December 2015 enewsletter

GAMECOCK

The CONnection News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF NURSING

DECEMBER 2015

Inclusivity and Diversity

Dean Jeannette Andrews

Inside This Issue Students Corner...............2-3

The College of Nursing is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment. In April, 2015, the College of Nursing Diversity and Inclusion Task Force was initiated to identify strategies to improve diversity and inclusivity among our student population, faculty and staff, and our nursing workforce. The task force has met three times this semester, and presented an interim report to me in mid-November. Several recommended initiatives have already begun. First, we are increasingly intentional in recruiting minority faculty (including males), with advertisements in websites, newsletters, and organizations that target minority and male nursing faculty. Secondly, Carolinian Creed banners will be placed at the entrances to the College of Nursing on the first and second floors. We want to make a statement that we share the Creed philosophy as a “way of being� in our College. Several other initiatives are being discussed and are in an early stage planning phases.

Two of these initiatives include: 1) strategies to increase our pipeline of under-represented students; and, 2) series of optional supportive seminars open to all students in conjunction with our Student Nurses Association (SNA) and Chi Eta Phi.

Carolinian Creed The community of scholars at the University of South Carolina is dedicated to personal and academic excellence.

Choosing to join the community obligates each member to a code of civilized behavoior.

Alumni & Development...4-5

As a Carolinian......

I will practice personal and academic integrity;

Faculty & Staff Notes.....6-9 NO LIMITS........................10

I will respect the dignity of all persons; I wil respect the rights and property of others; I will discourage bigotry, while striving to learn from differences in people, ideas, and opinions; I will demonstrate concern for others, their feelings, and their need for conditions which support their work and development.

Allegiance to these ideals requires each Carolinian to refrain from and discourage behaviors which threaten the freedom and respect every individual deserves.

Send Inquiries or Newsletter items to: Jan Johnson jnjohnso@mailbox.sc.edu

Wishing our entire College of Nursing village a happy holiday season! Best wishes to all of you, your families, and loved ones.

Jeannette O. Andrews PhD, RN, FAAN Dean & Professor j.andrews@sc.edu

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Students Corner

Bridging the Gap

By Annie Lambert and Kate Henchy

Josh Rennebaum recently completed

a Dementia Dialogues course. He stated, “I will benefit from the knowledge learned not only in the clinical setting, but also when communicating/caring for my grandmother who has Alzheimer’s.”

Read more about Josh Here.

Study Abroad Undergraduate & Graduate Nursing Students

Nicaragua Dates: February 20 -28, 2016 Contact: deborahm@mailbox.sc.edu

USC-Costa Rica in Global Health

Over the summer, senior nursing student Jamie Lawson was able to combine her love of nursing and her passion for the Spanish culture into an entirely new nursing experience.

In her job at the University of Utah hospital in a clinic that serves a predominately Spanishspeaking population, Lawson didn’t often work one-on-one with patients. Instead, she worked with the clinic’s health promotion team on outreach and education, bridging the gap between the Spanish community and health care. She helped create the clinic’s website and put together resources that were written in both English and Spanish and able to be comprehended at different levels of education.

“It was a wonderful experience. I had never seen the public health side of nursing and I really enjoyed it,” Lawson said.

Read more HERE.

Dates: Maymester 2016 Contact: GRUDZINM@mailbox.sc.edu

Germany: Munich, Nuremburg Dates: May 7-21, 2016 Contact: KAGLENN@mailbox.sc.edu

London Dates: Maymester 2016 Contact: PROCTORA@mailbox.sc.edu

Australia: Sydney, Great Barrier Reef, Melbourne Dates: Aug 1-14, 2016 Contact: deborahm@mailbox.sc.edu

December 14th Convocation Main Street United Methodist Church 1830 Main Street 10:00 am

We are seeking nominations and applications for the 2016 –2017 Cohort of Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Program. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2017.

The selection of fellows is done by a selection committee and is a competitive process. The requirements are a masters degree or higher, a nurse leader with potential for advancement and who has the support of the organization.

The 2016 - 2017 class begins March 23 – 25, 2016.

PhD Student, Kate Chappell, participated in the Rising Stars of Scholarship and Research Poster Program at the Sigma Theta Tau International 43rd Biennial Convention in Las Vegas, NV.

Please contact Lydia Zager, Director, Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Program (803.446.3191) or Cristina Corbett, Program Assistant (803.777.3039), immediately if you are interested in applying.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Please see the Amy V. Cockcroft website for more information.

Save The Date The Nursing Summit The South Carolina One-Voice, One-Plan Action Coalition is receiving a second two-year grant through the Future of Nursing State Implementation Program (SIP). The $8.85 million initiative is helping states prepare the nursing profession to promote healthy communities and address our nation’s most pressing health care challenges: access, quality, and cost.

Read more HERE.

March 25, 2016 Seawell’s Columbia, SC The program will consist of nationally known speakers and the graduation of the 2015-2016 Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Fellows.

The 2016-2017 class will be introduced.

Stay tuned for additional information.

VITAL SIGNS....An Update from Alumni and Development

Dean Andrews with Viana McCown Lectureship Keynote speaker, Marion Broome, ‘77, PhD, RN, FAAN.

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Congratulations to our 2015 Outstanding Young Nurse Alumna: Pam Shealy, ‘12, MEd, MS, RN, CEN Congratulations to our 2015 Outstanding Nurse Alumna: Vicki Green, ‘80, ‘86, MSN, APRN, BC

The Power of Nursing

By Page Ivey

When alumni Earl and Barbara Huitt Lovelace were caring for their aging parents, they saw first-hand how important nurses are to families in need.

Read more HERE.

Dr. Marilyn Sonnenberg, faculty emer-

ita, was honored by the My Carolina Alumni Association with an Honorary Life Membership at the Alumni Center Grand Opening.

UofSCNursing alumni Share your story! We are starting a new video series called Alumni Stories, where we will produce a short 30 second to one-minute video of alumni sharing a story about their time at UofSCNursing. If you’re in the Columbia area and would like to participate, send an email to lambert@sc.edu or call (803) 777-3752.

Here is alumna Jennifer Bell’s video - the first of the series.

View it HERE. UofSC Nursing took over Cockaboose #14 at the USC vs. FL game. CON Director of Development Monica Cromer with Earl and Barbara Lovelace and Dean Andrews. View more photos HERE.

All gifts and pledges to support Nursing can be sent to: Help us plan our alumni engagement program by filling out this survey and letting us know how you’d like to engage with the college. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes and, as a bonus, we’ll send you a token of our appreciation if you complete the survey in its entirety. Take the survey HERE.

USC College of Nursing 1027 Barnwell Street Columbia, SC 29208 Gift Processing Checks Made Payable to the USC Educational Foundation or at 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

Faculty Publications Should Pregnant Moms Be Tested for HIV? Dr. Sabra Custer featured on WLTX.

Inoue, I., Higashi, T., Iwamoto, M., Heiney, Sue P., Tamaki, T., Osawa, K., Inoue, M., Shiraishi, K., Kojima, R., & Matoba, M. (2015). A national profile of the impact of parental cancer and their children in Japan. Cancer Epidemiology: The International Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, and Prevention, 39, 838-841.

Amella E, Mueller M, Andrews JO, Wachs J, Sell, K. (2015). Individualism and partnership: A descriptive analysis of the chronic disease phenomenon as perceived by older adults. Open Journal of Nursing, 5, 935-947.

Faculty Presentations Andrews, Jeannette. Behavioral Health in South

Watch it HERE.

Carolina. Presented at the 2015 Annual Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) Board Retreat on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Hilton – Columbia Center.

Farr DE, Brandt HM, Friedman DB, Armstead CA, Heiney SP, Adams SA, Green W, Khan S, Hébert JR. Untangling the influence of healthcare distrust on Black Americans’ intention to participate in cancer prevention research. Eighth American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Poster Session. November 13 -16, 2015. Atlanta, Georgia.

Chappell, K. K. (2015). Exploring adults’ vigilance

behaviors within a child’s caregiving cluster. Sigma Theta Tau International 43rd Biennial Convention. Las Vegas, NV. November 2015.

Susan Beverung presented “Adding Diversity: Strate-

gies for Admitting and Retaining a More Diverse Class” at AACN’s 2015 Baccalaureate Education Conference at the Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, FL. November 19-21, 2015.

Karen Worthy, Lydia Zager and Loretta Manning Ann Scott, and Sara Donevant, PhD

candidate, were recently honored by the South Carolina League for Nursing. Scott, received the Nursing Award for Excellence and Donevant received the Graduate Student Scholarship.

(Leading Learning, LLC) presented “Conceptual Teaching: You Don’t Have to Start Your Curriculum Over,” at AACN’s 2015 Baccalaureate Education Conference at the Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, FL. November 19-21, 2015.

Sabra Custer and Erin McKinney presented “Im-

plementation of a Capstone Multipatient Simulation Experience,” (co-authored with Ellen Synovec) at AACN’s 2015 Baccalaureate Education Conference at the Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, FL. November 1921, 2015.

Dr. Swann Adams was invited to serve as an Karen Worthy, Erin McKinney, Sabra Smith, Loretta Manning (Leading Learning, LLC), Susan Beverung and Lydia Zager at the AACN BSN Baccalaureate

Education Conference in Orlando, FL.

expert consultant to a CDC/state health department/non-profit organization collaborative designed to assist target state health departments (AZ, TN, and WV) in utilizing big data in order to assess, target, and evaluate public health interventions aimed at breast cancer disparities in minority populations. She highlighted her work using different state data such as the state cancer registry, Best Chance Network, FQHC’s, Medicaid, and PEBA.

The looming shortage of primary care physicians as the population gets older and the Affordable Care Act helps more people get health insurance is a problem for the health care industry. Part of the solution is an expanded role for nurse practitioners. Dr. Stephanie Burgess weighs in on this critical topic for AARP. Read it HERE.

Ellen Synovec, Dr. Kathy Lasala, and Dr. Amber Williams at the Sigma Theta

Tau International 43rd Biennial Convention in Las Vegas, NV.

Dr. Sue Heiney, along with colleagues in Japan, recently pub-

lished an article regarding children whose parents have cancer.

The article, A national profile of the impact of prenatal cancer and their children in Japan, was published in Cancer Epidemiology: The International Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, and Prevention.

to Dr. Shelli Gibbs who completed her DNP project at MUSC entitled, “Increasing Body Mass Index Documentation, Obesity Diagnosis and Patient Education in Primary Care.”

Congratulations

Dr. Ronit Elk’s session, “Innovative

Strategies to Address the Unique Cultural Beliefs and Spiritual Perspectives of African American Patients and Families at End Of Life,” was listed in the Best of 2015 Annual Assembly Recordings.

Dr. Elk also serves as an editor of a Special Issue on Cancer in the Journal of LGBT Health.

Are you or someone you know looking for new employment?

View our open positions HERE.

Kate Chappell has been

selected to receive the 2016 Elsevier Leading Stars In Education (ELSIE) Award in the Simulations category. Chappell will receive her award at the Elsevier Faculty Development Conference in Las Vegas in January.

Research Spotlight Mass Casualty Research Team’s External Advisory Committee Meeting

Dr. Laura Hein was in-

Dr. Joan Culley’s Mass Casualty Triage Grant team held another successful Interdisciplinary External Advisory Committee/Community Participants (EAC) meeting on November 5. Presentations on the patient data abstractions, new chemical triage algorithm, and the new Emergency Department Informatics Computational Tool (EDICT) development were discussed with members from the state, city, university community, and federal agencies.

The interdisciplinary triage includes nine faculty from USC and MUSC, 2 doctoral students and 2 undergraduate students from the College of Nursing and Computer Science and Engineering. The 13-team member’s biographical sketches are on the triage team’s web page.

vited to serve on the American Academy of Nursing Diversity and Inclusivity Committee for a two-year term. The committee looks to foster diversity among the Academy and ensure the Academy develops and aligns its policies and practices to achieve its goals.

The EAC members are from Columbia Fire, nationally prominent safety and industrial hygiene professionals with extensive experience in toxic chemicals and chemical agent safety the USC Police Department and Environmental Health and Safety, as well as community participants from Fort Jackson, DHEC, and other governmental agencies, a regional hospital and the Graniteville community that was devastated by a major chlorine railcar rupture in January 2005. View a complete list of the EAC members HERE.

Grants Submitted

The three-hour meeting was lively and informative for the team and the EAC. Nine attended in person and four members attended the meeting virtually through a GO-TOMeeting link. A video of the entire meeting will be posted on the grant’s web page.

Dr. Kathleen La Sala, “Nurse Faculty

The major thrust of the second biannual meeting to inform the EAC members about the teams progress. The team’s presentations described the process used to convert some 20,000 pages of Emergency Department records from the victims of the Graniteville chlorine leak and form it into a searchable research database that will use throughout the project. The computer science group described their work relating all the signs and symptoms observed in the research database with those used by the National Library of Medicine’s Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER: http://www.wiser.nlm.nih.gov/).

The next EAC meeting will be held at the College of Nursing on May 17, 2016 to make further plans for the April 2017 full scale drill at the Williams-Brice Stadium.

Dr. Swann Adams and Kendra Allison,

PhD in Nursing Science Student, “Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Early Adolescents: Racial Disparity and Gender Differences in Rural Areas,” SPARC from the USC Office of Research.

Loan Program (NFLP) FY2016,” Loan from HRSA. Grants funded Dr. Tena Hunt-McKinney, “PsychSim:

Psychiatric Simulation to Maintain and Expand BSN Enrollment,”The Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association.

Inc. Dr. DeAnne Messias, “Subaward: EN-

LACE: A Promotora-Led Physical Activity Intervention Trial for Latinas in Texas (Year 4 Funding),”NIH/R01 Subaward through University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio.

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

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