2005 UCF NURSING MAGAZINE, vol. 3 by UCF College of Nursing

UCF NURSING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE News from the School of Nursing at the University of Central Florida

December 2005, Volume 3

Message from the Director .............. 2 News Highlights.................................... 3 Excellence in Research..................... 4 Excellence in Academics ................. 8 UCF Nursing in the Community ............................. 9 UCF Nursing around the World........................... 13 History of UCF Nursing .................. 16 Publications ......................................... 18 People Faculty ...........................................20 Students............................................. 21 Alumni................................................. 22 Sigma Theta Tau................................ 24

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF

Florida Center for Nursing............ 25

NURSING GRADUATES AT UCF

Report of Gifts .................................... 26

UCF NUR MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

CF Stands for Opportunity — Past, Present and Future!

The new university slogan, UCF Stands for Opportunity, appropriately reﬂects the excitement and growth we have seen this year in the School of Nursing. The Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing was established in March 2005. This endowed faculty position is one of only ﬁve in oncology nursing in the nation. Karen Dow, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, professor of nursing, was appointed to this chair and honored at a reception at the Orlando Museum of Art. Dr. Dow’s research has focused on improving the quality of life for cancer survivors and their families. She is recognized both nationally and internationally as a leader in nursing research. In response to the needs of the health-care environment and faculty shortage, two new M.S.N. tracks were developed, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) and Nurse Educator. The CNL is a master’s prepared generalist clinician who will plan and coordinate health-care activities at the point of care. The CNL initiative is being led by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the voice for baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing education. The School of Nursing is one of 77 schools 2

nationwide that will pilot the new CNL program. The program is a joint venture with clinical partners and UCF is fortunate to have two outstanding partners: Orlando Regional Healthcare System and Florida Hospital. The program can be completed in four semesters full-time, with more than half of the courses available online. In light of the severe nursing shortage in Florida and throughout the nation, UCF faculty leaders seized the opportunity to develop an online Nurse Educator track to be available in fall 2005. Grant support from the Florida Department of Education’s SUCCEED Florida program has provided UCF with the opportunity to rapidly launch the program to prepare more nurse educators. While we continue to move forward with strategic initiatives and new partnerships that seize opportunities to make a difference in the lives of patients and the community, we are also taking time to celebrate our past. In spring 2006, School of Nursing alumni will have the opportunity to celebrate 25 years of nursing graduates at UCF. A new book on the school’s history will be available for purchase in March, and a gala celebration weekend is planned for March 24-25. The celebration will commence with a newly established Blue Cross Blue Shield Endowed Visiting Distinguished

Jean D’Meza Leuner, Ph.D., RN Director and Professor

Professorship Lecture given by Angela Barron McBride Ph.D., RN, FAAN, distinguished professor and university dean emerita at Indiana University. A gala celebration dinner will be held on March 25 at UCF for nursing alumni, faculty and friends. Please plan to join us as we celebrate the past, present and future of nursing at UCF.

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ON THE COVER

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF NURSING GRADUATES AT UCF In May 2006, the 25th class of nursing

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS 2004–2005

• In 2004–2005, 476 students were enrolled in

• A $600,000 gift in March 2005 from Beat

the school’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Kahli, president and CEO of Avalon Park,

programs — 80 more students than in 2003–

a planned community in Florida’s Orange

2004.

County, established the Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli

students will graduate from UCF — and the School of Nursing plans to celebrate! Mark your calendars for a gala celebration dinner on the evening of March 25, 2006, at UCF’s Orlando campus. For further information about the event, visit www. cohpa.ucf.edu/nursing/index.cfm.

Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing. Professor Karen Dow was appointed to the position.

• The school admitted its second cohort of

Also, look for presales in February of a

doctoral nursing students in fall 2004,

new book, History of Nursing Education

bringing the total number of students in the

at the University of Central Florida, to be

program to 19.

published in March 2006. (For an overview of the school’s history, see pages 16-17 of

• The school developed two new tracks to be

this publication.)

launched in fall 2005 in the Master of Science Jacque Brund

in Nursing program: Clinical Nurse Leader and Nurse Educator. • The School of Nursing ranked ﬁrst in the state

(Left to right) Professor Karen Dow with Beat and Jill Kahli at a reception held at UCF President Hitt’s home in April 2005.

of Florida in research funding received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 2004.

Many things have changed since the ﬁrst class of nursing students graduated from UCF in 1981. Gone are typewriters and nursing “whites” and caps. Today, students use human patient simulators, take online courses and wear white polo shirts with blue slacks. After graduation, they enter

Karen Guin

• A $100,000 gift in October 2004 from The

The UCF Office of Research and Commercialization recognized the School of Nursing’s success in obtaining NIH funding at a ceremony in December 2004. Shown here are (left to right) M.J. Solieu, vice president for research; Karen Dow, professor of nursing; Tom O’Neal, associate vice president for research; Jean Leuner, director and professor of nursing; Jean Kijek, associate professor of nursing; and Karen Dennis, professor of nursing.

clinical settings that are vastly different

Martin Andersen and Gracia Andersen

from those before the AIDS pandemic

Foundation is funding a remodeling project

and 9/11. And now they may continue

that will create the Martin Andersen and Gracia

their education in the School of Nursing’s

Andersen Nursing Skills Laboratory.

master’s and doctoral degree programs.

• The School of Nursing Alumni Chapter hosted

What hasn’t changed is the School of

several successful events and launched a

Nursing’s dedication to preparing its

newsletter, Knightingale News.

students to be among the most highly skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate nurses working in the profession. Please join the school in celebrating this wonderful milestone in its history.

Today’s B.S.N. graduates receive the same pin as graduates in 1981.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT WEIGHT-LOSS AND EXERCISE STUDY COMPARES CENTER- AND HOME-BASED PROGRAMS Women are losing weight and improving their health thanks to a research study funded by a ﬁve-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. The study, led by Professor Karen Dennis, is comparing two weight-loss and exercise programs that are identical except for their locations and delivery of treatment. “Center-based” participants attend classes and walk for exercise at a center established in the Central Florida Research Park, adjacent to UCF’s Orlando campus. “Home-based” participants learn by reading and talking to consultants over the phone. They walk for exercise at selfselected locations.

According to Dennis, a second cohort of women completed the ﬁrst six months of the study in July 2005. “This is the most intensive part of the treatment for both the home and center groups,” she explained. “During the ﬁrst six months, we call the home ladies weekly and we see the center ladies in a weekly group session. The home ladies walk three times a week at a home, meaning wherever they want, while the center ladies come in to walk three times a week on treadmills.” During the second six months, the women are in a tapering phase in which Dennis and her team gradually reduce their contact with them. However, the women continue to work at losing weight or begin maintaining their weight loss, depending 4

Karen Guin

All of the participants are postmenopausal women, 50 to 65 years old, nonsmokers and healthy and were initially 20 to 50 pounds overweight. They enter the program as part of a cohort of about 30 participants, who are randomly assigned to either the home- or center-based program.

Professor Karen Dennis (center) and dietician Lisa Haggar (right) discuss portion control with study participant Joy Ungerer.

on their individual goals. “The women completing the ﬁrst six months of the study have lost an average of 18 pounds — and the weight loss was similar for both the home- and centerbased groups,” Dennis said. She has found that women participating in the study long enough to provide oneyear, follow-up data, on average, regained a negligible amount of weight. And some participants continued to lose weight on

their own throughout the follow-up year to reach their personal goals. “I don’t make guarantees that women will lose weight if they volunteer to participate in this research project,” Dennis noted. “On the other hand, I do tell them that the program works, but they have to work the program.” A third cohort of women will begin the study in January 2006.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS E. Daleen Aragon, Ph.D., CCRN, FCCM

Jacqueline Byers, Ph.D., RN, CNAA, CPHQ

Paul Desmarais, Ph.D., RN

Adjunct Instructor

Associate

Visiting Assistant

Daleen Aragon’s

Professor

Professor Paul

research focuses

Jacqueline Byers

Desmarais is

on implementation

is actively involved

studying outcomes

of evidence-based

in collaborative

of cardiac

clinical practice

research with the

rehabilitation.

and patient

Neonatal Intensive

He is especially

outcomes. Her

Care Unit (NICU)

interested in

most recent studies have focused on infection

team at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

referral rates and outcomes of men versus

prevention in acute care and compliance with

and Women in Orlando. Their recent studies

women, as well as barriers and facilitators for

hand hygiene and isolation precautions within

include a quasi-experimental study of the

successful completion of cardiac rehabilitation

a health-care system. Over the past few years,

impact of developmental, family-centered care

programs.

Aragon has been leading an institutional-wide

on infant outcomes and parental satisfaction,

performance improvement project for glycemic

and three studies evaluating NICU sound

control in acute care. One aspect of this project

levels and infant physiologic responses.

Karen Dow, Ph.D., RN, FAAN Professor Karen

has been implementation of a tight glycemic control initiative with a newly developed clinical

Dow is completing

Karen E. Dennis, PhD, RN, FAAN

the ﬁnal year

management strategy and the use of IV insulin.

Professor Karen

of a quality-of-

She has conducted studies on the safety,

Dennis’ research

life intervention

efﬁcacy and compliance with the glycemic

focuses on obesity

research project

control protocol in the critically ill population.

and sedentariness

funded by the

Aragon has recently completed a study on

as risk factors for

nursing perceptions and work effort for blood

cardiovascular

of Nursing Research and the Ofﬁce of Cancer

glucose monitoring and tight glycemic control

disease in mid-

Survivorship at the National Cancer Institute.

life and older

The study recruited 255 women with early

in critical care.

National Institute

women and men. She continues to lead a

stage I and II breast cancer to participate in

Angeline Bushy, Ph.D., RN, CNS, FAAN

ﬁve-year study on weight loss and exercise in

a six-month intervention program consisting

Professor Angeline

menopause funded by the National Institute of

of one-on-one teaching supplemented by

Busy coordinates

Nursing Research (see Research Spotlight).

written and audiotape instruction and support

all research

She also continues to serve as the UCF

materials. Data analysis is ongoing.

activities for the

leader in the Orlando initiative of Active Living

annual National

by Design, a national program funded by

Dow is also the principal investigator of

Rural Health

the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The

WebO.N.E., an Internet-based, interactive,

Conference. Her

program’s goal is to promote changes in the

cancer nursing education program designed

efforts include

local community to make it easy for people

for an international audience. The program has

preparing the call for abstracts, sending

to be physically active. In addition, Dennis

been supported by an educational grant from

abstracts to reviewers, compiling data and

oversees a pilot study on intergenerational

Bristol-Myers Squibb International Oncology

selecting conference research presentations,

physical activity.

since 2001. The goal of WebO.N.E. is to foster

poster presentations and awards.

clinical-decision making, increase connection in the virtual-learning community and serve as an innovative e-learning educational resource for nurses internationally. Currently, more than 1,000 nurses are enrolled in the program. WebO.N.E. has been translated into four languages — Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese. Continued on next page

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS (continued) Lorrie L. Powel, Ph.D., RN

Judith Ruland, Ed.D., RN and Diane Wink,

Associate

Ed.D., RNC, ARNP

Professor Lygia

Professor Lorrie

Associate Professor Judith Ruland and

Holcomb continues

Powel’s research

Professor Diane Wink completed a two-year

to conduct

currently focuses

pilot study comparing graduates of community-

research on

on the inﬂuence of

based nursing baccalaureate programs with

pediatric obesity.

prostate cancer, its

those from traditional generic programs

She recently

treatment and the

on a number of standardized measures

completed a one-

course of recovery

of educational outcomes. The outcomes

year, grant-funded intervention project, Jump

on emotional adjustment. She recently

measured included readiness for the NCLEX

on Obesity in Youth (JOY), in conjunction with

completed studies on the impact of treatment-

test (required to receive professional licensure

the Nap Ford Community Charter School in

related aftereffects on quality of life and the

in nursing), attitudes related to nursing’s

the Parramore area of Orlando. The project

ability to move on after the cancer diagnosis.

role in health-care delivery, clinical skills self

has since developed into the JOY program. In

One study related speciﬁcally to men’s

efﬁcacy, cultural self efﬁcacy and professional

addition, Holcomb received funding to support

accounts of living with urinary incontinence

self concept. Ruland is now in the process

two related projects at the school, Focus on

after prostatectomy. A second study compared

of seeking funding to expand this pilot study,

Unlimited Nutrition (FUN) and Promoting

men’s experiences after laparoscopic and

which was funded by the National League

Lifelong Activity in Youth (PLAY).

retropubic radical prostatectomy. Future work

for Nursing, into a national, multi-site, multi-

will further explore men’s experience after

method project.

Lygia Holcomb, D.S.N., FNP-C, ARNP

Ermalynn Kiehl, Ph.D., ARNP, CNS

laparoscopic prostatectomy and focus on

Associate Professor

interventions that address many of the issues

Ermalynn Kiehl

identiﬁed in the incontinence study. Powel

Professor Mary

continues to

has recently received funding for a study

Lou Sole’s focal

study resiliency in

exploring fatigue in men with recurrent prostate

area of research

mothers in both

cancer — an issue described by men in the

is application

the United States

incontinence study.

and evaluation

Mary Lou Sole, Ph.D., RN, CCNS, FAAN

of technology to

and Scandinavia. Working with Kiehl

Judith Ruland, Ed.D., RN

is doctoral student Nancy Ahern, who recently

Associate Professor Judith Ruland’s primary

improve client outcomes. She

conducted interviews of American mothers.

research interests include educational research

is currently involved in two different projects

Preliminary analysis of the interviews reveals

related to outcomes of nursing education

under this broad area. First, she is studying

that positive social support, satisfactory

programs, effects of classroom environment

airway management strategies, including

relationships with family members and

on the development of critical thinking in

application of physiological monitoring, to

enjoyment of family life help American mothers

undergraduates and the efﬁcacy of instructional

prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia

adapt and be resilient. Factors that may reduce

design on the development of student

in critically ill patients. During the summer

a mother’s ability to be resilient include fatigue

engagement. She is the recipient of a grant

she conducted a laboratory evaluation of

associated with child rearing, lack of social

from the National League for Nursing for a pilot

management of endotracheal tubes that will

support and bad health. When analyses of both

study on nursing education.

be followed by a study in the clinical setting.

groups are complete, they will be compared for

Second, she is conducting ongoing evaluation

similarities and differences.

of a novel Web-based triage software program to assist college students in decision making

With support from the Winter Park Health

about seeking health care. This project is a

Foundation, Kiehl also evaluated the School

collaborative effort with the University Health

Nursing Initiative in the Winter Park Consortium

Services (formerly Student Health). Sole is

Schools and directed a project to reduce home

also the data analyst on an NIH-funded study

environmental triggers of asthma in school-

to encourage healthy behaviors and decrease

aged children.

alcohol consumption in college students. Drs. Diane Wink (left) and Judith Ruland

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

OTHER RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS reduce infection. The ﬁndings were published in the May issue of AACN Clinical Issues. • Professor Karen Dow and Assistant Professor Lorrie Powel received appointments as research scientists at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando. They hold the positions jointly with their faculty appointments at UCF. • Associate Professor Jacqueline Byers served as co-chair of UCF’s Institutional Review Board. In addition, Byers served as a research and practice consultant with Orlando Regional Health Care System.

Student presenters at the Southern Nursing Research Society’s 2005 conference: (front row, left to right) Patricia Weinstein, Nancy Ahern, Patricia Anzalone, Patti Stuart; (back row, left to right) Kelly Allred, Tracey King, Laura Gonzalez, Allison Edmonds, Victoria Loerzel

• The school had a strong presence at the Southern Nursing Research Society’s annual conference, held Feb. 3-5, 2005, in Atlanta, with nine graduate students presenting posters (also see Student Awards, page 21).

Drs. Mary Lou Sole (left) and E. Daleen Aragon with their award-winning poster

RESEARCH GRANTS

Mary Lou Sole

• Professor Mary Lou Sole and Adjunct Instructor E. Daleen Aragon received an award for their poster, “Outcomes Measurement in an Infection Prevention Project,” at the 34th annual Critical Care Congress hosted by the Society for Critical Care Medicine, held in January 2005 in Phoenix, Ariz. The poster displayed ﬁndings from their research on using hand washing and isolation techniques to

JULY 1, 2004–JUNE 30, 2005

E.J. Brown An Ethnography: Drug Use among AfricanAmerican Women in Rural North Florida $917,918 (multi-year), National Institute on Drug Abuse (RO1DA013162-02)

Active Living by Design $200,000 (multi-year), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Dennis is the UCF coordinator for the City of Orlando, a lead agency)

Evaluation of Coordinated Youth Initiative Programs $266,568 (multi-year), Winter Park Health Foundation (Co-principal investigator with A. Leon)

Jacqueline Byers

Karen Dow

Graduate Leadership and Education Program Expansion $726,413 (multi-year), Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Advanced Education Nursing Program

Quality of Life Intervention for Women with Breast Cancer $1.6 million (multi-year), National Institute of Nursing Research and National Cancer Institute, Ofﬁce of Cancer Survivorship (R1NR05332)

Faculty Course (NUR 4636L) Support $6,000, UCF Center for Community Partnerships

Maureen Covelli

Fertility After Breast Cancer: A Web-Based Program $250,000 (multi-year), The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Mary Lou Sole

WebO.N.E.: Oncology Nurse Training Project $60,000 (multi-year), Bristol Myers Squibb Oncology Education Grant

Alcohol Screening and Intervention in a College Clinic $286,000, National Institutes of Health (U1803426001) (Co-investigator with M. Dunn, M. Deichen, L. Riddle and J. Schaus, principal investigator)

Project Liftoff: Community-Based Healthy Start Services $100,000, Prenatal and Infant Healthcare of Brevard County

Karen Dennis Home- vs. Center-Based Weight Loss and Exercise in Menopause $2 million (multi-year), National Institute for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health Intergenerational Physical Activity: Development and Test $10,000, Senior Resource Alliance: The Area Agency on Aging of Central Florida

Ermalynn Kiehl AHEC: Community-Based Nursing Initiative $15,000, Central Florida Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Jean Leuner SUCCEED FLORIDA $420,397, Florida Board of Education

Evaluation of Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures in a Simulated Setting $2,500, Winter Park Health Foundation

Helping Children Breathe Easier $2,500, Winter Park Health Foundation

EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS

ACADEMIC PROGRAM NEWS TWO NEW TRACKS IN M.S.N. PROGRAM During the 2004–2005 academic year, the School of Nursing developed two new tracks in its Master of Science in Nursing program, Clinical Nurse Leader and Nurse Educator, to be launched in fall 2005. The school developed the Clinical Nurse Leader track in partnership with Orlando Regional Healthcare System and Florida Hospital. The new track educates master’s prepared generalist nurses to be leaders in the design, implementation and evaluation of client care. Nurses in this role coordinate, delegate and supervise care provided by a team of licensed nurses, technicians and other healthcare professionals. This new model of health-care delivery is designed to provide continuity of care and to optimize a team’s ability to provide high-quality care in a cost-effective manner.

The Nurse Educator track prepares nurses for positions as educators in nursing and health professions programs, healthcare institutions and agencies, and the community.

among 80 qualiﬁed applicants. The school also offers its RN to B.S.N. program at UCF Daytona Beach, which is housed at the Daytona Beach Community College campus.

Both tracks require 36 credits for completion, including an evidence-based scholarly project. They are offered at the Orlando campus and are available on either a full-time or part-time basis. Courses are provided using both traditional and Webbased methods. The entire Nurse Educator track can be completed online.

OTHER ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS • The school received funding from UCF’s Ofﬁce of the Provost to expand enrollment in the Accelerated SecondDegree B.S.N. from 44 to 60 students in May 2005. • Seventy-one students were enrolled in the UCF–Seminole Community College Concurrent Enrollment Program. • The school offered undergraduates a program, “Student Success,” to improve test-taking skills, study habits and critical thinking. • Faculty members participated in educational programs on advising skills across all academic programs and on test development and student assessment.

FOUR-YEAR B.S.N. AT UCF DAYTONA BEACH During 2004–2005, the school also planned for the January 2006 launch of its four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at UCF’s regional campus in Daytona Beach. Twenty-four students have been admitted to the new program from

ENROLLMENT TRENDS UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT, 2000-2004

Enrollment in the school’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs (basic, accelerated and RN to B.S.N.) continues its upward trend. In 2004–2005, 476 students were enrolled in these B.S.N. programs — 80 more students than in 2003–2004 (see chart at left). Enrollment in the doctoral program in nursing also increased signiﬁcantly with the addition of a second cohort of students in fall 2004. A total of 19 students were enrolled in the graduate program in 2004–2005. The Master of Science in Nursing programs had 234 students, with its greatest enrollment in the Family Nurse Practitioner track.

UCF NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY FOCUS ON SERVICE LEARNING In 2004–2005, the School of Nursing offered eight courses, four undergraduate and four graduate, in which faculty members applied the teaching method known as “service learning.” This method uses community involvement to apply theories or skills being taught in a course. It also addresses community needs and requires students to reﬂect on their activity in order to gain an appreciation for the relationship between civics and academics. A

HELPING CHILDREN BREATHE EASIER In an effort to help families with an asthmatic child, Associate Professor Ermalynn Kiehl worked with four undergraduates — Alexandra Karas, Marisa Neibar, Rianna Pariagh and Samantha Pille — to develop and provide information on ways to reduce asthmatriggering conditions in the home.

number of these service learning courses are described below.

IMPROVING HEALTH AND LIVES IN EAST ORLANDO Under the leadership of Instructor Peggy Stickney, students in the Accelerated SecondDegree B.S.N. Program focused on improving the health and lives of residents in Bithlo and the greater East Orlando area during the 15-month program. Their efforts included visits to the Bithlo Boys and Girls Club, where they taught children

The students visited 13 selected families, providing each with a “Home Asthma Kit” that contained plastic mattress covers, roach traps, lint ﬁlters, a spacer for an inhaler, a peak ﬂow meter and a scrub brush. Using a doll house as a model home, the students explained how to use these supplies to reduce conditions in the home that exacerbate asthma. A month later the families completed an anonymous evaluation. The results indicated that all 13 families had gained a better understanding of asthma and its environmental triggers — thanks to

Students Samantha Pile, Marisa Neibaur and Rianna Pariagh shop for supplies to create Home Asthma Kits. Not pictured is student Alexandra Karas.

the students’ visit, visuals aids and cleaning supplies. The families were also willing to participate in another project if the opportunity was provided. “All of the families gave the project the highest rating,” Kiehl said. This pilot study was made possible with a $2,500 grant from the Winter Park Health Foundation. Kiehl hopes to secure funding to expand the program in the future.

proper hand washing and nutrition and learned about childhood growth and development; Corner Lakes Middle School, where they provided student hearing tests and screenings for scoliosis; Discovery Middle School, where they assisted with back-to-school physicals; and the University Behavioral Center, where they practiced therapeutic communication skills and learned about psychiatric pharmacology. Some students visited the Center for Drug-Free Living and Alzheimer’s Foundation. Based on a community assessment, the students identiﬁed needs and carried out a

Accelerated SecondDegree B.S.N. students at the Bithlo Community Center: (back row, left to right) Kelley Phillips, Justin Heitz, Patrick Ferrell, Tammy Bigos, Brooke Cabrera, Lunetta Castor, Maria Tessalone, Hema Samuel, Karen Loomis; (front row, left to right) Christina Hall, Mindy Singer, Rebecca Richwine

variety of senior projects that offered further opportunities to learn while serving residents in the community. They completed both their projects and the accelerated-degree program requirements in summer 2005.

UCF NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY (continued) FOCUS ON SERVICE LEARNING

SERVING RESIDENTS OF “LITTLE EGYPT” A team of 12 undergraduates led by Assistant Professor Pamela Ark learned the value of collaboration during a fall 2004 service-learning project based in the “Little Egypt” community in Orlando. The team joined efforts with the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, M.I.L.L.S. Institute, Ivey Lane Neighborhood Center for Families, Eccleston Elementary School and Little Egypt Neighborhood Association in Orlando to provide healthrelated services across the lifespan to residents of the Little Egypt community. These services included education about high blood pressure, breast self exam, nutrition, dental health, hand washing;

screenings for high blood pressure; and vision testing. The following spring, the team reported on the value of the project in a presentation for UCF’s 2005 Service Learning Student Showcase. The project had increased the students’ awareness of misconceptions they held for people in different socioeconomic classes and the impact of cultural and spiritual expression on healthcare beliefs and views. At the showcase, their presentation took a ﬁrst-place win, which carried a $2,000 scholarship that was shared equally among the team members.

The Little Egypt Community Nursing Center team included: (front row, left to right) Heidi Eisenbarth, Monica Carr, Michelle Burks, Christine Daneau, Izel Delgado; (back row, left to right) Elizabeth Berrios, Sharlene Atchana, Assistant Professor Pamela Ark, Genevieve Nation, Jamie Sanchez, Nicole Robertson, Derrick Delrosario, Kathleen Coldwell.

REACHING OUT IN SEMINOLE COUNTY AND ORLANDO B.S.N. students based at the school’s new Casselberry Community Nursing Center worked at facilities in Seminole County and Orlando in 2004–2005, said their supervisor, Visiting Instructor Christopher Blackwell. In Seminole County, the students assisted at the Health Department’s immunization clinic, primary-care clinic and epidemiological nursing services unit. They also worked with the city of Casselberry’s Fire Rescue and EMS units to provide emergency medical and community outreach services; with Meals on Wheels and the Casselberry Senior Community Center to provide health screenings and other outreach

Students in the Casselberry Community Nursing Center learn universal precautions.

services; and with physician ofﬁces to assist in the delivery of primary-care services.

Transgender (GLBT) Community Center

the students measured vital signs, provided

to improve the health and social well-being

screenings for blood glucose and Hepatitis C,

In Orlando, the students worked with the

of the GLBT community, Blackwell said. At

and presented seminars.

Central Florida Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and

the center’s annual Rainbow Health Fair,

HELPING THE HOMELESS IN VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTIES The school’s Community Nursing Center in Daytona Beach partnered with the city’s Homeless Assistance Center at an event in April 2005 to provide the public with information about sexually transmitted diseases, drug and alcohol treatment options, hypertension, infectious disease, hand washing and nutrition. Visiting Instructor Marifrances Gullo and her students from the center also offered screenings for depression and anxiety with the assistance of the Act Corporation, a community mental health center based in Daytona Beach, and the Mental Health Association of Volusia/ Flagler counties.

Guests at the event, called “Banana Day,” were treated to a lunch that emphasized the beneﬁts of eating a banana each day. (Both banana bread and banana pudding were served.) The

Gullo with students (left to right) Stephanie Butler, Rachael Howell, Alissa Walters, Carissa Fenical, Ashley Persico, Diana Wynn and Julie Bacon at “Banana Day” in Daytona Beach.

event was also an opportunity to celebrate the joy of giving and of a community working together, Gullo said.

THANKS FROM THE COMMUNITY Support from Fellow Nurses

Certiﬁcate of Appreciation

After learning of UCF’s community nursing

In January 2005, Visitng Instructor Marifrances

efforts in Daytona Beach, members of the

Gullo received a Certiﬁcate of Appreciation

Volusia/Flagler Advanced Practice Nursing

from the Volusia/Flagler County Coalition

Council showed their support in September

for the Homeless for her “many generous

2004 by donating $500 to the School of Nursing for nursing supplies and equipment. “How nice to receive a donation from fellow nurses in the Volusia/Flagler area,” said school Director Jean Leuner. “Thanks to their support, we’ve been able to

contributions” to the Homeless Assistance Center and those who receive services at the center, located in Daytona Beach. Lindsay Roberts, executive director of the coalition, presented Gullo with the award. Gullo (right) and Roberts in Daytona Beach

secure additional equipment to use in the community nursing center.”

UCF NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY (continued) FOCUS ON SERVICE LEARNING

PROMOTING WELLNESS IN SANFORD

GRADUATE-LEVEL SERVICE LEARNING During 2004–2005, more than 60 M.S.N.

Since summer 2005, Midway Safe Harbor

students, all in nurse practitioner tracks,

Center, an after-school program for children

participated in service-learning courses to

in Sanford, Fla., has welcomed UCF nursing

address problems and issues identiﬁed by

undergraduates as teachers of educational

community partners. The students worked

programs on wellness. The nursing students

in small groups to implement more than

have already taught programs on nutrition

10 service-learning projects, each lasting

and hand washing for elementary-school

two semesters, said Professor Diane Wink.

children and programs on cardiopulmonary resucitation (CPR), choking and water safety

One project joined a student group with

for adolescents, said UCF Instructor Susan

Shepard’s Hope, a multi-site clinic for

Pelliccio. Nursing students have also created

uninsured, low-income individuals in Central

a computer-based health proﬁle for each child,

Florida, to assess the effectiveness of its

containing measurements of blood pressure,

procedures for communicating lab and

blood glucose and Body Mass Index, for use in

diagnostic test results to patients. Their

health education and goal-setting.

ﬁndings led to a revision in the clinic’s

(Left to right) M.S.N. students Judy McGinnes, Kathy Graves and Evelyn Garcia and Professor Diane Wink worked with Nap Ford Community School on “Implementation of the JOY Program.”

procedures and tools, which addressed unique situations at its different sites. Another student group worked with a local hospital and community providers across Central Florida on strategies to improve follow-up care for patients recovering from a stroke. The students developed tools to improve communication about needed care and implemented several educational programs for both providers and patients. B.S.N. students (left to right) Nicole Parker and Jeanette Green show adolescents how to perform CPR on a baby at the Midway Safe Harbor Center in Sanford.

“Despite the formal end of the project, two of the students continue to disseminate the tools in the community,” Wink reported. “One has set up a post-stroke follow-up program in the primary-care program where he is now employed.” Wink said seven new projects are under way for 2005–2006.

M.S.N. students (left to right) Linda Kletty and Carla Cappadoro worked with the Central Florida Community Health Center at Alafaya on a “Hypertension Care Audit.”

UCF NURSING AROUND THE WORLD

SCHOLARSHIP IN AUSTRALIA Professor Mary Lou Sole was invited to speak

In August 2004, Professor Karen Dow joined

at the 29th Australian and New Zealand Annual

participants from around the world at a

Scientiﬁc Meeting on Intensive Care, held in

conference for the International Society of

Melbourne, Australia, in October 2004. At the

Nurses in Cancer Care in Sydney, Australia.

meeting, she gave presentations on three

She presented a poster on her WebO.N.E.

topics: “Airway Management and Ventilator

education program titled “Challenges in

Associated Pneumonia,” “Is Role Expansion in

Translating an Internet Program into Four

the Best Interest of Critical Care Nurses?,” and

Languages.” Dow also participated in round-

“Making Sense of Quantitative Statistics.” She

table discussions on cancer care and small-

was also invited to write a guest editorial for

group discussions on topics such as providing

Australian Critical Care Nursing.

care for women in developing countries.

Sole met many new colleagues at the meeting, with fruitful outcomes. She recently submitted an article on the evolution of advanced practice with Maureen Coombs of the United Kingdom and Wendy Chaboyer of Australia. In addition,

Dow (standing, second from right) and fellow conference participants.

AUSTRALIA

two Australian colleagues joined her at the National Teaching Institute of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, held in New Orleans in May 2005.

Sole (right) with Australian friends (left to right) Leanne Kilpatrick, intensive care manager at Epworth Hospital, and Tracey Bucknall, associate professor at the University of Melbourne, in Melbourne.

Sole also made friends with a cuttlefish during an off-hours SCUBA-diving trip to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

UCF NURSING AROUND THE WORLD (continued)

HEALTH PROMOTION IN HONDURAS Associate Professor Lygia Holcomb continued

and eye and skin problems; CPR; hygiene;

her work in Honduras by leading a group of

nutrition; and the prevention and recognition

24 volunteers on an eight-day, health-

of common health problems of children and

promotion tour in May 2005. The group, which

adults.

included clinical practitioners and students, provided health care to more than 2,000

“Our objective is to provide a community

Honduran villagers. Joining Holcomb in the

resource for health,” Holcomb explained.

effort was M.S.N. student Judy McGinnes and her husband, Rod, a paramedic. In the village of San Juan Pueblo, Holcomb led both a building team, which constructed a ﬁve-room house, and a teaching team, which taught a four-day course on health to 20 women. The women learned basic skills, Holcomb in the village of San Juan Pueblo

such as taking temperature, pulse and blood pressure; ﬁrst aid for wounds, heat exhaustion,

HONDURAS

Honduran women who completed the health course are shown here with their certificates. According to Holcomb, these women took the course one year earlier as well. They went on to provide care to their families and neighbors. Some also worked with church groups and one became a volunteer at a health department.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA Undergraduate Ryan Guerrino traveled to

A student in the school’s concurrent enrollment

South Africa in summer 2005 through an

program with Seminole Community College

invitation from the International Scholar

(SCC), Guerrino will earn his A.S. in nursing

Laureate Program, a unique pre-professional

from SCC in spring 2006 and his B.S.N. from

educational program available to exceptional

UCF in December 2006. “He is one of the

university students. As a member of the

most talented students in the second-year

program’s nursing delegation, Guerrino learned

class,” said Associate Professor Judy Ruland,

about South Africa’s health-care delivery

coordinator of the concurrent enrollment

system and how its nurses are able to uphold

program.

their commitment to their patients with limited resources. “The experience was nothing short of amazing and has changed my life forever,” Guerrino said.

SOUTH AFRICA 14

A.S./B.S.N. student Ryan Guerrino in South Africa

LEADERSHIP IN INDIA Pamela Jean “PJ” Wagner, an Orlando student in the RN to M.S.N. program, continued her studies while temporarily located in India. She is enrolled in the Nursing Leadership and Management track, which is offered completely online, and is able to conduct the clinical portion of the curriculum by promoting health in this third-world country. Wagner is also lending her knowledge of construction — gained by following her father, a plumber, and grandfather, a brick mason, at construction sites — to several projects near the city of Chennai on India’s southeast coast. She is supervising the reconstruction of district-operated child-care centers called “anganwadis.” Each newly rebuilt facility will include a classroom, toilets, a kitchen, an outside play area and an ofﬁce for the district’s medical director.

“I have always enjoyed being a part of the action and am familiar with many phases of the construction process,” Wagner reported. “So, I am just trying to put to use the knowledge ﬂoating between my ears.”

Day-care centers in India, such as this one near Chennai, are being reconstructed with assistance from M.S.N. student P.J. Wagner.

Wagner at one of the construction sites

INDIA

FACULTY PARTNERSHIP IN LITHUANIA A trio from UCF — Associate Professors Jean

Institute at UCF, met with administrators at

Kijek and Lorrie Powel of the School of Nursing

Kaunas Medical University to secure a formal

and Instructional Specialist Eric Main of the

agreement of cooperation between the two

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

universities in support of nursing education and

— traveled to Lithuania in June 2005 to further

research. She also visited the Rotary Club of

partnerships with nursing faculty members

Kaunas to further a partnership with the Rotary

at Kaunas Medical University in the city of

Fellowship of International Nurses.

Kaunas. While there, Main lectured on teaching methods and Powel lectured on the quality of life for survivors of prostate cancer. Powel also met with faculty members and made plans to

Lorrie Powel and Eric Main (third and fourth from left, respectively) meet with nursing faculty members at Kaunas Medical University

consult with Jolanta Toliušiene, who is both a faculty member and president of the Lithuanian

Kijek, who is also graduate programs

Oncology Nurses Association, on her research

coordinator for the School of Nursing and

on prostate cancer.

director of the Florida Eastern Europe Linkage

LITHUANIA

Jean Kijek (second from right) with nursing faculty members and administrators at a longterm care facility in Kaunas

HISTORY Still wearing caps in the early 1980s

First B.S.N. program brochure, 1979

Dr. Leon Eldredge, department Florida Board of chair, 1978–1982 Regents authorizes implementation of B.S.N. program at UCF

Department of Nursing established

B.S.N. program launched

First location of Nursing, now the Math and Physics Building, in 1980

1978

1979

1980

National League for Nursing (NLN) accredited B.S.N. program

UCF Honor Society of Nursing established

First nursing class graduated

Dr. Martha Neff, director, 1982–1983

RN to B.S.N. program expanded to Brevard County and Daytona Beach

1981

1982

1983

Helping at an Orange County– Florida Nurses Association vaccination event in 1992 First endowed faculty position, the Bert Fish Endowed Chair, established with a $1 million gift in 1990

Nursing skills lab in 1993

1990 First cohort of doctoral students with faculty members, 2003

Community Nursing Center Day in 2000 Basic B.S.N. program

RN to B.S.N. program expanded to Ocala

expanded to Brevard County campus

Web-based RN to B.S.N. program expanded to entire state

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredited B.S.N. and M.S.N. programs

2000

2001

2002

Doctoral program and Accelerated Second Degree B.S.N. programs launched School of Nursing Alumni Chapter established

2003

OF NURSING EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED IN MARCH 2006

Class of 1984 Awards Ceremony in 1986 Theta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau chartered

Dr. Jean Kijek, department chair, 1985–1993

1986

Department of Nursing renamed the School of Nursing

Dr. Elizabeth Stullenbarger, school director, 1995–2001

Dr. Jean Leuner, school director, 2003–present

Web-based RN to B.S.N. courses began

Inaugural class of M.S.N. graduates, 1996

Community-based B.S.N. curriculum implemented

New school location in 1997 — Health and Public Affairs I

M.S.N. program launched with two tracks: Family Nurse Practioner and Nursing Administration

RN to B.S.N. program expanded to Leesburg in collaboration with Lake Sumter Community College

NLN accredited M.S.N. program RN to M.S.N. program launched, the ﬁrst in the state

Fully online RN to B.S.N. program launched, the ﬁrst in the state

Graduate certiﬁcates launched in Nursing and Health Professional Education, PostMaster’s Nurse Practitioner and Gerontology

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

SAVE THE DATE School of Nursing Gala Celebration Dinner March 25, 2006, 6 to 10 p.m. UCF Orlando Campus, Student Union

Two new tracks in M.S.N. program launched: Clinical Nurse Leader and Nurse Educator

Basic B.S.N. program launched in Daytona Beach in January

2005

2006 17

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS In 2004–2005, the School of Nursing faculty

Bushy, A. (2005). Community health nursing

Karen Dow

was extremely productive in the area of

in rural areas. In Smith, C., & Maurer, F,

Dow, K.H. (2005). Revising manuscripts and

scholarship, publishing many books, book

Community Health Nursing: Theory and

grants. (Guest editorial). Nursing Research, 54

chapters, journal articles and abstracts.

Practice (2nd ed). Philadelphia: W.B.

(4), 217.

Saunders.

E. Daleen Aragon

Dow, K.H. & Loerzel, V.W. (2005). Cancer

Aragon, D., Sole, M.L., & Brown, S. (2005).

Bushy, A. (2004). Rural Nursing: Practice and

survivorship: a critical aspect of care. In

Hand hygiene: Outcomes measurement in an

Issues. American Nurses Association’s Online

Cancer Principles and Practice. Sudbury, MA:

infection prevention project. AACN Clinical

Continuing Education Program.

Jones & Bartlett.

Jacqueline Byers

Lygia Holcomb

Byers, J.F. & Rosati, R.J. (2005). Healthcare

Crigger, N., Holcomb, L., Grogan, R.,

Christopher W. Blackwell

quality methods: foundations, techniques

Vasquez, M., Almendares, J., O’Neil, E., &

Blackwell, C.W. & Dziegielewski, S.F. (2005).

and tools. Q-Solutions Multi-Media Product.

Lagos, D. (2004). Development of the choices

The privatization of social services from

Glenview, IL: National Association for

and acquisition of antibiotics model from a

public to sectarian: negative consequences

Healthcare Quality.

descriptive study of a lay Honduran population.

Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care, 16, 121-132.

for America’s gays and lesbians. Journal of

International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41(7),

Human Behavior and the Social Environment,

Byers, J.F. (2005). Ethical and legal issues in

11 (2), 25-43.

critical care nursing. In Sole, M.L., Klein, D.G.,

Blackwell, C.W., Ricks, J.L., & Dziegielewski,

745-753.

& Mosely, M. (Eds.), Introduction to Critical

Jean Leuner

Care Nursing (4th ed). Philadelphia: Saunders.

Nicholas, P.K., Leuner, J.D., Hatﬁeld,

S.F. (2004). Discrimination of gays and

J.C., & Corless, I.B. (2005). Development

lesbians: a social justice perspective. Journal

Byers, J.F. & Leon, A. (2004). Winter Park

and psychometric analysis of the cancer

of Health and Social Policy, 19(4), 27-43.

Health Foundation CHILL Program Evaluation

rehabilitation questionnaire. In L. Andrist,

2003–2004. Report submitted to the Winter

P.K. Nicholas, & K.A. Wolf (Eds.), A History

Park Health Foundation.

of Nursing Ideas. Sudbury, MA: Jones and

Angeline Bushy Bushy A., Stanton M. & Freeman, H. (2004).

Bartlett.

The effects of a stress management program

Paul Desmarais

on knowledge and perceived self-efﬁcacy

Sole, M.L., Desmarais, P., Smith, L., &

Nancy Rudner Lugo

among participants from a faith community: a

Weichart, T. (2005). Instructor electronic

Unruh, L & Rudner Lugo, N. (2005). Healthcare

pilot study. Online Journal of Rural Nursing,

manual for introduction to critical care nursing

safety — what’s managed care got to do with

4(2).

(4th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.

it? (Guest editorial). Journal of Healthcare

McKenzie R. & Bushy A. (Eds.). (2004).

Sole, M.L., Desmarais, P., & Smith, L. (2005).

Special edition focusing on rural minority and

Student electronic resource for introduction

Rudner Lugo, N. (2005). The NP Passion of

multicultural preventive care, primary care

to critical care nursing (4th ed). Philadelphia:

Immunizations. American Journal for Nurse

and mental health issues: challenges and

Saunders.

Practitioners, 9(2), 21-22.

Karen Dennis

Lorrie Powell

Brown, R. A., Giggey, P. P., Dennis, K. E.,

Powel, L. & Clark, J.A. (2005). The value of

Loerzel, V. & Bushy, A. (2005). Interventions

& Waldstein, S. R. (2004). Depression and

the marginalia as an adjunct to structured

that address cancer disparities in women.

lipoprotein lipids in healthy, postmenopausal

questionnaires: men’s experiences after

Family and Community Health, 28(1), 79-89.

women: the moderating effects of

prostate cancer surgery. Quality of Life

hormone replacement therapy. Journal of

Research, 4 (3), 827-835.

Quality, 27(1), 40.

opportunities, Journal of Rural Health, 20(3), 191-192.

Psychosomatic Research, 57(2), 171-176.

GRADUATE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Judith Ruland

Sole, M.L., Klein, D.G., &

Martin Schiavenato

Ruland, J. (2004). Ethics and values.

Moseley, M. (Eds.) (2005).

Schiavenato, M. (2005). Bedside nursing:

In J. Wilkinson & K. Van Leuven (Eds.),

Introduction to critical care

adapting to emerging technologies. Nursing2005

Fundamentals of Nursing. Philadelphia: F.A.

nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia:

35(2) Supplement2005: Travel Nursing.

Davis.

Saunders. (Also authored two chapters in this text.)

Lisa Smith

Schiavenato, M. (2004). Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quickE charting: documentation and medical

Sole, M.L., Desmarais, P., Smith, L., &

Weichart, T. (2005). Instructor electronic

manual for introduction to critical care nursing

Victoria Loerzel

(4th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.

Loerzel, V.W. & Bushy, A (2005). Interventions

Sole, M.L., Desmarais, P., & Smith, L. (2005).

Student electronic resource for introduction

to critical care nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia:

Loerzel, V.W. (2005). Bleeding. In M. Hickey

Saunders.

and S. Newton (Eds.), Telephone Triage for

Mary Lou Sole

Diane Wink

Aragon, D., Sole, M.L., & Brown, S. (2005).

Wink, D. (2005). Accelerated BSN programs.

Hand hygiene: outcomes measurement in an

In M. Oermann, K. Heinrich (Eds.), Annual

Loerzel, V.W. (2005). Fever with neutropenia.

infection prevention project. AACN Clinical

Review of Nursing Education, Volume III. New

In M. Hickey and S. Newton (Eds.), Telephone

Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and

York: Springer Publishing Company.

Triage for Oncology Nurses. Pittsburgh, Pa.:

terminology. Orlando: Bandido Books.

that address health disparities in women. Family and Community Health Journal, 28(1), 79-89.

Oncology Nurses. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Oncology

Critical Care, 16, 121-132.

Nursing Press.

Oncology Nursing Press.

FACULTY JOURNAL EDITORS, EDITORIAL BOARDS MEMBERS AND FEDERAL GRANT REVIEW PANELISTS EDITORS

Jacqueline Byers

FEDERAL GRANT REVIEW PANELS

Jacqueline Byers

Heart & Lung

Emma J. Brown

Research Editor, Journal for Healthcare Quality Contributing Editor, Ethics, Critical Care Nurse

Karen Dennis

National Institute on Drug Abuse Review Groups and Special Emphasis Panels

Operant Subjectivity

Karen Dow Associate Editor, Seminars in Oncology Nursing Associate Editor, Nursing Research

EDITORIAL BOARDS Emma J. Brown Journal of Rural Health

Angeline Bushy International Journal of Rural & Remote Health: Research, Education, Practice & Policy The Healthcare Collaborator Family and Community Health Journal of Nursing Quality Care Nurse Educator Journal of Rural Health Australian Journal of Rural Health

Judith Ruland

Jacqueline Byers NIH Health of Populations

The Journal of Student Centered Learning On-line Journal of Undergraduate Nursing

Karen Dow

Mary Lou Sole

Co-chair, Cancer Education Study Section, National Cancer Institute

Nursing Consult (Elsevier) AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care Heart & Lung Nurse Author and Editor

Mary Lou Sole NIH Health of Populations

Diane Wink Nurse Educator Journal of Nursing Education Advance for Nurses, Florida Edition

FACULTY MEMBERS 2004–2005 Nancy Ahern, M.S.N., RN, Visiting Instructor

Ilona Sheplan, M.S.N., RN, Visiting Instructor

Pamela Ark, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor

Frances B. Smith, Ed.D., RN,

Emma “E.J.” Brown, Ph.D., RN, CS, Associate Professor Christopher Blackwell, Ph.D., ARNP, Visiting Instructor Angeline Bushy, Ph.D., RN, CNS, FAAN, Professor Jacqueline Byers, Ph.D., RN, CNAA, CPHQ, Associate Professor

Associate Professor Lisa Smith, M.S.N., RN, CCRN, Instructor Lynn Smith, Ph.D., ARNP, CPNP, Assistant Professor Mary Lou Sole, Ph.D., RN, CCNS, FAAN, Professor Peggy Stickney, Ed.D., RN, Instructor Diane Wink, Ed.D., FNP, ARNP, Professor

Huey-Shys Chen, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor Maureen Covelli, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor Karen Dennis, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor

Kelly Allred, M.S.N., RN

Paul Desmarais, Ph.D., RN

Daleen Aragon, Ph.D., RN

Visiting Assistant Professor

Christine Banta, M.S.N., RN, CCRN

Karen Dow, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor

Leandro Barreiro, M.S.N., RN

Marifrances Gullo, M.S.N., ARNP

Melody Bennett, M.S.N., RN

Visiting Instructor Glenn Hagerstrom, M.S.N., ARNP, Visiting Instructor Steve Heglund, M.S.N, ARNP, Visiting Instructor

Sanford Boaz, M.S.N., ARNP Ellen Branoff, M.S.N., ARNP Lynn Bustraan, M.S.N., RN, CCRN Stephanie Coffey, M.S.N., ARNP Patricia Connell, Ph.D., RN

Linda Hennig, Ed.D., RN, Assistant Professor

Adrienne Dolinky, M.S.N., ARNP

Lygia Holcomb, D.S.N., ARNP

Sandy Greeno, M.S.N., RN

Associate Professor

Barbara Gross, M.S.N., FNP

Erica Hoyt, M.S.N., RN, Instructor

Judy Head, M.S.N., ARNP

Ermalynn Kiehl, Ph.D., RN,

Debra Hunt, M.S.N., ARNP

Associate Professor

Cynthia Kling, M.S.N., RN

Jean C. Kijek, Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor

June Longway, M.S.N., ARNP

Sigrid Ladores, M.S.N., RN, Visiting Instructor

MaryAnn Ludy, M.S.N., ARNP

Patricia Lafferty, M.S.N., RN,

Jean MacCuspie, M.A., LD

Instructor and Adviser

Elizabeth MacDermott, M.S.N., ARNP

Barbara Lange, M.S.N., RN, Visiting Instructor

Judy Morter, M.S.N., ARNP

Patricia Leli, M.S.N., RN, Instructor

Ngozi Odoh, M.S.N., ARNP

Jean D. Leuner, Ph.D., RN,

Christine Panco, M.S.N., ARNP

Director and Professor

Michelle Pedulla, M.S.N., ARNP

Victoria Loerzel, M.S.N., RN, Instructor

Elizabeth Rash, Ph.D., ARNP

Betty Mayer, Ph.D., ARNP,

Susan Ricci, M.S.N., ARNP

Visiting Assistant Professor

Nancy Srebernak, M.S.N., RN

Susan Pelliccio, M.S.N., RN, Instructor

Ingrid Swenson, Dr.PH, RN

Janice Peterson, Ph.D., RN,

Geraldine Tulley, M.S.N., ARNP

Assistant Professor Lorrie Powel, Ph.D., RN, Associate Professor Nancy Rudner Lugo, Dr.Ph, M.P.H., M.S.N., Visiting Assistant Professor Judith Ruland, Ph.D., M.S.N., Associate Professor Kyle Savitz, M.S.N., ARNP, Instructor

ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBERS

Marlene Watson, M.S.N., RN Lynn Woods, M.S.N., ARNP

FACULTY AWARDS AND HONORS Karen Dennis • 2005 Research Initiative Award, UCF • 2005 Distinguished Researcher Award, College of Health and Public Affairs, UCF Karen Dow • Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing (see p. 27) Lygia Holcomb • 2005 Award for Outstanding Contributions and Dedicated Service to the Parent Empowerment Training (PET), Nap Ford Community School, Orlando Ermalynn Kiehl • 2005 Excellence in Research Award, Florida Nurse’s Association (District 8 Award) • 2005 Teaching Incentive Award, UCF Janice Peterson • 2005 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, College of Health and Public Affairs, UCF Judith Ruland, Nancy Ahern and Diane Wink • 2005 First Place Award for poster presentation, Comparison of Outcomes of Community-Based Versus Traditional Basic Baccalaureate Programs: Report of Preliminary Findings of Pilot Study, Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Epsilon Chapter Kyle Savitz • 2005 Excellence Award for Nursing Entrepreneur, Florida Nurses Association Mary Lou Sole and E. Daleen Aragon • Nursing section poster award at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Scientiﬁc Sessions (see p. 7) Mary Lou Sole • 2005 Teaching Incentive Award, UCF Frances Smith • 2005 Excellence in Teaching Award, Florida Nurse’s Association (District 8 Award) Lisa Smith • 2005 Undergraduate Teaching Award, UCF Diane Wink • 2005 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, UCF • 2005 Teaching Incentive Award, UCF • 2005 Service-Learning Faculty Recognition Award, UCF

STUDENTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

Victoria Loerzel (Doctoral student) • Second Place for poster presentation, 13th

2005 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Annual Research Day, Sigma Theta Tau Diane L. Abbott was recognized at UCF’s May

International, Theta Epsilon Chapter

2005 commencement as the B.S.N. graduate with the highest GPA for 2004–2005 — a 4.0.

Patricia Stuart (M.S.N. student) • 2005 Phi Kappa Phi

A team of undergraduate students from the

• Koster Insurance Innovative Practice in

Little Egypt Community Nursing Center won

College Health Grant, awarded at the American

ﬁrst-place for its poster presentation at UCF’s

College Health Association annual meeting in

2005 Service Learning Student Showcase

June 2005 (shared with Professor Mary Lou

(see p. 10).

Sole and Dr. Michael Deichen).

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

Patricia Weinstein (Doctoral student)

Nancy Ahern (Doctoral student) • 2005 Phi Kappa Phi

• UCF’s Who’s Who at UCF Scholarship in the category of Academics

• 2005 Academic Keys’ Who’s Who in Health Services Education poster, (Ahern, N & Ruland, J., Wink, D), Comparison of Outcomes of CommunityBased Versus Traditional Basic Baccalaureate

Central Florida Navy Nurse Corps Association Scholarship Dierdra Toenjes Heather Scaglione Endowed Memorial Scholarship Leslie Spence

Sarah Marie Phillips Scholarship Meera Patel

Programs: Report of Preliminary Findings, Nineteenth Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference (see p. 7)

Winter Park Memorial Hospital Scholarship

Laura Gonzalez (Doctoral student) Faculty Excellence (University of South Florida)

Central Florida Kidney Center Endowed Scholarship Teala Shelton Monica Carr

LIFE Nursing Scholarship Graduate: Marisa Hughes Undergraduate: Stacie Alderman Amanda Collins

• 2005 Honorable Mention for best student

• 2005 Ted & Marty Couch Dean’s Award for

Bert Fish Nursing Scholarship Donna West Ashley Persisco

Rachel Tarrien Teresa Koster with grant awardees Dr. Michael Deichen and Patricia Stuart.

STUDENT NURSES’ ASSOCIATION UCF’s Student Nurses’ Association had

SNA members helped the campus community

an active year in 2004–2005. Members of

by making presentations to pre-nursing

the association, which are based at both

students to encourage their interest in majoring

the Orlando and Cocoa campuses, helped

in the ﬁeld. In addition, one member, Amy

handicapped children learn to play baseball

Painter, represented UCF at the National

through the Baseball Buddies program;

Student Nurses’ Association Conference, held

participated in a Pasta for Pennies fund raiser

in April 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah. While

to aid the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society;

there, Painter accepted on behalf of the UCF

and joined the organization Hands on Orlando

association a Gold Award for its large number

to help clean and dig ditches for piping at

of students and an Agency Sustaining Member

a local YMCA. In spring 2005, the SNA’s

recognition for its ﬁnancial contributions.

“Nursing Knights” team raised more than $1,500 during the American Cancer Society’s

Nursing Knights at the 2005 Relay for Life event in Orlando

annual Relay for Life.

ALUMNI ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS The School of Nursing Alumni Chapter was created in 2003 to provide UCF nursing alumni with access to professional networking, fellowship and continuing education opportunities as well as to provide a network of support for the School of Nursing and its current students. The chapter offers events and activities on an annual basis in an effort to achieve its mission. In the past year, the chapter elected its inaugural ofﬁcers, which are listed below. Chapter ofﬁcers and committee members gathered monthly at executive committee meetings to plan events and activities and coordinate communications. The chapter launched Knightingale News,

Tossing water balloons at the Family Picnic

a bi-annual newsletter for alumni. To view the latest issue, visit

an elegant sit-down dinner, beverages,

Stay Connected

www.ucfalumni.

dancing and fun. Contact Sara Cooper at

Visit http://www.cohpa.ucf.edu/alumni/

com and look for the

sscooper@mail.ucf.edu for more information.

stay_connected.cfm to update your contact information and to share what you are doing

School of Nursing Alumni Chapter under chapters and Knightingale News logo clubs.

Class representatives. Alumni from each

now. These updates are printed annually in

graduation year are needed to serve as class

the class notes section of the UCF Nursing

representatives. They will serve as liaisons

— Access to Excellence.

between the chapter and alumni from each The chapter worked diligently to offer several

year, helping to increase communication

School of Nursing Alumni Chapter Ofﬁcers

events, including health education and

with all alumni. A main responsibility of

Questions? Comments? Interested in joining

screenings at the UCF Alumni Association’s

class representatives will be to help contact

the chapter or participating in an activity?

Fan Fair in November 2004, an informational

classmates and invite them to the 25th

Contact an ofﬁcer from the list below.

table at the college’s Homecoming Reunion

Anniversary Celebration. Contact an ofﬁcer for

and Open House in November 2004, and a

more information or to sign up.

family picnic in May 2005. History book. The chapter has compiled a

Save the Date

publication to celebrate the ﬁrst 25 years of the

School of Nursing 25th Anniversary

UCF School of Nursing. This publication will be

Celebration Dinner

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CLASS NOTES

1992

Charlotte, N.C., who provides home health

Cheri Smith Wright, B.S.N., is a stay-at-home

care for high-risk obstetric patients. She and

1981

mom with two teenage girls in West Melbourne,

her husband, Brian, have three children.

Rosemary Notarantonio, B.S.N., M.S.N.

Fla. She is working on an M.S.N. from

Elizabeth J. Reed, M.S.N., is partner and

(Barry University), is the vice president and

St. Joseph’s College of Maine through a

ARNP with RP Medical, LLP, in Orlando.

chief nursing ofﬁcer of Tuscon Medical Center

distance learning program. She previously

in Tuscon, Ariz. She is also a member of

worked in the home health-care ﬁeld with three

1999

Sigma Theta Tau.

agencies in Brevard County.

Marifrances Gullo, B.S.N., M.S.N. ’01, is currently working as a faculty member at

1982

1993

the UCF Daytona Beach campus. She is

Jane F. Burdick, B.S.N., M.S. in health

Camille Kolster, B.S.N., is a public health

coordinating a variety of clinical experiences in

science (’96), is the nursing director of patient

nurse with the Chesterﬁeld Health Department

the community, including the homeless shelter

care services at Bert Fish Medical Center

in Powhatan, Va. After six years in the U.S.

in Daytona Beach. She writes, “I am proud to

in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. After 22 years

Navy, she left active duty status to work part-

represent UCF in Daytona and excited about

of service, she retired from the U.S. Navy

time to spend more time with her two children,

the new partnerships that are being created.”

Reserves as a lieutenant commander in

Kaitlyn (12) and Colin (10).

Ann Hawthorne, B.S.N., (M.S. in counseling, Webster University), is a psychiatric RN at

1993. She has been board certiﬁed in nursing administration by the ANCC since 1992,

1994

Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, Fla. She will

graduated from the Southeast Volusia County

Anthony Winston, B.S.N., writes that he

complete her post-graduate internship in 2006

Leadership program in 1998 and served on the

returned from from Kuwait earlier this year.

and will sit for her state-board exam to become

board of director’s for the Rape Crisis Center

“We did some good work over there.” He

a licensed mental health counselor. She is

in 2004.

recently went to the Persian Gulf, where he

certiﬁed in hypnosis and hopes to combine

worked aboard the air craft carrier

counseling with hypnosis in her private

1984

Theodore Roosevelt as the sole anesthesia

practice. She currently resides in Jacksonville,

Terry Cavanagh, B.S.N., is an RN with Cross

provider for a crew of 7000+. After his tour

Fla.

Country TravCorps and resides in New Smyrna

on the carrier, he will have three months

Beach, Fla.

until retirement. “That will give me 26 years

2000

Nancy Lawson, B.S.N., is a staff RN with

on active duty.” He plans to return to the

Diane Berry, M.S.N., is an ARNP-C in the ear,

Maxim Healthcare Services in Tampa, Fla.

Central Florida area and continue to work

nose and throat ofﬁce of OMNI HealthCare in

in anesthesiology. He also plans to start a

Melbourne, Fla.

doctoral program in the fall of 2006.

Christopher Blackwell, B.S.N., M.S.N ’01,

1985

Ph.D. ’05, completed his Ph.D. in public affairs

Michelle Hord (Fullgrabe), B.S.N., works for Osceola Regional Medical Center, Kissimmee

1996

at UCF in summer 2005. He currently works

Surgery Center and Celebration Health in

Heather Bland (MacCuish), B.S.N., (M.A. in

as a visiting instructor in the School of Nursing

Kissimmee, Fla.

organizational leadership), is a cardiac ICU

and a part-time nurse practitioner in critical

staff RN at the University of Kansas Medical

care at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla.

1986

Center and a clinical instructor for the School

He also serves a president of the School of

Gary Feldmann, B.S.N., M.S.N. (Old

of Nursing at the University of Kansas in

Nursing Alumni Chapter.

Dominion University, ’99), is a certiﬁed

Lawrence, Kan. She served six years active

Meg Ramsted, B.S.N., M.S.N. ’05, started

registered nurse anesthetist for Orlando

duty in the U.S. Air Force and is now in the

working for Nephrology Consultants, a large

Anesthesia Consultants, PA. His was awarded

reserves. She is married to an ofﬁcer in the

practice with six nephrologists, in June 2005.

the Civilian Meritorious Service Medal from

U.S. Air Force and the couple is awaiting their

Future plans may involve her in a new Kidney

the U.S. Navy in 1994 and was inducted into

next assignment.

Transplant Program in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area. She works with Heather Henderson,

the Epsilon Chi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International in 1997. His son Austin was born

1997

who completed her M.S.N. at UCF in August

in 1994.

Trish Zinkl (Garrison), B.S.N., is a patient

2005.

educator and an RN for Matria Healthcare in Continued on next page

CLASS NOTES (continued) 2002

SIGMA THETA TAU THETA EPSILON CHAPTER

Diana Truex-Ives, B.S.N., M.S.N. ’04, writes that she passed her certiﬁcation exam and

UCF’s Theta Epsilon chapter of Sigma

and Glenn Hagerstrom, faculty counselors.

currently works as a pediatric and adult nurse

Theta Tau, the international Honor Society

Also recognized were President Joanie White

practitioner in the ofﬁce of Dr. Robert Law.

of Nursing, held its induction ceremony on

(Adventist Health System in Orlando), Vice

April 10, 2005. The inductees included 39

President Karen Marcarelli (Florida Hospital),

2003

undergraduate students, 17 RN-B.S.N. and

and Secretary Carole Williams.

April Phinazee, B.S.N., is a staff RN in

RN-M.S.N. students, 21 graduate students

telemetry at Parrish Medical Center in

and nine community leaders who had

13TH ANNUAL RESEARCH DAY

Titusville, Fla.

demonstrated exceptional achievements as

Each year, the Theta Epsilon chapter

nurse leaders.

sponsors a day-long research conference

2004 Monica Lopez, B.S.N., is a pediatric RN who works with newborn babies in the ICU at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Angela Mullis-Ingram, M.S.N, presently works for Emergency Physicians of Central Florida as a certiﬁed family nurse practitioner at the

The Theta Epsilon chapter ofﬁcers were also recognized for their leadership.

with the goals of providing opportunities for the nursing community to learn about current directions in research and for local researchers

Ofﬁcers from UCF were Director and Professor Jean Leuner, president-elect;

to present their work.

Assistant Professor Janice Peterson,

The overall theme of the 13th annual research

treasurer; and Instructors Linda Hennig

day, held March 29, 2005, was Charting

Sand Lake Emergency Department. Since graduating from UCF’s family nurse practitioner program, she has published an article on childcare options in Nursing Spectrum (Florida edition) (May ’05) and another on atopic dermatitis in Consultant for Pediatricians (July/August ’04). She was also appointed as a candidate to represent Orlando in Who’s Who Among Excecutive and Professional Women in Healthcare and Nursing. Julie Anderson (Totterdale), B.S.N., B.S. in health services administration (’96), resides in Melbourne, Fla. Devon VanVleet, B.S.N., is an RN at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Fla.

2005 Jessica Bowen, B.S.N., is a nurse with Jackson Health System and Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami, Fla. Melissa D. Pennington, B.S.N., works for Florida Hospital, Celebration Health in Celebration, Fla. Kelley C. Phillips, B.S.N., currently resides in Orlando and is a graduate student in UCF’s M.S.N. Family Nurse Practioner track. She is also working as a graduate assistant in the School of Nursing in collaboration with the Florida Center for Nursing.

2005 INDUCTEES Undergraduate Students Orlando Campus Diane Abbott Sarah Banquer Holly Batten Veronica Brewer Gina Chiappone Susan Crider Casey Cutrer Brandon Davis Melanie Eby Alyssa Flandreau Sharon Hepworth Christie Michel Kathryn Nagy Melissa Pennington Samantha Pille Tiﬀany Pocock Nejla Scott Dana Solava Rachel Tarrien Mary Welch Shellesa Whisenant Melissa Zurz

Jacqueline Flammio Melissa Henderson Jasmelita Kennedy Latanya Lawrence My Nguyen Suzanne Richey Jennifer Schneider Laura Spencer Sara Thom Sherry Thorpe

Accelerated BSN students Orlando Campus Bro++oke Cabrera Lori Janeczek Amy Quarterone

RN-B.S.N. and RN-M.S.N. Students Lisa Boyd Scott Broschay Cindy Dillard Donald Downey Jenny Garden Christina Gilmore Rochelle Griﬃn Ann Hartley Cynthia Kennedy Norma Manley Kimberly Norton Megan Perry Helga Ronco Amy Schoenthaler Richard Sellers Susan Vallan Crystal Leeuwen

Cocoa Campus Elvin Aguilar Megan Cook Jennifer Corbin Rhonda Ehmer

Graduate Students Adonieri Alavarenga Leandro Barreiro Frankie Bailey Carla Cappadoro

Susan Denton Chianta Lindsey Alison Fivecoat Evelyn Garcia Cheryl Gardner Marti Hanuschik Heather Henderson Gertrude Jordan Judith Kuhn Jessica Lorraine Diane Mancini Julie Richardson Anamaria Shanley Patricia Stuart Cynthia Titus Evelyn Walker Lisa Wheeler Community Leaders Joni Coccagna Marifrances Gullo Connie Hamilton Janis Krizmis Chianta Lindsey Joan Magnusson Mary McMahon Diane Ross Marge Stevenson

FLORIDA CENTER FOR NURSING

the Course: New Directions in Nursing Research. The keynote address, “Unit Culture Is the Missing Link,” was delivered by Suzanne M. Boyle, Ph.D. She presented her research, examining how speciﬁc organizational culture characteristics inﬂuence the process of nursing care, adverse events and failure to rescue at the nursing-unit level. Her focus on outcomes at the unit level was unique in that most studies are based on hospital-wide outcomes. At the time of the study, Boyle was director of the Center for Professional Practice Excellence at Yale-New Haven Suzanne Boyle

Hospital.

In addition, participants presented nine peerreviewed research papers in three areas of focus: Building on Research, Innovation and Methods, and Resiliency and Family; and 10 research and concept analysis posters. School of Nursing faculty and students were among the presenters and planners of the conference, attended by 100 members of the nursing community.

The Florida Center for Nursing staff includes (left to right) Executive Secretary Cathy Lewis, Executive Director Mary Lou Brunell, Media and Communications Specialist Jo Ann Miller, and UCF Associate Professor Lynn Unruh.

The UCF-housed Florida Center for Nursing

Web site, which provides vast amounts of

was established in 2001 by the Florida

information on the center’s work and the

Legislature to address issues of supply

nursing shortage.

and demand in nursing. The center’s 2004-

• Presentations. When possible, the staff

2005 annual report is available at www.

provided in-person presentations throughout

ﬂcenterfornursing.org (see “About the FCN”). A

the state and presented two posters at

synopsis of key activities and events for

the Third Annual Workforce Conference in

the year are listed here.

Portland, Ore., on two topics: Nurse Education in Florida and Statewide Strategic Planning.

• Florida Nursing Summit: Addressing the

• Publications. The staff wrote articles for

Nursing Shortage. In response to a request

nursing publications distributed in Florida. The

from the Florida House of Representatives,

Florida Nurses Association’s publication, The

the center convened a summit on March

Florida Nurse, now publishes a column with

5, 2005, to focus on deﬁning the nursing

information from the center.

shortage, identifying issues contributing to the shortage and recommending strategies for

Working with the center is Lynn Unruh,

resolution. A summary of the proceedings is

associate professor of health services

available at www.ﬂcenterfornursing.org (see

administration at UCF. Unruh is a nurse

The 14th annual research conference is

“FCN Research & Information,” informational

economist and has been consulting the center

planned for April 4, 2006. Patricia Liehr,

reports).

on data analysis and the development of a

a popular keynote speaker at the 2004

• Projects and Reports. The staff and board

forecasting model to accurately project the

conference, will present a new keynote

members published reports relevant to the

supply of and demand for nurses in Florida.

address on The Many Pathways of Nursing

nursing shortage, which are also available on

Scholarship. The focus will be on how nurses

the center’s Web site.

can be scholars at all levels of practice: the

• Requests for Information. At the request of

B.S.N. nurse who uses evidence-based

Florida legislators, the center’s staff provided

practice, the M.S.N. nurse who critiques

testimony or input for reports throughout the

research and applies it to advanced practice

2005 session.

problems, the doctorally prepared nurse who

• Communication. The center continues to

plans and conducts research, and nurses

use electronic media as its primary means

from all levels of practice who raise questions

of communication. From June 2004 to May

to be answered through scholarship.

2005, there were 69,629 visitors to the center’s

REPORT OF GIFTS Donations to the University of Central Florida, College of Health and Public Aﬀairs, and School of Nursing, July 1, 2004–June 30, 2005

President’s Medallion Society

Pegasus Circle Friends

FRIENDS

ALUMNI

Annual giving of $10,000 +

Beat Kahli and Avalon Park

ORGANIZATIONS Martin Andersen and Gracia Andersen Foundation State University System of Florida

President’s Circle Associates

Annual giving of $1,000 to $2,499

ALUMNI Patricia Lafferty (’86, ’97)

FRIENDS Jean C. Kijek Jean D. Leuner Janice Z. Peterson

ORGANIZATIONS Dynalectric (multiple ofﬁces) Florida Hospital LIFE at UCF, Inc. Vivian Woods Trust

Pegasus Circle Partners

Annual giving of $500 to $999

ALUMNI Patti Cantillo-Kodzis (’84) and Bob Kodzis (’84) Kathleen (’85) and Thomas P. Gillman John (’70, ’79) and Ruth (’83, ’94) Heine Kate ( ’79, ’83) and Joseph Kinsley Betty W. Mayer (’95, ’96) James (’75) and Alison (’74) McClelland

FRIENDS Angeline Bushy Karen Dow Mary Lou Sole

ORGANIZATIONS Booz, Allen, Hamilton, Inc. Parrish Medical Center Volusia/Flagler Advanced Practice Nursing Council

Pegasus Circle Supporters

Annual giving of $250 to $499

ALUMNI Judy L. Housel (’98, ’99) Carole W. Williams (’90, ’92)

FRIENDS Huey-Shys Chen

ORGANIZATIONS EMCOR Group, Inc. (multiple ofﬁces)

Annual giving of $100 to $249

Christopher Blackwell (’00, ’01, ’05) Mr. (’97) and Mrs. Lewis J. Boyd Kim Cartwright (’85, ’87) Elizabeth Furia (’86) Erica Edgar Hoyt (’93) Betty W. Mayer (’95, ’96) Margaret C. Stickney (’83, ’02)

FRIENDS Pamela Ark Karen E. Dennis Paul L. Desmarais Shirley I. Hall Ermalynn M. Kiehl Victoria Loerzel Jean M. Norman Barbara Richardson Judith P. Ruland Douglas O.J. Ward, Jr. David Wilson

ORGANIZATIONS Greenspointe Homeowners Association, Inc. Tucker Mechanical None applicable this year:

President’s Circle Benefactors Annual giving of $5,000 to $9,999 President’s Circle Contributors Annual giving of $2,500 to $4,999 DONOR RECOGNITION AND SPECIAL ENTITLEMENTS An invitation to the president’s appreciation dinner and recognition in the UCF Foundation Annual Report and Honor Roll of Donors is given to donors in the President’s Medallion and President’s Circle levels. Donors are recognized in the UCF Foundation Annual Report and Honor Roll of Donors in the President’s Medallion, President’s Circle and Pegasus Circle levels.

Other Gifts (Up to $99)

ALUMNI Jan A. Engel (’99, ’03) Karen R. Frost (’95) Rosemary R. Gavan (’82) Cathy A. Groupe (’93) Glenn E. Hagerstrom (’99, ’00) Kimberly D. Kerr (’95) Kerry L. Putegnat (’91) Shetonya H. Summers (’99) Carol A. Winters (’88) Cheri S. Wright (’92)

FRIENDS Louise R. Bigham Jacqueline F. Byers Guy F. Campbell Alice M. Cheatham Mike J. Curie Nelson L. Deming Janet L. Hardin Robert B. Henderson Lygia O. Holcomb David Homer Stephen J. Karker Martin J. LaFave Barbara Lange J. Robert McAllister III Donna P. Mohney Carol M. Perry Penny A. Savona Kristell M. Scott Antonio Trujillo

ORGANIZATIONS Chevy Chase Bank United Space Alliance, LLC Wasatch Electric

The University of Central Florida, College of Health and Public Aﬀairs, and School of Nursing appreciate all of your generous ﬁnancial contributions. ENDOWMENTS • Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing • Bert Fish Endowed Chair • Blue Cross and Blue Shield Endowed Professorship in Nursing • Central Florida Kidney Center Endowed Scholarship • Chatlos Endowed Fund (scholarships and professorship) • Dorothy Ann Perkins Tomlinson Endowed Scholarship • Heather Scaglione Endowed Scholarship • Winter Park Memorial Hospital Endowed Scholarship • Vivian and Barry Woods Endowed Scholarship Fund

FACULTY PROFESSORSHIPS • Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing – Professor Karen Dow • Bert Fish Endowed Chair – Professor Angeline Bushy • Chatlos Endowed Chair – Associate Professor Emma J. Brown

DEVELOPER BEAT KAHLI GIVES $600,000 TO CREATE ONCOLOGY NURSING CHAIR Beat Kahli, president and CEO of Avalon Park,

The chair title recognizes Kahli and his wife,

donated $600,000 in March 2005 to establish

Jill, whose mother died at an early age from

the Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Chair

cancer. The Kahlis also have several friends

in Oncology Nursing in the College of Health

and other family members who have been

and Public Affairs at the University of Central

diagnosed with cancer. “I believe that it is

Florida.

imperative that we do whatever we can to

MARTIN ANDERSEN AND GRACIA ANDERSEN NURSING SKILLS LABORATORY In October 2004, The Martin Andersen and Gracia Andersen Foundation, Inc., in Orlando made a generous gift of $100,000 to UCF to fund the remodeling of a nursing skills teaching facility in Health and Public Affairs I at UCF’s Orlando campus. The new Martin Andersen and Gracia Andersen Nursing Skills Laboratory is being developed speciﬁcally for the use of graduate students. The laboratory will house patient examination cubicles, mannequins and audio-visual equipment.

battle this horrible disease,” Kahli said. The endowment created the prestigious faculty position — one of only ﬁve in oncology nursing — and will support a faculty research program in nursing care for cancer patients. The gift is eligible for a state match that would result in an endowed fund of more than $1 million. Nursing Director Jean Leuner said that in addition to bringing distinction to the university, Kahli’s gift recognizes the signiﬁcant contributions nurses make to health care, including research.

KAREN DOW APPOINTED TO ONCOLOGY NURSING CHAIR Professor Karen Dow is the ﬁrst faculty member appointed to the Beat M. and Jill L. Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing. Dow joined the UCF faculty in 1995. She is known internationally for her work as a researcher, educator and writer, much of which has focused on improving the quality of lives of cancer survivors (see p. 5).

“Nurses play a pivotal role in cancer research,

compassion have positively impacted the

particularly in areas such as quality of life,

lives of people around the world,” said nursing

palliative care, symptom clusters, symptom

school director Jean Leuner. “Her appointment

management, caregiver needs, clinical trials

to the Kahli chair will help further her important

and evidence-based practice,” Leuner said.

work.”

Karen Guin

“Karen’s tremendous dedication and

Jacque Brund

The initial phase of remodeling has included the purchase of state-of-the-art examining-room equipment. M.S.N. students Kelley Phillips (left) and Brooke Griffith are among the many students who are already benefitting from renovations to the facility.

(Standing, left to right) UCF President John Hitt, Beat Kahli, Jill Kahli, college Dean Belinda McCarthy and school Director Jean Leuner. Seated is Professor Karen Dow.

SCHOOL OF NURSING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

REGIONAL CAMPUSES AND ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES

FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION:

Degree Programs • Basic B.S.N. • RN to B.S.N.* and RN to M.S.N. • Accelerated Second Degree B.S.N. • M.S.N. Adult, Family or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical Nurse Leader Clinical Nurse Specialist Nurse Educator* Nursing Leadership and Management* • Doctoral Program in Nursing

The School of Nursing offers programs and

UCF Nursing — Access to Excellence School of Nursing College of Health and Public Affairs University of Central Florida

Certiﬁcate Programs • Nursing and Health Professional Education • Adult Nurse Practitioner** • Family Nurse Practitioner** • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner**

courses beyond the Orlando campus. For example, the basic B.S.N. program is offered at the regional campuses in Cocoa and Daytona Beach. Courses toward the RN to B.S.N. program are offered at campuses in Daytona Beach, Cocoa, Leesburg and Ocala. In addition, the school is well known for its distance-learning opportunities. Both the RN to B.S.N. program and Leadership and Management track of the M.S.N. program are offered as fully Web-based programs. Approximately 50 percent of the doctoral program is offered online.

* Offered completely online ** Post-master’s certiﬁcate

P.O. Box 162210 Orlando, FL 32816-2210 (407) 823-2744 www.cohpa.ucf.edu/nursing E-mail: ucfnurse@mail.ucf.edu School of Nursing Jean Leuner, Ph.D., RN Director and Professor jleuner@mail.ucf.edu Mary Lou Sole, Ph.D., RN Professor and Contributing Editor msole@mail.ucf.edu Kelley Phillips, B.S., B.S.N., RN Graduate Assistant College of Health and Public Affairs Belinda McCarthy, Ph.D. Dean mccarthy@mail.ucf.edu Karen Guin, M.A. Director of Communications kguin@mail.ucf.edu Jennifer R. Miller, M.A. Community and Alumni Relations Ofﬁcer jeroth@mail.ucf.edu

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