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HEROES AMONG US Preparing nurses to give expert care to veterans and their families

Diverse Paths to Nursing

| Creating Nurse-scholars

From the Dean

Rigorous education, compassionate care As we begin a new year with a new president — Dr. Michael R. Lovell — I am filled with energy and excitement for the limitless possibilities that lie ahead for the College of Nursing. In his short time on campus, President Lovell has already made great strides in elevating Marquette’s commitment to research and innovation. He speaks of the need to put our students first and will be seeking new ways to enhance the already strong transformational education experience on which we pride ourselves. I look forward to partnering with him in my role as interim provost and as dean of the College of Nursing to strengthen Marquette’s national reputation as a rigorous, values-centered institution that graduates men and women who are ready to be the difference. During the past year, the College of Nursing raised more than $1.7 million for scholarships, research and programmatic support. This fall, we admitted our largest class in history of the best and brightest young minds who are ready to learn what it means to be a Marquette nurse. We’ve hired new faculty who are leading our veteran-centric cohort (see I hear often from individuals who are page 10) and researching cancer-related fatigue and patient amazed by our students’ critical-thinking empowerment (see page 9). And we’re contributing solutions to Milwaukee’s health care issues through collaborations skills, professionalism, knowledge and, on strategies for reducing gun violence (see page 6) and above all, compassion they show their providing education for care-givers of geriatric populations (see page 7). patients. You — our alumni — are our Our primary focus remains providing a rigorous, greatest achievement. values-based education for our undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students to meet the changing needs of the health care industry. As we look back on the first 10 years of the Ph.D. program, I couldn’t be more proud of the work these Marquette-educated teacher-scholars are doing around the country (see page 16). The best part of my role as dean are the letters, phone calls and emails I receive from preceptors, patients and health care professionals who interact with our nursing students. I hear often from individuals who are amazed by our students’ critical-thinking skills, professionalism, knowledge and, above all, compassion they show their patients. You — our alumni — are our greatest achievement. Marquette blessings! Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan, C.R.N.A., F.N.A.P., F.A.A.N. Dean and professor, Marquette University College of Nursing Interim provost, Marquette University

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Table of Contents

2 News Leading the way: College receives $1.1 million gift Nursing in 140 characters College of Nursing Clark Hall, 112 414.288.3800 Contributing writers: Sarah Butler, Ann Christensen, Jennifer Fink, Chris Jenkins, Julia Otto, Andrea Petrie, Lynn Sheka, Chris Stolarski and Nicole Sweeney Etter Editorial team: Margaret Faut Callahan, Stephen Filmanowicz and Lynn Sheka Graphic design: Joan Holcomb Contact: Share comments or ideas for future issues with Steve Filmanowicz at stephen.filmanowicz@ marquette.edu.

College mission Through a transformational Catholic, Jesuit

Being the difference New scholarship honors memory of a loving wife, mother and nurse The gift of health care Dancing for those who can’t

6 Research & Innovation Making Milwaukee’s streets safer: A data-driven approach to reducing gun violence Preparing Wisconsin to care for an aging population Rural nursing: Improving recruitment and retention The science behind cancer-related fatigue Empowering patients battling chronic illness

education, the mission of the Marquette University College of Nursing is to prepare nurse leaders to promote health, healing and social justice for all people through clinical practice and development of

10 Heroes Among Us Partnership teaches nursing students to care for veterans

nursing knowledge. The faculty, students and staff of the college are committed to: • Providing high-quality, compassionate care focused on individuals, families and communities. • Advocating for social justice to eliminate health inequities. • Engaging community partners to promote health care for all. • Generating, evaluating and applying knowledge to improve health and education outcomes. • Creating a dynamic, innovative learning community. • Leading change to improve the health care environment. On the cover: Alec Dishaw, Nurs ’15, assists Joseph Walberts, a veteran, at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center as part of the College of Nursing’s veteran-centric educational cohort. Cover photograph: Ben Smidt

14 Their True Path Alumni seek the greater good through direct entry master’s program

16 Creating Nurse-scholars 10 years of the Ph.D. program

Alumni Perspective Compassionate care Then and now — Class of 1964 returns to campus for Golden Jubilee A Marquette legacy 60 years in the making

20 Notable Scholarly Accomplishments

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Leading the way Gift supports advances in veteran care By Andrea Petrie A $1.1 million estate gift to the College of Nursing from the late Lawrence W. Scheffner and his late wife Sophie is supporting nursing research and programs that advance veteran and military care. At 21, Scheffner, Nurs ’52, Grad ’53, entered the Alexian Brothers School of Nursing in St. Louis. After passing the examination required by the Missouri State Board of Nurse Examiners, he was appointed a Red Cross nurse in 1944. During his time with the Red Cross, Larry enrolled at Marquette and took courses at Marquette and Carroll University in Waukesha, Wis. In 1945, he entered the U.S. Army as a surgical technician, serving in the European Theater of Operations until he was demobilized in October 1946. After climbing the Army ranks to assistant director of nurses, Larry married Sophie — a comptometer, or mechanical calculator operator — in 1953. Larry received a commission in the Army Medical Service Corps in 1956, serving in several U.S. and European locations and becoming the first male nurse to attain the rank of colonel, an accomplishment about which he was exceedingly proud. He retired from active duty on Jan. 1, 1981, after giving 35 years of service to his country. He passed away in March 1997, and Sophie passed away in January 2014. Sophie and Larry Scheffner left the college $1.1 million to support the development of science to advance military personnel and veteran care. He was the first male nurse to attain the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.

Nursing in 140 characters By Lynn Sheka Videos, inspirational quotes, throwback photos, research studies — just a taste of the information being shared via the College of Nursing’s new Twitter account, @MUNurses. Launched in July 2014, the @MUNurses account connects nursing alumni with current students and faculty while showcasing the college’s achievements to peer institutions and potential students. The College of Nursing joined Twitter to share information, connect with

Twitter is a social media platform that allows users to share 140-character updates — called tweets — with followers. Studies have shown that as many as 80 percent of college students use Twitter daily to connect with friends, learn about news and interact with brands.

stakeholders and provide a platform for people interested in Marquette nursing to engage in dialogue. “As a university, we’re always looking for new ways to communicate and hear from our community,” says Tim Cigelske, Marquette’s director of social media. “Social media is one of the ways to do that, and it’s a growing and important channel. Creating a Twitter account dedicated to the College of Nursing helps us better tell the stories of our nursing students and graduates — and gives them an avenue to easily share with us.” The @MUNurses account is managed by the Office of Marketing and Communication and is updated several times per day to ensure the account is a source of real-time information for students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members. Have a story or Marquette memory to share? Email Cigelske at timothy.cigelske@marquette.edu or tweet at @MUNurses.

BE I N G T H E D IFF E R E NC E The College of Nursing and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin received a Milwaukee Business Journal Central City Business Award for their partnership on two nurse-managed health care clinics, the Northside YMCA and COA Youth & Family Centers Goldin Center, which aim to bring health care options closer to patients most in need. The award recognizes entrepreneurs and commercial enterprises whose contributions toward growth, expansion and prosperity are making a difference in southeastern Wisconsin.

Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan, Marquette’s interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing, was selected by the Department of Health and Human Services to participate in a working group to address professional education and training related to pain. The Professional Education and Training Working Group is charged with improving pain education for health professionals, including establishing a standardized pain curriculum; ensuring that assessment of pain knowledge is a part of licensure examinations; expanding interdisciplinary education in pain and palliative care; and ensuring pain management is recognized as a core competency of internal medicine and family medicine.

The college’s collaboration with CHW was also named a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Big Idea of 2013,” a list of innovative ideas that came from leading Wisconsin research institutions in 2013. The clinics are staffed by College of Nursing pediatric, adult and family nurse practitioners and serve children and adolescents from birth to age 19. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students participate in clinical experiences and work with the staff at the Northside YMCA and Goldin Center to provide health education.

In a space that looks every bit like a labor and delivery room, a mother gives birth and a nursing student places the crying newborn in a high-tech incubator. Just two minutes later, the mom begins to hemorrhage and the baby turns blue. These intense, real-life situations play out every day in the $4 million Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation, which was named one of Milwaukee Magazine’s 10 Medical Breakthroughs in its February 2013 cover story.

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News New scholarship honors wife, mother and nurse By Andrea Petrie Most people aren’t lucky enough to have 58 years of “perfect marital bliss,” as Dr. Joseph Serletti was fond of saying of his marriage to Margaret Serletti, a former pediatric nurse. Theirs is a love story that spans more than a half-century, and Joseph wanted to find a way to honor the memory of Margaret, who passed away in January 2013.

93% of nursing students receive merit-based scholarships

Joseph graduated from Marquette’s Medical School in 1951 after serving in the military during World War II. After graduation, he returned to his home state of New York to complete his residency in orthopedics. While working at Mary Immaculate Hospital, a Catholic institution in Jamaica, N.Y., he met Margaret. She had graduated from a Catholic high school on Long Island and gone directly into the Mary Immaculate nursing program. Similar to Marquette’s College of Nursing program in the 1950s, all nursing students lived and worked together. Margaret remained a nurse until she married Joseph. Together, they had four children, and she was always immensely proud of her nursing career, which truly defined who she was as a person — loving, caring and helpful to others. It was Margaret’s pride in her nursing career that motivated Joseph to fund the Margaret Anne Serletti Endowed Scholarship in the College of Nursing, which is helping deserving students achieve their academic goals while honoring his wife’s memory.

The gift of health care By Andrea Petrie Instead of receiving gifts to celebrate their first anniversary,

provides community access to

Anne Lent and David Watson decided to give the gift of health

health care services while enhancing

care to some of Milwaukee’s most vulnerable populations. A

educational opportunities for nursing

year after their April 2013 wedding, Lent and Watson hosted a

students. Seventy-nine percent of

Milwaukee reception and made only one request of their guests:

MNHC patients live in one of the nine

In lieu of gifts, please contribute to the Marquette Neighborhood

ZIP codes with Milwaukee’s highest

Health Center, a cause that combines their two passions, health

poverty levels.

and community. The most remarkable part about their gift? Neither Lent nor

The MNHC is also the site for the college’s Health Resources and

Watson is a Marquette graduate. Lent is the daughter of Dr. John

Services Administration grant aimed at

Lent and Barbara Lent, Nurs ’64, and is an allergist at Columbia

improving birth outcomes for African-American women. In

St. Mary’s. Watson attends Marquette University Law School.

Milwaukee, babies die during their first year of life at a rate

Both are passionate about giving back to their community.

greater than all but six of the nation’s 53 largest cities.

“As we celebrated our first year of marriage, we reflected on

“The Marquette Neighborhood Health Center truly embodies

the many blessings we’ve been given and were inspired to extend

the mission of Marquette and what it means to be a Marquette

those blessings to our community,” they say.

nurse,” Lent says. “We’re thrilled that our gift will have a real

They chose the nurse-managed Marquette Neighborhood Health Center — run by the College of Nursing — because it

impact on health care in Milwaukee.”

$ Dancing for those who can’t Marquette Dance Marathon raises $22,000 for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin By Julia Otto On a cold day in late February, hundreds of Marquette students packed into the Union Sports Annex to dance the night away at the annual Marquette Dance Marathon. The event was a fundraiser for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and throughout the evening the families of sick children spoke about how Children’s Hospital has impacted their lives. By the end of the night, the Dance Marathon — run by College of Nursing students — had raised more than $22,631. A nationwide philanthropic movement, the Dance Marathon gives college students the opportunity to take on leadership roles and help the families of children facing chronic and life-threatening diseases. Dr. Norah Johnson, professor of

Nurses are providers of care, but they’re also going to be asked to be leaders in their workplace. — Dr. Norah Johnson

nursing, was the faculty adviser for the fundraiser. “It’s a real opportunity for our students to prove themselves as leaders,” she says. “Nurses are providers of care, but they’re also going to be asked to be leaders in their workplace.”

Senior Megan Reitz, Marquette Dance Marathon co-president, is studying pediatric nursing and knows firsthand what it takes to plan a large fundraising event, as well as the impact it has on the participants. Factors like music, decorations, food and an accessible venue are all critical to achieving one main goal: ensuring that people have fun and want to return the following year. “Nurses are willing to go the extra mile for others,” she says. “The Dance Marathon is going the extra mile for the patients in children’s hospitals by providing a special support network.” Reitz thinks that hearing directly from families who have benefited from the care they received at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is what makes the event a fundraising success. She cherishes the fact that patients and families realize they have such a strong support system. “As a nurse, you’re always advocating for others,” she says. “This is just another way we advocate for our patients.”

thousand raised in donations

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Research & Innovation

Making Milwaukee’s streets safer: A data-driven approach to reducing gun violence By Chris Jenkins It was July 2006 when Dr. Mallory O’Brien began to notice a disturbing trend: Milwaukee was on pace to have twice as many tavern-related homicides as it had the previous year.

Commission, a multiagency effort to track gun violence data in real time, identify trends and devise solutions. O’Brien’s team convenes a monthly review meeting with

“I walked into an assistant chief’s office at the Milwaukee

leaders from the police department and district attorney’s office,

Police Department and said: ‘We’ve got a problem here. And

as well as probation and parole officers and other criminal justice

we’ve got to do something about it,’ ” O’Brien says. “And, so, within a couple of days, there was a law enforcement response focusing on problematic taverns. We don’t have to wait for months, sometimes years, to look at data. We can start looking at it right away and say: ‘Here’s something that’s happening. We’ve got to address it.’ And then we can get the right people in the room and make something happen.” The idea of collecting and analyzing gun violence data was

We don’t have to wait for months, sometimes years, to look at data. We can start looking at it right away ... .

almost unheard of when O’Brien got started in 1994. Today, she’s on the leading edge of Milwaukee’s efforts to study —

partners. The commission also holds separate meetings with

and ultimately reduce — gun-related deaths.

community organization leaders.

O’Brien is a clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing and the founding director of Milwaukee’s Homicide Review

At those meetings, leaders gather background information to shed more light on the root causes that led to a particular violent

incident, which may be indicative of a larger trend that, once identified, can be addressed. Did the crime happen at a property known for problems? Did

It’s an extension of the work O’Brien began at the Medical College of Wisconsin while she was completing her doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. O’Brien looked

the suspect — or victim — have an arrest record? Were either of

at the methods the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

them in a gang? Were alcohol or drugs involved? Was there an

used to gather information on car accidents in the 1970s, leading

argument? Where did the weapon come from?

to seat belt laws and speed limits. She adapted those methods

“We do it real time, and we do it with people, as opposed to

to begin gathering data about gun violence in Milwaukee with the

waiting for a piece of paper to finally make it to someone’s desk,”

goal of reducing the number of homicides. It’s a natural fit with

O’Brien says. “You’re hearing from people who have intimate

her specialty at Marquette, epidemiology, the study of how

knowledge of what happened or what led up to the homicide.”

diseases spread and how they can be controlled.

The commission officially began in 2005; from 2005–07,

Although she stays out of politically charged national debates

districts that were participating in monthly reviews had a 52 percent

about gun laws and lets the numbers speak for themselves, she is

decrease in monthly homicides, compared with a 9.2 percent

constantly reminded about the consequences of gun violence.

increase in districts that were not participating in the reviews. The commission was named an “effective community crime

“When I read the reports and learn what’s happening and what kind of conditions people are living in, it’s really sad,” she

prevention strategy” by crimesolutions.gov and received funding

says. “People are resorting to guns to figure out how to deal with

to create a national training program for the U.S. Department of

a dispute. You know it’s going to turn out badly if there’s a gun

Justice. In November 2013, for her out-of-the-box approach to

and an argument.”

making Milwaukee’s streets safer, O’Brien was named one of the “20 Most Creative Milwaukeeans” by Milwaukee Magazine.

Preparing Wisconsin to care for an aging population By Sarah Butler In 1980, adults age 65 and older made up more than 11 percent

gerontology at the Medical

of the U.S. population. In 2040, that percentage is projected to

College of Wisconsin. “For us

nearly double. And that’s exactly what Stacy Barnes has been

to succeed in the care of these

preparing for.

patients, we must continually

Barnes, director of the Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center

educate health professionals

run through the College of Nursing, knows the projected

about working as effective

increase — a direct result of an aging baby boomer generation

team members.”

and increasing life expectancy — is something the nation’s health

The bulletin board in Barnes’ office

professionals must address. But Barnes and other active minds

in the College of Nursing is adorned

in Wisconsin geriatrics are already helping the state’s health care

with geriatric fast fact cards, which, with

workforce prepare. A five-year federal grant the center received in

grant funding, were recently turned into a smart phone app for

2011 has allowed for great progress.

Wisconsin’s health care workforce.

The WGEC, formed in 1986, is a consortium among Marquette

“All health care professionals — whether they plan to work

and the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin–

with older adults or not — need to know something about

Madison and Aurora Health Care. It’s the only center of its kind in

geriatrics,” Barnes says. “An older person’s body is physiologically

the state.

different from a younger adult’s, and their health needs tend to

The WGEC develops programming materials to train health professionals about palliative care, injury-related geriatrics and

be much more complex.” A 2012 supplemental two-year grant also allowed the center

evidence-based practices. The center also focuses on continuing

to increase educational efforts for caregivers of people with

education and interdisciplinary training, namely the training of

Alzheimer’s disease. So far, the center has conducted advanced

non-dentists about geriatric oral health.

training for health care professionals and basic training for family

“Interdisciplinary care is the cornerstone of care for vulnerable, frail elders,” says Dr. Ed Duthie, division chief of geriatrics/

caregivers, nurse aides and the general public.

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Research & Innovation Rural nursing: Improving recruitment and retention By Sarah Butler Dr. Marilyn Meyer Bratt remembers a decades-ago night shift at the 41-bed Eagle River Memorial Hospital all too well. She was the only nurse and had only recently passed her licensure exam.

Critical Access Hospital Network and Rural Connection in Idaho, have participated in SOAR–RN since it launched in summer 2011. The program, funded by a three-year federal grant completed in

At about 3 a.m., Bratt noticed that a fatal arrhythmia — something

June 2014, has consistently succeeded. Rural hospitals often see

she’d never dealt with — had developed in an ICU patient. By the

yearly nurse turnover rates as high as 50 percent. But Bratt says

time she reached the patient’s room, he was unresponsive.

nurse retention rates for hospitals participating in SOAR–RN have

When an on-call doctor arrived from home, it was too late. “I

exceeded 80 percent — with some even nearing 100.

was struck by how incapable I felt,” she says. After six months, she resigned. But Bratt, now an associate professor of nursing, wasn’t quite finished in Eagle River, Wis. She is project director and primary investigator of the College of Nursing’s Supporting Onboarding and Retention of Rural Nurses project, or SOAR–RN, which focuses on easing new nurses’

“If we are able to keep nurses working in rural health care facilities, particularly in acute care, we’re going to address the needs of rural communities,” Bratt says. “And if we sustain our workforce, then we can meet the health care needs of our nation.” The program has also served as a recruiting tool for participating rural hospitals. “New graduates are looking to be hired by hospitals that have

transitions into practice and providing the knowledge and skills

residency programs,” Bratt says. “Service providers have said it’s

necessary to autonomously deliver quality care in rural hospitals.

the best recruiting tool they’ve had.”

And it’s no coincidence that one of those hospitals is Eagle River Memorial.

What’s even more exciting for Bratt is Eagle River Memorial’s success. Ministry Health Care, the hospital system to which

The program features an evidence-based nurse residency

Eagle River Memorial belongs, recently joined Ascension Health.

curriculum and training for educators, mentors and preceptors. It

Based on Ministry Health Care’s success with SOAR–RN (namely

aims to build capacity and improve nurse retention in rural acute

with nurse retention and job satisfaction), the hospital plans to

care hospitals, which, because of size and cost, typically lack

become a strategic leader in creating a nurse residency program

formal, long-term staff development systems and orientation

within the Ascension Health network.

processes. SOAR–RN builds on programming developed in the

“A testament to the value of our project,” Bratt says, “is that it

Wisconsin Nurse Residency Program, pioneered by Bratt in

empowers our partners to impact health care practices far beyond

2004. Several rural-based health care systems in three states,

our own hospitals, organizations and health care systems.”

including Ministry Health Care in northern Wisconsin, the Illinois

The science behind cancer-related fatigue By Ann Christensen “Faculty who perform research have

In the 1970s, McCarthy grew interested

of Dentistry, Nursing and

to enjoy taking apart the puzzle and

in the cause-and-effect connection

Medicine at Ohio State

putting it back together, sometimes

between fever and weight loss in critically

University to probe

getting a different picture than they

ill patients. At the same time, University

the relationship

started with. Each study leads to more

of Michigan physiology professor Dr.

among fatigue,

questions,” says Dr. Donna McCarthy,

Matthew J. Kluger published a study that

muscle wasting and

one of the College of Nursing’s newest

posited that fever is beneficial to the

depression-like

faculty members.

body. McCarthy’s early work with Kluger

behavior in tumor-

led her into other areas of research with

bearing mice.

McCarthy, a professor of nursing, has a well-respected career that has led her

several influential mentors in the years that

from universities in Michigan, New York,

followed. From there, her interest in fever

understand more about cancer-related

Wisconsin and Ohio in the same way that

evolved into the study of cancer-related

fatigue because of its critical impact on

her inveterate questioning —“peeling

fatigue and depression.

patients’ quality of life,” McCarthy says.

back the layers of the onion,” as she calls

In 2012, McCarthy obtained a five-year,

“Ultimately, we hope to

“I expect our research will lead to more

it — has taken her deeper inside the

$2.2 million grant from the National

questions and, hopefully, improved care of

pathobiology of symptoms of chronic,

Institutes of Health. The grant is a collabora-

cancer patients.”

life-threatening disease.

tive effort among faculty in the colleges

Empowering patients battling chronic illness By Ann Christensen When Dr. Teresa Jerofke, assistant professor of nursing, worked as an acute care nurse practitioner, she treated patients with chronic illnesses and observed on a daily basis how those patients approached their own health care. She cared for both ends of the spectrum: those who “took an active role in their health care and those who wouldn’t show up at a health care provider’s office until there was a problem.” The patients — whether they suffered from cancer, heart disease, diabetes or chronic pain — all received the same level of care, but each had unique life stories and reactions to hospitalization. However, there weren’t any instruments or scales to study the effects of patient empowerment in a hospital setting. So Jerofke set out to create one. She embarked on a longitudinal study of more than 100 postsurgical cardiac and cancer patients to gauge their perceptions of “patient-empowering” nurse behaviors. After analyzing the data, her research team was able to prove that empowering care is associated with improved patient outcomes and quality of life. “This research is so important because of the burden of chronic illness,” Jerofke says. “Advances in treatments of many diseases have enabled those battling chronic diseases to live longer, but what’s at stake is their quality of life. One of the keys is patient-centered nursing care.”

HEROES AMONG US Partnership teaches nursing students to care for veterans By Nicole Sweeney Etter

It’s no surprise, then, that Dishaw felt compelled to join the first cohort of Marquette University’s new VA Nursing Academic Partnership Program this past year. Though initially worried (unnecessarily it turned out) that the veteran-centric cohort would limit his exposure to other areas of nursing, he felt a surge of reassurance when he immediately connected with the veterans he met during clinicals at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. “I cannot thank veterans enough for their sacrifices,” he says. “What better career than to give back to those who gave me the freedom to live the life I have lived?” The goal of VANAP is to get more nursing students like Dishaw considering veterans care as a specialty and to help all future nurses in the college prepare for the unique needs and concerns of the veteran patients they are sure to encounter in their careers. Marquette’s College of Nursing is one of just six nursing programs in the country chosen for the five-year,

$5 million program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. The first cohort included 16 students and will grow to 20 students per class in subsequent years, bringing the College of Nursing’s total undergraduate enrollment to about 150. To accommodate the growth, VANAP funds the hiring of 10 additional full-time nursing faculty, four employed by Marquette and six employed by the program’s partner site, the Zablocki VA. Students in the cohort take the majority of their clinicals at the Milwaukee VA. But all nursing students benefit from the veteran-centric care woven throughout Marquette’s pre-licensure curriculum, as well as a new elective in veteran health care. Early on, nursing students learn the importance of asking patients a vital question: “Did you serve, and, if so, when and where?” The answer can reveal a host of potential diagnoses. These range from a unique cancer related to sun exposure in Guam to neurological conditions associated with the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam.

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Senior nursing student Alec Dishaw was only 11 when his older brother joined the U.S. Army Reserves. He got used to his brother’s crackly 3 a.m. phone calls from Iraq during deployment and tagged along while his mom ran the Family Readiness Group for the 372nd Engineer Company. “Growing up, I spent countless Saturdays at the drill hall, raising funds and getting to know the soldiers of the unit,” he says.

Megan Abramson, Nurs ’14, assists Louis Macakanja, a 22-year Army veteran, at the Zablocki VA Medical Center as part of the College of Nursing’s veteran-centric educational cohort.

this fall, Marquette will also host an on veteran care,” Severson says. “Instead annual veteran health care conference. of having a ‘one-and-done’ experience Students in the cohort can also where they’re here for six weeks and take advantage of optional cultural they’re gone, we have students who can immersion opportunities at two of build a repertoire of understanding and the VA system’s unique facilities: the invention-based responses to veterans Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health and their families.” Care Center in Chicago and Landstuhl Veteran-centric content is integrated VA hospitals aren’t immune to the Regional Medical Center in Germany. throughout the college’s pre-licensure effects of the national nursing shortage. “They’re important because they curriculum in multiple required courses Though turnover at the Milwaukee really immerse the students in active during all four years of the program. VA is low, roughly 20 percent of the military cultures,” Kosmoski-Goepfert Classroom discussions also touch on hospital’s direct care nurses are eligible says. “At the Zablocki VA Medical veterans’ spiritual needs. “We wanted to for retirement and the average age of Center, students are working more with help the VANAP student nurses explore nurses in five of the hospital’s units is veterans and their families. At Lovell, their own spirituality and be in touch they’re exposed to new recruits and with the spiritual needs of active military personnel. Landstuhl is a veterans,” Kosmoskimilitary hospital where military troops Goepfert says. are flighted from the Middle East and Students use this other active war zones.” knowledge in their clinical Although VANAP is a five-year funded immersion experiences program, Marquette and the Milwaukee on Dedicated Education VA have committed to keeping it going. — Alex Miller, junior Units at the Zablocki VA. “We built in sustainability so we can During the past year, the about 50, Kosmoski-Goepfert says. maintain the number of Marquettecollege developed DEUs on an acute “We know that the VA here in educated nurses who are capable of care unit, a spinal cord injury unit and Milwaukee is on the cusp of some delivering expert nursing care to veterans a long-term care unit. During the fall, major retirements,” she says. “So it’s and their families wherever they access the VANAP faculty began developing a really critical that they hire and retain health care,” Kosmoski-Goepfert says. primary care DEU. A mental health DEU bachelor’s-prepared nurses to fill these will be developed in the near future. expected vacancies.” Every month, cohort students gather Dr. Annette Severson, associate chief to hear from guest speakers from the The American flag stands out from nurse of the Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee VA or other veterans organithe front of the tall brick building on says the partnership makes a significant zations on topics ranging from military Milwaukee’s west side, southwest of contribution to nursing education and sexual trauma to paralysis. Beginning Miller Park. Inside, the Zablocki VA veteran health care. “It allows us to have access to students who have a true understanding of a holistic approach to veteran care, In Good Company and hopefully they find it enjoyable and rewarding,” she says. “We hope they The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs chose just a handful of find a position here at the Milwaukee programs nationwide — including Marquette’s College of Nursing — VA or in the VA system in general — for the VA Nursing Academic Partnership Program. The other 2013 we’d count that as a win.” VANAP partner schools are: More than a thousand nursing students from area colleges rotate through the Oregon Health and Science University Arizona State University Milwaukee VA for clinicals every year. University of Minnesota Emory University “What makes the VANAP cohort New Mexico University different is that it has committed to this being its long-term goal, to really focus “We really are increasing the number of nurses who are prepared to give expert care to vets and their families,” says Dr. Kerry Kosmoski-Goepfert, associate dean for undergraduate programs.

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“I’d never been to a VA hospital before, so, going into it, I really didn’t know what to expect. But it was the greatest experience ever.”

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Students in the VANAP cohort participate in the majority of their required clinicals at the Zablocki VA.

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says that her involvement in VANAP would have been beneficial no matter what. “Even if you don’t work at the VA, there’s still a possibility that you’re going to end up working with a vet. Just knowing about how their service affects their physical and mental health is huge,” she says. Dishaw also has his heart set on joining the VA after graduation. He’ll never forget the man who showed up at the emergency room to admit himself to the detox program while he was shadowing a mental health nurse. “After listening to his story about how loneliness during Thanksgiving caused him to relapse, the nurse said that when he feels weak, vulnerable or lonely during the holidays, the VA is his building, his family, his support system,” Dishaw remembers. “She urged him to come in and eat Thanksgiving dinner with the veterans next year. “The community within the VA gives me the small-town feeling that I grew up knowing and loving, and after this experience I knew that the Milwaukee VA was the place for me.”

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Medical Center is bustling with activity. And for good reason. The medical center handles more than a half-million outpatient visits each year, and its nearly 500 beds serve in-patient veterans in need of acute care, nursing home care, psychiatric rehabilitation and more. It’s a fast-paced environment that exposes Marquette students to several different patient populations, including veterans with heart failure, diabetes, cancer, spinal cord injuries and PTSD related to military combat. To get into the cohort, nursing students go through a panel interview that includes managers from VA units. Alex Miller, a junior, was thrilled to make the cut. “Since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to join the military,” says Miller, whose grandfathers were veterans. “If I can be a nurse and still do something military-related, that appeals to me.” During his first clinical at the VA last year, Miller enjoyed getting to know the veterans while seeing the inner workings of a large, government-run facility. “It’s honestly been spectacular,” Miller says. “I’d never been to a VA hospital before, so, going into it, I really didn’t know what to expect. But it was the greatest experience. I can’t wait to go back in the fall.” Megan Abramson, Nurs ’14, was already working at Zablocki through the Veterans Affairs Learning Opportunity Residency program, a full-time summer externship, when she decided to join the cohort. “I ended up loving it at the VA and through that experience decided that’s where I fit in,” says Abramson, whose grandfathers also served in the military. “Every time I care for veterans, I feel rewarded because they’ve done so much for me and our country. Just talking to them is so interesting.” The experience paid off for Abramson, who was hired by the Milwaukee VA hospital soon after graduation. But she

THEIR TRUE PATH Alumni seek the greater good through direct entry program By Chris Stolarski

he 43 million people of Kenya are lucky to live into their mid-50s. They’re impoverished and malnourished, and 1.6 million of them have HIV — the fourth-largest epidemic in the world. Working as a public health official at a district hospital in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, Matthew Manning, Arts ’06, Grad ’11, witnessed firsthand these atrocities. What he saw brought him 8,000 miles back to Marquette. “The gears in my mind began to shift,” Manning recalls. “We visited patients in their rooms, some of them in very desperate shape. I said, ‘How could I begin to think about the health issues of entire populations if I don’t even know how to take care of one person?’ After a short while, it became pretty clear: I was going to be a nurse.” He enrolled in the College of Nursing’s master of science in nursing direct entry program, an intense, accelerated program designed for individuals who have baccalaureate degrees in other fields. When the college launched the program 15 years ago, it was keenly attuned to marketplace demands. “We knew that there was a market for nursing because of health care trends around the aging population,” says Dr. Maureen O’Brien, associate dean for graduate programs who oversees the direct entry program. But the college’s intuition went beyond that, recognizing that there are those — like Manning — who were looking to make meaningful career changes. “There are people who have always thought about being a nurse or who were in careers that didn’t give them, perhaps, the connection they wanted with people, to make a difference in others’ lives. That’s what being a Marquette nurse is about,” O’Brien says.

A road less traveled

aniel Stalewski, Arts ’04, Grad ’10, is an operating room nurse at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, where he is a part of cardiovascular and neurological teams that work on some of the region’s most critically ill children. Surgical work is methodological and precise. How Stalewski got to the OR is not. “My undergraduate path at Marquette included changing fields of study almost every semester until my junior year,” he remembers. Stalewski meandered through pre-med, computer science, history and education; ultimately, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and criminology and law studies with a pre-law emphasis. Stalewski forewent law school and instead worked as a contracted security officer for the federal government. “It was not what I would consider a career,” he says. “But it paid the bills while buying me time to figure out what I truly wanted to do for the rest of my life.” Stalewski found his way back to medicine, pursuing a second bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee, this time in biochemistry. He performed so well on

his MCATs that he began applying to medical schools, but the disruptive work-life balance of a physician gave him pause. Unlike Manning, Stalewski hadn’t considered nursing until a co-worker told him about Marquette’s direct entry program. “Never had I thought about nursing as a career before finding out about Marquette’s program,” he says. “But the idea of enrolling in a program that provided a fast track to a physician extender career was appealing to me.”

Eye-opening experiences

ot all direct entry students come to the program with Manning or Stalewski’s science acumen. “We’re always amazed at the experiences and backgrounds of those who come into the direct entry program,” O’Brien says, adding that those proficient in the sciences don’t necessarily have an advantage over others. And that was by design. “We wanted it to be something that someone with the commitment to become a nurse could do without having to worry, ‘I didn’t graduate with a science degree,’ ” she says. For Manning, the real challenge was stepping back into an academic environment. “There was a lot of difficulty in the transition,” he says. “First of all, I had gone through my entire college experience and felt like I was sort of ‘done’ with the busy work and studying and testing. To get myself back into the mode of a student was a little difficult.” — Mahatma Gandhi Stalewski says he found the entire experience enlightening. “I previously thought about health in terms of disease or lack of disease and pure numbers like labs and vitals,” he says. “My first clinical experiences helped me quickly realize that this way of thinking would not be enough to excel in nursing. For example, bathing somebody who was not capable of performing a task I had taken for granted most of my life was eye-opening.” Manning’s epiphany happened nearly a decade ago, half a world away. And he wouldn’t change a thing. “You know, being a nurse is really a special job. It is hugely rewarding, but that reward comes with huge responsibilities,” he says. “You can’t come in to your job as a nurse and ‘take the day off’ like you might be able to at other jobs. People come to you at their most vulnerable points, and they trust you. It’s good to know that what I am doing with my life is for a reason and for a greater good. That makes it easy to sleep at night.”

True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves and fearlessly following it.

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CREATING NURSE-SCHOLARS Ten years after the college enrolled its first doctoral students, Marquette’s nurse-scholars are changing the face of nursing education and nursing care By Jennifer Fink Ten years ago, the College of Nursing launched its Ph.D. in nursing program to better prepare future nurse educators. “At the time, we recognized a need to prepare nurse scientists who can conduct research and also teach future nurses,” says Dr. Margaret Bull, director of the college’s doctorate program. “We realized that just because one has expertise in a certain area doesn’t mean he or she is necessarily familiar with pedagogical approaches or comfortable in the classroom. Our curriculum was designed to have nine credits devoted to education.” That emphasis — on education, on the creation of nurse-scholars who advance the profession — has remained constant throughout the past decade. During that time, Marquette has educated dozens of doctorally prepared nurses in the Ph.D. program and five-year-old doctor of nursing practice program, which prepares nurse leaders for advanced practice roles. The emphasis has paid off: Graduates are advancing the profession of nursing through teaching, research and practice.

Dr. Cynthia Foronda, R.N., C.N.E. Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Foronda, Grad ’10, had no intention of becoming a nurse researcher. In the early years of her career, she was a pediatric nurse. Later, she taught at Waukesha County Technical College. “I really enjoyed teaching, so I decided I should get a degree that focused on education,” she says. What she found at Marquette was so much more. “I experienced a transformation,” Foronda says. “I came to understand so much more about how the research process works, how we gather and value evidence.” Today, she uses those research skills to determine best practices for nursing education at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. “My specialization is educational technology. I’m interested in researching some of the latest and greatest technology to see if it’s truly worth the money and effort,” Foronda says. “As a profession, we always need to be looking for best practices in education and seeing if what we’re doing is truly working or not. “Obtaining a doctorate was a huge milestone for me, in terms of opening up opportunities. I’m living the dream, constantly learning and able to share information through writing and presentations to help make my students better nurses than I ever was. I really do hope that it ultimately affects patient outcomes, that I can help save lives in some indirect form by improving education.”

Dr. Kathy Becker, R.N. Becoming a nurse-scholar unquestionably prepared Becker, Grad ’09, for her role as nurse administrator at one of southeastern Wisconsin’s largest medical centers. “I don’t know that I’d be sitting in this chair without that instruction,” she says. “Marquette’s Ph.D. program developed my critical-thinking skills. I was challenged to re-think, to make sure that my thinking was complete.” Careful evaluation of problems, options and solutions is an essential component of Becker’s work. As an administrator overseeing nursing operations at a full-service hospital with a special tertiary care center for women’s health services, Becker regularly “uses the rigor” she applied while conducting research at Marquette. That, she says, allows her to carefully evaluate options and implement interventions based on scientifically proven best practices. It also helps her work effectively with a multidisciplinary leadership team. “If you can talk through problem-solving on a high level, if you can bring in evidence and talk in a research-based way, people really respect you,” Becker says. “It’s probably more appropriate for nurse leaders to have a doctorate in nursing than ever before because you’re sitting at the table with Ph.D.s, M.D.s and PharmDs.”

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Vice President and Chief Nurse Officer at Aurora West Allis Medical Center

Dr. Cynthia Foronda, R.N., C.N.E.

Dr. Dora Clayton-Jones, C.P.N.P. Researcher and Founder of Children First Consulting LLC

Dr. Kathy Becker, R.N.

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“When I was in fifth grade, some college students wanted to conduct research, and I was a subject,” says Jones, Grad ’14. “My grandmother signed the consent form, but I don’t remember them really explaining to me what the research was about. I wondered, ‘Did I do something wrong that I’m being questioned?’ ” That experience left Jones with a feeling of uneasiness and distrust of research, a feeling that lingered through the early years of her nursing career. But through Marquette’s doctoral program, Jones learned that research can be empowering. Today, she’s drawing on the research skills she developed at Marquette in her efforts to improve the lives of children and families. Jones recently established the nonprofit organization Children’s First Angelic Foundation Inc., which aims to “support research and the organizations in the community that are providing service to children and families.” One of the goals for the nonprofit, Jones says, is to offer an annual grant to a Ph.D. student who is involved in research that will help children, specifically those who are vulnerable. “I want research be part of what I do going forward,” says Jones, who has an established research relationship with Baylor University, where she is working to improve the comprehensive care of adolescents living with sickle cell disease. “I want to do all three — to teach, to practice, and to be involved and engaged in research.”

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Alumni Perspective Compassionate care By Lynn Sheka Dr. Carol Olson Long, R.N., F.P.C.N., Nurs ’74, is an internationally recognized expert and consultant on geriatric and palliative care in community and long-term care settings. She credits her community health nursing experience at Marquette for “opening her eyes” to a career that has taken her from training nurses in end-of-life care in the Philippines; to a Buddhist Priest Hospital in Bangkok specializing in palliative care for the monks of Thailand; to nursing homes in Australia, community gerontological nurse training in Singapore and palliative care interdisciplinary training in Turkey. Long is a registered nurse with nearly four decades of experience in various staff, management, education and consultant positions. As a consultant, she is actively involved in a palliative care project with the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association that is focusing on improving palliative care in three large city nursing homes. She recently served as co-director of the Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia program at Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix and is an adjunct faculty member at the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Long specializes in research and education related to care for patients with advanced dementia. She has written numerous articles and book chapters; is a fellow of palliative care nursing with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association; is a Transcultural Nursing Scholar with the Transcultural Nursing Society; and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. In 2013, Long received the College of Nursing’s Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award. This year, she was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing, one of the profession’s highest honors. Recently, Long sat down to discuss her career with Marquette Nurse.

opened my eyes to community nursing work, which is the field in which I work today. I also loved attending Mass at Church of the Gesu. How did you become interested in palliative care? I enjoyed teaching about hospice care while I was on the nursing faculty at Arizona State University. After my departure in 2002, I decided to continue that journey in a broader and more in-depth way: digging deeper into the care needs of older adults with dementia. As an End-of-life Nursing Education Consortium trainer, I also decided to reach out nationally and internationally to take this curriculum abroad. My long-term goal is to advocate for policies and research to assure that our most vulnerable adults, people with dementia, have their care needs met at the end of life. Time is short, and the need is great. Of which professional achievement are you most proud? I’m most proud of my work in Arizona, nationally and internationally related to dementia care, because I think older adults afflicted with dementia deserve the best care in their final years — comfort care. What does it mean to be a Marquette nurse? A Marquette nurse needs to be the difference. Service, service and more service. Marquette nurses go the distance to make the distance count for our patients.

Save the Date Wake Memorial Lecture featuring Carol Olson Long Internationally recognized expert and consultant on geriatric and palliative care

What’s your favorite Marquette memory?

in community and long-term care settings

I met my husband during my sophomore year as a volunteer at Freshmen Orientation, so that was certainly memorable! I truly enjoyed my community health nursing experience because it

Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. Alumni Memorial Union, Monaghan Ballroom

THEN AND NOW

Class of 1964 returns to campus for Golden Jubilee By Andrea Petrie

In 1964 … College of Nursing students lived together in a dormitory at the St. Joseph’s Hospital campus and commuted to Marquette for classes. During the fall of their junior year, the hospital campus nursing dormitory was torn down, so the class moved together to Marquette’s campus and was thrilled to be a part of campus life with students from other colleges.

Now … Although the people, buildings and technology have changed, the core of Marquette’s nursing education remains the same, preparing students with a rigorous, experiential curriculum that focuses on ethical responsibility. Students become nurses who are advocates for individuals and communities, nurses who are poised for leadership, and nurses who provide compassionate care.

A Marquette legacy 60 years in the making By Andrea Petrie When then-18-year-old Jennifer Hall decided that the College of Nursing was her first choice, she didn’t realize just how connected she would become to Marquette. In fact, when driving from northern Illinois to take a campus tour during her junior year of high school, she wasn’t even expecting to like Marquette. She knew her grandparents, Russell, Eng ’51, and Elizabeth, Nurs ’51, Hall, had met and fell in love at Marquette, but she never felt pressure to attend. Instead, she poured over other college admission catalogs in search of a

nursing program that combined a strong academic tradition and Jesuit values. During Jennifer’s campus tour, she was impressed by the College of Nursing’s technical and science capabilities and the attention that was placed on the people Marquette nurses care for — physically, emotionally and spiritually. Jennifer’s grandmother was elated when she told her she was going to follow in her footsteps and become a Marquette nurse. “It’s where I made lifelong friends and developed my love for nursing,” Elizabeth told her grand-

daughter. “You are blessed to have this opportunity. I know you’ll be a fabulous nurse and person because of it.” Now, Jennifer realizes nursing is in her blood. And as part of a legacy family — meaning other family members have attended Marquette — she will carry the ideals she learned here into her future career. She will graduate in May 2015 and hopes to work in pediatrics, perhaps at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, where she is a volunteer.

WE ARE MARQUETTE! The College of Nursing held its first National Marquette Day pregame reception in Milwaukee in February 2014, bringing together alumni and friends for socializing, camaraderie and, of course, lots of “We are Marquette” chants. The gathering raised nearly $6,000 for the College of Nursing’s Dean’s Excellence Fund, which is used to fund priorities outlined in the college’s strategic plan. Save the date for the 2015 National Marquette Day celebration: Feb. 21, 2015.

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Notable Scholarly Accomplishments Prominent honors, grants, publications and presentations from the 2013–14 academic year

AWARDS/MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS Abir Bekhet, Ph.D., R.N., H.S.M.I., assistant professor Awarded the 2014 Research Award and 2014 Research Grant Award, International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, March 2014. Margaret J. Bull, Ph.D., R.N., professor Awarded the Living Legend Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Gamma At-large Chapter, September 2013. Margaret Faut Callahan, Ph.D., C.R.N.A., F.A.A.N., F.N.A.P., dean and interim provost Elected treasurer, American Association of Colleges of Nursing Board of Directors, 2012–14.

Appointed chair, American Association of Colleges of Nursing Finance Committee, 2012–14. Selected to serve on the Professional Education and Training Working Group to address professional education and training related to pain, Department of Health and Human Services, 2014–16. Norah Johnson, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P., A.P.N.P., assistant professor Awarded Early Investigator Award – Family Section, Midwest Nursing Research Society, March 2014.

Mallory O’Brien, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor Named to list of “20 Most Creative Milwaukeeans,” Milwaukee Magazine, December 2013. Kathryn Schroeter, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., C.N.O.R., clinical assistant professor Appointed committee member, American Nurses Association Committee on the Nursing Code of Ethics, October 2013 to December 2014.

GRANTS Stacey Barnes, M.G.S., director, Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center $384,432, Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center, Bureau of Health Professions. $43,335, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Education in Wisconsin, Health Resources and Services Administration. Ruth Ann Belknap, Ph.D., R.N., P.M.H.C.N.S.-B.C., associate professor $13,205, “Mother-daughter Joint Decision Making to Obtain the HPV Vaccine,” National Institutes of Health.

Milwaukee Foundation, with Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan, College of Nursing, and Dr. Ronda Hughes, College of Nursing. Margaret Bull, Ph.D., R.N., professor $104,480, “Preparing Family Careers to Recognize Delirium Symptoms in Older Adults Following Elective Arthroplasty of the Knee or Hip,” Retirement Research Foundation, with Dr. Lesley Boaz, College of Nursing. Margaret Faut Callahan, Ph.D., C.R.N.A., F.A.A.N., F.N.A.P., dean and interim provost See entry for Dr. Susan Breakwell.

Lesley Boaz, Ph.D, A.P.N.P., clinical assistant professor See entry for Dr. Margaret Bull.

Ronda Hughes, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N., C.L.N.C., F.A.A.N., associate professor See entry for Dr. Susan Breakwell.

Marilyn Bratt, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor $352,002, “SOAR–RN Rural Nurse Residency Program,” Bureau of Health Professions.

Donna McCarthy, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., professor $40,936, “Muscle Function and Depressionlike Behavior in a Mouse Model of Cancer Fatigue,” National Institutes of Health.

Susan Breakwell, D.N.P., A.P.H.N.-B.C., clinical associate professor $23,000, “Palliative Care in African-American Communities: Focus Group Study,” Greater

$10,800, “Linking Biological and Social Pathways to Adolescent Health and Wellbeing,” National Institutes of Health.

Mallory O’Brien, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor $34,057, “A Tale of Four Cities: Improving our Understanding of Gun Violence,” U.S. Department of Justice. Maureen O’Brien, Ph.D., R.N., P.C.N.S.B.C., associate dean for graduate programs and clinical associate professor $50,000, “New Careers in Nursing at Marquette University College of Nursing,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $20,000, “Ph.D. Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar and D.N.P. Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar,” Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence. Leona VandeVusse, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., F.A.C.N.M., associate professor $207,572, “Marquette University — Nurses Supporting Families to Improve Maternal and Infant Outcomes,” Health Resources and Services Administration.

PUBLICATIONS Abir Bekhet, Ph.D., R.N., H.S.M.I., assistant professor “Psychometrics of Properties of the Resourcefulness Scale among Caregivers of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 36, No. 5 (May 2014), pp 685–702, with Jaclene Zauszniewski. “Factors Associated with the Emotional Distress of Women Family Members of Adults with Serious Mental Illness,” Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2014), pp 102–107, with Jaclene Zauszniewski. “Individual Characteristics and Relocation Factors Affecting Adjustment among Relocated American and Egyptian Older Adults,” Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 35, No. 2 (February 2014), pp 80–87, with Jaclene Zauszniewski. “Self-assessed Health in Caregivers of Persons with Autism: Associations with Depressive Symptoms, Positive Cognitions, Resourcefulness and Well-being,” Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12046 (Nov. 13, 2013). “Resourcefulness, Positive Cognitions, Relocation Controllability and Relocation Adjustment Among Older People: A Cross Sectional Study of Cultural Differences,” International Journal of Older People Nursing, Vol. 8, No. 3 (September 2013), pp 244–252, with Jaclene Zauszniewski. “Measuring Use of Positive Thinking Skills: Psychometric Testing of a New Scale,” Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 35, No. 8 (September 2013), pp 1074–1093, with Jaclene Zauszniewski. “Psychometric Assessment of the Depressive Cognition Scale in Caregivers of Persons with Dementia,” Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 34, No. 9 (September 2013), pp 678–684, with Jaclene Zauszniewski. “Effects of Positive Cognitions and Resourcefulness on Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers of Persons with Dementia,” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 22, No. 4 (August 2013), pp 340–346.

Lesley Boaz, Ph.D., A.P.N.P., clinical assistant professor See entry for Dr. Margaret Bull. Kathleen Bobay, Ph.D., R.N., N.E.A.-B.C., associate professor See entry for Dr. Marianne Weiss. See entry for Dr. Ronda Hughes. Susan Breakwell, D.N.P., A.P.H.N.-B.C., clinical associate professor “Palliative and End-of-life Care Precepts and Ethics for the Orthopaedic Population,” Orthopaedic Nursing Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3 (May–June 2014), pp 127–134, with doctoral student Cheryl Petersen and Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan, College of Nursing. “Embracing a Competency-based Specialty Curriculum for Community-based Nursing Roles,” Public Health Nurse, Vol. 30, No. 6 (November–December 2013), pp 557–565, with Pamela Levin, Susan Swider, Julia Cowell and Virginia Reising. “A Review of Patients with Renal Disease Undergoing Vascular Access Surgery: Is Gray-scale Ultrasound Enough?” Journal of Vascular Nursing, Vol. 31, No. 3 (September, 2013), pp 111–117, with Nancy Raml. Margaret Bull, Ph.D., R.N., professor “Strategies for Sustaining Self Used by Family Caregivers for Older Adults with Dementia,” Journal of Holistic Nursing, Vol. 32, No. 2 (June 2014), pp. 127–135. “Public Health Model Identifies Recruitment Barriers among Older Adults with Delirium and Dementia,” Public Health Nursing, Vol. 31, No. 1 (January–February 2014), pp 79–87, with Dr. Lesley Boaz, College of Nursing; and Jennifer Sjostedt. Margaret Faut Callahan, Ph.D., C.R.N.A., F.N.A.P., F.A.A.N., dean and interim provost “A Call for Change: Clinical Evaluation of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists,” AANA Journal, Vol. 82, No. 1 (February 2014), pp 65–72, with Shawn Collins. See entry for Dr. Susan Breakwell. See entry for Dr. Kerry Kosmoski-Goepfert.

“Factors Affecting Disruption in Families of Adults With Mental Illness,” Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12047 (November 2013), with M. Jane Suresky and Jaclene Zauszniewski.

Diane Dressler, M.S.N., R.N., C.C.R.N., clinical assistant professor “Hematologic and Immune System,” AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing Third Edition, (2014), S.M. Burns (editor), McGraw Hill.

See entry for Dr. Norah Johnson.

“Management of Patients with Complications from Heart Disease,” and “Management of Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders,” Brunner & Suddarth’s Medical–Surgical Nursing 13th Edition, (2013), Hinkle, J.L. and Cheever, K.H. (editors), Wolters Kluwer.

Ruth Ann Belknap, Ph.D., R.N., P.M.H.C.N.S.-B.C., associate professor “A Theater Intervention to Prevent Teen Dating Violence for Mexican American Middle School Students,” Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 53, No. 1 (July 2013), pp 62–67, with Dr. Kristin Haglund, College of Nursing; John Schneider, Department of Digital Media and Performing Arts, J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication; graduate student Holly Felzer and Jessica Pruszynski.

Richard Fehring, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., professor emeritus “Current Medical Research Summer–Fall 2013,” Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (May 2014), pp 182–194.

“Cohort Efficacy Study of Natural Family Planning among Perimenopause Age Women,” Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 43, No. 3 (May– June 2014), pp 351–358 with Q. Mu. “Use of ‘Ovulation Predictor Kits’ as Adjuncts When Using Fertility Awareness Based Methods: A Pilot Study,” Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 3 (May–June 2014), pp 427–429, with R. Lieva, U. Burhan and E. Kyrillos. “Efficacy of Achieving Pregnancy with Fertility Focused Intercourse,” The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan–Feb 2014), pp 35–40, with Q. Mu. “The Influence of Motivation on the Efficacy of Natural Family Planning,” The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, Vol. 38, No. 6 (Nov–Dec 2013), pp 352–358, with Mary Schneider, College of Nursing; M.L. Barron and J. Pruszynski. “Use of Urinary Pregnanediol 3-Glucuronide to Confirm Ovulation,” Steroids, Vol. 78, No. 10 (October 2013), pp 1035–1040, with R. Ecochard, R. Leiva, T. Bouchard, H. Boehringer, A. Direito and A. Mariani. “Spiritual Care of Couples Using Natural Family Planning,” The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 80, No. 3 (August 2013), pp 225–238, with D. Rodriguez. “Randomized Comparison of Two Internetsupported Fertility Awareness Based Methods of Family Planning,” Contraception, Vol. 88, No. 1 (July 2013), pp 24–30, with graduate student Mary Schneider, graduate student Dana Rodriguez and Jessica Pruszynski. Marilyn Frenn, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., A.N.E.F., F.T.O.S., professor “Engage in Scholarship,” Nurse Educator Review Book: The Official National League for Nursing Guide to the CNE Exam, (February 2014), Lippincott. “Physical Activity Parenting Measurement and Research: Challenges, Explanations, and Solutions,” Childhood Obesity Supplement: S103-1099, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2013.0037 (Aug. 9, 2013), with K.K. Davison, L.C. Mâsse, A. Timperio, J. Saunders, J.A. Mendoza, E. Gobbi, P. Hanson and S.G. Trost. Jill Guttormson, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor “Effects of Patient-directed Music Intervention on Anxiety and Sedative Exposure in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory Support: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 309, No. 22 (June 2013), pp 2,335–2,344, with Craig Weinert, Anne Heiderscheit, Mary Tracy, Deborah Skaar and Kay Savik. Kristin Haglund, Ph.D., P.N.P., F.N.P., A.P.R.N., associate professor See entry for Dr. Ruth Ann Belknap.

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PUBLICATIONS continued Lisa Hanson, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., A.P.N.P., F.A.C.N.M., associate professor “Prenatal and Postnatal Care: A Womancentered Approach,” Health Education During Pregnancy, (2014), R.G. Jordan, J. Engstrom, J. Marfell and C.L. Farley (editors), pp 312–324, Wiley-Blackwell, with Dr. Leona VandeVusse, College of Nursing; and Dr. Kate Harrod, College of Nursing. “Feasibility of Oral Prenatal Probiotics Against Group B Streptococcus Vaginal and Rectal Colonization,” Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 43, (2014), pp 294–304, with Dr. Leona VandeVusse, College of Nursing; Megan Duster, Simone Warrack and Nasia Safdar. “Labor Down or Bear Down: A Strategy to Translate Second-stage Labor Evidence to Nursing Practice,” Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 28, No. 2, (April/June 2014), pp 117–126, with K. Osborne. “The Microbiology and Immunology of Normal Birth: A Plea for the Nature of Mother,” Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 27, No. 4 (October–December 2013), pp 278–280, with Dr. Leona VandeVusse, College of Nursing. See entry for Dr. Leona VandeVusse. Kathryn Harrod, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., A.P.N.P., clinical assistant professor See entry for Dr. Lisa Hanson. Ronda Hughes, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N., C.L.N.C., F.A.A.N., associate professor “Credentialing: The Need for a National Research Agenda,” Nursing Outlook, Vol. 62, No. 2, (March 2014), pp 119–127, with Joanne Hickey, Lynn Unruh, Robin Newhouse, Mary Koithan, Vicki Lundmark, Meg Johantgen and Karen Haller. “Comparison of Nurse Staffing Based on Changes in Unit-level Workload Associated with Patient Churn,” Journal of Nursing Management, DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12147, (October 2013), with Dr. Kathleen Bobay, College of Nursing; Nicholas Jolly and Chrysmarie Suby. Teresa Jerofke, Ph.D., A.P.N.P.-B.C., R.N., assistant professor “Patient Perceptions of Patient-empowering Nurse Behaviors, Patient Activation and Functional Health Status in Postsurgical Patients with Life-threatening Long-term Illnesses,” Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 70, No. 6 (June 2014), pp 1310–1322, with Dr. Marianne Weiss, College of Nursing; and Olga Yakusheva. “Concept Analysis of Empowerment from Survivor and Nurse Perspectives within the Context of Cancer Survivorship,” Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, Vol. 27, No. 3 (2013), pp 157–172.

Norah Johnson, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P., assistant professor “Effect of an iPad Application for Medical Imaging Procedure Preparation for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” Journal of Pediatric Nursing, published online April 29, 2014, with Octavia Bree, Erin Lalley, Kelly Rettler, Pam Grande, Md Gani, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Sheikh Ahamed, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. “Fostering Mobility in a Child with Rett Syndrome: A Case Study,” Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, DOI: 10.3109/01942638.2014.899287 (March 2014), with Catherine Schaefer-Campion. “Attributed Meanings and Strategies to Prevent Challenging Behaviors of Hospitalized Children with Autism: Two Perspectives,” Journal of Pediatric Health Care, DOI: pii:S0891-5245(13)00348 10.1016/j.pedhc.2013.10.001 (Nov. 14, 2013), with Dr. Abir Bekhet, College of Nursing; Dr. Karen Robinson, College of Nursing; and graduate student Dana Rodriguez. Kerry Kosmoski-Goepfert, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for undergraduate programs and clinical associate professor “Integrating Adult-gerontology Acute Care Skills and Procedures into Nurse Practitioner Curricula,” (April 2014), National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. “How it Came to Be ... Integrating Ignatian Philosophy and Pedagogical Paradigm into Marquette University’s Pre-licensure Nursing Curriculum,” Jesuit Higher Education Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2013), pp 133–140, with Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan, College of Nursing; and Dr. Stephanie Russell, Office of Mission and Ministry. Linda Piacentine, Ph.D., A.C.N.P.-B.C., C.N.R.N., assistant professor “Spirituality, Religiosity, Depression, Anxiety and Drug-use Consequences During Methadone Maintenance Therapy,” Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 35, No. 6 (July 2013), pp 794–813. Karen Robinson, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., assistant professor See entry for Dr. Norah Johnson. Mary Schneider, A.P.R.N., B.C., F.N.P., N.F.P.E., assistant to the director, Institute of Natural Family Planning See entries for Dr. Richard Fehring. Kathryn Schroeter, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., C.N.O.R., clinical assistant professor “Ethical Practice,” RNFA Guide to Practice Third Edition, (2014), AORN, Inc. “Do You Use Your Professional Code of Ethics?” Journal of Trauma Nursing, Vol. 21, No. 3 (May/June 2014), pp 87–88. “Compassion Fatigue: An Unwanted Reflection of Your Reality,” Journal of Trauma Nursing, Vol. 21, No. 2 (March/April 2014), pp 37–38.

“Hospitalized Cancer Patients’ Preferences for Photographic Art,” Oncology Nursing Forum, Vol. 40, No. 4 (September 2013), pp 337–345. Robert Topp, Ph.D., R.N., professor and associate dean for research “Strategies for a Successful Ph.D. Program: Words of Wisdom from the WJNR Editorial Board,” Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 36, No. 1 (January 2014), pp 6–30, with Vicki Conn, Julie Zerwic, Susan Rawl, Jean Wyman, Janet Larson, Cindy Anderson, Nancy Fahrenwald, Lazelle Benefield, Marlene Cohen, Carol Smith and Natalie Markis. “Fit into College II: Physical Activity and Nutrition Behavior Effectiveness and Programming Recommendations,” Recreational Sports Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2013), pp 29–41, with J. Ling, S. Ridner, D. Jacks and K. Newton. “A Comparison of Two Formulas of Topical Menthol on Vascular Responses and Perceived Intensity Prior to and Following a Bout of Maximum Voluntary Muscular Contractions,” Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Vol. 18, No. 3 (December 2013), pp 424–429, with Dr. Alex Ng, College of Health Sciences; Alyson Cybulski, Katalin Skelton and Dr. Paula Papanek, College of Health Sciences. “Acute Effects of Massage or Active Exercise in Relieving Muscle Soreness: Randomized Controlled Trial,” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Vol. 27, No. 12 (December 2013), pp 3352–3359, with Lars Andersen, Kenneth Jay, Christoffer Andersen, Markus Jakobsen, Emil Sundstrup and David Behm. Leona VandeVusse, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., F.A.C.N.M., associate professor “Perinatal Outcomes of Prenatal Probiotic and Prebiotic Administration: An Integrative Review,” Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, Vol. 2, No. 4, (October/December 2013), pp 288–301, with Dr. Lisa Hanson, College of Nursing; and Nasia Safdar. See entries for Dr. Lisa Hanson. Marianne Weiss, D.N.Sc., R.N., associate professor “Validation of Patient and Nurse Short Forms of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale and Their Relationship to Return to the Hospital,” Health Services Research, Vol. 49, No. 1 (February 2014), with Linda Costa, Olga Yakusheva and Dr. Kathleen Bobay, College of Nursing. “Contemporary Women’s Experiences of Adaptation to Motherhood: The First Three to Six Weeks Postpartum,” Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 4 (October 2013), pp 344–351, with Cynthia Aber and Jacqueline Fawcett. See entry for Dr. Teresa Jerofke.

PRESENTATIONS Stacey Barnes, M.G.S., director, Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center See entry for Dr. Lesley Boaz.

Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 2013, with Dr. Lesley Boaz, College of Nursing; and Jennifer Sjostedt.

Ruth Ann Belknap, Ph.D., R.N., P.M.H.C.N.S.-B.C., associate professor “Latino Teen Perspectives on Dating Relationships and Dating Violence,” Building Bridges to Research-based Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014, with Dr. Kristin Haglund, College of Nursing.

Margaret Faut Callahan, Ph.D., C.R.N.A., F.A.A.N., F.N.A.P., dean and interim provost “A Dean’s Perspective: Developing a Doctoral Degree Offering for a Nurse Anesthesia Program,” AANA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Aug. 9, 2013.

Lesley Boaz, Ph.D., A.P.N.P., clinical assistant professor “Educating Nurses about Geriatric Oral Health,” Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, Nov. 22, 2013, with Stacy Barnes, College of Nursing; and Jadwiga Hjerstedt. See entries for Dr. Margaret Bull. Kathleen Bobay, Ph.D., R.N., N.E.A.-B.C., associate professor “Validation of an Instrument for Nurses’ Assessment of Readiness for Hospital Discharge,” CGEAN, Baltimore, November 2013. See entry for Dr. Marianne Weiss. Marilyn Bratt, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor “Predictors of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses’ Perception of Orientation,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, St. Louis, March 2014. Susan Breakwell, D.N.P., A.P.H.N.-B.C., clinical associate professor “Palliative Care and Breast Cancer Care,” Breast Cancer Conference for Community Health Workers, Milwaukee, May 30, 2014. “Palliative Care in African-American Communities Focus Group Study Results,” Wisconsin CCCN Palliative Work Group, Milwaukee, Jan. 29, 2014, with Dr. Ronda Hughes, College of Nursing. “Overview of Symptom Management and Palliative Care,” Palliative Care Conference, Ministry Health, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Sept. 23, 2013. Margaret Bull, Ph.D., R.N., professor “Family Caregivers’ Knowledge of Delirium and Preferred Modalities for Receipt of Information,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, March 29, 2014, with Dr. Lesley Boaz, College of Nursing; and Jennifer Sjostedt. “A Quantitative Description of Uncertainty with Mild Cognitive Impairment,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, March 2014, with Jennifer Sjostedt and Malgorzata Franczak. “What Do Family Caregivers Know About Delirium?”, Gerontological Society of America

“Developing a Curriculum that Meets National Standards for Similar Degrees,” AANA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Aug. 9, 2013. See entry for Dr. Susan Breakwell. Kelly Campbell, M.S.N., A.N.P.-B.C., C.C.M., nurse manager, Marquette Neighborhood Health Center See entry for Dr. Robert Topp. Richard Fehring, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., professor emeritus “Evidence-based NFP: The Marquette Model,” webinar, International Institute of Restorative Reproductive Medicine Research Update, May 22, 2014. “Evidence-based on the Marquette Method of Natural Family Planning,” Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C., May 2014. “Evidenced-based Application of NFP to Women’s Health Care,” Family Medicine Grand Rounds, Mayo Franciscan Skemp Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin, May 12, 2014. “Comparison of Abstinence and Coital Frequency between Two Natural Methods of Family Planning,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, March 2014. “Monitoring the Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign for Women’s Health,” Medical College of Wisconsin Student Group Sexual Education Event, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Nov. 12, 2013. “Natural Family Planning, Scientific and Spiritual Foundations,” Diocese of Peoria and Franciscan Hospital Center Health Days, Peoria, Illinois, Oct. 2, 2013. “Scientific, Spiritual and Marital Dynamics of Natural Family Planning,” Humanae Vitae Conference, Franciscan University, Stuebenville, Ohio, Sept. 27, 2013. “Preventing Unintended Pregnancies (the Natural Way) among Women with Hard Cases,” University Faculty for Life Annual Conference, San Francisco University, San Francisco, June 1, 2013. “Marquette University Institute for Natural Family Planning Evidence-based E-Learning,” Annual Meeting of the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers, St. Louis, July 19, 2013.

“NFP Fact Checker,” NACLFM, St. Louis, July 2013, with Michael Manhart. Marilyn Frenn, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., A.N.E.F., F.T.O.S., professor “Effects of Prebiotic Fiber and Online Program on Obesity Risk Factors in Latino and African American 4th and 5th Grade Students,” International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Meeting, San Diego, May 2014, with N. Salzman, P. Simpson, Dr. Robert Topp, College of Nursing; A. Kisin, L. Tudor, A. Mertz, E. Flaherty, S. Burkel, E. Jaruseski and A. Moosreiner. “Familial Health and Well-being: Employed Parents’ Perceptions,” Building Bridges to Research-based Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014, with Julia Snethen, Maribeth Goretzke, Pam Treisman, Sheryl T. Kelber and Jane Morley Kotchen. “Parents’ Perception of Familial Health and Well-being,” Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Indianapolis, Nov. 18, 2013, with J. Snethan and J. Kotchen. “Feeding and Physical Activity Practices: Do Parent or Youth Perspectives Matter Most?”, International Family Nursing Association, Minneapolis, June 20, 2013, with Michelle Polfuss. “Recruiting Parents for an Online Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention through Schools and Employers,” International Family Nursing Society, Minneapolis, June 2013, with J. Kotchen, J. McMahon, Dr. Astrida Kaugers, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences; J. Snethan, C. Glen, D. Micek, N. Nosavan and P. Nicoloff. Teresa Gruenke, M.S.N., R.N., simulation coordinator and clinical instructor “Improving Nurse Retention, Communication, and Satisfaction Through a Peer Mentoring Program,” Building Bridges to Research-based Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014, with Agnes Borden, Emily Kubacki and Heidi Stangl. “Improving Nurse Retention, Communication, and Associate Satisfaction Through a Peer Mentoring Program,” Northwest Indiana Nursing Research Consortium, Merrillville, Indiana, Nov. 8, 2013, with Agnes Borden and Emily Kubacki. Kristin Haglund, Ph.D., P.N.P., F.N.P., A.P.R.N., associate professor “Religiosity and Spirituality in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease,” Center for the Study of Health, Religion, and Spirituality Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Terre Haute, Indiana, November 2013, with Dr. Dora Clayton-Jones. See entry for Dr. Ruth Ann Belknap.

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PRESENTATIONS continued Ronda Hughes, Ph.D., M.H.S., R.N., C.L.N.C., F.A.A.N., associate professor See entries for Dr. Susan Breakwell. Norah Johnson, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P., A.P.N.P., assistant professor “Evaluation of Health Ambassador Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness Training in Inner-city Churches. Knowledge Translation and Family Science Symposium,” Midwest Nursing Research Society, St. Louis, March 28, 2014, with Dr. Amy Van Hecke, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. “Special Delivery: A Self-management Based Hospital Discharge Intervention via an iPad,” Pediatric Nursing Conference, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, with Dr. Marianne Weiss, College of Nursing; Karen Gralton, Kathy Sawin, Rachel Schiffman, Carol Klingbeil and Stacee Lerrett, Brookfield, Wisconsin, Nov. 14, 2013. “Fostering Mobility for a Pre-school Child with Rett Syndrome: A Case Report,” Touching Hands, Touching Hearts, Rett Syndrome Association of Illinois, Schaumburg, Illinois, Oct. 27, 2013. “Parent and Nurse Assessment of Parental Discharge Readiness: What Do the Differences Tell Us?” ANCC National Magnet Conference, Orlando, Florida, Oct. 4, 2013, with Dr. Marianne Weiss, College of Nursing; Rachel Schiffman, Karen Gralton and Carol Klingbeil. “Effect of an iPad Application for Medical Imaging Procedure Preparation for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” International Family Nursing Conference, Minneapolis, June 19, 2013, with Octavia Kabobel, Erin Lalley and Md Gani, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Sheikh Ahamed, Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. “Family Functioning for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Helps the Most and What Helps the Least,” International Family Nursing Conference, Minneapolis, June 19, 2013, with Suzanne Feetham. “Translating Family Research to Practice and Policy: Examples from Practice Environments in Three Countries,” International Family Nursing Conference, Minneapolis, June 19, 2013, with S. Feetham, P. Hinds, R. Szylit Bousso, M. Santos, P. Vendramim, K. Sawin, K. Gralton and N. Hohashi. Kerry Kosmoski-Goepfert, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for undergraduate programs and clinical associate professor “Standardization of Clinical Placement Requirements: Process and Outcomes,” Statewide Healthcare Alliance Meeting, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, April 9, 2014, with Heather Seager. Donna McCarthy, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., professor “Myocardial Dysfunction in Tumor-bearing Mice,” Connections: Advancing Care through Science Conference, Oncology Nursing Society, Dallas, Nov. 10, 2013.

“Exploring the Pathobiology of Cancerrelated Fatigue,” Connections: Advancing Care through Science Conference, Oncology Nursing Society, Dallas, Nov. 9, 2013. “Depression-like Behavior in a Mouse Model of Cancer Fatigue,” Special Topics Conference: Innovative Approaches to Symptom Science, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2013. Mallory O’Brien, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor “Violence Prevention Policy through Incident Level Reviews,” American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, Nov. 21, 2013. “Homicide Review Process: Variations of a Successful Strategy across Urban Settings,” International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 2013. Jennifer Ohlendorf, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor “Predictors of Postpartum Weight Selfmanagement Behaviors in the First 12 Weeks after the Birth of a Baby,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, May 7, 2014. “Perinatal Weight Management: Opportunities for a Lifetime,” Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care Annual Statewide Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, April 27, 2014, with Teresa Johnson. “Windows of Opportunity in Perinatal Weight Management,” Fulfilling the Promise Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, Feb. 26, 2014. “Perinatal Weight Management: Opportunities for a Lifetime,” Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care Regional Forum Series WAPC, two webinars, January 2014. “Perinatal Weight Management: Opportunities for a Lifetime,” WAPC Regional Forums, Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care, Appleton and Milwaukee, Sept. 17, 2013. “The Relationship Between Transition Difficulty and Patient Activation for Postpartum Weight Self-management,” Building Bridges to Research-based Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014. Mary Paquette, M.S.N., R.N., director, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation “How Simulation is Used in Academic and Practice Settings to Enhance Training for Patient Safety,” Building Bridges to Research-based Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014, with Chris Hutchison, Jane Paige, Sarah Morgan, Michael T. Meyer and Robyn Saxe.

Linda Piacentine, Ph.D., A.C.N.P.-B.C., C.N.R.N., assistant professor “Psychosocial and Physiological Effects of Triathlon Training in Breast Cancer Survivors,” American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, May 2014, with Dr. Alexander Ng, College of Health Sciences; Ashley Engel, Alyson Cybulski, Dr. Karen Robinson, College of Nursing; Judy Tjoe, Leslie Waltke and Dr. Paula Papanek, College of Health Sciences. “Surgery-chemotherapy-radiation, Followed by a Different Kind of Triathlon,” Aurora Scientific Day at Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, May 21, 2014, with Judy Tjoe, Leslie Waltke, Ashley Engel, Alyson Cybulski, Dr. Karen Robinson, College of Nursing; Dr. Paula Papanek, College of Health Sciences; and Dr. Alexander Ng, College of Health Sciences. “Surgery-chemotherapy-radiation, Followed by a Different Kind of Triathlon,” Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference, National Consortium of Breast Centers, Las Vegas, March 2014, with Judy Tjoe, Leslie Waltke, Ashley Engel, Alyson Cybulski, Dr. Karen Robinson, College of Nursing; Dr. Paula Papanek, College of Health Sciences; and Dr. Alexander Ng, College of Health Sciences. “Cognitive Changes and fMRI Imaging with Breast Cancer Chemotherapy,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, March 28, 2014, with Alicia Barr, Sally Durgerian, William Collier, Christopher Chitambar and Alan Bloom. See entry for Dr. Karen Robinson. Karen Robinson, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., assistant professor “Team Phoenix Talks: Motivational Effects of Triathlon Training among Breast Cancer Survivors,” Building Bridges to Researchbased Nursing Practice, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014, with Dr. Linda Piacentine, College of Nursing; Dr. Alexander Ng, College of Health Sciences; and Judy Tjoe. “Team Phoenix Talks: Motivational Effects of Triathlon Training among Breast Cancer Survivors,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, March 2014, with Dr. Linda Piacentine, College of Nursing; Dr. Alexander Ng, College of Health Sciences; and Judy Tjoe. See entries for Dr. Linda Piacentine. Kathryn Schroeter, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., C.N.O.R., clinical assistant professor “The Effect of Lateral Violence and Incivility on Quality and Safety,” Building Bridges to Research-based Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014. “From Idea to Paper: Sharing Your EBP or Research,” Society of Trauma Nurses National Conference, New Orleans, April 2014. “Ethical Considerations in Research,” Society of Trauma Nurses National Conference, New Orleans, April 2014.

“Ethics of Social Media in Health Care,” Arizona State Council of Operating Room Nurses Fall Conference, Phoenix, Nov. 2, 2013.

Wisconsin State Clinic, Milwaukee, April 2014, with P. Zelm and Dr. Christopher Simenz, College of Health Sciences.

“Nurses’ Talk: Real Perspectives from Real Nurses,” Wisconsin Nurses Association State Convention, Madison, Oct. 17, 2013.

“The Effect of a Peer Health Educator Integrated into a Personal Health and Wellness Course on the Dietary Intake, Physical Fitness and Attitudes Toward Dietary Intake and Physical Activity Among College Students,” Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, St. Louis, March 2014, with P. Zelm and Dr. Christopher Simenz, College of Health Sciences.

“Ethical Collaboration in Research and Publication,” Building Bridges to Researchbased Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 2013. “Writing for Publication,” Society of Trauma Nurses National Conference, New Orleans, April 2013. “Ethical Communication and Collaboration Among Nurses, Doctors and Patients,” AORN National Congress, San Diego, March 2013. “Understanding and Addressing Moral Distress in Perioperative Nursing Practice,” AORN National Congress, San Diego, March 2013. “Compassion Fatigue: Caring for Professional Caregivers,” AORN National Congress, San Diego, March 2013. “Practical Collaborative Trauma Research,” Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma National Conference, Phoenix, January 2013. Margaret Sebern, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor “Shared Care Contributions to Self-care and Health in Patients with Chronic Heart Disease,” International Family Research Conference, Minneapolis, June 2013. Robert Topp, Ph.D., R.N., professor and associate dean for research “Effect of Peer Health Educators and Personal Health Course on Wellness Among College Students,” American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, May 2014, with J. Speltz, Dr. Christopher Simenz, College of Health Sciences; and Dr. Paula Papanek, College of Health Sciences. “Development of an Intervention to Reduce Obesity Among African-American Women Through a Community Participatory Model,” University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee College of Health Sciences Spring Research Symposium, Milwaukee, May 2, 2014, with E. McKinney, A. Harris, D. Nelson, B. Horner-Ibler, K. Harris Salas, E. Burns, L. Booker, C. Jackson and Riley. “Hispanic Mothers’ Normative Beliefs and Intentions Regarding the Discussion of Sex-related Topics With Their Adolescent Daughters: An Analysis of the Rodriguez Normative Belief Instrument,” University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee College of Health Sciences Spring Research Symposium Milwaukee, May 2, 2014, with D. Rodriguez. “The Effect of a Peer Health Educator Integrated into a Personal Health and Wellness Course on the Dietary Intake, Physical Fitness and Attitudes Toward Dietary Intake and Physical Activity Among College Students,” National Strength and Conditioning

“Analysis of Upper Trapezius Muscular Activity During Posterior Rotator Cuff Exercise: Effect of Head and Neck Position,” American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Las Vegas, Feb. 2, 2014, with T.S. Ellenbecker, T. Sueyoshi, T.E. Pieczynski and D.S. Bailie. “Integration of Topics in Women’s Health,” CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin’s Women’s Health Issues Workshop, Milwaukee, Dec. 17, 2013. “A Comparison of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to the Revised Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination for the Screening of Mild Cognitive Impairment,” Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, November 2013, with J. Sjostedt, P.G. Antuono and M.B. Franczak. “The Prevalence of Obesity and Select Clinical Characteristics Associated with Obesity among African-American Women in a Nursemanaged Clinic,” Sigma Theta Tau Biennial Convention, Indianapolis, Nov. 16, 2013, with Kelly Campbell, College of Nursing; J. Zhang, P. Nicoloff, L. Betlej and G. Goodwin. “A Comparison of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to the Revised Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination for the Screening of Mild Cognitive Impairment,” Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Convention, Indianapolis, Nov. 16, 2013, with P.G. Antuono and M. Franczak. “Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition,” Milwaukee Regional Research Forum Viewpoint Luncheon, Milwaukee, Oct. 24, 2013, with T. McCollow, M. Carriere, Z. Franco, E. Gomez, B. Halvorsen, G. Lawless, G. Mead, M. Schlappi, S. Ventura, S. Williams and S. Stojkovic. “Community Assets Supporting Health in African-American Women,” Medical Student Summer Research Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Oct. 2, 2013, with E. Burns, A. Harris, B. Horner-Ibler, K. Harris-Salas, E. McKinney and D. Nelson. “Promoting a Healthy Body Weight Among African-American Women through a Community Participatory Model,” Southeast Wisconsin Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Clinical Scholars Forum, Milwaukee, Sept. 10, 2013, with E. Burns, D. Nelson, B. Horner-Ibler, K. Salas Harris, J. Keyes and E. McKinney.

“A Comparison of Standard Stretching and Modified First Step to Foot Relief® Protocols on Pain and Self-reported Function in Patients with Plantar Heel Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” Annual Thera-Band® Research Advisory Council, Moscow, Russia, Aug. 5, 2013. “EMG Activation of Gluteal Musculature and Perceived Exertion During Therapeutic Exercises With and Without Thera-Band® Resistance,” Annual Thera-Band® Research Advisory Council, Moscow, Russia, Aug. 5, 2013, with J. Greenstein and J. Etnoyer. “The Effect of Biofreeze on Home Exercise Compliance, Pain and Disability in Patients with Mechanical Neck Pain,” Annual TheraBand® Research Advisory Council, Moscow, Russia, August 2013, with J. Greenstein, B.N. Bishop and J.L. Etnoyer. “The Effect of Biofreeze on Post Manipulation Soreness in Patients with Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Double-blinded Controlled Trial,” TheraBand® Research Advisory Council, Moscow, Russia, August 2013, with B.N. Bishop and J. Greenstein. “A Comparison of Topical Analgesic Gels on Blood Flow and Vascular Responses to Exercise,” American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Indianapolis, May 2013, with Dr. Alexander Ng, College of Health Sciences; Alyson Cybulski and Katalin Skelton. See entry for Dr. Marilyn Frenn. Marianne Weiss, D.N.Sc., R.N., associate professor “Patient and Nurse Discharge Readiness Assessments and Return to Hospital,” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Baltimore, June 2013, with Linda Costa, Olga Yakusheva and Dr. Kathleen Bobay, College of Nursing. “CARS: Communication About Readiness for Discharge,” Building Bridges to Researchbased Nursing Practice Conference, Milwaukee, May 9, 2014, with Kristi Opper, Joe Beiler, Sara Darby, David Huebner, Andrea Melenchuk and Pamela Scherff. See entries for Dr. Norah Johnson.

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