Duke, I had the pleasure of collaborating with Dr. Broome on several projects through the Midwest Nursing Research Society that promoted quality and creativity in nursing education. Indeed, the profession as a whole can thank her for her vision and leadership in preparing nurse scientists and practitioners to contribute at their highest level to advancing health and health care for all people. Patricia E Whitenight Underwood, BSN’66, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sandra Walsh Taylor, BSN’60 Dean Broome, congratulations and thank you for facilitating the incredible legend of exacting nurse education that DUSON has been and continues to be. I wish you the best with your next professional and personal endeavors. Dwayne Eddie Bell, MSN’20 I remember having dinner with Dr. Broome when we were still living in San Diego (years ago), and a conversation we had inspired me to obtain a PhD in nursing. That one evening made such an impact on my life and career. I feel so thankful to have attended Duke for my MSN and for the contacts I made while there. Kelly Pretorius, MSN’10

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Dean Broome, you were a pleasure to work with, and I learned so much from you about servant leadership! Thank you for your mentorship, support and friendship over the years. You will be missed, and I wish you all the best in your retirement!

Broome shares a conversation with Professor Emerita Katherine Pereira, MSN’02, DNP’12.

I enjoyed meeting Dean Broome at several reunions and appreciated her welcoming and enlightening comments during the events. I want to thank her for her leadership and for the growth of the School.

Thank you for your leadership. Quiana Duncan, DNP’19 Dean Broome embodies the attributes of scholar, mentor, facilitator and ambassador of nursing. Her leadership and vision made DUSON the top nursing school in the country. Her heart is with the students, ever mindful of growing and supporting their success with a holistic view of their needs to advance their nursing careers. She is present to alumni, the worldwide nursing community, current faculty, staff, students and the university community. Her dedication is felt by all who have the joy of coming to know her. DUSON has been blessed to have Dean Broome continue the legacy. I will miss Dean Broome and genuinely appreciate her kindness towards me with every interaction. With heartfelt wishes for her future.

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Mary Ellen Wright, BSN’81

Joan M. Stanley, BSN’71, and Dean Broome present Christy with an Honorary Alumnus Award.

Dean Marion Broome will be remembered for her many contributions to DUSON and Duke University. She clearly rose to the challenge of maintaining and building upon DUSON’s reputation as one of the premier nursing schools in all of America. She embraced a myriad of opportunities and challenges and developed consistently successful action plans and strategies to achieve results. Her positive influence on teaching, research, increasing diversity, the student experience, and DUSON’s fiscal integrity will be appreciated for many years into the future. Christy Bell, Board of Visitors, Honorary Alumnus ’16

Dean Broome has been only supportive of advancing my nursing career and my involvement with the Nursing Alumni Council. I have had the fortune of learning from her leadership, appreciating her guidance and celebrating her impressive impact on the nursing profession. Benson, center, with former Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Dean Patricia Davidson and Dean Broome

Andrew Benson, MSN’09, DNP, CRNA, FAAN

Alumni Salute Dean Bro

As a donor to the School of Nursing, I want to thank you for your years of service and wish you all the best in retirement. You have truly been an inspiration. Gary Markel, Friend I have so enjoyed getting to know you during your tenure as dean. Your able leadership, organizational skills, creativity and energy are most noticeable and appreciated. Thank you for being so available to the NAC and including the alumni in planning for the future of DUSON. I am gratified for your efforts to take the School of Nursing to a higher level. Saying goodbye is difficult. However, I wish you much joy, good health and happiness in your future life. Stay True Blue and “Go Duke!”

Kevin W. Sowers, MSN’89, RN, FAAN, President, Johns Hopkins Health System Executive Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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At the end of our careers, we all want to know that we have made a difference in the lives of others. Marion Broome has served our country, having spent 21 years in the Army Nurse Corps. She has cared for pediatric patients at the bedside, and her research will continue to make a difference in the lives of peds patients for generations to come. Dean Broome has served at the national leadership level on myriad boards and has authored books and papers on transformational nursing leadership. As a graduate of DUSON myself, I am proud to say that her leadership and her extraordinary dedication to the pursuit of excellence have elevated DUSON and its incredible national reputation to the highest levels of success. Dean Broome has used her life in support of a greater good, and her legacy will stand as a template for how to achieve excellence as a nurse and as a person committed to making a positive difference in our world. Marion, congratulations on beginning this next leg of your journey, and thank you for making such an extraordinary difference in the lives of so many people.

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Virginia B. Lang, BSN‘67

Alumn

Dean Marion E. Broome has made a positive impact on my life as a nursing leader and as a DUSON Board of Visitors member. I first encountered Dr. Broome when I was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2011. Her writings and passion centered on responding to the National Institute of Medicine’s 2010 “Future of Nursing Report.” As editor-in-chief of “Nursing Outlook,” she wrote passionately about this challenging report and the need for nurses to be part of leading change and advancing healthcare across the globe. Ten years after that first encounter, Erdman and Broome at the 2019 Reunion Weekend I now have the privilege to be working with Dean Broome as a member of DUSON’s Board of Visitors. Her skills at commanding an audience, motivating a team, collaborating with all, listening to new ideas and giving credit to those around her are truly remarkable. Through my experiences, I have witnessed a great leader, an amazingly talented educator, a top-notch scientist, a nursing advocate, a patient advocate and a student/ faculty coach. Her ability to connect with individuals or groups on any level is a true gift. To be a true leader, you have to have followers. Dean Broome, you not only have followers, you have fans. I wish you the very best in the next chapter of your life. I am honored and blessed to have encountered and worked with you over the last 10 years. I will take lessons learned with me always. Thank you.

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Lynn Erdman, Board of Visitors, Honorary Alumna ’19

Thank you, Dean Broome, for your outstanding leadership of DUSON, its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Duke Health System colleagues over the past seven years! Your smile, subtle sense of humor, integrity, incredible knowledge, and gentle but strong leadership have given us all reason to be proud!

I first met Dr. Broome in 2011; we were co-speakers at a conference hosted by the Institute of Pediatric Nursing. Listening to Marion speak, I knew immediately that she was passionate about pediatric nursing and was an experienced researcher. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to get to know her as a respected colleague and friend of nursing. She has provided leadership on a number of initiatives, most recently as chair of the AACN PhD Pathways to Excellence Task Force that will provide a new foundation for developing the next generation of nursing researchers. Thank you, Marion, for your dedication and contributions to nursing. Best wishes for a fun and productive retirement! (You notice I did not say relaxing!)

Joan Stanley, BSN’71

Muff Urbaniak, BSN’67

ni Salute Dean Broome

You have unselfishly given of yourself and provided guidance, mentorship and direction throughout your tenure at DUSON. Thanks for all of the support that you have provided me as a member of the DUSON Alumni Council, as well as the Duke Advancement of Nursing Center of Excellence (DANCE)! You are so inspirational and uplifting!

Cheryl Brewer, MSN’94, PhD, RN Dean Marion Broome is a shining star in the field of her expertise. She genuinely embraces the members of the NAC. One of my favorite memories of the Dean is her true sensitivity to the commitment of diversity on all levels. Dean Broome continually acknowledges accomplishments regardless of how small it may seem to the person receiving the compliment or kind gesture. I have been fortunate to be the recipient

From left to right: Aliki Martin, DNP’13; Celeste Tombs, MSN’00; Christine Fulgencio, MSN’99; and Cheryl Brewer, MSN’94

of her lovely thank you cards and letters. She is regarded as an expert scholar and leader in nursing research and practice. She has published books and consumer publications. The list goes on. Her dedication to research that is changing the future of healthcare is absolutely dynamic! As evidenced by our COVID-19 pandemic crisis, in one of her podcasts, Dean Broome makes sure to let us know that she is a believer in two things — relationships and communication. She never misses a beat! I trust that the next person carrying the torch will have an excellent roadmap upon which to follow. Thank you for your stand-up leadership. Aliki Martin, DNP’13 Dean Broome, it has been an honor to have volunteered under your leadership for the Nursing Alumni Council and Duke DC Regional Board. You are truly an example of strength and resilience especially during the past year with the pandemic and social justice. You have brought recognition to DUSON through your collaboration with other schools within the Duke network. You have continued the tradition of DUSON’s top university rankings nationwide. Of course, DUSON is also known internationally. I wish you well in your new endeavors and look forward to seeing again in the near future.

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Orit Ramler Szulik, Board of Visitors

The International Year of the Nurse & Midwife is extended through 2021. This is an opportune time to highlight and recognize all of your work, dedication and sacrifices. The contributions that you have made at DUSON and in nursing will prepare us for a myriad of nursing paradigms. On behalf of all of us, thank you very much, Dean Broome! We will truly miss you!

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You are a true leader, one who has impacted the life of so many, including myself. Your passion, kindness, dedication, clarity, vision and work ethic make you a role model to me and everybody in our community. I want to thank you for everything you have done, and I’m sure that the next chapter and journey ahead will be as amazing and rewarding as everything you have done. I hope our paths will cross again soon!

New Faculty Appointments

Promotions & Transitions

(January 1 – June 30, 2021)

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Waldrop Named New DNP Program Assistant Dean Julee Waldrop, DNP’10, PNP, FAANP, FAAN, assumed leadership of the DNP program as its assistant dean on June 1, 2021.

as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Her research and scholarship focus is on infants, young children and mothers.

She has taught nursing, primarily NPs, for more than 20 years, teaching many different courses, primarily children’s and women’s health but also pathophysiology, pharmacology and health assessment as needed. She has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago-Urbana campus, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Central Florida and is a certified nurse educator.

She is editor-in-chief of “The Journal for Nurse Practitioners,” and in this leadership role for the NP profession, seeks to support and encourage new authors to showcase the excellent work they are doing in clinical practice, research, policy and advocacy. She has also been a CCNE site evaluator for seven years.

As a certified pediatric nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, and primary care practitioner, her clinical area of expertise is holistic newborn care, including the mother and her support systems. Her expertise as a clinician and educator led to a faculty practice award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and membership

Waldrop earned a BA in Education with a specialization in physical education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her BSN from Texas Woman’s University and MS from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She graduated from DUSON in 2010 with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. We welcome Julee back to DUSON.

Noonan

Reuter-Rice

Oyesanya

Randolph

Carter

Phillips

Humphreys

Recent Grant Awards

Tolulope Oyesanya promoted to Associate Professor Track I Schenita Randolph promoted to Associate Professor Track I Brigit Carter promoted to Professor Track II Beth C. Phillips promoted to Associate Professor Emerita Janice C. Humphreys promoted to Professor Emerita

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/ NIH (R01)

“Expanding Technology-Enabled, Nurse-Delivered Chronic Disease Care (EXTEND)”

“Emergence of Arm Reaching Behavior and Lateralization of Motor Control in Infancy”

MPI Ryan Shaw Co-Investigators Qing Yang and Allison Lewinski $3,368,082 (March 15, 2021 – December 31, 2025)

PI Ran Xiao $181,158 (September 17, 2020 – June 30, 2025)

National Institutes of Health/ NIAID (RO1) “Novel Biased Beta2-AR Ligands as Asthma Therapeutics” MPI Julia Walker $3,166,566 (March 15, 2021 – February 28, 2026)

Alpha Phi Foundation “Improving the Visibility of Women: Patients as Partners in Management of Uncontrollable Hypertension” PI Bradi Granger $100,000 (May 1, 2021 – April 30, 2023)

NC Department of Health and Human Services/CDC “Sickle Cell Data Collection Program in North Carolina” MPI Mariam Kayle Co-Investigator Paula Tanabe $723,786 (September 30, 2020 – September 29, 2023) National Institutes of Health/ NIMH (K08) “Telehealth to Reduce Suicidality and Improve HIV Care Engagement in Tanzania” PI Brandon Knettel $693,741 (April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2024)

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Karin Reuter-Rice promoted to Associate Professor with tenure Track I

National Institutes of Health/ NINR (RO1)

Devon Noonan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure Track I

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n DUSON #10 in Global Rankings

n Reuter-Rice Advocates in

DUSON improved its position among QS World University Rankings for nursing by being named the #10 highest ranked nursing program globally for 2021. The QS World University Rankings for nursing are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. For the 2021 rankings, QS World University Rankings identified the top 150 schools of nursing from around the world.

n DNP Alum Appointed to Ugandan Faculty Position

Washington

Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, associate professor, was invited, as the

chair of the NC Governor’s Brain Injury Advisory Council Children and Youth Committee, to speak with U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, for North Carolina, and Reps. G.K. Butterfield and Deborah Ross for the annual Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Hill Day.

Amber Johnson, DNP’20, will assume a faculty position at Lira University in Uganda.

Johnson will serve as a nurse/midwifery educator for the 2021-22 academic year. In her new role, Johnson will train nursing and midwifery students on simulation and in the classroom and clinical settings. She will also contribute to the development of the university’s graduate-level midwifery education program.

n Johnson Named to COVID-19

Advisory Board

Ragan Johnson, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, assistant

n Faculty Release New Edition of Book,

Contribute Chapters

Marilyn Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, Jennie De Gagne, PhD, DNP’14, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, professor, and Beth C. Phillips, PhD, MSN‘93, RN, CNE, CHSE, associate professor emerita, are

editors of and contributors to the new edition of “Teaching in Nursing and Role of the Educator, Third Edition: The Complete Guide to Best Practice in Teaching, Evaluation, and Curriculum Development.” Each faculty member produced chapters for the book.

professor, was invited to be an inaugural executive advisory board member of Medscape’s COVID-19 Resource Center. Among the many responsibilities in this role, Johnson will provide insight on information that should be included on the website, provide brief commentaries on COVID-19 topics, as well as contribute other original content to the site.

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Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care

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Whitehurst

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Doctor of Nursing Practice Executive Leadership Specialty

n Kelly Leads International Team

for Bowel Care

Maryellen S. Kelly, DNP, CPNP, MHSc, assistant professor, was appointed by the International Children’s Continence Society to lead a team of international experts on neurogenic bowel management and treatment to create the first standardized document on pediatric neurogenic bowel care.

n Harriett Cook Carter Lecture A Tremendous Success More than 220 people attended the 58th Harriet Cook Carter Lecture “The Future of Nursing: A Look Back and A Look Ahead.” Dean Marion E. Broome introduced featured speaker Susan B. Hassmiller, senior adviser for Nursing for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of the Foundation’s Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, in partnership with AARP. Her presentation preceded a three-person panel discussion. Hassmiller spoke about the impact of the first “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” released in 2010 through Hassmiller a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine). She also revealed more information about “The Future of Nursing 2020-2030,” released this spring. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, associate professor, Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler PhD, MSN, BSN, CNM, CNE, assistant professor, and Jacqueline Nikpour, PhD‘21, participated in a panel discussion following Hassmiller’s presentation, sharing their experiences and views on the important role that diversity equity, and inclusion will play in the future of nursing.

n S mallheer Joins Saudi

Advisory Committee

Benjamin Smallheer, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, associate professor, has

been invited to join an advisory committee for the King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, College of Nursing-Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is developing their first Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP Program and Pediatric Acute Care NP Program. He will be serving with an international committee of advisors to guide the development and deployment of this curriculum.

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Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Psychiatric/Mental Health Across the Life Span

n Whitehurst Selected for

Inaugural Fellowship

Unique Whitehurst, ABSN‘20,

MSN student, has been selected as a fellow for the inaugural GradEngage Fellowship, hosted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics. This fellowship supports graduate students as they deepen their relationship and/ or research with a Durham-based community partner.

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Campbell Receives School’s Second Honorary Doctorate

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By Stephanie Turner Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, BSN ‘69, RN, FAAN, Anna Wolf endowed chair at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, received the second honorary doctorate sponsored by the School of Nursing at Duke University’s graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 2. Campbell is a national leader in research, advocacy and policy in the field of domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV). The author and co-author of more than 300 publications and seven books on violence, health outcomes and nursing education, she is frequently sought by policy makers for her expertise regarding the health effects, including health inequities, of domestic violence on individuals, families and communities. “We are extremely excited that Dr. Campbell received an honorary doctorate,” said Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing, vice chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University, and associate vice president for Academic Affairs for Nursing, Duke University Health System. “She has not only influenced the nursing profession for more than 30 years, but she has also made significant impact to the work being done here at our School. As an alumnae, she personifies the excellence that we aspire to at Duke.” Campbell was selected for the Duke School of Nursing’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1996 and was selected for the School’s Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Science Award in 2008. Included in her support of the School of Nursing, she also currently consults with two of the School’s faculty members who also conduct research on women and domestic violence — Janice C. Humphreys, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita, and Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH,

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FAAN, associate professor. “Jackie has been at the forefront of research, policy and practice in the area of IPV for more than 35 years,” said Humphreys. “She has proudly done this work first and foremost as a nurse, and, as a nurse, she has advocated for survivors of IPV in a way that has convinced other professions that they should also be concerned and take action.” Gonzalez-Guarda believes Campbell’s work will leave a lasting impact on current and future researchers. “Her work has helped generate multiple new generations of nurse scientists and health leaders through various initiatives she has led,” Gonzalez-Guarda said. “Her direct mentorship and the inspiration she evokes when she shares her commitment to health equity and groundbreaking research on violence against women will continue to live out in this new generation of scholars for decades to come.”

In 1985, Campbell developed the Danger Assessment; this widely used instrument helps abused women and their advocates assess a woman’s risk of being killed by an abusive partner and informs individual health care actions and safety planning measures. In the ensuing 35 years, Campbell has received nearly two dozen National Institutes of Health research grant awards. She was congressionally appointed to the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence and has testified before Congress and other local and state-level policy organizations. Well known for her collaboration with other nursing scholars and mentorship of nursing students, Campbell served from 2008 until 2017 as national program director of the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars program. Through this role, she provided research funding and leadership training for 60 outstanding junior academic nursing scholars. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000 and actively participates as a member of the selection committee for the Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Science each fall. Campbell is a member of the board of directors of Futures Without Violence, is an active member of the Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Research Group, and has served on the boards of five shelters including the House of Ruth Battered Women’s Shelter. Campbell earned a bachelor of science in nursing from Duke in 1969, followed by a master of science in nursing degree from Wright State University and doctor of philosophy from the University of Rochester. Her daughter, Christina (Campbell) Endrud T’95, son-in-law, Nikolas Endrud T’95, and son Bradley Campbell T’97, are all Duke graduates, and her granddaughter, Grace Endrud, is a current Duke undergraduate student (class of 2024).

Accomplishments & Honors

Kuszajewski

Wofford

Cary

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n Kuszajewski Lead Author of Simulation

n E die and Padilla Named

Michele L. Kuszajewski, DNP, RN, CHSE, assistant director of Center for Nursing

Alison H. Edie, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, assistant professor and Blanca Iris Padilla, PhD, FNPBC, assistant professor, were named 2021 Fellows in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Edie and Padilla join an elite group of NPs who impact national and global health through their outstanding contributions to health care. Established in 2000, the FAANP program recognizes NPs who have made significant accomplishments through clinical practice, research, education or policy.

Program Manual

Discovery, was the lead author and task force co-chair who helped create the Society for Simulation in Healthcare “SSH Simulation Program Policy and Procedure Manual Model Template Addendum: Pandemic Reentry Policy Considerations in a Pandemic.” This addendum outlines commonly accepted practices and serves as a general model for simulation programs to follow when developing their policy and procedure.

n Alum Named as Academy of Wilderness

Medicine Fellow

AANP Fellows

Ken Wofford, PhD ‘12, was named a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness

Medicine (FAWM). The achievement recognizes members of the Wilderness Medical Society who have fulfilled a demanding set of training and experience in the specialty niche of wilderness medicine. Wofford is currently an associate professor at the University of South Florida College of Nursing.

n Cary Wins Prestigious Faculty Award

Edie

Padilla

Michael Cary, PhD, RN, associate professor, received the Raymond Gavins

Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, associate professor, received the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 2021 Norma J. Shoemaker Award for Critical Care Nursing Excellence. This award is presented in recognition of a nurse who has made significant contributions and demonstrates superior leadership skills within interdisciplinary teams to advance the quality of critical care.

Master’s Nurse Practitioner: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care

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n Reuter-Rice Honored with Critical Care Award

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Distinguished Faculty Award, a Samuel DuBois Cook Society award. Founded in 1997, The Samuel DuBois Cook Society was established to honor Cook, a retired Duke University professor who was the first African American professor to hold a regular faculty appointment at a predominantly white college or university in the South. The society recognizes the years of service that Cook has offered to Duke University, to the cause of African American advancement, and to the betterment of relations between people of all backgrounds. The mission of the Cook Society is to recognize, celebrate, and affirm the presence of African American students, faculty, and staff at Duke University.

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Jones

n Jones Inducted as Fellow to

Two Organizations

Honey Jones, MSN’11, consulting associate, was

inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

n Webb Featured Speaker at

National Academies Event

Michelle Webb, DNP, RN, CHCPA, assistant

professor, was a featured speaker for The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s webinar “Caring for People with Serious Illness In the Home: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The roundtable was a discussion to explore best practices and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic for caring for people with serious illness in the home setting.

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Evans Kreider

n L ATIN-19 Receives Duke President’s Award Seven DUSON faculty and staff who served on Duke’s Latinx Advocacy Team & Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19 (LATIN-19) are a part of the team that received a 2021 President’s Award. Representing DUSON on the interdisciplinary project are Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, associate professor, Irene Felsman, DNP, MPH, BSN’76, RN, C-GH, assistant professor, Allison Stafford, PhD, RN, assistant professor, Rosa Solorzano, MD, MPH, consulting associate, Maralis Mercado Emerson, clinical research coordinator, Norma Garcia Ortiz, senior clinical research specialist, and Angel Garcia Aristi, senior clinical research specialist. The entire team, made of 56 volunteer members drawn from Duke University and Duke Health system and with backgrounds in health care, public policy, education, business and community activism, worked to identify and remedy pandemic-related disparities facing the Latinx population. The group helped improve access to testing, contact tracing and care for the Latinx community, increase the amount of Spanish language COVID-19 information available and guide state and local policy changes. All of these steps helped reduce the infection rate among Durham’s Latinx community. The Presidential Awards program recognizes individuals and teams from the University and Health System who best demonstrate the values that define and shape Duke as an institution. The awards are the highest honor given by Duke to staff and faculty members.

n Evans Kreider Receives State

AANP Excellence Award

Kathryn Evans Kreider, DNP’13, APRN, FNP-BC,

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FAANP, associate professor, has received the 2021 AANP State Award for Excellence. Kreider was recognized for her outstanding achievements in clinical practice as a nurse practitioner in North Carolina. Gonzalez-Guarda

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Mercado Emerson

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Accomplishments & Honors

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Biederman

Howard

n D ocherty Inducted to STTI

Researcher Hall of Fame

Sharron Docherty, PhD, PNP-BC, FAAN, assistant

dean, was inducted into the Sigma 2021 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. She and the other 19 world-renowned nurse researchers were inducted at Sigma’s 32nd International Nursing Research Congress in July 2021.

n Biederman Named Chair of

Homeless Council Respite Care

Donna Biederman, DrPH, MN, RN, CPH, FAAN,

associate professor and D-CHIPP director, is now chair of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Respite Care Providers Network Steering Committee and a council board member. The Council works to improve health care for homeless persons, end homelessness, and give voice to people who have the lived experience of homelessness.

n D eGagne Leads Korean

Translation of Book

Jennie De Gagne, PhD, DNP’14, RN, NPD-BC,

Cantey

n H oward Inducted into Alma Mater’s Hall of Distinction Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, ANEF, CNE, FAAN, vice dean, Academic Affairs, was selected to join the second class of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s College of Health and Human Services’ Hall of Distinction. This selection reflects the college’s immense pride in Howard’s career accomplishments and recognition of the positive role model she represents for their current students and alumni. Howard is an ‘88 alumni of the school’s Nursing and Allied Health department.

n Cantey Presents at International Nursing Conference Danett S. Cantey, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE, clinical nurse educator, presented “Virtual

Lab Hours for Clinical Skills in Prelicensure Nursing Students: Designing, Managing, and Lessons Learned” at the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) annual conference.

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2022 Best Graduate Nursing School

CNE, ANEF, FAAN, professor, led the Korean

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Best Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

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translation of the book “Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing,” co-authored by Marilyn Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing.

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Veterans Health Care Specialty Opens Eyes, Minds and Career Paths “No matter what population or setting you are going to serve, you will be taking care of veterans,” said Cristina Diaz, MSN’21, a Family Nurse Practitioner. “It doesn’t matter what part of the country; inpatient, outpatient, it’s important for nurses to have an understanding and a mindfulness about caring for this population.” With more than half of the nation’s 19 million veterans over the age of 65, Diaz and her fellow students from DUSON’s Veterans Health Care Specialty understand that having the tools and specialized knowledge to appropriately engage with this vulnerable population are critically important. The military experience can impact patients and their families in very unique ways, and that was the impetus for Angela RichardEaglin, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, assistant professor, to restructure the School’s veterans-focused MSN specialty. “We want our students to be familiar with the role the various branches of the military and how the military experience can influence the ways that nurses should assess, diagnose and treat patients,” Richard-Eaglin said. “Veterans and their families may need nurses to advocate differently for them and to understand that additional resources and approaches might be needed.” The specialty, currently the only nonVA academic partnership Veterans Health Specialty of its kind, is available to Duke students who are preparing to become certified advanced practice registered nurses or nurse practitioners with an MSN degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution. It is also open to all health professions students. Kamieo Lewis, ABSN’21, enrolled in the Foundations in Veterans Health course as an elective. “I was motivated to take the course by seeing how his service has affected the health of my uncle, a naval captain,” Lewis

Richard-Eaglin

said. “Many veterans seek care at civilian facilities, and, as a nurse, I want to have the language and tools to connect with this population on a more intimate level understanding the veterans’ experience and provide equitable care.” The Veterans Health Care Specialty is comprised of three courses: Vulnerable Populations, Foundations in Veterans Health, and a synthesis course including clinical hours. It is a legacy of the previous DUSON/ Durham VA Nursing Academic Partnership in Graduate Education (VANAP-GE). “We are thrilled with the initial response to the new program,” Richard-Eaglin said. “This is why I teach. These students just aren’t checking

boxes but are fully engaged and learning from each other. They will go out and inspire those who they work with to think differently about how to care for veterans and their families and to become better advocates for their unique needs.” Edward Bennett, Jr., RN, an AdultGerontology Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care student, agrees. Working in a Buffalo, New York-area hospital, his facility serves a large veteran population, and his coursework has sparked meaningful conversations with both supervisors and colleagues. “I have a large number of veteran patients and this program is helping me better understand and communicate with them,” he said.

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“We are the only psych hospital within an hour of Buffalo, and, as we know, there can be issues with PTSD and psychological trauma within the veterans’ population. Giving them the space to open up or acclimate to a clinical setting is important to helping them feel comfortable.” Being mindful and aware of just how specialized this population can be is a significant takeaway of the course for Diaz. “We now have a deeper understanding of veterans’ unique needs, which is important for all students to have regardless of where

they will practice.” Bennett said he has gained an understanding to better serve this population. “When I walk into a patient’s room who is a veteran, I know how to approach that situation. I now can open up a dialogue with that patient, asking assessment questions that are important to them and their experience.” Having students develop this deeper, more aware perspective is an objective of the program. “Our students will not only be prepared to provide excellent care for our

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veteran patients, but you can just tell by the way they participate in the dialogue in class and pick up on the diversity of thought to create a richer, more meaningful experience for everyone,” Richard-Eaglin said. For each student the lessons learned from this course can be applied to a variety of situations, and their understanding and professional toolkits have been expanded. They agreed that the unique delivery of the content and the significance of cultural intelligence when working with veterans gave them a greater understanding of the significance of advocacy and health equity. “At our core, nurses are advocates,” Lewis said. “This course has really highlighted the importance of advocacy not just for this population, but what we’ve learned can be applied to other vulnerable populations.”

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Supporting DUSON, Now and Forever By Whitney J. Palmer

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Stop for a moment, and think back to your days as a nursing student at Duke. What stands out most? Was it a student enrichment program? A research opportunity offered to you by a faculty member who was a leader in the field? Or was it that you received a scholarship that allowed you to attend the School of Nursing when it might have been otherwise unaffordable? Whatever your fondest or most seminal memory might be, there’s a strong chance you had the experience thanks to giving by alumni and friends. Every year, those funds are used to not

only further the academic mission of the Duke University School of Nursing, but they are also funneled into programs designed to enhance the student experience on campus. If your time as a student was augmented by alumni generosity, you might feel the same tug to pay it forward – donating your time, talent or treasure to give today’s students the same exceptional springboard you had into your career. But, figuring out the path to financial contribution that works best for you can be tricky. Helping

you figure out this puzzle was the goal of the DUSON Now & Forever event series. Not only did the program, which was held this spring, delineate the various giving options, but it also explained how you can give successfully. “People often assume that the only way to make a significant impact through philanthropic support is by making a large financial contribution out of current assets. You may say to yourself that annual giving certainly can’t add up to make a meaningful difference, and gift planning

ABSN students prior to their Commitment to Excellence Ceremony

Making a Gift and Receive Income for Life

For some donors, making long-term sustainable gifts to the School comes from a love of the nursing profession overall. That is the case for Mary McFarland Shepard. Being a nurse was her career goal from childhood as she watched her mother care for patients. She was accepted to Duke, but her time at the university was short. After her sophomore year, Shepard married her husband Rolf, and the couple Naming DUSON as an moved to California. There, she completed IRA Beneficiary her nursing degree at a community college For Kathy Gallagher, BSN’75, her motivation and spent 20 years specializing in surgery, was, in fact, borne out of her experience as a pediatrics, and obstetrics-gynecology. student – an opportunity she would not have Still, Duke held a special place in her had if it were not for generous donors. heart, and, in 1975, Shepard and her husband “I hope to give other students the launched a 35-year dedication to the DUSON opportunity that I was given because Annual Fund. Eventually, though, they wanted Duke is a need-blind to do more. In 2008, like Gallagher, institution,” she said. “That “It’s very important that we support they worked with the planned was the only way I got to have DUSON because, unlike other areas at giving office to establish an endowed a Duke education, so I want to scholarship – the Mary McFarland Duke, such as medicine, business, or help other students who have Shepard and Rolf A. Shepard financial need – as I did – to law, the nursing school does not get Scholarship Endowment – by naming have the benefits that I have. I DUSON a beneficiary in their will. the philanthropic dollars that those think that’s very important.” Their giving didn’t stop there. other areas do.” Gallagher and her husband Prompted by an ad in the 2008 have been long-time donors Summer “Duke Nursing Magazine,” as the federal tax rate can be as much as 37 to the School’s Annual Fund through their they took another step in planned giving – percent. But, because Duke is a tax-exempt membership in the Bessie Baker Society, one that not only will benefit the School but institution, a planned gift to the School via the School’s leadership annual giving club. that also provides the couple with a fixed an IRA can be a good idea. In addition, to further help meet student lifetime income and tax deductions. They “The Duke School of Nursing is a needs, they have established an endowed then created their first charitable gift annuity, tax-exempt entity,” he said. “When you scholarship. Through these gifts, Gallagher and have continued to do so annually for the make a gift to the School of Nursing from said she hopes future students will have past 17 years. your retirement account, you are making the access to the same high-quality education “We wanted to do what we could to help most of your gift.” and professional networking that she did. people who really want to be nurses afford Such gifts, including an endowed Giving to the School goes beyond supporta great nursing education,” Mary Shepard scholarship, do have minimum funding ing the students. It is also about supporting said. “I’m happy to support Duke nursing. levels, and a Duke School of Nursing the School’s overall mission. Donating funds Rolf and I feel that charitable gift annuities is an excellent way to ensure DUSON stays on gift officer can answer questions about are a way to provide ourselves with fixed how much money is needed and how you par with other schools across Duke. lifetime income and support DUSON.” can specifically designate the purpose of “It’s very important that we support She’s right, Tynan confirmed. Donors your gift. DUSON because, unlike other areas at who create charitable gift annuities receive

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Duke, such as medicine, business, or law, the nursing school does not get the philanthropic dollars that those other areas do,” she said. “So, it’s very, very important for us to designate to the School of Nursing so they get the financial support.” When it came to creating the endowed scholarship, Gallagher said, the process could not have been easier. Because she and her husband opted to create their gift through their IRA, establishing it was as simple as filling out an online beneficiary page with language provided by gift officers. According to Joe Tynan, J.D., senior executive director of gift planning at Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs, there are beneficial tax reasons to create a gift from an IRA upon your passing. Leaving money to an heir from an IRA can significantly reduce the value they receive

is daunting and confusing,” said Anita Stallings, associate dean for development and alumni affairs. “The purpose of DUSON Now & Forever is to talk about how those types of gifts do have a substantial impact on philanthropic goals.” The series also gave alumni and donors the opportunity to share what compelled them to make long-term gifts to the School in ways that will be long-lasting without relying on current funds.

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lifetime income, and some of the payments may be tax-free. Gift annuity funds are invested in Duke’s $8.5-billion long-term endowment pool. “When a donor set ups a charitable gift annuity, his or her annuity is secured, not only by the amount of their gift, but by all of Duke’s assets,” he said, meaning regardless of changes in the market, the university is obligated to fulfill annuity payments. In the Shepards’ case, those payments continue until they pass away, Tynan said, when the remainder of their gift annuity funds will be added to the scholarship endowment to create lasting financial support for generations of future nursing students. As with an IRA beneficiary designation, creating an annuity is an easy process using a one-page contract, Tynan said.

At the time, when she wanted to pivot from shift work, her father encouraged her to leverage her nursing experience into a field where few women were working at the time. Including DUSON in Your Will The scholarship is a way she can give homage The simplest and most popular planned to the support and direction she has received giving option is to create a gift to DUSON throughout her career. through your will. “It was my Duke experience and education “The biggest benefit in giving under your that got me in the door for my job as a will is the opportunity to secure a real legacy pharmaceutical rep. It ultimately led me through my career and enabled me to make the As Duke nurses, we have a kinds of gifts that I’ve made,” responsibility to pay this forward Donaldson said. “My will bequest is in honor of my dad for our cherished School and who passed due to cancer.” most trusted profession. A will bequest offers flexibility, as you can either with the School with a gift that extends opt to designate a specific dollar amount to beyond your lifetime,” Tynan said. the School or earmark a percentage of your This is the choice Ellen Donaldson, assets. You can also increase or decrease the BSN’81, made, opting to establish an amount of the gift during your lifetime should academic scholarship in honor of her parents your financial circumstances change. Similar that will support oncology nursing, in to other giving options, the gift planning office addition to her Annual Fund giving. The can help you navigate the process as simply as benefit of her School of Nursing education possible – all it takes is an open conversation. has been two-fold. In addition to giving her “As Duke nurses, we have a responsibility the opportunity to care for intensive care to pay this forward for our cherished School patients for several years in the early 1980s, and most trusted profession,” said Marianne it also gave her a solid background for a Tango Williams, BSN’81, and president of career in the pharmaceutical industry. the Nursing Alumni Council. “Thanks to

the unrestricted support and generosity from alumni like us, DUSON’s success will continue to be realized.” Ultimately, the goal for the DUSON Now & Forever series, as well as its gift planning office, is to help you navigate the many options you have to support the School. Leadership giving is critical to ensuring support for what you deem to be most important for the School and its community, and these many avenues give you easy ways to expand your giving efforts beyond the annual fund. With the many available giving options, Stallings said, the School of Nursing Office of Development & Alumni Affairs wants to offer clarity on how planned giving works, making it as easy as possible for you to navigate these waters. “Planned giving can be fun, and we want you to think so, too,” Stallings said. “We want to demystify planned gifts and share how they do have a substantial impact on allowing us to achieve our mission, as well as how such gifts allow you to accomplish your philanthropic goals.” n For more information about these giving options or to discuss your own personal options, visit nursing.duke.edu/alumni-giving or, contact Anita Stallings at anita.stallings@ duke.edu.

Over the last year, the Annual Fund enabled us to react to urgent needs. Your gifts provided the support for necessary PPE to bring our students back on campus. Thank you for your support of the Annual Fund. Help us continue supporting our students. Give to the Annual Fund today. For more information:

Sarah Blumig Director of Annual Giving & the Bessie Baker Society, Duke University School of Nursing sarah.blumig@duke.edu

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country. They are blessed to be healthy and thankful for their many blessings.

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Carol Seaton Dolan’s, BSN’61,

personal and professional life continues to be a busy one. She is currently serving as part of a parish nurse team at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Albuquerque, N.M., where the most recent activity was a workshop on COVID-19 vaccines. She also serves as vice president of the board of directors for a cooperative home care organization. In addition, she is a facilitator for a Zoom-based stress management program for family caregivers which serves New Mexico families who are facing issues of dementia and other life-threatening illnesses. Her husband Dan continues to practice law. They love to travel—their last trip being to Costa Rica in February 2020. Their hope is to be able to travel more in 2021! They have three children, nine grandchildren and one greatgrandbaby on the way—all of whom are scattered across the

Linda Mayne Markee, BSN’63, and her husband Joe Markee (MD’65) received the 2020 Beyond Duke Alumni Award for their work in Haiti through Haiti Foundation of Hope, www.haitifoundationofhope. org. In June 2020, they changed their status on the HFH board and have stepped into Founder Emeriti positions where they consult, train board members, and raise awareness and support for HFH. Rose Satterfield, BSN’64 , who only spent two years with the class of 1964, changed her career path and became a dentist. She married William Keller, AB’62, and they had two children, William Jr., and Virginia. They now have four grandchildren. She has a dental practice in Danville, Va., and is still working. Her career led her from New Jersey to San Francisco, Calif., and back to Danville. She is looking forward to future retirement. Judi Huber Harlow, BSN’64 ,

retired from Sarasota County Health Department in November 2004, having worked in nursing most of her adult life and loving it. She has a granddaughter applying to four nursing schools (Clemson University, University of South Carolina, University of Tampa, and Villanova University). Two of her three children graduated from Duke. She never forgets her great Duke educationForever Duke.

Linda Mayne Markee Patricia E. Whitenight Underwood, BSN’66, PhD, RN, FAAN, has published a

chapter on interprofessional practice in the book “Health Promotion: Translating Evidence to Practice.” (Frenn & Whitehead, Eds. FA Davis 2021). Her chapter includes a model for patient-centered interprofessional collaborative practice that would be relevant for all health care providers. Kristen Wolfe Goff, BSN’67,

said that the pandemic year has brought some positives

in that some members of the Class of 1967 have reunited on Zoom! All class members would be welcome as the group has shared lots of memories of housing together all four years in Hanes House and Hanes House Annex as they pursued their degrees in nursing from 1963 to 1967. Judy Twomey Rogers, BSN’67,

is currently volunteering with the Summit County Health Department administering Moderna vaccines. She has retired several times—most

(from left to right) Peggy Twigg Pomerantz, Lesley-Ann Carpenter Grilli, and Judith Huber Harlow

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Kristina Meservey, BSN’69, enjoyed the 2019 Reunion! She has reconnected with some classmates and now networks with them on Facebook and telephonically.

1970s Wendy Hagstrom Furniss, BSN’71, has recently

retired after 25 years at the Connecticut Department of Public Health where she was branch chief for health care quality and safety. She lives in Guilford, CT, near her daughter and two granddaughters. She now cares for the environment as a member of the town’s Inland Wetlands Commission.

Sharman Kasdan Stephens, BSN’71, worked as a nurse in

clinical settings of the Duke emergency room, community mental health in Louisville, KY, and at the National Institutes of Health clinical psychiatric research units. She received a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health in 1974 with a concentration in mental health. Stephens’ career took a different turn after receiving her MPH, moving into the health policy and health research arenas. She spent the majority of her career with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (formerly HEW), including working for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Centers for Medicare and

Sharman Kasdan Stephens

Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly HCFA). Her career areas of interest included the financing and delivery of mental health and substance abuse services, expanding coverage for health insurance through various efforts of health care reform, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Medicare Drug Benefit. Her nursing education and time as a clinical nurse helped her enormously as she worked in the health policy field. She retired in 2015. She married Michael Stephens, also a Duke graduate, in 1973, and they have a son and two daughters. She now enjoys traveling and spending time with her four grandchildren. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was also able to volunteer at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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Judy Twomey Rogers

will help bring everyone back together at Duke for the 55th reunion next year.

recently as the infection preventionist at Park City Hospital and before that from her position as a nurse researcher at the University of Utah Medical School. Prior to moving to Utah in 2004, she held many different nursing positions from North Carolina to New York to Massachusetts, working in clinical roles to teaching to home care and case management. She has three sons and six grandchildren who are the joy and center of her life. She has been fortunate to have taken some wonderful trips to Africa, the Galapagos Islands, and Patagonia over the past few years and hopes to be able to travel again once this pandemic is under control. Being part of a Zoom group with many classmates over the past few months has been a true joy, and she hopes it

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Caroline Varner Coburn, BSN’72, is still working full

time at Emory University School of Nursing. She is thinking about retiring, but interesting things keep coming up— although she is sick and tired of Zoom classes! She and her husband have two sons, but no grandchildren yet. She said that may be the reason she’s waiting to retire. Her latest project has been a textbook that has just been published by Wolters Kluwer: Coburn, Gilland, Swan, Eds., “Perspectives in Ambulatory Care Nursing 1st Ed.” She is looking forward to the time when reunions will be in person! Deborah Williamson, BSN’72 ,

and her husband (David Garr, AB’68, MD’72) are moving to Durham to be closer to their daughter and her family. Her daughter, Rebecca Garr, works at the Margolis Center for Health Policy, and their son, Joshua Garr, works in Washington, D.C., with the Georgetown University Hospital Blood Bank.

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Gayle Kenny, BSN’73, has retired from the New Mexico Department of Health and has

Gayle Kenny

done intermittent consulting and home health. Currently, she is assisting with the statewide COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Laura Zelaites Patterson, BSN’74 , is the proud

grandmother of her only daughter’s first-born son, George Clif Herrlinger, born Nov. 4, 2020. They live in Boston, so Patterson has yet to meet him due to COVID-19. Luckily, she has a cabin in New Hampshire and is hoping to see him this summer. She loves keeping up with Duke University School of Nursing news and always has fond memories of Hanes House. She lives with her retired physician husband in Pinehurst Village, N.C., along with an Irish terrier and two cats.

include a strategic partnership with the Op-Ed Project, a program dedicated to elevating the ideas and knowledge of underrepresented voices, and completion of an intensive writing institute. Miriam Kaufman, BSN’76,

in Poland, Romania, and Brazil. There is also a film option with Monumental Pictures/ Lionsgate. In November 2020, All the Water in the World was shortlisted for a Costa Book Award, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the United Kingdom. www. karenraney.com. Andrea Segura Smith, BSN’78,

is thriving in retirement with her husband Randy Smith, BSE’78. They are raising a guide dog puppy, tutoring reading, and doing garden work at the San Francisco Botanical Garden.

Miriam Kaufman

retired from her position as division chief of adolescent medicine in the department of Kathy Viall Gallagher, BSN’75, pediatrics at the University of is in retirement, staying very Toronto and SickKids Hospital busy with her six grandchildren three years ago (it was great and volunteering for Duke preparation for lockdown!) by serving on the Nursing She is now a full-time fiber Alumni Council and the Duke artist, spinning, weaving, and Alumni Association regional experimenting with natural dyes. board in Philadelphia. She also Most of her books are still in provides guided beachwalks print, including “The Ultimate in Ocean City, N.J., and serves Guide to Sex and Disability” and on boards and committees “Easy For You To Say: Q&As for at her church, Grace Baptist Teens Living with Chronic Illness Church of Blue Bell. She is or Disability.” She lives with her chairing the 150th celebration life partner of 43 years in Toronto of the church which will occur and misses close contact with her in 2022. Grace Baptist is the two wonderful adult offspring. church that started Temple She looks forward to her 50th University and Temple Hospital reunion in 2026. in Philadelphia. Karen Raney’s, BSN’78, novel Connie Bossons Bishop, BSN “All the Water in the World” ‘75 and DNP’12, has been was published in United States participating in the Center (Scribner, 2019) and United for Advancement of STEM Kingdom (Two Roads, 2020.) It Leadership’s (CASL) Keystroke has been translated in Germany project over the last two years. and Lithuania and is upcoming Key features of Keystroke

Elizabeth (Betsy) Whitmore, BSN’79, continues to serve

as a regional administrator for Rex Cardiac Surgical, Rex Structural Heart, and Rex Heart Failure clinics. She has sorely missed traveling during the pandemic, having to cancel two major trips. Her son, Whit Kelley, is getting married in October. Karen Raney

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the Texas Hill Country. She would enjoy reconnecting with DUSON classmates! Ellen Grey Donaldson, BSN’81,

and her fellow community advocate, Dave Cable, founded and launched Davidson Community Foundation to provide leadership, galvanize the community and raise capital to help meet the greatest needs in Davidson, N.C. Over the past year, they’ve focused on providing COVID-19 relief

Virginia Lamprecht, BSN’80,

is currently serving in the Global Health Bureau at USAID where she is working across many technical areas (maternal; newborn and child health; infectious diseases; family planning and reproductive health; and healthy systems strengthening) to summarize results and achievements, as well as challenges for stakeholders, including Congress and the American taxpayer. She also provides direct technical assistance in the field to strengthen global development programs. Martha Dodds, BSN’80, has been happily married to her husband, David Anderson, for 33 years and has been working in the labor & delivery unit at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas, for 34 years. She has developed a multidisciplinary maternal transport team to assess, treat and transport high-risk obstetrics patients (via helicopter, plane or ambulance) from around Texas to the Level IV labor

and delivery and the neonatal intensive care unit. She started the maternal program more than a decade ago, and it has grown exponentially! She has many fond memories of Duke, and her clinical group’s study abroad in Nottingham, England, had a lasting impact. She has three wonderful children and enjoys living in

Margaret (Peggy) Sovey McGinnis Margaret (Peggy) Sovey McGinnis, BSN’81, attended

Ellen Grey Donaldson

funds to families suffering from job loss and other economic hardship. They are now pivoting towards longer-term, transformative initiatives to support affordable housing and stabilization of the historic West Davidson neighborhood. It is such a joy and a blessing to be involved! Donaldson also gives back to Duke by serving on the Nursing Alumni Council.

Columbia University in 1987, obtaining her master’s degree in anesthesia. She worked as a certified registered nurse anesthetist for 29 years in New York City, Connecticut, and South Carolina before retiring. She now lives in Charleston, S.C., with her husband Patrick and their 16-year-old daughter Elizabeth. They spend summers in Highlands, N.C. Soon, they will be looking at colleges for Elizabeth. She has spent time at Duke at a young writers camp two summers and would love to attend college there. McGinnis wishes her classmates could all be together for such a big reunion and finds it hard to believe 40 years have passed.

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Cathy Carney Benn, BSN’84, MS, LPC , was promoted

from senior therapist to vice president of residential services at Second Story on Jan. 1, 2021. She oversees the Teens in Crisis program, a 21-day voluntary program for teens, ages 13 to 17, the young mother’s program, and three programs for young adults ages 18 to 21, experiencing homelessness. Second Story is located in Northern Virginia. Cathy Carney Benn

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continues to teach nurse practitioners in the Duke University School of Nursing MSN degree program and practices as a nurse practitioner in the Duke Heart Failure Same Day Access Clinic. Over the past year, she has volunteered in a variety of COVID-19 efforts, including testing and vaccinating. Crystal Harris Tillman, MSN’97, DNP’13, was named

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the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the North Carolina Board of Nursing (NCBN). She is the current director of the education and practice department at NCBN. She is an advanced practice registered nurse with more than 37 years of nursing experience, including 10 years of service at the NCBN. She will assume the position of CEO-elect in early

faculty. Most recently, she served as assistant dean for DUSON’s DNP degree program. She was a professor in the MSN degree program for 15 years and also served a nurse practitioner in the division of endocrinology, metabolism, and nutrition at Duke University Medical Center for 16 years. She is looking forward to spending time with her first granddaughter who was born this year.

Midge Bowers, MSN’90,

Crystal Harris Tillman

October. During her tenure at the NCBN, she has served internationally as a consultant related to plans for improving nursing programs and NCLEX pass rates. She has also served on numerous committees at both the state and national level, including the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), NCLEX Examinations Committee, NCSBN Guidelines for Prelicensure Nursing Program Approval Expert Panel Committee, Duke University School of Nursing Academic Program Advisory Board, and the North Carolina Medical Society Medical Team Task Force. In addition to clinical nursing, she has also taught nursing at several colleges in North Carolina and was the program chair of the BSN program at Cabarrus College of Health Science in Concord, N.C.

2000s Rémi M. Hueckel, MSN’96, DNP’11, associate professor; Dean Broome, Margaret (Midge) T. Bowers, MSN’90, associate professor volunteer at vaccine clinic at Karsh Alumni Center, February 2021.

Katherine Pereira, MSN’02, DNP’12, has retired after 18

years at Duke and 15 years as a member of the DUSON

Karen Hartman, MSN’07, was recently named vice chair of research administration for Mayo Clinic. In this role she has oversight of all research shared services staff and enterprise oversight of clinical trials. She is an assistant professor of health care administration in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Mary Johnson, ABSN’09, MSN’12, DNP’15, is the author

of a chapter on sexual health in a new book, “Principles and Practices in College Health (2021).” The book offers guidance on all of the clinical principles and practices needed in providing optimal health and well-being services for college students. Designed for college health professionals and administrators, the book features 24 chapters organized in three sections: Common Clinical Problems in College Health, Organizational and Administrative Considerations for College Health, and Population and Public Health Management on a College Campus.

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Julie Neboh Baker, BSN’10, MSN’13, DNP’20, began a new

position as the regional medical director at Duke Urgent Care. She is the first nurse practitioner to serve in this role within her division. In this role, she will support five urgent care clinics in the mission to provide high quality care on demand. Kelly Pretorius, MSN’10, graduated with her PhD in nursing from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019, just before her family moved to Okinawa, Japan, for her husband’s job. Since moving, she has been volunteering with the Red Cross and recently lectured to the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing on the topic: How COVID-19 has impacted nurse practitioners in the United States. She was just hired to teach at the University of Maryland Global Campus and is still actively publishing and working on her research. She is excited to present her dissertation findings at The Global Injury Prevention

the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and membership as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is editor-in-chief of “The Journal for Nurse Practitioners,” and in this leadership role for the NP profession seeks to support and encourage new authors to showcase the excellent work they are doing in clinical practice, research, policy, and advocacy. She looks forward to joining the DUSON faculty in June!

Julee Waldrop, DNP’10, was named assistant dean of the DNP degree program, beginning on June 1, 2021. She has taught nursing, primarily nurse practitioners, for more than 20 years. Her favorite aspect of teaching is working individually with undergraduate honors students, master’s students, and DNP students on projects. Her clinical area of expertise and research focus is holistic newborn care, including the mother and her support systems. This expertise as a clinician and educator led to a faculty practice award from

her PhD in nursing at Duquesne University. She is the post-master’s doctorate of nursing practice program coordinator at the Orvis School of Nursing. She serves as the president of the Sigma Theta Tau International - Nu Iota Chapter and enjoys serving her community through outreach programs.

Kelly Pretorius

Kathryn Trotter (front left)

Carrie D. Rowley Hintz, MSN’11, is currently working on

Carrie D. Rowley Hintz Melanie Mabrey, DNP’12, started at the North Carolina Board of Nursing in an advanced practice registered nurse consultant role in September 2020. Kathryn Trotter, DNP’12, received the Duke University President’s Award in 2020 as part of Duke breast surgery advanced practice provider clinical team. She was the first nurse practitioner at this department in 2006.

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Julie Neboh Baker

Showcase this Spring. Her conference abstract was just published in BMJ Injury Prevention. She will continue her research and teaching when her family returns to the United States and hopes to share the knowledge gained from this unique experience living abroad.

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Carlie Felion, MSN’13, is living

in Glendale, AZ. Currently she is pursuing a PhD in nursing at the University of Arizona. She won a prestigious University Fellows award and is serving as an Arizona Area Health Education Center scholar. Alison Ryan, ABSN’13, is

Rebecca Wiggins Yapejian

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Rebecca Wiggins Yapejian, MSN’13, FNP, professionally

speaking, has had a wonderful 2020 and early 2021. She was awarded the North Carolina Nurses Association’s Outstanding Nurses of the Year 2020 for the Triangle Region and was also named an associate of the American College of Cardiology. She was published three times in 2020 and early 2021, including as the lead author of a case series involving ICD heart failure diagnostics and their correlation with positive COVID-19 patients. The publications include “EP Lab Digest,” “Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology,” and “European Heart Journal: Case Reports” (first author). Lastly, she had the privilege to serve as an on-site provider for the Duke COVID-19 testing tents and Duke COVID-19 vaccine clinics and will continue to do so as long as she is needed.

currently working as a nurse practitioner in the high risk screening and genetics clinic at Valley Medical Center in Renton, WA, and living in Seattle. She graduated from the City of Hope intensive course in cancer genomics risk assessment. When she’s not at work, you can find her hiking, skiing, or on her paddle board.

Natalie Klein

Alison Ryan

due to COVID-19. Working in an acute care setting, she saw the impact and wanted to get more involved. Developing an agency became part of the solution, adding value to the current health care system and empowering patients and their families. Kenya Chavis-Gomez Kenya Chavis-Gomez, MSN’14 , is a nurse with more than 20 years of health care experience. She opened a homecare agency to serve local seniors and those with disabilities. During the pandemic, her heart was broken by the separation of families and tragedy of significant loss

Davis Michael Graham, DNP’14 , has accepted an

invitation to join the Minnesota Department of Health’s new Commercial Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee for a twoyear term. Natalie Klein, ABSN’16, gained

great critical care experience at Duke University Hospital for

more than three years. She also started her travel nurse journey in October 2019. In March 2020, she went to the Seattle-area during the initial COVID-19 crisis. Spending time in both the intensive care unit and emergency room brought its challenges with the pandemic, but her free time was spent exploring the stunning beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She is very excited about her next chapter, which will be returning to Duke University Hospital for her dream job as a flight nurse! Ian Power Ryan, ABSN’17,

completed the U.S. Navy’s Peri-Op 101 program and transitioned to working

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Robert Bradford

as a peri-operative nurse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, “The President’s Hospital.” Robert Bradford, ABSN’17, was selected to attend Duty Under Instruction (DUINS) to earn a DNP as a certified registered nurse anesthetist. Ralph Mangusan, DNP’18,

graduated with a Master of Science in Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020. He is a nurse practitioner and associate investigator in the HIV/AIDS malignancy branch Hannah Melkun

Quiana Duncan, DNP’19, had an article published March 8, 2021.

Lauren Everingham, MSN’18, recently accepted a position as a pediatric oncology advanced practice nurse at Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Prior to accepting this position, she completed a yearlong pediatric advanced practice nursing fellowship at Nemours. Madeline Greene, MSN’19, started working as an acute care nurse practitioner (NP) in the neuroscience intensive care unit at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill in August 2020. She works with a great team and loves being an NP! Also, after a long battle with infertility, she and her husband had a successful round of IVF and recently gave birth to healthy twin boys! Griffin and Sawyer made

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Cynthia Jovanov Cynthia Jovanov, DNP’19, currently serves as the chair of the APC, moving advanced practice providers through the system and increasing the platform and visibility hospital wide. She is the president-elect of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners (CANP).

was challenging and so was adjusting to COVID-19, but what he learned at Duke supported and assisted him in achieving his academic goals without compromise. As a Duke-prepared nurse practitioner, he courted several job offers and was able to choose the best employer for his clinical and career goals.

Angelika Barth, ABSN’19,

is forever grateful for the compassionate education and clinical experiences at DUSON that prepared her for her current role as an adult/ pediatric cardiac surgical registered nurse (RN) at Mayo Clinic and previous surgical RN role at UNC-REX.

2020s

Dwayne Eddie Bell, MSN’20, said that completing DUSON’s adult gerontology nurse practitioner acute care major in the MSN degree program

Shari Scott Shari Scott, MSN’20, was offered the position of director of nursing at a recently opened alcohol and drug medical detox unit after graduating in December 2020. In addition, she has applied to the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner major in the MSN degree program.

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Hannah Melkun, ABSN’18, is now a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and is currently attending the United States Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing.

their debut on Feb. 12, and she considers them her greatest accomplishment.

at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Obituaries

Class Notes

1940s Betty Jean Trawick Bailey Celeste H. Causey Wilma Thomas Florence

1950s Aileen Ethel Ledford Affronti Brita Marie Bredenberg O’Carroll

1960s Nancy Elizabeth Dayton Linda Jane Lusk Engstrom Hettie Garland Sandra Walsh Taylor

1970s Eunice M. Wilson

Helen Nation

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Helen Nation, DNP’20, has

been busy since graduating with her DNP. She remains a wife and mom to three beautiful girls, and has taken on the challenge of horse riding. She continues to practice full-time as a neonatal nurse practitioner at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Her capstone project on increasing skin-to-skin care for extreme preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing. She has additionally accepted a part-time faculty position with Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, neonatal specialty. She is forever grateful for the encouragement and knowledge expansion she received while at Duke.

Melanie Martinez, MSN’20,

began her first nurse practitioner position in maternal diabetes management following her graduation in December.

Melanie Martinez

2010s Kelly R. Young Lisenbee

A New Look to a Traditional Ceremony For the first time since the onset of the pandemic, we returned to a new normal with our Spring 2021 Hooding and Recognition Ceremony in the Cameron Indoor Stadium. This year, we celebrated a total of 397 Spring and Summer 2021 graduates: 73 ABSN students, 166 MSN students, 45 certificate students, 102 DNP students and 11 PhD students. In addition, 61 graduates from 2020 returned to participate: 31 from Spring and Summer 2020 and 30 from Winter 2020. To all our new and returning graduates, thank you for entrusting us to help further your education and career during this continuingly difficult time. It is because of your enduring spirit, dedication and commitment that you have reached this moment, so be proud of yourself and your accomplishments. The entire DUSON community wishes you the best in your future endeavors.

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