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Late Summer 2005

Breaking

New Ground

with PhD program in nursing science

From the dean’s desk It is an amazing time to be a nurse at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A brand new hospital and a state-ofthe-art psychiatric research institute (unlike others in the state) have opened and building is progressing on an eco-friendly expansion of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. In addition, across the UAMS campus a new “attitude” is being embraced: the core values of integrity, respect, teamwork, creativity and excellence within the context of providing comfort, hope and healing for our patients.

Instrumental in staffing the new and existing bricks and mortar across the UAMS campus, our College shares the same enthusiasm as faculty work together in creative and innovative ways to assemble a nursing workforce; to prepare the next generation of advanced practice nurses, who will provide leadership for evidence-based care; and to lead the way in nursing

Across the UAMS campus a new “attitude” is being embraced: the core values of integrity, respect, teamwork, creativity and excellence within the context of providing comfort, hope and healing for our patients. research—discovering new ways to care for old diseases and improving ways to help cure—all within the context of nursing.

As you read this issue of Pathways, you will see the contributions during 20082009 the College is making in its missions of teaching, serving, and searching and how much of a far reaching impact the College has on the health care community.

None of our accomplishments would be possible without the support of the state, our Chancellor and the countless numbers of donors that support our College financially and through time spent helping us reach our goals.

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Best wishes for a productive 2009!

Pathways is published by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing. Your comments and story ideas are appreciated.

Direct comments and inquiries to Claudia P. Barone, EdD, RN University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 4301 W. Markham, Slot 529 Little Rock, AR 72205 Web site: http://nursing.uams.edu/ Editors: Nancy Shaver Cynthia Gregory Art Director: Laurie Shell Contributors: Elizabeth Bard Kelly Betts Shannon Finly Nate Hinkel Debbie Huff Sharon Kersey Leanne Lefler Marian Lloyd Sandie Lubin Jean McSweeney Kim Morton Carmen Paniagua Jon Parham Becky Patterson Latrina Prince-Williams Sarah Rhoads Jan Rooker Stephen Schafer Cheryl Schmidt Linda Shock Elaine Souder Brent Talley Susan Van Dusen Photographers: Debbie Huff Joy Jennings Johnpaul Jones Amy Noland Cheryl Schmidt

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Editorial From the Dean’s Desk............................................................................................................................... Inside Cover Education

BSN Honors Program: Challenging the Brightest and Best.............................................................................. 4

UAMS Leads Effort to Produce More Geriatric Nurses.................................................................................... 6

I. Dodd Wilson, MD, Retires as Chancellor....................................................................................................... 8

Barone Receives Inaugural Dean’s Professorship............................................................................................. 10

New Chancellor Leads UAMS ........................................................................................................................ 12 Research

Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence Update............................................................................... 14

Tailored Biobehavioral Interventions Research Center Update...................................................................... 16 On the Front Lines of Genetics......................................................................................................................... 18

McSweeney Honored by American Heart Association and NIH.................................................................... 19

Celebrating the Scholarship of Education, Evidence-based Practice and Research....................................... 20 Professional Journal Highlights Faculty............................................................................................................ 21 Service

Students Volunteer at Alzheimer’s Event.......................................................................................................... 22

Mass Flu Vaccination Clinics: Keeping Arkansas Healthy............................................................................... 22

Giving to the Community................................................................................................................................. 23

College Collects School Supplies....................................................................................................................... 23

UAMS Nursing Students: American Red Cross Volunteers!........................................................................... 24

A Heart to Serve................................................................................................................................................ 25 Cover Story

Doctoral Program Flourishes............................................................................................................................ 26 Development

2009 Phonathon Declared a Huge Success...................................................................................................... 28

Planning a Special Gift This Year, Despite the Economy? You might consider this........................................ 29 Donor Spotlight

College Increases Number of Scholarships...................................................................................................... 30

13th Annual Scholarship Donor Appreciation Dinner.................................................................................... 31

Arkansas Medical Society Alliance Endows UAMS Scholarships................................................................... 32

McCarty Foundation President Connects with Scholarship Recipient............................................................ 33 Florence Zook Memorial Oncology Nursing Symposium............................................................................... 34 Dean’s Circle of 100.......................................................................................................................................... 34

UAMS Doctor Honors Wife with Nursing Scholarship................................................................................... 35 Honor Roll of Donors....................................................................................................................................... 36 Alumni News Class of ’69 Holds Reunion.............................................................................................................................. 38 Alumni Accolades.............................................................................................................................................. 39 Accolades

Faculty Recognized by Chancellor for Teaching Excellence............................................................................ 40

Scholars Program Offers a Unique Opportunity for College of Nursing Student.......................................... 42 Blue Jeans for Books Award.............................................................................................................................. 42

Students Garner Accolades at State Convention.............................................................................................. 43

UAMS Nursing Program at Hope Holds Awards Luncheon........................................................................... 43 Faculty and Staff Honors.................................................................................................................................. 44

Scholarships 2009-2010..................................................................................................................................... 46

Dean’s Award 2009............................................................................................................................................ 50

Student Recognition 2008-09, 2009-10............................................................................................................ 51

Publications........................................................................................................................................................ 54

Grants................................................................................................................................................................ 55

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Education BSN Honors Program:

Challenging the Brightest and Best

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“I want to thank the board of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation for their financial gift for students in this program, “ stated Linda Calhoun.

The College is pleased to announce its newly selected BSN Honors’ Program students. Each of these students has met the strenuous criteria required to enter the program. They will begin their Honors journey in the Spring 2010 semester, graduating in Spring 2011 not only with their BSN degree but with an additional 10 credit hours toward their MNSc. This is a challenging but rewarding program for the students.

Congratulations to Candice Baker Adam Boone Sarah Gray-Staples Angela Harris Ashley Hunter Carol Meadors Elizabeth Mitchell Deborah Witonski For the summer of 2009, with grant funding from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 14 students currently enrolled in the Honors Program participated in a externship program.

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Their experiences took place in a number of settings, including the cardiac progressive and cardiac ICU/ trauma surgery, medical oncology, perinatal, operating room and post surgical services at UAMS; labor and delivery at Conway Regional Hospital and St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center; the NICU at UAMS and Conway; and in the College’s Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. One student participated in the VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) Program which provided an opportunity to develop competencies in clinical nursing at an approved VA health care facility.

“I want to thank the board of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation for their financial gift for students in this program, “stated Linda Calhoun, MNSc, RN, clinical assistant professor and coordinator of the BSN program-Little Rock. “We are most excited about the opportunity this money affords these students as they work with researchers or other mentors to develop their individual career trajectory in nursing.”

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UAMS Leads Effort to

Produce More Geriatric Nurses The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing will lead an innovative effort to raise the number of collegeeducated geriatric nurses working in Arkansas nursing homes thanks to $250,000 awarded in August 2009 by the national Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) program, in a collaboration led by the Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF).

PIN funds local and regional charitable foundations and other funders as they invest in tailored solutions to nursing workforce problems in their communities and states. The Partners program focuses on five specific areas, one being geriatric and long-term care. PIN is led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation.

The two-year, $250,000 grant will be matched by several Arkansas sources, including the Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN) and the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. The goal is to raise $250,000 locally, and ARCF has committed to assist in the long-term sustainability of the program by working to secure future, stable sources of funding.

Money raised will support efforts to unify the state’s fragmented geriatrics nursing education system and draw certified nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses working 6

in geriatric long-term care into college nursing degree programs.

The bulk of the funds will go to the UAMS College of Nursing, which will work in partnership with ARCF, ASBN, the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care and the Arkansas Health Care Association. The College will provide the majority of the professional staff to study, analyze and design sustainable solutions for nursing workforce challenges in geriatric and long-term care.

ARCF and the other partners will provide leadership and support to build the needed community-base infrastructure to create and maintain sustainable solutions. Leaders from each partner organization will form an executive committee that is charged with developing the plan for a geriatrics nursing education pathway and to do a pilot test of their plan.

“Arkansas Community Foundation has a long history of support for aspiring nurses, and the PIN Partners grant now allows us to take a more systematic approach to our state’s nursing shortage,” said ARCF President and CEO, Heather Larkin Eason. “We’re pleased to collaborate with our partnering agencies to create an educational pathway for nurses that will address the needs of Arkansas’s aging population.”

The percentage of people age 65

and older in Arkansas already is higher than the national average (13.9% compared to 12.5%), and only 6 other states have higher levels of poverty than Arkansas. With the baby boomers retiring (including retiring nurses), by 2025, 24% of Arkansans will be 65 or older.

Nationally, the shortage of registered nurses is expected to reach 29% by 2020. Add to that the fact that of the 2.56 million registered nurses in the U.S., fewer than 15,000 (.005%) are certified gerontological nurses.

“Nursing homes in Arkansas already are in great need of nurses with baccalaureate degrees and geriatrics expertise. Without significant effort, we risk neglecting a generation of seniors who will need those specially trained nurses,” said College of Nursing professor, Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN, who will oversee the project. “That’s why I am so excited about this grant. We have an opportunity to really strengthen the quality of care and quality of life in nursing homes through a better prepared geriatrics nurse work force.”

The Arkansas initiative will target licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants who are working in nursing homes. Through strong health care and education partnerships and strong mentoring support, Beverly said many of these caregivers will achieve higher education degrees.

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“Nursing homes in Arkansas already are in great need of nurses with baccalaureate degrees and geriatrics expertise.”

“There are people out there who will go back to school and become a registered nurse if they just have a little bit of help,” said Beverly, who also directs the UAMS Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and the Arkansas Aging Initiative, a program of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds PATHWAYS • 2010

Institute on Aging that includes 8 Centers on Aging across Arkansas.

“Nurses are the nation’s most direct link to patient safety and quality of care. We are committed to helping find the most innovative solutions to the nursing shortage so we can protect patients now and over the long term,”

said Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

“This unique partnership of the philanthropic community helps identify new approaches that go well beyond what any one foundation could do alone.”

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I. Dodd Wilson, MD Retires as Chancellor On October 31, 2009, Dr. I. Dodd Wilson retired as chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Wilson came to UAMS in 1986 as a professor and dean of the College of Medicine from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he was a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine. He was named executive vice chancellor at UAMS in July 1994 and assumed the chancellor’s role in 2000, succeeding Dr. Harry Ward.

“During his tenure as chancellor, he was extremely supportive of the College of Nursing, always listening to our needs and supporting the innovations proposed to increase the nursing workforce,” explained Dr. Claudia Barone, dean. “He was especially a driving force with four extremely important initiatives.”

In honor of Dr. Linda Hodges’ tenure as dean from 1989-2006, Wilson supported efforts to establish the Dr. Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Professorship. He agreed to match faculty and staff contributions for this endeavor, making it possible to now move forward toward endowing this as a Chair. This Chair, which will support the dean of the College of

Nursing, will help to ensure the recruitment of strong nursing leaders to the College’s deanship in the future.

“It provides the critical support needed to maintain the present and future ‘edge of excellence’ in education, research and service for which the College is nationally known,” said Barone.

Secondly, prior to the addition to the Education III building, now the College of Public Health, the College of Nursing was extremely short on office space—to the extent that faculty in the Department of Nursing Science were housed in offices several miles from campus. Obviously, this was a difficult situation for everyone. Wilson supported Hodges in her efforts to work with the state’s legislative delegation to write in funding for the College to have some of the additional 5th floor Education III space. Wilson then contributed funding to not only complete that project but renovate the College’s 5th floor Education II building space, most notably allowing for a larger learning lab.

In addition, Wilson supported the College’s two centers. For the past five years, he contributed

During his time as chancellor, Wilson led the campus’ growth in patient care, education, research and community outreach programs.

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funds to the Tailored Behavioral Interventions Research Center.

This Center brings together nurse researchers to facilitate and enhance the development of individualized interventions in clinical practice.

Chancellor Wilson was always absolutely stellar with respect to his ongoing support of the College’s John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. He graciously continued the funding match that Dr. Ward committed initially for the first five years the Center was funded and recommitted that match during the Center’s second five years of funding. This critical support has not only made it possible for the Center to continue building academic geriatric nursing capacity but has positioned the Center to be successful in reaching schools in the southeast part of the country to increase geriatric content in undergraduate programs; in assisting faculty and doctoral students securing Hartford pre- and post-doctoral scholarships and fellowships; and in developing leadership opportunities that have fostered quality of care and quality of life for Arkansas seniors.

Through just these four initiatives alone, Wilson created a pipeline to help ensure the quality and caliber of deans the College recruits in the future, provided the space necessary so that we can continue to grow the College as we seek to educate more students to help alleviate the nationwide shortage of nurses, acknowledged and funded nursing research to improve patient outcomes and reached untold numbers of geriatric faculty and PATHWAYS • 2010

students and just as importantly untold numbers of older Arkansans.

During his time as chancellor, Wilson led the campus’ growth in patient care, education, research and community outreach programs.

He garnered significant private and public funds to support more than $425 million worth of major UAMS expansion projects, including a 540,000-square-foot hospital expansion that opened in January 2009. The 100,000-square-foot Psychiatric Research Institute opened in December 2008, and a 300,000-square-foot expansion to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will open in 2010.

Statewide access to UAMS programs also improved under Wilson. The number of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) grew from six to eight. These nationally recognized centers provide primary health care to the regions they serve and are where many family medicine physicians complete their residencies. The AHECs also provide continuing education for health care professionals who live and work nearby.

He also oversaw the establishment of eight Regional Centers on Aging, putting 90 percent of elderly Arkansans within 60 miles of an interdisciplinary geriatric health care team. In addition, a satellite campus in Northwest Arkansas is being established to allow UAMS to educate more health care professionals and help address a growing health care work force shortage.

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Barone Receives

Inaugural Dean’s Professorship

Dr. Claudia Barone talks about the Professorship with Dr. Linda Hodges.

Dr. Barone share her vision for the Professorship.

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Dr. I Dodd Wilson, Dr. Gray Barone, Mr. Douglas Doster, and Dr. Linda Hodges congratulate Dr. Barone on this important achievement.

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Called a remarkable educator, clinician and researcher, Claudia Barone, EdD, RN, LNC, CPC, CCNS-BC, APN, professor and dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, accepted the Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Professorship on October 29 in front of a large crowd of friends, colleagues and family at the Fred W. Smith Conference Center at the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.

Presiding over his final investiture ceremony before retirement, former UAMS Chancellor, I. Dodd Wilson, said he knew early in Barone’s career as faculty that she possessed “all the makings of a great dean.” Since being named to the position in 2006, he said, Barone has proven it.

“The College of Nursing has been fortunate to have a number of excellent deans, and Claudia is continuing that fine tradition,” Wilson said.”

In receiving the honor, Barone commented, “This is a critical step in ensuring we keep moving forward and expanding one of the most important roles of the College of Nursing, which is growing the next generation of nursing professionals to meet Arkansas’ needs. It’s exciting to have this resource to put towards meeting that demand.”

The Professorship is named after Linda C. Hodges, EdD, RN, who was dean of the College from March 1989 until she retired in October 2006.

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their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees, numerous master’s specialty tracks including the first nurse practitioner program in Arkansas and the state’s only nursing PhD program.

“I can list dozens of accomplishments and honors Dr. Barone has received over the years, but one thing people may not know is that she’s here at UAMS on most Friday

associate dean for the master’s program, practice department chair and specialty coordinator for the acute care nurse practitioner program.

Barone served as associate dean for academic administration during the four years prior to assuming the College’s leadership position.

The Professorship was funded in part with money donated by Daphine D. Doster, PhD, who in the early 1950s was active in establishing the first nursing school in Arkansas to offer a four year bachelor’s degree in nursing. In 1952 she was named acting dean of the University of Arkansas School of Nursing. Doster retired in 1971 but never stopped giving her time and money to help produce nursing professionals in the state.

When Doster died in 2000, she left funds to establish the professorship to recognize Hodges’ leadership of the College of Nursing.

Doster’s nephew, Douglas Doster, traveled from North Carolina to help present the Professorship to Barone. “I have a strong sense of pride being able to be here and see to it that the legacy of hard work and commitment that began with my aunt is being carried on,” said Doster. “I can honestly say that she’d be proud.”

evenings taking care of patients,” said Hodges. “She’s committed to excellence in every aspect of her job and is a great ambassador for the College of Nursing at UAMS.” Barone first arrived at UAMS in 1988 and worked as a clinical nurse specialist for the UAMS department of nursing/surgical division until 1990, when she left briefly to serve as assistant nurse manager on an “The College of Nursing has been intensive care burn fortunate to have a number of unit in Ohio. She returned to UAMS excellent deans, and Claudia is and joined the continuing that fine tradition,” College of Nursing in 1991, eventually Wilson said.” serving as interim 11

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New Chancellor Leads UAMS

On March 24, 2009, The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Daniel W. Rahn, MD, of Augusta, Georgia, the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

“He had the advantage of being a chief executive officer, a chancellor/president for a number of years, and with his success in that position, it’s kind of like going with a proven winner,” said University of Arkansas System President, B. Alan Sugg, PhD, who recommended Rahn for the position after a committee narrowed the search to four finalists.

Rahn assumed the role on November 1, 2009. He is the fourth chancellor of the institution, succeeding I. Dodd Wilson, MD, who stepped down after 9 years as chancellor and 14 years of previous service as dean of the College of Medicine.

“I can’t think of an institution or organization that is more important to the people of this state and region than its public academic medical center,” Rahn said during the trustees’ meeting. He praised UAMS’ commitment to improving health through medical care, research and training future physicians and other health professionals.

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“I can’t think of an institution or organization that is more important to the people of this state and region than its public academic medical center,” Rahn said. public health science center, including schools of Medicine, Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Studies and Nursing.

Before becoming MCG president, Rahn served as vice dean for clinical affairs for the MCG School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer for MCG Health Inc., which manages MCG’s clinical facilities.

Rahn started at MCG in 1991 as vice chairman and director of clinical affairs for the Department of Medicine and as program director for the Internal Medicine residency program.

He began his professional career

in 1979 at Yale University School of Medicine, where he was director of the Lyme Disease Program, director of clinical training in Rheumatology and director of faculty practice for the Department of Internal Medicine. After earning his bachelor’s and medical degrees at Yale, Rahn completed his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and his postdoctoral fellowship in Rheumatology at Yale.

“UAMS is a terrific institution,” said Rahn. “I think that through the efforts of everyone, the institution is clearly on an upward trajectory regarding its education, research and clinical missions and I don’t see any reason why that shouldn’t continue.”

Dr. Daniel Rahn, Ginger Wilson, Lana Rahn and Dr. I. Dodd Wilson celebrate Dr. Rahn’s selection to succeed Dr. Wilson as UAMS chancellor.

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Research

Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE)

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing has built a 25-year history of geriatric nursing excellence and interdisciplinary collaborative education, clinical practice and research. The Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE), now in its 9th year, was established with funds from the John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc., to seek ways for the elderly to maintain functional independence.

Through innovative educational strategies, practice initiatives and research, the Center disseminates it findings to both lay and professional audiences through the Center’s web site (http://hartfordcenter.uams. edu), interdisciplinary grand rounds, publications and presentations at the Gerontological Society of America, Southern Nursing Research Society and other meetings.

Education Each year, competitive eightweek geriatric nursing externships are offered to senior nursing students.

During this valuable experience, students train with nursing leaders, researchers and educators to learn about all aspects of care for the elderly.

The students work at the Donald W. 14

Reynolds Institute on Aging Senior Health Center, the College of Nursing, selected nursing homes and outpatient facilities.

To raise funds for these scholarships, on April 16, 2009, the Center held its sixth annual luncheon at the Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock. The five nursing students participating in the 2009 summer’s geriatric externship were Deborah Brown, Stephanie Burgess, Adrianne CaspariPhillips, Audrey Fier and Krystal Lofton.

Jane Krutz, entertainer and longtime face of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN), was honored at the luncheon with the naming of one of the extern scholarships for her.

“Ms. Jane is known widely for her contributions to her community and her spirit of involvement with other people,” said Claudia Beverly, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and director of the Center.

“We are proud to honor her and, at the same time, raise funds to help ensure better care for the elderly in Arkansas.”

Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) is a program coordinated by the American Academy of Nursing that has supported more than 200 scholars and fellows since its inception in 2000. Donna Bowren, PhD, RN, the 2009-2011 Claire Fagin Fellowship recipient in the College’s HCGNE, has been awarded

$120,000 to support advanced research training, mentorship, leadership and career development in the field of specialized geriatric nursing. This is a highly competitive experience with only 11 fellows being selected each year nationwide.

“We’re proud to have talented people like Donna in our program who are dedicated to taking geriatric nursing to the next level,” said Beverly. “She understands Arkansas’ geriatric nursing needs, and this award will undoubtedly help benefit the aging population in this state.”

Research In May 2009, the College’s HCGNE, in partnership with the University of Iowa HCGNE, hosted the Gerontological Nursing Research Summer Scholars Seminar at UAMS. There were 13 attendees from Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa and Arkansas. Each attendee had the opportunity to work on a current research proposal and receive feedback from the seven faculty members who are experienced researchers.

Each month, geriatric researchers, scholars and fellows meet in person or by conference call to discuss each other’s research, publications or presentations. Each month a member of the group or more send out materials they would like others to critique for them. This allows new and experienced researchers to learn about what is currently going on in the field and research at UAMS in geriatrics.

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Leadership

Cecelia Vinson

Carole Ault

The Center seeks to increase the capacity of nursing leaders to provide leadership at all decision-making levels that affect the quality of life for older adults. Toward that end, in April 2009, Heather M. Young, PhD, RN, GNP, FAAN, associate vice chancellor for nursing and dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California-Davis, spoke as part of the Distinguished Leader in Geriatric Nursing Series. Her topic: When the Age Wave Hits the Shore: Implications for Caring for Aging Baby Boomers.

Young also had the opportunity to meet with MNSc and PhD students during her visit to the campus.

This year Cecelia Vinson, RN, completed her award as a member of the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy. Vinson works for the Office of Long Term Care in Little Rock and

Robin McAtee, PhD, RN, associate director Arkansas Aging Initiative, was her mentor. McAttee worked with Vinson on a project that will lead to improvements in the area of long term care.

The AR Coalition for Nursing Home Excellence continued its efforts to improve the care of older adults in long term care settings. Carole Ault, BSN, RN was hired to serve as the project director for the AR Advancing Excellence Campaign. Currently they have trained staff (nurses, social workers, and administrators) from over half of the nursing homes in Arkansas in Partners in Caregiving. This program is designed to assist the staff of nursing homes, patients and families communicate better about the care of the individual. This is a program from Cornell University and will be evaluated and reported on next year.

Deborah Brown

Adrianne Caspari-Phillips

Audrey Fier

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Allen Weatherly, Bill Valentine, David Pryor, Audrey Burtrum-Stanley and Craig O’Neil present a check to Jane Krutz for the Ms. Jane Krutz AETN Scholarship.

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Tailored Biobehavioral Interventions Research Center

July 2009 marked the beginning of the 6th year of the Tailored Biobehavioral Interventions Research Center’s (TBIRC) efforts to conduct exploratory research to implement a holistic approach to patient care, incorporating the individual’s unique characteristics, such as biological state, affective state, cognition, ethnicity, beliefs, needs, goals, preferences and resources.

“The Center has diligently pursued research that will have a significant impact on improving the health and well-being of individuals with a variety of prevalent health conditions across the lifespan,” explained Jean McSweeney, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, the Center’s director and associate dean for research. “This is being accomplished by bringing together a cadre of scientists to facilitate and enhance the development of tailored interventions.

Each investigator who receives funding through the Center receives individualized mentoring by the Center faculty. We also host research clinics and seminars that are open to all UAMS faculty and staff.”

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with McSweeney to implement an organizational structure to direct, facilitate and support Center goals and to facilitate research on tailored biobehavioral interventions.

The Pilot/Feasibility Studies Core of the Center, directed by Cornelia Beck, PhD, RN, FAAN, and co-director, McSweeney, helps investigators interested in this science explore fresh ideas and gain the necessary new knowledge and skills to develop and test tailored biobehavioral interventions. Core activities emphasize and encourage both spontaneous and structured interactions among Center investigators that will increase synergy and enhance collaborative interdisciplinary research.

Funded Research Each year the Center funds up to three $15,000 pilot research grants.

For the 2008-09 academic year, three investigators from the College received awards: Leanne Lefler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, APN, assistant professor, is focusing her research on evidence to support the development of a tailored biobehavioral interventions to provide education, counseling, treatment and referrals for modifiable coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in older African-American and Caucasian women. Older women carry a disproportionate burden for CHD, yet they are understudied, especially minority women. Previous research indicates treatment of biobehavioral risk factors has excellent efficacy and cost-effectiveness as part of life-long therapy for CHD. Yet, only

a small proportion of older women understand their risk factors, are aware that these can be treated, and even smaller proportions have CHD risk factors controlled. Her study is titled Exploring Attitude and Belief Factors for Risk Factor Reduction in Older Women after Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Anita Mitchell, PhD, RN, FNPBC, APN, clinical associate professor, is conducting a study titled Physiologic Effects of Screening Examinations for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Feasibility Study. Preterm infants are at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disease that affects premature infants or infants who have been seriously ill. Prompt treatment of ROP is critical for preventing permanent vision impairment. Therefore, infants in the NICU undergo routine eye examinations to screen for this disease. The eye examination is an invasive procedure that requires the use of instruments, making the screening process painful and stressful.

Systemic absorption of eye drops used to dilate the pupils may cause side effects, adding to the infant’s distress. This study on physiologic effects of ROP screening is examining specific respiratory, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal problems that may occur following the procedure.

Future research will focus on the most effective ways to provide nursing care for preterm infants during and after the eye examination.

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Julia Goodwin

Leanne Lefler

new investigator who has never been a principle investigator funded with a Department of Health and Human Services research project grant.

For 2008-09, Julia Goodwin, PhD, RN, clinical assistant professor, was selected. During this time, Dr. Goodwin is provided 25% release time to focus on developing her research.

Goodwin explained the importance of this honor. “Two things are priceless for new investigators: time and mentoring. The TBIRC Faculty Scholar brings both of these things to me. First, the Faculty Scholar award covers part of my salary so that I have time to devote to my research. Second, I have access to experienced senior investigator mentors like Drs. Cornelia Beck, Jean McSweeney, and Ann Coleman, who serve as role models and provide me counsel and support as I conduct research and prepare funding proposals for future research.”

Research Seminars

Anita Mitchell

Sarah Rhoads

deliver their babies early or have low birth weight infants. In 2005, 8.9% of infants in Arkansas and 8.2% of infants in the United States were born with low birth weights; these rates are much higher than the Healthy People 2010 recommendation of no more than 5% of live births. There are racial disparities in the rate of low birth weight infants and preterm birth.

African-American women are more likely to deliver a low birth weight infant or have a premature birth over other racial groups. In Arkansas, this disparity is striking. In 2005, 17.8% of Arkansas African-American births resulted in low birth weight infants, which is much higher than the Caucasian and Hispanic prematurity

rates in Arkansas. Due to a lack of understanding of women’s perspective regarding low birth weight, this pilot seeks to examine African-American women’s perspectives as they relate to the pregnancy of their low birth weight baby.

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Faculty Scholar One College of Nursing Faculty Scholar is selected each year. Candidates must be either an established investigator with no previous work on individualized biobehavioral interventions; a previously funded, beginning or mid-career investigator who would benefit from additional pilot work to apply for an RO-1 type study; or a

To assist all interested investigators wishing to learn more about tailoring interventions in clinical research, the TBIRC sponsored two research seminars during the 2008-09 academic year. Warren Bickel, PhD, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine, discussed the topic, Information Technology as a Means to Treat Addiction (based on pilot study he conducted). Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD, associate professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, spoke on the topic, Collaborative Research Opportunities Associated with Analytical Issues in Using Health Insurance Claim Data for Health Service Research.

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For more information about the TBIRC, log on at http://www.irc.uams.edu/.

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On the Front Lines in Genetics

Dr. Paniagua

Carmen Paniagua, EdD, RN, CPC, ACNP-BC, APN, APNG, clinical associate professor and specialty coordinator for the Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program in the College, holds the distinction of being one of only 32 nurses in the nation to obtain Advanced Practice Nurse in Genetics (APNG) credentialing from the Genetic Nursing Credentialing Commission (GNCC). She is the only individual in Arkansas to have ever held this credential and the only 18

doctorally-prepared individual in the nation to hold this distinction.

The credentialing shows evidence of competence and clinical expertise based upon the scope and standards of advanced genetics clinical nursing practice.

During the summer of 2003, Paniagua, along with 12 other fellows, attended the Summer Genetics Institute (SGI), an intense fellowship program in genetics research and clinical practice sponsored by the National Institutes of Nursing

Research (NINR) and held on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

Affectionately known as “gene camp,” Paniagua spent time attending lectures and learning genetic laboratory techniques while earning 12 hours of doctoral-level college credits.

“While extremely challenging,” explains Paniagua, “it was one of the best experiences of my life.”

Following her return, Paniagua worked as a volunteer in the Adult Cancer Genetic Clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Later she co-directed a HRSA-funded grant to teach clinical genetics to family medicine junior students. During Spring 2008, she participated in an intensive cancer genetics course sponsored by City of Hope at their campus in California.

Paniagua’s research interest is genomics and alcoholism in the Hispanic population. She hopes her research will one day improve care for patients at the bedside. She has presented the genetics/genomic topic at the state, national and international levels. In addition, she has mentored students and encouraged other participants to engage in this field.

“It’s her way of bringing nurses to the forefront of the field that many believe will guide the future of clinical health care and research,” explained Dr. Claudia Barone, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing. “ Recently, Paniagua developed the College’s first online clinical genetics and research course. She currently assists with the genetic counseling program in the UAMS College of Medicine as well.

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McSweeney Honored

by American Heart Association and NIH Jean McSweeney, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, professor and associate dean for research, collected a pair of national honors when she was awarded the highest honor given by the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and became the first faculty member from UAMS to serve on the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils.

At the annual AHA Scientific Sessions conference held November 15, 2009, in Orlando, Florida, McSweeney was presented the Katharine A. Lambright Award to acknowledge her many contributions and achievements in cardiovascular nursing research.

“It is a tremendous honor to be selected for this award and have my name appear alongside those of previous recipients who are outstanding cardiovascular nurse scientists. I am truly humbled to receive this award,” McSweeney said.

“It’s wonderful to represent the UAMS College of Nursing among some of the most respected colleagues and peers in the field of cardiovascular nursing.”

The award was established in 1987 in honor of Lembright, an AHA staff member who played a significant role in developing and expanding the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing.

As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, AHA released a list of the “Top 10 Scientific or Clinical Advancements in Cardiovascular Nursing.” McSweeney made the list based on an article she published in Circulation in 2003 that was the first major study to identify the most frequent symptoms reported by women with heart disease.

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Dr. McSweeney

McSweeney’s groundbreaking findings garnered worldwide media attention and still provide the most complete description of symptoms to assist women and health care providers in identifying potential cardiac symptoms.

NIH Council of Councils An additional honor for McSweeney was being named to serve on the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils.

She was nominated for this position by the Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research.

McSweeney began serving a threeyear term on November 1, 2009. “It’s a great honor to have been invited to serve on this Council alongside some of the most brilliant and respected health professionals and researchers in the world,” McSweeney said. “I look forward to contributing any expertise I can share and representing UAMS and the National Institute of Nursing Research to the best of my ability.”

The NIH Council of Councils advises the NIH Director on research efforts regarding major intertwining NIH priorities and on matters related to the policies and activities of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives. The Council also makes recommendations for supporting research that deals with important areas of emerging scientific opportunities and public health challenges and gaps in knowledge that would benefit from additional research involving collaboration between two or more institutes or centers.

One of the Council’s major charges is to make recommendations on research proposals that would potentially be funded through the NIH director’s Common Fund that is used to support trans-NIH research.

“It’s wonderful to represent the UAMS College of Nursing among some of the most respected colleagues and peers in the field of cardiovascular nursing.”

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Research Day

Celebrating the Scholarship of Education, Evidence-Based Practice and Research With a goal of providing an opportunity for nurses and other health care providers in Arkansas and the surrounding regions to report ongoing and completed research as well as theoretical, evidence-based, educational, clinical innovations and methodological projects to colleague, for the past 9 years, the UAMS College of Nursing has hosted a Research Day conference.

The event facilitates interaction and networking between faculty and students. Undergraduate and graduate students proudly display their posters, and clinical nurses and faculty share their nationally recognized work.

Presentations are selected on the basis of scientific merit by means of blind review, and keynote speakers include the College’s star researchers as well as nationally recognized nurse leaders.

Angela Green, PhD, RN, NNP-BC, APN, clinical associate professor in the College and director of nursing research at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, stated, “I am very excited about this conference because of the opportunity it provides for collaborations with clinical nurses and academic faculty. They say that it takes 17 years for a research breakthrough to be translated into clinical practice, and conferences like this are so needed to tear down the divide between academic research and bedside practice. Working together, we can make a difference for our patients in central Arkansas.”

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College of Nursing faculty and guests celebrate Research Day

continuing nursing education contact hours for participants. As attendance increased, soon the event was being co-sponsored by the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, CAVHS, UAMS Medical Center, UAMS College of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International-Gamma Xi Chapter.

The newest sponsor is the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.

Attendance numbers range from 100-300, drawing registrations from local universities and health care institutions as well as Henderson State University, University of Central Arkansas and Ouachita Technical College.

In 2009, the event was held on April 24th, in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building on the UAMS campus. Sponsored by the College’s Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, the keynote speaker was Heather M. Young, PhD, RN, GNP, FAAN, associate vice chancellor

for nursing at the University of California-Davis and dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Her topic: Nurse Delegation: A Program of Research Influencing Public Policy. Young is a nationally recognized leader and expert in gerontological nursing and rural health.

A symposium discussing complications of living with and beyond a diagnosis of multiple myeloma was offered, and 12 additional breakout sessions were held. Some of the topics covered: magnet certification, diabetes selfmanagement, emergency department initiated smoking cessation, simulation techniques for nursing education, pain assessment in cognitively impaired children and back massage and sleep of persons with dementia.

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nurse participation in continuing education, consistency of feeding practices in the NICU, disaster preparedness, suicide assessment and preventing the spread of multiresistant infections.

“Senior nursing students from the Hope and Little Rock campuses also had the opportunity to present their research utilization posters from their Introduction to Research course, “explained Cheryl Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, associate professor and chair of the Research Day Planning Committee from 2001-2008. “This allowed faculty and others to view the exciting student topics and gave the senior students the opportunity to list a professional experience on their résumés—unusual for undergraduate students.” Several RN to BSN students also displayed posters.

For Research Day 2010, to be held on April 16th, Dr. Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, director, Center for Evidence-Based Practice at Arizona State University, will be the keynote speaker. Her topic: Implementing, Integrating & Sustaining Evidence Based Practice as THE Paradigm for Healthcare.

“We welcome alumni and visitors to come to the conference and sample the nationally recognized research at UAMS College of Nursing, commented Leanne Lefler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, APN, assistant professor and current planning committee chair. “Past attendees have always commented on the quality and uniqueness of this conference and come back, year after year.”

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Professional Journal

Highlights Faculty It is extremely rare for a major professional journal to devote most of an issue to manuscripts from one university. However, that is exactly what the publishers of the October 2009 edition of Research in Gerontological Nursing elected to do. Five of the eight manuscripts are from our College of Nursing faculty and research assistants!

This compilation of manuscripts was based on an idea of Elaine Souder, PhD, RN, professor, to develop a symposium focused on the recruitment of older subjects into research studies to present during the 2008 Gerontological Society of America annual conference. This seminar was so well received that the editor asked Souder to serve as the guest editor for this focused issue.

Souder commented, “Sampling is so critical to research studies. Without an adequate sample, timelines drag on, data cannot be analyzed as planned

and conclusions are weakened.

Older people are notoriously harder to recruit than younger ones. The idea for the symposium was to share various challenges of recruiting and some perspectives based on our experiences—i.e., minority population, costs, cognitive impairment, faith based recruitment.”

While these manuscripts are excellent in many regards—great content, etc., — they are also a wonderful tribute to the collaborative nature of research. Four of the faculty’s five manuscripts have research assistant co-authors; for many of these assistants, these are their first publications.

Faculty authors were Souder, Pao-Feng Tsai, PhD, RN; Leanne L. Lefler, PhD, RN, ACNSBC, APN; Catherine S. Cole, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC; Jean C. McSweeney, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN; and Christina M. Pettey, MNSc, RN, FNPBC, APN. Research assistant co-authors were Nupur Chowdhury, MA; Tanya Laws Terry, MS; Alisa Spellman, MNSc, RN; Cathy Doan, BS; Nola Ballinger; and Ginger Brown, MS.

For more information, visit http://nursing.uams.edu/ RESEARCHDAY/default.

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Service Spotlight on Student Service Students Volunteer at Alzheimer’s Event On September 12, 2009, Alzheimer’s Arkansas held its annual Walk at the Little Rock Zoo as part of events across the state celebrating 25 years of caring service to the people of Arkansas. With more than 100,000 Arkansans affected by the disease and related dementias, proceeds from the event fund much needed programs and services only available through this agency, where all family services are free.

Along with a day of food, fun and prizes, basic health screenings were available. Ten students volunteered from the College to take blood pressures and interact with participants. They were accompanied by Debbie Cooley Huff, MNSc, RN, clinical instructor in the College.

“These students gave freely of their time to provide a service at this event,” commented Huff. “It was an honor to assist, and I’m proud of these ten who shared not only their time but also their knowledge and helpfulness throughout the event. “

Taking a brief break to take a group photo are (from left to right) Michelle Landry, Michele Igou, Elizabeth Mitchell, Katie burns, Sarah Elissalde, Caitlin Abiseid, Cari Trevathan, Rebecca Camp, Samatha Pollock, second row, Norman Swope

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Mass Flu Vaccination Clinics: Keeping Arkansans Healthy When the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) sent out a plea in the fall for assistance in giving flu and H1N1 vaccines, College of Nursing faculty and students didn’t hesitate to step up and serve. From giving injections to students in schools to staffing mass flu clinics in Pulaski and neighboring counties at various times from October 29-December 10, 2009, everyone worked as a team to accomplish the massive task at hand—although all would agree conditions were not always the most favorable.

Cold temperatures, pouring rain, large crowds and parking challenges that created organized chaos at times didn’t deter the students or the faculty. Whether working a drive through vaccination clinic (sometimes necessary to relieve the congestion of the crowds); immunizing infants; or supervising seasonal flu vaccines for elderly, handicapped or immune compromised individuals, the goal was achieved.

Some students who had not had their pediatrics course yet even got to experience giving injections to children (with the faculty beside them coaching of course).

“The energy was so positive. We thank the many student volunteers for adding to that experience. The ‘keep your head down and work’ mentality seen in the students let me know they are tough enough to be nurses!” stated Sharon Kersey, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, clinical assistant professor.

“The students and faculty impressed the ADH with their professional behavior, skill and enthusiasm,” said Cheryl Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, associate professor. “And, senior students didn’t hesitate to take the junior students under their wings and use the experience as a teachable moment.”

“Overall, I believe that it was an outstanding learning experience that covered many aspects of the undergraduate curriculum such as adult health, pediatrics, community health and even psych!” commented clinical assistant professor, Kelly Betts, MSN, RN.

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Giving to the Community A sampling of community outreach activities by faculty, staff and students Immanuel Baptist Church Ministering to the Hispanic community July 25 • Gave shots and/or took health histories of children

Arkansas Department of Health October 29-31 December 10 • Mass influenza vaccination events across the city

Chicot Elementary School August 4-5 • Reviewed immunization records and allergies/health histories • Assisted with registration process • Faculty gave needed immunizations

Encuentro Hispano Diocese of Little Rock Hispanic Ministry Health Fair/Flu Clinic October 31 • Health education, health surveys and/or health screenings

Back to School Bash— Community Outreach August 15 • Took blood pressures North Little Rock Veteran’s Administration Hospital September 30 • Pet Therapy North Heights Elementary School October 1 • Health and Safety Fair Pine Head Start October 13 • Halloween safety Emmanuel Learning Center for Children October 20 • Play therapy and car seat safety

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Arkansas Foodbank Network Howlin’ for Growlin” Arkansans Radiothon November 19-20 • Phonebank and food collection volunteers • Communities Are Responding Everyday (CARE)

College Collects School Supplies Twelve College of Nursing students delivered over $1,200 worth of school supplies from faculty and staff donations of money and supplies to three North Little Rock schools in August 2009.

The effort, which the College has participated in since 2001, is in conjunction with Partners in Education Program led by the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. The schools receiving the donations were Chicot Elementary, North Heights Elementary and Redwood Early Childhood Center.

“The delivery went wonderful. The principal and teachers that we were able to see were ecstatic! It must be hard trying to do their jobs as educators when there are children that don’t even have all of the school supplies they need,” stated senior Rebecca Camp.

The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) November 21 • A free medical clinic for the uninsured offering medical screenings and care North Little Rock High Rises CON Administrative Staff Council Project December 15 • Purchased, wrapped and distributed gifts to 71 residents

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Service UAMS Nursing Students:

American Red Cross Volunteers!

On September 4, 2008, 13 master’s students arrived at the Pleasant Valley Church of Christ in Little Rock prepared to complete an assignment for their Advanced Health Assessment course—interviewing adult clients with multiple health concerns.

Little did they know that they would immediately become “Red Cross nurses.”

This location was a shelter for Hurricane Gustav evacuees and had been selected as an alternative site for completing the assignment since the original sites for identifying these clients had limited access due to flooding from the hurricane. Because of the limited number of Red Cross nurse volunteers on site, faculty members Janet Rooker, MNSc, RN, RNP, and Cheryl Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, quickly assigned individuals to the students.

For the next hour, these graduate students spent “one-to-one time” with the adult evacuees while gathering data. This TLC was exactly what the clients in this crowded shelter needed.

After completing the assignment, many of the students remained to help in other ways. One man, who before arriving at the shelter had been walking barefoot in the rain wearing only a patient gown and pajama bottoms, had severe leg burns. A student completed a complex dressing change on the client by creating a “shoe” for his burned foot out of a size 6 diaper and a plastic bag to cover the sterile dressings before he was evacuated to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Burn Center.

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Stewart’s Watershed Shelter on the east side of Little Rock to help the Arkansas Department of Health nurses do assessments. A third student helped an elderly man obtain warm clothing from a local homeless agency after watching him shiver in his thin T-shirt. Others stayed just to visit with the shelter residents and hear their stories. Some of the residents were reliving their Hurricane Katrina evacuation experience and loved the kind listeners they found in our students.

Graduate students who served the shelter residents included Debbie Bell, Kristina Diaz, Krystle Garrett, Carmen Ilescu, Regina Lynch, Kendra McCormack, Penny Clardy, Melissa Koehn, Beth Evans, Alicia McAlister, Tanika Pittman, Melissa Bickford and Robin Kerr. Some of them plan to volunteer with the American Red Cross during future disasters.

Over the next several days, undergraduate students and some spouses returned to serve meals and work in the nurses’ area. Mary Baker; Sara Marks and husband, Litiunna Saine; JoAnn Brennan; and Jennifer Emerson helped serve meals; assisted nursing faculty, Debbie Gordon, MSN, RN, CNE, and Joy Jennings, MSN, RN, CHE, who were staffing the nursing clinic; and talked with and comforted the 300+ residents of the shelter.

Church staff faced quite an ordeal once the shelter closed. Before the facility could be cleaned on the following Saturday, several faculty and their families loaded and hauled the remaining donated items to Dorcas House, which provides emergency services and crisis intervention to more than 400 women and children annually. Then faculty member Shannon Finley, MSN, RN, and her daughter, Courtney, along with Janet Rooker’s husband, Jeff, and daughter, Olivia, worked alongside church staff to clean the church to prepare it for worship service the following day.

“This was a touching experience for faculty and students to learn together and to serve those in need collaboratively,” said Rooker.

This wonderful tradition of UAMS nursing students helping with disaster relief will hopefully continue, since the

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A Heart to Serve For the next hour, these graduate students spent “oneto-one time” with the adult evacuees while gathering data.

the past few years. An Accelerated Disaster Training Model has been developed by faculty in collaboration with the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas, which certifies students in the following Red Cross courses: Introduction to Disasters, First Aid, Shelter Operations, and Disaster Health Response.

This model received the American Red Cross Susan Hassmiller Nursing Excellence Award in May, 2009, and faculty are collaborating with the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the American Nurses Association, the American Red Cross, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the National League for Nursing and the National Student Nurses’ Association to disseminate this model nationwide. Undergraduate students also complete three of the National Incident Management System courses and attend six hours of lecture content on natural and manmade disasters during their Community Health Nursing course.

Upon graduation, UAMS nursing students are well-prepared to assist their communities during disasters!

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The UAMS Student Nurses Association (SNA) chapters on the Little Rock and Hope campuses are extremely service oriented. SNA Chapter-Little Rock recently organized a fundraiser at Jason’s Deli to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Their jobs included refilling drinks as well as greeting customers.

To benefit the pediatric patients on the hematology/oncology unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Kristen Bradley, co-chair of the SNALittle Rock Community Service Committee, initiated a Kaps for Kids project.

“I got the idea from someone’s blog and thought it would be a good community service project and also a way to receive credit in our Leadership U course,” said Bradley.

Callie Gamill-Taylor and Kelli Burden took the lead on collecting their own hats by setting up drives at different locations across the city. As of press time, 470 hats have been donated.

On the Hope campus, students participated in the Buddy Walk in Texarkana to help raise $15,000 for Down’s Syndrome children, conducted a coat drive for the poor and sponsored two families at Christmas.

They purchased Christmas gifts for 8 children and also bought food to help the families with Christmas dinner.

As part of Compassion International, each month $38 is sent along with a letter from a different SNA member to support Sylvia, a child living in Uganda.

This pays all of her medical and educational expenses, in addition to her food and clothing.

“The money we use to support Sylvia comes from the various fundraisers we hold throughout the school year, explained Rebecca MeEuen, president, SNA-Hope Chapter. “In addition, the fundraisers also provide the funds needed for our group to attend the national convention, since we must pay registration, transportation and hotel.”

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Cover Story Doctoral Program

Flourishes College of Nursing Deans Elois Field (1964-1978) and Virginia Jarrett (1979-1989) shared a dream.

Under their watch, the first feasibility study and surveys were conducted to lay the ground work for offering the first doctoral degree in nursing in Arkansas. Today, UAMS College of Nursing offers the only PhD program in nursing science in the state. Under the leadership of Dr. Linda Hodges, former dean of the College, and Drs. Beth Vaughan-Wrobel and Cornelia Beck, former associate deans in the College, the College received permission to start the program in 1995, after a long and difficult journey.

The first three students were admitted in 1997, and the first graduated three years later. Looking back over her experience as a doctoral student, one of these first students, Dr. Rebecca Burris, currently professor and chair of the Department of Nursing at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, said, “My educational experiences in the doctoral program far exceeded my expectations. I view the world in a very different way–bigger–with endless possibilities as well as solutions to issues and problems that I would never have thought of before.”

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Dana Carthon conducts her reach on grandmothers raising grandchildren with a focus on issues surrounding older women.

in course work, followed by two days of Doctoral Comprehensive Exams. Students then develop their research proposals and carry out their supervised doctoral research on topics related to education or health sciences. Finally, they defend their research before a group of faculty and peers. In the innovative CON

program, students develop two publishable manuscripts instead of the typical Chapters 4 and 5 of a dissertation.

Pam Gourner, MSN, RN, who is currently enrolled in the program and also chairman of the division of nursing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, feels PATHWAYS • 2010

Program since 2007, notes that many queries come from potential students seeking an online program. “I use that opportunity, “ she said, “to explain our commitment to knowing our students, to keeping our classes small and to socializing our students into the role of a doctorally-prepared faculty member and researcher.”

“However,” she continued, “we offer about 50% of our class sessions online in a blended format in which students meet face to face monthly with online sessions on other weeks.

This blended format decreases travel requirements for students living at a distance, both within and outside the state.”

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strongly about the importance of the doctoral program. “I believe in the art and science of nursing and believe in contributing new knowledge to my profession. I believe this doctoral program will help me accomplish this.”

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To shorten the time to complete the PhD, a BSN to PhD track has been developed for nurses who are focusing on a non-practitioner role.

This popular option saves a number of clinical credits.

The College’s first two graduates of this shorter program, Drs. Laura Evans and Dana Carthon are featured on the cover of Pathways this month. Dr. Laura Evans served as project director for Dr. Jean McSweeney’s NIH-funded grant and co-authored a peer-reviewed publication with her. Currently is employed as an assistant professor at University of Arkansas, Monticello.

Dr. Evans has already published her dissertation findings.

Dr. Carthron, who received Hartford Center of Geriatric

Dr. Dana Carthon (top) and Dr. Laura Evans (bottom), the College’s first BSN to PhD students

Nursing Excellence funding as a predoc student, is currently on faculty at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. “I entered the program as the very first BSN to PhD student” she said. “As in any program, being the first can be challenging. However, I have been fortunate to have so many supportive faculty members and peers that I could count on when things became difficult. In addition, because of the multitude of financial opportunities, I will leave the program virtually without encountering any additional debt! It has truly been a blessing.”

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Development 2009 Phonathon

Declared Huge Success!

Despite the downturn in the economy, College of Nursing supporters continued to give generously during the annual Phonathon. Pledges received in 2009 increased 61% over 2008!

Three call nights were held on the Little Rock campus and one on the Hope Campus. This year those called were given the opportunity to dedicate their pledge in honor of the Chancellor Wilson’s service to UAMS or to the College of Nursing Dean’s Circle of 100. One pledge was dedicated

to the Chancellor’s service and one caller joined the Dean’s Circle of 100.

Prizes from Boulevard Bread, Starbucks, Cantina Laredo, Dixie Café Restaurant and Clear Mountain Water, and gifts cards from various venues were presented to the student callers as incentives for making the most calls, receiving the highest total in pledges, largest donation, etc.

Thanks to all who made the event a great success!

College of Nursing Phonathon Pledges Received 30,000.00 25,000.00 20,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 1000.00

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Save the Dates: 2010 College of Nursing Phonathon April 15, 20, 22 and 26 Prefer not to receive a phone call during the 2010 Phonathon but still want to contribute?

You may give online at http://www.uamshealth.com/giving or call Cynthia Gregory, associate director of development, at 501-603-1413.

She will be happy to assist you!

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Planning a special gift this year, despite the economy?

You might consider this.

If you are thinking about or approaching retirement age, you may be thinking about how you can ensure additional income during the retirement years while maximizing any tax advantages.

At the same time, you’re interested in continuing to support the College of Nursing. You know the importance of philanthropic support and the satisfaction it provides both you and the College of Nursing.

The Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) can help you meet both of these important goals. A Charitable

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Gift Annuity is part investment and part gift. Here’s how it works: In exchange for a gift of cash or property to UAMS, you will receive fixed payments for the rest of your life. The interest and part of the principal from the gift are used to make these annual payments. At the end of your life, remaining principal is then distributed to the College of Nursing.

Two alternative benefits from the Charitable Gift Annuity are that the payment rate to you is calculated upon your age at the time you create the annuity – the older one is, the higher

the annual pay-out rate! Also, your payments may be deferred to a date that you choose; this is referred to as a Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity.

So, a CGA can provide additional income during retirement, offer important tax breaks at the time of the gift and later and, at the same time, promise important future support for the College in a program or area of your choice.

For more information about this or other instruments of planned giving, please contact John Coffin at (501) 526-7197.

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Donor Spotlight College Increases Number of

Scholarships Arkansas Minority Health Commission Scholarship

Marion Pool Doctoral Scholarship

This scholarship was established by the Arkansas Minority Health Commission and will be designated for the support of minority graduate students enrolled in the College of Nursing’s PhD program.

This scholarship was established by Marion Pool’s gift annuity and will be awarded to a student in the PhD program.

Flora Mae Griffey Nursing Scholarship This scholarship was established by Nancy Ann Griffey Jordan and Carla Marie Griffey Hazelwood, in memory of their mother, Flora Mae Griffey, to honor her love and compassion for the nursing profession. It will support a BSN student demonstrating financial need.

Jane and Bob Wilson Nursing Scholarship This scholarship was established by Jane and Bob Wilson to support a BSN student who demonstrates financial need.

Kim Knighten Oelke Family Nurse Practitioner Scholarship This scholarship was established by Sharon Knighten in honor of her daughter, Kim Oelke. It will support a MNSc student in the family nurse practitioner program, who is active in community service and demonstrates academic achievement and financial need.

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M.B. Knighten Memorial Surgical Nursing Scholarship This scholarship was established by the Knighten family in memory of M.B. Knighten. It will support a BSN student committed to a career in surgical nursing and who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need.

Neil and Clara Spain Scholarship This scholarship was established by the estate of Neil and Clara Spain and will support a student in the BSN program.

Richard Monroe and Jo Ann Hennessey Smith Scholarship This scholarship was established by former faculty members, Richard and JoAnn Smith. It will support a junior of senior nursing student or registered nurses seeking a BSN degree. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and either be a United States military veteran or indicate a desire to serve in the U.S. military as documented in a letter from a military recruiter.

Martha Harding Gann Memorial Scholarship This scholarship was established by the Arkansas Medical Society Alliance as a loan program for nursing students in 1948 and was converted to a scholarship by the Alliance in 1989.

The scholarship now supports senior nursing students at UAMS.

Sharon Knighten Oncology Nursing Scholarship This scholarship was established by the Knighten family in honor of Sharon Knighten. It will support a BSN student committed to a career in oncology and who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need.

Awards Griffey Professionalism Award This award was established by Nancy Ann Griffey Jordan and Carla Marie Griffey Hazelwood in memory of their mother, Flora Mae Griffey. This award is presented to the BSN graduate who demonstrates leadership in setting professional standards in nursing practice.

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13th Annual Scholarship Donor Appreciation Dinner

Honoring Our Donors On October 26, 2009, the College of Nursing hosted its 13th Annual Scholarship Donor Appreciation Dinner at the Chenal County Club. The event is held to express appreciation to special supporters, many of whom have established named endowed scholarships. Scholarship recipients also attend, which permits each to the opportunity to thank their benefactors personally.

The keynote speaker for the evening was Dr. Michael Carter, a 1969 alumnus of the College of nursing and supporter of the Dr. Elois Field Scholarship. He spoke on a donor’s perspective on giving. Ms. Rebecca McEuen, a BSN student, and Mr. Robert Kraemer, a MNSc student, shared the significance the scholarships have had on their decisions to continue their education.

“This year we were pleased to award scholarships to seventy-six additional students because of an anonymous donor who provided $100,000, so it was wonderful having almost 200 people in attendance,” said Cynthia Gregory, associate director of development. “We are so

Alicia Stolzer (left) and Chelsea Smith (right), BSN students and recipients of the Cammy Giffin Haynes Scholarship, pictured with Jerry and Darleen Giffin, parents of the late Cammy Giffin Haynes PATHWAYS • 2010

grateful that all of our donors have a philanthropic heart.”

Caitlin Abiseid (middle right) takes a moment to talk with donors, Daniel Smiley, Virginia Milan and Mike Spades, Jr.

Shanna Watts (left), BSN student and recipient of the Mary Katherine Mourot Scholarship, thanks Wanda Weise, donor and sister of Mary Katherine

Amanda Bickford and Lametria Wafford (left), MNSc students and recipients of the Becky Moore Scholarship, thank John and Margaret Heuston, parents of the late Becky Moore

Jessica Fletcher (left), BSN student and recipient of the Class of 1997 Scholarship, pictured with Suzanne Mallory, donor and Class of 1997 representative

Angela Tart (left), BSN student and recipient of the David L. Johnston, Jr. Scholarship, talks with Ruth Johnston, donor and daughter of the late David L. Johnston

Ebony Morgan (left) and Lauren Lisenbee (right), BSN students and recipients of the Florence C. Zook RN Nursing Scholarship, thank Harold Zook, donor

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Arkansas Medical Society Alliance

Endows UAMS Scholarships

In May 2009, the Arkansas Medical Society Alliance endowed three scholarships to assist students at UAMS, and the College of Nursing was fortunate to receive some of those funds for the Martha Harding Gann Memorial Scholarship. This award was first established as a loan program for nursing students in 1948. It was converted to a scholarship by the Alliance in 1989 and will now support senior nursing students at UAMS. The Arkansas Medical Society Alliance started in the 1920s as a group of physicians’ spouses who wanted to promote health care causes in the state. Over the years, the group has contributed more than $58,000 to UAMS programs in addition to the scholarships which the Alliance has awarded to Arkansas students for decades.

Representatives of the Alliance said the group recently decided to disband and chose to give some of their remaining funds to UAMS. Now the Alliance’s legacy will carry on in perpetuity through the establishment of the three scholarship endowments.

Current Alliance President Nikki Lawson and past presidents Sara Jouett, Sandy Harrison and Ruth Mabry presented the $94,500 check to Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, MD, and college officials. Three scholarship recipients joined in the presentation to thank members of the Alliance for their generosity.

“We like to think our mission is to support the profession of our spouses,” said Lawson. “We are very pleased to make this gift to UAMS, especially

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Scholarship recipients and representatives of the colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Health Related Professions join UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, MD, and John Blohm, UAMS vice chancellor for development and alumni affairs, in receiving a $94,500 check from the Arkansas Medical Society Alliance to endow future scholarships.

since this is an institution that attracts students from all over the state.”

UAMS College of Nursing Dean Claudia Barone, EdD, RN, said that unfortunately there’s never enough scholarship or financial aid to help every deserving student: “We don’t want to see a student have to stop school when they have a financial crisis. Therefore, gifts such as the Alliance’s are a tremendous help.”

Representatives of the Alliance said the group recently decided to disband and chose to give some of their remaining funds to UAMS.

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McCarty Foundation President

Connects with Scholarship Recipient Martha Kimmerling, president of the Madelyne M. and Edward C. McCarty Foundation, recently toured the UAMS campus and had the opportunity to meet the beneficiary of the Foundation’s scholarship.

The Foundation, established in 1988 by Kimmerling’s late mother, Madelyne Murphy McCarty, in honor of the late Edward C. McCarty, Kimmerling’s father, seeks to provide philanthropic support to projects particularly in Union and Marion counties, where both of her late parents were born.

Specifically at UAMS, the McCarty Foundation established a scholarship in 2008 to benefit a second year nursing student from Marion or Union County.

Sarah Preston, a student in the College’s Nursing RN to BSN program through the AHEC in El Dorado, Arkansas, was the first recipient of the scholarship. Preston gratefully expressed to Kimmerling that without the scholarship, it would have been very difficult for her to continue in the program to further her nursing education.

Kimmerling also met with several faculty and staff from the College of Nursing who expressed their sincere gratitude for the support she and the Foundation give to the nursing program.

Kimmerling noted, “The Madelyne M. and Edward C. McCarty Foundation has helped fund

many projects from the library annex in Yellville, Arkansas, to multiple civic projects in Union County, including the Arkansas Natural Resources Museum in Smackover. And though she didn’t live to see it, my mother would have been very proud of the nursing scholarship program at UAMS.”

Sarah Preston (right) RN to BSN student and recipient of the Madelyne M. Edward C. McCarty scholarship, thanks Martha Kimmerling for her generosity.

College of Nursing faculty and staff (left to right) Dr. Jean McSweeney, Dr. Donna Middaugh, Ms. Linda Calhoun, Mrs. Mary Roberston, Mrs. Stacy Hoyle and Mrs. Cynthia Gregory, take a moment to greet and thank Ms. Martha Kimmerling (center) for her support PATHWAYS • 2010

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Florence Zook

Memorial Oncology Nursing Symposium

Florence Zook

Nurses play a vital role in the care of cancer patients, and an event on April 17, 2009, at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute gave them an opportunity to hone their skills and learn about new research and clinical advancements.

The Eighth Annual Florence Zook Memorial Oncology Nursing Symposium was held for inpatient and outpatient oncology nurses.

Session topics included palliative care, cancer genetics, generational issues and the breast cancer vaccine in development by UAMS’ Thomas Kieber-Emmons, PhD, and Laura Hutchins, MD. Florence Zook achieved her dream of becoming a nurse in 1954.

Her passion to help others earned her superior performance evaluations and recognition by both the nursing and the medical staff at St. Vincent Infirmary.

In 1962, at age 28, Zook was diagnosed and treated for breast 34

and ovarian cancer. She then developed MALT and Mantle Cell Lymphoma, which was difficult to manage because of the damage to her bone marrow. Despite all that she experienced, she was a positive example to her church, family and the patients and nurses at the University of Arkansas Cancer Research Center (now known as the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute) and to UAMS-CARTI physicians and nursing staff.

When Zook found she was unable to continue her nursing career, she turned to what her husband described as “love nursing” by going into friends’ and church members’ homes and providing them care and encouragement.

Because of the excellent medical care she received, she continued to serve others until her death in 2006 at the age of 72. She maintained a current state board nursing license until her death.

To honor her active interest in helping nursing students achieve their personal goals, her husband, Harold Zook, established the Florence C. Zook Nursing Scholarship with the UAMS College of Nursing.

The scholarship is awarded to a baccalaureate student committed to practicing oncology nursing and who demonstrates financial need and academic promise.

Dean’s Circle of 100

Involvement in the Dean’s Circle of 100 gives participants the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping lay the foundation for major advancements in the development and growth of the UAMS College of Nursing and that they are investing in future nursing students and faculty.

Members of the special group of supporters donate $1,000 or more annually to this important fund. Dr. Claudia Barone, dean of the College of Nursing, is delighted that twenty-four individuals are now founding members. Their generosity is greatly appreciated.

Becoming a member of the Dean’s Circle of 100 is one of the College’s most prestigious honors for supporters. We hope that you too will become a founding member!

Honor Roll of Founding Members (as of January 2010) Dr. Claudia Barone Ms. Martha Kuhlmann Mrs. Kelly Betts Dr. Louanne Lawson Dr. Claudia Beverly Dr. Donna Middaugh Dr. Kathy Bock Chambers Mrs. Kim Oelke Dr. Francis Dalme Mrs. Susan Ritchie Mr. Paul Francis Mrs. Mary G. Robertson Mrs. Debra Garrett Mrs. Jan Rooker Mrs. Neena Grissom Mrs. Nancy Shaver Dr. Mathew Hadley Mrs. Cornelia Sundermann Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Harris Mrs. Devin K. Terry Dr. Robert L. Kennedy Dr. Ralph J. Vogel Mrs. Sharon Knighten Mr. Harold Zook PATHWAYS • 2010

UAMS Doctor Honors Wife with Nursing Scholarship

Nicholas and Helen Lang (center), pose with son Patrick (far left), and Helen’s mother, Geniva Haley.

The importance of patient care in the operating room isn’t lost on Nicholas Lang, MD, chief medical officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center. Lang was recognized on February 17, 2009, with a luncheon ceremony for establishing a nursing scholarship to honor the career of his wife, Helen Lang, RN, a longtime surgical nurse serving both Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the John L. McClellan Memorial Veteran’s Hospital.

“As a doctor married to a longtime registered nurse, I’m in a unique position both professionally and personally to fully understand the importance of nursing in patient care and with assisting doctors,” Lang said. “What better way to honor that relationship than by ensuring the PATHWAYS • 2010

training of more skilled professionals through a scholarship?”

The Helen F. Lang RN Scholarship Fund will be awarded annually to a senior BSN student with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

The student must have demonstrated an interest in surgical nursing and have made a commitment to pursue working in the operating room and or caring for patients recovering from surgical procedures upon graduation The Lang family will make a yearly pledge of $20,000 for four years, which will be matched by the UAMS’ Family Practice Group, the group practice for UAMS physicians, to total $160,000.

“This is a special gift to our program that signifies the importance of the role that RNs play in the medical profession,” said Dr. Claudia

Barone, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing. “It means a great deal to us to receive this gift and we’ll be honored to see it through.”

Once fully funded, the scholarship will be awarded annually beginning with the fall 2013 semester.

Helen Lang, RN, left, poses with Claudia Barone, EdD, RN, dean of the UAMS College of Nursing.

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Honor Roll of Donors

December 2008 – December 2009 $102,000-$25,000

Anonymous Donor Arkansas Medical Society Alliance, Inc. Beaumont Foundation of America Ms. Sharon H. Knighten The Madelyne M. and Edward C. McCarty Foundation

$24,999-$5,000

Drs. Michael and Sarah Carter Griffey’s Professional Uniforms, Inc. The Jon and Karen Huntsman Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Lang Little Rock Departmental Club Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Wilson

$4,999-$1,000

Arkansas Community Foundation Arkansas Health Care Association Arkansas Hospital Auxiliary Association Baker Eye Institute, P.A. Drs. Gary and Claudia Barone Dr. Claudia J. Beverly Bob and Marilyn Bogle II Charitable Trust Dr. Kathy Bock Chambers Dr. Frances Dalme Ms. Lauraetta M. Edgar Dr. and Mrs. James W. Fletcher Mr. Paul M. Francis Dr. and Mrs. George C. Garrett Dr. Kenneth R. Goosen Dr. and Mrs. James Grissom Ms. Elizabeth A. Harris Ms. Carla Hazlewood Mr. and Mrs. John Heuston Dr. Linda Hodges and Mr. Robert Orr Dr. Charles R. Horner Ms. Nancy Ann Jordan Dr. Robert L. Kennedy Ms. Martha Kuhlmann Drs. Robert and Donna J. Middaugh Peter A. Ritchie, Management Co., PA Ms. Linda Rickel Ms. Mary G. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Rooker Drs. Michael and Cheryl K. Schmidt Dr. and Mrs. Neil Shaver Mr. Mike Spades, Jr. Mr. Norman K. Southerland Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sundermann Ms. Devin K. Terry

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United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas Ms. Nancy Lynn Williams Mr. Harold Zook

$999-$100

Ms. Jacqueline Aebersold Ms. Cynthia J. Allen Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Arkansas Nurses Association The Ballard Family Foundation Baptist Health Medical Center Barone & McKeever Medical Legal Consultants Ms. Kelly Betts Ms. Elizabeth A. Blankenship Dr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Boop Ms. Jo Anna B. Brown Dr. Thomas A. Bruce Dr. and Mrs. John C. Byrd Cabot Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC Ms. Nancy E. Betty Casali Dr. Ann K. Cashion Catering To You Ms. Carla J. Chote Capt. Bobbie K. Clinton Mr. James R. Cobb Ms. Lucille Cochran Dr. Catherine S. Cole Dr. Elizabeth A. Coleman Mr. Joe D. Cook Ms. Rose Marie Curtis D. Jones Enterprises Ms. Geraldine Dennis Ms. Sandy K. DeSalvo Ms. Mary E. Devine Ms. Dona M. Dorman Ms. Marilyn Edgar Dr. Jujuan English Ms. Susan Erickson Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Fambrough Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Ford Ms. Diane Franklin Dr. Paul M. Gardner Mr. James L. Glass Ms. Carolyn Green Ms. Keitha S. Griffith Dr. Matthew Hadley Ms. Gwendolyn Hart Ms. Margaret Hatchett Ms. Jean D. Hayes Heavenly Ham Ms. Joyce Herod Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun Ms. Linda Hirsh

Dr. and Mrs. John C. Holder Ms. Joyce J. Hoover Mr. Art Horne Ms. Stacy Hoyle Ms. Susan Jones Ms. Virginia H. Kelly.

Ms. Susan H. Kelly Ms. Irma Klaetke Dr. Sanford Ladage Lakewood Convalescent Home, Inc. Lakewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Dr. Corinne Lambert Dr. Edward C. Lang Ms. Mary Ann Langston Dr. Louanne Lawson Ms. Ellen B. Lee Little Rock Hematology/ Oncology Associates Dr. Janet E. Lord Mr. William E. Lukasik Ms. Lois V. McPherson Dr. Jean McSweeney Ms. Martha Meador Mendel Capital Management, Inc. Midwest Fire Consulting Group Ms. Ginger R. Milan Ms. Barbara Miltenberger Dr. Rita Monsen Mr. Marc A. Moody Ms. Melinda Morrell Ms. Kimberly J. Morton Mr. Arthur G. Murphey Mr. Walt Nickels Ms. Mary A. Norton Dr. J. Mayne Parker Ms. Connie Hagood Pearson Mr. Edward M. Penick, Jr. Ms. Virginia I. Penick-Parra Ms. Mary C. Person Ms. Floreen Pullen Quiznos Ms. Anne M. Redo Ms. Lillian D. Rorie Ms. Catherine C. Ross Mr. William R. Rudder Salt Creek Paving and Construction Company, Inc. Mr. Carol Schriver Ms. Patricia Scott Mr. Bryan Sexton Ms. Jan Smith Dr. and Mrs. William Snow Ms. Roberta Speltz Ms. Kathryn Spinks Ms. Sandra Storment Ms. Nancy Strohschein Ms. Thelma A. Thomas

Ms. Diana Thompson Dr. Patricia E. Thompson Ms. Luanh T. Tran Ms. Laura Tribble Mr. Neal Vines Dr. Ralph J. Vogel Dr. Joe D. Waldrum Ms. Harry P. Ward Ms. Betty A. Watson Ms. Shann Watts Wing Stop Ms. Sophronia R. Williams Ms. Mary Annie Williams

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Ms. Katherine Adams Ms. Mary A. Adams Ms. Joan H. Adkins Ms. Harriet Alexander Ms. Barbara R. Allen Ms. Valerie Alsbrook Alzheimer’s Arkansas Ms. Barbara Angel Ms. Elizabeth Anglin Arkansas Bankers Association Arkansas Hospice, Inc. Ms. June Armstrong Ms. Elizabeth Aronson Ms. Virginia Atkinson Ms. Carole A. Ault Ms. Shelba Avants Ms. Carlotta Brown Baird Ms. Concetta Baker Mr. Jerry L. Ball Ms. Susan Ball Ms. Betty S. Barentine Ms. Virginia Ruth Barnett Ms. Debbie Barron Ms. Jewelline Beard Dr. Cornelia Beck Mr. E. Ray Bedford Mr. Micheal Beran Mr. and Mrs. John M. Berryman Ms. Pauline Bethel Ms. Phyllis Billingsley Ms. S. M. Billingsley Mr. Don Bingham Ms. Hubert H. Blanchard Ms. Mary Lynn Blessing Ms. Susan L. Bona Dr. Warren C. Boop Ms. Billie C. Boustead Ms. Janet Bowen Ms. Patricia C. Bowie Mr. Russell W. Branstetter Ms. Diane M. Breaux Ms. Anne Brisco Ms. Aimee Brown PATHWAYS • 2010

Ms. June M. Brown Ms. Denise Buercklin Ms. Vera Byrd Ms. Linda K. Calhoun Ms. Dionne Carter Mr. Neil Cate Ms. Alice Regina Severn Cave Ms. JoAnn Clark Ms. Kay McCord Clifford Mr. and Mrs. John F. Coffin Ms. Alicia A. Cook Ms. Candace Curlee Ms. Marilyn Dail Ms. Bettye L. Dalcon Mr. James W. Daniel Ms. Connie Davis Ms. Mary C. Davis Ms. Erin Davis Ms. Janice Dean Ms. Ann Dixon Ms. Norma Dixon Ms. Elaine J. Dlouhy Ms. Bonnie Dodson Dr. William D. Downs Mr. Ralph A. Downs Ms. Frances Dugger Ms. Donis L. Dunning Mr. Dustin T. East Ms. Gwendolyn Efird Dr. Carol Enderlin Ms. Tracy M. England Ms. Suzy Erstine Ms. Melinda Fair Family Pharmacy, Inc. Ms. Billie J. Finley Ms. Shannon A. Finley Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Forrest Ms. Georgia Franklin Ms. Charlotte Gadberry Ms. Susan Gateley Ms. SarahAnn Gates Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Giffin Ms. Margaret L. Glubok Ms. Debra Gordon Ms. Nettie Goss Ms. Linda R. Gray Ms. Therese Green Ms. Pamela Greer Ms. Lynn Grommet Ms. Janet B. Grossman Ms. Cynthia Grubbs Dr. Donna L. Gullette Ms. Susan M. Hardin Ms. Nancy N. Harness Ms. Janet A. Harp Dr. Melodee Harris Ms. Lou Hearnsberger Ms. Marilyn Henderson Mr. Edward L. Hill Ms. Sara Hirt Ms. Merry Holly Hiryak Ms. Helen L. Hitt Ms. Barbara J. Hollis Mr. Ralph Honomichl PATHWAYS • 2010

Ms. Paula Hooks Ms. Cary Hunt Ms. Barbara Jean Jackson Ms. Melissa Jackson Ms. Diane Jenkins Ms. Joy Jennings Ms. Clariece Johnson Ms. Deborah Johnson Ms. Barbara P. Johnson Ms. Judith A. Johnson Ms. Margie Johnson Ms. Cathy Jolly June’s Hallmark and Merle Norman Cosmetics Ms. Lillian K. Jynes Ms. Sharon Kersey Ms. Karen Kilgore Ms. Naomi Killebrew Ms. Doris King Ms. Karan Kinton Mr. Charles D. Kinton Mr. Gene E. Kirkpatrick Ms. Melanie Knight KP Gipson, Inc. Ms. Susan Kurtenbach Ms. Karen M. Lacewell Ms. Jennifer Lambdin Dr. Robert A. Lambert Ms. Jill Lancaster Ms. Darla Lavender Little Caesars Pizza Administrative Offices Mr. Tom Longfellow Lonoke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Ms. Clara Lovelady Ms. Nancy Lovett Thomas Ms. Christine Mabrey Ms. Vicki L. Mabry Ms. Cheryl D. Maese Ms. Suellen Marinoni Ms. Duanne P. Markman Ms. Becky Marks Ms. Carolyn Marshall Ms. Rebecca F. Mason Mr. Tim Massanelli Ms. Becky R. May Ms. Sylvia Kay May The Honorable Robin L. Mays Dr. Robin McAtee Ms. Mary H. McCaskill Ms. Marjorie E. McCauley Ms. Mary McClain Mr. Danny McCorkle Ms. Lynette McCright Ms. Jayanna McCulloch Ms. Joan McDonald Ms. Yvonne L. McKinley Mr. Mark T. McLean Ms. Zelda McMurty Ms. Tara B. Mink Mr. Raymond W. Montgomery Ms. Cynthia Montgomery Ms. Mary Moriarty

Ms. Elizabeth A. Moseley Ms. Marsha Mosenthin Ms. Terri Neil Ms. Jackie Nelson Ms. Linda Nesterenko Ms. Vivian Nicholson Ms. Robin Nuss Mr. Carl Nutter Ms. Barbara O’Brien Dr. Elizabeth O’Connell Dr. and Mrs. Richard Pate Dr. Rebecca J. Patterson Ms. Carlene Paulk Ms. Shirley E. Pence Ms. Tina Pettey Mr. Eric Pettie Ms. J Kathy Phillips Ms. Mary Ann Phillips Mr. Dana Pierce Pioneer Printers Ms. Arlyn J. Pittler Dr. Carmencita Poe Mr. Tommy R. Polk Mr. John E. Pope Ms. Julia Post Premium Refreshment Service The Honorable David Pryor Ms. Mary J. Quade Ms. Joyce E. Randof Ms. Mary Jane Rebick Ms. Stephanie Reed Mr. Fermin Renteria Ms. Cherye Riggs Ms. Wanzell Rodriguez Ms. Sandra Rogers Ms. Dale G. Ronnel Honorable Stanley Russ Ms. Rebecca Sacrey Ms. Alice Schneider Ms. Sharon Schneider Ms. Sandee Sealy Ms. Judith Seamon Ms. Linda Seay Ms. Sue Senn Ms. Lona W. Sheehan Ms. Kim Sheets Mrs. Gail Shields Ms. Sarah Shirley Dr. Jerry Shue Ms. Sarah J. Sikes Ms. Eula M. Simpson Ms. Florence Smith Ms. Nancy Jo Smith Dr. and Mrs. Charles Smith Mr. Roy H. Smith Ms. Joy Somers Dr. J. Elaine Souder Ms. Catherine Sparks Ms. Brandi Stafford Ms. Lori Standridge Ms. Marilyn Stanley Ms. Carolyn K. Stephens Ms. A. Louise Suit Mr. Max Tackett

Dr. Sunghee H. Tak Dr. Janice L. Taylor Terri Lynne McNaughton Ms. Kathleen Thomas Ms. Mary Lois Thomas Ms. Linda A. Thompson Dr. Patricia J. Thompson Ms. Jacki Tighe Ms. Rose Jean Tipton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Torvestad Ms. Marsha L. Trammel Dr. Bill L. Tranum Mr and Mrs. Theodore Treadway Ms. Cathy Trower Ms. Patricia Trump Dr. Pao-Feng Tsai Uniform Plus Ms. Norma Vaughn Ms. Nan Wagner Ms. Debra Weaver Ms. Wanda M. Weise Ms. Sherry White Ms. Karen J. White Mr. Bill Wilkerson Mr. Gary A. Williams Ms. Elizabeth Wilson Ms. Cathie A. Winkler Ms. Cindy L. Witkowski Ms. Cherry D. Wolf Ms. Brenda Naylor Worm Ms. Terri L. Wright Mr. Tonny Yeung Ms. Johnnie Young Ms. Mary Young

Gifts in Kind

3M Product Donations Dr. Claudia Barone Boulevard Bread Cantina Laredo Catering to You, Inc. Dixie Café Restaurant Family Pharmacy, Incorporated Griffey’s Professional Uniforms, Inc. Heavenly Ham June’s Hallmark and Merle Norman Little Caesars Pizza Administrative Office Little Rock Hematology/Oncology Associates Pioneer Printers Premium Refreshments Service Quiznos Salt Creek Paving and Construction Company, Inc. Sam’s Club Starbucks Uniform Plus Wing Stop

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Alumni News

Class of 1969 Holds Reunion

Class of 1969.

The College of Nursing Class of 1969 hosted its 40th reunion on the UAMS campus on October 9-10, 2009. The weekend celebration was filled with great memories and provided classmates the opportunity to rekindled friendships.

If your class in interested in hosting a reunion or if you would like to update your contact information, please contact Kimberly Scruggs at 501-686-7732.

Jill Lancaster, Dr. Michael Carter, and JoAnn Cole, 1969 reunion organizers.

Rose Ann Bailes (left) and Betty FarleyBarentine (right) visit with Stacy Hoyle, assistant dean for administration

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Let’s Stay Connected! www.uams.edu/nursing

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Alumni Accolades Erin Shannon, BSN, RN, was named May 2009 Outstanding Nurse of the Month at UAMS. She has worked on the Stem Cell Transplant unit for the past seven years. Starting out as a PCT, Shannon graduated from the UAMS College of Nursing in 2006 and now serves as one of the CDFs on a unit, in addition to her work in Stem Cell Transplant.

What Shannon values most about her Multiple Myeloma patients is the bond she shares with them. She will frequently take a newly diagnosed patient to the Cancer Institute to help them find hats and/or wigs.

Shannon said, “It’s like a day of shopping while in the hospital!” She has also been known to go ‘above and beyond’ by knitting hats for her patients who have lost their hair and need a little extra insulation for their heads.

is strongly supported by UAMS administration. I serve as the liaison between patients, families and UAMS employees to adapt our educational classes and educational opportunities to better suit the needs of our population,” said Brown.

She has been with UAMS for 14 years, working in a variety of positions, including nurse clinician for Cardiology/CT Surgery/Vascular Surgery/Women’s Health. Brown earned her BSN degree from UAMS in 1994 and her MNSc in nursing administration in May 2009. She is currently enrolled in the PhD program.

Linda Finch, PhD, RN, was appointed Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Loewenberg School of Nursing at the University of Memphis in August 2009. Previously, Lana Brown, she was an associate professor on MNSc, RN, the nursing faculty. She received her has been named master’s degree from the UAMS Coordinator College of Nursing and earned both for the UAMS her bachelor’s degree in nursing and Patient doctorate in communication from the Education University of Memphis.

Department.

Finch teaches two courses in the Her new school’s master program: advanced role includes role development and adult primary managing the patient education staff, care in the family nurse practitioner providing education to patients and track. In addition to teaching, she is families in the inpatient and outpatient involved in practice and research. She setting and serving on assigned works as an adult nurse practitioner UAMS committees. in a long-term-care geriatric practice.

“Education of patients and families

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Her past research emphasis focused on nurse-patient relationship and its influence on patient outcomes, while her current research examines nursing students’ commitment to the nursing profession.

Patricia B. Crane, PhD, RN, FAHA, was recently elected presidentelect of the Southern Nursing Research Society. Dr. Crane was the College’s first PhD graduate. She is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing. Her primary area of research is with older adults who have experienced a myocardial infarction. She currently has an R15 award to examine correlates to fatigue and physical activity in older adults after myocardial infarction. Dr Crane was elected as a Fellow in the Cardiovascular Nursing Council of the American Heart Association in 2007. She was elected to the SNRS board as a Member at Large in 2006 and was elected chair of the Awards Committee in 2007.

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Accolades Faculty Recognized by Chancellor for Teaching Excellence Fourteen University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) faculty members received the university’s highest honor, the Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award, at a ceremony on October 27. Three of those faculty were from the College of Nursing.

I. Dodd Wilson, MD, who retired as chancellor on October 31, 2009, presided over the ceremony for the final time. Wilson began the awards program in 2004-05 from an initiative that originated in the UAMS Strategic Plan to recognize educators for excellence in instruction and student learning. The awards are the first of any kind to be awarded at the university level at UAMS. Held in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute, the ceremony recognized the award recipients for their teaching and education efforts on behalf the five colleges: Medicine, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions, Public Health and Nursing, the Graduate School and—for the first time—the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC).

Claudia Barone, EdD, RN, dean of the College of Nursing, introduced the College’s recipients.

Each received an engraved plate in recognition of their achievement.

Shannon Finley, MSN, RN, began working with nursing students in 1999 as a clinical instructor at Henderson State University. Almost immediately, she decided that her passion for nursing science was enhanced by her love of teaching 40

and, in 2006, she joined the UAMS College of Nursing faculty as a clinical instructor. She teaches in the undergraduate nursing program, is faculty advisor for a group of RN-toBSN students and serves as a mentor for a student currently receiving a Pulaski County Single Parent Scholarship.

Finley has assumed a number of leadership roles in the College, including serving on the Standardized Testing Task Force, Admission and Progression Committee, Leadership Council, Social Affairs Committee and Baccalaureate Council. She is chair of the College’s Nursing Education Department and has served on the UAMS Nurse Educator Conference Planning Committee for the past two years.

Her career includes service to the nursing profession and endless hours of health-related community volunteerism. Finley is secretary of the Arkansas Nurses Association (ArNA) and co-chair of its communications task force; a member of the ArNA District 12 Continuing Education Committee, ArNA Strategic Planning Committee and ArNA Convention Planning Committee; and is a continuing education review panelist.

In May 2009, she was one of only two representatives from Arkansas at the American Nurses Association Constituent Assembly in Washington D.C. She has been an American Red Cross volunteer disaster nurse since 2007 and was recently named co-recipient of the Sue Hassmiller American Red Cross Nursing Grant,

which directly supports disaster nursing curriculum through the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas Chapter. She is a community sponsor for the Rapid Response Team at Poyen High School, a member of their Coordinated School Health Committee, a certified first responder for Grant County and a volunteer for numerous community events in Pulaski, Hot Spring, Saline and Grant counties.

Finley earned her MSN degree from the University of Central Arkansas and BSN degree from Henderson State University.

Debra Garrett, MNSc, RN, WHNP-BC, APN, first joined the UAMS faculty on the Hope Campus in 1999 teaching part time in the program’s first maternal-child class.

This was in addition to her full time position at Medical Park Hospital, where she had worked as an RN since 1979 and a woman’s health nurse practitioner since 1997. She rejoined the Hope faculty in 2005. As part of her faculty workload, that year Garrett also began working at Medical Park Women’s Clinic as an advanced practice nurse, building on her years of past nursing experiences at Medical Park Hospital.

Teaching a variety of courses in the undergraduate program at Hope, she is also course coordinator for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families. She served on the College of Nursing Baccalaureate Council from 2006-09. On the Hope campus, she was co-advisor for the Student Nurse Association from 2005-07, and from PATHWAYS • 2010

2005-present serves as junior class advisor.

Garrett has received several honors while on faculty at the Hope Campus. In 2007, she received the UAMS Hope for Success Award and in 2009 the Outstanding Faculty Award.

Professional organizations and memberships include the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN); National Association of Nurse practitioners in Women’s Health (NANPRH); the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Affiliate Member; American Nurses Association (ANA); and the Arkansas State Nurses Association (ASNA).

Garrett is involved in community activities as well, conducting physical exams for athletes at Hope High School each year and serving as a guest speaker for the Hope Business and Professional Women Organization. She is also a life member of the National Association of Junior Auxiliary.

She received her MNSc degree from UAMS and her BSN from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Cynthia Burns, MSN, RN, CNM, APN, began her UAMS teaching career as a clinical instructor in the College’s undergraduate program in August 2003. Promoted to clinical assistant professor in 2008, she now also serves as course coordinator for several courses: Nursing Care of the Child Bearing Family, Health Assessment and Foundations on Professional Nursing II. Burns has received a number of honors since coming to the College.

Faculty presented her the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006 and the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award in 2007. She was presented Best Clinical Instructor PATHWAYS • 2010

Award by the UAMS College of Nursing Class of 2007 and again by the Class of 2008. In addition she was the recipient of the Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching award in 2008.

Professional activities in the College have included serving as advisor for the junior and senior classes and chairing the Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee and the Awards and Scholarship Committee in 2006-07. She served on the Social Affairs Committee from 2004-08.

She is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society for Nursing, Gamma Xi Chapter; and the Women’s Health Advanced Practice Nurses of Arkansas Advisory Board-Advanced Practice Nurse Council. Burns currently serves on the board of the Arkansas

Midwifery Advisory Board and, in 2005, she presented Senator Blanche Lincoln with the ACNM Public Service Award for her sponsorship of the bill, Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2005.

She recently coauthored the article, “The Interplay between Secondhand Gigarette Smoke, Genetics and Cervical Cancer: A Review of the Literature”, which appeared in the April 2009 issue of Biological Research for Nursing, Burns received her MSN degree from Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio, and her BSN from the UAMS. She also holds a certified nurse midwife license from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, Hyden, Kentucky.

Dr. Claudia Barone and Dr. I Dodd Wilson present awards to Debra Garrett (top left), Cynthia Burns (top right), and Shannon Finley (lower right).

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Scholars Program Offers Unique Opportunity for College of Nursing Student Established in 1999 and initially funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the goal of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program is “to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for outstanding minority students with significant financial need to reach their highest potential.”

Tamerra Hansberry, a senior in the undergraduate nursing program on the Little Rock campus, is a 2005 recipient of this honor.

Her award, which can be renewed each year for up to 10 years, provides financial assistance for tuition and fees, books and supplies, housing and meals and transportation and personal expenses as she pursues her undergraduate and advanced degrees. Very much a hands-on program, it also provides “leadership development programs with distinctive personal, academic and professional growth opportunities.”

“This scholarship has truly been a blessing to me. Both my husband and I attend college full time, which is very expensive. Without having my expenses covered, I do not know if I could have made it this far,” explains Hansberry. “I am now just months away from earning my bachelor’s degree in nursing. This has been a dream of mine for so many years, it is almost surreal.”

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advanced degree. Her future goals include becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner.

“Having had Tamerra during her pediatric rotation,” reflected Kelly Betts, MSN, RN, clinical assistant professor, “I have found that she demonstrates excellent clinical skills and knowledge, compassion, enthusiasm and profound professionalism that will help her succeed as an exceptional nurse. Being Tamerra’s pediatric clinical instructor, I am so excited that she has chosen to be a pediatric nurse after graduation and pursue her dream to be a pediatric nurse practitioner.”

Competition is stiff for this prestigious award. In 2009, over 20,500 applications were submitted; only 1000 Scholars were selected.

To be eligible, the applicant must be recommended by a high school teacher/counselor/administrator; demonstrate leadership abilities

through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities; maintain a 3.3 GPA in high school; meet PELL grant requirements; and be a first time college student enrolled in full time study at a U.S. College or university.

In addition, Hansberrry submitted 8 essays.

Providing scholarships to high achieving African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander American and Hispanic American students with significant financial not only assists deserving students in meeting their higher education goals, but provides the additional societal benefit of increased representation in the disciplines of computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health and the sciences, where these target groups are severely underrepresented.

Blue Jeans for Books Awards Concerned about some students’ financial ability to purchase textbooks, clinical instructor Pam Tabor, MSNc, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, brought a unique idea before faculty about a way to generate funds to assist students most in need of this financial assistance. Each Friday, faculty and staff would be permitted to wear jeans to work—provided they give $2.00 to a fund aptly named Blue Jeans for Books.

“The idea was received most enthusiastically and has proven to be a very successful project,” says Tabor.

For the Fall 2009 semester, four students each received $200 from funds generated: Sandra Burton, Lydia Skinner, Shanna Watts, and Malory Williams.

“This award was a great idea, and I feel special to be one of the first recipients, “says Williams. “Going through school can be very rough financially so any assistance that we as students can receive is helpful.”

As of December 2009, the fund had a balance of $1,021.14 which ensures that this program will continue to help students.

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Students Garner Accolades at State Convention Over 600 nursing students attended the Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association (ANSA) annual convention in late October. The event provided an excellent opportunity for students to network with each other and carry on the business of their preprofessional organization.

The mission of ANSA is to support and represent nursing students in Arkansas and to convey the standards and ethics of nursing.

The organization promotes the development of skills that students will need as responsible and accountable members of the nursing profession.

Advocating for high quality health care and contributing to advances in nursing are among activities that enable students to grow into their future professional roles.

Congratulations to the UAMS Student Nurse Association (SNA) Chapter-Hope for placing second in Excellence in Community Service with a Color Me project at the Clinton Primary School in Hope!

Their participation was written into a grant funded by the USDA for the elementary school. The purpose of the grant was to encourage school age children to make better nutritional choices.

Each Thursday during the month of April, SNA members presented a skit to different grades at the school.

The skits included an Easter Bunny who ran into his friend, Flower, while hiding Easter eggs. He taught Flower about all the good fruits and vegetables containing beta “carrot” teen. They saw their friend, Junk food Judy, go from eating hamburgers, cupcakes and cookies to getting her beta “carrot” PATHWAYS • 2010

teen in carrots, bananas and tomatoes.

After the skit, the children were provided samples of the fruits and vegetables to try.

The UAMS Student Nurse Association Chapter-Little Rock also deserves kudos. Three students were elected to the ASNA Board of Directors for the 2009-2010 term: Emily Wilson, Treasurer; Katie Burns, District I Director; and Alicia Stolzer, Nominations and Elections Committee Chair.

To learn more about the service projects of the two chapters, read “A Heart to Serve” on page 25.

UAMS Nursing Program at Hope Holds Awards Luncheon

The undergraduate nursing program on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope (UACCH) held its annual Senior Awards Luncheon for graduating students on May 11, 2009.

Dr. Lawrence Bigongiari, a radiologist in Hope, presented an award, as did College of Nursing Hope faculty and students.

Jessica Reyenga, selected as the most compassionate student nurse by her peers, was awarded the Pat Tidwell Award. This award, established by Dr. Bigongari through the UAACH Foundation, is presented each year in memory of Pat Tidwell, RN, to honor her caring and compassionate approach to nursing in Hope, Arkansas. Dr. Bigongari gave a brief history of the life and accomplishments of Tidwell, who served as director of nursing at Medical Park Hospital in Hope for many years before her death.

In addition, the faculty selected Jo O’Guinn-Charles, MNSc, RNP, as the outstanding faculty member for the 2008-09 academic year. She was presented the Hope for Success Award. Dana Gibson received the Hope for the Future Award, which recognizes an outstanding Hope graduating nursing student.

“The University of Arkansas Community College at Hope is pleased to have the BSN nursing program available on the Hope campus through a partnership with UAMS. This partnership, along with the support of community leaders like Dr. Bigongari, continues to help students build their bridges to the future,” said Dr. Jujuan English, off campus BSN program coordinator at Hope.

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Faculty and Staff Honors Faculty Recognition Susan Ball

• Completed UAMS Teaching Scholars Program

Claudia Barone

Charlotte Dillon

Jessica Hambuchen

Dona Dorman

Stacy Hoyle

• 2009 UAMS Employee 20 Year Service Award

• Earned Master of Nursing Science Degree

Carol Enderlin

Earned Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree

Shannon Finley

• Passed Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification

• Coauthored proposal for American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas that received the Sue Hassmiller American Red

• Cross Nursing Award

• 2008-09 Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award

• 2008-09 Faculty Award for Clinical Teaching Excellence

• Mentor to Single Parent Scholarship Fund Recipient

• Consultant to Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association

Kelly Betts

Timi Fox

• Excellence in Leadership Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau • International Leadership Excellence Faculty Award

• 2009 UAMS Employee 20 Year Service Award

Sandy Bedwell

• Mentor to Single Parent Scholarship Fund Recipient

Leah Bienvenu

• Earned Master of Nursing Science Degree

Michelle Brewer

• Certified as Adult Clinical Health Specialist

Cynthia Burns

• Students to Faculty: Best Classroom Instructor Award

• Elected to Arkansas Mid-Wifery Advisory Board

• 2008-09 Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award

• 2008-09 Faculty Award for Classroom Teaching Excellence

• Students to Faculty: Outstanding RN to BSN Faculty Award

• Selected as item writer for NLN

• Certified Nurse Educator Exam

Janice Dean

• 2009 UAMS Employee 25 Year Service Award

• Elected 2009 District 10 President for ArNA

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• 2009 UAMS Employee 20 Year Service Award

Debbie Huff

• Earned Master of Nursing Science Degree

• Coauthored proposal for American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas that received the Sue Hassmiller American Red Cross Nursing Award

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

Joy Jennings

• Consultant to Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association

• Coauthored proposal for American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas that received the Sue Hassmiller American Red Cross Nursing Award

• Represents ArNA on Governor’s Commission, Core Planner for National Association of Free Clinics in Little Rock

• 2008-09 Faculty Award for Service Excellence

Debra Garrett

Rob Kennedy

• Hope Campus Students to Faculty: Outstanding Faculty Award

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

• 2008-09 Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award

Teri Landrum

Julia Goodwin

• 2009 UAMS Employee 15 Year Service Award

Neena Grissom

• Excellence in Nursing Education Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International

Melodee Harris

Karen Davis

• Mentor to Single Parent Scholarship Fund recipient

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Earned Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree Appointed to Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Content Expert Panel, ANCC Selected for Validation Panel of Hartford Foundation funded project, Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Initiative Transitioning to AdultGerontology APRN Education: Ensuring the APRN Workforce is Prepared to Care for Older Adults.

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

• 2008-09 Staff Faculty of the Year Award

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

Leanne Lefler

• 2009 TBIRC Pilot Recipient

• Received 2-Year Post-doctoral Fellowship from the John A. Hartford Foundation, Building Academic Nursing Capacity

• 2008-09 Faculty Award for Research Excellence

• Elected to Nominating Committee, Southern Nursing Research Society

Tiffany Lofton

• Mentor to Single Parent Scholarship Fund Recipient

Jeffery Martin

• Clinical Teaching Excellence Faculty Award

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Jean McSweeney

• Appointed to National Institutes of Health Council of Councils

• Recipient of 2009 Katharine A. Lembright Award, American Heart Association

Anita Mitchell

• 2009 TBIRC Pilot Recipient

Donna Middaugh

• Graduate Students to Faculty: Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member

• Excellence in Mentorship Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International

• 2008-09 Faculty Award for Leadership Excellence

Robin Nuss • 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

Jo O’Guinn-Charles

• Hope for Success Award

Carmen Paniagua

• Elected to NONPF Nominating Committee

• Selected for FAANP Mentorship Program as a 2009 Mentee

• Recipient of the Dr. Janie Menchaca Wilson Award for Outstanding Leadership, National Association of Hispanic Nurses

• Selected to serve on the Minority and Retention Committee, UAMS College of Medicine

Barbara Pate

• Earned Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree

Becky Patterson

Susan Ritchie

• Coauthored proposal for American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas that received the Sue Hassmiller American Red

• Cross Nursing Award

Mary Robertson

• Participant and graduate of the UAMS 2008 Leadership Institute

Jan Rooker

• 2009 UAMS Employee 25 Year Service Award

Cheryl Schmidt

• UAMS-certified in Grants Management

Marian Lloyd

• 2009 UAMS Employee 10 Year Service Award

• UAMS-certified in Grants Management

• UAMS-Certified Research Specialist `

• Students to Faculty: Best Clinical Instructor Award

• Mentor to Single Parent Scholarship Fund Recipient

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

Latrina Prince-Williams

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

• Mentor to Single Parent Scholarship Fund Recipient

• 2008-09 Staff Achievement Award

Kimberly Scruggs

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Year Service Award

PJ Reed

Nancy Shaver

Ayasha Stewart

• 2008-09 Staff of the Year Award

Michelle White

• 2009 UAMS Employee 10 Year Service Award

Pam Tabor

• 2009 UAMS Employee 5 Years Service Award

Devin Terry

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Dionne Carter

Sandee Sealy

Dianne Plemmons

• 2009 TBIRC Pilot Recipient

• Fostering Professional Standards Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International

Staff Awards

Osmonetta McRae

Janice Taylor

Sarah Rhoads

• Classroom Teaching Excellence Faculty Award

• Students to Faculty: Most Supportive Faculty Award

• Students to Faculty: Best Professional

Role Model Award

• Coauthored proposal for American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas that received the Sue Hassmiller American Red

• Cross Nursing Award

• 2009 UAMS Employee 15 Year Service Award

• Elected to National Nursing Committee, American Red Cross

• 2008-09 Partners in Prevention Award in Education by Arkansas Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center

• Certified as Adult Clinical Health Specialist

Ralph Vogel

• Earned Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree

• Coauthored proposal for American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas that received the Sue Hassmiller American Red Cross Nursing Award

Pao-Feng Tsai

• Research Excellence Faculty Award

• Graduate School Mentor Award

• 2009 UAMS Employee 10 Year Service Award

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Scholarships 2009-10 BSN Nursing Scholarships— Little Rock Campus Arkansas Hospital Auxiliary Association Scholarship Linda Knowlton Antonio Long

Ashley Johnson Christopher Kennedy Linda Knowlton Lauren Lisenbee Ebony Morgan James Nichols Tameca Oliver Pauline Onyango Crystal Pearson Adrianne Phillips Courtney Streeter Benjamin White Kari Williamson

Cammy Giffin Hayes Scholarship

Arkansas Student Nurse Scholarship

Elizabeth Grossman Chelsea Smith Alicia Stolzer Dawn Zmudzinski

Barbara Pearson Nursing Scholarship

Class of 1997 Scholarship

Callie Taylor

Mary Burton Regina Knight Allison Minton Joshua Mosley

Barton Scholarship Mary Belknap Megan Blagg Erin Bowman Deborah Brown Mary Burton Lesley Charles Sarah Elissalde Sarah Gray-Staples Angela Harris Megan Jacks Lindsay Johnson Katherine Kleitsch Kathleen Lee Carol Meadors Allison Minton Elizabeth Mitchell Joshua Mosley Jennifer Perry Samantha Pollock Callie Reynolds Lauren Robinson Whitney Ross Cacey Smith Ashley Turbeville Amber Watson Deborah Witonski Dawn Zmudzinski

Beaumont Foundation of America Scholarship Brittany Bradley Katie Burns Jessica Frazier Jacqueline Hagood Alicia Jackson

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Jessica Fletcher Kyle Smith

College of Nursing Scholarship: Anonymous Donor Caitlin Abiseid Shannon Alexander Brie Alter Brittany Atchley Candice Baker Rhianna Baribeau Lindsey Bass Megan Blagg Lauren Blake Elizabeth Bobo Adam Boone Sandra Burton Kristen Carnett Allison Clark Krista Coonts Kady Courtney Francisco Dixon Brooke Dutton Blakely Edmund Jessica Fletcher Paula Gafford Heather Gravett Melissa Halbrook Morgan Hart Angela Haynie April Helfer Lauren Henson Ashley Hunter Alicia Jackson Deonna Kohal Donna Malone Rachel McKnight Jamie McMillan Carol Meadors Allison Minton Elizabeth Mitchell Ebony Morgan

Joshua Mosley Karen Nichols Nora Orr Erinn Owen Crystal Pearson Jennifer Perry Adrianne Phillips Samantha Pollock Elizabeth Riley Lena Saville Cheryl Schmidt Sydney Simpson Lydia Skinner Cacey Smith Alicia Stolzer Angela Tart Annabeth Taylor Sarah Thane Joel Uy Joyce Warner Whitney Watkins Shanna Watts Malory Williams Deborah Witonski

David L. Johnston Nursing Scholarship Lindsey Fife Angela Tart

Dean’s Excellence Award for Future Nurse Educators Kelly Crowder Shanda Escobedo Paula McManus-Paulson Kelsey Palmquist Heather Williams

Dr. Elizabeth O’Connell Scholarship Shannon Alexander Jeffrey Goodhart

Dr. Janet Lord Nursing Scholarship Allison Clark

Dr. Lee and Maria Nauss Nursing Scholarship Lindsey Bass Kady Courtney

Florence C. Zook RN Nursing Scholarship Lauren Lisenbee Ebony Morgan

Florence Grabiel Ellis RN Scholarship Donna Malone Alicia Stolzer

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Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Scholarship April Anderson Rhianna Baribeau Shannon Cobb Ashley Fonville Carla Gilmore Patricia Hernandez Tiffany Jones Antwanette Martin-Thomas Ashley Moore Kimberly Morrison Kristin Pool Tysicia Scott Daniel Smith

Gloria Rauch Scholarship Lauren Robinson Seth Thomson

Helene Fuld Foundation Health Trust Scholarship Kimberly Barnett Jodie Emmerson Holly Oxner Rachael Pitts Elizabeth Williams

Kathryn Crandall Scholarship Shannon Alexander Taylor Caravella

Marie Stephens Nursing Scholarship Alicia Jackson Mary Manriquez

Martha Harding Gann Memorial Scholarship Lydia Skinner

Marion E. Pool Scholarship Megan Turney Rachel McKnight

Mary Katherine Mourot Nursing Scholarship Deena Hamilton Shanna Watts

Mike W. Spades Memorial Scholarship Caitlin Abiseid Kreglyn Hyatt Kimberly Pistole

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ragsdale Scholarship in Nursing Karen Nichols Shanna Watts

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Huntsman Scholarship

Carolyn P. Purtle Nursing Scholarship

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Scholarship

College of Nursing Scholarship: Anonymous Donor

Candice Baker Sarah Marks Linh Phan

Michelle Landry

N. Ray Woods Nursing Scholarship Nathan Smith Brook Steimel

Rita M. Woods Nursing Scholarship Megan Blagg Heather Gravett

Veronica McNeirney Scholarship Richard Allen Adrianne Caspari Phillips

BSN Program-Hope Campus Arkansas Student Nurses Scholarship Shannon Rader

Barton Scholarship Lindsay Hooper Beth Key Rebecca McEuen Shannon Rader Sasha Sain Jessi Schmitt Cassandra Schroer Christopher Smith Cissy Ward Monica Williams

Beaumont Foundation of America Scholarship Clay Black John Crane Tabitha Crane Christina Ennis Taneshia Jackson Brittny Mills Christine Nugent Anastasia Reeves Justice West Taylor Youngblood

Cammy Giffin Hayes Scholarship Monica Williams

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Nicole Guarisco Beth Key Rebecca McEuen Jessica Reyenga

Lindsay Hooper Beth Key Rebecca McEuen Christine Nugent Sasha Sain Taylor Youngblood Dean’s Excellence Award for Future Nurse Educators Sarah Wilkerson

Dr. and Mrs. W. B. H. Pool Nursing Scholarship Kristol Barham

Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Scholarship

Rebecca Butler Kiffany Golston Melissa Stewart

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Scholarship Sasha Sain

Veronica McNeirney Scholarship Amanda Stuart

Virginia Clinton Kelly Nursing Scholarship Mandilyn Cottingham Dana Craig Susan Dyer LaToya Harris Shannon Rader Johnna Rodgers

Willa Belle Adams Scholarship Sarah Cate

RN to BSN Program Barton Scholarship Janice Benton Shavone Borosvskis Cassandra Harvey Melinda Hutcheson Megan Lancaster Margaret McNeese Stephanie Shaw Tori Smith Natalie Tibbs

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Beaumont Foundation of America Scholarship Stephanie Shaw Sheena Smith

Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Scholarship

Yvette Reynolds

Jean McClendon Scholarship Paige Bramlett Rebecca Brosius Ashley Cole Irma Perez

Madelyne M. and Edward C. McCarty Nursing Scholarship

Shavone Borosvskis Sarah Preston Tomekia White

Paul O. Canaday Scholarship Catherine Brown Rebecca Novack

Master’s Program Barton Scholarship Mandy Carter Jeri Spurlock

Beaumont Foundation of America Scholarship Maggie Avance Valerie White

Becky Moore Scholarship Toni Abney Amanda Bickford Karyn Garrett Lane Ellen Lehman Lametria Wafford

Cornelia Sundermann Scholarship Melissa Bickford Casey Godelfer Virgina Price Stephanie Salvitti

Daphine Doster Scholarship Alisha Ashley Megan Carter Kendra Spaulding Angela Willis

Deborah Dorsa Carman Scholarship Julia Adams Jessica Davidson Alicia Cook Shannon Cooper Mari Hanson Crystal Russell

Dr. and Mrs. William Pool Nursing Scholarship Mandy Carter Cassie Gonzales Carla Hodge

Dr. Ann King Cashion Scholarship Melissa Bickford Kyndel Brecheisen Robert Kraemer Janna Michael

Charlene Brown Shaneika Lewis-Williams Lametria Wafford

Virginia Ivey Penick Scholarship Amanda Bickford Shanda Vinson

Doctoral Program Dr. Carolyn Cason Scholarship Sondra Bedwell Rebecca Parnell

Dr. Cornelia Beck Gerontology Research Award Amenda Fisher Sara Rowe

Dr. Beth Vaughan-Wrobel Scholarship

Dr. Elois Field Nursing Scholarship

Dr. Patricia Evans Heacock Scholarship

Dr. Patricia Evans Heacock Scholarship

Jennifer Jennings Halie Schaffer

Lisa Carter Stephanie Salvitti

Dr. Sheila Collier Horner Scholarship MaShelia Broadway Tracy Loyd Alicia McAlister Alisa King Spellmann

Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation Scholarship Christie Daniels Jeri Spurlock

Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence Student Scholar Beth Evans

Mary Emma Smith Nursing Scholarship Charity Dawson Robin Kerr Elizabeth McCord

Patrick Joseph McNeirney Scholarship Laura Barganier Lisa Drake Eunice Orji

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Sophronia Reacie Williams Scholarship

Rebecca Parnell Christina Pettey

Rebecca Parnell

The William Randolph Hearst Minority Endowed Scholarship Sondra Bedwell Wanda Christie Linda Crumpton Amenda Fisher Pamela Gourner Rebecca Parnell Barbara Pate Martha Rojo Sara Rowe

Faculty Research-based Scholarship Awards Susan Ball

Single grandfathers as parents. UAMSCommittee for Allocation of Graduate Student Research Funds. $2,000. 2008-2009.

Sandy Berryman

Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence Scholarship to obtain a Hartford / Noorda Gerentology Interdisciplinary Program Graduate Certificate. $50,000. 2009-2010.

Dana Carthron

Impact of Caregiver Burden on the Diabetic Health of African American Grandmothers.

John A. Hartford Foundation Pre-doctorate. $95.850. 2007-2009.

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Carol Enderlin

Sleep in Older Women with Breast Cancer.

John A. Hartford Foundation Pre-doctorate. $75,832. 2006-2009.

Melodee Harris

Massage as an Intervention on Sleep in Dementia Patients. John A. Hartford Foundation Pre-doctorate. $74,599. 2007-2009.

Mary Opal Wolanin Scholarship Program Recipient. National Gerontological Nursing Association. $1,500. 2008-09.

Faculty Research-based Post-doc Awards

Lefler, L. Older black and white women’s self-perceived risk for acute coronary syndrome.

John A Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Claire M. Fagin Fellow. $120,000. 2008-2010.

Bowren, D. Elders’ Adherence to Neuro

Stabilizer Therapy. John A Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Claire M. Fagin Fellow. $125,000. July 1, 2009-June 30, 2011.

Student Research-based Scholarship Awards Krista Sifford

Resident-to-resident Violence Prediction and Prevention in Long-term Care. John A. Hartford Foundation Pre-doctorate. $97,773.

2008-2010.

Pamela Ashcraft

Explanatory Models of 14-17 Year Old Obese African-American and Hispanic Males. Sigma Theta Tau. $500. 2009.

Martha Rojo

Cervical Cancer and Hispanic Women. Sigma Theta Tau. $500. 2009.

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Dean’s Award 2009

Elizabeth Tornquist, MA

The UAMS College of Nursing Dean’s Award recognizes exceptional individuals who have contributed to the growth and success of the College of Nursing. On May 15, 2009, the College honored Elizabeth Tornquist, MA, at its annual Graduation Recognition Ceremony. A visiting professor at the College since 2000, she has contributed greatly in her role as an accomplished editor to the nursing profession and particularly to the growth and success of the College’s faculty.

An English major in college, Tornquist earned her BA from Duke University and her MA from the University of Chicago. While she has held a number of interesting positions during her distinguished professional career, from 1974 until her retirement in 2004, Tornquist was editor-in-residence and lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing.

Tornquist’s curriculum vita is long and impressive. She has authored two books; co-edited nine books; and written numerous book chapters, book reviews, and articles. During her 50

career, she has presented workshops at more than 40 universities, especially schools of nursing, and dozens of clinical facilities, speaking on topics such as writing for publication, writing effective research proposals and helping students move from thesis to publication. In addition, she has served as an editorial consultant for nurses and other health care professionals across the country.

Over the years, Tornquist has received many honors, most notably the prestigious 2007 Pioneering Spirit Award from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses for supporting nurses as they seek to communicate their knowledge in print.

Dr. Linda Hodges, dean emeritus of the College of Nursing, met Tornquist in 1986. After becoming dean of our College, Hodges invited Tornquist to become a visiting professor and has always considered her “the College’s secret weapon” because of the pivotal role she has played in assisting faculty in writing grants that are funded and manuscripts, books and book chapters that are published, Since 2000, the faculty have had approximately 600 manuscripts, book chapters and/or books published. In addition, 197 grants have been funded out of the 274 submitted, giving the College a 72% success rate on grant submissions. Tornquist has played a vital part in the College’s rise in national prominence over the past 9 years because of the College’s levels of grant funding.

Often called our “energizer bunny,” Tornquist has always been there for the faculty and students, even on holidays when she would edit and fax page by page to individuals so that

they could meet a deadline.

“Her commitment to the College ensured the success of grants that have permitted the College to have a Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, a family psych mental health nurse practitioner program, a Tailored Biobehavioral Intervention Research Center and also our RN to BSN web-based program…just to name a few,” said Dr. Claudia Barone, dean.

Faculty and students applaud her as one of the most supportive and inspirational mentors they have ever had. She is gifted, caring and motivating. One faculty member said that even if she went into an appointment with Tornquist with no ideas for manuscripts, she would leave with a long list and would be motivated and compelled to draft something for Tornquist to review.

Louanne Lawson, PhD, RN, DF-IAFN, FAAN, associate professor, described Tornquist as her “s/hero,” someone who has given her the confidence to succeed as an academic. “I am convinced that without her mentorship and personal kindness, I would not be a successful researcher, editor and writer,” said Lawson.

The College and faculty have been fortunate to flourish because of Tornquist’s expertise and guidance.

Always ready to assist with an enthusiasm and humor that is contagious and one of the greatest assets that the College and the nursing profession has, she is most deserving of the Dean’s Award for 2009.

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Student Recognition 2008-09 and 2009-10

Matthew Bolding

Kelsey Agre

Jennifer Bonner

• Junior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Marc Allen

• Junior Class President 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class President 2009-10, Little Rock

Brie Alter

• Junior Class Treasurer 2009-10, Little Rock

Alden Artis

• Junior Class Vice President 2008-09, Hope • Senior Class Vice President 2009-10, Hope

Pamela Ashcraft

• Research Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International 2008-09

Alison Baker

• Senior Class Secretary 2009-10, Hope

Candice Baker

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock • SNA Social Affairs Committee Co-chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Mary Baker

• Junior Class Treasurer 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Treasurer 2009-10, Little Rock

Kristol Barham

• SNA Secretary 2008-09, Hope • Student to Student: Most Supportive Student Award 2008-09, Hope

Mandy Blankenship

• SNA Historian 2008-09, Hope • Faculty to Student: Outstanding Hope Student Award 2008-09

Elizabeth Bobo

• Junior Class House of Delegates Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

• Senior Class Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Faculty to Student: Gloria Rauch Award 2008-09 • Student to Student: Nursing Excellence Award 2008-09, Little Rock • Student to Student: Most Supportive Student Award 2008-09, Little Rock

• Senior Class UAMS Associated Student Government Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Elected to Executive Board of Arkansas Nursing Students Association 2008-09

Adam Boone

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock

Shavone Borosvskis

Tiffany Bush

• Senior Class President 2008-09, Hope • SNA Breakthrough to Nursing Committee Chair 2008-09, Hope

Shannon Bustamante

• Senior Class Treasurer 2009-10, Hope • SNA Secretary 2009-10, Hope

Christi Butler

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee • Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Paige Butterfield

• SNA President 2008-09, Little Rock • Faculty to Student: Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Award 2008-09 • Student to Student: Nightingale Award 2008-09, Little Rock

Stephanie Carter

• Dean’s RN to BSN Award 2008-09

• SNA Breakthrough to Nursing Committee Chair 2008-09, Little Rock

Kristi Bowden

Sarah Cate

• Senior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock

Bendi Bowers

• Excellence in Nursing Practice Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International 2008-09

Deborah Brown

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

Kelly Burden

• SNA President 2009-10, Little Rock

Katie Burns

• Junior Class Social Activities Chair 2008-09, Hope • Senior Class Social Activities Chair 2009-10, Hope • SNA Community Service Committee Chair 2009-10, Hope

Amanda Christian

• Junior Class Historian 2008-09, Hope • Senior Class Historian 2009-10, Hope

Shannon Cobb

• Junior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

• Junior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Junior Class Representative 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Keya Cooley

Bill Buron

Dana Craig

• Graduate Student: Outstanding Future Nurse Leader Award 2008-09

Sandra Burton

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

• Junior Class Yearbook Committee Representative Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Kristen Cox

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Hope

• SNA Treasurer 2009-10, Hope

John Crane

• Senior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Hope

Melissa Day

• SNA Historian 2009-10, Little Rock

Dona Dorman

• Graduate Student: Willa Belle Adams Award 2008-09 PATHWAYS • 2010

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SNA Photographer 2008-09, Little Rock Senior Class House of Delegates Representative 2008-09, Little Rock Senior Class Yearbook Committee

Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Faculty to Student: Little Rock Departmental Club Award 2008-09 • Elected to Executive Board of Arkansas Nursing Students Association 2008-09

Susan Dyer

• Senior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Hope

Christina Ennis

• Junior Class Secretary/Treasurer 2009-10, Hope

Laura Evans

• Graduate Student: Kathryn “Bucky” Thomas Award 2008-09

Lindsey Fife

• Junior Class UAMS Associated Student Government Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class UAMS Associated Student Government Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Kristen Frierson

• Senior Class Fundraising Committee Chair 2009-10, Hope • SNA Breakthrough to Nursing Committee Chair 2009-10, Hope

Dana Gibson

• Hope for the Future Award 2008-09, Hope

Kiery Glover

• Senior Class Secretary/ Treasurer 2008-09, Hope

Kiffany Golston

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Hope

Jeffrey Goodhart

• Junior Class President 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Junior Class Representative 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Community Service Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Sarah Gray-Staples

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock • Junior Class Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

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Beth Grossman

Latoya Harris

Nicole Guarciso

Lindsay Hooper

• Senior Class Social Activities Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock

• SNA Vice President 2008-09, Hope • Faculty to Student: Virginia R. Jarratt Award 2008-09

Bernard Hall

• Junior Class Vice President 2009-10, Little Rock

Jacquelyn Hall

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Treasurer 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Fundraising Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Deena Hamilton

• Junior Class UAMS Associated Student Government Representative 2008-09, Little Rock

Tosha Handley

• SNA Program Committee Co-chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Beth Hanks

• Junior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock

• SNA Community Service Committee Chair 2008-09, Hope

• Junior Class Vice President 2009-10, Hope

Ashley Hunter

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock

Holly Oxner Hurn

• Junior Class Representative, SNA 2008-09, Little Rock • SNA Vice President 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Program Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Awards and Scholarship Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Gloria Hurst

• Chaired Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses 2008 Convention Planning Committee

Michael Hyde

• Junior Class Substance Abuse Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock

Stewart Irving

• Senior Class Social Activities Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock • SNA Bylaws Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock

Alisha Jackson

Tamerra Hansberry

• Junior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Blair Hanson

Jeremy Jackson

• Junior Class Blood Drive Coordinator 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Blood Drive Coordinator 2009-10, Little Rock

• Senior Class UAMS Associated Student Government Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Elected to Executive Board of Arkansas Nursing Students Association 2008-09

Angela Haynie

• SNA Second Vice President 2008-09, Little Rock • SNA Breakthrough to Nursing Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Bylaws Committee Co-chair 2009-10, Little Rock

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Second Vice President 2009-10, Little Rock • SNA Bylaws Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Katherine Kleitsch

Angela Harris

Emily Lambert

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

Holli Kordsmeier

• Senior Class Secretary 2008-09, Little Rock

• Junior Class Vice President 2008-09, Little Rock • Senior Class Vice President 2009-10, Little Rock PATHWAYS • 2010

Lee Sun Leoncavalio

• Senior Class Recruitment and Retention Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • Faculty to Student: Ina Swetnam Award 2008-09

Candace Mayle

• Senior Class Fundraising Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock

Morgan McDonald

• Senior Class President 2008-09, Little Rock

Rebecca McEuen

• SNA President 2009-10, Hope

Beverly McKenzie

• Junior Class House of Delegates Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock • Senior Class House of Delegates Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Carol Meadors

Adrianne Caspari Phillips

• Junior Class Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • SNA Junior Class Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock • Senior Class Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Kimberly Pistole

• SNA Awards and Scholarship Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock • Elected to Executive Board of Arkansas Nursing Students Association 2008-09

Samantha Pollock

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

Mia Rader

• Junior Class Secretary/Treasurer 2008-09, Hope

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock

Taliah Ragland

Stephanie Messer

Cindy Reed

• Junior Class Fundraising Chair 2009-10, Hope

Brittny Mills

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Hope

Allison Minton

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

Elizabeth Mitchell

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2011, Little Rock

Bridgett Moran

• Student Ambassador for the Red Cross 2008-09, Little Rock

• SNA Assistant Secretary 2009-10, Little Rock

Josh Rowland

• Junior Class USMA Associated Student Government Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

Sasha Sain

• Junior Class President 2009-10, Hope

Cassandra Schroer

• Senior Class Vice President 2008-09, Hope

Katie Sharp

• SNA Program Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock

Summer Shelton

• SNA Public Relations Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock

Lydia Skinner

• Junior Class Fundraising Chair 2008-09, Little Rock • College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock • Senior Class Fundraising Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

Audrey Parker Smith

• Junior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2009-10, Little Rock

• Senior Class Vice President 2008-09, Little Rock • Faculty to Student: Little Rock Departmental Club Award 2008-09

Jessica Reyenga

Christopher Smith

• Senior Class Historian 2008-09, Hope • Pat Tidwell Award 2008-09, Hope

Callie Reynolds

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

Elizabeth Riley

• Junior Class Secretary 2008-09, Little Rock College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock • Senior Class Secretary 2009-10, Little Rock

Lauren Robinson

• SNA Fundraising Committee Chair 2008-09, Hope

Shanna Smith

• SNA Treasurer 2008-09, Hope • Student to Student: Nursing Excellence Award 2008-09, Hope

Alisa King Spellmann

• Graduate Student: Veronica McNeirney Award 2008-09

Celeste Stack

• Senior Class Honor Code Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock

• Junior Class Yearbook Committee Representative 2008-09, Little Rock • SNA Photographer 2008-09, Little Rock

Karen Nichols

Martha Rojo

Kayla Stockton

Jennifer Perry

Whitney Ross

James Nichols

• SNA Historian 2009-10, Little Rock

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

PATHWAYS • 2010

• Research Award, Gamma Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International 2008-09

• College of Nursing Honors Program, Class of 2010, Little Rock

• Junior Class Historian 2009-10, Hope

Alicia Stolzer

• SNA Fundraising and Finance Committee Co-chair 2008-09, Little Rock • SNA Nominating and Election Committee Chair 2009-10, Little Rock

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Faculty Publications Anderson, C. M., Dean, J. C., & Fincher, R. L. (2008). MRI in breast cancer screening.

The Female Patient, 33(11), 40-41.

Helms, J., & Barone, C. P. (2008). Physiology and treatment of pain. Critical Care Nurse, 28(6), 38-44, 46-50.

Andrews, J. O., Heath, J., Barone, C. P., & Tingen, M. S. (2008). Time to quit? New strategies for tobacco-dependent patients. The Nurse Practitioner, 33(11), 34-42.

Mezey, M., Beverly, C., Buckwalter, K., Keller, C., Kolanowski, A., & Pepper, G. (2008).

Response to “Preserving Today with an Eye on Our Future.” Nursing Outlook 2008, 56(4), 141-142. (Guest editorial) Ward-Begnoche, W .L., Gance-Cleveland, B., Harris, M., & Dean, J. (2009). Case study of the design and implementation of schoolbased obesity prevention program addressing middle school students. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 24(2), 247-263.

Ward-Begnoche, W. L., Gance-Cleveland, B., Simpson, P., Parker, J., Dean, J., Graham, D., & Thompson, J. (2009). Effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention program.

International Journal of Health Promotion & Education, 47(2), 51-56.

globe rupture. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 31(1), 27-33.

Rhoads, S. J., Ivey, T. L., & Glasgow, M. E. (2009). The beat goes on. AWHONN, 18, 4.

Capps, N., Stewart, A., & Burns, C. (2009). The interplay between secondhand cigarette smoke, genetics and cervical cancer: A review of the literature. Biological Research for Nursing, 10 (4), 392-399.

Schmidt, C. K. (2008). Issue Editor for “Disaster Preparedness” in Family and Community Health: The Journal of Health Promotion and Maintenance, 31(1).

Martin, J. (2008). This thing called SNA and leadership u: What are they? SNA Fall 2008 Newsletter, 2(1), 4-7.

Lawson, L., (2008). Forensic nursing: The maturing of a discipline. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 4(4), 147-149.

Coleman, E. A., Coon, S. K., Lockhart, K. D., Kennedy, R. L., Montgomery, R., & Copeland, N. (2009). Effect of certification in oncology nursing on nursing sensitive outcomes. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 13(2), 165-72.

Lawson, L., (2008). Person-centered forensic nursing. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 4(3), 101-103.

Green, A., McSweeney, J., Ainley, K., & Bryant, J. (2009). Comparing parents’ and children’s views of children’s quality of life after heart transplant. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 14(1), 49-58.

McSweeney, J. (2009). Commentary: Explicating nurses’ cardiac triage decisions.

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(1), 48-49.

Meaux, J., Green, A., & Broussard. L. (2009).

ADHD in the college student: A block in the road. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(3), 248-256.

Hartwig, M. (2009). A prevention framework for managing type 2 diabetes. Arkansas Nursing News, 5(2), 11-19.

Tsai, P., Beck, C., Chang, J. Y., Hagen, J., Anand, S., & Kuo, Y. (2009). The effect of Tai Chi on knee osteoarthritis pain in cognitively impaired elders: Pilot study. Geriatric Nursing, 30(2), 132-139.

Davis, K., Middaugh, D. & Davis, R. (2008). First down! Keeping your team in the game with great coaching, MedSurg Nursing, 17(6), 434-436.

Middaugh, D., Grissom, N., & Satkowski, T. (2008). Goofy management: Taking the magic to the workplace. MedSurg Nursing, 17(2), 131-2.

Paniagua, C. T., Gunter, C. M., Casciano, J. D., & Maddox, R. P. (2009). Patient with a

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Coleman, E. A., Senner, J. W., & Edwards, B. (2008). Does multiple myeloma incidence vary by geographic area? Journal of Arkansas Medical Society, 105(4), 89-91.

Lawson, L., (2008). Female offenders’ explanatory models of child sexual abuse.

Violence and Victims, 23(3), 331-343.

Lawson, L. & Rowe, S. (2009). The scientific foundations of SANE education. Journal of Forensic Nursing. 5(2), 115-118.

Hartwig, M., Cummins, D., Frank T., et al.

(2009). Impact of prenatal clinic on neonatal outcomes for diabetic mothers. The Arkansas Family Physician, 12(2), 7-11.

Dorman, D. & Middaugh, D. (2009).

Promise-keeping: Do we keep our promises?

MedSurg Nursing, 18(1), 59-61.

chemotherapy and autologous peripheral-blood stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma.

Oncology Nursing Forum, 35(3),1-9.

Tsai, P., Chang, J. Y., Beck, C., Hagen, J., Anand, S., & Kuo, Y. (2009). The feasibility of implementing Tai Chi for nursing home residents with knee osteoarthritis and cognitive impairment. Activities Directors’ Quarterly, 10(1), 9-17.

Tsai, P. (2009). Editorial: Moving forward with randomized controlled trials. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 2(1), 3.

Coleman, E. A., Coon, S. K., Kennedy, R. L., Lockhart, K. D., Stewart, C. B., Anaissie, E., & Barlogie, B. (2008). Effects of exercise in combination with epoetin alfa during high dose

Lawson, L., (2008). Forensic nursing science in 2008. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 4(1),45-46.

Book/Book Chapter Lawson, L. (2008). Forensic nursing. In Renzetti, C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Paniagua, C. T. & Taylor, R. E. (2009).

Hispanic/Latino perspectives on genetic tests and ethics. In Monsen, R.B. (Ed.), Genetics and ethics in health care: New questions in the age of genomic health. Silver Spring, MD: Nursebooks. org.

Student Publications

Abbott, R. M. (2008). Geographic analysis of ambulance availability in Arkansas. Journal of Family & Community Health, 31(1), 35-43.

Christie, W. (2008, December). Confident voices. [Review of the book The nurses’ guide to improving communication and co-creating a positive workplace]. CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing: Amazon.

Christie, W. (2009, February).

Epilogue: Where nurses nurture their young.

[Review of the book Confident voices: The nurses’ guide to improving communication and co-creating positive workplaces]. CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing: Amazon.

PATHWAYS • 2010

Dorsten, A. M., Sifford, K. S., Bharucha, A., Mecca, L. P., & Wactlar, H. (2009). Ethical perspectives on emerging assistive technologies: Insights from focus groups with stakeholders in long-term care facilities. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 4(1), 25-36.

Enderlin, C. A., Coleman, E. A., Hakkak, R., & Stewart, C. B. (2009). A metasynthesis of soy and breast cancer risk. Oncology Nursing Forum. 36(5), 531-9.

Compas, C., Hopkins, K. A., & Townsley, E. (2008). Best practices in implementing and sustaining quality of care: A review of the quality improvement literature.

Research in Gerontological Nursing, 1(3), 209-216.

Grant Funding Research Grants New Funding-Extramural Beverly, C. (PI). Planning for Workforce Development in Geriatric and Long-Term Care in Arkansas Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future Award. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $434,000. September 09-August 2011.

Beverly, C. (PI). Development of Best Care Practices for Patients with Dementia. Golden Living Center. $125,000. 2008-2009.

Coleman, A. (PI). Predicting ChemotherapyInduced Mucositis with Genetic and Clinical Factors. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (RC2). $1,638,294. September 2009-July 2011.

Lefler, L. (PI). Exploring Self-perceived Cardiac Risk in Older Black and White Women. American Nurses Foundation. $3,483.

2008-2009.

Tak, S. (PI). Challenge Supplement for Student Research. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Nursing Research. $24,650. July 2009-October 2009 Tsai, P. (PI). Sub-study of Improving Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Nursing Homes. Alzheimer’s Arkansas: Mayday Fund. $15,000. 2008-2009.

Continuation Funding– Extramural Cole, C. (PI), Richards, K., & Beck, C. Sleep Fragmentation and Attention in Alzheimer’s Disease. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (K23). $283,838.

June 2006-May 2009.

Cole, C. (PI). Feasibility Study: Attention Measured in Alzheimer’s & Mild Cognitive Impairment. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research– Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15). $142,900. July 2007-June 2009.

Coleman, A. (PI), Coon, S., & Richards, K. Exercise to Relieve Cancer-Related Insomnia and Fatigue. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (R01). $1,425,858. May 2005-April 2009.

McSweeney, J. (PI), Cody, M., O’Sullivan, P., & Wei, J. Predicting CDH Events in Black and White Women–Competing Continuation.

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (R01). $2,302,176.

February 2005-January 2010.

McSweeney, J. (PI), & Beck, C. Research Center for Tailored Bio-behavioral Nursing Interventions. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (P20). $1,506,955. September 2004-June 2010.

Tak, S. (PI). Therapeutic Computer Activity Intervention in Alzheimer’s Disease. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research–Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15). $216,000.

September 2007-August 2010.

Tsai, P. (PI). Effect of Tai Chi on Osteoarthritic Knee Pain in Elders with Mild Dementia. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (R21). $396,000. September 2007-May 2010.

New Funding–Intramural Cole, C. (PI). Proxy measures for coronary heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and dementia: A Delphi. UAMS CON Intramural Grant Program. $1,500. 2009.

Goodwin, J. (PI). Living with Multiple Myeloma. UAMS Medical Research Endowment Award. $15,000. 2009.

Lawson, L. (PI). Using goal attainment scaling for individual and program evaluation.

UAMS Medical Research Endowment Award. $13,960. 2009.

PATHWAYS • 2010

Lefler, L. (PI). Exploring Attitude and Belief Factors for Risk Factor Reduction in Older Women after Cardiac Rehabilitation. TBIRC P20 Pilot Study. $7,910. 2009.

Mitchell, A. (PI). Physiological Effects of Eye Examinations for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Feasibility Study. TBIRC P20 Pilot Study. $9,715. 2009.

Rhoads, S. (PI). Examining African American Women’s Perspectives about their Pregnancy that Resulted in a Low Birth Weight Baby.

TBIRC P20 Pilot Study. $10,851. 2009.

New Funding-Collaborative Fischer, J. (PI ), & McSweeney, J. (Co-I). Perspectives on Enhancing Family Involvement in Treatment for PTSD. VA Health Services Research and Development Service. $239,000. April 2009-March 2011.

Continued FundingCollaborative Lipschitz, D. (PI), & Beverly, C. Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education.

Schmieding Foundation. $14,000,000. January 1999-December 2019.

Pyne, J. (PI), & McSweeney, J. PatientCentered Medication Adherence Intervention for Schizophrenia. VA Health Services Research and Development Service. $700,000.

April 2004-June 2009.

Herr, K.A. (PI), & Tsai, P. Improving Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Nursing Homes: A National Nursing Collaborative.

Mayday Foundation. $153,954. 2007-2009.

Stewart, K. E. (PI), & Gullette, D. Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors among Rural African American Stimulant Users. National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse. $3,045,459. September 2007-September 2012.

Garner, K. (PI), & McSweeney, J. Qualitative Analysis of Hospital Executives, Physician Administrators, and Hospital Legal Counsels’ Perception of End-of-Life Care. South Central MIRECC 2007 Clinical Partnership Program. $24,694. September 2007-September 2010.

Hall, R. Whit. (PI), & Mitchell, A. Does Noninvasive Electrical Stimulation of Acupuncture Points (NESAP) Reduce Heelstick Pain in Neonates? Mayday Foundation. $401,884. September 2008-August 2010.

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Program Grants New Funding-Extramural Barone, C., PI.. Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship. Department of Health and Human Services–Health Resources and Services Administration. $55,780. July 2008June 2009.

Barone, C., PI. Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship. Department of Health and Human Services–Health Resources and Services Administration. $75,715. July 2009June 2010.

Rhoads, S., PI. Neonatal Web-based Audio Video Educational Support (WAVES).

Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation. $31,750. January 2009-December 2009.

Continued FundingExtramural Barone, C., PI. Essentials for Nursing Success (ENS). Department of Health and Human Services–Health Resources and Services Administration. $820,418. July 2006-June 2009.

Beverly, C., PI. Hartford Nursing Home Collaborative. American Academy of Nursing. $57,899. August 2007-July 2009.

Beverly, C., PI, & Richards, K. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. John A. Hartford Foundation. $1,050,000. January 2006-December 2010.

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To prepare the dressing, mix the sugar, onion, poppy seeds and paprika in a bowl. Add the white wine vinegar, cider vinegar and oil gradually, whisking constantly until incorporated.

To prepare the salad, toss the spinach, cranberries, orange, almonds, strawberries, green onions and red onion in a salad bowl. Drizzle the dressing over the salad 30 minutes before serving and toss until coated.

Cranberry Sweet Potato Bread 1 ½ cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/3 cups sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup canola oil 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped dried cranberries Mix the flour and sugar in a bowl. Whisk the eggs in a bowl until blended and stir in the canola oil. Add the vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and mix well. Stir in the mashed sweet potatoes and mix in the flour mixture. Fold in the cranberries.

Spoon the batter in a 5x9-inch loaf pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

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