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Association Spotlight:Men in Nursingpage 5
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Caring Nursing Skills Develop in Newly Renovated Fortune Sim
Labwritten by rebecca whitesel
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4 NSO Minute to Win It | new student ori-entation took on a new
twist for this years incoming pre-licensure nursing students.
written by sarah greentree
Association Spotlight: Men in Nursing at IWU | male nurses are
increasing in number and impact, and the son is committed to their
success.written by dot clark-ott
In Memory: Connie Nave | son clinical instructor connie nave is
remembered. written by sarah greentree
IWU Cleveland Education Centers Reach Out to Nurses | iwu is
uniquely serving healthcare system needs in ohio. written by terry
gunter
From the Alumni Blog | alumna billy Jo Fritch is making a
difference in linton, indiana.
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Mustard-SeedNursing:Lessons from Haitiwritten by ryan mallo
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Multigenerational Nursing in Africaalesha wellings african
travels followed in her mothers and aunts footsteps. written by
sarah greentree
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In EveryIssueFrom the vps desk | pg. 3son around the world |
pgs. 10-13school of nursing news | pgs. 14-15
DNP Cohort Travels to Chinawritten by beth deKoninck
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Dr. Barbara Ihrke, PhD, RNVPAA, IWU School of Nursing
Are you puzzled about your purpose in life? Read Jeremiah 29:11:
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future (NIV).
Are you puzzled about further education? Enroll today in one of
our BSN, MSN, or DNP programs.
Are you puzzled about how to juggle family, school, church, and
life? Read Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to
him, and he will make your paths straight (NIV).
Are you puzzled about other languages, cultures, and people? Ask
us about global nursing experiences!
Are you puzzled about what is going on in the School of Nursing?
Read this magazine and your questions will be answered!
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Joni Eareckson Tada and I
took a quick selfie at the
Global Access 2015
Conference in February.
She told me, I am so
looking forward to coming
to IWU in the fall! (See
page 14 for details.)
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School of Nursing SPRING 2015
This year New Student Orientation (NSO) at Indiana Wesleyan
University was much different than what it has been in the past.
Instead of one busy weekend for orientation, the new students came
a week early and spent a whole week doing various NSO events. The
Division of Pre-licensure Nursing decided to make one of their
events a little more interesting.
Many people have seen the game show Minute to Win It. The
premise of the show is that there are various tasks that need to be
completed in one minute. These tasks can range from stacking golf
balls to pulling every single tissue out of a new box of tissues,
one at a time. This is what the students attending this
NSO event had to do. As seen in the pictures, the various
faculty and staff of the Division of Pre-licensure Nursing split up
into teams, coordinating with colored bandanas, to compete against
each other in these games. The premise of this time was to get
students to bond with other incoming nursing students to make the
transition to college life just a little bit easier. +
WIN ITTONSO
MINUTE
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written by Dot Clark-Ott, PhD, RN
Association Spotlight: Men in Nursing at IWU
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported in 2011
that 11.4% of baccalaureate nursing students were men, while the
National League for Nursing reported the number at 14% in 2012.
Although the numbers of men in nursing have increased consistently,
the pace has been slow. Indiana Wesleyan University men in nursing
have played a part in this increase on multiple levels.
First and foremost, men have chosen to enroll in IWU School of
Nursing programs in increasing numbers, due in part to the image
IWU presents as a wel-coming place for men to study nursing. From
their first campus visit tour of the Fortune Patient Care Skills
Lab, potential young men in nursing observe and hear from other
young male nursing student tour guides that both men and women have
important roles in nursing. Faculty advisors support this
realization through individualized attention and personal
interactions with both potential and registered nursing students.
Once en-rolled at IWU, students are mentored and supported in
professional development through frequent faculty contact, as well
as interaction with student-led organiza-tions such as IWU Men in
Nursing, the Student Nurse Association, and Nurses Christian
Fellowship.
Another significant way that IWU men in nursing have helped to
increase the number of men in nursing is through their willingness
to mentor other nursing students, especially young men. The greater
the number of men who are inter-ested in serving as adjunct faculty
or clin-ical mentors for students, the more other students, nurses,
and educators are able to recognize the distinctive strengths that
men bring to their nursing practices. Rob Dawson, DNP; Craig Peel,
MSN; Corey Sizelove, MSN; Scott Showen, BSN; and Dustin Diller, MSN
are some of the most recent examples of IWU men in nursing who
enjoy interacting with students and/or serving in faculty
roles.
Focusing on Pre-licensure Nursing
A third important way that IWU men in nursing have impacted the
number of men in nursing is through their personal recommendations
of nursing as a great career option to their friends, families, and
patients. According to Okrainec (1996), more men than women would
choose nursing as a career again or rec-ommend it as a career for
men. Roth and Coleman (2008) found that men per-ceived their
nursing careers to be better than anticipated. Dr. Dot Clark-Ott,
the faculty advisor for IWU Men in Nursing, recently completed
doctoral research about what helps men succeed during nursing
education. Her research, which includ-ed many respondents from
among IWU Men in Nursing alumni, indicated that 80% of survey
participants described their level of nursing success as a 9 or 10
on a scale of 1 through 10. Some students even rated it as an
11.
So what is IWU SON doing to help men succeed in the challenging
and exciting field of nursing? A multifaceted approach is required.
The ef-forts include helping students to visualize themselves as
practicing nurses, while expanding their knowledge and skills
through exciting opportunities. A transcultural adventure may be
just the ticket for a young man to comprehend how his future as a
nurse can help to change the world. Other stu-dents may respond to
an exciting simula-tion, such as the realistic combat medical
training scenario that Prof. Dustin Diller and a group of male
students attended last year at Camp Atterbury Indiana National
Guard facility.
iWu Men in nursing alumni have a history of
involvement that echoes their commitment to be
world-changers for Christ.
Alumni who participated in Dr. Clark-Otts study will not be
surprised to learn that male nursing students who devel-oped
personal connections with faculty and who maintained a long-range
view of their individual goals as nurses consid-ered themselves to
be the most successful in their nursing careers. Their perception
of success was strengthened by achieving an MSN and having
sufficient income. Alumni who are interested in learning more about
the results of Dr. Clark-Otts research should email her directly at
[email protected].
One idea that IWU Men in Nursing is currently considering is
hosting a tri-weekly mentoring, service, or social event targeted
primarily to men in nursing. A second idea is developing an online
mentoring program, similar to what has been initiated by the
American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN). A third proposal is
the establishment of a recognized chapter of AAMN at IWU to provide
better resources and structuring for the existent organization. If
you are a male IWU student or alumnus in nursing with interest in
helping to implement any of these options, please contact Dr. Rob
Dawson ([email protected]) or Dr. Dot Clark-Ott. IWU men in
nursing are changing the world! +
Corey Sizelove, MSN is a member of IWU Men in Nursing. Hes
pic-tured here on a transcultural trip to Haiti with the School of
Nursing.
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Connie NaveConnie Ladea Nave was more than just another employee
at Indiana Wesleyan; she was a friend.
Connie was employed by IWU for seven years, and she worked at
Marion General Hospital for 20 years. Connie touched countless
lives as a clinical instructor for the School of Nursing. Connie
was known for her servant heart, as she also served as an active
member of Pioneer Faith Evangelical Church, where she taught
chil-drens Sunday School and Kids Club. Her countless hours
encouraging, pushing, and praying for her students has been greatly
appreciated by her former students. Even while she was sick, her
determination and strong faith were an example to all who came in
contact with her. Connie was not simply just an instructor or
co-worker, but she was a friend to all. Connie will be greatly
missed by both her IWU family and her Marion General Hospital
family. +
written by Sarah Greentree
December 18, 1954 - December 22, 2014In Memory
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written by Terry Gunter, EdD
IWU Cleveland Education Centers Reach Out to Nurses
Did you know that Cleveland, Ohio, is home to three large,
nationally ranked healthcare systems? The Cleveland Clinic Health
System, University Hospitals, and MetroHealth all make their home
in the thriving metropolis on the lake! These three healthcare
systems employ over 7,000 registered nurses caring for patients who
fill over 3,300 hospital beds on a daily basis. Healthcare
professionals at these three systems treated over 7 million
patients in 2013. Some notable personalities treated at one of
these three healthcare giants include Bob Dole, Scott Hamilton,
Jack Nicklaus, Rick Pittino, Liza Minelli, Oprah Winfrey, Robin
Williams, and Christopher Reeve.
IWU is doing its part to help the nurses at these facilities
achieve their degrees and continue their professional development.
IWU is one of only a few regionally accredited institutions in the
area that offer a nursing program that is at least par-tially
onsite. Consequently, many nurses are choosing IWU to complete
their BSN through the RNBS program offered onsite at both the
Cleveland Education Center (Independence, OH) and the Cleveland
East Education Center (Mayfield Heights, OH). This is even more
critical as these healthcare systems seek to achieve and/or
maintain Magnet status!
The IWU staff in Cleveland is also working with these healthcare
systems to provide continuing education to nursing professionals.
Full-time nursing instructor Liz Wright and Dr. Terry Gunter,
Regional Dean, are seeking to build relationships within these
systems and with professional nursing organizations in the area to
determine training needs and to develop IWU faculty-led workshops
and seminars to meet those needs. This will not only help the
professional development of nurses in the Cleveland metropolitan
area, but will also increase awareness of the quality programs
offered through IWU at its Cleveland Education Centers.
Be watching for more news from IWU Cleveland! We are committed
to serving our nurses who will then go forward and change the world
(at least the world here in northeast Ohio)! +
IWU is one of only a few regionally accredited institutions in
the area that offer a nursing
program that is at least partially onsite.
Connie Nave
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Caring Nursing Skills Develop in Newly Renovated Fortune Sim
Lab
written by Rebecca Whiteselphotos by Jer Nelsen
Everything students need to learn hands-on nursing skills is at
their fingertips in the Fortune Simulation Lab. Located on the
first floor of Burns Hall of Science and Nursing, the simulation
lab complements Indiana Wesley-an University School of Nursings
modernized curriculum in preparing nurses for healthcare delivery
in the twen-ty-first century.
Burns Hall was built in 1969 for pre-licensure nurse edu-cation,
and its space more than doubled in 2000. Even so, SON classes and
offices were scattered among four differ-ent buildings across the
Marion campus prior to the halls recent renovation. Completed in
the fall of 2014, this renovation was part of the Ott Hall of
Sciences and Nurs-ing building project. Again space doubledfrom
6,000 to 12,000 square feet. The building now connects to Ott Hall
by a three-story atrium.
All nursing students use the lab for various clinical hours and
training. That is approximately 400 students, ranging from
traditional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing to
Doctorate of Nursing Practice students.
Moving nursing faculty offices from the lab area to the fifth
floor of Ott Hall allowed dedicated space for gradu-ate nursing in
Burns Hall. Prior to the renovation, they didnt have a presence on
campus because we didnt have the space, explained Wanda Lewis, MSN,
RN, director of Fortune Simulation Lab. While most DNP students
work is online, three onsite residencies are required during their
program. This gives them a home to come to, not just a random
classroom, Lewis noted. There are current-ly 44 Doctor of Nursing
Practice students in four different cohorts. The first DNP cohort
started in January 2013 and will graduate this April.
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Some have said, You could be a real hospital.
Across the hall from the DNP room, also in remodeled space, is a
new skills conference room, which is largely used for orientation
and debriefing. A class will meet in this room to watch faculty
demonstrate a procedure, then students split into groups to
practice their skills in lab rooms. Simulations are replayed in the
conference room to debrief students on their progress.
Exam rooms for physical assessment courses increased from nine
to twelve as lab space increased. Sophomore nursing students are
required to take NUR260 Physical Assessment. They must recruit a
friend and give the person a thorough head-to-toe physical exam as
part of the class. Three observation rooms with one-way mirrors
enable instructors to see and re-cord simulation sessions. Wearing
headphones, an instructor can interact with students in the exam
rooms. Sixteen views are displayed at once in the EMS Control Room,
which features a stellar audiovisual system.
Thirty-three headwall units are the hallmark of the patient care
simulation lab. Some have said, You could be a real hospital, but
it is not staffed 24/7, and all patient care activities are
simulat-ed, Lewis said with a chuckle. But here is where students
practice clinical skills and critical thinking. Their patients are
high-, medium- and low-fidelity patient simulators, amazingly
realistic men, women, and baby manikins with life-like anatomy and
clinical functionality. De-pending on the model, they demonstrate
vital signs, display symptoms of illness, or talk; one even gives
birth! Students also learn how to give medications and keep
records.
We change what we do in here every week, Lewis said. Sim lab
secretary Marlene Overmyer keeps track of the schedule and
equipment.
Lewis supervises Overmyer and a staff of ten registered nurses,
in addition to teaching several classes. I like to be hands-on with
the students and see the light bulbs coming on We are just really
thrilled with our space; we use every inch of it! she exclaimed.
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written by Ryan Mallo, DNP, FNP-C, RN
Mustard-Seed Nursing
As one of the newest faculty members in the Graduate Division of
the School of Nursing, I felt it a great honor to be selected as a
faculty member to lead five of our Graduate Nursing students as we
traveled to La Gonave, Haiti, last fall. I spent many weeks working
with our students and other seasoned faculty prepar-ing for medical
and nursing lectures for the staff at the local hospital and
nursing school.
There are several areas of family practice of which God has
granted me an in-depth knowledge, and there are a number that He
has not. I remember even as a new graduate, sitting for my RN
boards, whispering a quick prayer before taking the exam, Lord,
please help me as I take this test, and please dont allow me to
have many OB or psych questions. The first question on my board
exam was about how to care for a psychiatric condition in a
pregnant woman! So, imagine my surprise when I was asked to help
improve care for the pregnant women in a third-world country! My
prayers have changed since the days of RN boards, and I simply
whispered, Alright, Lord! Please guide me in what it is you would
have me do to help these Hai-tian men and women as they provide
care to pregnant women.
In 2012 the Dean of the Wesleyan University of Haiti, an IWU
alum and current DNP student, received a re-port highlighting the
maternal/fetal practices on the island of La Gonave, and she
prayed, Lord, what is it you would have me to do with this
information? On an island that is 36 miles long with terrain so
rough that, in some instances, it takes about one hour to travel
one mile, how could one person possibly tackle the education needs
of midwives on the entire island? She laid it before the Lord and
gave that information to Dr. Ihrke, the VP of Academic Affairs in
the School of Nursing, who proposed that this become an on-going
project for IWUs DNP students.
I was one of the faculty mentors for DNP 01, the first group to
help empower Haitian nurses and doctors to improve their perinatal
practices. DNP 01 interviewed four villages and sev-eral key
individuals within the healthcare system on the island of La
Gonave. Our students even had the high privilege of
Lessons from Haiti
talking with the Minister of Health on La Gonave. After several
evaluations of current healthcare practices, the team dissemi-nated
their findings to pass the torch to DNP 02 students, who traveled
to Haiti in February 2015. DNP 01 established an end goal to
develop a certificate of education for local lay midwives and
update their practices with more effective ones. Further, the team
identified the specific educational and clinical skills in which
local midwives would like more education and training.
God has opened my eyes to the practice of third-world
health-care and made me ever thankful for the resources that I
have
at my disposal stateside. In one rural village there is only one
local lay mid-wife; the village has approximately 200 people and
the village frequently floods to the point that all individuals
must leave. The midwife there has no resources at all. She has her
hands and the little training she received 20+ years ago. During an
interview she said, Ive delivered all of the peo-ple you see here
right now. She utiliz-es whatever twine, rope, or material she can
find to tie off the umbilical cord. These are Gods people we are
trying to partner with and empower
on the island of La Gonave.
For those who are able to afford the services of a midwife, are
identified as high-risk, and are able to make the journey to the
hospital, there is the opportunity to deliver with nursing and
medical staff. While I was working with the nurses and physi-cians,
God was stretching and growing me in both a profes-sional and
spiritual sense. I have not assisted in the delivery of a baby or
served as the primary care provider of a neonate since my training
in family practice several years ago.
Second Timothy 3:17, the person dedicated to God may be capable
and equipped for every good work (NET), could not be more
applicable while I stood in the operating theater awaiting the
OB/GYN to hand off the infant to me for initial
God hears our prayers long before we ask; He even far exceeds
our expectations.
We only need to have faith the size of a mustard seed.
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assessment. Assessment skills, textbook passages, and skills I
had learned from pediatricians several years prior came rushing
back at the moment they were needed.
God grew my faith as I looked around and saw harsh conditions. I
saw patients who by all accounts should not survive, given the lack
of resources to treat the illness and medical conditions that the
medical and nursing staff encounter. Despite all of the
aforementioned, I was seeing miracle after miracle; one night I
shared with the students a devotional about how God knows our needs
long before we even ask. Look it up, in Isaiah 65:24: Before they
even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I
will hear (NIV).
Early one morning, there was a knock on the door. At the door
were missionar-ies with a little Haitian baby. Can you help her?
Something is wrong with her arm, they said. I stated I was more
than happy to look at it. As they undressed her, a weeping
ulceration that was raw and tender was revealed. I admit my mind
started racing: Im in a foreign country with little-to-no resources
and no real clue what I may be up against. The mother stated the
sore began two days ago, and I honestly had never seen such a rapid
onset ulceration; not being from the country, I wasnt sure what the
common microbes were in that region. Further, I wasnt even sure
what RXs were most effective against those microbes or if they were
available. Id been in the pharmacy earlier; resources were scarce.
The missionary MD had gone to the mainland for the day, and I
couldnt ask those simple, but necessary questions: What are the
main microbes here, and what RXs are most effective? I prayed,
Lord, please help guide my thoughts and plan of care for this
patient. From the motherwith very broken English and the help of a
translatorI received a brief history and went to our very limited
arsenal. One of our students had brought with her a new tube of
Bactroban, and pathophysiology kicked back in from undergraduate
and graduate schools
over ten years ago. Staph is the most prevalent microbe on our
skin. I gently washed the area and then showed the mother how to
use the medicine. I re-ceived notice from the missionary three days
later that the lesion had healed. God is good! I had no idea that
ten or so years ago, He would be equipping me for work on a mission
field. Its a blessing to me to see how God will use and honor hours
of endless studying when you may think, When in the world will I
ever use this...?
God was not only prevalent in the healing of patients, but in
helping to orchestrate a move to a much-needed new hospital
facility! While our DNP 01 team was on the island, the new hospital
received the gift of a generator from the government, and a skilled
electrician serving there was willing to help hook it up. Money was
donated to help buy wire to hook up the generator, and an order was
sent to the mainland for 145 feet of aluminum wire. Somewhere in
transla-tion that was lost, and what came over from the mainland
was 40 feet of copper wire. Copper wire is actually better than
aluminum, but it costs three times the amount, and all the funds
were used up in the purchase of the 40 feet. The problem: there was
not enough wire to hook up the generator, and with no generator,
the medical staff could not occupy the new building. After some
frustration and tears, the staff went about their week. While
working on another project, a tradesman moved a tarp to look for a
tool in an old shed. Guess what he found? Over 100 feet of the same
exact gauge copper wire that was sent from the mainland! This
high-
er-gauge copper wiring equated to the ability to not only hook
up the generator for the hospital, but to load the mission and
nursing school onto the generator as well.
God hears our prayers long before we ask; He even far exceeds
our expecta-tions. We only need to have faith the size of a mustard
seed. Faith is not a substitute for hard work and thorough
preparation; it goes hand-in-hand with hard work and preparation.
Faith is knowing that God will honor endless hours of studying and
help you remem-ber the minute details of that studying ten years
later in a third-world country. It is not only knowing that God
will supply the tools you need to complete the task at hand, but
also knowing that He has already supplied those tools. You need
only to be still.
P.S.: Go and look under that old tarp in the shedthe tool may be
right there while youre sitting there stewing about your lack of
resources. +
Ryan Mallo, DNP, FNP-C, RN holds a newborn after initial
assess-ment on a fall 2014 trip to Haiti.
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DNP Cohort Travels to Chinawritten by Beth DeKoninck, DNP,
APRN-BC, NP-C
In October I traveled with Dr. Terry Neal to Shenyang, China, as
she led the first DNP cohort on their global healthcare trip. This
cohort had the unique challenge of identifying initial project
partnerships with both Shenyang Medical University and HImage
Clinic for future DNP cohorts. These amazing students spent a
significant amount of time listening to both organiza-tions and
identified twelve projects. A few of these will be completed by
this initial cohort, but most are long-term and will provide a
fertile ground for partnership in years to come.
The DNP students gave several lectures at Shenyang Medical
University and HImage Clinic, most on very short notice. Dr. Neal
and I knew this would happen as we had experienced it ourselves on
previous trips and breathed a sigh of relief that we had students
with us for these impromptu lectures. We greatly enjoyed listen-ing
to their lectures/demonstrations as we watched the Chinese students
interact.
While we all had busy days working, we also enjoyed the
opportunity to experience China by touring some local historical
sites, and our students positively impacted the Shenyang economy
with their shopping spree. One of the more notable experiences of
the trip is always the food. Our hosts made sure we had three meals
per day, and I believe we all found one or two favorites among the
many dishes presented to us. We had the opportunity to burn off
some of those calories by exercising with a group of people in a
park near our hotel, and it was a wonderful experience for all. Of
course, just climbing the Great Wall had to make up for all of the
calories taken in during the previous days.
Dr. Neal and I enjoyed the opportunity to visit with col-leagues
from previous trips and practice our hello and thank you in
Chinese. There are many more wonderful memories to share, but for
now you will have to visit with us personally or attend our DNP
residency to hear more.
May the Lord continue to bless the work and relationships with
our friends across the world. +
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Multigenerational Nursing in Africa
written by Sarah Greentree
Transcultural Nursing, as a nursing requirement, began in 1975
at Indiana Wesleyan University, making IWU the first school to
institute such a requirement. The class is designed to give
students experience in working with other cultures. Since then,
nursing students have travelled all over the world to obtain their
transcultural nursing credit. For one particular family, several
members have decided to go to Africa to get their credit.
In the senior year of her nursing program in 1989, Shellee
(Kuhn) Welling went to Sierra Leone with Dr. Lois Ellis and three
other students, one of them her twin sister, Sharee (Kuhn) Strand.
They went to Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital, where they worked to gain
more nurse clinical experience and got the opportunity to
experience what was to them a whole new culture. We had
opportuni-ties to work in the hospital wards, the clinic,
laboratory, and pharmacy. We gave many vaccines, worked with the TB
patients, and assisted in the operating rooms and in
the delivery of many babies, says Shellee. I believe IWU gave me
the most well-round-ed, God-centered edu-cation, [which] I could
not have gotten at any other university.
Shellees sister, Sharee, agrees. Nursing gives us the unique
oppor-tunity to minister to many different people in different
cultures. I am thankful for this and the opportunity IWU gave me 26
years ago. The blessing of seeing God provide
the funds, traveling mercies, safety, protection, and the people
we were able to help, was a testament to when we
I remember going through my moms
photo album of her trip when I was a young girl
and saying to myself, I want to go there.
are willing, God will make a way! I believe our faith is carried
out in helping other people, especially those in their most
desperate time, and nursing has given me this opportunity.
Now, 26 years later, Shellees daughter, Alesha Welling, has
traveled to Zambia, Africa, with IWU for her transcultural nursing
experience. Since I was a young girl I have always been interested
in doing missions and nursing. Zambia was one of the main reasons
why I chose Indiana Wesleyan University, says Alesha. I have heard
many exciting stories of my mom and aunts experiences in Africa. I
also remem-ber going through my moms photo album of her trip when I
was a young girl and saying to myself, I want to go there. Hearing
their stories and seeing the pictures sparked my interest and
fueled this desire to go to Africa. +
The Kuhn sisters, Shellee (above top) and Sharee (above bottom),
studied nurs-ing in Africa in the 1980s with IWU; Shellees
daughter, Alesha Welling (below left), traveled to Zambia with IWU
in 2014.
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Publications + Presentations
+ Meg Barnes, msn, rn wrote chapter 15, care of the patient with
an immune disorder, in Adult Health Nursing (pp. 737-750). she also
wrote chap-ter 32, health promotion and care of the older adult, in
Foundations in Nursing (pp. 1068-1110).
+ Rosemary Fromer, phd, rn, cne presented theory-driven
integrative/process evaluation of a concept-based curriculum at the
national league for nursing 2014 education summit.
+ Barbara Ihrke, phd, rn presented cross-cultur-al nursing
assessment and nursing and mis-sions at the 2014 global missions
health confer-ence in louisville, Kentucky.
+ Rhonda Oldham, dnp, rn presented using in-tegrative research
review (irr) process to impact health care delivery at the seventh
national dnp conference in nashville, tennessee.
+ Lee Ann Hawkins, phd, rn co-authored testing a novel pictorial
medication sheet to improve ad-herence in veterans with heart
Failure and cogni-tive impairment in Heart & Lung.
Upcoming Events + Upcoming Events + Upcoming Events + Upcoming
Events
2015 Graduation Datesapril 25, 2015august 8, 2015december 19,
2015
Zambia Study Abroadnursing students will be travelling to Zambia
in fall 2015. please keep them in your prayers.
Hope in the Midst of Suffering: Christ Church Communityoctober
16-17, 2015, in marion, indiana
this event is co-spon-sored by the school of nursing and Joni
and FriendsJoni Eareckson Tada will be on campus for this
conference.
Health and Human Trafficking Conferencemay 20-21, 2015, at
indi-ana wesleyan university, marion campus
For information and registration, visit www.indwes.edu/hhtc
Homecomingoctober 2-4, 2015
celebrating 40 years of nursing education at iwu
special events will be planned and celebratedstay tuned. check
out the school of nursing Face-book page at
facebook.com/iwusofn
We see patients from all agesfrom birth through the lifespan.
Patients are treated
with high quality, personalized care in a warm and
compassionate atmosphere.
The Greene County Health-Shakamak Clinic in Linton, Indiana, is
staffed by Board Certified Family Nurse Prac-titioner Billie Jo
Fritch, who attended Indiana Wesleyan University for her
masters-level nurse practitioner studies.
From the alumni blog
iwualumniblog.com
Find more online.
Read more about Billie Jos clinic workand about other IWU
alumnion the IWU Alumni Blog. +
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Achievements+ Deb Bohlender, phd, rn received her phd from
capella university this past october.
+ Dot Clark-Ott, phd, rn received her phd from indiana
university this past december.
helloNEW FACULTY + STAFF
+ Sandy Horton (Division of Graduate Nursing)
+ Tyra Ousley (Division of Graduate Nursing)
+ Lisa Wallace (Division of Graduate Nursing)
goodbyeYOULL BE MISSED!
+ Priscilla Coe, Program Assistant, Division of Graduate
Nursing
+ Joy Reed, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Division of
Pre-licensure Nursing
+ Allison Sabin, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Division of
Post-licensure Nursing
SCHOOL OF NURSING
+ Angela Bailey, msn, rn is pursuing a phd from capella
university.
+ Meg Barnes, msn, rn is part of the first cohort to attain a
dnp at indiana wesleyan university. she plans to graduate in
april.
+ Ruth Eby, msn, rnc is pursuing her dnp at purdue.
+ Shirlene Newbanks, msn, rn is pursuing her dnp at indi-ana
wesleyan university.
+ Deb Parker, msn, rn is pursuing her dnp at indiana wes-leyan
university.
+ Barbara Wise, phd(c), msn, rn is pursuing her phd from ohio
state university.
CORRECTION: The spring 2014 issue incorrectly listed Susan Bray,
DNP, RN as having her MSN. However, she completed her DNP at the
University of Alabama in De-cember 2013.
Doctorates in Progress
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