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Endowed Merit Scholarship Created by Tom and Landon Fox
Friday, August 27, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorWe are so pleased to tell you that Tom and Landy Fox created the J. Thomas Fox, MD `60 and Landon Lewis Fox, BSN `56 Undergraduate Nursing Merit Scholarship Fund. This endowment fund will begin to support our students in 2011. The Foxes want to have a relationship with student recipients during their lifetime and believe that by establishing the scholarship now, rather than leaving a bequest, their desire to experience “the joy of giving” more personally would be fulfilled.
Landon entered the School of Nursing in 1952 as part of the second BSN class in the state. When this group of outstanding students graduated in 1956 they were at the vanguard of nursing education in the State of North Carolina. They set an example and became role models for future Carolina nurses.
Over the years, Landon has enjoyed the camaraderie and friendships with her classmates that could have developed only through the shared experiences of living and studying together in the nurse’s dorm, guided by Dean Elizabeth Kemble. After graduation, Landon worked in pediatric nursing. She married Tom Fox, a graduate of the UNC School of Medicine. They lived in Charlotte, NC, where Tom practiced psychiatry and Landon volunteered at family-oriented, non-profit organizations. The Foxes have three married daughter.
Now, the couple has retired to Chapel Hill and enjoy many University alumni and athletic activities. Tom serves as a Director of the School of Nursing Foundation, Inc. and Landy volunteers in the community.
When you see Tom and Landy, please give them your heartfelt thanks for their love and support of our School.
Thirty-three Years Later: The Martha Holt Windham BSN`77 Memorial Scholarship
Monday, August 23, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorWe recently visited JR and Eleanor Holt at their home in a rural hamlet a few miles outside of Sanford, NC. It has been thirty-three years since their twenty-three year old daughter Martha was killed in an automobile crash on her way to visit them one Sunday afternoon. It was just before she was about to begin her MSN program. Martha wanted to become a nurse practitioner.
Family, friends and community where shocked and heartbroken. They came together and with a modest amount of funds, established a memorial scholarship to carry Martha’s name forward. It took ten years for the fund to grow sufficiently to begin to payout support. Each year, since that time, the Holts have made small gifts and we are incredibly grateful to them. Today, the fund is able to help underwrite a portion of the $5,000 tuition for a School of Nursing undergraduate student to attend and become the Martha Holt Windham Scholar.
Our visit was important. It gave us an opportunity to say thank you and to honor Martha’s memory.
Martha's Nursing Cap
Men in Nursing Grows; AAMN Chapter at Carolina Since 1990
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorMessage from Dr. Ed Halloran:
Colleagues and friends,
The latest census of nurses is out and shows there are an estimated 202,169 men in nursing, 6.6% of all 3,063,163 RNs who hold a license in the USA. [Source: The Registered Nurse Population: Initial Findings from the 2008 National Sample Survey of RNs; http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/rnsurvey/initialfindings2008.pdf
While the proportion of men continues to be small, the number of men in nursing has been growing more rapidly since 1990. That said, the way to increase the recruitment of men in nursing is through diversification of faculty and students. For example – no one knows about men in nursing unless they are informed.
One way of telling people about men in nursing is through the American Assembly for Men in Nursing. UNC has had a Chapter since 1990. The most visible place for Q&A about men in nursing is at the AAMN website; http://aamn.org/ You may be interested in knowing the AAMN will meet on Duke’s Campus for two days in September, FRI and SAT, Sept. 24-25, 2010.
This is a unique opportunity to meet and interact with the 150 or so members of AAMN from around the country. The program is set, the CNEs have been applied for from the North Carolina Nurses Association, and the Saturday of the meeting will be an exciting one on the Duke campus as Duke plays Army in football. Come join us for an interesting discussion of issues concerning men in the nursing profession or at least letting your students know about the meeting.
Take a look at the Conference program and register at the AAMN website or in person on the 24th at the School of Nursing at Duke. The fees for students are discounted.
I hope to see you there.
Professor Ed Halloran, PhD, RN
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Carolina #5 Best Public University
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural Navigatorhttp://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3817/107/
Our great School of Nursing is part of an extraordinary University. Read about how UNC Chapel Hill is evaluated and by what measures.
Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes Seminars Set for Fall 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorTHE FALL 2010 SEMINAR SERIES: All Seminars are from 12:00 -1:00 PM in Carrington Hall, Room 104, School of Nursing, UNC Chapel Hill.
- September 21, Noel Brewer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health: Patients’ Understanding of Genomic Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Testing
- October 5 , Til Stürmer Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health: Methodological and Analytic Advances in Observational Studies
- November 2, Katrina Donahue, M.D., MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine: Issues in Research on the Patient Centered Medical Home
- November 16, Donna Gilleskie, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics: Health Insurance, Medical Care and Health Outcomes: A Model of Elderly Health Dynamics
All are Invited!
Funded by NINR 2T32NR008856
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Team Wins Awards From HRSA and AHEC
Monday, August 16, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural Navigator“This work is essential. Clearly Psych MH needs are on the rise given the challenged economy, prolonged efforts to secure peace, and lack of providers. The work of our PMHNP faculty is exemplary. Their collective excellence in teaching, research and practice is laudable. Victoria, Mary Lynn, and team — you sure will be busy for the next few years! Congratulations and thank you,” says Kristen Swanson, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor.
Our psychiatric-mental health graduate faculty team is to be commended for obtaining two Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grants this summer and one Area Health Education Center (AHEC) grant:
1) Mary Lynn Piven, PhD, RN, from HRSA for the “HealthyIDEAS Program Chatham-Carolina (HIPCC)” which funds a 3-year community partnership with the Chatham County SeniorCitizens program to replicate an evidence-based program, Healthy IDEAS (IdentifyingDepression, Empowering Activities for Seniors) to detect and manage depressive symptoms in caregivers and older adults with chronic health conditions and functional limitations, living in Chatham County, to develop clinical sites and the accompanying curriculum to increase the knowledge and expertise of undergraduate and graduate nursing students and support faculty practice opportunities. Victoria Soltis-Jarrett, PhD, RN, from our school as well as Rebecca Hunter and Lea Watson from the School of Medicine are collaborators on this project.
2) Victoria Soltis-Jarrett from HRSA for “Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in NC: Meeting the Needs of the Underserved in North Carolina” (now known as “Psych NP-NC”), a three year project with NEW objectives which will enhance the PMHNP curriculum, expand the geographical impact and increase access of mental health care services for citizens who live in an additional 37 rural and remote counties in NC. This project builds on the previous HRSA grants by continuing to recruit and educate minority and disadvantaged psychiatric nurses from a total of 68 targeted counties yet does recruit from all regions. In addition, through this project, the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) curriculum will be enhanced to focus on children/adolescents and the elderly with mental health problems as well as advances in psychopharmacology. Finally, linkages with AHEC and the state DHHS will facilitate a sustainable partnership for the future. Victoria, Mary Lynn Piven, Grace Hubbard, Vicki Kowlowitz, Rumay Alexander and Jennifer D’Auria are all supported in part on this grant.
3) Victoria Soltis-Jarrett from AHEC to continue its support of the APRN-PMH program to assist with our efforts to enroll students from rural and underserved areas of NC. Funding from AHEC has been utilized to conduct needs assessments, undertake curriculum planning, recruit and support students, and develop clinical sites and preceptors. Victoria and Grace Hubbard are supported in part by this grant.
Katherine Wilson Scholar Meets Anne and John Wilson
Thursday, August 12, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorAnne and John Wilson met Katherine Wilson Scholarship recipient Anneka Huegerich at her July graduation from nursing school. Anne Wilson says, “She was the perfect choice. Katherine would have been so thrilled to know she had been able to help such a lovely, deserving person.” Anneka was the first acclerated BSN student selected to receive the scholarship award that pays out $5,000 per year in support. The application deadline for the next Katherine Wilson Scholar is September 10, 2010. Applications can be found at http://nursing.unc.edu
John Wilson, Anneka Huegerich, Anne Wilson
The power of this scholarship fund is extraordinary. In five years, we have made awards of $25,000 to support four Katherine Wilson Scholars.
Health Professions Faculty Gather to Discuss Patient Safety in Telluride, CO
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorFaculty leaders in patient safety gathered in July for the annual scientific roundtable on patient safety as part of Colorado’s Telluride Science Institute. Associate Dean Gwen Sherwood has been the nurse educator representative in this group for the past six years. This year, sponsored by a grant from AHRQ, 18 health professions students (nursing, medicine, law, health care administration and informatics) participated to co-create a health professions curriculum on open communication with patients and their families as part of providing quality safe care to reduce health care errors. Three students from our school of nursing, Lysandra Serrano (BSN), Rebecca Mooney (MSN) and Vanessa Rhodes (PhD) were awarded scholarships to participate. Continue reading for what the week long workshop meant to Rebecca Mooney with a photo of Serrano and Mooney with faculty Dr. Gwen Sherwood during a team building exercise to hike to Bear Creek Waterfall.
Rebecca Mooney, MSN student, adds her perspective to the Telluride experience:
“Spending a week in Telluride, Colorado was, for me, much more than just attending another conference; this experience is one that left with me an impression much greater than I ever expected to gain from any “vacation.” Being surrounded with healthcare providers with various backgrounds from all different walks of life, each having their own invigorating perspective, has opened up my eyes to new approaches to patient-centered care. Throughout the week, a common theme of discovering new approaches to providing safe, competent care continued to arise as we held group discussions. Much emphasis was placed on managing the growing complexity of healthcare by utilization of a teamwork approach which placed the patient and family members in the core of the team.
By the end of this experience, I realized the impact this week in Telluride had on my outlook on patient care. Passionate conversation sparked an exchange of ideas which challenged my current practices and motivated me to achieve higher standards. Being able to spend time with the survivors of serious medical errors was an experience that will forever impact my nursing care as the importance of using caution was gravely emphasized. Hearing their stories deeply touched my heart as I was almost able to share in their pain and I have carried that with me on the floors of my hospital from that day forward.”
Associate Dean Gwen Sherwood (center) with SON students
Cheryl Jones to Consult with UNC Hospitals on Nursing Research
Monday, August 9, 2010 — Oaxaca Cultural NavigatorWe are pleased share the news that Cheryl Jones was selected by UNC
Hospitals nursing administrators to provide consultation as it develops
its unit-based nursing research program. Cheryl will spend 20% effort
during the academic year and during summer months as a Faculty Program
Research Consultant. She will help assess the current state of nursing
research at UNC-H, and collaborate with the UNC-H Nursing Research
Council (NRC) and with the Director of Professional Development,
Practice and Research (Marilyn Morales) to identify needed resources
including content experts to support UNC-H nursing research. Cheryl
will serve as the liaison between the UNC-H nursing research program and
the SON to foster collaborative research, strengthen partnership efforts
between our organizations, and mentor and guide the UNC-H unit-based
research teams in the development of research projects.
Congratulations, Cheryl, for being asked to assume this consultant
position to help further nursing research at UNC-H and to strengthen the
research opportunities between our organizations!
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Alumni Day 2010
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