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Teaming
Before sitting down to write this message, I spent some time
reflecting on our annual faculty-staff retreat (on Monday) as well
as our achievements for the past year. What resonated with me was
that the College of Nursing has one of the best teams that I have
had the pleasure working with in a very long time. Through-out the
year, testimonies by faculty and staff have highlighted our great
team, inclusivity, and camaraderie. Likewise, individuals and
groups outside of our College have been noticing our solid team,
healthy climate, and enhanced pro-ductivity for some time.
How did we do this? We have been intentional and focused, we
have prioritized our goals and values, we work at teamwork, and we
have likely transitioned to teaming. As our teams have coalesced
around a shared vision, our results have yielded higher levels of
quality products and outcomes. According to Harvard Professor Amy
Edmundson, teaming (e.g., a verb) is essential to an organiza-tions
ability to innovate, drive quality, and meet shared goals.
The College of Nursing intersects with two dynamic environments:
healthcare and higher education. Both environments demand even
greater levels of col-laboration and communication than ever
before. Teaming requires traditional teambuilding skills such as
trust, coordination, and collaboration. Yet as a verb, teaming
represents a dynamic activity and is largely determined by the
mindset and practices of teamwork. Fast moving and complex work
environments need people who know how to team, people who have the
skills and the flexibility to collaborate, and are able to move
quickly and proficiently with multiple projects to meet the common
goals and mission of the organization.
At our annual retreat, we wrapped up our day brainstorming bold
ideas for the future. As we gained consensus around some common
themes, one of our col-leagues called out, Lets just do it. We knew
just what that meant. By teaming, coalescing, and focusing, I am
convinced that our College of Nursing team can accomplish any goals
for which we strive.
Our best days are still ahead.
Jeannette O. Andrews PhD, RN, FAANDean &
[email protected]
The CONnectionGAMECOCK
News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF
NURSING
Inside This Issue
Alumni & Development...2-3 Students
Corner...............4-7
Faculty & Staff Notes......8-10
NO LIMITS.........................11
MAY 2016
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Ashley Sirianni, Dean Andrews and Michael Pallon at
Convocation.
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Students Corner
USCL held their annual Lamp Lighting Ceremony honoring their May
2016 BSN graduates.
Student Spotlight: Zachary Wilson, BSN Student Read it HERE.
SNA members delivered basic first aid to team members
participating in the Columbia Special Olympics.
Four lower division students enrolled in the study abroad trip
to Australia this summer spent time in the heart hospital gaining
expe-rience in the clinical setting prior to observing clinicals in
Australia. They were accompanied by Dr. Deb McQuilkin and mentored
by up-per division students.
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Congratulations to all of our CON Seniors who were recognized at
the USC Awards Day Ceremony:
Academic Excellence Award Chelsea E. Bullock Outstanding
Clinical Performance Award Inemesit Effiong Outstanding Community
Service Award Jamie L. Lawson Outstanding Leadership Award Ashlyn
R. Bassett Addelyn C. Dobson Laura Tobul
The Alpha Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society is pleased
to an-nounce the induction of 73 new members from the University of
South Carolina. Sigma Theta Tau is the second largest nursing
organization in the world with over 135,000 members. Membership is
by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students, who
demonstrate excellence in scholarship, and to nurse leaders
exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing.
Outstanding Service to the College of Nursing and/or the
University Award Lauren K. Yarberough Palmetto Gold Scholarship
Winner Margo E. Lawson Outstanding Senior Awards Inemesit Effiong
Jamie L. Lawson
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Convocation
College of Nursing Convocation was held Thursday, May 5th at the
Koger Center for the Arts. Faculty and staff gathered with family
and friends to honor the graduates.
View Photos HERE.
Stethoscope and Commitment Ceremony
Phd student, Pearman Haynes post-er Predictors of Group Climate
for African American Women with Breast Cancer won 2nd place in the
Minor-ity Health Research Student category at the SNRS 30th Annual
Conference.
PhD students, Chigozie Nkwon-ta, Deb Warren and Lisa Webb at USC
Graduate Student Day.
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College of Nursing represented at USC Discovery Day
Jenny BeecroftSyndey Elmore Georgia Heckel
Alexandra Nitsos Rowan Ooi
Michael Pallon Crystal Price
Lauren Yarberough
The SNA hosted a community health blood pressure and blood sugar
check station at the Irmo Fire Department.
USC Salkehatchie Graduation
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VITAL SIGNS....An Update from Alumni and Development
Director of Development, Monica Cromer, with husband Burke and
Kim and Gary Glenn cheered the baseball team to victory vs.
Tennessee. Go Gamecocks!
Michelle Logan-Owens, DHA, MN, BSN (94) was named one of AHAPAC
Most Valuable Pac Players at the American Hospital Association
Annual Meeting.
The Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Fellows Class of 2015-2016 has
established the Legacy Scholarship to be awarded to one nurse
leader in the 2017-2018 class. They have also challenged each
preceding class to offer a schol-arship in memory of Amy V.
Cockcrofts creative endeavor.
Zachary Kelly, RN, BSN (14), CCRN, TNCC of Palmetto Health
Tuomey received the 2016 I SEE YOU CARE Award.
Read more HERE.
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can be sent to:
USC College of Nursing
1027 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29208
Gift Processing
Checks Made Payable to the USC
Educational Foundation or at our
website http://giving.sc.edu
To learn how you can
make a difference at
USC College
of Nursing
contact
the Development Office
at 803-777-3468.
Save The Date October 7-8, 2016
Join us at the inaugural College of Nursing Alumni Weekend!
Events include: Viana McCown Lecture
Presentations of 2016 Alumni Awards Sigma Theta Tau
50th Aniversary Celebration AND MORE!
Congratulations to our Alumni 2016 Palmetto Gold Recipents
Crescent Healthcare: A comprehensive ap-proach to patient careby
Kayla Jebaily
Lindsey Howard, MSN (01) opens a practice in Florence
Read it here.
Benjamin Amberg, BSN (11) Kay Austin, BSN (91)
Kathrene Brendell, BSN (08), DNP (11) Algie Bryant, AS (69), BSN
(76), MSN (97)
Natasha Tiomia Davis, BSN (00) Kahlil Demonbreun, BSN (94), MSN
(98)
Francis Faulkner, AS (76) Patricia Heady, AS (75)
Elizabeth Jones, BSN (88) Maranda Knight, BSN (00) Ashley
Locklear, BSN (05)
My Nguyen, BSN (05) Ashley Ramsey, BSN (08)
Hope Stack, BSN (00) Rosemond Squirewell, BSN (91) Vanessa
Thompson, APN (10)
JoAnne Annell Ulmer, BSN (74), MSN (80)
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Faculty and Staff Notes
Palmetto Gold
The Palmetto Gold Gala was held April 16th at Columbia
Metro-politan Convention Center. Congratulations to our CON Faculty
Re-cipients, Kathrene Brendell, Beverly Baliko, DeAnne Messias and
to Margo Lawson BSN Student, Student Scholarship Recipient. We are
so proud of our Carolina Nurses! View photos HERE.
Dr. Ronit Elk has re-ceived an invitation from AAHPM President
Chris-tian Sinclair to serve on the 2017 AAHPM Annual As-sembly
Scientific SubCom-mittee.
CON faculty, Ann Scott, Leigh Pate and Courtney Catledge at USCL
Research and Productive Scholarship Day.
Kim Glenn has been awarded the title Clinical Professor
Emerita.
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Dr. Tena Hunt McKinney received the Universitys Clinical
Practice Teaching Award.
Presentations
Dr. Carolyn Harmon presented, Bridging Infor-matics into Nursing
Education, at the American Nursing Informatics Associations
national conference in San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Sheryl Mitchell and Dr. Tena McKinney pre-sented, NP Student
Board Failure Risk Assessment and Remediation Planning at the NONPF
Confer-ence in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Cristy DeGregory presented Apprecia-tive Inquiry Infused
Teaching for the 13th Annual Workshop for Nurse Aid Training
Coordinators and Instructors with the USC Arnold School of Public
Health Office for the Study of Aging.
Dr. Karen McDonnell presented, Testing a Brief, Clinically-based
Lung Cancer Screening Decision Aid, at the Annual Meeting of the
Society of Behav-ioral Medicine in Washington, DC.
Dr. Bernadine Pinto presented the poster, Seden-tary behavior,
fatigue and quality of life among breast cancer survivors, at the
Annual Meeting of the Soci-ety of Behavioral Medicine in
Washington, DC.
Dr. Abbas Tavakoli presented, Using GENMOD to Analyze Correlated
Data on Military Health Sys-tem Beneficiaries Receiving Inpatient
Behavioral Health Care in South Carolina Health Care Systems, at
the SAS Global Forum in Las Vegas, NV.
Dr. Stephanie Burgess presented, Sexual Trau-ma, at The Impact
of Trauma in the Health Care Setting: Effective Engagement with
Traumatized Per-sons, conference sponsored by Palmetto Health
Be-havioral Care.
Kate Chappell presented, Children and trauma, at The Impact of
Trauma in the Health Care Setting: Ef-fective Engagement with
Traumatized Persons, confer-ence sponsored by Palmetto Health
Behavioral Care.
Members of Dr. Joan Culleys research Team participated in the
state-wide Public Health Preparedness Drill titled Palmetto Shield
Full Scale Exercise to test Medical Countermeasures related to a
mass exposure of pneumonic plague. POD drive-through dispensing
sites were set-up across the state to distribute antibiotics to all
residents of each community. Dr. Jane Richter was assigned to the
Lancaster Health Department, Dr. Salva-tore DiNardi and Dr. Culley
were assigned to Edgefield Health Department. Dr. Culley
participated as a site evaluator.
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Grants Submitted Dr. Laura Hein, Community Em-powerment for
Transgender Health Equity, Robert Wood Johnson Foun-dation
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders 2016 Funding Agency: Rob-ert
Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Amber Williams, Creating a Culture of
Health Promoting Carbon Monoxide Safety & Awareness, Rob-ert
Wood Johnson Foundation Cul-ture of Health Leaders 2016 Funding
Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foun-dation
Grants funded
Dr. Ronit Elk, Culturally Tailored Conversations at EOL: What
African American Patients Want Physicians to Know, ASPIRE I, Track
2 from the USC Vice President for Research.
Nursing Naturals, Cheryl Nelson and Gail Vereen, had 2,120,576
steps over the 8 weeks of the Heart Beat Pedometer Challenge.
College of Nursing faculty and staff gathered at the Spigner
House to celebrate Ellen Syn-ovecs retirement.
Registered Nurses took part in a computer sim-ulated triage
exercise to provide data needed to validate a new triage algorithm
being developed by Dr. Joan Culleys research team. This exer-cise,
funded as part of a four year $2.5 million grant from the National
Institutes of Health/National Library will help to improve medical
response to chemical mass casualty incidents.
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award Sheryl Mitchell
Faculty Collegiality & Collaboration Award
Robin Estrada
Faculty Community Engagement Award
Amber Williams
Faculty Spirit Award Erin McKinney
Amy V. Cockcroft Fellow alum-na, Dr. Deborah Hopla, re-ceived a
National Health Policy Award from the National Orga-nization of
Nurse Practitioner Faculties.
Read more HERE.
Moving beyond cancer by Steven Powell
Theres nothing easy about surviving cancer, but hundreds of
thousands of people in the U.S. do it every year now. And when a
former patient is handed a cancer-free diagnosis, a question
doctors frequently hear is, What can I do now?
Read more HERE.
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Dr. Tisha Felder discusses her work on breastfeeding and breast
cancer prevention on WIS Awareness Mothers Day Special. Watch it
HERE.
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In the Rice Athletics Center
Kate Chappell and Heather Schneider received the Two Thumbs Up!
Award from the Office of Student Dis-ability Services at the Delta
Alpha Pi International Honor Society induction. Students with
disabilities nominate faculty and staff for this award based upon a
contribution that made a signifi-cant difference in their
experience at USC.
Jeanne Cavanaugh was the guest speaker at the Midlands Technical
College pinning ceremony for nursing graduates.
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