School of Nursing: Connections

Briefly

Ruth Craven

Leona Eggert

Lois Price-Spratlen

New Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

Three faculty members were inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in November.

Ruth Craven is assistant dean for educational outreach and a professor of biobehavioral nursing and health systems. A commissioner on the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation, Craven also has co-authored Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function. Under her leadership, Continuing Nursing Education at the University of Washington has evolved into the largest self-sustaining unit of its kind in the western U.S. She has obtained numerous educational grants for lifelong learning and has developed nationally recognized courses and the first certification exam for nurses in continuing education.

Lee Eggert, Spence Endowed Professor in psychosocial and community health, is internationally known for her work with adolescents and their families. She is co-author of Reconnecting Youth: A Peer Group Approach to Building Life Skills and author of Anger Management for Youth: Stemming Aggression and Violence. Eggert’s work has been recognized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the National Institute of Mental Health. It also was cited in the White House "1998 Report on School Safety" as a "model program" for school violence and drug abuse prevention.

Lois Price Spratlen was appointed University Ombudsman in 1988 and in 1998 became the first ombudsman from the University of Washington to receive the prestigious Outstanding Ombudsman of the Year award. She has served on the King County Board of Ethics since 1995 and has been its chair since 1997. A member of the psychosocial nursing faculty, she is also founder and chair of the Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization Endowment.

Dean Emeritus Sue Thomas Hegyvary has been named editor of Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, a research journal published by Sigma Theta Tau International’s Center Nursing Press.

Dean Emeritus Rheba de Tornyay has been named to the Harborview Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Cynthia Dougherty has been named Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Dougherty was recognized for her work with patients with advanced heart disease and sudden cardiac arrest.

Dr. Heather Young of ERACare was named "Nurse of the Year" by the King County Nurses Association. Young is also a research assistant professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems.

Doctoral student Jamie Goldstein-Shirley was awarded the prestigious Isabel Hampton Robb Memorial Scholarship in honor of her research on ethics and health care.

AACNP student Lynley Fow was awarded a 2-year fellowship by the American Cancer Society in a very competitive program based on the quality of the student and the school.

Doctoral student Deborah Phillips received the Nurses Scholarship and Fellowship Fund and the Evelyn J. Barclay Fund Scholarship from the Nurses Educational Fund. She was also awarded a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research for her study of gender socialization and preventing teen male violence.

Alix Livermont was awarded the National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association Merit Award from Honda of America.

Pat Blissitt was awarded a scholarship from the Association of Neuroscience Nurses.

Sylvia Pollack retired as student counselor in June after 30 years involvement with the School. A former faculty member, Pollock was dedicated to both quality research and quality learning experiences for nursing students.

Professor Emeritus Jeanne Quint Benoliel was Honorary Marshall at the 30th anniversary of the doctoral program at UCSF, where she was the first doctoral graduate.

Members and friends of the School of Nursing and the Center for Women’s Health participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure marathon. Proceeds from this annual Seattle event are used to advance breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment.

Dr. Frances Lewis, Soule Endowed Professor, presented the Bice Lectureship at the University of Virginia School of Nursing this fall. Lewis shared her knowledge of families dealing with cancer.

The new Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research edited by Ada Sue Hinshaw, Suzanne Feetham and Joan Shaver features contributions by a number of UW faculty, including Kris Swanson, Pamela Mitchell, Margaret Heitkemper, Nancy Woods, Marcia Killien, and Ellen Mitchell.

Ruth Rea has won the Best Emergency Nursing Research Award from the Micromedix/Emergency Nurses Association Foundation.

Elizabeth Thomas received the Colonel William Hall Award at the 1999 conference of the African-American Community Health Network and the National Medical Association, Washington State Chapter.

Dorene Pancerz was awarded the Valerie Weiss Memorial Scholarship by the King County Nurses Association. She was one of only two students in the nation to receive funding to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Dr. Sandra Eyres has been appointed acting chair of the Department of Family and Child Nursing. Previously director of the Office of Nursing Research and associate dean for academic Programs, Eyres has used her knowledge of teaching and student development to mentor many faculty in this area.

Betty Lucas was named 1999 Outstanding Dietician of the Year by the Washington State Dietetic Association.

Students Melissa Kreider, Britt Murphy, Carla Odiaga, Pam Talley and Robert Workman received SPARX awards (Students Providers Aspiring to Rural and Underserved Experiences) for their work in this area.

The Trustees of the Helen Fuld Health Trust have approved a one-year grant in the amount of $77,250 to pilot test a statewide Summer Leadership Institute for new BSN graduates. Dr. Sue Woods was principal investigator in obtaining the grant and Ruth Craven was co-investigator.

The Center for Women’s Health Research and the School of Nursing sponsored a three-day institute in June on "Women’s Health Research in the Next Millennium."

Dr. Shirley Murphy was selected as a Distinguished Writer by Sigma Theta Tau International.

Chong Porter is the new director of development for the School of Nursing. Watch for more details in the next issue of Connections.