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CAROLINA
NURSING
Fall/Winter 2016
Better Births
Carolina students partner
with doulas to gain experience
and to improve deliveries
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FROM THE DEAN
Dear Friends,
It is truly bittersweet to come to the end of my tenure as interim dean
of this great school. It was an honor and privilege to take the helm
here and lead it for the last two and a half years. We have seen many
successes together, undertaken important organizational improvements,
graduated new classes of our nation’s finest and most well-educated
nurses, and dreamed big on behalf of the future of Carolina Nursing.
As I look back over my time in the dean’s
office, I am struck by the incredible
generosity of spirit I’ve met with from our
alumni, friends and supporters, as well as
fellow deans, faculty, students and staff. I
am grateful to everyone for their kindness,
support, wisdom, encouragement and
enthusiasm as we introduced the School’s
critical and exciting “next chapter” and
have accomplished so much good work.
We created magic!
As we turn the page on 2016, Dean
Peragallo-Montano will be assuming the
leadership of a dedicated, smart and carefully
stewarded School. My thanks to each of you
for your ongoing loyalty to this wonderful
institution and for the support you have
provided me.
For the time being, I will return to my role as professor and nurse
scientist. I will enjoy a sabbatical which will include returning to
“I am struck by
my research to promote quality nursing practice and patient care
environments, improve care in NC emergency departments, hold
the incredible
the Frances Bloomberg International Visiting Professorship in the
School of Nursing at the University of Toronto — focused on
generosity of
“shaping systems to promote desired outcomes,” serve as the “voice
of Carolina” for an alumni tour to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos
spirit I’ve met
Islands, consult in Australia and…relax and take some deep breaths. with from our
On behalf of all of us here, I invite you to please keep in touch with alumni, friends
the School and stay up-to-date on its many activities on campus and
around the globe. And do plan to visit us if you’re in Chapel Hill! and supporters.”
With gratitude,
—Donna S. Havens
Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN
F E AT U R E S
TABLE OF CONTENTS DR. PERAGALLO MONTANO
NAMED DEAN OF UNCSON
Carolina Nursing is published by
the University of North Carolina at
FEATURES SpECIAl SECTIoN
Chapel Hill School of Nursing for 3 Dr. Peragallo Montano Named Dean 23 Honor Roll of Giving On Aug. 3, Chancellor the University to improve the health and well-being of the
the School’s alumni and friends. of UNCSON
This magazine is produced and Carol Folt announced that people of North Carolina, the nation and the world.”
printed with private funds. 4 Caring for Their Own Dr. Nilda (Nena) Peragallo UNC Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees approved Peragallo
6 Better Births FoUNDATIoN NEwS Montano had been selected Montano’s appointment. She will succeed Donna S. Havens,
31 Well Care Home Health Scholars as the new dean for the UNC who has served as interim dean since 2014. During Havens’
Interim Dean Program School of Nursing. She will tenure, the school’s graduate programs have grown
Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN SCHool NEwS 32 Dhillon’s Gift begin Jan. 1, 2017. significantly. This expansion includes the graduation of the
Associate Dean for Research 10 Delivering Care Where It’s Needed Peragallo Montano is first class of Doctor of Nursing Practice students, along with
32 Announcing the M. Vivian Baker
Ruth Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN Most currently dean and professor additional cohorts of Hillman Scholars who are working
Expendable Fund
12 SON, First Quality Hold Inaugural for the University of Miami to obtain both a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in nursing.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 34 Freund Creates Fund to Support School of Nursing and The School of Nursing placed 21st in the 2016 U.S. News &
Vacant Care Summit NP Program History
Health Studies, professor World Report Best Graduate School Master’s Program rankings.
13 T32 Renewed for Interventions for 35 SON Receives Prestigious Robert
Associate Dean for Practice and on the graduate faculty Peragallo Montano is past president of the National
Global Initiatives Preventing and Managing Chronic Wood Johnson Foundation Grant to
Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN Illness at Pontificia Universidad Association of Hispanic Nurses and founding co-editor of
Prepare PhD Nurses
Católica de Chile School Hispanic Healthcare International. Prior to joining the University
14 SON Hosts Tribute, Establishes Fund 36 SON Recognizes Donors at Annual
Associate Dean for Administrative of Nursing and adjunct of Miami, she held positions at the University of Maryland at
Services
to Honor Elizabeth Tornquist Spring Event
professor at Australian Catholic University in North Sydney. Baltimore School of Nursing, the University of Illinois College
Lisa Miller, MBA, CPA, BGMA 15 SON Hosts Hillman Scholars 38 SON Celebrates Inaugural LeVine “We are pleased to welcome Nena Peragallo Montano of Nursing in Chicago and the University of Central Florida
Program Annual Meeting Professorship
Editor-in-Chief as the dean of the School of Nursing,” said Executive Vice in Orlando.
Kelly Kirby, Director of Communications 40 Flynn Partnerships Chancellor and Provost James W. Dean, Jr. “She is an Peragallo Montano earned a doctorate in public health
Images and Photography FACUlTY NEwS internationally recognized expert and widely published from the University of Texas, a master of science in nursing
Helen Hall researcher who has dedicated her career to improving from the University of West Virginia and a bachelor of science
Kelly Kirby 16 Deborah Mayer Tapped to Serve on
Katisha Paige Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel
AlUMNI NEwS individual and public health, with a particular focus on in nursing from the University of Chile. She is a fellow of the
Brian Strickland 41 2016 Alumni Award Recipients minorities and other underserved minority populations. I am American Academy of Nursing, a member of the nursing honor
17 Alexander Named Special Assistant to confident that the combination of her academic and clinical society Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) and an inductee
Chancellor Honored
Graphic Design experience will help the School of Nursing continue to grow of the STTI Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.
Alison Duncan, Duncan Design
19 SON Welcomes Dr. Judith Webb 41 Classes of 1956 and ’66 Gather for
Reunions as a leader for nursing education, research and practice.”
19 Retirements and Farewells Since 2003, Peragallo Montano has been at the University,
42 Third Annual Alumni and Student
19 Appointments and Promotions where she has a strong record of successful competitive
School of Nursing Mentor Mixer
The University of North Carolina at research funding. From 2007 to 2015, she served as director
19 New Clinical Faculty 44 Alumni Notes and In Memoriam
Chapel Hill and principal investigator of the Center of Excellence for
Carrington Hall, Campus Box 7460 19 Faculty Awards and Accomplishments Health Disparities Research: El Centro, the first National “I am committed to working with
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
Institutes of Health P60 center grant awarded to a school of
Email: sonalum@unc.edu nursing. She is also co-principal investigator of El Centro,
students, faculty, staff, alumni and
nursing.unc.edu NEwS BRIEFS
22 DNP Student Kouchel Receives
which has been funded continuously by the National Institutes
of Health/National Institute of Minority Health and Health
leaders in the School of Nursing and
Geriatric Workforce Enhancement
Fellowship
Disparities since its inception. across the University to improve the
“Serving as dean of Carolina’s School of Nursing is a
22 SON Hosts Visiting Faculty from wonderful opportunity to continue the school’s tradition of health and well-being of the people of
Jönköping University excellence since it became the state’s first school of nursing to
23 SON Receives Jonas Scholars offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in 1950,” said Peragallo North Carolina, the nation and the world.”
Program Grant Montano. “I am committed to working with students, faculty,
staff, alumni and leaders in the School of Nursing and across —Dr. Nena Peragallo Montano
2 Fall/Winter 2016 Carolina Nursing 3
F E AT U R E S
By unanimous vote, the Council agreed to create the fund
and award three $100 grants each semester to undergraduate
“A hundred dollars may not be a lot to
students. some, but to the people we help it
“A hundred dollars may not be a lot to some, but to the
people we help it means the world. Nursing is a profession means the world. Nursing is a
that helps those in need, and by starting this, I felt that I could
start something that could help many,” Hilton said. profession that helps those in need,
While the SON has a number of dedicated funds available
to help students in significant short- and longer-term financial
and by starting this, I felt that I could
difficulty, the Foster grant fills a special type of need, said
Kathy Moore, MSN ’90, RN ’78, clinical assistant professor,
start something that could help many.”
assistant dean of student affairs —Sheena Hilton, BSN ’13
In her 21 years directing the undergraduate nursing program, and the UGSGC faculty advisor.
CARING Dr. Beverly Foster, PhD, RN, has attended more than her fair
share of commencement exercises. While each one has been
special in some way, May 2013’s pomp and circumstance
included a surprise that reduced the typically unflappable
“We certainly have students who
are independently funded by
family and don’t have needs at
all, but we have a notable number
Along the way, the Council has had help from a friend.
When she learned about their fundraising efforts, Dr. Foster —
FOR Foster to tears.
As she sat on stage in the Dean E. Smith Center preparing
to welcome the graduates, Dr. Foster was stunned to hear
Sheena Hilton, BSN ’13, chair of the SON Undergraduate
of students who are trying to
manage on financial aid alone,
or on financial aid and a little bit
of savings or financial aid and
who has no oversight over the grant — offered to match the
money UGSGC students raised for it. “I really admired the
students’ work in doing this,” she said. “Bake sales have very
limited results in terms of cash, so I just decided to do it. I
THEIR
Student Council (UGSGC), announce the Dr. Beverly Foster part-time jobs,” she said. “There thought it might encourage people to go down and pay $10
Grant for Student Support, a student-created fund to help are those who simply need that for a cookie instead of 50 cents.”
peers in financial difficulty. Dr. Beverly Foster hundred dollars to make ends Foster’s strategy worked, said Heather Freddosso (BSN
“It was a total shock to me that something was being meet that month.” ’16), the 2016 UGSGC’s fundraising chair. She’s found that
OWN
established with my name on it,” said Dr. Foster, who recalled Grant applicants, whose names are kept confidential, list SON faculty are very generous during the pizza fundraisers,
struggling to compose herself before addressing the crowd of a variety of purposes for the funds, said Moore, who reviews where a slice and a soda typically sell for $3–5: “They’ll give us
hundreds. “I mean, I wasn’t retiring, I hadn’t died, so it was applications twice each year with the current UGSGC chair. a $20 and say, ’Oh, it’s for the fundraiser — keep the change!”
quite a lovely gift.” They include stethoscopes and scrubs, books, transportation
For Hilton and her UGSGC colleagues, naming the fund and parking for clinicals, NCLEX prep and sometimes The Commitment to Caring
for Dr. Foster made perfect sense. “We wanted to recognize groceries.
For Dr. Foster, the UGSGC’s work to create and sustain
Students establish Bev for her years of leadership in the nursing school,” Hilton UGSGC Chair Hannah Bivens, BSN ’16, noted that
the grant named in her honor illustrates the commitment to
said. “She always helped students and went above and beyond, students sometimes request a grant to offset study abroad
fund to help peers, and we felt this grant did the same thing.” expenses, with even the relatively small amount helping to
caring that is fundamental to nursing. “This grant, and the
many others student groups do, indicates the kind of
honor respected make an international experience more attainable: “Getting
professionals they’re becoming,” she said. “Many of them of
Students helping students access to go abroad and see how different cultures handle
faculty member health care is just a really enriching learning experience, and
course came in already very much attuned to service and the
Hilton came up with the idea for the fund when she and needs of others, so I think doing what we can as a school to
I think this fund allows students to do that.”
Joe Biddix, BSN ’12, UGSGC chair ’12, needed to spend foster, acknowledge and encourage that is very important.”
by Lisa Mincey Ware
a surplus in the Council’s account. She felt providing grants Moore agrees: “It really underscores why they have
to help the students served by the Council was the best use of Help from a friend selected the nursing profession, why they have undertaken
the money. Over the last two years, UGSGC members have held this career. And it’s because they care about others and are
“School is hard in general, but it’s especially hard for numerous fundraisers to increase the amount of available committed to supporting them, whether it’s a patient and
people when finances are difficult, whether it’s school-related grants. When Lexi Pagnatta, BSN ’15, UGSGC chair ’15, family in their care or the student sitting next to them in
or just life-related,” said Ethan Cicero, BSN ’14, UGSGC chair served on the Council, bake sales and pizza lunches helped class. It’s just a very amazing, wonderful program. It honors
’14. “So we wanted to make it easier for them. We wanted them provide 12 recipients with $100 checks — double the amount somebody that we all respect and admire, and it came from
to see ‘We’re working for you.’” set aside in the Council’s budget during her senior year. the hearts of the students.”
4 Fall/Winter 2016 Carolina Nursing 5
F E AT U R E S
by Courtney Jones Mitchell, UNC Women’s Care
UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
BETTER Joya Bland’s dream is to deliver babies.
A recent Carolina graduate, she’s getting a master’s degree
in physiology at N.C. State and preparing to apply to medical
school. After that, she’ll seek a residency in obstetrics and
A unique model of education and care
Birth doulas aren’t clinicians — they are professionally trained
birth companions who can offer physical and emotional support
to the woman laboring and her family. Their presence can help
BIRTHS
gynecology.
women cope with pain, provide non-medical assistance to the
And though there are years between Bland and those
mother and her family, and take some of the burden off nurses
babies, she’s no stranger to what a birthing mother needs. As a
who are providing treatment and might not have time to stop
volunteer doula at UNC Hospitals, Bland has supported
and soothe.
women through 12 hours of nonstop labor, held their hands
Doulas provide educational and emotional support during
through contractions and explained increasingly intense stages
labor and birth, helping mothers navigate their way through the
of labor with words of comfort and encouragement.
An APPLES service-learning class at unique experience of childbirth. They offer suggestions to help
Learning how to dial into the patient side of childbirth
labor progress — walking, the use of a birthing ball, relaxing in
Carolina partners with volunteer doulas before becoming a physician was Bland’s mission when, as a
the tub. If the patient has had an epidural, a doula can help her
women’s and gender studies major at UNC in 2014, she signed
at N.C. Women’s Hospital to enhance change position to help the baby move down the birth canal.
up for an innovative APPLES service-learning class at the
students’ educational experiences and And, at N.C. Women’s Hospital, laboring women can
UNC School of Nursing that matches volunteer doulas at
benefit from the support and care of a doula free of charge,
better serve women delivering babies. UNC Hospitals with Carolina students to offer a unique
courtesy of the Birth Partners volunteer doula program. More
experience in patient-centered care.
and more women are choosing to request their support.
Having the opportunity to attend births as part of her
“Not a lot of hospitals have this. It’s pretty unique to have
undergraduate curriculum is something Bland describes
doulas in a public hospital environment,” said Rhonda Lanning,
as “life-enhancing.”
a certified nurse midwife and faculty
For the first birth Bland attended as
member at the School of Nursing who
a student, she stepped in for the last 12
runs Birth Partners, the growing volunteer
hours of a labor already 36 hours long.
doula program, and teaches “Supporting
By the time Bland entered the room, the
mother was exhausted and worried. The
“I was there the Childbearing Family,” the APPLES
service-learning course that brings
family needed support, too.
"While the doctor and nurse treated
to remind her that together the doulas and students for an
immersive, hands-on educational
her, I was there to remind her that she
was doing fine, to help her change
she was doing fine, experience. “This fall we tripled the
number of families served in the Birth
position in bed, breathe with her, help to help her change Partners program, and this is largely due
her get comfortable and encourage her
to rest so she would have strength to position in bed, to our service-learning course.”
The class, made possible with a grant
push,” said Bland. “I didn’t leave her
side. I kept reminding her that soon breathe with her, help from the Carolina Center for Public
Service, is offered once a year, and
she’d be holding her baby, and I helped
her keep going.”
her get comfortable.” Lanning accepts between 12 and 16
students from a pool of nearly 60
—Joya Bland applications. She builds the class with a
6 Fall/Winter 2016 Carolina Nursing 7
F E AT U R E S
“I didn’t leave her side.
I kept reminding her that soon
she’d be holding her baby, and
I helped her keep going.”
—Joya Bland
Rhonda Lanning leads her class, “Supporting the Mariam Lam (left) was one of Joya Bland’s (right) mentees in School of Nursing students Rachel Tarwater and Brooklynne
Childbearing Family” the program. Travis listen during Lanning’s class.
diversity of academic disciplines, backgrounds, interests and “I was able to see that we can support and help advance that has clear benefits for families during childbirth and after, with
experiences, and spends the first few weeks of class on birth process as a doula in the hospital where, if there is a no known risks.
childbirth and breastfeeding education as well as formal doula problem, modern medicine can very quickly come to the A 2013 review published in the Cochrane Library revealed
training. When they’re ready, students are paired with one of rescue.” that women who have support from a companion who is
the volunteer doulas and work under that mentor to begin During one birth she attended as part of the class, Travis neither a member of the hospital staff nor a friend or family
attending births. As part of the APPLES requirements, the noticed fear in the husband’s eyes after his wife’s water had member are less likely to have a cesarean section, use synthetic
students must put in 30 hours of service as a volunteer. broken. She was able to calm him, telling him that the water oxytocin to speed labor, use pain medication or report a
Brooklynne Travis, who graduated with her BSN from the breaking was a good sign — his wife’s body was progressing negative childbirth experience than women who labor alone.
School of Nursing in May 2016 and is pursuing training in a the way it should, and though it was intense, he didn’t need Birth Partners makes it part of their mission to reach out to
dual Doctor of Nursing Practice and Certified Nurse Midwife to be scared. vulnerable populations: women who are laboring alone, women
program, said Lanning’s class this past fall helped her focus her “This is an opportunity for future health care providers with a long hospital stay prior to birth, women experiencing a
career goals by allowing her to explore how she felt about to think about the patient care environment and work with loss or the incarcerated.
childbirth. patients and families to provide comfort and support and “Incarcerated women are giving birth alone, and they
“This class was a great way for me to engage more education, which often takes a back seat to diagnosing, treating deserve that care,” said Lanning. Lanning has a letter from the
specifically in women’s health in addition to the other maternity and medicating. Here, they really get the value of patient- Department of Corrections that affirms Birth Partners’ goal to
classes I took in nursing school,” said Travis. “It was a very centered care, and we hope they take that back to their offer support to incarcerated women.
good hands-on experience and helped me formulate concretely medical or nursing school experiences,” said Lanning. Lanning said there are always pros and cons with bringing
what I felt about birth and learn about birth from an evidence- “Through this class, I’ve been able to see birth as students into a volunteer program, because they come and they
based perspective.” something that is very hard, but can be very beautiful. I’d never go. But “they come with such enthusiasm, passion, energy and
Travis has three children of her own and said that she’d experienced a peaceful birth until I was a doula,” said Travis. optimism,” she said.
not had positive birth experiences. By being a doula, she got a “Being a doula has given me back a lot of perspective, and now “This is an opportunity for future health care providers
chance to see women’s bodies at work, something she said was I know midwifery is what I’m called to do.” to think about the patient care environment,” Lanning added,
healing for her and helped solidify her passion to become a “and work with patients and families to provide comfort and
midwife. support and education, which often takes a back seat to
“Midwifery supports women’s bodies to do what they are
Benefits based in evidence diagnosing, treating and medicating. Here, they really get the
designed to do, and being empowered to let your body do what People have undervalued the measures doulas provide, said value of patient-centered care, and we hope they take that back
it is designed to do is what I believe about birth,” she said. Lanning, even though research shows that the use of a doula to their medical or nursing school experiences.”
8 Fall/Winter 2016 Carolina Nursing 9
SCHOOL NEWS
DELIVERING CARE
WHERE IT’S NEEDED MOST
Story and photos by Eric Johnson
The men and women who come to Dorcas Ministries are in from Cockroft’s congregation at Christ the King Lutheran
need. In need of a meal, in need of counseling, in need of Church in Cary.
secure housing. “It really fills a gap in the community,” said Howard
In need of care. Manning, executive director of Dorcas Ministries. “It not only
And that puts them squarely within the mission of the improves the quality of life for people, but it’s a much more
UNC School of Nursing. economical approach to health problems.”
“We’re really invested in the well-being of the whole More than 73 percent of the clients at Dorcas and Western
community,” said Professor Marianne Cockroft, standing just Wake Crisis Ministries suffer from at least one chronic illness.
outside the storefront entrance of Dorcas on a cold and blustery Treatment for those conditions can fall by the wayside when
February morning. “Every visit we have here is meaningful.” more immediate life troubles intrude, and that can lead to long-
Inspired by a conversation at her church, Cockroft term health complications and much steeper costs. By offering
spearheaded the creation of a School of Nursing mobile health a free consultation and medical counseling at the crisis
care clinic, which sets up shop each week outside Dorcas ministries, Cockroft and her colleagues hope to prevent more
Ministries in Cary and Western Wake Crisis Ministry in Apex. severe problems down the road.
Operating from a specially equipped van rented from the “Stress can make chronic health problems more
UNC School of Medicine, the clinic offers free checkups, troublesome,” Cockroft said. “And most of the people we’re
health counseling and referrals. The effort is funded by a grant seeing here are facing pretty significant stress in their lives. We
Finding ways to serve patients outside the medical At UNC, Cockroft won immediate support for taking
can educate people on ways to manage their health care, and
mainstream is crucial in reducing the overall burden of health nursing expertise on the road. “The faculty have been great,
connect them with other resources in the area.”
care. A 2014 study in the American Journal of Managed Care just really enthusiastic,” she said. “There’s so much potential
Behind her, a mother and daughter climbed aboard the van
found that mobile clinics “have a critical role to play in providing for what we could do with this.”
for a checkup. The mobile clinic is staffed by faculty volunteers
high-quality, low-cost care to vulnerable populations.” Realizing that potential will mean measuring outcomes for
from the School of Nursing, along with nursing students on
the mobile clinic, a major challenge when working with low-
clinical rotation. The mobile site is offering an especially rich
income and often transient populations. School of Nursing
education for nursing students interested in public health.
faculty are already considering ways to measure the value of
Diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions are
some of the most common concerns, but nurses have to be
“It really fills a gap in the community. preventative care, mainly in terms of costs avoided through
timely intervention.
prepared for anything.
“It gives me some very direct insight into community
It not only improves the quality of “We have to show results if we want to grow,” Cockroft
said. “We need to find out: if we weren’t here, where would
health needs,” said Katie Steinheber, a nurse at Duke
University Hospital who is pursuing her master’s degree at
life for people, but it’s a much more these folks have gone? Would they have gone to the emergency
UNC. “Some people have very specific health questions, and economical approach to health room, or nowhere at all?”
In the Dorcas parking lot, the nurses working directly
some people just want to be able to talk to someone, to debrief
about their health problems and their worries.” problems.” with grateful patients are already convinced. “Did you see
how relieved she was?” asked Assistant Professor Wanda
Wazenegger, speaking about a patient who spent more than
Cockroft, upper left,
—Howard Manning
20 minutes in the mobile clinic. “She was so glad to have
joins SON faculty and
student volunteers
someone to talk to, someone to care.”
each week in the Then Wazenegger went back to organizing the van,
mobile clinic. readying for the next patient.
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SCHOOL NEWS
T32 Renewed for Interventions
for Preventing and Managing
Chronic Illness
SON, FIRST The UNC School of Nursing is pleased to announce the
QUALITY HOLD renewal of the T32 training grant that funds its “Interventions for
preventing and Managing Chronic Illness” training program for
five more years.
INAUGURAL Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Ruth l.
Kirschstein Institutional National Research Award — or T32 — is an
CARE SUMMIT institutional training grant designed to prepare qualified
individuals for scientific careers that have significant impact on
the health-related research needs of the nation.
Now in its fifth round of
funding, the School of Nursing’s
T32 program has been
producing renowned nurse
From the halls of research to the bedside, Carolina Nursing
scientists for nearly a quarter
faculty embrace the nitty-gritty of real-world care and are
century.
fearless in their pursuit of new knowledge that will lead to best
First established under the
care practices. In June they joined a longstanding partner
direction of Dr. Merle Mishel in
in this pursuit, First Quality®, to inaugurate a Care Summit Santacroce (L) and Leeman (R)
the 1990s, the program is
to address current challenges to patient care and how best to
designed to equip pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the
solve them.
knowledge, skills and experience needed to develop a program of
First Quality, a solutions-based corporate leader in
research that will lead to improved outcomes for people at risk of,
products for long-term, assisted living and acute care,
or living with, chronic illness.
sponsored the summit, which took place in Chapel Hill June
with this latest renewal announced in June 2016, the program
7–8, 2016. UNCSON research faculty joined First Quality
will focus on abbreviating the time taken for research to enter into
for a dynamic dialogue With corporate funding from First Quality, more than
practice by emphasizing the development of interventions that
centered on a common 60 students, faculty, First Quality employees and School of
are designed with practice in mind, as well as focused study on
goal: Meeting Vulnerable Nursing Foundation Board members explored the latest
dissemination and implementation science.
Populations Where advancements in caring for the elderly, those with chronic
Dr. Sheila Santacroce and Dr. Jennifer leeman will direct the
They Live: A Summit to physical or mental illness, inmate populations and the
five-year, $2.41 million T32 program, which funds stipends, health
Address Care Challenges homeless.
insurance, and some professional travel and other research-
and Solutions. Faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine and Social
related expenses for doctoral and postdoctoral trainees. T32
Assistant Dean for Work, along with the UNC Gillings School of Global Public
trainees enjoy mentorship from School of Nursing faculty, as well
Advancement Anne Webb Health, presented a holistic look at the influences of govern-
as those at top-ranked UNC academic departments, health affairs
collaborated with First ment policy, low-resource communities, medication delivery,
schools and centers, including the UNC Center for Health
Quality Technical Service communication and preventive and palliative care. “After the
promotion and Disease prevention, NC TraCS, UNC Center for
Director and former SON presentations, we broke into small groups of lightning talks —
Bioethics and the UNC lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Foundation Board member fast bursts of information to encourage discussion,” Palmer
“Through the guidance provided by the T32 program, I have
Jim Minetola to secure said. “It was very intentional to think creatively. It was a high-
begun thinking of myself as a nurse scientist. It has empowered
funding for the summit. The summit grew from the vision energy meeting.”
me as I move forward in the doctoral program,” said Becky
of Dr. Mary Palmer, Helen W. & Thomas L. Umphlet Organizers hope the partnership with First Quality will
Salomon, current predoctoral trainee.
Distinguished Professor in Aging, who led the event along continue. “They’re interested in seeking real-world solutions,
“The renewal of this T32 training grant well positions the UNC
with Michele Mongillo, clinical director at First Quality. and that’s why they mesh so well with our faculty. The summit
School of Nursing to continue its important work of producing
“The School of Nursing is a vibrant community of nurse created a lot of energy and creative thinking for solution-
Dr. Mary Palmer some of the nation’s best nurse scientists and effective and high-
scientists and educators engaged in real-world solutions,” said finding, and we want to carry that forward,” said Palmer.
speaks at the impact nursing science on chronic illness,” said Interim Dean
Palmer. “First Quality is incredibly innovative and forward- An earlier partnership with First Quality created a Inaugural Donna Havens. “we’re thrilled to be able to serve the health needs
thinking on behalf of a rapidly increasing patient population. graduate student merit scholarship that, through leadership Care Summit
of North Carolina and the broader world in this way.”
Bringing our strengths together to brainstorm solutions for opportunities, exposed students to the latest developments
UNC is one of just 17 schools of nursing in the United States
the good of vulnerable patients was a goal of this summit, in evidence-based care while networking with First Quality
to receive T32 funding from NINR, and is tied for second with
and it was fantastic working with them.” health care professionals to learn more about their industry.
UCSF for duration of T32 funding.
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SCHOOL NEWS
(L to R) Interim Dean SON Hosts Hillman Scholars
Donna Havens joins
former deans Linda
Cronenwett, Cindy
Program Annual Meeting
Freund and Mary
Champagne The UNC School of Nursing was pleased to host the annual meeting of the
nation’s prestigious Hillman Scholars program in Nursing Innovation in late May.
SON HOSTS TRIBUTE, The Scholars program was established by the Rita and Alex Hillman
Foundation in 2010 to identify and prepare — swiftly — the next generation of
ESTABLISHES FUND TO HONOR nurse scientists and scholars. offered only at the universities of North Carolina,
Michigan and pennsylvania, the highly selective program is designed to furnish
ELIZABETH Hillman Scholars with BSN and phD degrees in fewer than six years.
The theme of this year’s meeting was The Many Facets of leadership:
Research, practice, policy and Innovation. A busy three days of sessions kicked
TORNQUIST off in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, May 24, with a compelling discussion on diversity,
inclusiveness and policy, led by Dr. Rumay Alexander, director of the SoN’s office
of Inclusive Excellence and special assistant to the Chancellor.
On April 12, gray skies and chilly spring The second annual Charles and Colleen Astrike Symposium on Health Care
temperatures gave way to warm sunshine Solutions was held Tuesday evening, with panelists linda Aiken, phD, RN, FAAN;
just in time for the UNCSON to Cathy Madigan, DNp, RN; and Gwen Sherwood, phD, RN, FAAN, offering views
celebrate the life and work of Elizabeth on nursing leadership in quality and safety from the front lines of research,
Tornquist — “ET” to all who knew her practice and education.
here. ET passed away unexpectedly in A thoughtful question-and-answer session followed the moving testimony of
late January. the Astrike family’s experience with their mother’s nursing care — a tragic case,
A crowd of current and former “Nursing was her special cause — Further remarks and readings were with consequences all the more grievous for having been due to errors in health
faculty and staff, alumni, Tornquist and thank God for that — we needed offered by Deans Emerita Cindy Freund care, and avoidable for her and her loved ones.
family and friends gathered in Fox her!” said Mary Champagne, dean and Linda Cronenwett, by Professors
Bill Roper, CEO of
Auditorium to pay tribute to the person emerita of the Duke School of Nursing Mary Lynn and Linda Beeber, by UNC Hospitals (center),
and career that affected so many so and former SON faculty member. Interim Dean Donna Havens and by answers questions
positively. An editor of uncanny insight “I doubt there is anyone more Chrish Peel, Elizabeth’s nephew. on leadership.
and skill, Tornquist mentored SON responsible for helping researchers The tribute was followed by a
faculty, indeed nursing faculty the world with good ideas for improving health reception featuring some of ET’s
over, to unprecedented success in grant care get grant funding than our favorite recipes, catered by her daughter
funding and publication. Elizabeth.” Amy, a celebrated chef and restaurateur
in Durham.
A fund has been set up to honor
ET’s extraordinary legacy — the (L) Linda Aiken, (R) Hillman Scholar Leah Morgan
Elizabeth Muse Tornquist Endowment
for Scientific Writing — designed to Dr. Bill Roper, dean of the UNC School of Medicine, vice chancellor for
fund programs and other activities to medical affairs and CEo of UNC Hospitals, was a highlight of wednesday’s
support the writing efforts of faculty, sessions, serving as the special guest in an informal discussion on leadership at
students, health care clinicians and the Intersection of Research, Health Care and policy, led by Dr. Aiken and UNC
scientists from many disciplines both Hillman Scholar leah Morgan.
at the SON and across the country. The meeting wrapped up midday Thursday following leadership
Programs may include institutes for development activities, social and networking opportunities and further sessions
scientific writing, terms for editors-in- on leadership in the areas of research, policy and professional development.
residence, workshops and lectureships “It was an honor to host such a thought-provoking and inspiring three days,”
— all designed to continue in some said professor Cheryl Jones, phD, RN, FAAN, director of the Hillman Scholars
fashion ET’s remarkable contributions. program at UNC. “The annual meeting is only one of the highlights the Hillman
To donate to the fund, contact Scholars program brings to the universities that benefit from this recognition.
Members of Tornquist’s family However, we were especially honored to host this year’s event, which allowed us
and friends listen to moving Assistant Dean for Advancement
tributes offered to ET’s memory. Anne Webb at 919.966.4619 or visit to showcase the many initiatives under way here at UNC-CH. we’re so grateful to
nursing.unc.edu. all the speakers who made it such a rich opportunity for us all.”
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DEBORAH MAYER TAPPED TO SERVE ON Asking the right questions has
become one of Alexander’s greatest tools
as she works to make the University of
CANCER MOONSHOT BLUE RIBBON PANEL North Carolina at Chapel Hill a better
and more inclusive community through
her new role.
Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, how the proposed funding should be
Appointed as Folt’s special assistant
FAAN, has been named to the panel of spent.
last November, Alexander is using her
national experts guiding the “Cancer “This is a wonderful recognition
Moonshot” unveiled during President and opportunity to bring nursing and ALEXANDER new role to integrate initiatives across
campus to accelerate diversity, inclusion,
Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union patient perspectives to this prestigious
address. panel,” said Dr. Mayer. “Our work NAMED SPECIAL and family and work-life balance. She is
working closely with the University’s
During his annual speech to will be significant in identifying
Congress in January 2016, President opportunities to reduce the burden ASSISTANT TO Office of Workforce, Equity and
Engagement, the Office of Diversity and
Obama called for $1 billion in new of cancer.”
funding to fast-track promising research Dr. Mayer has decades of CHANCELLOR Multicultural Affairs, and the Office of
Student Affairs, among others.
for the prevention, early detection, experience with national efforts to
By Brandon Bieltz, Office of “Rumay brings a deep
Mayer, an advanced treatment and ultimate curing of cancer. improve cancer care, having worked
Communications and Public Affairs understanding and an experienced
practice oncology Calling the initiative the “Cancer for more than 30 years as a specialist
perspective on how we can more
nurse and cancer Moonshot,” he tapped Vice President in cancer nursing practice, education,
effectively establish an inclusive
Joe Biden to lead the effort to “eliminate research and management experience.
survivor, joins the Starting courageous community for every one of our
cancer as we know it.” Dr. Mayer is past president of the
dialogues students, faculty members and staff,”
national panel to Dr. Mayer, professor of adult and Oncology Nursing Society, and a former were nervous — they well knew their
Folt said. “She already is bringing
help guide more geriatric health at the UNC Chapel Hill member of the National Cancer Rumay Alexander was recently daughter’s knack for confronting
together organizations from across
than $1 billion in School of Nursing and director of Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors named special assistant to Chancellor wrongs — they ultimately agreed.
campus to assess current programs and
cancer survivorship at UNC Lineberger and National Cancer Advisory Board Carol L. Folt. In her new role, “I was walking into a very dangerous
federal funding for develop new initiatives to fill important
Cancer Center, is among the nationally (a presidential appointment). Dr. Mayer Alexander is focusing on integrating space,” she said. “I was navigating that
breakthrough gaps and advance our University.”
recognized experts who will recommend was also elected a fellow of the American initiatives across campus to accelerate space as somebody who was intentionally
For Alexander, who is already the
cancer research. Academy of Nursing. She was the editor diversity, inclusion, and family and diversity lead for the Schools of Public
educated inferior to my white
Mayer with for the Oncology Nursing Society’s work-life balance. She maintains her counterparts.”
Health and Dentistry, and the chair of
Vice President Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing role as professor and director of the Not only were older students
Joe Biden the Faculty Committee on Community
(CJON), and has published nearly 100 office of inclusive excellence at the physically abusive — sometimes pushing
and Diversity, the new position is the
articles and book chapters. She lectures School of Nursing. the middle-schooler into lockers or
most recent stop in her long journey of
internationally on oncology and Rumay Alexander loves questions. down the stairs — Alexander said she
building inclusive environments.
oncology nursing, and also maintains a Her favorite one has always been was put in a situation created to make
clinical practice working with breast “Why?” her fail in the classroom as well.
cancer survivors at UNC Chapel Hill. The simple word leads to
Navigating Tennessee For years, Alexander had been
“Dr. Mayer brings to the panel explanations, which can become Alexander grew up in the small western learning by using outdated textbooks —
tremendous acumen and understanding understanding. But at the very least, it Tennessee town of Humboldt, where the ones passed down to her school after
of the crucial role nurses play in the care begins a discussion. white and black residents were divided the all-white school received updated
and treatment of cancer,” said Donna “It’s those kinds of questions that by a single train track. There, she books. She immediately went from an
Havens, interim dean of the UNC will allow us, as a community, to become quickly learned how to read her honor roll student to D’s.
School of Nursing. “They couldn’t have more inclusive,” Alexander said. “It’s not environment — and to build a personal It took her a year of staying up until
made a better choice, and we are so that you have to know everything, but grit that would help beat circumstances 3 in the morning, then getting extra help
pleased that she will represent UNC as it’s about how we work on ourselves designed to set her up for failure. from teachers, before she caught up with
a home for world-class cancer research and have enough self-awareness to As a sixth grader, Alexander begged her classmates.
and care.” say, ‘You know, I need to ask some her parents to let her and her younger But she did.
questions because more than likely, sister join the 25 African-American “This is what you’ve got to do,” she
unintentionally, I’m not thinking of students who would integrate the local remembers telling herself at the time.
something.’” all-white school. Although her parents “You just have to do this if you are going
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As director of the office of inclusive
excellence in the School of Nursing,
SON WELCOMES DR. JUDITH WEBB NEW CLINICAL FACULTY
(January–August 2016)
Alexander has spent more than a decade In February 2016, Judith Webb, DNP, the long-term impact of surrogate
working to improve retention of faculty, ANP-BC, ACHPN, joined the SON decision-making after the death of a Jabar Akbar
students and staff, and leading a diversity faculty as an assistant professor in the loved one. Clinical Instructor
discussion series. Division of Adult and Geriatric Health. She is board certified as both an adult (Aug. 1, 2016)
“I believe that success is She was previously an assistant professor at nurse practitioner and a palliative care
“My worlds all blend. I will transferable,” she said. “If something
works over here, what parts of that can
the MGH Institute of Health Professions
in Boston, MA, where she served as the
nurse practitioner, with clinical practice
experience primarily
Kristen Allison
Clinical Instructor
(Jan. 1, 2016)
work in this place? My worlds all blend. coordinator of the adult gerontology with older adults. She
pull from all those places I will pull from all those places and all
those experiences.”
And now, what worked for her in
primary care nurse practitioner track and
taught in the DNP program. She helped
has extensive practice
experience in end-of-life
Kristen Cole
Clinical Instructor
(Aug. 1, 2016)
develop the course, “Introduction to the care and caring for people
and all those experiences.” Tennessee and in the School of Nursing
is being put into practice campus-wide:
making sure everybody is represented
DNP,” and has continued to teach this
distance course since leaving MGHIHP.
Since joining the faculty, Webb has
of all ages with life-
threatening conditions.
She previously taught in New York at
Rachell Davis
Clinical Instructor
(Jan. 1, 2016)
in decision-making and having what become an advisor to LGBTQ students in Morrisville State College, Binghamton
Alexander calls “courageous dialogues.” Louise Fleming
the School of Nursing and has agreed to University and SUNY Institute of
These dialogues, she said, begin Clinical Assistant professor
serve on the Provost’s Committee on Technology in Utica. (Aug. 1, 2016)
to achieve your hopes, dreams and standing on the rungs of humanity, you with asking questions and learning to LGBTQ Life at UNC. While at the MGH Institute of
aspirations.” can speak about the lived experience understand perspectives outside one’s Dr. Webb is from central New York, Health Professions, Dr. Webb served as Kate Griffith
After high school, Alexander and impact of such a label,” she said. own. where she earned a Bachelor of Science the chair of the Appeals Committee and Clinical Instructor
attended the University of Tennessee- Representing those who provided “Most people, when you ask them degree in nursing and a Master of Science co-chair of the Judicial Board, and was
(Aug. 1, 2016)
Knoxville, where she earned a bachelor’s hands-on care, Alexander’s job was to about diversity, they give you the degree in nursing from State University the advisor to the LGBTQ student group. Margaret Guzowska
degree in nursing. She went on to bring the nurses’ and other care dimensions of diversity — how we of New York Institute of Technology in Dr. Webb served on the Legislative Clinical Instructor
receive a master’s in nursing from providers’ concerns to the forefront differ,” Alexander said. “That becomes Utica, NY. She earned the Doctor of Committee of the Massachusetts Coalition (Aug. 1, 2016)
Vanderbilt University and then a of hospital issues. race, ethnicity, physical abilities, gender, Nursing Practice from the MGH Institute of Nurse Practitioners, and was an officer Nancy Havill
doctorate in education from Tennessee “My position was often one of sexuality and you can go on and on. But of Health Professions, summa cum laude, in the Mohawk Valley Chapter of the Clinical Assistant professor
State University. ‘How do I help [the association and its that’s how we manifest differences often in 2010. Her doctoral project focused on New York state NP organization. (July 1, 2016)
“I loved everything about what members] understand they’re not being referred to ’diversity of presence.’ I
define diversity as holding multiple Erica King
nurses did,” she said. “That was inclusive or that there are other
perspectives without judgment. It’s the Clinical Instructor
probably one of the best decisions I’ve perspectives to consider?’” she said.
(Aug. 1, 2016)
made. I’m a nurse and proud of it. … “They were very well-meaning, very judgment part that gets us in trouble.”
I’ve taken care of patients and advocated smart and intelligent individuals, but By coming to a better Hilary Mendel
RETIREMENTS APPOINTMENTS AND
for them, I’ve been at the bedside, I’ve what you don’t know, you don’t know. understanding of what people know and (as of Aug. 2016) Clinical Instructor
PROMOTIONS
been a nurse supervisor and I’ve been Part of my job was to put the wicked what they don’t know, Alexander said, (as of Aug. 2016)
(May 9, 2016)
positive strides can be made. That’s why Wanda Wazenegger
faculty.” questions on the table, allow a safe way (late April 2016) Britt Pados
A huge chunk of Alexander’s work for people to respond and then facilitate she hopes viewpoints from throughout Beth Black
Clinical Instructor
also has been in the public policy arena. the courageous dialogues around the Carolina community can help mold Chair, Health Care Systems Division (Aug. 4, 2016)
In 1981, she became the senior vice intended and unintended consequences.” diversity goals — and make an impact
Betty Nance-Floyd Elizabeth Trianni
president of the Tennessee Hospital on the retention and recruiting of
minority faculty and other coordinated FAREWELLS Director, Center for lifelong learning Clinical Instructor
Association. As the only nurse, the (as of Aug. 2016) (Aug. 1, 2016)
youngest vice president and the only initiatives across campus. Jennifer Leeman
Fostering human Debra Barksdale
person of color in the association, It all begins by using her favorite Associate professor with tenure (July 1, 2016) Tracy Vernon-Platt
flourishing in Chapel Hill question: “Why?”
(Jan. 3, 2016)
Clinical Instructor
Alexander was a triple minority at the Cheryl Giscombé
white-male-dominated organization. For 21 years, Alexander ignited those “My overarching goal is ’human Pamela Johnson Rowsey (Jan. 1, 2016)
Associate professor with tenure (Jan. 1, 2016)
There, she made her next big push inclusive conversations with the Tennessee flourishing,’” she said. “That’s for (June 20, 2016)
Judith Webb
into creating inclusion. Hospital Association. Then in 2003, she faculty, that’s for staff, that’s for students. MiKyung Song SeonAe Yeo Clinical Assistant professor
“When you have been considered brought her skill set to the University of When we better understand, we can help (June 30, 2016) professor (Jan. 1, 2016) (Feb. 1, 2016)
the least and not one with legitimate North Carolina at Chapel Hill. others flourish.”
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researchers from Univerisidad Autonoma use the funding for her study “Developing Deborah Mayer was named a 2016 Health Cecilia Roscigno received the 2016 Julee Waldrop served as a panelist at
Faculty Awards and de Tamuilipas School of Nursing, a Virtual Training Technology to Enhance Care Hero by Triangle Business Journal. Student Undergraduate Teaching Award the National organization of Nurse
Accomplishments Tampico, México. patient-provider Communication.” The award recognizes those who have for her excellence and innovation in practitioner Faculties Special Topics
________________________________ Jenerette was also named a member of put innovation and compassion to work undergraduate teaching. Conference in Arlington, VA. Dr. waldrop
Ashley Leak Bryant received the 2016 the sixth class of the University of North to improve the human condition. ________________________________ joined two other seasoned Np educators
oNS Excellence in Care of older Adults Carolina at Chapel Hill Thorp Faculty ________________________________ Hudson Santos was chosen to receive NC to provide perspectives on strategies
Kathy Alden received the 2015 American with Cancer Award at the Annual oNS Engaged Scholars. TraCS Funding for his study “postpartum and content for developing the Np
Betty Nance-Floyd was awarded a
Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Congress in San Antonio, TX. ________________________________ Depressive Symptoms in latinas: clinical scholar.
Fulbright Specialist grant in education to
Award for her work in co-authoring the ________________________________ Saif Khairat was awarded a Junior Associations with oxytocin Function and ________________________________
work with the faculty of Kamuzu College
11th edition of Maternity & Women’s Faculty Development Award from the Stressors.” Hugh Waters received a course
Linda Cronenwett was appointed to the of Nursing in Malawi. She also received
Health Care with retired faculty member UNC Chapel Hill office of the provost. ________________________________ development grant from Data@Carolina
Board of Directors of Spectrum Health the preparing Future Faculty Assessment
Dee Lowdermilk. She was also awarded He will use the grant funding for his Initiatives to develop data skills and data
ludington Hospital. Award from the Graduate School of the Gwen Sherwood was selected to serve
the annual UNC Class of 1996 Award for study “VICUT: A Clinician-centered literacy among undergraduate and
________________________________ University of North Carolina at as a faculty advisor for the Nurse
Advising Excellence by Carolina students. Visualization Dashboard to Improve ICU graduate students.
Mary W. Dunn was named a 2016 Health Greensboro for her outstanding job of Faculty leadership Academy Cohort III
________________________________ patient Information Representation and ________________________________
Care Hero by Triangle Business Journal. developing a syllabus for Nursing 491, of Sigma Theta Tau International. She
Jennifer Alderman received the Junior Delivery.” Khairat also received a course Improving Nursing practice: Application will be serving to guide aspiring nurse Judith Webb was appointed to the
The award recognizes those who have
Faculty Development Award from the development grant from Data@Carolina of Concepts, Theories, and Research, and educators and their mentors through provost’s Committee on lGBTQ life at
put innovation and compassion to work
UNC Chapel Hill office of the provost. Initiatives to develop data skills and data equating the student learning outcomes a rigorous leadership development UNC Chapel Hill.
to improve the human condition.
Alderman will use her grant funding to literacy among undergraduate and to specific graded activities. program. Dr. Sherwood’s book Reflective ________________________________
________________________________
examine student characteristics as graduate students. ________________________________ Organizations: On the Front Lines
Bev Foster was selected to receive the Megan Williams received a Junior Faculty
predictors of success in her “path to ________________________________ of QSEN & Reflective Practice
2016 Ned Brooks Award for public Britt Pados received grant funding from Development Award from the UNC
Academic Success (pASS)” study. Rebecca Kitzmiller received a course Implementation received second place
Service. Dr. Foster was recognized for the National Association of Neonatal Chapel Hill office of the provost. williams
________________________________ development grant from Data@Carolina in the professional Issues category
more than 30 years of providing and Nurses Research Institute for her study will use her grant for her North Carolina
Ruth Anderson co-authored a study Initiatives to develop data skills and data "Assessment of the psychometric of the American Journal of Nursing’s Nurse leaders Study.
supporting public service within UNC and
published by the Journal of Nursing literacy among undergraduate and properties of the Neonatal Eating 2015 Books of the Year Awards. ________________________________
across North Carolina.
Regulation titled “Detecting Medication graduate students. Assessment Tool (Neo-EAT)." ________________________________
________________________________ SeonAe Yeo worked with faculty at St.
order Discrepancies in Nursing Homes: ________________________________ ________________________________ Victoria Soltis-Jarrett was appointed to
Cheryl Woods Giscombé received the luke’s International University in Tokyo
How RNs and lpNs Differ.” The study was Kathy Knafl was selected as the inaugural serve on a steering committee for new
2016 Faculty Excellence in Education and Julie Page was recently accepted into the to assist in developing the first DNp
funded by the National Council State Suzanne Feethan Distinguished lecturer Certified Community Behavioral Health
Mentorship Award. phD students highly competitive Experienced Nurse program in Japan.
Boards of Nursing and examined the at the 2016 Midwest Nursing Research Clinics (CCBHC) in North Carolina.
described Dr. Giscombé as a mentor who Faculty leadership Academy of Sigma ________________________________
extent to which RN or lpN licensure Society Conference, co-sponsored by the ________________________________
goes above and beyond the faculty role Theta Tau International/Chamberlain Jessica Zegre-Hemsey earned a spot
related to the detection of medication University of wisconsin-Milwaukee
and pushes mentees out of their comfort College of Nursing Center for Excellence Sue Thoyre and the Feeding Flock in the NCTraCS Kl2 program, an NIH-
discrepancies. College of Nursing.
zone while believing in and supporting in Nursing Education. research team were featured in the funded grant that offers Kl2 Scholars
________________________________ ________________________________
them through every step of the program. ________________________________ July/August issue of the American mentorship and additional training to
Anna Beeber received grant funding from Rhonda Lanning received the 2016 office Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing for
________________________________ Mary Palmer was a keynote speaker at achieve their research and career goals.
the North Carolina AHEC Innovation Fund of the provost Engaged Scholarship the research studies on preventing,
Chris Harlan was awarded the 2015 the Continence Foundation of Australia’s ________________________________
for her proposal “Intraprofessional Award for her work training birth doulas identifying and managing feeding
American Journal of Nursing Book of the 24th National Conference in Melbourne, Meg Zomorodi received grant funding
Development of Nurse leaders: working in her interdisciplinary service learning difficulties in children. The Feeding Flock
Year for her book, Global Health Nursing: Australia. In addition to participating in from the North Carolina AHEC Innovation
Together toward Quality Improvement in course. The award recognizes faculty research team members are Thoyre,
Narratives from the Field. This was the conference, Dr. palmer spent time as Fund for her proposal “Health Care
long-term Care Health Care members or university units for Britt Pados, Jinhee Park, Hayley Estrem,
Harlan’s first AJN book of the year award. a visiting scholar at Flinders University pRoMISE (populations for Reformed
Environments.” exemplary engaged scholarship in service Cara McComish and Eric Hodges.
________________________________ in Adelaide, Australia. outcomes Management from
________________________________ to the state of North Carolina that serves ________________________________
________________________________ Interprofessional, Systems-based
Linda Beeber was recently elected Eric Hodges received NIH funding for his as an example of excellence, including
Theresa Raphael-Grimm received Debbie Travers led a team of emergency Education.”
president of the Board of Directors of the study to test a novel intervention to help responsiveness to community concerns
the 2015 laurel Archer Copp literary nurses and physicians in developing a
American psychiatric Nurses Association. parents and preverbal infants better and strong community partnerships.
Award for her book: The Art of toolkit for use by the CDC to triage
Beeber also received NIH funding for understand one another during feeding ________________________________
Communication in Nursing and patients in the event of a pandemic flu
her study, “Enhancing Communication and to offer new insight into how self-
Mary Lynn received a grant from the Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Approach. outbreak.
between Children in Early Intervention regulation of energy intake develops
National Council of State Boards of The award was endowed by laurel ________________________________
and Their Depressed Mothers.” during infancy.
Nursing to study the “Successful Archer Copp, former dean of the Marcia Van Riper received a Fulbright
________________________________ ________________________________
Transitions of New Graduate RNs in US UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Specialist Grant and was hosted by the
Diane Berry was awarded a Sigma Theta Coretta Jenerette earned the 2015 C. Hospitals: Education, practice and policy to stimulate the scholarly writing of University of Navarre in pamplona, Spain,
Tau International grant to study the Felix Harvey Award to Advance Implications.” Dr. lynn’s project is the first School of Nursing faculty. in November and December 2015.
management of type 2 diabetes with Institutional priorities. Dr. Jenerette will of its kind on the topic.
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