GAMECOCK
The CONnection News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF NURSING
AUGUST 2015
The Backbone of our College and Clinic Operations: Our Staff The USC College of Nursing continues to grow in our size, quality, national prominence, and stellar reputation. In our communications, our stakeholders often hear about faculty achievements, student news, and alumni updates. However, this month, I would like to dedicate my message to our incredible 30 fulltime and 35+ part-time support staff.
Dean Jeannette Andrews
Inside This Issue Students Corner..............2-3 Alumni & Development...4-5 Faculty & Staff Notes.....6-8 NO LIMITS........................9
Our staff are truly the backbone for our operations in the College of Nursing and the Family and Children Healthcare Center. While we typically have fewer faculty and students during the summer months on campus, our staff are here every day. The staff are often the first to arrive in the building and the last to leave each day. During our very busy graduate orientation week in mid-July, several academic staff stayed very late in the evening over several days to ensure a successful event for our incoming students. This is just one example of their spirit and allegiance. Our staff in our research and post-awards office, IT department, clinic, simulation lab, online learning, faculty support, communications, and business operations/ Dean’s office do the same during their “peak times.” Staff members in our College are innovative, bright, excellent problem solvers, and exceptional customer service providers. Our staff’s commitment and loyalty to our mission are truly inspiring! Were you aware that the majority of our full-time staff have worked at the College for at least 5 years? We have at least 7 staff who have worked here for more than 15 years, and one staff who has been at the College for 31 years. We have also hired several new staff in the last two years, and as we expand programs and initiatives, will be welcoming additional members to our team over the next few months. On August 4, I will further recognize our staff at our annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon. In the meantime, I ask everyone to please take a few moments and acknowledge our steadfast and committed staff! It genuinely takes a village, and we are honored to have a great team!
Send Inquiries or Newsletter items to: Jan Johnson jnjohnso@mailbox.sc.edu
Jeannette O. Andrews PhD, RN, FAA Dean & Professor j.andrews@sc.edu
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Students Corner
BlueCross BlueShield Foundation Funds Scholarships The Board of Directors of the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation has awarded a grant to the USC College of Nursing in the amount of $405,000 for support of Leveraging Mental Health Provider Access in Underserved Counties in South Carolina. Read THE STATE story and more HERE.
Over 250 new graduate students attended orientation throughout the month of July. A special thank you to the stars of the Office of Student Services: Larialmy Allen, Cheryl Nelson, Gail Vereen and Heidi Waltz.
Dr. Tena McKinney discusses the need for more psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners in SC.
Save The Date
• WLTX STORY
• SC RADIO NETWORK
• USC VIDEOS: - UofSC nurses have ability to teleconference mental health services
- SC has poor rural mental health access
- BCBS Foundation funds rural mental health program
Parent’s Weekend September 25-27, 2015
Join our Nurses Lounge Group here.
Student Spotlight:
Graduate students in suture class in the Clinical Simulation Lab.
Pearman Hayne, PhD Student Read it HERE.
The class of 2015 – 2016 Amy V. Cockcroft fellows met in June for their 2nd session. Dr. Joby Robinson of Joby Robinson Consulting, LLC engaged the fellows to explore their strengths and challenges as leader to help them build effective and efficient teams from colleagues that could complement the team. The discussion was very lively as Dr. Janet Krejci, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Illinois State University and former Dean of the College of Nursing, explored and illustrated through real life examples of how to use systems thinking to examine personal and system problems by in-depth “Why” questions about the current situation. The Office of Healthcare Workforce Research for Nursing at the USC Col-
lege of Nursing and the Office for Healthcare Workforce Analysis and Planning in the South Carolina AHEC program office, recently completed a study of the nursing workforce in South Carolina hospitals. The full study report can be found on the Office of Healthcare Workforce Research for Nursing website.
The application process will be open for the Amy V. Cockcroft 2016-2017 class in August. Please see the Amy V. Cockcroft website for more information or email NURSAVC@mailbox.sc.edu for questions about the application process.
Read more HERE.
VITAL SIGNS....An Update from Alumni and Development Capital Campaign Update On behalf of Dean Andrews, Marilyn and Chuck Sonnenberg (Campaign Chair), Faculty and Staff, Partnership Board and CON students, Thank you! Thank you to each one of you for your gracious support to the College of Nursing during this exciting, eight year capital campaign which ended June 30, 2015. You have supported each of the Dean’s initiatives with your giving: Scholarship and Fellowships, Faculty Development, The Clinical Simulation Lab and The Children and Family Health Center. The diversity and amount of your giving has made an immediate, positive impact on the CON students. With your generosity, we surpassed our FY 15 goals. For the FY 15, the College of Nursing raised approximately $1.3 Million and the overall total raised in the campaign was approximately $6 Million. As we continue to announce and celebrate our achievements over the next few months, we ask you to continue your annual support. We appreciate you! Thank you again for your support! We wouldn’t be successful without you! Visit https://giving. sc.edu/#thanks for more information on the campaign.
Director of Development
Do you know an outstanding College of Nursing Alumnus? 2015 NOMINATION FORMS Application Deadline: August 31, 2015
College of Nursing memorabilia, a 1960s era uniform, a 1950s era cape, and a 1980s era cap are currently displayed at the McKissick Museum. The exhibit, You: Collecting What Matters, will run through September 5th.
I am Advocacy: Carole Cato Imagine growing up with someone telling you what you can and can’t learn. Telling you what they want you to hear, even if it’s not the truth. Telling you to fear someone or something that really isn’t dangerous at all. Such was the life of Carole Cato, and according to her, such is the life we’re all still living. Read more HERE.
Check out the College of Nursing’s Facebook page. Be sure to “LIKE” Us And Join our College of Nursing LinkedIn Group 2015
BSN
Senna Alexander,
graduates,
Desjardins, Lauren Allie Kraybill, have
begun their careers in the Mayo Clinic New Graduate Nurse Residency Program, in Rochester, MN. These new nurses were leaders and burgeoning scholars while in our program and are continuing to take the lead by being part of this program. The residency is a nationally competitive program with opportunities to participate in excellent practice, leadership, and research opportunities. USC graduates are establishing a reputation as frequent invitees to the program in recent years; with these new graduates, there are now five Gamecock nurse alumni calling this prestigious hospital home.
All Gifts and Pledges to support Nursing can be sent to: USC College of Nursing 1027 Barnwell Street Columbia, SC 29208 Gift Processing Checks Made Payable to the USC Educational Foundation or at
Save The Date Viana McCown Lectureship November 13, 2015 Celebrate 15 years of our Clinical Doctorate program: From ND to DNP
our website http://giving.sc.edu/ To learn how you can make a difference at USC College of Nursing contact the Development Office at 803-777-3468.
Faculty and Staff Notes
Linda Wells, MA, RN, FAAN Post-Award Program
Coordinator for the College of Nursing, received the Duckprint Award from the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital/AFLAC. She was recognized for her significant contributions and support for the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital and co-founding CAMP KEMO. Read more HERE.
Welcome to the CON
Dr.
Sheryl
Mitchell
(with Senator Tim Scott) attended the American Nurses Association (ANA) Membership Assembly in Washington, DC from July 22July 25. She participated in ANA Lobby Day on Capitol Hill where she met with members of Congress to discuss issues and challenges for nurses in South Carolina. Dr. Mitchell is President-Elect of the South Carolina Nurses Association, and the Assistant Director of USC CON Family Nurse Practitioner Program.
Are you or someone you know looking for new employment? Ashley Maciaszek Business Director
John Sugg Program Coordinator, Online Programs
View our open positions HERE.
Sigma Theta Tau International’s 26th International Nursing Research Congress San Juan, Puerto Rico July 23-27, 2015
Faculty Publications Green CR, Cowan P, Elk R, O’Neil KM, Rasmussen AL. National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing the Research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Annals Internal Medicine 2015;162:860-865. Felder, TM, Braun, KL, Brandt, HM,
Dr. Amber Williams and Ann Scott presented “Challenges associat-
ed with bringing a high fidelity simulation lab to a rural campus.”
Dr. Karen McDonnell present-
ed “Living with Lung Cancer: Receptivity and Preferences for Risk-Reducing Behavior Change among African-American Families.”
Khan, S, Tanjasiri, S, Friedman, DB, Armstead, C, Okuyemi, K, Hébert, JR. Mentoring and Training of CancerRelated Health Disparities Researchers Committed to Community-Based Participatory Research. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 9.2(2015):97108. Project MUSE. Web. 3 Aug. 2015.
Grants Submitted Joan Culley, PI “Year 2 - Noncompet-
ing Continuation - Validating Triage for Chemical Mass Casualty Incidents-A First Step.” R01 Non-Competing Continuation from NIH/NLM. DeAnne Messias, PI (Submitted
Dr. Amber Williams presented “How
PhD student and Sigma Theta Tau Rising STAR, Kay Lawrence, MSN, RN, CCRN, with her poster “An Inquiry into the Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Development of Clinical Judgement.”
transformational leadership is addressing the rural nursing workforce.” Dr. DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias
presented “The Navegantes para la Salud Primary Care Access and Navigation Intervention: Role Conceptualization, Implementation, and Assessment.”
through Women’s and Gender Studies) “Women’s Well Being Initiative Arts-Based Community Intervention.” from Bonner Family Private Foundation Grants funded Kathy LaSala, PI “Nurse Faculty Loan
Program 2015,” from HRSA.
Research Spotlight: Joan Culley, PhD, MS, MPH, RN, CWOCN
Validating Triage for Chemical Mass Casualty Dr. Joan Culley’s $2.5 million NIH/NLM-funded grant entitled “Validating Triage for Chemical Mass Casualty Incidents - A First Step” is designed to improve the triage process during chemical mass casualty incidents (MCI). Data from her previous NIH/NLM-funded grant indicated that there are currently no informatics tools to rapidly identify the early stages of a chemical incident, process victims efficiently, nor make triage recommendations for victims of MCIs. The current four-year grant has been operational for a little less than a year and Dr. Culley has assembled a multi-disciplinary team that includes a bioinformatics computer engineer, a human computer interaction scientist, an industrial hygienist, an expert in the development and use of complex database management systems, an expert in public health emergency preparedness, a chronic disease/environmental epidemiologist and a biostatistician. Chemical MCIs are devastating due to the number of victims involved and the urgent need to assess how best to process and evaluate those patients needing immediate care. To this aim, Dr. Culley and her team propose to use computer-based informatics tools to improve early chemical identification and to enhance patient processing and triage in the Emergency Department (ED) following a chemical MCI. The research team has compiled a comprehensive database that will identify victim signs/ symptoms to develop a new triage process that more accurately and efficiently processes and triages patients in the ED following a chemical MCI. The research team works with a community advisory committee and community informants to guide and provide input into the design and testing of a new Emergency Department Informatics Computational Tool (EDICT) to accurately represent the integration of technology into the proposed triage process. Goals for the upcoming year include the development of the prototype version of the EDICT. Testing of the EDICT will take place in year three using a large scale mass casualty drill to simulate triage of ED patients treated immediately following the 2005 Graniteville chlorine incident.
Dr. Cristy De Gregory and Dr. Sheryl Mitchell participated in the Indiana Center for Evidence Based Nursing Practice’s systematic review training June 22nd - 26th. The training prepared them to develop protocols, as well as conduct quantitative and qualitative systematic reviews. They are now certified to conduct systematic reviews using Joanna Briggs Institute methods.
Congraulations to these faculty members on their promotion:
Kate Chappell to Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Tena Hunt McKinney to Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Karen Worthy to Clinical Assistant Professor
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF NURSING No Limits to our Teaching • First and largest BSN and nursing graduate programs in the state of SC • NCLEX and Nurse Practitioner Board Pass Rates exceeding both state and national averages • New PhD student fellowships and stipends • National and Internationally recognized faculty • Online graduate programs ranked #3 in the country by US News and World Report No Limits to our Innovation • State-of-the-art Client Simulation Lab providing revolutionizing and quality education to students • Cutting edge research in health care delivery, cancer survivorship, health promotion, and vulnerable populations • 4th DNP program in the country, now provided online • Center for Nursing Leadership is leading state-wide action coalitions responsive to the national Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action No Limits to our Caring • The College of Nursing’s Children and Family Healthcare Center is the only nurse managed medical home in South Carolina • Our dedicated expert clinical faculty provide comprehensive healthcare to all ages of an underserved population • Over 90 scholarships provided each year to our students, with the generosity from our alumni and donors • Well established partnerships with health systems and stakeholders across the state No Limits to our Scholarship • National leaders in nursing research with 86% tenure track faculty have externally funded research, 5 new NIH awards in past two years • Diverse portfolio of research funding from NCI, NINR, NHLBI, NLM, CDC, HRSA, Duke Foundation, & others • Two Research Centers: Healthcare Process and Redesign Center and Cancer Survivorship Center
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