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THE READING HOSPITAL SPRING 2021
SCHOOL OF NURSING
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
From the Desk of the President
Shirley Dominick BA, BSN, RN, CMSRN, CPPS
MEETINGS
Good day colleagues. Hope you are all well and safe. To say this last
Held on Zoom at 6:00 PM. year has been unprecedented is an understatement. This is the first time
1 contact hour awarded in Alumni history that all meetings AND the June dinner had to be can-
celled. From the pandemic to violence and political unrest, to businesses
April 27, 2021 being forced to close, I think it is safe to say everyone is happy to see
“QPR (Question, Persuade, Re- 2020 go. 2021 brings hope with the introduction of community vaccina-
fer) Steps to Prevent Suicide” tion and COVID numbers beginning to decrease. I hope you all are able
Jennifer Zimmerman Bates to get vaccinated as soon as it is available to you. In 2021 the Alumni
MSN, RN, AG-CSNc has introduced Zoom technology to be able to offer programs in the
Kate Radiosky MSN. RN-BC spring as well as general meetings. The Board will evaluate its use to
PMHNP determine if it is something that we will continue to use once we are able
Meeting ID: 867 3900 3675 to safely gather again.
Password: 245814 I would like to thank all the Board and committee members who
worked throughout the pandemic to continue business as needed such
May 18, 2021 as scholarships and budget/finance to ensure that things were up to date
and in order. I am truly in awe of the dedication, hard work and
“Clinical Judgement Model in knowledge that they all exhibit. I am humbled to be part of such an in-
Nursing Education” credible group of women. They provide the history, knowledge and
Sherry Murphy MSN, RN, CNE, structure to continue this great organization. Without their support I cer-
Curriculum Coordinator RHSHS tainly would not be able to hold this position. I encourage those of you
Nursing Program who have not taken the opportunity to volunteer your time to consider
Meeting ID: 876 6549 2032 taking on a Board or committee position. Feel free to reach out with
Password: 798662 questions as I would be happy to connect you with the right person to
help.
Annual June Dinner is post- As we move forward, we look to the future with hope, excitement and
poned. Watch for an update in anticipation for the world to return to some sense of normalcy. For me
the fall newsletter. that means travelling as I have missed that terribly. For others that
means being able to go out to dinner, to the movies or spending time with
Send All Correspondence extended family. Whatever it may be for you, I wish you find that which
To: Alumni Association of TRHSN, makes you happy and are able to find some peace. May 2021 be filled
POB 6248, with health and happiness for each and everyone of you reading these
Wyomissing, PA 19610 or
v.clements@comcast.net
words. I look forward to the opportunity to be able to provide my services
to the alumni for some time to come.
Meetings on Zoom
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nia State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Com-
mission on Accreditation. Criteria for receiving the contact hour is attendance for the entire live virtual pro-
gram and completion of a program evaluation at the end of the program. Directions for completing the evalu-
ation will be provided at the start and end of each program. Once the completed evaluation is received the
certificate will be emailed to participants.
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Contributions to the Alumni Contributions to the Alumni
General Fund General Fund (cont.)
Class of 1949 Class of 1970
Jean A Patschke Rebecca Beistline Pontius
Memory of Doris Lengel Memory of Linda Hill Hull
Deaths Labe 1949 1968
Class of 1951 Christine Belkey Buhrman
Mary Dunkelberger Ratcliffe 1939 Lois Miller Persing Memory of Jeanne Hinkle
Memory of deceased 1970
Mary S. Rieser* 1946 Classmates Anna May Sauder
Elizabeth Sweet Bulcavage 1946 Class of 1954 Memory of Joyce Carpenter
Rebecca Supplee Lundgren Frey 1970
Thelma Reichert Christman 1947 Memory of Shirley Spangler Class of 1971
Darleen Felker Shaffer 1947 Rhode 1954 Crystal Taylor Moss
Class of 1956 Memory of Leah Taylor
Mary Palmer Dickinson 1949 A. Ruth LeFever Simpson Bordner and Helen Iddings
Class of 1957 Class of 1973
Doris Lengel Labe 1949
Georgia Mull Stauffer Ella N. Nolt
Gloria Francis, PHD* 1951 Class of 1959 Class of 1985
Jeannette Fiorindo Reinheimer Pamela Hill
Eleanor Kizer* 1951
Sandra Haag Bond Class of 2007
Marilyn Miller Weber 1952 Memory of Barbara Hartman Sheila Stump Krauss
Shirley Spangler Rohde* 1954 Weiler 1959 Honor Melvin Gerhart III, RN
Class of 1960 Friends
Janet Althouse Fisher* 1954 Joan Smith Hoover Jack Lesher
Grace Showers Supplee* 1954 Memory of Marie Torchia Memory of Helen Reider
Fies 1960 Lesher 1930
Rebecca Supplee Lundgren 1954 Janice Hafer Reifsnyder In memory of Grace Showers
Patricia Schaum Arndt 1955 Memory of Marie Torchia Supplee 1954
Fies Jensen & Sandra Adams
Elizabeth Barber Gotschall* 1956 Dorothy Dubble Knouse David & Dianne Showers
Memory of Jeanette Wentzel William & Ferne Knauss
Lillian Stolzfus Stoltzfus* 1957
Ebling 1960
Marie Torchia Fies 1960 Class of 1962 Donations to BCCF
Jeanette Wentzel Ebling 1960 Lois Klein Werner Graduate Scholarships
Memory of Jayne I. Fernsler Estate of Geraldine Houp 1940
Gale Kasarda Fox* 1963 1936
Class of 1964 Mary Wells, Associate Member
Muriel Myer Mummau* 1965
Judith Thompson Ressler
Rosalie Mohn Welder 1965 Sandra Barlett Kulikowski Jane Kurtz Steiner 1951
Dorothy Rozetar Lord* 1966 Class of 1966 Karen Wagner Gargus 1973
Sharlee Miller Deibler Memory of Beth Lynn Negely
Benita Burkert Boyer* 1969 Jill Rittenhouse Yaffey Manweiler 1973
Joyce Carpenter Frey* 1970 Memory of Carol Lori Koons 1994
Rittenhouse Reppert 1962 Memory of
Christine Ray Eckert* 1976 Class of 1968 Mary Palmer Dickinson 1949,
Polly Houck Stewart 1976 Sanda Zimmerman Leiby Pat Schaum Arndt 1955,
Sandra Parenti Sikora Tracy Myers Davidheiser
Carolyn Eisenbise Willson Memory of Lynda Porter 1993, and
Marshall* 1983 1968 Linnae Coleman
Karen Krick
Sheila Colihan* 1988 Harriet Pyshnik Layton Reinstated
Tracy Myers Davidheiser* 1993 Class of 1969
Frances Genello Langan Members
*Designates not an Alumni member Memory of Barbara Foley Sylvia Ann Schiaroli Lloyd 1973
A memorial donation was made to Schweitzer 1969
the Scholarship Fund to honor our Mary Jo Horn Drummond 1979
deceased Alumni members. Caroline Agob Nanouh 2018
2Donations to BCCF In Memory of Marie Torchia Fies Class of 1960
Student Scholarships Marie Torchia Fies 1960 was a very active member and Past President of the
Estate of Geraldine Houp Alumni Association from 1984-1986, 1986-1988 and 1992-1994. After gradua-
tion she worked in peds and was the Head nurse in the RR. She went on to
work as an occupational health nurse for many years at several companies
Dorothy Stalnecker Horn 1950 including DANA Corp, Kawecki Berylco, and Empire Steel. She received her
Memory of classmates Feb. BSN from Lebanon Valley College in 1981. From 1983 to 1984 she was the
1950 Executive Director of the American Cancer Society. Then she continued as an
occupational Health Nurse. From 1988 until 2002 she was the founder and
Jane Kurtz Steiner 1951 owner of Nurses in Industry,Inc. She sold the business and retired in 2002.
Elissa Toepperwein Goss 1957 In Memory of Pat Schaum Arndt, Class of 1955
Memory of Margaret Kane Pat Schaum Arndt 1955 was very active in the Alumni Association serving on
Rogosky 1957 Board of Directors from 1997-2001 and as mailing facilitator and PR Coordina-
tor for more than a decade. She labeled, sorted, and delivered our newsletters
Class of 1960 to the post office and advertised our meetings. After graduating, Pat worked as
Memory of Marie Torchia a nurse and as a Head Nurse at RH until 1963. From 1963 to 1966 She was
Fies 1960 Director of Nursing at Berks Heim. From 1967 to 1978 she was the Director of
Nursing at Maple Farms Nursing Center. From 1979 to 1981 she was an in-
structor at Reading Muhlenberg Vo Tech, and from 1981 to 1993 she was the
Barbara Wisniewski Koch 1962 Nursing Home Administrator at Wyomissing Lodge. She retired in 1993.
Louise Haring Olmstead 1963 In Memory of Rosalie Mohn Welder, Class of 1965
Rosalie Mohn Welder, 76, of Shillington, passed away at Reading Hospital
Karen Wike Meiner 1964 September 25, 2020 of Covid. Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of
Memory of Barbara Wiley the late Daniel and Miriam Mohn (Leid). She was the beloved wife of the late
Martensen 1964 Alan C. Welder for over 40 years. Rosalie was a dedicated member of Wy-
omissing UCC in Gouglersville where she was a soloist and organist as well as
Wanda Wareham Brethauer 1965 the choir director for over 40 years. She graduated from Governor Mifflin High
School in 1962, the Reading Hospital School of Nursing in 1965, summa cum
Sheila Reitz Slimmer 1968 laude from Kutztown University where she earned a BSN, and graduated with
Memory of Dorothy Rozetar Highest Honors from Villanova University in 1997 where she earned a MSN.
Rosalie began her career in the Intensive Care Unit at Reading Hospital. In her
Lord 1966
over 40 year career, she was privileged to serve as a beside nurse, educator,
recruiter, and other various managerial nursing roles last working as a depart-
Vicki Hood Clements 1976 ment coordinator. She loved her church and her career, but she especially
Memory of Pat Schaum Arndt loved her family, her grandchildren, and her grand-kitties. She was an avid mu-
1955 sic lover, singing for many years with Berks Grand Opera Company. She en-
joyed time at the beach, shopping and family game nights with her grandchil-
Jenni Runte dren. Anyone wanting to donate to the Alumni Scholarship Fund in Rosalies’s
Memory of Mary Dunkleberger memory, please see page 7.
Ratcliffe 1939 In Memory of Mary Dunkleberger Ratcliffe Class of 1939
Mary Dunkelberger Ratcliffe 1939 died on Jan.11, 2021, three days after her
103rd birthday. According to her daughter, Martha “she put all the strength of
Acquisitions for the every cell in her body and all of her considerable determination into making it to
Alumni Center her 103rd birthday and she did it! We read the birthday card the Alumni Associ-
ation sent to her and she smiled and said thank you. Thank you to everyone at
Carol Bohnsack Adams 1965 do- RHSHS for all the kindness you have given mom.”
nated a scrapbook of the class of Mary worked in Wilmington for Dr. John Lee from 1939 to 1942. In 1942 she
1965 that has pictures of all their joined the US Navy until 1944 when she married Arthur Ratcliffe, Jr. Upon mar-
riage she was required to resign her commission in the Navy. Mary and Art be-
reunions through the years since gan their marriage in Maryland, then moved to the outskirts of Chicago for 15
graduation. years before moving to the suburbs of St Louis where they lived for 35 years.
After her 5 children were in their teens she returned to nursing, working in new-
born nurseries at local hospitals and providing in-home end of life care.
She came to live in Brattleboro, VT in 1997. She loved being in a smaller town
Please note that the ANA gives and in the green hills and valleys that reminded her of her native PA. She wrote
free CEUs online. poetry, did crossword puzzles, cryptograms and was a consistent winner at
Scrabble.
In 2014 she attended the June Alumni Dinner .
RHSN Nursing Caps are still availa- Memorial Donations. To make a memorial donation see page 7. Donations
ble from KAYSCAPS.COM for the scholarship funds go to BCCF.
3EBP/QI Projects
By Cheryl Machemer DNP,RN, CCRN-K
Instructor at RHSHS Nursing Program
Background
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is now considered a constant necessity in professional nursing. Nursing
literature posits the potential positive outcomes of EBP including improved quality, enhanced patient safety,
and reduced cost. The literature also suggests there is a considerable gap in EBP competency (Orta, Caldes,
Fields, & Wei, 2016). It can be speculated that this gap begins in the academic setting. According to Cosme,
Milner, & Wonder (2018), EBP education must be integrated in nursing curriculum. Students’ EBP projects
tend to be unsuccessful in translating evidence to practice (Gierach, Knuppe, Winterboer, & Randall, 2019).
Barriers exist to implementing EBP in the academic setting. Nursing faculty may lack the resources to assist
students in translating the evidence to practice. Academic and clinical settings are often separated geograph-
ically, which can pose a barrier (Orta, Caldes, Fields, & Wei, 2016). Creating a partnership between nursing
faculty and clinical leadership may support bridging the gap to the translation phase (Gierach, Knuppe, Win-
terboer, & Randall, 2019).
Intervention
During the 2020 Spring semester, Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Nursing Program pre-
licensure nursing faculty partnered with a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner (NPDP) in Reading
Hospital’s acute care setting to teach EBP to senior-level nursing students. The students received education
on quality improvement and EBP from nursing faculty prior to the workshop. As part of the nursing curricu-
lum, the NPDP presented a 4-hour workshop on EBP, research, and quality improvement (QI). Prior to the
workshop, the nursing students read peer reviewed qualitative and quantitative nursing articles. They actively
participated in the review and critique of the articles.
Following the workshop, teams of students designed EBP/QI projects and prepared their project posters.
Multiple student groups sought input from Reading Hospital advanced practice nurses. Invited students, fac-
ulty, clinical nurses, advanced practice nurses, nursing leadership, clinical nurse specialists, and NPDPs at-
tended a poster fair held in the acute care setting. Teams of students presented their posters in a profession-
al manner during this poster fair. The students were well versed on their projects which supported successful
presentations. Project topics included sleep, reduction in readmission, documentation, fall and injury preven-
tion, oral care, prevention of healthcare associated infection, safety for the visually and hearing impaired,
meaningful rounding, Reiki therapy, and robotic pets. Their impressive work was noticed in a positive man-
ner. Several projects intrigued advanced practice nurses to partner with the students to assist in translating
their projects into practice.
Summary
Today’s nursing students are the future of health care. Providing a solid foundation of EBP knowledge and
application will promote nursing practice. Creating partnerships between nursing faculty in academia and ex-
perts in clinical settings fosters a solid foundation of knowledge, skill, and attitude. This collaboration provides
nursing students with the opportunity to network with hospital leadership, demonstrate nursing excellence,
and promote their passion for quality care. Finally, this collaboration supports the Institute of Medicine’s initia-
tive for EBP competence in the nursing profession.
References
Gierach, M., Knuppe, M., Winterboer, V., & Randall, R. (2019). Creating a culture of caring: A
collaborative academic‐practice approach to clinical education. Nursing Forum, 54(3), 386–391. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12340
Orta, R., Messmer, P. R., Valdes, G. R., Turkel, M., Fields, S. D., & Cardenas Wei, C. (2016). Knowledge
and competency of nursing faculty regarding evidence-based practice. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 47(9), 409–419. https://
doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20160817-08
Student Scholarships Awarded
The Student Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that a total of $10,000.00 in scholarship mon-
ey was awarded to the following senior students: Ashley Derr, Morgan Stump, Kristen Hand, Fallon Franqui,
Rachel Loose, Bailey Foreman, Elise Gordon, and Makayla Umbenhauer.
A new one time award of $100.00 was donated by Sheila Stump Krauss 2007 in honor of Melvin Gerhart
RN who was compassionate about oncology. This award will be given to the student that wins the Beth Lynn
Negley Manweiler Award which was established to honor a senior student who showed compassionate care
during her clinical rotation and the recipient is nominated and selected by her classmates. These will be
awarded at graduation time.
4A Tribute to OR Nursing, Fellow Alumni, and Continuing Education –
Worth the Time and Energy to Become Successful!
By Rebecca S. Schneider Fry, MSN, RN, CNOR, Class of 1997
I graduated from this wonderful nursing school in 1997. It feels like I have been on a journey of education
ever since school ended. I worked as a nurse on the floor (the “old” C2: vents, telemetry, dialysis) for over a
year. When the opportunity came along in October 1998, I transferred to the Operating Room (OR) and did
not EVER look back! The OR is a world of its own made up of staff (and surgeons) who have personalities of
their own. I was told I would never make it in the OR because I am (or, I was, some would say) quiet and mild
mannered. But I proved all those people wrong because I have just entered my 23rd year in the OR. Just
goes to show that if you love something and want something bad enough, you will get through anything, with
the love and support of others… and a little of your own fortitude helps!
Starting in the OR, Pat Shaner-Christy 1976 was the OR Educator who trained me. It was on that fateful
day we started to form such a great mentorship and friendship; to this day, we keep in touch and I still ask her
for advice. She trained me and all I could think was, “How does this woman know so much, stay organized,
and yet, keep going?” Barbara Steinle Nagle, 1963 was also an OR Educator at the time. Both women guid-
ed me through this orientation process; their excitement and genuine love for this area of nursing sparked my
learning and my own love and excitement for the surgical aspects of nursing. While vastly different than that
of floor nursing, I was noticing that OR nursing was more hands-on teamwork with the surgical techs, sur-
geons, anesthesia, and others who make that one patient the priority. This teamwork was such that I had
never seen on the floor. I loved it, so I kept coming back for more.
The first team I joined was the open-heart team, where Patricia Doley Monger 1980 was my main precep-
tor. She taught me everything she knew and was so kind and caring to me, the newbie on the team. There
were many other nurses and techs to train me, but she and I formed a great bond. To this day we call each
other “sister” because she truly feels like the sister I did not ever have.
Eventually I became a BLS instructor. This led to me becoming an official preceptor for new hires in open
heart surgery, where I spent my first eleven years in the OR. I also entered school for my bachelor’s degree
while on the heart team. This seemed to take forever (seven years) at Kutztown University, as the program
underwent many changes while I was there. I was a graduate of KU in 2002. I had my son, Evan, in 2008,
while I was on the general/gyn surgery teams. The role of educator was presented to me in mid-2011 and I
jumped on the opportunity. I had my share of call, weekends, and nights - it was time for a change and an-
other challenge. Another mentor and alumni, Bonita Klaptosky McCoy 1971, the Director of the Surgical
Technology Program at the time, was also there for this challenge and transition, and cheered me on to be-
come a new leader in the department.
These past nine, almost ten, years have been the most challenging, yet rewarding, years of my life. I
teach Periop 101, which was created by our professional organization, the Association of periOperative Reg-
istered Nurses (AORN). Nurses from any area of nursing can apply and if accepted, they will be trained to be
OR nurses. I have taken the program and formatted it to fit our 24 ORs in the “new” T building in 2016. Then,
in 2018, I was challenged to format Periop 101 to fit our other five Tower Hospitals: Pottstown, Brandywine,
Phoenixville, Jennersville, and Chestnut Hill. All these Hospitals send nurses to our program to be trained at
Reading. Now, in 2021, we will be including St. Christopher’s Hospital in our program.
Since I have taken over the program in 2012 when the previous educator left, there have been over 70
nurses in the Periop 101 program. I cannot take all the credit! Remember how I said the OR is a team envi-
ronment? All this training could not happen without my “partner in education” and Perianesthesia Educator,
Lori Sonday Helms 1982. The Leadership Team of our Perioperative Division who has been so supportive of
our venture is as follows: Julie Stine Schlappich 1993; Karen Yeager Rutt 1982; Tamara Mack Eisenhower
2007; and Mary Jo VanSant 2005. One OR nurse who has taken particular interest in helping OR education
is Megan Centeno Dietrich 2014; she was the chair of the Education Council for a few years and has helped
with many aspects of training new staff. There are many other alumni in the OR who help with skills labs and
precept the new staff in the OR... I would be a fool if I said I did this all on my own! It takes a village to train
OR nurses!
In the meantime, while teaching two classes per year… MAGNET decided to make an appearance
and the word came to me that I surely did not want to hear in 2014 (as I was going through a nasty divorce)…
“You have to go back to school for your MSN.” (Sigh). Oh well, what is another challenge as now a single
mom, working a more than full time job, running a household herself? My son and I embraced this extremely
taxing challenge for a little more than six years. These same alumni (Pat, Bonnie, Patty, and Lori especially)
were my rocks. They were my guiding forces to help me, and just listen to me cry, but say, “You can cry it
out, but don’t live there forever,” (that was one of Bonnie’s favorites, LOL). They would sometimes come
watch Evan so I could just go out and be myself with my boyfriend (who has also been a rock throughout
these past few years!). (cont. on p. 6)
5A Tribute to OR Nursing (cont. from p.5)
There is a certain price to pay for attending a Master’s program, but you know what, it was worth it in the
long run. I finally finished in March 2020 and “graduated” in the September ceremony online, because unfor-
tunately COVID hit just as I finished school, (Sigh, again). I look back and think – “Holy cow, how in the world
did I do that all?” Well, just like when I started the OR, it takes desire, persistence, determination, and guid-
ance from those who love you and want you to succeed to help you through! That is how I teach as well – I
told Pat one time (maybe a few times) that I always wanted to be like her, and I now think I am like her… I am
juggling so many different things at one time, and to my students I know “so much” that they now say to me
the same thing I used to think way back in 1998.
I hope you have managed to read this little story in its entirety, and you have learned a few things. The
OR is not as scary as people may think – it does take a special “breed” to work there, but it also takes a great
team to train great OR nurses and care for our patients, one patient at a time. I also hope, if you are new to
nursing and reading this, that you take away the fact you will have bad days and be given curve balls your
entire life; these days can be related to your nursing career/days, your relationships, or your own health. You
must handle these times with dignity and grace (even though some days there will be UGLY crying, trust me)
and you must come out on the other side and say, “YES!!!! I just did THAT!”
Class of 1975: Due to covid -19, Nicole Wetzel Rickard 2015 announces the
the reunion committee felt it would birth of her daughter - Emily Ann Rickard on
be very hard to have a get together 7/31/2020. She also graduated in August 2020
last year. Our hopes are to have the from Alvernia University with her DNP-FNP.
reunion in 2021. We will keep you The title of her scholarly inquiry project was
posted about our future plans. If you Targeted Education in Primary Care Set-
have any change in address or ting for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Population to
email please let us know at Improve Self-Efficacy of Statin.
debrapeters715@yahoo.com. Emily Ann Rickard
Ruth McComsey Eshelman
Celebrates 100th Birthday Crystal Taylor Moss 1971 is Thank You
enjoying retirement, her 8 grand- Thank you to Susan Klein Stultz
Ruth is enjoying her stay at Co- children, sewing projects, and
lumbia Cottage in Wyomissing. Un- traveling with her husband. 1972 for painting and preparing the
fortunately, because of the Covid 19 Having no specific timelines is gold painted lamps.
epidemic we were not able to visit the BEST! Thank you to Deborah Lid-
her and deliver the bouquet of roses dicoat Kutz 1972 for addressing
from the Alumni Association. But we and sending all of the Christmas
understand she enjoyed her birth- card greetings to Alumni shut-ins.
Vicki Rogers 1981 has a Nash-
day celebration. Early in her career
ville record contract. Her new
she was a private duty nurse at
album with original songs is WHO has extended the year of
Reading Hospital and later worked
“Hope...Healing… Wholeness”. the nurse through 2021!
in industry for American Chain and
Cable Company in Reading.
Charlene Vohrees Flannery 1968 writes that I like reading the Alumni connection as it takes me back to a
special time in my life. I still have my cap. My 2nd son, Brian, got his BSN from Alvernia in 2016 and has
been working in the ER at Reading since then. He initially got a business degree at the Univ. of Pittsburgh,
then spent 4 years in active duty with the Army. When he said he wanted to be a nurse after that, I almost
fainted. He served in the National Guard while attending nursing school.
I stopped working in 2013 but what I have learned in nursing school has always stayed with me. I’ve had
a lot of health issues and regularly have to remind myself I’m not always in charge.
Reimbursement for BLS and Certifications
Alumni members can be reimbursed for earning a BLS certificate or recertification certificate. Alumni mem-
bers can also be reimbursed for certification or recertification in a nursing specialty. Members are reimbursed
on a first come first served basis while monies last. For both BLS or specialty certification reimbursement
submit proof of payment for it, proof of successful certification, your name, address, phone number, email ad-
dress, year graduated from RHSN, and are you an active member of the Alumni, yes or no. Mail to: Alumni
Association of TRHSN, POB 6248, Wyomissing, PA 19610.
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