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College Receives $2.3M HRSA Funding INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Manatee Memorial Partnership
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Student Hand Wash- 3 ing Campaign New Nursing Faculty 3 Helene Fuld Funding for Critical Care Laboratory
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The College of Nursing was recently awarded $2.3M in grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Each of the two grants will fund the two new clinical doctoral programs available at Florida State. These grants support the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. The DNP Family Nurse Practitioner and DNP Health Systems Leadership have been designed for nurses with Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degrees in nursing. The DNP, a professional doctorate in nursing, is comparable to professional doctorates in medicine, physical
therapy, dentistry and pharmacy. These HRSA grants represent an unprecedented level of federal support for the College of Nursing. With this funding, faculty in the DNP program intend to increase the number of advanced practice nurses to deliver primary care and lead and manage complex health care delivery in poor, underserved areas. Because of significant and recent budget cuts at the College, the awards have come at an opportune time. This HRSA funding will bolster the College’s ability to recruit nurses into the DNP program and build a strong faculty and curriculum with a dedicated focus on diversity and cultural
competence in the health care workforce. Graduates of the DNP program will be able to enter an advanced practice specialty area, assume leadership positions in health care, as well as design complex evidence-based models of care delivery. Graduates are expected to conduct research on the evaluation of outcomes of nursing care. HRSA awards for nursing education are competitive and target the needs of underserved populations. Faculty leading these grants are Dr. Susan Porterfield for the Family Nurse Practitioner program and Dr. Dianne Speake for the Health Systems Leadership program.
Senior Nursing Student Awarded Research Funding
Senior nursing student Safichia Chew was named a Scholar in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) prestigious Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USGP). Admission to the program is highly competitive, as
more than 250 undergraduate applications were received nationwide. Safichia was one of only 13 scholars selected for the 2009-2010 academic year. As an UGSP scholar, she will receive up to $20,000 in financial assistance for her final year as an undergraduate nursing student. After she graduates in May with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, she will work in a paid summer position as a research trainee at the NIH. Her
internship will be followed by at least another year of employment and research training at the NIH. She noted that as a nurse and a researcher, she wants her work to “help make lives better on a global scale.” Safichia’s long term goals include pursuing a doctoral degree in nursing, followed by more research, possibly on mental disorders in children. With students like Safichia leading the way, nursing’s future is strong and bright.
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Manatee Memorial Partnership ton area are earning their Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. A gift from Manatee Memorial Hospital made the partnership possible, along with a contribution of federal stimulus dollars from the College of Nursing.
The College of Nursing is offering a new DNP program with the goal of increasing the number of advanced practice nurses available to lead and manage health care delivery. The DNP program is designed for nurses who have a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Nursing degrees. The program has two doctoral tracks, Family Nurse Practitioner and Health Systems Leadership.
The Manatee Memorial Hospital Partnership for Nursing Education Fund will allow more nurses to pursue graduate level education in the Bradenton area. Thanks to a collegial arrangement with the State College of Florida, classes will be held in a classroom on the Lakewood Ranch campus with video-conferencing technology so the nursing students can be exposed to faculty on the main
Thanks to a partnership between the College of Nursing, Manatee Memorial and the State College of Florida, nine nurses in the Braden-
FSU campus in Tallahassee and the Panama City campus. Dr. Barbara Little, an RN with a master’s degree in public health and a doctoral degree in nursing practice has been hired to coordinate, facilitate, teach and advise nurses as they pursue advanced nursing degrees and leadership education. As an experienced nurse educator and recent DNP graduate she understands the challenges and needs of returning students. Barbara says “I enjoy counseling nurses on advancing their education and balancing work and family responsibilities.”
100 New Nursing Students The incoming Fall class was filled with high caliber students who have demonstrated academic excellence and student leadership. More than 300 students applied for admission to the College of Nursing for Fall 2009. Of these applications, more than 200 fully met the College’s
admission requirements. One hundred of these students gained admission through a competitive ranking admissions process. Students admitted this fall will graduate in Spring 2011. This class is the first to move from a 5 semester BSN curriculum to a 4 semester curriculum, with no required
nursing coursework during the summer months. Summer opportunities for these students include undergraduate research, study abroad, and hospital internships as well as elective coursework. This BSN curriculum supports the College’s focus on research and evidence based practice.
Chillingworth Scholarships The College of Nursing has a new scholarship fund. The Judge Curtis E. and Mrs. Marjorie M. Chillingworth Memorial Scholarship fund was established by Bill, Marie and Matt Cooper at the College of Nursing earlier this year. The Coopers maximize the funds through a matching Exxon Mobil scholarship program. Beginning Fall 2009, the College awarded seven $4,000 scholarships from the
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Chillingworth Memorial Scholarship Fund to full-time nursing students. In return, these students pledge to work in Florida following graduation. Scholarship recipients for 2009-2010 included: Vanessa Gorski, Nicole Hoff, Amanda Kane, Ruth BowenLicciadiello, Jordan Perno, Charlene Small, and Christina Yonchik. (Scholarship recipients with the Coopers pictured on left. C. Small missing from photo.)
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TMH Mentored Nurse Research Program Begins The College of Nursing has entered into partnership with Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) to establish the TMH Mentored Nurse Research Program. This collaborative initiative will create and sustain a culture of evidence based care and nursing inquiry within TMH and the College of Nursing. Dr. Roxanne P. Hauber, a doctoral faculty member from the College of Nursing, serves as the lead faculty for this project. She facilitates nurses’ research literacy, research project development and
evaluates the level of nursing research mentoring needed throughout the hospital based on the nursing culture and vision of TMH. Dr. Hauber meets with nurse leaders and direct care nurses to improve patient outcomes and further enhance the patient and family care.
Healthcare Foundation, and a member of the FSU College of Nursing Community Advisory Board.
Dr. Hauber works closely with Robin Kretschmen, Executive Director of Nursing Practice at TMH on this initiative. This initiative was facilitated by Paula Fortunas, President/ CEO of the Tallahassee Memorial
Dr. Roxanne Hauber congratulates Robin Kretschman upon completing her MSN.
Hand Washing Campaign On & Off Campus MSN, MPH, has launched an on and off campus hand washing campaign to educate these local communities about ways to deal with the spread of the H1N1(swine flu) virus.
The College of Nursing under the direction of nursing instructor, Mrs. Cindy Lewis, RN,
Several events have been held on campus to educate FSU students on how they can minimize the spread of the H1N1 virus (swine flu) on campus. Students were provided with pamphlets informing them about the steps
they can take to protect themselves from contracting the H1N1 virus during the flu season. Multiple health education requests from the community have also been answered by student groups for handwashing and H1N1 protection.
Two New Faculty Join College of Nursing The College of Nursing welcomes two new faculty members, Dr. Marjaneh Fooladi, Professor, and Mrs. Tracy Shamburger, Assistant in Nursing. Recently hired faculty member Marjaneh Fooladi, RN, WHNP-bc, FNP-bc, Ph.D., is currently serving as a Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Bei-
rut. She comes to the College of Nursing from the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research interests are reproductive endocrinology and breastfeeding; postpartum blues; therapeutic tears; and gender disparity in women’s health. Tracy Shamburger, RN, MSN, CNS, joins the faculty as she works to complete her doctoral
nursing education. She served as a Nursing Consultant for ITT Tech in Mobile, Alabama. She has worked as a nurse in a variety of settings. She is also a Major in the United States Air Force Reserves and serves as a Flight Nurse and Officer in Charge (OIC) of Mission Management in Montgomery, AL. Her research interests are perceived stress and team performance.
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A Note from Dean Lisa Ann Plowfield Another year is quickly coming to a close. Our College has been faced with severe budget issues, lack of faculty to hire, and clinical site shortages. These challenges have created an opportunity to be more creative and innovative in meeting student learning needs and our regional and national workforce needs. How have we handled these challenges? The FSU nursing faculty have worked to pull together alternate ways of educating nurses—an advanced simulation center, new graduate programs, community care of vulnerable populations, an increasingly integrated curricula, and faculty research agendas to support student learning. Our College needs your support—please help us continue to identify excellent learning opportunities to meet today’s nursing education and workforce needs. We want to partner on initiatives that will meet the community need for nurses by expanding our program size. We certainly cannot do this work alone. Every partner is essential to our success and the success of our students. Please do not hesitate to contact me to share your ideas and become a partner with the College of Nursing. My email is lplowfield@fsu.edu. I look forward to your ideas and a partnership that will meet our needs in nursing education, practice and research.
Helene Fuld Funding To Create Critical Care Laboratory The College of Nursing recently received $100,000 from the Helene Fuld Health Trust to create a state-of-thescience critical care advanced simulation laboratory for all nursing students. This grant will ensure that our College has the necessary resources to provide acute and critical care clinical scenarios and teach the complexity of care, and nurses’ decision making that they are likely to encounter throughout their nursing careers. The critical care laboratory will have one of the highest fidelity simulation mannequins, the Laerdal SimMan 3G®, which will be programmed to simulate complex presentations of critical care scenarios such as traumatic injuries, post operative cardiac care, acute stroke, and other common but complex cases. These simulated scenarios will allow for student critical thinking and responsiveness in a non-threatening and safe environment. Using simulation, a critical care situation
can proceed at a slower pace for student learning while not harming a patient. Simulated clinical learning also aids students in developing and applying psychomotor nursing skills, expands the capabilities of our clinical education, and creates seamless learning experiences that help student nurses apply advanced theory to nursing practice.
As noted by Dean Lisa Plowfield, “the beauty of simulation is that we cannot guarantee all our students will be exposed to essential clinical conditions by their on-site clinical experiences. In the simulation center, our students will all have similar exposure to complex patient care issues while we maintain patient safety as we educate the novice nurse.”
Mandy Bamber, RN, MSN with students in the Simulation Center.