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The CONnection News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF NURSING
FEBRUARY 2015
Leadership Development: Making a Difference in South Carolina The College of Nursing embraces our charge to shape health care in South Carolina with articulate, skilled, knowledgeable and innovative nursing leaders. In our undergraduate program, our students and alumni are leading positive change in diverse professional organizations (Student Nurses Association, Chi Eta Phi, South Carolina Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau and various specialty organizations). Our Honors students and Magellan scholars are implementing innovative projects that will impact our local communities. Our thousands of BSN alumni are making a difference with direct patient care delivery in every health setting in South Carolina, including emergency rooms, medical-surgical units, obstetrical units, psychiatric units and community health.
Dean Jeannette Andrews
Inside This Issue Students Corner..............2-3 Faculty & Staff Notes.....4-6 Upcoming Events..............7 Alumni & Development....8 NO LIMITS..........................9
Send Inquiries or Newsletter items to: Jan Johnson jnjohnso@mailbox.sc.edu
Our Master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students and alumni are at the State Capitol educating our legislators on the need to increase healthcare access for all citizens of South Carolina and other needed policy changes. They are managing profiles of patients, implementing institutional change with the adoption of evidence-based practice and transforming our state’s health with a focus on managing chronic diseases and preventive care. They are leading hospitals and health systems to improve patient centered care and population health and are making a difference in South Carolina. With a focus on vulnerable populations and health promotion/risk reduction, our PhD students and alumni are discovering new knowledge to impact patient outcomes and generating new evidence for our practice of nursing. Many of our PhD alumni have had significant and sustainable research funding that has resourced their research and facilitated the continuity, impact and quality outcomes for individuals, families and diverse populations. They are leading educators and researchers who hold national leadership positions who are committed to making a difference in South Carolina. Our Cockcroft leaders are fully integrated with the IOM taskforce and implementing the recommended key strategies for nursing across South Carolina. Our alumni are comprised of chief nursing officers, directors, deans and elected officials. They are mentoring our young, serving on boards and shaping policy across multiple levels in the state. They are members of the Academy of Nursing, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellows and presidents of national professional organizations. Their leadership impact is making a difference in South Carolina. 2015 is a great year for the Nursing profession and a great time at the USC College of Nursing. The US News & World Report (2015) has ranked Nurse Practitioners (#2) and Registered Nurses (#9) as one of the top professions in the country. USC students and alumni are making a difference in South Carolina and are responding to healthcare challenges with solution-oriented, transformative actions. In the upcoming newsletters, we will highlight individual nursing leaders who are making a difference in South Carolina and welcome you to share your successes with us. Jeannette O. Andrews PhD, RN, FAAN Dean & Professor j.andrews@sc.edu
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Students Corner Student Q&A: Taylr McNeil Capstone Cares & AAMN Blood Drive On January 29th, Capstone Cares: Passion for Pediatrics and AAMN at USC (the former South Carolina Rooster Nurses) hosted a blood drive with the American Red Cross. In four hours, they collected 26 units of blood from donors outside of the old BA building. The two organizations were successful in working together to host this event and look forward to growing the blood drive to reach more donors in the coming years. Thank you to all who donated! What brought you to the College of Nursing and what do you want to do with your degree? I have always had a passion to take care of people and assist in making them feel better in any way that I could. I volunteered at a hospital back home in Minnesota and enjoyed the hospital environment. After talking with many nurses and doing an informational interview with a NICU nurse, I am very interested in becoming a nurse in the NICU. Tell us about your extracurricular activities. I am a student-athlete on the indoor volleyball team. I volunteer with my volleyball team and at a local hospital in Minnesota. What is one skill you believe every nurse should possess? I believe every nurse must have integrity. This is definitely one key attribute for any profession or person in general because without it, there cannot be trust. It is essential for patients to be able to trust the nurses who are taking care of them and for their coworkers to never doubt their integrity. What is most challenging as a student athlete? The most challenging thing as a student-athlete is time management. The life of a student-athlete is a full-time job. We are practicing, playing in games, traveling, in class, required study hall, etc. which does not allow much free time especially if you are in season. At the same time though, being so busy can help because we know that we do not have much time to give and therefore, do our studies any free second that we get. I have learned a lot from being a student-athlete and it has trained me to make use of the time that I have and to always do my best. What advice would you give to future nursing students? Never give up on your dreams no matter what people say. It sounds cheesy, I know. But in all honesty I have been told by countless people that there is no way I can do nursing and volleyball in college. I am in my third semester here at USC and am still going strong and although it is busy and very difficult at times, I am still in pursuit of becoming a nurse because it is my dream job.
College of Nursing to offer Leadership Programs The College of Nursing will initiate two leadership education opportunities for nurses: The Master’s in Nursing Science (MSN) in Organizational Leadership and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Nurse Executive Leadership beginning Fall 2015. Read more HERE.
Magellan Scholars Michael Pallon’s pro-
posal “Knowledge and Use of Pulse Oximetry and WISER by First Responders During Triage of Victims of Irritant Gas Syndrome Agent Disasters” has been awarded funding through the USC Office of Undergraduate Research/Magellan Scholars Program. His faculty mentors are Joan Culley & Abbas Tavakoli.
Jennifer
proposal “Promoting breastfeeding among African American women” has been awarded funding through the USC Office of Undergraduate Research/Magellan Scholars Program. Her faculty mentors are Joy Rivers & Tisha Felder.
NURS 506 Special Topics in International Nursing
3 Semester Hour Study Abroad Elective 5/14/2015 – 5/28/2015 Based in: Starnberg on Lake Starnberg between Munich and the Alps and in Historic Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
For further information contact Dr. Deb McQuilkin at DEBORAHM@mailbox.sc.edu
Beecroft’s
Faculty and Staff Notes
Dr. Tena McKinney has been selected to serve as a member of the Steering Committee for the ANA’s Professional Issues Panel, Barriers to RN Scope of Practice.
Dr. Robin Matutina is a featured scholar on the Office of the Vice President for Research’s website which highlights faculty excellence, innovation, and creativity. Read more HERE.
Dr. Kathrene Berger is now a Board Certified Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with the ANCC.
Erin McKinney is now a Certified Heathcare Simulation educator.
Faculty Presentations Burgess S, Andrews JO. (2015). Inspire, Ignite, and Get Involved. AACN Doctoral Conference - Integrating Health Policy into Doctoral Nursing Programs: Continuing the Conversation in 2015. January 29-31, 2015 in San Diego, CA.
The College of Nursing held it’s 2nd Annual Clinical Conference on January 31st. L-R: Students - Rachel Still, Kyra McDonald, Martin Mrazeck, Conrad Banks, Faculty - Kate Chappell, Robin Matutina, Ellen Adkins and Susan Beverung.
Dr. Abbas Tavakoli has been appointed co-chair for the Southeastern SAS Users Group in Savannah, GA on September 27-29, 2015. He has also been nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award for University 101.
Messias, DKH, Halasz, HM, Andrews JO. (2015) Revitalizing the PhD in Nursing Science: Program and Curriculum Review Processes and Outcomes. AACN Doctoral Conference - Integrating Health Policy into Doctoral Nursing Programs: Continuing the Conversation in 2015. January 29-31, 2015 in San Diego, CA. Dr. Ronit Elk will present “Innovative Strategies to Address the Unique Cultural Beliefs and Spiritual Perspectives of African American Patients and Families at the End of Life,” at the AAHPM and HPNA Annual Assembly on February 25-28, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA. Tingen MS, Andrews JO, Heath J, Waller JL, Treiber FA. Tailored parental cessation delivered in urban and rural elementary schools. Proceedings from the 21st Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Andrews JO, Mueller, M, Newman SD, Magwood G, Tingen MS. (2015). The Association of Individual and Neighborhood Contextual Factors and Smoking among African American Women in Public Housing Neighborhoods. Proceedings from the Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference. Tampa Florida.
Congratulations to CON Faculty Tena McKinney, Sheryl Mitchell, Sabra Smith, and Karen Worthy for winning the 2015 Palmetto Gold Award!
Drs. DeAnne Messias and Helen Halasz at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2015 Doctoral Education Conference in San Diego, CA.
Dr. Stephanie Burgess at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2015 Doctoral Education Conference in San Diego, CA.
Dr. Peggy Hewlett, who retired in October 2014, has been awarded the title Dean Emerita and Distinguished Professor Emerita by the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees.
New Cockcroft Class Announced Established in 1994 by Amy V. Cockcroft, the founding dean of the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina, the program has evolved to prepare nurse executive leaders to meet the increasingly urgent demands of today’s health care organizations. This progressive leadership program will advance a leader’s ability to lead and navigate complex organizations and work effectively with interdisciplinary teams. The leadership program will start March 25th and the fellows will be officially recognized at the Leadership Summit on March 27th at the Columbia Conference Center. The17 fellows in the class of 2015 – 2016 represent 11 organizations, two states, and both practice and academia. The criteria for this year’s class required a master’s degree or doctorate or the fellow had to be actively pursuing the degree. Prior to this, a BSN was required. This year in addition to the Amy V. Cockcroft Endowment, the program is also a part of a Robert Wood Johnson grant acquired by the SC One Voice One Plan Action Coalition. The fellows must implement individual interdisciplinary projects that will represent one of the eight IOM recommendations. The 2015 – 2016 Amy V. Cockcroft Nurse Leadership Fellows
are:
Yolanda Charles MSN, RN Laura Carter MSN, RN Andrea Coyle, MSN, MHA, RN D. Levi Campbell MS, RN Amanda Weston, MHA, BSN, RN James Holland, PhD, CNL, RN, RRT, RCP Thayer McGahee PhD, RN Rhonda Quinones MSN, RNC-OB Mary Tanner, RN, MBA, CPHQ Joy Huntington RN, MSN, CEN Karen Gittings DNP, RN, CNE, Alumnus CCRN Karen Worthy MSN, MPH, RN Kari Mau RN, DNP, WHNP-BC Donna Peterson BSN, RN, NE-BC Amanda Simmons, MSN, RN Deborah Hopla, DNP, APRN-BC Robin Matutina, PhD, RN-BC, CPN™, CPON®, CNE
The faculty for the program are nationally known leaders and educators. Returning faculty include Dr. Phyllis Kritek, Dr. Janet Krejci, Dr. Michael Bleich, and Dr. Joby Robinson. Two new faculty for this year’s program are Dr. Jerry Mansfield and Jenny Maxwell. Lydia Zager is the director for the program. Please see the Amy V. Cockcroft website for more information.
Faculty Publications Dr. Kathleen Lasala, “Forming academy/community partnerships to help alleviate the clinical placement crisis,” Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. Online January 8, 2015. Dr. Sue Heiney, “Healing by Creating: Patient Evaluations of ArtMaking Program,” The Journal of Creative Behavior. In press. LaSala, K.B., Gorton, K. (2015). Students’ Academic Transition Issues: Associate Degree to Baccalaureate Nursing, Journal of Nursing and Care. In press.
February 10th NP Lobby Day at the Statehouse February 14th SNA- SC Annual Leadership Day Charleston Southern Contact Allie Barilla barillaallie@yahoo.com
February 22nd
Research Spotlight
Tisha Moniek Felder, PhD, MSW Research Assistant Professor
UPCOMING EVENTS
Cancer Survivorship Center’s Research Forum Dr. Robert McKeown Open Access Publishing : The good, the bad, the ugly 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room 402 Open to all faculty, staff, students and colleagues
Joynelle Rivers, EdD, MSN, RNC Clinical Assistant Professor
In the United States and South Carolina, disparities in breastfeeding among African American women compared to other racial/ethnic women persist regardless of socioeconomic status. Among the widely recognized benefits of breastfeeding is a reduced risk of certain health conditions in the mother. Specifically for African American women, breastfeeding has been significantly associated with a reduced risk of developing negative receptor breast cancers. There is an urgent need for more research on methods to promote breastfeeding among African American women, including methods that involve educating their partner and/or family members. Dr. Joynelle Rivers and Dr. Tisha Felder are addressing this need. They are co-Principal Investigators on a mixed-methods study entitled, Reducing disparities, reducing risks: Promoting breastfeeding among African American women, funded by the USC Institute for African American Research. They will explore the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of pregnant African American women and their partner/family members toward breastfeeding and potential methods for promoting breastfeeding among this population. Specifically, they will explore how enhancing social support for pregnant women is a key strategy for increasing breastfeeding. Long-term implications of this study include the potential to reduce pervasive disparities in breastfeeding, as well as incidence and death from aggressive breast cancers among African American women.
February 28th Optimizing Successful Aging 14th Annual Symposium on Aging Contact: ce@sccp.sc.edu
March 1st DNP Applications Due
March 27th Nursing Leadership Summit
May (Date TBA) Celebrate Nursing Gala & Auction
June 4th - 5th Online Teaching Institute REGISTER HERE
VITAL SIGNS....An Update from Alumni and Development Alumna Q&A: Lill Mood, BSN (‘62), MPH (‘76) What is the most interesting thing you have seen or done as a nurse? I was the first nurse in SCDHEC Environmental Quality Control, in the new position of Director of Risk Communication and Community Liaison. It was a pioneering venture in the agency and among other health and environmental agencies across the US. A Kellogg Foundation Fellowship allowed me to develop new areas of knowledge and skills needed and led to chair and coauthor IOM study of Nursing, Health & Environment, co-author chapter on environment for Stanhope and Lancaster nursing textbook, and publish an environmental case study for Policy and Politics in Nursing (Mason). I was also a charter member and continue to serve on the steering committee for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. What are you hobbies, interests, passions? My passion is building community. One focus is more livable physical communities through better public transportation, provision of safe spaces for walking and biking as forms of transportation, and greener communities with trees and green space as well as “green” practices that protect our environment. Another focus of community building is and has been bringing together people across issues that divide us, e.g., race relations, polarizing issues. My interests include reading, choral singing, tennis, kayaking, hiking, and travel. What does it mean to be a College of Nursing Alumnus? Were there any faculty and/or campus experiences that helped you with your career choices and where you are now? A degree in nursing made it possible for me to have a rich career that included hospital bedside care, home health care, nursing and agency administration, a small experience in academia, and a unique role in environmental protection. It was not always easy to be a nursing student in the early years of baccalaureate education, but the program at USC gave me a breadth of perspective, a set of critical thinking skills, and a heavy dose of idealism that have served me well in many settings. I had a career in public health because of Virginia Phillips, who taught me public health nursing when she was on-loan to USC from the State Board of Health, in the initial years of faculty-building in the baccalaureate program. She hired me into my first public health job in 1970 developing home health services in the three last remaining counties in SC that did not have that benefit of Medicare—Georgetown, Horry, and Williamsburg counties. I followed in Ms. Phillips’ footsteps as State Director of Public Health Nursing when she retired, and she remained my primary mentor and dear friend for the rest of her life. Is there anything you would like to say to your classmates and other reading the newsletter? I can think of no more rewarding career than that of nursing. My life has been enriched by an amazing variety of experiences and friendships that came to me because I was a nurse.
Save the Date Celebrate Nursing Gala and Auction May 2015 Hosted by the College of Nursing Partnership Board Proceeds to benefit the College of Nursing & Alumni Center For information contact: Gala Chair- Pattie Heady patricia.heady@palmettohealth.org 803-296-7868
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 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.
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 • 95%-100% 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 top 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 70% of our tenure track faculty having received NIH funding • 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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