How big a food pyramid can the School of Nursing (SON) build?
Until Nov. 23, the SON will collect food items for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. This year’s food drive, however, comes with a twist — A Healthy Competition.
Students will compete against faculty and staff to see which group can collect the most food donations by weight. Last year, the students demonstrated exceptional giving prowess — will they repeat their performance? Will the faculty and staff edge them out by a few ounces? We’ll announce this year’s winner at a ceremony on Nov. 24. The prize will be bragging rights and the satisfaction of making a difference for those in need.
This year’s goal: 500 + pounds of food
The Food Bank also accepts monetary donations. Individuals can donate with their Visa or Mastercard and can indicate which items they wish to be purchased with their gift. The SON has established its own page on the Food Bank’s Web site: http://www.foodbankcenc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=VFD_UNCNursing
All proceeds collected will benefit the Food Bank. For every $1 collected, the Food Bank can distribute four meals.
Categories: Faculty · News · Students
Tagged: Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, food drive competition, School of Nursing Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
Cheryl Batchelor, BSN ‘79, was installed as the secretary for the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) Board of Directors this week. Her term will run from 2010-2011.
In addition to her role with the NCNA, Batchelor is the executive director of Clinical Operations at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.
To read the full article about her installation and the activities of the NCNA:
http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20091030/news/local/20091030Nurse.html
Categories: Alumni · News
Tagged: Cheryl Batchelor, FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, NCNA Board of Directors, North Carolina Nurses Association
Associate Professor Ed Halloran was elected vice president of the
Associate Professor Ed Halloran was elected vice president of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing on Oct. 24, 2009.
American Assembly for Men in Nursing at the organization’s meeting in Cincinatti, Ohio on Oct. 24. Halloran will serve a two-year term during which he will chair the education committee and will review abstracts for the September 2010 meeting in Durham, N.C.
Halloran also serves as the advisor to the School of Nursing’s chapter of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing.
Categories: Faculty · News
Tagged: American Assembly for Men in Nursing, Ed Halloran
Assistant Professor Jean Davison discusses how the loss of healthcare
Assistant Professor Jean Davison spoke with the News & Observer about how healthcare coverage loss has affected her patients. Photo credit: News & Observer
coverage is affecting the patients she treats in a Roxboro clinic in the Oct. 21 News & Observer.
In the article, Davison touches on how the high unemployment in North Carolina, as well as the lack of health insurance has affected her patients’ stress and blood pressure levels.
To read the full article: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/150467.html
Categories: Faculty · News
The North Carolina Board of Nursing released the third-quarter NCLEX 
pass rates today, Oct. 19. The School of Nursing has maintained its track record of excellence with a 97 percent pass rate for the 165 students who wrote the NCLEX for the first time.
Congratulations to all!
Categories: News · Students
Tagged: NCLEX pass rates, North Carolina Board of Nursing
The next time you log in to the School of Nursing’s Web site (http://nursing.unc.edu), you will be greated with a new home page that offers not only a new face for the School, but also new ways to access information about news and events.
The navigation will remain the same, so you won’t have to learn new routes to find the information you use most frequently. Now, however, you can also link to the School’s Blog, e-News, Flickr, Twitter and Facebook accounts from the home page.
Through this new home page, we hope to bring you more stories about the School, to publicize more news about the School and to keep you up-to-date about more upcoming School events.
We welcome your feedback! You can leave a comment here or e-mail Whitney Howell (whitney_howell@unc.edu) with your thoughts.
Enjoy the new face of Carolina Nursing at UNC!
Categories: News
BSN Class of 2010 students Molly White and Courtney Cox traveled to Guatemala during summer 2009 to provide care for people living in the poor areas of the country, particularly in Guatemala City and the surrounding villages.
With guidance from assistant professor Chris Harlan, White and Cox
BSN Class of 2010 students Molly White (left) and Courtney Cox (right) worked for six weeks in Guatemala City, Guatemala as a summer externship experience.
coordinated their trip through a Texas-based medical mission organziation called Shared Beat. For six weeks, they operated clinics, provided various types of screenings and distributed medications to people who have very little or no access to healthcare, many of whom had never visited a healthcare provider before.
Shared Beat operates the medical mission in cooperation with Safe Passage, a school open near the main city dump in Guatemala. Guatemala City is a very poor, violent place, and Safe Passage offers children an oasis where they can learn, get a healthy meal and participate in social activities. Many of the childrens’ parents collect recyclables and other materials that they can sell from the city dump.
The Guatemala city dump where many of the parents of children who participate in Safe Passage collect recyclables and other materials for money.
White, Cox and the other healthcare provider volunteers on the trip also did home visits in many of the small surrounding villages. A pediatric cardiologist accompanied them on these visits. The majority of people in these villages were living in primitive conditions. Many allow their chickens and other livestock to run free through their dwellings. Often, according to White and Cox, the animals looked and behaved sickly. Unfortunately, the sick chickens were also the only source of eggs and meat for many people.
White and Cox said that it was satisfying to be able to help individuals who have never had
Molly White (right) sits and talks with a man who has come into the clinic in Safe Passage to receive healthcare services.
access to healthcare before. Traveling to Guatemala either with Shared Beat or through the School of Nursing is something both students recommended to anyone considering a global study externship.
Categories: Global health · Students
Tagged: Antigua, BSN global study, Courtney Cox, global externship, global study, Guatemala, Guatemala City, healthcare in primitive locations, Molly White, Safe Passage, Shared Beat
The incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease will double over the next 20 years. North Carolina currently has more than 150,000 older adults with Alzheimer’s Disease, and by 2030, the total number is projected to rise to more than 294,000. Caregiving of a person with a cognitive impairment can be a distressing role that can lead to care providers developing medical conditions of their own.
The National Center on Caregiving has provided information entitled Caregiver’s Guide to Understanding Dementia Behaviors with 10 tips for communicating with a person with dementia.
Ten Tips for Communicating with a Person with Dementia
1. Set a positive mood for interaction.
2. Get the person’s attention.
3. State your message clearly.
4. Ask simple answerable questions.
5. Listen with your ears, eyes and heart.
6. Break down activities into a series of steps.
7. When the going gets tough, distract and redirect.
8. Respond with affection and reassurance.
9. Remember the good old days.
10. Maintain your sense of humor.
For additional information, contact the National Center on Caregiving, Family Caregiver Alliance at: http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=391
For more information join us at the presentation by Beth Barba, PhD, RN, on Delirium in Older Patients, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15 from 12-1 p.m. in Carrington Hall, Room 208.
Categories: News · Upcoming Events
Tagged: 10 tips to improve communication with dementia patients, Beth Barba, communications with dementia patients, delirium in older patients, Family Caregiver Alliance, incidence of dementia in North Carolina, National Center for Caregiving, older patients living with dementia
Two School of Nursing faculty were honored last night, Oct. 8, at a ceremony for the recipients of the 2009 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence and the Excellence in Management Awards.
Clinical instructor Julie Page is one of five individuals throughout the University who were selected as Chancellor’s
Clinical instructor Julie Page was one of five University employees chosen to receive the 2009 Chancellor's Award for Excellence.
Award recipients.
Chancellor Emeritus Paul Hardin established the Chancellor’s Awards in 1991 to recognize University employees for their meritorious or distinguished contributions in devotion to duty, innovation, public service, safety and heroism, human relations or other achievements.
Page was chosen for her leadership in establishing the mentoring program for new faculty who come to the School of Nursing. The program, which has been heralded by existing and new faculty alike, is currently in its second year.
Recipients receive a $1,000 monetary award, a special leave award of 24 hours and a framed certificate. Honorees also become the University’s nominees for the State Employees Awards for Excellence.
Assistant professor Bonnie Rogers was one of two individuals chosen as an Excellence in Management Award recipients. In addition to being a SON faculty member, Rogers is the director of the Occupational Health Nursing Concentration in the Public Health Leadership Program in the UNC Gillings School of Public Health.
Assistant professor Bonnie Rogers is one of two individuals selected to receive the Excellence in Management Award.
In this capacity, she oversees both educational and research programs, serves as the principal investigator on several large grants and mentors occupational health nurse clinicians.
The Excellence in Management Awards were established in 1998 to recognize accomplishments in management. Recipients receive a $500 monetary award and a framed certificate, presented by Richard Mann, vice chancellor for finance and administration.
Categories: Faculty · News
Tagged: Bonnie Rogers, Chancellor's Award for Excellence, Excellence in Management Awards, faculty mentoring program, Julie Page, occupational health and safety nursing
Recently, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced that a combination of state, University and private donors funds would support the creation of 62 new faculty positions
Dean Kristen M. Swanson was recently interviewed by The Daily Tar Heel about two new professorship positions for the School of Nursing.
campus-wide. Twenty-nine of these positions would be alloted to the College of Arts & Sciences. The remaining 33 positions would be divided among the specialty schools. The School of Nursing has secured, and will soon open for recruitment, two new professorships.
Dean Kristen M. Swanson discussed the School’s decision to request these professorships and what the initial plan is for this positions with The Daily Tar Heel. The article, including her comments, was published in today’s (10/08/09) paper.
To read the full story: http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/outside-funding-allows-hires
Categories: Faculty · News · Nursing Education
Tagged: Daily Tar Heel interview with Dean Swanson, expanded tenure track positions, School of Nursing new faculty positions
