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ACADEMICS .................................................P. 4

RESEARCH....................................................P. 5

FACULTY & STAFF NEWS ..........................P. 6

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Thank you!The Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Multi-

cultural Student Nursing Association would like to thank

everyone in the College of Nursing for spreading the

love during the holiday peanut butter drive. We chal-

lenged faculty, staff and students to collect 300 jars and

we are thrilled to report that 329 jars were collected

and donated.

Food pantries struggle to keep this top source of

protein on their shelves, especially during the holiday

season. The College of Nursing is doing its part in keep-

ing this item stocked and

available to local individu-

als and families in need.

The peanut butter was

delivered to the shelves

of the Charleston Area

Senior Citizens Services on

Meeting Street in Charles-

ton, Ocean Grove United

Methodist Church Food

Program in Awendaw, and Midland Park Community

Ministries in North Charleston. Thank you again and

please continue spreading the love to all Lowcountry

food banks, who rely on the generosity of the individu-

als and communities in which they serve.

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DIVERSITY & INCLUSIONSPOTLIGHT

NEWS & NOTES

Winter Convocation | Dec. 10Convocation is the pinning ceremony for the students earning a BSN

and the hooding ceremony for the students earning an MSN, DNP, or

PhD degree. This year’s ceremony will be held Thursday, December 10 at

10 a.m. at the Charleston Music Hall located at 37 John Street. (Click here

for a diagram of the Music Hall.) Graduates will be seated on the first floor in

section A. The speaker will be Carolyn V. Donohue, MSN, vice president

of nursing and senior nurse executive at Roper Hospital.

Graduates will need to dress in a graduation gown and hood for

convocation. CON’s Student Services staff will be on hand to assist with

hood placement in the hall’s upstairs lobby. If weather permits, students

will line-up in alphabetical order outside the building and have a group

photo taken. Graduates are encouraged not to bring personal items, as

there is no way to secure them.

Caps and gowns have arrived for the December graduates and are

available for pick-up from the CON Student Services area on the second

floor. If you are unable to pick-up your gown from the CON building,

caps and gowns will be available at the convocation site. Graduates are

asked to arrive by 9 a.m. in order to be assisted with robing and lined-up

for the processional. Faculty should arrive by 9:30 a.m.

Car-pooling is advised as traffic and parking are always a challenge.

Dean Stuart gives keynote at Carter Center SymposiumOn November 12, Dean Gail Stuart was the keynote speaker at the 31st Annual Rosalyn

Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy where she showcased strategies to com-

bat behavioral health issues in today’s workforce. The two-day symposium discussed

several potential solutions to address the gaps in the behavioral health workforce that

have resulted from a surge in demand, along with the field’s shift toward integrated

care and population health.

In 1985, former first lady Rosalynn Carter initiated the annual Rosalynn Carter Sym-

posium on Mental Health Policy to bring together national leaders in mental health

to focus and coordinate their efforts on an issue of common concern. The symposia

have been a unique opportunity each year for this leadership to hear remarks from a variety of individuals with expertise on a

selected topic; discuss diverse viewpoints in an open forum; identify areas of consensus and potential collaborations as well as

points of divergence; and to recommend action steps for symposium participants to move an agenda forward.

Held each November, the symposia have examined such issues as mental illness and the elderly, child and adolescent illness,

family coping, financing mental health services and research, treating mental illness in the primary care setting, and stigma and

mental illness.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

CON HOLIDAY CLOSINGS

The College of Nursing will officially close at the end of business Tuesday, December 22

and will re-open Monday, January 4, 2016.

If you plan to take additional time off during this time, please get approval to do so

from your supervisor.

The way the state holidays fall this year, this will equate to four days of annual leave.

12/23: Annual Leave12/24: Holiday (Christmas Eve)

12/25: Holiday (Christmas Day) 12/2: Holiday (Day after Christmas)

12/29: Annual Leave12/30: Annual Leave12/31: Annual Leave

01/01: Holiday (New Year’s Day)

FRI

4Faculty & Staff Holiday LunchNoon | Drawing Room

D E C E M B E R

THU-FRI

10-11MUSC Board of Trustees MeetingColcock Hall

THU

10Winter Convocation10 a.m. | Charleston Music Hall

MON

18Martin Luther King, Jr. DayCON closed

WED

20

MON

25

J A N U A R YMON

4College OpenCON re-opens from holiday break

<< SAVE THE DATES >> FACULTY WORKSHOPS OFFERED IN 2016

Monday, February 1 | 1 - 3 p.m. | CON 202

Discussion about plagiarism with Tom Smith, PhD

Monday, February 29 | Noon - 4:30 p.m. | CON 202

QI Faculty Workshop with Marilyn Laken, PhD, RN, FAAN

Know someone looking to make a change?CURRENT FACULTY POSITIONS AVAILABLE

View the faculty openings listed below. Only online

applications will be accepted. Follow the application

guidelines on the listing in which you are interested.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled. All

inquiries are confidential and should be addressed to Dr.

Gayenell Magwood at [email protected].

INSTRUCTOR OR ABOVE - Certified NP in Family. This

position is a full-time tenure track faculty position in

the MSN/DNP primary care APRN program.

INSTRUCTOR OR ABOVE - Certified NP in Family. This

position is a full-time tenure track faculty position in

the MSN/DNP primary care APRN program.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - Director of Undergraduate

Programs. This position is a full-time tenure track faculty

position. The program director provides leadership in

assuring the quality of the undergraduate programs of

study: RN to BSN and accelerated BSN.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - This position is a full-time tenure

track faculty position in the PhD program and a mid-

career researcher who will continue their externally

funded research.

Staff Meeting9 a.m. | CON 202

Research For Lunch with Dr. Ron AciernoNoon | CON 513

OFFICE OF ACADEMICS

Student attends NCIN conferenceIn September, Tiffany Williams, DNP, APRN, CPNP-

PC, assistant professor, and Tiffani Smalls, ABSN

student, attended the Robert Wood Johnson Foun-

dation’s 8th Annual NCIN Program Liaisons’ Confer-

ence in Washington, DC.

This meeting convenes each year to engage

grantees from across the country to explore best

practices and new approaches to strengthen their

accelerated degree programs and increase the

pipeline of students traditionally underrepresented in

nursing. The conference was attended by represen-

tatives from 130 grant sites. In addition, each school

in the 2014-2015 cycle was able to invite one scholar

to the event and this year Smalls was selected.

According to Smalls, nursing leaders and scholars

from all over the country came together to share

ideas, network, and create new friendships.

“The New Careers In Nursing Summit was an

incredible honor to attend, Smalls said. “The summit

offered a unique opportunity to learn about how the

nursing profession is evolving with second-degree

nurses in the ranks. This meeting renewed my belief

in how much impact our profession has on our com-

munities.”

Smalls also had the opportunity to bond with

other amazingly talented nursing students and she

hopes to remain in contact with this strong network

of nursing colleagues.

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Project DIABETESIda Spruill, PhD, RN, FAAN, and the Project DIABETES team have been on

the move. Since October, the team has traveled around South Carolina

offering diabetes education sessions and sharing study results with project

stakeholders. Through a partnership with Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals,

the Project DIABETES team were able to provide free diabetes educa-

tion presentations

to communities in

Orangeburg, Dil-

lon, Allendale, and

Richland counties in

appreciation for their

participation in the

study.

Similar to the

diabetes education

sessions, the stake-

holders’ meetings

provided informa-

tion, resources, and

refreshments to com-

munity members in

Fairfield, Jasper, Greenville, and Edgefield counties, in addition to provid-

ing a summary of study results that allows participants to provide feedback

and guidance on next steps for the project from a community perspective.

While the education sessions and meetings are still underway in South

Carolina, the team also traveled to Bethesda, MD to attend the 7th Health

Literacy Annual Research Conference that was hosted by the Boston

University School of Medicine. The conference provided a forum in which

interdisciplinary heath literacy advocates and investigators discussed their

efforts and results, while raising the quality of health literacy research

globally.

In advance of its projected timeline, Project DIABETES has success-

fully accomplished its goal of completing an additional 200 surveys for a

total of 400 surveys. Grant closing activities will continue through January

2016.Tiffani Smalls was invited to attend the 8th Annual Grand Finale NCIN Summit held at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC, September 24-26, 2015.

TEAM PROJECT DIABETESLeft to right: Briana Davis, Mary Freeman, Ida J. Spruill, and April Stubbs

POSTER PRESENTATIONIda Spruill made a presentation about the success of Project DIABETES and presented a posted titled, “Development of an Instrument to Measure Diabetes Management, Spirituality, Cultural Beliefs, and Health Literacy (DCHLS).”

OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Funded projectsCongratulations to Deborah Williamson, DHA, MSN, CNM, for receiv-

ing funds from the Greenville Hospital System (The Duke Endowment)

for the PASOs project. PASOs, in its sixth year, provides culturally-

appropriate prevention services for South Carolina’s uninsured Latino

population, and creates an efficient continuity of care for this popula-

tion within health care systems.

Grants submittedINVESTIGATOR: Martha L. Sylvia, PhD, MBA, RN

SPONSOR: HRSA | Nursing Workforce Diversity Program

TITLE: Matrix Support to Promote Diversity in the Nursing Workforce: A Multisite

Collaborative

GOAL: To develop a strong and sustainable evidence based program to promote

diversity in undergraduate nursing programs by building an environment that addresses

barriers that prevent success for nursing students of diversity.

INVESTIGATOR: Gigi Smith, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC

SPONSOR: HRSA

TITLE: Nurse Faculty Loan Program

GOAL: To secure financial loan support for students enrolled in a PhD in nursing or

post-master’s DNP program in the College of Nursing.

INVESTIGATORS: Gail W. Stuart, PhD, RN, FAAN and Gigi Smith, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC

SPONSOR: Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence for the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar

Program

GOAL: To provide financial assistance, leadership development, and networking support

to expand the pipeline of future nurse faculty and advanced practice nurses.

INVESTIGATORS: Teresa J. Kelechi, PhD, RN, FAAN and Ron Acierno, PhD

SPONSOR: NIH / NINR

TITLE: Technology Enhanced Self-Management Interventions for Fatigue and Pain:

The Symptoms Self-Management Center

GOALS: To provide infrastructure and context for nurse scientists who will identify

groups of patients who are at risk for chronic disease symptom exacerbation in the

areas of fatigue and pain through cutting edge biomedical informatics. Also, the

project aims to develop effective, scalable and sustainable technology enhanced

self-management interventions that are accessible to these patients through iterative,

patient-centered design approaches, as well as to evaluate these in real world

community settings through established community partnerships interventions.

Hudson accepted into SCTR Early Career Scholars program

Congratulations to

Shannon Hudson,

PhD, RN, Alumnus

CCRN, for her

selection into the

2015-2016 SCTR

KL2 (K12) Multidis-

ciplinary Scholars Program in Clini-

cal & Translational Science. Only

one slot was available to an MUSC

junior faculty member or a senior

fellow with a doctoral degree. KL2

scholars must devote a minimum of

75 percent of full-time professional

effort toward the two-year project.

Hudson’s selected project, “A

Family-Centered Self-Management

Program for Young Children with

SCD,” aims to develop and conduct

feasibility testing on a multi-level

intervention for children with com-

plex chronic conditions (CCC) and

their families. She plans to apply the

knowledge and skills she receives

through this mentorship and training

by improving upon her intervention

research experience. She hopes this

preparation will lead her toward her

long-term goal of conducting large

intervention and implementation

studies to not only realize improved

health outcomes among children

with CCC, but also to become an

independent nurse investigator.

The goal of the SCTR KL2 pro-

gram is to foster the discipline of

clinical research and increase clini-

cal research capacity through the

training of junior faculty, bridging

clinical and translational research

training with research indepen-

dence. The program will provide

mentored, protected research ex-

periences to enhance the develop-

ment and retention of early career

investigators.

OFFICE OF RESEARCH

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“A well informed mind...is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice”

- Ann Radcliffe

Faculty winsJulie Barroso, PhD, ANP, RN, FAAN, has been

elected to the Board of Directors of LowCoun-

try AIDS Services (LAS). LAS has been serving

men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS

in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester coun-

ties for more than 20 years. LAS provides case

management, access to medical care, housing

assistance, financial assistance, nutritional assistance and legal

assistance along with an array of other supportive services to

hundreds in the Charleston area.

Publications & presentations> PUBLICATIONS

Graham, C. (PhD student), Atz, T. (2015) Baccalaureate minority

nursing students’ perceptions of high-fidelity simulation. Clinical

Simulation in Nursing, 11(11), 482-488.

Breymier, T.L., Rutherford-Hemming, T., Horsely, T. L., Atz, T., Smith, L. G., Badowski, D., Conner, K. (2015) Substitution with

simulation in pre-licensure nursing programs: A national survey.

Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 11(11), 472-478.

Barroso, J., Bengtson, A.M., Gaynes, B.N., McGuinness, T., Quin-

livan, E.B., Ogle, M., Heine, A., Thielman, N.M., Pence, B.W. (2015)

Improvements in depression and changes in fatigue: Results from

the SLAM DUNC depression treatment trial. AIDS and Behavior.

doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1242-4

> PRESENTATIONS

Stuart, G. W. (November 2015). Help Wanted: Reshaping the

Behavioral Workforce. 31st Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium

on Mental Health Policy, Atlanta, GA.

Garand, K., Hill, E., Pearson, W., Amella, E., Martin-Harris, B.

(November 2015) Swallowing and swallowing disorders in

children and adults. American Speech-Language-Hearing

Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

CON welcomes new staffJacKetta R. Cobbs has been hired as a program manager for

the WISSDOM Center, a multidisciplinary collaborative research

and training center funded by the American Heart Association.

Cobbs is a native of Charleston and a graduate of Florida A&M

University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chem-

istry and a master’s in public health. Cobbs joins the college

with research experience including basic science, community

outreach, military science, and clinical research. The WISS-

DOM Center brings together scientists from MUSC’s Nursing,

Regenerative Medicine and Neuroscience departments to

target black and white disparity in stroke recovery using novel

approaches to achieve a better understanding of stroke.

Sarah S. Gainey, MSW, LISW-CP(S), is a licensed independent

social worker/supervisor and has been working in the mental

health, addictions, and support services fields for more than 15

years in the Charleston area. She joins the college as a program

manager for the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to

Treatment (SBIRT) grant. This project’s aim is to improve and

enhance the training of health professions students (under-

graduate and graduate nursing students, as well as medical

students) to provide competent screening, brief intervention

and referral to treatment for persons who have or are at-risk

for substance use disorder.

Gainey received an undergraduate degree in psychology

from the College of Charleston and a master’s degree in social

work from the University of South Carolina. She is an active

member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers

(MINT) and has been trained to provide motivational interview-

ing training and supervision.

FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

Congratulations to Jessica

Williams. She and her husband,

Sean, welcomed their first child,

Eva Marie into the world on Nov.

7 weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces.

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Congratulations also are in

order to Dean Gail Stuart. On

Nov. 19, she welcomed her fifth

grandchild. Soren Klein Shah was

born in New York City weighing

8 pounds, 12 ounces. Soren is

the son of the dean’s daughter,

Elaine and son-in-law, Nirav.

Co

ngratulations

“I would just say over and over again, thank you.” - Ed LenahanEnjoy this special video message of thanks from a scholarship recipient.

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