The CON nection GAMECOCK News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF NURSING www.sc.edu/nursing www.facebook.com/USCNursing - LIKE US! Inside This Issue Students Corner .................. 2-3 Upcoming Events................3 Alumni & Development......4-5 Faculty & Staff Notes.........6-7 Viana McCown..................... 8 NO LIMITS............................ 9 SEPTEMBER 2014 Academic Year off to a Booming Start! We have officially welcomed the Class of 2018 to the College of Nursing. Along with our new freshmen, new upper division students, and new graduate students, our numbers are expanding and we are off to a booming start this academic year. In fact, we have the highest enrollment on record for the College of Nursing! On top of these achievements in recruitment of high quality students into our programs, we are enjoying momentous successes in the quality and excellence in our academic, practice, and research agendas. Our master’s and post-master’s enrollment continue to grow. However, our largest in- crease is in our doctoral programs – with 72 students currently enrolled in either the DNP or PhD programs. Our latest nurse practitioner board pass rates continue to ex- ceed national and state averages, and our graduates are highly preferred among state, regional, and national employers. We are holding our undergraduate recruits to a limited enrollment, due to clinical site availability and hospital based training requirements for the upper division. Despite this, the demand for our program, along with the admitting SAT and GPA scores, continues to rise with our national reputation by US News & World Report top ranking, excellent NCLEX pass rates, and nationally recognized faculty. I proudly share that the graduat- ing BSN class of 2014 have earned the accolades for the highest pass rate in the history of the expanded BSN program, with 96.6% pass rate. USC continues to graduate the largest number of BSN students in the state (230-240 per year), and have higher pass rates than comparator programs of this size (in the country). ese data speak volumes to our outstanding students, our faculty/staff, and our clinical partners—all of whom are invested in Carolina nurses’ success. You will be reading about our successes with research funding, and I want to particularly highlight Drs.’ Culley, Elk, and Adams with their recent NIH funding awards. Dr. Hein will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in October, and faculty and students are receiving notices on a daily basis about awards, newly accepted publications, podium, and poster presentations at national/international conferences. Our students are experiencing success with competitive scholarship funding, notable internships, and scholarly opportunities around the world. e Children and Family Health Care Center (our nurse managed primary care clinic) is at a high demand among families in the region and continues to grow. ere is no better place than the USC College of Nursing! I hope to see everyone at the 50th anniversary of the Viana MCown event on October 17th where we will celebrate our successes, embrace our history, and continue to envision our future! Jeannette O. Andrews PhD, RN, FAAN [email protected] Send Inquiries or Newsletter items to: Jan Johnson [email protected]
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The CONnectionGAMECOCK
News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF NURSING
www.sc.edu/nursingwww.facebook.com/USCNursing - LIKE US!
Inside This Issue
Students Corner..................2-3
Upcoming Events................3
Alumni & Development......4-5
Faculty & Staff Notes.........6-7
Viana McCown.....................8
NO LIMITS............................9
SEPTEMBER 2014
Academic Year off to a Booming Start!
We have officially welcomed the Class of 2018 to the College of Nursing. Along with our new freshmen, new upper division students, and new graduate students, our numbers are expanding and we are off to a booming start this academic year. In fact, we have the highest enrollment on record for the College of Nursing! On top of these achievements in recruitment of high quality students into our programs, we are enjoying momentous successes in the quality and excellence in our academic, practice, and research agendas.
Our master’s and post-master’s enrollment continue to grow. However, our largest in-crease is in our doctoral programs – with 72 students currently enrolled in either the DNP or PhD programs. Our latest nurse practitioner board pass rates continue to ex-ceed national and state averages, and our graduates are highly preferred among state, regional, and national employers. We are holding our undergraduate recruits to a limited enrollment, due to clinical site availability and hospital based training requirements for the upper division. Despite this, the demand for our program, along with the admitting SAT and GPA scores, continues to rise with our national reputation by US News & World Report top ranking, excellent NCLEX pass rates, and nationally recognized faculty. I proudly share that the graduat-ing BSN class of 2014 have earned the accolades for the highest pass rate in the history of the expanded BSN program, with 96.6% pass rate. USC continues to graduate the largest number of BSN students in the state (230-240 per year), and have higher pass rates than comparator programs of this size (in the country). These data speak volumes to our outstanding students, our faculty/staff, and our clinical partners—all of whom are invested in Carolina nurses’ success.
You will be reading about our successes with research funding, and I want to particularly highlight Drs.’ Culley, Elk, and Adams with their recent NIH funding awards. Dr. Hein will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in October, and faculty and students are receiving notices on a daily basis about awards, newly accepted publications, podium, and poster presentations at national/international conferences. Our students are experiencing success with competitive scholarship funding, notable internships, and scholarly opportunities around the world. The Children and Family Health Care Center (our nurse managed primary care clinic) is at a high demand among families in the region and continues to grow.
There is no better place than the USC College of Nursing! I hope to see everyone at the 50th anniversary of the Viana MCown event on October 17th where we will celebrate our successes, embrace our history, and continue to envision our future!
Jeannette O. Andrews PhD, RN, [email protected]
Send Inquiries or Newsletter items to:Jan [email protected]
Students Corner
PhD Student, Kay Law-rence, will receive the South Carolina Nurses Foundation Graduate Nurses Care Scholarship.
PhD Student, Eboni Harris, has been selected to receive the 2014-2015 Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future-AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar-ship.
Lancaster and Salkehatchie students on the steps of Mccutch-eon House (the original College of Nursing at USC) came to cam-pus as part of a summer bridge program to prepare them for upper division.
NCLEX Pass Rate Above Average
NCLEX scores for our May graduates are in and USC has a 96% pass rate - higher that the state and national averages. Special recognition to our faculty, staff, and administrators in the undergraduate program for their hard work and dedica-tion to our students’ success. USC has the largest BSN pro-gram in the state, and is a leader in producing high quality and competent nurses in our region and beyond.
Jordan Ferrugia spent two weeks in Costa Rica on a medical mission trip with the program International Service Learning.
She said, “It was such an unbelievable experi-ence that I will remember for the rest of my life. It was both rewarding and humbling to bring healthcare to those who need it most. I learned so much from the other doctors and nurses on my trip that I believe will help me greatly as I begin upper division this fall. Also on my jour-ney, I met a lot of upper division nurses from all over the country and am grateful to have made these friendships. It was a wonderful way to end my summer!”
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UPCOMING EVENTS
September 15th SNA Back To School Bash
September 26th – 28thParents Weekend
September 26th Commitment Ceremony
September 27th Cockaboose
October 3rd - 5th SNA State Convention
October 17th - 19th Homecoming Weekend
October 17th Viana McCown Lectureship
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October 18thHomecoming Game
October 23-24 Fall Break
Announcing New Graduate Program Options
• MSN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• Post – Masters Certificate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• MSN Health Systems Organizational Leadership
• DNP Nurse Executive Leadership
For more information contact Student Services Coordinator, Graduate Programs
Larialmy Allen at (803) [email protected]
Admission applications for Fall 2015 will be posted on http://gradschool.sc.edu/ by October 15, 2014 and will be due
March 1, 2015. All program curriculum information will be posted at that time.
Junior Nursing Students will be honored with a
Commitment to Caring Ceremony
Friday, September 26, 2014College of Nursing Auditorium 231
Reception and Simulation Lab Tours to follow CON 1st Floor Lobby
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Clinical attire requested (scrubs, lab coat)
RSVP by September 19th to Diane Scott at [email protected] or 777-3468
Join the SCRN
The South Carolina Rooster Nurses, USC’s chapter of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing was chartered in 2012 but saw a drop in membership the following year. This year, Mi-chael Pallon plans to help build up this organi-zation. While AAMN is an organization which advocates for the advancement of men in the nursing profession, membership to SCRN is not exclusive to male students. Pallon plans to make SCRN’s focus as an organization to bring nursing students out of the classroom and help them gain experience off campus. Any students that are in-terested in becoming a part of SCRN or would like more information can contact Michael at [email protected]
JOIN US! The College of
Nursing will host the Cockaboose at the September 27th
Home Football Game
(vs. Missouri Parents Weekend)
VITAL SIGNS....An Update from Alumni and Development
Former CON Faculty, Amy V. Cockcroft Fellow and alumna, Dr. Kara Jones Schubart, DNP, FNP (‘02), has been appointed the new FNP Program Co-ordinator at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing. The program is pending final approval from the Texas Board of Nursing with an estimated start date of Spring 2015.
Class of 1974 Alumni Committee
Welcome New Partnership Board Members
Karen Worthy CON Faculty
Jay HammPalmetto Health Richland
Lisa WilliamsUnited Health Care
Michael Pallon Student Representative
Brenda Bradley Nauful and Kathy Dorman Croswell, members of the Class of 1974 who also serve on the College of Nursing Partner-ship Board have convened a planning commit-tee composed of Joan Mims Creed and Medo-ra Jackson Johnson to plan the 40th reunion of their class. The committee plans to call, write and email all their classmates to encour-age attendance at the Viana McCown Lecture and annual Alumni Event on October 17th, 2014 at the Capstone Conference Center. The Committee is working on several activities and hopes everyone will come, share their stories about the College of Nursing during their time and also bring any historical memorabilia for the Celebration especially if anyone still has their student uniform, cap, cape, etc.
Special Alumni Reunions Classes of
196419741984 1989199420042009
will be held at the Viana McCown Lectureship and Alumni Day
October 17, 2014
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All Gifts and Pledges to support Nursing can be sent to:
USC College of Nursing1027 Barnwell StreetColumbia, 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.
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Jeannette Glenn, BSN (‘85) honored for dedication to McLeod hospital community.
Read the story here.
Dedicated nurse alumna, generous donor and special friend, Edna M Swartz-beck, BSN (‘63), MN (74) died on August 6, 2014.
Read her full obituary HERE.
Memorials may be made to the College of Nursing’s Edna M. Swartzbeck Schol-arship.
Faculty and Staff Notes
Grants Funded
Dr. Joan Culley, “Validating Triage for Chemical Mass Casualty Incidents - A First Step.” R01 grant from the Na-tional Institutes of Health.
Dr. Kathleen LaSala, “Accentuating the “I’s” and eliminating the “D’s”: Inducements and discourage-ments for students transitioning from Associate De-gree to Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs - A national review.” Sigma Theta Tau International/Chamberlain College of Nursing Education Research Grants.
Dr. Robin Matutina will receive a grant from the South Carolina Nurses Foundation to support her re-search into the experience of males engaged in tradi-tional BSN education programs. The funds are award-ed through their Ruth Nicholson Research Award.
Dr. Katheen Scharer has been appointed Distinguished Professor Emertia by the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Kathrene Berger has completed her post master’s Fam-ily Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP) certificate from Vanderbilt University.
Shelli Gibbs will receive a Scholarship from the South Caro-lina Nurses Foundation for her graduate studies.
Lydia Zager has been appointed the Director of the Amy V. Cockcroft Fellowship Program.
Ann Scott passed the Certified Nurse Educator Exam.
Gail Vereen is the new Academic Affairs System Manager for the Office of Academic Affairs.
Heidi Waltz is the new Student Services Manager for the Office of Academic Affairs.
Jessica McCormick, Executive Assistant to Dean Andrews, received her M.Ed. in Higher Education Business Administra-tion.
Vera Polyakova-Norwood, Director of Online Learning, is the CON Staff Member of the Year. Congratulations!
Dr. Ellen Adkins Dr. Sheryl Mitchell
Welcome New CON Faculty
Dr. Kathrene Berger Dr. Robin Estrada
Faculty PublicationsBrandon Bookstaver, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID), AAHIVE; Tisha M Felder, PhD, MSW; April M Quidley, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM; Kelly Ragucci, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CDE; Jean Nappi, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS (AQ-Cardiol-ogy); Heather M Draper, PharmD, BCPS. Pharmacy Resi-dents’ Barriers to Scholarly Pursuits, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.
Faculty PresentationsErin McKinney and Kimberly Glenn presented “Ad-dressing the Transition to Practice Gap with Simulation” at the Health Care Simulation South Carolina 3rd Annual Meeting on July 31st - August 1st in Charleston, SC.
Dr. DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias presented “Engag-ing Latinas in Community Asset Mapping in Rio Grande Valley Colonias for a Randomized Physical Activity Inter-vention,” at the National Conference on Engaging Patients, Families and Communities in all Phases of Translation Re-search to Improve Health on August 21 - 22, 2014.
Dr. Kathleen LaSala will present an abstract of her re-search, “Effectiveness of a Child’s Fable on the Cognition of Preschoolers When Used to Address Childhood Obesity,” at the SEC Symposium on September 22nd in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Amber Williams and Karen Worthy will present their abstract, “Effective leadership for BSN recruitment in rural communities,” at the Sigma Theta Tau International Leadership Connection 2014 on September 24-27 in In-dianapolis Indiana.
Dr. Robin Mautina will present her abstract, “Education-al Interventions for Middle School Students to Improve the Perception of Nursing as a Future Career Choice,” at the Sigma Theta Tau International Leadership Connection 2014 on September 24-27 in Indianapolis Indiana.
CON Faculty New AAN Member
NCSBN Releases Results of National Simulation Study
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) has released the findings of its award-winning research, “The NCSBN National Simulation Study: A Longi-tudinal, Randomized, Controlled Study Replacing Clinical Hours with Simulation in Prelicensure Nursing Education,” which concluded that substituting high quality simulation experiences for up to half of traditional clinical hours produces comparable end of program educational outcomes to those students whose experiences are mostly just traditional clinical hours and produces new graduates that are ready for clinical practice.
Read more HERE and HERE.
disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender (LGBT) persons. She investigates LGBT health disparities within a social justice and public policy para-digm. The goal of her research is to impact public policy thereby decreasing LGBT health disparities and victim-ization. Dr. Hein’s most recent research investigated the acceptability of various aspects of a support-group inter-vention in the LGBT community in South Carolina. Dr. Hein was invited to the White House by HHS Secretary Sebelius, for a briefing of 150 LGBT leaders on the Afford-able Care Act (ACA). She returned to the White House for a follow-up briefing on July 24th, 2014. Dr. Hein was the only attendee from South Carolina.
Dr. Hein is the fifth nurse to ever serve on the Board of Di-rectors of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality in its 30+ year history. During her tenure, the board of GLMA submitted amicus briefs influencing ap-pellate and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, regarding law and policy related to LGBT health. Dr. Hein co-led the effort that established the first Section within GLMA, as a home for LGBT nurses.
Read her full bio HERE.
On October 17th in Wash-ington, DC, Dr. Laura C. Hein will be inducted as a Fellow in the American Acad-emy of Nursing. Dr. Hein is a leading scholar on LGBT health in South Carolina, and is nationally and internation-ally recognized. Dr. Hein’s research focuses on health
Schedule of Events:
8:30 Registration
9:15 Welcome
9:30 Keynote Address
10:45 Break
11:00 Where were you? 70 Years of Alumni Stories 1944 - 2014
12:15 Lunch
Fashion Show: Miss McCown Presents Nursing Uniforms Over the Decades
1:15 Leadership and Challenges: Dean’s Panel Past to Present
2:15 Alumni Awards Ceremony
3:00 A Touch of Garnet & Black: Mix & Mingle at the College of Nursing
FRIDAY
October
17th
The Center for Nursing Leadership is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Successful completion of the program will award 3.5 contact hours.
Join us for the USC College of Nursing Homecoming
50th Anniversary of the Viana McCown Lectureship and Alumni Day
“Celebrating our Past, Shaping our Future”
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Capstone Conference Center
$75 general, $30 students
REGISTER HERE
For more information contact Courtney Jones 803-777-3039 [email protected]
Keynote SpeakerPhyllis Beck Kritek, RN, PhD, FAANConflict Engagement SpecialistSole Proprietor: “courage”Training, Facilitation, Consultation, Coaching, and Mediation
No Limits to our Teaching• First and largest BSN and nursing graduate programs in the state of SC • 95%-100% NCLEX and Nurse Practitioner Board Pass Rates, exceeding both state and national averages • New PhD student fellowships and stipends• National and Internationally recognized faculty• Online graduate programs ranked top in the country by US News and World Report
No Limits to our Innovation • State-of-the-art Client Simulation Lab providing revolutionizing and quality education to students• Cutting edge research in health care delivery, cancer survivorship, health promotion, and vulnerable populations• 4th DNP program in the country, now provided online• Center for Nursing Leadership is leading state-wide action coalitions responsive to the national Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
No Limits to our Caring • The College of Nursing’s Children and Family Healthcare Center is the only nurse managed medical home in South Carolina• Our dedicated expert clinical faculty provide comprehensive healthcare to all ages of an underserved population• Over 90 scholarships provided each year to our students, with the generosity from our alumni and donors• Well established partnerships with health systems and stakeholders across the state
No Limits to our Scholarship• National leaders in nursing research with 70% of our tenure track faculty having received NIH funding • Diverse portfolio of research funding from NCI, NINR, NHLBI, NLM, CDC, HRSA, Duke Foundation, & others• Two Research Centers: Healthcare Process and Redesign Center and Cancer Survivorship Center
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