InsidetheSchoolJanuary2009

Inside the School of Nursing

January 2009 e-news

MESSAGE FROM DEAN SALMON

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Is it really possible that it is January already? Happy New Year to each of you and to those you love!

Although it’s a new year, we remain inextricably connected to all that has come before. Fortunately for all of us and for those we serve, the work of our faculty, staff and students over the past year has set the stage for a very productive and positive new year. I think you’ll enjoy reading examples of our work in this month’s newsletter.

While I believe we are very well positioned for this new year, I am also aware that this is a year in which we will be facing enormous challenges, with a great deal of uncertainty and very large budget problems. As each month unfolds, we will share how we are addressing these challenges and continue to convey our good news. And I do believe there will be good news, and that we will emerge from these challenging times a stronger and better school and community.

In the meantime, please enjoy this issue of the newsletter and celebrate the many, many good things in our school and in life! Thank you for being a part of our community, and all the best for this new year!

--Marla Salmon

PROFILES OF THE MONTH

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Read about an SoN faculty member being honored with the school’s 2009 Distinguished Researcher award for her commitment to research.

http://www.son.washington.edu/about/FacultyProfileoftheMonthJan2009.asp

Which SoN staff member is known to Derby Liberation Front fans as “Libby Raider”?

http://www.son.washington.edu/about/StaffProfileoftheMonthJan2009.asp

Each month, Inside the School features profiles of a staff member and a faculty member. Do you know someone who should be featured? Please e-mail us at nscomm@u.washington.edu.

ADVANCEMENT UPDATE

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Longtime School of Nursing supporters Ellery and Kirby Cramer have established a $50,000 endowed scholarship to support undergraduate nursing students who are Washington residents in financial need. The gift was made to mark the Cramers’ 50th wedding anniversary and in the name of Ellery’s father, Lyall S. Crary, who was both a doctor and a dentist in rural Montana. Ellery remembers that her father always said, “The nurses are the most important.”

Four faculty members and a UW staff member have established new fellowships or scholarships benefitting nursing students as part of the UW’s Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students. Each new $5,000 fellowship or scholarship qualifies for a $5,000 match by the UW:

CATHRYN BOOTH-LaFORCE, exec. assoc. dean and the Charles and Gerda Spence Endowed Professor in Nursing, established the Victoria S. Levin Memorial Endowed Fellowship Fund to support graduate work in infant mental health and development.

ELIZABETH BRIDGES, asst. prof., BNHS, established a new scholarship in honor of Sue Woods, assoc. dean for academic services, to support students studying critical care.

BARBARA COCHRANE, the de Tornyay Term Professor for Healthy Aging, created the de Tornyay Center Travel Scholarship to support undergraduate, graduate and professional nursing students who participate in aging-related presentations at regional or national professional conferences.

CAROL LANDIS, prof., BNHS, established a new fellowship in the name of her parents, Ivan and Erma M. Landis. This fellowship will support students studying biobehavioral health in the PhD program in nursing science.

KATHERINE MACDONALD, ’89 BSN, ’06 MN, is an RN in cardiac-thoracic surgery at the UW Medical Center. She established an endowed scholarship to support undergraduate students pursuing medical-surgical nursing.

SoN IN THE NEWS

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“UW med students prepare with cutting edge technology”

Seattle P-I, Jan. 5, 2009

Features BRENDA ZIERLER, assoc. prof., BNHS, and assoc. dean, TIER.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/394704_simulsurg05.html

“New books with Seattle-area ties”

Seattle Times, Dec. 29, 2008

Features “Nurse: A World of Care,” with senior editor Dean MARLA SALMON.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008567367_zboo29localbooks.html

“Balancing punishment, treatment when crimes are committed”

Seattle P-I, Dec. 28, 2008

Features DAVID LOVELL, research assoc. prof., PCH.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/393944_mental29.html

“UW health sciences schools receive more than $1 million for training in interprofessional communication”

UW Medicine online news, Dec. 19, 2008

Features BRENDA ZIERLER.

http://depts.washington.edu/mednews/uwmedonlinenews/12192008.html

“UW’s Zierler Named Executive Nurse Fellow”

Nurse.com, Dec. 8, 2008

Features BRENDA ZIERLER.

http://include.nurse.com/article/20081208/NW02/112080145

“Oliver Osborne, PhD, RN: Grandfather of AAPPN”

Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Dec. 7, 2008

Features OLIVER OSBORNE, professor emeritus; MARY TSCHUDIN, dean emeritus; and former faculty members MARILYN WHITLEY and LINN LARSON.

http://aappn.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/12/07/oliver-osburne-phd-rn-grandfather-of-aappn/

“Nurse: A World of Care” book review

Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept. 24, 2008

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/12/1468

HONORS & AWARDS

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A longtime SoN faculty member, a dean emeritus and two alumni are being honored as recipients of the SoN’s 2009 Nursing Leadership awards. They will receive their awards at the annual Nurses Recognition Banquet on May 7:

CINDY HECKER, ’80 BSN, chief nursing officer and senior associate administrator for patient care operations at Harborview Medical Center, received the Distinguished Alumni award.

CAROL LANDIS, prof., BNHS, has been awarded the school’s Distinguished Researcher award for her internationally recognized sleep research.

LESLIE ELDER, ’91 BSN, pulmonary nurse clinician and care coordinator in Seattle Children’s Division of Pulmonary Medicine, was honored with the Distinguished Practice award.

RHEBA DE TORNYAY, dean emeritus and SoN Advisory Board member, was recognized with the Outstanding Volunteer award.

For more information about the event and the award winners, visit: http://www.son.washington.edu/about/2009events.asp

Two SoN faculty members and an assistant dean of clinical nursing practice were among those honored at the annual March of Dimes Washington Nurse of the Year awards in December:

Distinguished Nurse of the Year: SUSAN HEATH, asst. dean of clinical nursing practice and Seattle Children’s senior vice president and chief nursing officer, took the top honor for her role in helping lead her hospital to elite magnet status.

Education: CONNIE HIRNLE, lecturer, BNHS, was honored for her contributions in education and professional development. She is also an education specialist at Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Research/Advancing the Profession: ELIZABETH BRIDGES, asst. prof., BNHS, was honored for helping advance research through her work in breaking down barriers that prevent nurses from engaging in research.

http://www.marchofdimes.com/washington/7399_48834.asp

NEW GRANT AWARDS

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JOACHIM VOSS, asst. prof., BNHS

Name: Mitochondrial Gene Expression Changes Related to a Symptom Cluster in Prostate Cancer

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

http://www.son.washington.edu/research/grants/ShowAbstract.asp?ProjectID=1300

BRENDA ZIERLER, assoc. prof., BNHS, and assoc. dean, TIER

Name: Interprofessional Team Training Toolkit

Sponsor: Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Abstract: http://www.son.washington.edu/research/grants/ShowAbstract.asp?ProjectID=1388

FACULTY

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NOEL CHRISMAN, prof., PCH, was the executive program chair for the 107th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Francisco in November. More than 6,000 people attended the five-day conference. In addition, Chrisman received the President's Award for his contributions to the association.

STUDENTS

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ALISON PLYE, clinical faculty member and a 2008 graduate of the Advanced Practice Community Health Systems program in PCH, presented her master's thesis at the 136th annual American Public Health Association meeting and exposition in October. Her oral presentation was titled: "American Indian and Alaska Native infant deaths in the Pacific Northwest: Identifying prevention areas using the Perinatal Periods of Risk Method (2000-2004)."

ACADEMIC SERVICES

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Admissions

Invitations for January interviews have been sent to 54 of 131 GEPN applicants. Application deadline for the BSN, MN, MS, DNP, PhD and Certificate programs is Jan. 15. Weekly application workshops in December were hosted by CAROLYN CHOW, director of admissions and multicultural student affairs, and CHRISTINE NOYES, DNP program coordinator.

2009 new student orientation will be held Sept. 28-29.

International Scholars

The school is hosting two newly arrived visiting scholars: HATSUMI KANZAKI from Japan’s University of Hyogo is hosted by HUONG NGUYEN, asst. prof., BNHS. She is here until March to pursue research interests in symptom management and health care informatics. CHAE WEON CHUNG from Korea’s Seoul National University is here for one year to pursue research interests in women’s health and couples experiencing breast cancer. She is hosted by FRAN LEWIS, the Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor, FCN, until June, and by SUSAN FLAGLER, assoc. prof., FCN, from July to December.

The school also is hosting two visiting graduate students: CHUTIMA MEECHAMNAN and DUANGJAI VATANASIN from Thailand’s Chiang Mai University will work with NOEL CHRISMAN, prof., PCH, and ELAINE ADAMS THOMPSON, the Sandra and Peter Dyer Term Professor in Nursing, PCH, respectively, until August.

Second-year BSN student CHELSEA WHITNEY has completed a three-week immersion experience in Kerala, India, at a nonprofit organization focused on the inclusive education of young children with disabilities, particularly cerebral palsy. Her experience was supported by a 2008 R. Hunter Simpson Global Service Learning Fellowship. Chelsea’s faculty sponsor was SUSANNA CUNNINGHAM, prof., BNHS.

CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION

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Jan. 29: The World of Diabetes Update 2009

http://www.uwcne.org/secure/display3.asp?SKU=09111-C

Feb. 11-April 16: Wound Management education program

http://www.uwcne.org/conf/PDFs/09170-SP.pdf

Feb. 12-13: Cardiovascular Care Update

http://www.uwcne.org/secure/display3.asp?SKU=09106-C

Feb. 27: Neuroscience Nursing Symposium 2009: Targeting the Central Nervous System

http://www.uwcne.org/secure/display3.asp?SKU=09108-C

For more information, please visit www.uwcne.org.

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