Undergraduate Admitted Student Guide
CONTENTS
Traditions
Get to Know the School of Nursing
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Meet Dean McCauley
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Meet Your Fellow Students
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Connect with Faculty
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Financial Aid and Scholarships
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Service Learning, Clinical Education, and Health Care Highlights
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Explore Atlanta
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Join in Our Traditions
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History of the Nursing Cap The Emory nurses’ cap was designed in 1907 by the student body and superintendent of the Wesley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. The cap was made of white lawn with a brim sheltering six pleats. The foundation of the two center pleats signifies honor, while the pleats themselves stand for tolerance, sympathy, endurance, truthfulness, and loyalty. Caps became optional around the late 1960s and are no longer worn by nurses, but are now a symbol of nursing recognized by all in the health care profession.
History of the Pin
What’s Next for Admitted Students? Review the information in this guide for important dates and information about the School of Nursing. L og in to OPUS at opus.emory.edu to review your To Do List, which provides details about your financial aid items. I f your admission decision was based on unofficial copies of your academic record, official transcripts and test scores must be submitted electronically to nursingquestions@emory.edu. Log in to the Admitted Student website at nursing.emory.edu/admitted and review the content for your undergraduate program. Use your OPUS username and password to log in to the Admitted Student website. S ubmit your nonrefundable $250 Tuition Deposit and Reply to Offer of Admission. Tuition deposits can be paid online in OPUS. Contact the Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs at 1.800.222.3879 or nursingquestions@emory.edu with any questions or concerns.
The nursing pin is given to every nurse upon graduation from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. The nursing pin has a history that connects each new Emory nurse to every nurse who has come before, every nurse in the United States, and every nurse who has ever accepted the responsibility of the profession.
GET TO KNOW THE SCHOOL OF NURSING You’re in! Connect with your fellow classmates and the School of Nursing on the sites below.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/emorynursing • Twitter: www.twitter.com/emorynursing • Instagram: www.instagram.com/emory_nursing •
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Meet Nell, Our Namesake
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Nell Hodgson Woodruff’s interest in nursing began during her childhood in Athens, Georgia. When Nell finished her secondary schooling, she entered
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nursing training at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens. On a trip to Atlanta, Nell met Robert Woodruff. Nell and Robert were married at her parents’ home in Athens in 1912. When the United States entered World War I, Nell began volunteering as a nurses’ aide with the American Red Cross. Through extra training, Nell was authorized to be a nurses’ aide at any United States military hospital. In 1932, Robert began volunteering at Emory University Hospital. When the United States went back to war in 1941, Nell again donated many hours of her time to the Red Cross, worked as a nurses’ aide in hospitals, and recruited other women to nursing. As the first female member of the Emory Hospital Administration Committee, Nell helped establish the Emory University School of Nursing. In 1967, the Emory University Board of Trustees decided to honor Nell for her years of service and dedication to nursing by renaming the School of Nursing the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
MESSAGE FROM DEAN MCCAULEY Welcome to the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I marvel every day at the incredible students, faculty, alumni, and staff who make this such a wonderful place to study and learn. The values that we hold so dear of excellence, collaboration, social responsibility, innovation, and leadership are evident in all the activities of the school, in the classrooms and clinical areas where we teach, and in the research focus areas of nursing knowledge discovery. Students come to Emory for many different reasons, resulting in a diverse student population exploring different professional and leadership careers. The school has both firstdegree and second-degree students studying with our nationally recognized nursing faculty. All bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degrees provide students with a solid foundation for beginning their careers as
MEET DEAN MCCAULEY
registered nurses. BSN graduates typically go on to work in a variety of practice areas, including intensive care, pediatrics, family practice, and many others.
Linda A. McCauley is the sixth dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She began her appointment in May 2009 after serving as the associate dean for research at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing.
All of our students benefit from Emory’s collaborative environment, giving them the opportunity to work with clinicians and scholars in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and health systems such as Emory Healthcare, Grady Memorial Hospital, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Under her leadership, the School of Nursing is executing a comprehensive strategic plan to expand the school’s research enterprise, forge new clinical partnerships, and increase diversity among the faculty and student population.
I encourage you to take a closer look at what we are doing to prepare the nursing leaders of the future, and I am incredibly excited to welcome you to Emory.
Caitlin Brown 15BSN
Chau Bao Bui 15BSN
Hometown:
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
“What I love most about Emory is the sincere interest they take in every student and the resources made available to us. I was given assistance from the Office of Alumni Relations, and I am now networking with Emory nurses from five major cities, from Boston to Atlanta. I can leave here confident, knowing that a top university has successfully prepared me for life as a postgraduate.”
MEET YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS
Career Plan: “I will be working at a cancer center this summer, learning about the role of the nurse on an oncology unit. Hopefully the summer fellowship will turn into a fulltime position upon graduation. I plan to work as an RN for three to five years before moving into a master’s program.”
“As an academic institution, Emory attracts outstanding faculty, researchers, and staff to teach and collaborate with students. Students also have many opportunities to explore the greaterAtlanta community, Georgia community, and international community through academic experiences. This summer, I am part of a multidisciplinary team traveling to rural Vietnam to research intimate partner violence through the Emory Global Health Institute. Without Emory’s excellent researchers and focus on international partnerships, this unique opportunity would be unavailable to me.”
Career Plan: “I plan to work as a registered nurse after graduation and someday pursue a master’s degree in nursing to become a family nurse practitioner.”
Sincerely,
Isaac Newton 16BSN Dean Linda A. McCauley PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAOHN
Olympia, Washington
Kjerstin Goodwin 15BSN
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Istanbul, Turkey “I was assigned this semester to the Emergency Department at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. There my responsibilities have been to care for the patients for which my preceptor and I were assigned. I have been responsible for completing the charting, performing all required treatments, administering ordered medications, meeting patient teaching opportunities, and working cooperatively with the interprofessional team. It has been a wild ride, and I feel so much more prepared for the responsibilities I will have as a new grad in nursing.”
“I love having the opportunity to channel my passion for serving other people into a career. I feel very privileged to be able to attend a school that cares so much for their students and the community around it.”
Career Plan: “I am interested in the family nurse practitioner career track. With my bachelor of science in nursing from Emory, I feel confident that I will have a great foundation for whichever career path I choose.”
Career Plan: “After I complete my BSN, I plan on working in the Intensive Care Unit. I am also planning on returning to complete my degree as a CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist).”
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Angela Amar Assistant Dean for BSN Education PhD, RN, FAAN
Rasheeta Chandler Assistant Professor PhD, FAANP, ARNP, FNP-BC
CONNECT WITH FACULTY
Accomplishments: “My best accomplishment was winning the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year award for behavioral health.” “The School of Nursing is filled with talented, smart, and incredibly gifted faculty, students, and staff. I am in awe of my peers and proud to be on the faculty. The collegiality in the School of Nursing is refreshing. People are genuine, and everyone is working together toward a common goal of helping to make our students, faculty, staff, and environment the best it can be.”
Research: “I am concluding my final year of a training grant (K01) awarded by the National Institute of Nursing Research to promote HIV prevention in African American college women. My research has generated new knowledge and clinically relevant strategies for improving health education for young African American women and has evolved to include comprehensive sexual health by incorporating social media and digital technologies into the health education process.”
Emory’s School of Nursing is committed to making education affordable for all qualified students.
Accomplishments:
• Last year, the nursing school awarded 751 scholarships to undergraduates.
“I was awarded the 40 under 40 Leaders in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum, which honors influential young African American leaders in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, research, and policy, who are making a difference in health care.”
Ashley Darcy Mahoney Assistant Professor PhD, RN, NNP-BC
“Atlanta is a vibrant place for pediatric health care innovation. The partnerships that exist between Emory’s schools of nursing and medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Georgia Tech make it a thriving and truly multidisciplinary place to conduct research. The vision of the pediatric research program, which the school of nursing is a part of, builds on the partnerships across the University and the city of Atlanta with a strongly connected goal of enhancing the health of children through innovative research efforts.”
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• Last year, the School of Nursing awarded $7.1 million in financial aid and scholarships to students. • More than 96% of undergraduates received some form of financial aid.
FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL OF NURSING 404.727.7980
EMORY UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID 404.727.6039
The School of Nursing makes an impact on lives worldwide, led by our internationally recognized faculty.
• 1 Georgia Professor of the Year Award Winner • 4 Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Members • 1 National Academy of Medicine Member • 5 American College of Nurse-Midwives Fellows • 5 Atlanta Business Chronicle Health Care Heroes • 9 American Association of Nurse Practitioner Fellows • 5 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Honorees • 24 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing page
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The School of Nursing offers multiple scholarships and fellowships for high-achieving students. All applicants are automatically reviewed for academic scholarships.
Below is a sampling of the most prestigious scholarships available at the School of Nursing. • Coverdell Fellows Program provides assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers.
• The Robert Woodruff Clinical Scholarship is a full-tuition scholarship for students who exemplify exceptional character, scholastic abilities, and leadership qualities. Visit nursing.emory.edu/scholarships to learn more.
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
• Fuld Palliative Care and Service Learning Fellowship covers 50% of tuition for students interested in palliative care and social responsibility.
Carolyn K. Clevenger Assistant Dean for MSN Education DNP, RN, GNP-BC
Research: “The most exciting research opportunity that I have recently been part of is a $1.5 million grant from the United Way for the collaborative project, Talk with Me Baby. The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing partnered with the Marcus Autism Center and other community and state agencies on the project that is designed to improve health and education outcomes for at-risk children.”
OVERVIEW
“Working with our clinical partners, the Atlanta VA Medical Center and Emory Healthcare, I have studied the impact of systems of care on a vulnerable population— those with dementia.”
Accomplishments: “I developed and implemented a new MSN curriculum that responds to the changes in competencies for advanced practice nurses.” “Being a faculty member at Emory demands that we respond to all three of the University’s missions in education, research, and clinical practice, and I am fortunate to be surrounded by colleagues who are rising to meet that challenge every day. In addition, Emory attracts students who want to exceed the minimum.”
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SERVICE LEARNING AND CLINICAL EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS Emory University is conveniently located near a variety of major health care centers. As an Emory nursing student, you will have access to health care organizations such as Emory Healthcare, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
member, and every patient Emory nurses care for today and in the future. The School of Nursing has more than 500 clinical sites around the world. Students can participate in service learning trips to the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Georgia, and West Virginia. Last year, students logged more than 20,000 service learning hours. Providing nursing care to vulnerable populations adds a transformational element to nurse training that cannot be duplicated in a classroom. Emory nursing students say these service learning activities are life-changing experiences that transform the way they practice nursing.
SERVICE LEARNING
Nursing students are drawn to Emory because of its emphasis on service learning, a teaching method that incorporates community service into the curriculum. Service learning is a thread that touches every course, every student, every faculty
EXPLORE ATLANTA
HEALTH CARE HIGHLIGHTS EMORY HEALTHCARE
As the largest health care system in Georgia and the only health network in the state that brings together a full range of hospitals, clinics, and local practices, Emory Healthcare is committed to providing patients and families with better, more collaborative care for all of their medical needs. The Emory Healthcare Network encompasses teams of providers at our locations across Georgia, including Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, and the Wesley Woods Center; Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Emory Johns Creek Hospital; Emory Clinic; CVS/Caremark, Delta Airlines Clinic, and Coca-Cola Clinic; and the Emory Healthcare Network physicians, ranging from primary to specialty care providers. Through our integrated, collaborative care network, we are dedicated to providing the standard of care that our patients expect and deserve. Emory University Hospital is a nationally ranked hospital in a multitude of areas, and is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Georgia by US News and World Report. The hospital recently achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and quality in patient care. Magnet recognition is granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, which ensures that rigorous standards for nursing excellence are met. (Source: emoryhealthcare.com) Recently, Emory successfully treated the first Ebola patients to enter the US. Three alumni from the School of Nursing who now work as nurses in Emory Healthcare were involved in the patients’ care.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works 24/7 to protect the United States from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and domestic. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, from human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities
and citizens to do the same. CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise. (Source: cdc.gov)
CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit organization, is committed to enhancing the lives of children through excellence in patient care, research, and education. Managing more than half a million patient visits annually at three hospitals and 20 neighborhood locations, Children’s is one of the largest clinical care providers for children in the country. Children’s offers access to more than 30 pediatric specialties and is ranked among the top children’s hospitals by Parents magazine and US News & World Report. (Source: choa.org)
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ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER
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The Atlanta VA Medical Center is dedicated to honoring America’s veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being. Located close to the Emory University campus, the Atlanta VA covers more than 130,000 enrolled veterans living in 50 counties and 10 congressional districts in northeast Georgia. As the nation’s largest integrated health care system, the VA operates more than 1,400 sites of care, including hospitals, community clinics, community living centers, domiciliaries, readjustment counseling centers, and various other facilities. (Source: atlanta.va.gov) The School of Nursing offers a special clinical training program for BSN students in collaboration with the Atlanta VA. This program, the VA Nursing Academic Partnership Scholars, provides veteran-centric training for Emory nursing students interested in mental health, traumatic brain injury, home health care, palliative care, and homeless care.
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Atlanta is the cultural, technological, financial, and health care center of the Southeast. Its global community of more than five million offers our students opportunities for research, experience, and employment, as well as a variety of entertainment and many cultural places to explore.
ATTRACTIONS
• World of Coca-Cola • Georgia Aquarium • Atlanta Botanical Garden • Fox Theatre • National Center for Civil and Human Rights • High Museum of Art • Six Flags Over Georgia • Underground Atlanta • Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
PARKS
• Lullwater Preserve • Piedmont Park • Centennial Olympic Park • Stone Mountain Park • Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
SPORTS
• The Atlanta Braves baseball • The Atlanta Falcons football • The Atlanta Hawks basketball
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JOIN IN OUR TRADITIONS
Sometimes hard to describe, but always fun, our traditions make for a lively and close community and a lasting link between Emory students young and old. Take a look at a few of the traditions that make Emory home.
DOOLEY
Since 1899, Emory University’s unofficial mascot has been a skeleton named Dooley. Our “Lord of Misrule” (select students in costume protected by student bodyguards) makes appearances all year, but it’s Dooley’s Week in the spring when he rules campus, dismissing classes and making mischief.
WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY
Originating decades ago when Emory held no classes on this day, Wonderful Wednesday now is a way for the whole campus to celebrate and show school spirit on Wednesday afternoons.
CARTER TOWN HALL
Every fall for almost 30 years, former President Jimmy Carter holds a town hall meeting for freshmen, where he speaks on a range of political topics and current events and takes questions from the audience.
ALTERNATIVE BREAK PROGRAM
During fall, winter, and spring breaks, Volunteer Emory and the School of Nursing organize international, regional, and local service trips, giving students leadership and learning experiences as they provide service in communities across the globe.
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Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs 1520 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 Admitted Student Website: www.nursing.emory.edu/admitted