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University of Alaska Anchorage
School of Nursing
ANNUAL REPORT
To the
ALASKA BOARD OF NURSING
June 2017 - May 2018
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Marianne Murray DNP, MSN, RN, CHSE
Director, School of Nursing
and
Maureen O’Malley, PhD, RN
Associate Director, School of Nursing
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Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... 1
Programs and Certificates ........................................................................................................... 1
Accreditation ............................................................................................................................... 1 Current Initiatives ....................................................................................................................... 2
Expansion of Health Programs. .............................................................................................. 2 Program Graduates...................................................................................................................... 2
The AAS Program................................................................................................................... 2
The BS program ...................................................................................................................... 3 The Graduate Program ............................................................................................................ 3
Health Industry Partners ............................................................................................................. 3
Collective Bargaining ................................................................................................................. 3 Challenges ................................................................................................................................... 3
Recruiting qualified nursing faculty ....................................................................................... 3 Finances .................................................................................................................................. 4 Strategic Pathways Initiative................................................................................................... 4
2. MISSION AND STRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 5
Mission, Vision and Core Values ............................................................................................... 5 Conceptual Framework ............................................................................................................... 5
Administrative Structure ............................................................................................................. 6 University Administration ...................................................................................................... 6 University of Alaska Anchorage ............................................................................................. 6
College of Health. ................................................................................................................... 6
SON Administration ............................................................................................................... 7 Support Personnel ................................................................................................................... 7 Community Advisory Board (CAB). ...................................................................................... 8
Student Nurses Association (SNA) ......................................................................................... 9 Special Projects within the School of Nursing ........................................................................... 9
Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives in Nursing (RRANN) Program ..................... 9 Tutoring Services. ................................................................................................................... 9 Area Health Education Center ................................................................................................ 9
3. ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAM............................................................... 10 Admissions ................................................................................................................................ 10
Delivery Methods...................................................................................................................... 11 Curriculum ................................................................................................................................ 11
LPN Option ........................................................................................................................... 11
Program Student Learning Outcomes ................................................................................... 11 Curriculum Update................................................................................................................ 12 Curricular Assessment .......................................................................................................... 13
Students ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Outcomes .............................................................................................................................. 14 Program Completion ............................................................................................................. 14 NCLEX-RN Pass Rates ........................................................................................................ 15
Job Placement ....................................................................................................................... 16 4. BACCALAUREATE NURSING PROGRAM ....................................................................... 17
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Prelicensure Option ................................................................................................................... 17
Curriculum ............................................................................................................................ 17 Curricular Assessment .......................................................................................................... 18
Upcoming initiative – transition to a four-semester program ............................................... 19 Students. ................................................................................................................................ 19 Diversity ................................................................................................................................ 19 Outcomes. ............................................................................................................................. 20 NCLEX-RN Pass Rates ........................................................................................................ 21
Job Placement. ...................................................................................................................... 22 Registered Nurse Option ........................................................................................................... 22
Overview ............................................................................................................................... 22 Program of Study .................................................................................................................. 23 Required Nursing Courses .................................................................................................... 24
Students ................................................................................................................................. 24 Student diversity ................................................................................................................... 25
Program completion .............................................................................................................. 25 5. GRADUATE PROGRAM ....................................................................................................... 27
Overview ................................................................................................................................... 27 Program Chair and Specialty Track Coordinators .................................................................... 28
Admissions ................................................................................................................................ 29 Curriculum Committee ............................................................................................................. 29
6. RESOURCES AND FACILITIES ........................................................................................... 36
Budget ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Industry Partner Contributions .................................................................................................. 36
Office, Laboratory and Classroom Space ................................................................................. 38 Common Areas - Shared Space ................................................................................................ 38
Library....................................................................................................................................... 39 7. FACULTY ................................................................................................................................ 40
Faculty Update .......................................................................................................................... 40 SON Shared Governance .......................................................................................................... 40 UAA SON Faculty and Student Contributions in the News ..................................................... 43
RRANN Nursing Camp ........................................................................................................ 43 BS Program Fairbanks Outreach .......................................................................................... 43
Open-Air Interpersonal Violence .......................................................................................... 44 Ketchikan Expansion ............................................................................................................ 44 Radio in Kodiak Highlights .................................................................................................. 45 COH Leadership - ASHNHA ............................................................................................... 45 Foot and Wound Care Clinic ................................................................................................ 45
Sitka Nursing Students .......................................................................................................... 46 RRANN Nursing Camp ........................................................................................................ 46
RRANN Program Featured ................................................................................................... 47 Frontiersman Highlights Expansion ..................................................................................... 47 Johnson & Johnson Features RRANN .................................................................................. 47 Dr. Burdette-Taylor to .......................................................................................................... 48 College of Health "Amazing Race" ...................................................................................... 48 Amazing Stories: Rachel Dunbar.......................................................................................... 49 SON Faculty and Students Present ....................................................................................... 49
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Melody Hoffman Receives Ann M. Voda Award ................................................................ 50
Shelly Burdette Taylor Accepted into ANPD ....................................................................... 50 Swear to Care Event.............................................................................................................. 50
Christine Michel and Sadie Anderson Present ...................................................................... 51 SON Faculty Present ............................................................................................................. 51 Sharyl Toscano Selected ....................................................................................................... 51 Elizabeth Predeger and Sharyl Toscano Present ................................................................... 51 Marianne Murray Selected .................................................................................................... 52
RRANN Teen Nursing Camp ............................................................................................... 52 8. Clinical Facilities ..................................................................................................................... 53 Appendix: Faculty Table............................................................................................................... 60
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UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE
SCHOOL OF NURSING
ANNUAL REPORT
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report documents the current state of programs and the activities of faculty, staff and students at the
University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) School of Nursing (SON). The report includes required
information as discussed in the Nursing Statutes and Regulations (12 AAC 44.140, May 2018). The
report discusses programs that prepare graduates for initial entry into nursing practice or for authorization
as an advanced nurse practitioner. We provide an update on curricula, faculty, enrollments and outcomes
of all programs, as well as the impact our graduates have in the State.
Programs and Certificates The UAA SON offers the following programs.
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Nursing
o AAS Prelicensure option
o AAS Licensed Practical Nurse option
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing Science
o BS Prelicensure option
o Registered Nurse to BS (RN to BS) option
Graduate programs
o Master of Science in Nursing Science, Family Nurse Practitioner Option
o Master of Science in Nursing Science, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Option
o Master of Science in Nursing Science, Leadership Option
Leadership in Education
Leadership in Administration
o Graduate Certificates
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMH-NP)
Nursing Education
o Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Science
Master of Science in Nursing Science to Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing
Science
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Science to Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing
Science - Implementation planned for Fall 2020
Accreditation The Master’s, Baccalaureate and Associate degree programs are accredited by the Accreditation
Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The last site visit occurred in February 2017, with the
award of full reaccreditation without stipulation. Nursing programs are accredited for eight years with the
next reaccreditation site visit scheduled in 2025.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is offered as a Master’s to DNP option. It is accredited
by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The initial accreditation visit occurred in
September 2016 with the award of accreditation without stipulation for a five-year period. The next
reaccreditation site visit will occur in Fall 2021, although this will likely occur earlier to coincide with the
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implementation of the BS to DNP program option. The CCNE site visitors require a visit of the first
cohort of a new program option.
Current Initiatives
Expansion of Health Programs. The Board of Regents for the University has tasked the Dean of the
College of Health (COH), Jeff Jessee, to spearhead an expansion of health programs. The goal is to
double the number of health graduates by 2025. The SON features prominently in this ambitious goal.
COH leaders are in the process of visiting community campus sites and local communities across the state
to understand the need for healthcare professionals to promote the health of Alaskans and to develop
optimal systems both in local communities and statewide.
The graduation of nursing students from rural communities increases the number of frontier nursing
generalist nurses who can seamlessly acclimate into our Alaskan rural healthcare infrastructure. Unlike
their urban nurse counterparts, who have specialized to meet personal or industry needs in a certain
specialty of patient population, these rural nursing graduates can seamlessly transition from beginning-of-
life to end-of-life care. They can flawlessly transition from evaluating a patient’s post-operative
progression, to applying electrocardiogram leads, to managing a patient with a possible myocardial
infarction.
Almost 85% of the graduates of all the UAA nursing programs stay and work in the community where
they were raised or where they were educated. It is vital for the SON to respond to the statewide health
workforce needs. This means that we must offer health programs, and nursing programs in particular,
throughout the state. The goal of the SON is not to saturate the clinical sites or the Alaskan nursing
market; rather, the goal is to educate enough Alaska nurses to meet industry needs and to positively
influence the health of Alaskans by graduating excellent novice nurses throughout the state.
Program Graduates
The AAS Program. Table 1.1 shows the graduates from the AAS program during this reporting
period.
Table 1.1
AAS graduates: Fall 2017 and Spring 2018
Term AAS Prelicensure AAS LPN Option Total
Fall 2017 55 6 61
Spring 2018 37 5 42
Total: 92 11 103
The Fall 2017 graduates include 30 graduates from Homer, Valdez, Ketchikan and Mat-Su.
The Spring 2018 graduates include 18 graduates from Kenai and Kodiak.
Table 1.2
BS graduates: Summer 2017, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018
Term Prelicensure RN to BS Total
Summer 2017 31 10 41
Fall 2017 38 0 38
Spring 2018 0
Anchorage 40 0 55
Fairbanks 15 0
Total 124 10 134
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The BS program. Table 1.2 shows the graduates from the BS program during this reporting period.
Spring 2018 represents increased numbers with the transition of Fairbanks from the AAS to the BS
program. Kodiak has also transitioned to the BS program with a capacity of admitting eight (8) students
every two years.
The Graduate Program. Table 1.3 shows the graduates of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in
Nursing Science and the Master of Science (MS) in Nursing Science. There are three program options in
the Master of Science program: Family Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner,
and Nursing Leadership (with two options, either Leadership in Education or Leadership in
Administration). One (1) individual completed a Graduate Certificate in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner (PMH-NP) and another completed a Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education.
Table 1.3
MS graduates: Summer 2017, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018
Term DNP* FNP PMH-NP PMH-NP
Cert Nursing
Educ
Cert
Total
Summer 2017 0 0 0 0 1 1
Fall 2017 0 0 4 0 0 4
Spring 2018 0 10 6 1 0 17
Total 0 10 10 1 1 22
*The first DNP cohort graduated in Spring 2016. The next cohort will not graduate until Fall 2018
Health Industry Partners The expansion of both enrollments and programs has been possible with generous support from UAA and
health care industry partners. Several healthcare agencies have supported expansion of the SON since the
original program expansion in 2002. The roster of agencies who have contributed to the SON includes:
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Regional Hospital, Bartlett Regional Hospital, Fairbanks
Memorial Hospital, Ketchikan General, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, Providence Health System,
South Peninsula Hospital, and Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. Currently the SON receives
support from Providence Health and Services Alaska, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and from Bartlett
Regional Hospital. While we lament the dwindling of the industry funds, we are grateful to all our
industry partners.
Collective Bargaining There have been two separate collective bargaining units for SON faculty, United Academics for upper
division faculty (Graduate and BS) and University of Alaska Federation of Teachers for lower division
faculty (AAS). This created difficulties for SON programs because we could not assign AAS faculty to
teach upper division courses, even though many were academically and experientially qualified. In 2018,
after a long process, United Academics became the single union representing SON faculty. We can now
assign faculty to teach based on their experience and education. Also, in the past year, the U.S. Supreme
Court decided that public employees cannot be required to contribute fees to unions.1 Represented faculty
now can opt out of union membership.
Challenges
Recruiting qualified nursing faculty. Recruitment continues to be a major challenge for the SON.
A scarcity of qualified faculty at the national level is the single most important factor limiting nursing
1 Wolf, R. & Korte, G. USA Today, 6/27/2018. Retrieved on 9/17/2018 from
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/27/supreme-court-deals-blow-public-employee-labor-
unions/590440002/
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enrollments2. As of this writing report date, we have openings for two (2) graduate faculty and five (5)
undergraduate faculty.
Finances. There are continued fiscal concerns. In fall 2017, the UA Board of Regents approved a 5%
increase to tuition for academic year 2019 and again for academic year 20203. There has been four
consecutive years of budget cuts that continue to create many challenges.4
Strategic Pathways Initiative. University of Alaska (UA) system President, Jim Johnsen, embarked
on a Strategic Pathways initiative with a focus on high demand work force needs. As a result, UAA
administration has focused efforts in nursing in the following four areas.
Nursing Education Pathway, streamline education pathway from RN to DNP;
Experiential Education, increase the number of clinical sites and simulation use;
Specialty Nursing, improve coordination and offerings of specialty certification courses and
improve communication regarding professional development opportunities for existing nurses;
and
Nursing faculty, increase faculty numbers, especially those from Alaska.
Strategies in each of these four areas emphasize the need for both additional assessment and resources to
be successful.
2American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2017). Nursing Faculty Shortage Fact Sheet. Retrieved on
9/18/2018 from https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Nursing-Faculty-Shortage 3 Granger, E. (2017). UA regents approve tuition hike, budget. Retrieved on 9//14/2018 from
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/ua-regents-approve-tuition-hike-budget/article_83941684-c5bc-
11e7-931b-7739b9df5827.html 4 The Capitol Report 2018. Baker, M. May 15, 2018. The Capitol Report: Adjournment Edition. Retrieved on
9/26/2018 from https://alaska.edu/state/report/
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2. MISSION AND STRUCTURE
There have not been any changes to the SON purpose, philosophy, objectives or conceptual framework.
This section provides background on the mission and values that provide a common foundation for all
nursing programs at all levels.
Mission, Vision and Core Values
The mission of the SON is to promote health and wellbeing of people and communities by
fostering excellence and innovation in nursing education, research and health care.
The mission statement represents the faculty vision of the collective effort and impact of the SON
programs. The mission guides the faculty in developing programs that provide students with the skills to
promote the health of Alaskans and to promote effective health care systems. As a partner in shaping
health care for Alaska, the School of Nursing educates students for current and future roles in local, state,
national and worldwide arenas. The School addresses the diverse and unique health care challenges across
the state by sharing expertise in education, service, policy and political arenas through innovative research
for the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge.
The vision of the SON is to be a leader in the transformation of nursing in Alaska dedicated to
improving local and global health outcomes.
The core values of the SON were developed by the faculty to convey the values that underlie their
approach to teaching and partnering with community clinical agencies. The core values are:
Excellence – We strive for the best, to continually improve ourselves and our endeavors.
Respect – We treat each person in a manner that recognizes their intrinsic value.
Integrity – We demonstrate unwavering honesty and decency as a human being.
Caring – We display kindness and concern for all, especially those in need.
Conceptual Framework The UAA SON has developed an organizing conceptual framework to serve as a model or map for
building the curricula. A group of faculty from the MS, BS and AAS programs considered many current
sources to discuss current initiatives and to formulate a single representative list of concepts that would be
broad and applicable to all programs. The following sources were considered:
Benner, P., Sutphen, M., Leonard, V., & Day, L. (2010). Educating nurses: A call for radical
transformation
National League for Nursing (NLN) Framework and Integrating Concepts
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Competencies
Institute of Medicine (2010). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials Series
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Core Competencies for Nurse
Practitioners
National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education ( NTF)
As a result of this process, the following unifying concepts have been developed:
Relationship-centered care includes patient advocacy and caring for all clients regardless of
where they receive health care. This is best accomplished as nurses communicate and collaborate
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interprofessionally within the broader healthcare community to form caring partnerships for the
benefit of society.
Clinical Reasoning is a practice-based form of reasoning that relies upon scientific and research-
based knowledge, the ability to discern the relevance of scientific and technical knowledge, and
the applicability of the information to a particular patient or clinical situation. Clinical reasoning
occurs within the context of relationships or situations involving patient, family, community, and
health care provider teams, and may encompass the patient's goals and preferences, concerns, co-
morbidities, and previous responses to interventions and therapies.
Inquiry is a process of continually augmenting knowledge through a commitment to seeking best
practices and optimal outcomes. We are committed to constantly questioning, appraising the
data/evidence, and incorporating clinical expertise and the patient/family values to solve
problems and to enhance patient care. Inquiry refers to exploring all aspects of the health care
domain to improve outcomes.
Quality includes the processes and outcomes designed to promote, achieve, and maintain
standards of excellence in nursing and health care. When quality of care is measured it is
compared to a ‘standard;’ quality addresses standards of “excellence” set by the profession and by
the health care system. We strive to be at the forefront in promoting, achieving, and maintaining
standards of excellence in nursing and health care.
Curricular initiatives are discussed in the chapter for each individual program.
Administrative Structure
University Administration. The University of Alaska (UA) statewide system provides support for all
university operations and helps enable each regional university to meet both the UA and the individual
institutional mission. In addition to providing system leadership, governance and strategic vision, UA
functions include compliance, accountability, coordination, service, management of external
relationships, and stewardship of shared strategic resources.
Per the Alaska Constitution, an eleven-member board of regents governs the system. The system
president, James Johnsen, serves as the board’s chief executive officer5. Chancellors for each of the
universities—UAA, UAF and UAS—report to the president.
University of Alaska Anchorage. There is a transition in the UAA chancellor’s office. Dr. Sam
Gingerich was appointed Interim Chancellor on July 1, 2017. Effective September 15, 2018, Dr. Cathy
Sandeen began her term as UAA Chancellor. Previously, Dr. Sandeen was the Chancellor of the
University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin–Extension. The UAA Interim Provost
is John Stalvey.
College of Health. The COH includes sixteen academic and research units:
School of Nursing,
Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce,
Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation,
School of Social Work,
Justice Center,
Department of Human Services,
Department of Health Sciences,
WWAMI School of Medical Education,
School of Allied Health,
5 University of Alaska website. Retrieved on 9/14/2018 from https://www.alaska.edu/alaska/about-ua/
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Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies,
Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center,
National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Elders,
Center for Human Development,
Physical Therapy Program.
In addition, the COH houses two partner programs:
Creighton University Occupational Therapy Program,
Idaho State University Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
Dean/Vice Provost Jeff Jessee administers the COH. He has over 35 years of experience in the Alaska
health care sector and was formerly the CEO of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. As Dean of
the College of Health, Dean Jessee works with our faculty and staff to promote academic and research
excellence on the UA system’s health campus. With our faculty, staff, and community partners, we are
collaborating on our five strategic priorities for the next five years:
1. Expanding and reinforcing the College of Health’s research capacity to address health challenges
in Alaska;
2. Developing and implementing comprehensive lifelong learning pathways that prepare students
for the future;
3. Efficiently and effectively utilizing our resources to prepare and maintain a workforce to meet the
future health and well being needs in Alaska;
4. Developing and optimizing our communication, structure, fiscal, and employee processes with
compliance reviews; and
5. Forging strong relationships, partnerships, and ties with our communities, businesses, schools and
people.
The COH Leadership team includes two Associate Deans, Andre Rosay and Kathy Craft, and the various
Directors of the academic and research units who work collaboratively to address the initiatives and
challenges within the college and in the State.
SON Administration. The Director of the SON is Dr. Marianne Murray. In 2016 she completed a
Doctor of Nursing Practice with a focus in educational leadership from American Sentinel University. In
2015 she achieved national recognition as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE). She has
many years of experience as a nurse, administrator and educator. In the past year she has visited all of the
SON sites throughout the state. She is active on the Nursing Education Advisory Committee (NEAC), a
group of nurse administrators throughout the State committed to nursing education. Dr. Murray has been
committed to listening to the communities throughout the State to insure the SON programs are best
meeting their needs.
Dr. Murray administers the SON programs with the assistance of Dr. Maureen O’Malley, Associate
Director, and Dr. Pamela Grogan, Associate Director of Academic Programs. There is a chair of each
program: Dr. Jill Janke is Graduate Program Chair. During the reporting period, Dr. Christine Michel
was the BS program chair. As of this writing, Dr. Michel has stepped down and Dr. Ron Lombard and
Professor Ammie Tremblay are the Co-chairs of the BS program. Professor Annette Rearden was the
acting chair of the AAS program. As of this writing, Professor Joseph Lefleur is the Chair of the AAS
program. The SON Organizational Chart is shown in Figure 2.1.
Support Personnel. Several managerial personnel support faculty and students to meet the mission of
the SON.
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Ms. Lynn Murphy is the Business Manager for the School of Nursing. She supervises 10 full-time
administrative staff positions. Additionally, she manages the school’s $8.2 million budget and
provides invaluable technical and administrative support to the Director and Associate Director.
The Coordinator of Student Affairs position is now vacant, with the responsibilities being
addressed by Mr. Tory Volden and Ms. Danielle Dixon, aided by an additional advisor, a
compliance manager, two program assistants, and a receptionist in the Student Affairs
department. The department staff oversee student advising, admissions, progression, compliance
with health/background requirements, and other student inquiries.
Ms. Annette Rearden serves as the Coordinator of the Recruitment and Retention of Alaska
Natives into Nursing (RRANN). RRANN continues to provide support to Alaska Native students
pursuing nursing degrees. Two student success facilitators are located on the Anchorage campus,
with two part-time facilitators located on campuses in Fairbanks and Bethel.
FIGURE 2.1
SCHOOL OF NURSING ORGANIZATIONAL CHART – October 2018
Community Advisory Board (CAB). The SON seeks representatives from clinical agencies and from
the public to advise the SON on the needs of the community. The CAB has also been instrumental in
advocating for the SON when they sense that funds or support are needed to meet the health needs of the
community. The group meets four times per year. The 2017/2018 members of the CAB are listed below.
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Loren Leman, Chair, Engineering Consultant and past State Senator & Lieutenant Governor
Vicki Halcro, Regional Brand Marketing Manager, Providence Health & Services;
Bob Urata, MD, Valley Medical Care in Juneau
Deb Hansen, RN, MS, NE-BC, CPHQ, Chief Nurse Executive Providence Alaska Medical Center
Sandra Haldane, Past Director, Maternal Child Health Service Line, Alaska Native Tribal Health
Consortium/Southcentral Foundation,
Stephanie Wrightsman-Birch, State Director of Maternal and Child Health
Rebekah Morisse, MPH, RN, BSN, Section Chief of Women’s, Children’s & Family Health,
Alaska Division of Public Health
Jyll Green, DNP, FNP, myHealth Clinic
Steve Patin, Senior Director, Business Transformation at Alaska Communications
Karrin Parker, Staff Development Nurse Consultant, State of Alaska Public Health
Student Nurses Association (SNA). The SON supports an active SNA. We are proud that the chapter is
engaged with the National Student Nurses Association. The SNA has been integral to providing CPR re-
certification for students in the SON. This group is also interested in promoting inter-cohort mentorship
activities. Officers of the Student Nurses Association included the following:
- President Elena Torbio, BS program
- Vice President Adam Womble, AAS program
- Secretary Rachel Rushing, AAS program
- Treasurer Naomi Williams, BS program
Special Projects within the School of Nursing Because special projects within the School of Nursing are either separate from instructional programs or
because they cross programs, they are included within this chapter of the report.
Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives in Nursing (RRANN) Program. The program was
designed to: (1) recruit Alaska Native/American Indian students to a nursing career and the UAA nursing
programs and (2) facilitate those students’ success in gaining access to the clinical nursing major and
successful completion of the program. Since its inception in August 1998, 271 Alaska Native or
American Indian students have graduated from one of the two prelicensure nursing programs. RRANN is
now primarily funded through UAA general funds.
Tutoring Services. Initiated with funding through the RRANN program, tutoring services are currently
offered for both prerequisite and nursing courses. Tutor services are coordinated by the RRANN Tutor
Coordinator. Peer student tutors must have passed the appropriate course with a B or higher. The current
Tutor Coordinator, Joel Manalo, is a baccalaureate nursing graduate and, as of August, 2014, is a nursing
instructor.
Area Health Education Center. In August 2005, an Area Health Education Center (AHEC) was funded
and established. The SON was the first school of nursing in the country to house an AHEC Program.
Currently centers are hosted at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation,
Providence Alaska Medical Center and Alaska Primary Care Association, Bristol Bay Area Health
Corporation, Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC) and Ilisagvik College. The AHEC program is
funded with a combination of State and Federal dollars.
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3. ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAM
The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) program offers two program options, a traditional four-
semester, two-year option and a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) three-semester option. Both program
options prepare students to be eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination – Registered
Nurse (NCLEX-RN). Now the AAS program is offered in 13 sites, with Petersburg the newest site. The
current sites and the hosting campus/facility are listed in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1
AAS program sites Anchorage (UAA) Bethel (Kuskokwim Campus, UAF)
Dillingham (Bristol Bay Campus, UAF) Homer (Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula
College, UAA)
Juneau (UAS) Soldotna/Kenai (Kenai River Campus, Kenai
Peninsula College, UAA)
Ketchikan (Ketchikan Campus, UAS) Kotzebue (Chukchi Campus, UAF)
Nome (Northwest Campus, UAF) Palmer/Wasilla (Matanuska-Susitna College, UAA)
Petersburg (Petersburg Medical Center, UAA) Sitka (UAS)
Valdez (Prince William Sound College, UAA)
Admissions The program follows an admission cycle that helps to manage the workload of program faculty and meet
the needs of communities throughout the State. The sites and the planned admission cycle through Spring
2020 are shown in Table 3.2.
Table 3.2
Admission cycles and program sites*
Fall 2018 Spring 2019 Annual
Capacity
Site Capacity Site Capacity
Anchorage 24 Anchorage 24
Kenai 10 Bethel 8
Mat-Su 10 Nome 4
Dillingham 6
Sitka 8
Total: 44 50 94
Fall 2019 Spring 2020
Site Capacity Site Capacity
Anchorage 24 Anchorage 24
Juneau 8 Homer 8
Petersburg 4 Ketchikan 12
Kotzebue 4
Mat-Su 8
Valdez 6
Total: 36 62 98
*There are an additional 16 seats per year for LPNs.
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The program has the capacity to accept 94 to 98 traditional four-semester students with up to 16
additional LPN students. The admission cycle reflects increases in Kenai, Mat-Su, and Ketchikan, the
incorporation of Petersburg, and the transition of both Fairbanks and Kodiak to the BS program. Smaller
sites do not always admit each annual cycle. They may need more time for a pool of qualified applicants
to be prepared.
Pilot Interview. Two community campuses have piloted a new admission process to include an
individual interview. Kenai and Ketchikan have added eight seats, two extra seats in Kenai and six
additional seats in Ketchikan. These seats were filled with eligible students that have gone through a new
admission interview in addition to meeting the established academic requirements. These eight students
will be monitored to assess the effectiveness of the interview at identifying applicants who will be
successful. The faculty and community have responded very favorably. The Admissions Committee will
vote on instituting this process for all applicants.
Admission preference is given to students who have already completed non-nursing course work. The
faculty find that reducing course load during the nursing course sequence promotes student success.
Delivery Methods The program is delivered as a hybrid program. The SON employs faculty throughout the State. There
will always be at least one faculty member employed at each site to oversee clinical instruction. While
most courses are delivered live online from Anchorage, as the program has matured and faculty at
distance sites have gained experience, more and more courses are being delivered from distance sites.
This means that many students will experience a mix of delivery methods, participating in classes via
videoconference, as well as sitting in the classroom with a face-to-face experience. It is still true that
students from the smaller sites will experience most of the theory classes via videoconference, although
many faculty are flipping the classrooms, providing taped lectures using the live videoconferences for
application activities.
Curriculum Graduates of the AAS program are prepared to use the nursing process to provide effective nursing
services to individuals receiving care in inpatient settings and in structured outpatient settings. The
academic program provides students with a mix of theory and clinical practice; students gain experience
in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and community agencies. The program is divided into four semesters
that include both clinical and theory courses. Although the program can theoretically be completed in four
academic semesters, completion within that time-frame is the exception. Faculty recommend that students
complete as many of the non-nursing courses as possible while waiting to begin nursing courses. This
approach helps to reduce attrition.
LPN Option. LPN students with a current unencumbered Alaska LPN license are eligible for the LPN
direct articulation option. This option enables the LPN to enter the program at the second semester,
directly into Adult Nursing I, NURS A125/NURS A125L. Upon successful completion of NURS
A125/L, the student will be granted UAA course credits for Nursing Fundamentals, NURS A120/L, for a
total of seven (7) credits.
Program Student Learning Outcomes. Students graduating with an AAS in Nursing will be able to:
Utilize critical thinking skills to assess and diagnose nursing needs and to prioritize, plan,
implement, and evaluate care for patients and their families in institutional and community-based
settings.
Effectively communicate verbally, in writing and electronically with health team members,
patients and their families.
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Plan, implement and evaluate care that is safe, evidence-based, caring, and developmentally and
culturally sensitive within ethical, legal and professional standards.
Coordinate care of small groups of patients in collaboration with other members of the health care
team.
Develop a plan for lifelong learning and continuing professional development.
The degree requirements for the traditional two year, four-semester option are shown in Table 3.3.
Table 3.3
Program requirements for AAS in Nursing: 2017-2018 Catalog
NOTE: This does not include the General Education Requirements
Curriculum Update. The faculty are working on improving the curriculum. The efforts of the faculty
are described below.
Clinical/skills lab time (NURS A120L and NURS A125L). Faculty plan to increase time in the
skills lab for first semester students (students enrolled in Nursing Fundamentals Laboratory,
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NURS A120L). The students will spend almost all of the clinical hours in the skills lab in their
first semester. In the second semester, when taking Adult Nursing I Laboratory (NURS A125L),
the students will have more clinical agency time. The course credits have remained the same.
The change to skills lab-only course will begin in NURS A120L in Spring 2018.
Advanced Parenteral Therapy Laboratory (NURS A221). The faculty plan to delete the
advanced lab course NURS A221. They plan to move those skills to earlier courses.
Three semesters of Medical Surgical courses. Currently there are two med-surg courses. The
faculty have noticed that clinical skills decline in the period between the second and fourth
semester when students are taking specialty courses (OB, Peds and Psych). The faculty plan to
offer three med-surg courses to keep the students engaged in med-surg throughout.
The LPN-AAS bridge course (NURS A127). Currently, the course is optional. It has been very
beneficial for those who take the course. It will become mandatory for all direct articulation
LPNs.
A capstone. Currently, the intensive clinical practicum (NURS A295) is optional. The course
will be deleted with its content merged with NURS A255 (Staff Nurse: Legal, Ethical, and
Organizational Issues). The plan is to use this time to create a capstone course.
In August 2018, an outside firm of curriculum experts reviewed the AAS Program curriculum and found
the coursework to be well aligned with the program student learning outcomes and representative of
current curricular trends.
Curricular Assessment. The faculty monitor both NCLEX pass rates, as well as student performance on
normed testing throughout the program. Normed test results compare the SON students both individually
and as a cohort group to national subject matter benchmarks. Currently, the faculty selected HESI as the
program for the standardized testing. The faculty assign tests throughout the curriculum and students earn
points toward their grade based on their score. Students earning low scores must perform remediation.
This provides an incentive for students to improve their readiness to graduate. The faculty increased the
HESI benchmark (from 850 to 950) in the interest of increasing rigor in the program.
Plans call for both SON undergraduate programs (AAS & BS) to switch to ATI for curricular assessment.
The transition plan is in process.
Students Current student enrollment is shown in Table 3.4.
Table 3.4
Student enrollment by semester
Course(s) Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Total
NURS A120 Anchorage 23 25 48
NURS A120 Outreach 24 37 61
NURS A125 Anchorage 33 32 65
NURS A125 Outreach 20 25 45
NURS A220 Anchorage 24 31 55
NURS A220 Outreach 18 20 38
NURS A222 Anchorage 25 30 55
NURS A222 Outreach 18 20 38
NURS A225 Anchorage 32 24 56
NURS A225 Outreach 30 18 48
NURS A250 Anchorage 31 24 55
NURS A250 Outreach 31 18 49
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The diversity of students who graduated during the reporting period is shown in Table 3.5. The table
shows the demographic factors selected by students on the university application.
Table 3.5
Student diversity by cohort
2017 Fall 2018 Spring
Graduates (n) 61 42
Diversity Categories
Asian 7 2
Native American 4 2
Hispanic/Latino 4 1
African American 2 4
Male 5 5
Diverse Graduates (n)* (In at least 1 diversity category)
18 13
Diverse Students (%)* (In at least 1 diversity category)
29.5% 31.0%
*Some students fell into more than one diversity category.
Outcomes. AAS program faculty track several outcomes as directed by both the ABON and the national
accreditor, ACEN.
Program Completion. Faculty have established a program completion benchmark; the faculty expect
that 80% of traditional four-semester students will complete the program in six semesters. Taking up to
six semesters to complete the program equates to 150% of the program length and this is the benchmark
suggested by ACEN. All cohorts admitted since fall 2014 met the 80% program completion benchmark.
Table 3.6 shows Prelicensure program completion data in the aggregate for this reporting period. Table
3.7 shows Traditional four-semester completion and Table 3.8 shows LPN three-semester completion.
Table 3.6
Program completion by start term cohort in the aggregate
Start Term End Term Students
(n)
4 Terms
On Time (n)
4 Terms On
Time (%)
Up to 6
Terms (n)
Up to 6 Terms
(%)
Fall 2014 Spring 2016 63 58 92.1% 62 98.4%
Spring 2015 Fall 2016 53 44 83.0% 49 92.5%
AY 2014/2015 116 102 87.9% 111 95.7%
Fall 2015 Spring 2017 66 55 83.3% 59 89.4%
Spring 2016 Fall 2017 64 55 85.9% 57 89.1%
AY 2015/2016 130 110 84.6% 116 89.2%
Fall 2016 Spring 2018 55 45 81.8% Awaiting data Awaiting data
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Table 3.7
Program completion traditional by start term cohort
Start Term End Term Students
(n)
4 Terms
On Time (n)
4 Terms On
Time (%)
Up to 6
Terms (n)
Up to 6
Terms (%)
Fall 2014 Spring 2016 56 52 92.9% 56 100.0%
Spring 2015 Fall 2016 47 38 80.9% 43 91.5%
AY 2014-2015 103 90 87.4% 99 96.1%
Fall 2015 Spring 2017 58 49 84.5% 53 91.4%
Spring 2016 Fall 2017 56 49 87.5% 50 89.2%
AY 2015/2016 114 98 86.0% 103 90.4%
Fall 2016 Spring 2018 44 36 81.8% Awaiting data Awaiting data
Table 3.8
Program completion LPN 3-terms by start term cohort
Start Term End Term Students
(n)
4 Terms
On Time (n)
4 Terms On
Time (%)
Up to 6
Terms (n)
Up to 6
Terms (%)
Fall 2014 Spring 2016 7 6 85.7% 6 85.7%
Spring 2015 Fall 2016 6 6 100.0% 6 100.0%
AY 2014-2015 13 12 92.3% 12 92.3%
Fall 2015 Spring 2017 8 6 75.0% 6 75.0%
Spring 2016 Fall 2017 8 6 75.0% 7 87.5%
AY 2015/2016 16 12 75% 13 81.3%
Fall 2016 Spring 2018 11 9 81.8% Awaiting data Awaiting data
NCLEX-RN Pass Rates. The ABON requires programs to report the year-end annual pass rate for first
time test-takers directly from the NCSBN report. See Table 3.9 for the cumulative annual pass rate of all
graduates who took the NCLEX in calendar years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Table 3.9
NCSBN cumulative annual pass rate
Year
Year-End Pass Rate*
First Attempt
N %
2016 100/114 87.7%
2017 94/109 86.2%
2018** 112/128 87.5% *NCSBN (Apr 2017-Mar 2018). NCLEX Program Reports.
**Data may be incomplete.
ACEN requires that programs report pass rates by cohort and by program option. This is a different
report than the NCSBN report of all graduates who took the test in a calendar year. Table 3.10 reflects
our best knowledge of student performance on the NCLEX by cohort for both Traditional and LPN
graduates. Tables 3.10 shows the NCLEX pass rates for Traditional four-semester graduates by cohort
and Table 3.11 shows the results for LPN three-semester graduates.
The NCSBN first time pass rates ranged from 86% to almost 88%, while the overall pass rate ranged from
89% to 98% considering the students who took the test more than once.
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Table 3.10
Three year summary of NCLEX pass rates by cohort for traditional
four-semester graduates
Start Term End Term Graduates Pass1X (n) Pass 1X (%)
Fall 2014 Spring 2016 58 49 84.5%
Spring 2015 Fall 2016 46 41 89.1%
AY 2014/2015 104 90 86.5%
Fall 2015 Spring 2017 70 65 92.9%
Spring 2016 Fall 2017 35* 31* 88.6%*
AY 2015/2016 105 96 91.4%
Fall 2016 Spring 2018 Awaiting data Awaiting data *Data is incomplete. The NCSBN report does not distinguish Traditional from LPN
graduates. We must wait for the next report of individual student performance.
Table 3.11
Three year summary of NCLEX pass rates by cohort for LPN three-semester
graduates
Start Term End Term Graduates Pass1X (n) Pass 1X (%)
Fall 2014 Spring 2016 3 2 66.7%
Spring 2015 Fall 2016 6 5 83.3%
AY 2014/2015 9 7 77.8%
Fall 2015 Spring 2017 9 9 100.0%
Spring 2016 Fall 2017 Awaiting data Awaiting data Awaiting data
AY 2015/2016 44 40 90.9%
Fall 2016 Spring 2018 Awaiting data Awaiting data Awaiting data *Data is incomplete. The NCSBN report does not distinguish Traditional students from
LPN students. We must wait for the next report of individual student performance.
The Spring 2016 LPN graduates showed a drop in pass rates (66.7%, although there were only 3
graduates). The faculty noted that an LPN program in place at the time was not adequately preparing their
graduates. The faculty created the LPN to AAS Nursing Bridge (NURS A127) that helps to prepare LPN
students to be successful and advise all LPN students to take this bridge course before coming into the
program. As has been previously mentioned, the faculty have raised the HESI benchmark to promote
remediation in the hopes of maintaining strong outcomes in both program completion rates and NCLEX
pass rates.
Job Placement. The faculty will gather job placement data in the current academic year.
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4. BACCALAUREATE NURSING PROGRAM
Prelicensure Option
The Prelicensure Option admits students once a year to fill seats for 120 students per year in Anchorage,
16 students per year in Fairbanks and 8 students beginning this fall 2018 in Kodiak. Currently, the
program uses three 14-week trimesters per year, with Anchorage students starting in either January, May
or September, while Fairbanks and Kodiak students start in September. Kodiak is transitioning from the
Associate program to the BS program and there are discussions to determine how often the students will
start at that site.
With these changes, the UAA nursing program continues to support the mandate to increase the numbers
of Baccalaureate-prepared registered nurses in Alaska. These efforts meet the Alaska need for qualified
nurses and are consistent with the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report (2010).
The report advocates increasing the proportion of nurses prepared with the baccalaureate degree to 80
percent by the year 2020.
Curriculum. The Prelicensure curriculum is a content-based curriculum. It facilitates graduates to meet
the following program student learning outcomes (PSLO).
1. Demonstrate critical thinking by making evidence-based nursing judgments through the use of
intellectual, interpersonal, and technical competencies to promote safe and effective client-
centered care.
2. Implement caring behaviors in the practice of professional nursing using established standards,
evidence based practice, and innovation to prevent illness and promote and restore health in order
to meet the changing needs of diverse individuals, families, groups, and communities.
3. Utilize principles of management and leadership to collaborate as a member of the
interprofessional care team by using a spirit of inquiry to direct clinical nursing practice.
4. Compare and contrast roles of the professional nurse in promoting optimal healthcare and policies
locally, nationally, and globally.
5. Develop an individual plan for ongoing professional development and professional identity.
Over the past year, faculty have been evaluating and revising the current curriculum. In the upcoming
academic year, the following changes will be implemented:
Foundations of Nursing I (NS A300) has been changed from 4 CR to 3 CR.
Foundations of Nursing II (NS A303 and A303L) (8 credits) has been split into two courses:
Foundations of Nursing Practice - Therapeutics (7.5 credits) and Foundations of Nursing Practice
- Health Assessment (NS A307 and A307L) (3 CR).
Nursing Therapeutics in Complex Health Disruptions (NS A406) has been changed from a 7-
week theory course to a 15-week theory course.
These changes will transfer health assessment content from the large NS A303/303L Foundations II
course into a separate NS A307/307L health assessment course, where the students needed more focused,
strengthened coverage of content and reinforcement of health assessment skills. The Complex Health
Disruptions (NS A406) course was expanded from seven (7) weeks to fifteen (15) weeks to provide a
more sustained focus on complex health conditions in preparation for practice and for the National
Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX).
The Prelicensure curriculum consists of five (5) trimesters, one (1) nonclinical trimester and four (4)
clinical trimesters, that allow nursing majors to complete the nursing courses in 20 months. Students are
enrolled continuously throughout the year, and all courses are offered each trimester. Table 4.1 shows
the current required nursing courses for the nursing science major for Prelicensure students. Students can
opt to delay admission, step out for a trimester or go part-time some trimesters.
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Table 4.1
Required nursing courses for the nursing science major
The faculty continue to work to revise the curriculum to align with the Baccalaureate Essentials of
Nursing Education, and the Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) competencies, as well as
ensuring that the program meets the diverse learning needs of students. Additionally, the curriculum has
been developed to assure that PSLOs are achieved, and that the program meets standards set forth by
accrediting bodies, the Accreditation Commission on Education in Nursing (ACEN) and the Alaska
Board of Nursing.
Curricular Assessment. To continually assess curriculum effectiveness, the faculty monitor both
NCLEX pass rates and student performance on normed testing throughout the program. Prelicensure
students sit for several nationally normed standardized tests throughout their course of study. These tests
compare the SON students both individually and as a cohort group to national subject matter benchmarks.
Currently, the faculty selected Kaplan as the program for the standardized testing. The tests cover a broad
range of topics: Pathophysiology, Nursing Fundamentals, Pharmacology, Physical Assessment, Medical-
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Surgical Nursing 1 & 2, Psych/Mental Health, Community Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Obstetric Nursing,
Critical Thinking, Management, and Exit.
Upcoming initiative – transition to a four-semester program. Future plans for the BS Program
include the need to develop a traditional four-year, 8-semester curriculum with discontinuation of the
trimester system (the last trimester offering is planned for summer 2021). The over-arching goals are to
continue to:
1. Increase the number of BS Program graduates in nursing.
2. Expand the BS Program to multiple distance sites across Alaska.
3. Increase access to the online RN-BS Program by offering courses more frequently.
In August, two nationally recognized nursing curricula experts came to UAA to provide guidance with the
curricular revision process and transition to semesters.
Students. Table 4.2 includes a summary of student enrollment from summer 2017, fall 2017, and spring
2018.
Table 4.2
Student enrollment by course in the prelicensure BS program option
Course(s) Summer 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Total
NS 204 39 55 40 134
NS 216 43 63 43 149
NS 300 39 55 40 134
NS 303/L 32 33 55 120
NS 309 32 33 55 120
NS 313/L 50 34 30 114
NS 315/L 49 33 31 113
NS 401/L 35 48 34 117
NS 406/L 41 50 34 125
NS 411/L 31 40 53 124
NS 415 32 37 51 120
NS 416/L 31 39 55 125 Shading represents cohorts of Anchorage and Fairbanks combined.
Diversity. A summary of student diversity from summer 2017, fall 2017, and spring 2018 in shown in
Table 4.3.
Of the 31 students who completed the BS Program in the summer 2017 trimester, 38.7% of the students
identified themselves as diverse students.
Of the 38 students who completed the BS Program in the fall 2017 trimester, 55.3% of the students
identified themselves as diverse students.
Of the 55 students who completed the BS Program in the spring 2018 trimester, 36.4% of the students
identified themselves as diverse students.
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Table 4.3
Prelicensure - diversity of students by cohort.
2017 Summer 2017 Fall 2018 Spring
Total Graduating Students 31 38 55
Diversity Categories
Asian 8 5 8
Native American 3 5 5
Hispanic/Latino 1 4 1
African American 0 1 2
Male 3 7 5
Total Diverse Students* (In at least 1 diversity category)
12 21 20
Percent Diverse Students* (In at least 1 diversity category)
38.7% 55.3% 36.4%
*Some students fell into more than one diversity category
Outcomes. The BS faculty have established a program completion benchmark; the faculty expect that
80% of Prelicensure students will complete the five-trimester nursing course sequence in seven trimesters.
Taking up to seven trimesters to complete the program equates to 140% of the program length and the
benchmark suggested by the national accreditor, ACEN is 150% All cohorts admitted since fall 2014
have met the 80% program completion benchmark. Table 4.4 shows Prelicensure program completion
data for this reporting period.
Table 4.4
Program completion by cohort - Aggregate
Start
Term
End
Term
Cohort
(n)
5 Terms
On Time
(n)
5 Terms
On Time
(%)
Up to 7
Terms
(n)
Up to 7
Terms
(%)
Fall
2014
Spring
2016 39 32 82.1% 37 94.9%
Spring
2015
Summer
2016 38 34 89.5% 36 94.7%
Summer
2015
Fall
2016 40 30 75.0% 33 82.5%
Total 2016 117 96 82.1% 106 90.6%
Fall
2015
Spring
2017 38 33 86.8% 37 97.4%
Spring
2016
Summer
2017 34 26 76.5% 31 91.2%
Summer
2016
Fall
2017 39 32 82.1% 39 100.0%
Total 2017 111 91 82.0% 108 97.3%
Fall
2016
Spring
2018 56 47 83.9%
Awaiting
data
Awaiting
data
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Although attrition by cohort varies, the data shows that the 80% benchmark was achieved for both 2016
graduates (M=90.6%) and 2017 graduates (M=97.3%). In addition to tracking program completion in the
aggregate, we also track by location. Tables 4.5 and 4.6 show program completion by location. Until
2016 the Prelicensure program was only delivered in Anchorage. Beginning in Fall 2016 the program
was delivered to Fairbanks. Because the students just graduated in Spring 2018, we only have on time
completion data. The data shows that the 80% benchmark was achieved for 2018 graduates in Anchorage
(82.5%) and Fairbanks (87.5%).
Table 4.5
Program completion rates by location - Anchorage
Start
Term
End
Term
Cohort
(n)
5 Terms
On Time
(n)
5 Terms
On Time
(%)
Up to 7
Terms
(n)
Up to 7
Terms
(%)
Fall 2016 Spring
2018 40 33 82.5%
Awaiting
data
Awaiting
data
Table 4.6
Program completion rates by location - Fairbanks
Start
Term
End
Term
Cohort
(n)
5 Terms
On Time
(n)
5 Terms
On Time
(%)
Up to 7
Terms
(%)
Up to 7
Terms
(%)
Fall 2016 Spring
2018 16 14 87.5%
Awaiting
data
Awaiting
data
There are multiple factors that contribute to attrition rates including academic, personal, financial, health
or a combination thereof. Attrition is mainly occurring in the first and second trimester. Academic issues
are more amenable to interventions by faculty and have greater impact than attrition due to non-academic
issues. Beginning in the fall 2018 trimester, Dr. Christine Michel, PhD, RN, has been appointed to the
role of Nursing Retention and Remediation Specialist. This role will be pivotal to improve student
retention and increase program completion rates. Dr. Michel will identify at-risk students, support
student success, and provide students with additional resources to help them succeed.
NCLEX-RN Pass Rates. The ABON requires programs to report the year-end annual pass rate for first
time test-takers directly from the NCSBN report. See Table 4.7 for the cumulative annual pass rate of all
graduates who took the NCLEX in calendar years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Table 4.7
NCSBN cumulative annual pass rate
Year
Year-End Pass Rate*
First Attempt
N %
2016 92/107 86.0%
2017 90/100 90.0%
2018** 97/108 89.8% *NCSBN (Apr 2017-Mar 2018). NCLEX Program Reports.
**Data may be incomplete.
ACEN requires that programs report pass rates by cohort and by location. This is a different report than
the NCSBN report of all graduates who took the test in a calendar year. Table 4.8 reflects our best
knowledge of individual student performance on the NCLEX. It is important to note that while the first-
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time pass rate is 90%, the overall pass rate of 2017 graduates was 98.0% considering the students who
took the test more than once.
Table 4.8
Three year summary of NCLEX pass rates – Anchorage*
Grad
Term Grads
NCLEX
Takers
Pass 1X
(n)
1X Pass
Rate
Annual
1X Pass
Rate
Pass
>1X (n)
Term Pass
Rate
Annual
Pass Rate
Spring
2015
38 35 32 91.4% 2 97.1%
Summer
2015
36 33 28 84.8% 87.6% 5 100.0% 99.0%
Fall
2015
30 29 25 86.2% 4 100.0%
Spring
2016
37 36 30 83.3% 3 91.7%
Summer
2016
35 32 30 93.8% 89.9% 1 96.9% 94.9%
Fall
2016
31 31 29 93.5% 1 96.8%
Spring
2017
33 33 30 90.9% 1 93.9%
Summer
2017
31 30 27 90.0% 89.1% 3 100.0% 98.0%
Fall
2017
39 38 33 86.8% 5 100.0%
* We have not yet received NCLEX results for the Fairbanks students, as the first BS cohort graduated in Spring 2018.
Job Placement. The faculty survey graduates every year to determine job placement rates. We do not
yet have the data for graduates from last year (2017-2018). The summary report is shown in Table 4.9.
While the employment rate is strong at 100%, the response rate is significantly low. Students are not
required to notify the school when and where they obtain employment. The faculty are working on
strategies to improve the response rate for this outcome measure including contacting students directly
and collaborating with community stakeholders for human resources coding purposes.
Table 4.9
Job placement
Academic
Year
3-Month
Employment
3-6 Month
Employment
6-12 Month
Employment
Overall
Employment Responses
n % n % n % n % n %
2015-2016 17 60.7% 6 21.4% 5 17.9% 28 100% 28 23.9%
2016-2017 5 41.7% 3 25.0% 4 33.3% 12 100% 12 10.8%
Registered Nurse Option Overview. The BS program offers a direct articulation option for licensed registered nurses (RNs)
prepared with an Associate Degree. The program is entirely distance-delivered and includes a mix of
general education requirements, nursing prerequisites and nursing courses, both didactic and clinical. In
2012, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing issued a white paper that established expectations
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for clinical experiences in RN to BS programs6. There is a need for rigor in coursework that provides a
BS degree to RNs, specifically in quality clinical experiences in the community that prepare students to
care for a variety of patients across the lifespan and across the continuum of care. The AACN task force
concluded that all RN to BS programs must include clinical experiences in the program of study.
The faculty plan to promote this program option by offering the courses more frequently, optimally twice
each year. The faculty hope these plans will:
Promote more course flexibility for students.
Decrease the wait time students experience getting into required courses.
Decrease time of completion from AAS to BS in Nursing.
Program of Study. An accepted student who has successfully passed the NCLEX-RN and holds a
current RN license in the State of Alaska may be granted up to 31 course credits upon admission to the
Nursing Science major. RNs who apply to UAA and qualify for admission to the BS Nursing Science
program are admitted as pre-majors. The Licensure Credit is shown in Table 4.10 and the Program of
study is shown in Table 4.11.
Table 4.10
Licensure credit for the RN to BS program option
6 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2012). White Paper: Expectations for Practice Experiences in the
RN to Baccalaureate Curriculum. Retrieved on 9/20/2018 from
https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/News/White-Papers/RN-BSN-Expectations-White-Paper.pdf
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Table 4.11
Required courses for the RN to BS program option
Keep in mind that most students complete prerequisites before they begin the nursing courses. In
addition, most students are working nurses and complete the program part-time. When students follow
the suggested course of study, they complete degree requirements in August of each year.
Required Nursing Courses. The nursing courses are delivered via distance (online) using various
educational technologies. Several courses require a clinical experience. When possible, clinical hours
occur in the student's home community with a local preceptor. If an experience cannot be arranged in a
student's home community, then the student may be required to travel to Anchorage on up to three
separate occasions for up to 3 weeks each trip. Students traveling for clinical experiences are responsible
for obtaining and paying for transportation, housing, and all other related expenses.
Students. Student enrollment is summarized in Table 4.12.
Table 4.12
RN-BS course enrollments
Student Headcount in RN to BS courses
Course(s) Summer 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Total
NS A205 9 0 0 9
NS A305 0 11 0 11
NS A308 0 14 0 14
NS A314 0 0 10 10
NS A411 10 0 3 13
NS A417 0 0 9 9
Total 19 25 22 66
As of this writing, courses are offered in the full trimester format. Not all courses are offered each term,
which can delay time of completion for students not taking courses full-time, or who take a course break
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during their matriculation from the AAS to the BS in nursing. To address the fluctuating and completion
rates, the following changes to admission, advising process and course frequency will be implemented in
the upcoming 2018/2019 year.
Strategize with large healthcare facilities to become a partner with them to facilitate AAS nurses
in the RN to BS program
Offer each course twice per year to facilitate student progression
Streamline and simplify the admission process
Increase the number of student advisors that can assist with plans of study for students
Faculty Coordinator to reach out early to students in the application process and then once per
semester for feedback/issues
Examine offering 7.5 week courses rather than full trimester courses
Student diversity. Student diversity is summarized from summer 2017 until spring 2018. Of the 23
students enrolled, two were male, and eight students identified as being from a diverse population.
Diversity data is shown in Table 4.13.
Table 4.13
RN program option student diversity by course.
2017
Summer
NS
A205
2017
Summer
NS
A411
2017
Fall NS
A305/L
2017
Fall
NS
A308
2018
Spring NS
A314/L
2018
Spring
NS
A417
2018
Spring
NS
A411
Enrolled Students 9 10 11 14 10 9 3
Diversity Categories
Asian 1 2 3 2 2 1 1
Native American 2 1 3 2
Hispanic/Latino 2 3 2
African American
Male 1 1 2 1 1
Total Diverse Students (n) (In at least 1 diversity category)
3 4 5 5 5 3 1
Total Diverse Students (%) (In at least 1 diversity category)
33.3% 40.0% 45.5% 35.7% 50.0% 33.3% 33.3%
*Some students fell into two diversity categories.
Program completion. Many of the RN-BS option students study part-time and work full time. This
factor heavily influences the amount of time RN-BS students take to complete their course work.
Additionally, not all required courses are offered each trimester, which may further delay student
completion. As explained above, in the 2018-2019 academic year, changes to address these barriers are
being examined. Table 4.14 shows the start term and end term for students in the RN-BS option. Time
to completion is presently 15 months (or four (4) trimesters) for nursing courses in full-time status.
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Table 4.14
BS Registered Nurse program completion
Start Term End Term Cohort (n)
4 Terms
On Time
(n)
4 Terms*
On Time
(%)
Up to 8
Terms
(n)
Up to 8
Terms
(%)
Summer
2015
Summer
2016 16 7 43.8% 8 50.0%
Spring
2016
Spring
2017 23 7 30.4% 7 30.4%
Fall 2016 Fall 2017 23 6 26.1% 9 39.1%
Fall 2017 Fall 2018 5 3 60.0% N/A N/A
Summer
2017
Summer
2018 10 7 70.0%** N/A N/A
Fall 2018 Fall 2019 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Summer
2018
Summer
2019 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A
* The 4-term program is full-time coursework. The majority of the RN-BS students are in part time status.
** Fall 2018 graduate data is tentative, based on current semester enrollment.
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5. GRADUATE PROGRAM
Overview The School of Nursing graduate programs offer several specialties. In the Master’s (MS) program we
offer the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMH-NP), and
Nursing Leadership (NLDR) options. The NLDR program allows students to select a concentration in
administration (NLDR-admin) or education (NLDR-educ). The NLDR is a new program that evolved
from a re-design of the Nursing Education (EDUC) program. We also offer three Graduate Certificate
programs in FNP, PMH-NP and Nursing Education (EDUC); the certificates are for those who already
have a master’s degree in nursing and wish to expand their scope of practice. The School of Nursing's MS
and Graduate Certificate programs were re-accredited through ACEN in 2017. Our next site visit will be
in spring 2025. The DNP program admitted its first cohort of students in fall 2015 and they graduated in
December 2016. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited the program for 5
years (the maximum allowed for a new program). The accreditation was effective as of 9-19-2016 and
extends through 6-30-2022. There are two pathways to the DNP degree. The Post MS DNP program was
designed for MS prepared, licensed APRNs who wish to expand their knowledge and skills to interpret
research, apply best practices, and incorporate clinical knowledge and leadership skills to influence health
care policy. The DNP for post baccalaureate nurses will start in Fall 2020. Students will have the option
of getting the DNP degree with a FNP emphasis or a PMH-NP emphasis. Sometime in the future, the
FNP and PMH-NP MS programs will be phased out and replaced by the DNP.
At the start of Fall 2017 there were 53 students admitted to the SON graduate programs. The distribution
of the students is shown in Table 5.1
Table 5.1
Students admitted to graduate programs
PROGRAM FALL 2017
MS CERT DNP
PMH-NP MS 15
FNP-NP MS 17
NLDR-admin* MS 5
NLDR-educ* MS 4
FNP Graduate Certificate 1
EDUC Graduate Certificate 1
Post-MS DNP 10
Total 41 2 10
GRAND TOTAL 53
*New program
Twenty-two students completed their graduate degree requirements between summer 2017 and spring
2018. The graduates included ten FNP MS, ten PMH-NP MS, one PMH-NP graduate certificate and one
Education graduate certificate. The list of students completing their program of study in AY18, along
with the title of their project (if one was required), is presented in Table 5.2.
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Table 5.2
Graduates with Master of Science or Graduate Certificate (Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
TABLE 5.2
MASTER’S GRADUATES (SU 17, FA 17, SP 18) or May 2017 through April 2018 GRADUATE SPECIALTY DATE PROJECT TITLE Alexander, Amanda
PMH-NP MS 5/6/2018 Assessing Medication Education Modalities on Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Ampong, David PMH-NP MS 5/6/2018 Barriers to the Implementation of Pharmacogenomics in Psychiatric Clinical
Practice
Atu_Tetuh, Delphine
PMH-NP MS 5/6/2018 An Integrative Literature Review of Risk Factors for 30-day Re-admission Rate to Psychiatric Hospitals
Bausler, Kaitlyn
FNP MS 5/6/2018 Primary Care Providers Barriers to Transgender Health
Benton, Marei PMH-NP MS 5/6/2018 Tele-Mental Health Services in Alaska and the Circumpolar North
Crawford, Laura PMH-NP MS 9/13/2017 Screening and Referral in Those with Severe Mental Illness: The Role of the
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Essex, Lynn NLDR-EDUC
Grad Cert
8/21/2017 Waived, prior degree
Farley, Sean PMH-NP MS 5/6/2018 Improving the Delivery of Patient Psychoeducation: An Integrative Review
Finkenbinder,
Kristina
FNP MS 4/25/2018 Primary Care Provider Time Limited Interventions for Obesity
Glasheen, Ashley
(Fairbanks)
FNP MS 4/25/2018 An Integrative Review: Assessing Family Practice Providers Level of Confidence
in Assessing, Management, and Treating Suicide
Hand, Stephanie
(Rule)
FNP MS 5/6/2018 Improving Outcomes: Diabetes Management in Alaskan Primary Care, an
Integrative Review
Muir, Rachel PMH-NP Grad
Cert
5/7/2018 Waived, prior degree
Newbern, Stacy FNP MS 4/20/2018 Identifying the Best Evidence for Evaluation of Neuropathic Pain with Lower
Extremity Vascular Disease
Okurume, Onome PMH-NP MS 9/13/2017 Screening for Traumatic Brain Injury during Mental Health Evaluations
Schellenger, Tabitha
PMH-NP MS 9/13/2017 A Quality Improvement Project: Educating Advanced Nurse Practitioners on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in the Adolescent Population
See, Nicole PMH-NP MS 10/18/2017
Internet Addiction: Implications and Assessment Education for Providers
Sherwood,
Veronica
PMH-NP MS 5/6/2018 Outpatient Education and Medication Adherence
Shumate, Celeste FNP MS 5/6/2018 Postmaster's Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification in Alaska: An Integrative Review
Vesely, Isabel FNP MS 4/25/2018 The Use of SBIRT Screening in Primary Care for Women of Reproductive Age to
Aid in the Identification of Alcohol Use Patterns Focusing on Prevention of Fetal
Alcohol Exposure
Walsh, Maura FNP MS 4/25/2018 An Integrative Review: Routine Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences of
Adults in Primary Care Settings
Wilson, Anna FNP MS 4/25/2018 Post-Stroke Depression Screening in Stroke Survivors with Aphasia: An
Integrative Review
Zimmerman, Lisa FNP MS 4/25/2018 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques for Chronic Pain Management by Non-
Mental Health Professionals in Primary Care and Community Settings
Program Chair and Specialty Track Coordinators Dr. Jill Janke finished her twelfth year as Chair of the Graduate Program. She has been a member of the
UAA SON faculty since 1981, joining the graduate faculty after completing her Doctoral degree from
Rush University in Chicago in 1991. She has a sound research background and has routinely taught
several core graduate courses, including biostatistics, graduate research, project seminar, and
epidemiology. Dr. Colleen Kelly was the coordinator of the NLDR MS program and EDUC graduate
certificate program. The PMH-NP MS and Graduate Certificate program was co-coordinated by Professor
Cindy Jones and Professor Carolyn Seeganna. Dr. Lisa Jackson and Dr. Kitty Wellmann were co-
coordinators for the FNP MS and Graduate Certificate tracks. Dr. Kitty Wellmann was also coordinator
for the DNP program.
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Faculty have worked hard to develop rural clinical sites. We have partnered with RuralCAP, which is the
agency that runs the Head Start Program in Alaskan Villages. This is the fourth year RuralCAP paid
faculty and student airfare to various villages to do Head Start health screenings. In fall 2017, faculty and
a group of FNP students travelled to Grayling, Ft. Yukon, and Venetie. In spring 2018 they went to
Huslia to do Head Start physicals. We also had students doing precepted clinicals throughout the state:
Anchorage, Homer, Wasilla, Palmer, Soldotna, Unalaska, and Fairbanks.
Admissions The application process is now 100% online, making it much easier to track applications. This year we
moved the graduate admission date to November 1 to allow more time to review the applications and set
dates for the interviews and proctored writing. We continue to use rubrics to rank applicants based on
their grade point average, interview with faculty, writing ability, and professional involvement.
Curriculum Committee The curriculum committee is working on the sequencing of courses for the BS to DNP program and plan
to have that finalized in fall 2018. The BS to DNP will enter its first cohort in Fall 2020. Students may
choose the FNP concentration or PMH-NP concentration. Sometime in the future, the BS to DNP will
replace the master’s FNP and PMH-NP programs.
We also changed the graduate course prefix to NSG (Nursing Graduate). Before that, the program was
using two prefixes, which made it difficult to find the courses when students tried to register.
Other curriculum changes included dropping the project requirement for the MS FNP and PMH-NP
specialties; this is consistent with the requirement for the NLDR program. We also added two 2-credit
courses (to replace the lost project credits): Advanced Practice Informatics and Advanced Nursing
Leadership Practice. Both topics needed more time to cover the content adequately to meet the CCNE
Graduate nursing education essentials.
Some additional curriculum changes included the following:
Replaced NS A620 (Evidence-Based Advanced Nursing Practice, 4 credits) with NSG A627 (Practice
Inquiry I: The Nature of Evidence, 3 credits)
Replaced NS A602 (Advanced Health Assessment in Primary Care, 3 credits) with NSG A602
(Advanced Health Assessment in Primary Care, 4 credits)
Replaced NS A625 (Biostatistics for Health Professionals, 3 credits) with NSG A633 (Statistics for
Advanced Practice, 3 credits)
For this past year, the required courses in each of the MS specialty options and the Post-MS DNP are
presented in Tables 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6.
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Table 5.3
Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMH-NP) MS
Table 5.4
Family nurse practitioner (FNP) MS
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Table 5.5
Nursing leadership with education or administration concentration (NLDR-educ and NLDR-admin) MS
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Table 5.6
Post-MS Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Science
In 2004, the SON began a graduate certificate program that allowed individuals who had a master’s
degree in nursing and who were certified nurse practitioners in a more narrowly focused specialty (such
as Women’s Health NP, Pediatric NP, Adult NP). The certificates allowed them to broaden their scope of
practice to Family Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Course work
required for various types of nurse practitioners to complete the certificate program is depicted in Tables
5.7 to 5.9. We plan to continue offering the certificate programs during the transition to the BS to DNP
program.
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Table 5.7
Graduate certificate in family nurse practitioner (FNP)
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Table 5.8
Graduate certificate in psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMH-NP)
Table 5.9
Graduate certificate in Nursing Education (EDUC)
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6. RESOURCES AND FACILITIES
Budget General fund support of the nursing programs is currently allocated to separate base budget categories for
Administrative and Student Support, Instructional Support, AAS, BS and Graduate Nursing Programs,
and Nursing Expansion/Distance Delivery. Budget amounts had generally increased annually to cover
increases in salaries and benefit rates; however, there was a $700,000 decrease to the FY17 budget. In the
past year budget reductions, were somewhat offset by utilizing foundation and industry partner funds to
cover approximately $470,000 of FY17 expenses.
Budget allocations for the nursing program are described in detail in Table 6.1. The instructional support
budget includes salaries and benefits for all program related support for faculty, while the administrative
support budget includes funding for oversight of the department as a whole. The administrative budget is
comprised of student services, director’s office functions and the re-acquired RRANN program.
Supplemental revenues are derived from lab and material fees, which are received when students actually
register for nursing courses; hence, the amount of money available for expenditure is dependent on
student enrollments. Technology fees are no longer allocated to departments. Any expenses previously
covered with technology funds, such as software licensing and replacement costs, are now absorbed
internally. Please note that Table 6.1 does not include contributions from industry partners, as this
funding is not controlled by the university fiscal year. These contributions are established as restricted
funds through UA Foundation and UAA Grants and Contracts and are able to be spent within the period
of time specified when the fund is set up.
Industry Partner Contributions. The continued success of the nursing programs remains dependent
on contributions from the health care industry. To date, industry partners have pledged a total of $8.22
million from 2003-2018, with individual partners providing amounts that vary from $50,000 - $300,000
annually. Industry partner contributions, presented in Figure 6.1, have played a major role in the success
of the nursing expansion. We are grateful to our 2017/2018 contributors:
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Bartlett Regional Medical Center
Without their financial support, the School would have been unable to offer the educational services
currently undertaken.
Additional contributions continue to be solicited from potential partners (largely health care agencies and
facilities that host nursing students, employ graduates and that have not yet made a pledge of monetary
support).
The intensity and complexity of the nursing curriculum, in addition to a trimester schedule for BS
students, increases the need for additional sources of student financial aid. The Alaska Kidney Foundation
(AKF) continued its generosity to UAA nursing students in 2018; however, it is no longer able to fund
scholarships in the future. AKF provided $40,000 for student scholarships in 2018, as well as funding to
cover tuition and fees for two RN-BS students enrolled in the summer Renal Care elective course.
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Table 6.1
Summary of FY16 to FY19 University funded budget and expenditures
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19
Associate of Applied
Science Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 1,035,453 1,053,593 1,087,866 956,140 1,070,579 1,005,014 926,612
Travel 6,200 2,143 6,200 0 6,230 3,529 5,000
Contractual 10,400 2,536 10,400 3,122 10,400 3,786 7,000
Commodities/Other 10,200 967 7,967 5,882 5,200 2,750 4,000
AAS TOTAL 1,192,853 1,182,788 1,232,633 1,074,462 1,092,409 1,092,409 942,612 0
Baccalaureate Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 2,311,125 2,311,790 2,360,463 2,485,890 2,134,778 2,329,410 1,795,218
Travel 5,000 0 5,000 965.4 5,000 14,451 5,000
Contractual 20,000 6,656 15,000 7,196 15,010 10,353 15,000
Commodities 12,000 12,792 12,000 5,932 12,000 3,703 10,000
Other (equip/overrun/rep) 0 0 0
BS TOTAL 2,348,125 2,331,238 2,392,463 2,499,984 2,166,788 2,357,917 1,825,218 0
Expansion/Dist Delivery Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 2,025,132 2,011,376 1,420,269 1,447,582 1,302,253 1,519,786 1,674,444
Travel 17,500 10,219 7,500 5,952 2,500 6,425 12,500
Contractual 13,500 3,925 10,000 382 10,000 487 10,000
Commodities/Other 10,000 13,230 7,500 4,317 7,500 739 158,500
EXPANSION TOTAL 2,066,132 2,038,750 1,445,269 1,458,234 1,322,253 1,527,437 1,855,444 0
Graduate Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 850,601 894,638 872,789 728,691 772,632 814,915 911,161
Travel 10,000 7,206 10,000 5,209 10,000 7,273 5,000
Contractual 15,500 3,856 15,500 8,990 15,500 4,709 3,000
Commodities/Other 2,000 648 2,000 310 2,000 5,963 500
MS TOTAL 878,101 906,348 900,289 743,199 80,132 832,860 919,661 0
Instructional Support Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 616,668 640,353 650,167 648,715 562,734 559,143 436,745
Travel 17,500 7,155 25,000 11,489 10,000 15,830 8,000
Contractual 50,500 39,413 25,000 33,992 35,038 48,468 8,000
Commodities/Other 10,000 17,528 10,000 17,514 35,000 16,808 8,000
Instruct Support TOTAL 694,688 704,449 710,167 711,712 642,772 640,249 460,745 0
Admin & Student Support Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 735,554 733,703 1,732,216 1,667,675 1,543,084 1,547,808 2,093,228
Travel 10,152 6,102 40,052 14,767 50,486 30,948 47,049
Contractual 34,000 36,068 55,500 73,706 40,500 34,656 28,500
Commodities 3,849 5,310 71,280 19,701 12,000 18,647 12,000
Admin Support TOTAL 783,555 781,183 1,899,048 1,775,849 1,646,070 1,632,059 2,180,777 0
Lab Fees Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense Budget Expense
Personnel 45,023 43,600 55,000 37,147 55,000 29,001 60,000
Travel 5,000 3,651 5,000 292 5,000 1,003 5,000
Contractual 129,400 129,533 151,515 155,350 181,412 168,436 170,000
Commodities 201,749 160,812 181,811 107,388 213,148 148,702 135,000
Other (equip/overruns/rep)
Lab TOTAL 381,172 337,596 393,326 300,178 454,560 347,143 370,000 0
SON GRAND TOTAL 8,344,626 8,282,352 8,973,195 8,563,617 8,124,984 8,352,744 8,554,457 0
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Figure 6.1
Industry Partner Contributions to the School of Nursing
Office, Laboratory and Classroom Space
Current instructional space and facilities are barely adequate to meet the program needs. To accommodate
testing needs for all programs, the School of Nursing hard-wired all five nursing classrooms and has
procured over 120 laptops, leading to an increased need in IT support related to testing and hardware
maintenance. There remains a concern for the future costs associated with maintaining and replacing
laptops.
There has been an increased demand for the small computer lab located in between the two nursing skills
labs on the second floor of the HSB. Eight computers are available for student use during the week. It is
not available on the weekends. The computers have internet, e-mail access, and are loaded with the suite
of Microsoft Office software programs, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The computers have
printing capabilities via a printing station located in an alcove directly across from the lab.
Nursing faculty occupy the majority of office space on the HSB’s third floor. Large classrooms
accommodate the 40+ student cohorts with smaller seminar rooms also available for distance delivered
and graduate classes; however, there is an overlap of some nursing course times necessitating the
continued use of classroom space on the main campus. Classroom scheduling at distant site locations is
handled via established procedures on those campuses. However, it is most common that students meet
with faculty for videoconferences that are held in or adjacent to the skills laboratory on that campus.
Common Areas - Shared Space
The simulation lab is available and used with several nursing courses but is controlled by the College of
Health Dean’s Office. The Physical Assessment Lab, which is the primary lab for the MEDEX (Medicine
Extension) program, an educational collaboration with the University of Washington for a Physician
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Assistant training program, is utilized by several of the NP courses, because the layout is more suited for
advanced physical assessments and sensitive examinations.
Currently, there is still no nursing student space available in the Health Sciences Building. Students
continue to reserve rooms for study groups and projects when they are available. Chairs and small tables
are placed in various locations at the end of each floor corridor to provide students with space to work.
The bridge that connects the HSB to the new Engineering Building on the other side of Providence Drive
has added study space with various seating arrangements along one side of the bridge. Additional study
space and a student designated gathering area is also available on two floors of the Engineering Building.
Library
The UAA Consortium Library’s collections include several titles purchased as eBooks so nursing students
and faculty across the state will have equal access to these resources. New books are purchased
throughout the year based on reviews, updates to existing editions, and in support of new or expanded
program directions. Weeding of outdated volumes in the library collection is an ongoing process in
which nursing faculty are actively involved. The library provides access to many nursing and medical
databases.
Access to nursing journals has expanded with over 400 nursing titles available in online and print
versions. Other journals are available to students via interlibrary loan at no cost. Distance students have
the same access to the online library resources and to interlibrary loan that Anchorage students enjoy.
The medical librarian assigned to work with the School of Nursing, who is also the head of the Alaska
Medical Library, a unit within the UAA Consortium Library, continues to have regular twice-weekly
office hours within the Health Sciences Building (HSB). This has provided increased interactions with
faculty and students to better support their educational and research needs and to encourage these
individuals to use the Consortium Library resources. Other journals are available to students via
interlibrary loan at no cost. In addition, the library provides on-line access to the Cumulative Index to
Nursing.
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7. FACULTY
The SON faculty are academically and experientially qualified for their position. See the Appendix for a
listing of all faculty, their degrees, their community service and their scholarship.
Faculty Update There are several new faculty members and faculty members who have achieved honors.
Pamela Grogan completed a DNP in educational leadership and was selected as the Associate
Director of Academic Affairs.
Jessica Chambers, Anchorage, is a MS prepared neonatal nurse practitioner teaching in the BS
program.
Denise Gilliland, Dillingham, BS in Nursing, adjunct faculty member in AAS program.
Dr. Colleen Kelley, Anchorage, earned a PhD from Indiana University.
Joseph Lefleur, Ketchikan, named chair of the AAS program.
Ammie Tremblay Anchorage, Co-Chair of the BS program.
Ron Lombard, Anchorage, DNP-prepared (Organizational Leadership), Co-chair of the BS
program.
Nichole Mattingly, Petersburg, BS in Nursing, adjunct faculty member in the AAS program.
Rose Mergenthal, Petersburg, BS in Nursing, adjunct faculty member in the AAS program.
Rodney Riesland, Anchorage, Master’s prepared, certified FNP, new faculty member in the FNP
program.
Angelia Trujillo, Anchorage, completed a NP program in Women’s Health from Frontier Nursing
University, now teaching part-time in the FNP program (women’s health only) and BS program.
Karen Walls, Nome, BS in Nursing, faculty in the AAS program.
David Ampong completed a second graduate degree as a PMHNP.
Anabel Moreno completed a Master’s degree as a PMHNP.
Rachelle White in Bethel is completing her Master’s degree in nursing education. She had a
waiver to be in her position until Dec 2018 and her degree will be completed at that time.
Angelia Trujillo and Leah Coffman are teaching the FNP course in women’s health. They are
both new to NP instruction and consistent with the 2016 National Task Force criteria7 they are
being mentored by an experienced NP teacher, Dr. Lisa Jackson.
Several faculty members have left the SON or are on a leave of absence.
Kathryn Sexson has resigned her position as FNP faculty member and moved out of state.
Traci Hanchett resigned as an AAS faculty member.
Dan Booher resigned as an AAS faculty member.
Shirley Valek Wilson, Anchorage, retired June 30, 2018.
Ana Verzone, Anchorage, resigned her faculty position in the FNP program
Colleen Kelley and Rachel Muir have approved one year leave of absence requests.
SON Shared Governance
The SON is committed to shared governance. To that end several committees are important in SON
administration:
UAA Faculty Senate
UAA Academic Board (Undergraduate Academic Board, Graduate Academic Board)
7 A Report of the National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education (2016). Retrieved on 9/26/2018
from http://www.acenursing.net/resources/NTF_EvalCriteria2016Final.pdf
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COH Peer Review Committee
SON Faculty Association
SON Faculty Affairs
SON Student Affairs
There is a program committee (Graduate, BS, AAS) in each program for the management of academic
matters, including admissions, retention, curricula and program evaluation. Faculty committee members
elect committee chairs. Figure 7.1 shows the faculty committee assignments.
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Figure 7.1
Committee assignments School Of Nursing
Academic Year 2017-2018 Committee Assignments
Updated 7/14/2017
AAS PROGRAM COMMITTEE AAS ADMISSIONS & RETENTION COMMITTEE
Daniel Booher Dorothy Kinley Anastasia Monyahan Regena Deck Joseph Lafleur
Regena Deck Carol Klamser Annette Rearden Bonnie Gonzales Anastasia Monyahan
Denise Gilliland Joseph Lefleur Teri Russell Pam Grogan, Ex-officio Teri Russell
Bonnie Gonzales Jane Luscumb Lynn Senette Kathleen Ingallinera Kathy Stepehenson
Pam Grogan-Chair Margie Mete Kathy Stephenson Carol Klamser Rachelle White
Kathleen Ingallinera Kelly Mitchell Rachelle White
Colleen Kelley Annabelle Moreno AAS CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Bonnie Gonzales Jane Luscumb
BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Pam Grogan Margie Mete
David Ampong Pat Lynes-Hayes Betty Predeger Kathleen Ingallinera Kelly Mitchel
Cindy Booher Colleen Kelley Jan Rud Colleen Kelley Anabelle Moreno
Shelly Burdette-Taylor Christine Michel-Chair Cathy Sullivan Dorothy Kinley Kathy Stephenson
Susan Camasi Annabelle Moreno Dianne Toebe Carol Klamser Annette Rearden
Bernice Carmon Rachel Muir Sharyl Toscano Joseph Lafleur Teri Russell
Martha Carver Marianne Murray Ammie Tremblay AAS PROGRAM EVAL COMMITTEE
April Cordero Terri Olson Angelia Trujillo Daniel Booher (co-chair) Anastasia Monyahan
Tom Hendrix Maureen O'Malley, Ex-officio Shirley Valek Wilson Regina Deck Annabelle Moreno
Denise Gilliland Pam Grogan, Ex-officio
GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE School of Nursing Innovation committee, (S.O.N.I.C)
Tom Hendrix Colleen Kelley Carolyn Seaganna Daniel Booher Annette Rearden
Lisa Jackson Cindy Jones Kathyn Sexson Joseph Lefleur Kathy Stephenson
Jill Janke, Chair Marianne Murray Ana Verzone Pat Lynes-Hayes, Chair Ammie Tremblay
Maureen O'Malley, Ex-officio Kitty Wellmann Margie Mete Angelia Trujillo
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE BS ADMISSIONS & RETENTION COMMITTEE
Dan Booher Tom Hendrix Dianne Toebe David Ampong Jan Rud
Bernice Carmon Katherine Ingallinera Angelia Trujillo Cathy Hample Cathy Sullivan
Susan Camasi Cathy Sullivan Rachelle White Margie Mete Sheryl Toscono
Christine Michel, Ex-officio Ammie Tremblay
FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Margie Mete
Cindy Booher Lisa Jackson Terri Olson BS CURRICULUM COMMITTEE Joseph Lefleur
Shelly Burdette-Taylor Regena Deck Jan Rud Susan Camasi Christine Michel, Ex-officio
Bernice Carmon Bonnie Gonzales Cathy Sullivan Cindy Booher Rachel Muir
Pam Grogan Angelia Trujillo Shelly Burdette-Taylor Terri Olson
Bernice Carmon Sharyl Toscano
STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEEPROMOTION TO
PROFESSOR Cathy Hample Angelia Trujillo
Cindy Booher Jane Luscumb Sharyl Toscano
April Cordero Annabelle Moreno Betty Predeger (back-up) BS PROG EVALUATION COMM Rachel Muir
Colleen Kelley Anastasia Monyahan Shelly Burdette-Taylor Marianne Murray
Pat Lynes-Hayes Jan Rud Sue Camasi Cathy Sullivan
Dorothy Kinley April Cordero Dianne Toebe
SNA ADVISORS COH PEER REVIEW COH CURRICULUM Tom Hendrix Sharyl Toscano
Cindy Booher Carol Klamser Shelly Burdette-Taylor Christine Michel Ammie Tremblay-Chair
Dan Booher Dorothy Kinley
Ammie Tremblay Cathy Sullivan Rachel MuirGraduate Curriculum, Admissions,
Retention,Recruitment&Progression Committee
Lisa Jackson Maureen O'Malley, Ex-officio
PROJECT ADVISORS SUB-COMMITTEE Jill Janke Carolyn Seaganna
Cindy Booher Cindy JonesMaureen O'Malley, Ex-
officioCindy Jones Kathryn Sexson
Shelly Burdette-Taylor Colleen Kelley Kathyn Sexson Colleen Kelley Ana Verzone
Bernice Carmon Jane Luscumb Dianne Toebe Kitty Wellmann
Pam Grogan Carol Klamser Sharyl Toscano RN-BS COMMITTEE
Tom Hendrix Pat Lynes-Hayes Angelia Trujillo Cindy Booher Joseph Lefleur
Lisa Jackson Christine Michel Kitty Wellmann Bernice Carmon Cathy Sullivan
Jill Janke, Chair Marianne Murray Pam Grogan
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UAA SON Faculty and Student Contributions in the News
The following excerpts demonstrate results of student and faculty community activities and
research.
RRANN Nursing Camp Featured on KTVA News and Alaska Dispatch News
On June 8, 2017, KTVA News featured Annette Reardon and the Recruitment and Retention of Alaska
Natives into Nursing (RRANN) nursing camp that took place in Anchorage. Alaska Dispatch News
(ADN) also featured the program in an article on June 11. Around 15 students ages 16-19 from around the
state received hands-on experience aimed at getting more young people interested in pursuing medical
fields in our state.
KTVA news segment "UAA program aims to get more Alaska Natives interested in nursing"
ADN news article "Hoping to boost number of Alaska Native nurses, UAA takes high school
students to camp": https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/health/2017/06/11/hoping-to-boost-
number-of-alaska-native-nurses-uaa-takes-high-school-students-to-camp/.
BS Program Fairbanks Outreach Continues to Grow
UAA faculty members recently spent two days with the UAA BS
Nursing program students in Fairbanks Alaska. The Nursing program
has expanded delivery to students in Fairbanks via teleconference and
various distance delivery
methods. The recent visit was
designed to meet and welcome
the students to UAA, introduce
them to the services available to
students, and assess how the
program was received by student, faculty, and support services.
More visits to Fairbanks are scheduled to continue the smooth
transition and integration of the BS Nursing Program in
Fairbanks. The students in Fairbank s are set to graduate in May
2018, and are the first BS Nursing program students to learn
outside of the Anchorage campus through distance delivery.
The UAA BS Nursing program is making every effort to expand the program and work towards building
more distance sites.
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Open-Air Interpersonal Violence Awareness & Prevention Fair a Success!
During the Solstice Weekend in Anchorage, the School of
Nursing conducted its 6th open-air interpersonal violence
awareness & prevention fair held at Town Square. The goal for
this fair was to promote awareness of interpersonal violence
issues within the general population of the Anchorage
community. Funding was provided by Alaska Children's Trust,
and the event was also facilitated by the Anchorage Downtown
Partnership program: "144 Activities in Town Square Park."
Community agencies served as key informants for the project
during the assessment phase and also provided outreach during
the fair. These agencies included: Anchorage Police Department (APD), Standing Together Against Rape
(STAR), Abused Women's Aid in Crisis (AWAIC), Office of Children's Services (OCS), Spirit of Youth,
Changing Tides, Anchorage OBGYN and RADSystems. This project provided senior level, baccalaureate
nursing students an opportunity to complete a service-learning, community-engaged capstone project
aimed at promoting awareness of issues of interpersonal violence across the lifespan. Read more... (pdf).
September 7 2017
Ketchikan Expansion of UAA Nursing Program
An article published in the Ketchikan Daily News discusses the recent
expansion of the UAA nursing program in Ketchikan, Juneau, and
Petersburg. Specifically, the two-year Associates of Applied Science
in Nursing will increase from eight to 10 students in Ketchikan.
According to Joseph Lefleur, assistant professor of nursing at the
UAA Ketchikan campus, "It was decided that we were going to do a
pilot and increase to 10 this January and also do a yearly rollout."
Marianne Murray, director of the UAA School of Nursing, and
Jeffrey Jessee, dean of the COH, visited a number of the outreach
locations and were behind the decision-making process. Read more
in the Ketchikan Daily News article "UAA expands nursing
program": http://www.ketchikandailynews.com/article/20170824/ARTICLE/170829968
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Radio in Kodiak Highlights Nursing Program Changes at Kodiak
College KMXT radio in Kodiak discussed the upcoming changes taking place
with the nursing program at Kodiak College, which is part of
UAA. Beginning with the Fall 2018 semester, the nursing program will
only offer bachelor's degrees in nursing. This is in response to
Providence Health and Services' new policy requiring a bachelor's
degree in nursing for all new hires. Read more in the article "Kodiak
College Nursing Program Adapts to Hospital Policy Change"
(9/12/17): http://kmxt.org/2017/09/kodiak-college-nursing-program-
adapts-hospital-policy-change/.
October 5 2017
COH Leadership - ASHNHA Conference
On September 24-26, the following COH leadership attended the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing
Home Association (ASHNHA) Conference in Girdwood: Jeff Jessee, Vice Provost; Kathy Craft, Interim
Associate Dean of Planning; Jane Shelby, Director of the WWAMMI program; Marianne Murray,
Director of the UAA Nursing program; Robert McClung, Director of Allied Health programs; and Gloria
Burnett, Director of the Area Health Education Center (AHEC). The conference addressed upcoming
trends in healthcare delivery, reimbursement, and workforce needs in Alaska. The conference provided
the COH team the opportunity to discuss strategic collaborations with constituents and community
partners. Much was learned about the current situations health care partners face related to a growing
workforce need. COH directors and associate deans manned a conference table, providing information on
COH programs and answering questions from industry members.
Jeff Jessee and Marianne Murray Visit Valdez, Discuss Nursing Student Attrition
Foot and Wound Care Clinic Advances Skills and Helps Homeless
In January 2017, SON faculty member Shelly Burdette-
Taylor was the impetus for a foot and wound care clinic
at Central Lutheran Church. Two grants were approved
to develop a sustainable foot and wound care clinic,
partnering with Central Lutheran and Brother Francis
Shelter. WWAMI medical students, UAA School of
Nursing nurse practitioner students, and baccalaureate
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nursing students embarked on a foot and wound care curriculum to develop skills while offering foot and
wound care to homeless individuals of Alaska.
Students were trained in both foot and wound care while conducting clinics at
Central Lutheran Church and Brother Francis Shelter. Over 60 individuals have
received therapeutic foot care since February 2017, including a complete lower
extremity assessment, skin and nail interventions, and massage. Dozens of shoes,
socks, and inserts were donated and distributed.
The project has been a tremendous success for clinical providers, recipients of
care, and UAA partners Brother Francis Shelter and Central Lutheran Church.
The students reflected on how much they enjoy learning and developing foot and
wound care skills, working together as a team, and giving back to the community.
Sitka Nursing Students Making a
Difference
On October 28, two UAA School
of Nursing students and their
instructor Kathy Ingallinera on the
Sitka campus volunteered at the
free flu clinic sponsored by the
Sitka Public Health Center and
Sitka Fire Department. One of the
students, Paul Norwood, was
featured in a photo on the front
page of the Daily Sitka Sentinel
(10/30/17).
December 14 2017
RRANN Nursing Camp Held in Bethel
SON faculty Annete Reardon and the Recruitment and
Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN) program
held a nursing camp for high school students in Bethel
December 2-3. For two days, 14 high school students from the
Bethel area learned about the nursing profession and what it
takes to obtain a degree in the field.
The camp succeeded in providing a fun-filled weekend of
learning and engagement, thanks to the Bethel nursing cohort
and faculty member Rachelle White, Bethel RRANN student
success facilitator Jessica Glore, and the RRANN staff. For
more information about the RRANN nursing camp,
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visit https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-health/departments/school-of-
nursing/rrann/special-events/index.cshtml.
RRANN Program Featured in Book on Indigenous Programs
The Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN)
program under the School of Nursing is featured in an upcoming book about
Indigenous peoples' access to higher education. The book, Beyond Access:
Indigenizing Programs for Native American Student Success, dedicates an entire
chapter to the RRANN program. "This book argues that two principal factors are
inhibiting Native students from transitioning from school to college and from
succeeding in their post-secondary studies. It presents models and examples of
pathways to success that align with Native American students' aspirations and
cultural values." Read
more: https://sty.presswarehouse.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=44140
2 .
Frontiersman Highlights Expansion of Nursing Program
in Mat-Su
In their February 2018 publication Progress Mat-Su Valley,
the Frontiersman highlighted the expansion of the nursing
program in Mat-Su recently. The article explained the new
yearly admission of nursing students instead of every other
year admission. "[T]he average number of nursing graduates
will double from eight every two years to eight every year."
Download the article "Nursing Program: Expanding at Mat-
Su College to Meet Growing Need" (pdf).
Johnson & Johnson Features RRANN Campaign for Nursing
The Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing
(RRANN) Program was featured on the Johnson & Johnson
Campaign for Nursing in the article "Providing Culturally
Competent Nursing Care in Alaska." The article discusses how
the RRANN Program helps bridge the cultural gap between
providing quality health care to Alaska Native communities by
recruiting and mentoring Alaska Native students into the UAA
nursing program. Read more
at: https://nursing.jnj.com/nursing-news-events/providing-culturally-competent-nursing-care-in-alaska.
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Dr. Burdette-Taylor to Publish Paper, Makes a Difference in Wound and Foot Care
Dr. Michele (Shelly) Burdette-Taylor's article "Case Study of Inherited Peripheral Neuropathy"
was accepted for publication in the World Council of Enterostomal Therapists Journal. She will
also present three papers at the Wound Council of Enterostomal Therapists Congress in Malaysia in April
2018.
Dr. Burdette-Taylorcreated an interprofessional sustainable foot
and wound care clinic at the brother Francis Shelter, which has
expanded to the Central Lutheran Church. WWAMI students,
SON faculty, and SON students have joined forces to make a
difference for the homeless in our community. The Project Hope
poster related to this foot and wound care clinic has been
presented in Alaska three times by the student group and now
accepted for publication in the Journal of Undergraduate
Research. Dr. Burdette-Taylor has inspired 11
interprofessional students to enroll and complete a wound
treatment course for wound and ostomy board certification.
April 5 2018
College of Health "Amazing Race" on Academic Insight Day a Huge Success!
On March 30, the College of Health kicked off the "Amazing Race" event for
Academic Insight Day. Based loosely on the Amazing Race television show,
about 90 interested health students raced around campus on Friday learning
about the many programs the College of Health has to offer in the medical and
health occupations. Many thanks to the
department "champions" who got their
respective departments on board, and to the
students, staff, faculty, volunteers, and alumni
who helped run challenges, talk to students, and
otherwise create an open fun atmosphere.
Students found 28 challenge stations in GHH,
PSB , ESH, AHS, and HSB, each with a unique task or challenge
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Amazing Stories: Rachel Dunbar
Nursing student Rachel Dunbar talks about exploring her diverse interests and finding her niche at UAA
in a special video. Rachel is a nursing major who is also studying anthropology. She currently has a
biological sciences internship researching birds as bio-indicators for plastic pollution in the Aleutian
Islands. To watch this video, visit one of the following links:
YouTube - https://youtu.be/hgI9mmY57I4
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UAAnchorage/videos/10155955668160236/.
SON Faculty and Students Present at WIN Conference
Between April 11-14, over eight faculty and students from the School of Nursing
presented at the Western Institute of Nursing Conference in Spokane, Washington.
The topics included:
Dr. Maureen O'Malley, Associate Director of SON - "Partnership with
Community Foundations; Funding Specialty Courses"
Dr. Tom Hendrix, Associate Professor - "Do DEU [Dedicated Education
Units] Critical Thinking Improvements Persist Over Time?"
Annette Rearden (presented Dr. Marianne Murray's research) - "The Impact on Collaboration of
Health Students Using a Communication Simulation"
Arylis Scates (recent BS nursing graduate) - "The Mat Su Valley 411 Community Assessment"
Nicole Marnell, SON Adjunct Faculty - "Innovative Leadership Development in a Baccalaureate
Capstone Course"
Rachelle White, Annette Rearden, Joel Manalo, Angela Wilbanks, Candice McKinnon, Charmae
Chavez, Grace Yoon, Laura Ellsworth, Melody Hoffman, Nicolette Corbett, and Zhi Hastie -
"Nursaugergut Ayagniutiit; People Learning to Be Future Nurses: A Camp for Rural Alaskans"
Lynn Sennette, Associate Professor - "Development of the Assessment of Peer Support in
Debriefing Scale (APSDS): First Steps"
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Melody Hoffman Receives Ann M. Voda Award
Bethel Nursing student Melody Hoffman is the recipient of the Ann M. Voda
Conference Award/Western Institute of Nursing (WIN). The award was established
in 2009, and Melody is the first student from the University of Alaska to win! This
award was established by Dr. Ann M. Voda, PhD, RN, Professor Emeritus,
University of Utah College of Nursing and WIN Emeritus. Dr. Voda established the
award as an incentive to encourage Native American students to "participate with
the WIN community of scholars." The award provides "monetary conference
support to an American Indian/Alaska Native/First Nation nursing student or nurse
clinician attending the 2018 WIN Communicating Nursing Research Conference."
For more information, visit: http://www.winursing.org/ann-m-voda-american-
indianalaskan-nativefirst-nation-conference-award/ .
Shelly Burdette Taylor Accepted into ANPD Leadership Academy
Dr. Shelly Burdette Taylor was accepted into the Nursing Professional
Development (ANPD) Leader ship Academy, a "12-month mentored program
based on the content of Leadership in Nursing Professional Development: An
Organizational and System Focus (Smith & Harper, 2016). The purpose of the
Academy is to prepare NPD practitioners to assume leadership of an NPD
department in a variety of settings." For more information,
visit: http://www.anpd.org/page/npd-leadership-academy .
Swear to Care Event on June 9
The senior baccalaureate-nursing students will be hosting the
7th Swear to Care event on Saturday, June 9, 10 am - 4 pm in Town
Square. This is a community-wide event aimed at promoting
awareness and prevention of interpersonal violence in Anchorage.
The student groups will focus on issues of violence that affect our
Elders, children, and homeless populations. Also joining will be the
Blood Bank, AWAIC, STAR, Green Dot, National Guard, and
Crisis Response Canines. This is a family-focused event.! For more
information, download the Swear to Care flyer(pdf).
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June 14 2018
Christine Michel and Sadie Anderson Present at NANAINA
Dr. Christine Michel, Associate Professor/BS Chair, and Sadie
Anderson, Nurse Leader at ANMC, presented on "The Effect of
Cultural Beliefs and Customs on Nutrition and Chronic Disease"
at the 2018 National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses
Association (NANAINA) conference in Minneapolis in June.
SON Faculty Present Poster on "Faculty Connect"
Dr. Betty Predeger, Professor Emeritus, and Heather Nice, Instructional
Designer for the School of Nursing, presented their poster "Faculty Connect"
at the Western Institute for Nursing Research. Faculty Connect is an
innovative new model of engaging new faculty into academics, especially
those coming from the clinical environment. Download the full poster (pdf).
Sharyl Toscano Selected as Candidate for Director at Large for NCSBN
Nursing Professor Sharyl Toscano and Assistant Professor Joe LeFleur are currently
serving on the Alaska State Board of Nursing. The National Council State Boards of
Nursing (NCSBN) leadership succession committeehas selected Dr. Toscano to be
placed on the slate of candidates for their director at large. Dr. Marianne Murray,
Director of the School of Nursing, will be attending the annual meeting in August
where the elections will take place.
Elizabeth Predeger and Sharyl Toscano Present at International Association for Human Caring
Conference
Nursing Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Predeger and Professor Sharyl
Toscano recently presented at the International Association for
Human Caring Conference in Minnesota on "Gaining Insight into
the Human Condition through Poetic Transcription."
Christine Michel (l) and Sadie
Anderson (r)
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Marianne Murray Selected to Serve on AACN Thought Leaders Assembly
Dr. Marianne Murray, Director of the UAA School of Nursing, was selected to
serve on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Thought
Leaders Assembly this summer. This Assembly was created as an opportunity to
engage AACN's Board, a small-designated group of invited guests, as well as
select AACN members and senior staff to process information, trends, and
challenges in a new way. This year's assembly is titled "The Global Nursing
Workforce: Examining International Trends to Combat the Nursing Shortage."
RRANN Teen Nursing Camp Featured in Green & Gold
On June 13, the Green & Gold featured the Recruiting and
Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN) Nursing Camp
in the article "Want to learn how to be a nurse? There's a summer
camp for that." Fifteen teens from around the state participated in
this 3-day camp, exploring the many career options in nursing and
health care. "The focus of the camp is to teach students basic
nursing skills from hand hygiene and standards of care to more
complicated tasks like injections, where students practice
administering shots on fat pads, as well as basic first aid." Read
more in the Green & Gold article:
http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/64879/want-learn-nurse-
theres-summer-
camp/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=st
oryshare
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8. Clinical Facilities
The following list includes the current clinical facilities with which the nursing programs maintain clinical
affiliation agreements to enable students in all three programs to gain clinical practice experiences.
Alaska Cares
Anchorage (Part of Providence) see Providence
Alaska Center for Dermatology
Alaska Children’s’ Services
Alaska Family Doctor – Nome
Alaska Health Care Clinic
Alaska Health Fair
Alaska Health Group, LLC
Alaska Innovative Medicine, Inc.
Alaska Job Corps Center
Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) - Anchorage
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (for RRANN Grant)
Alaska Psychiatric Institute
Alaska Region Office of Aerospace Medicine
Alaska Regional Hospital
Alaska Regional Senior Health Clinic
Alaska Spine Institute
Alaska Surgery Center
Alaska VA Healthcare System and Regional Office
Alaska Women’s Health, PC
All Season’s Family Health Care – Wasilla
Alpenglow
Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Inc.
Anchorage Native Primary Care Center
Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
Anchorage Pioneer Home, SOA HSS
Anchorage School District
Anchorage Women’s Clinic
Arc of Anchorage, The
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Arctic Instant Care
Babcock, Christine
Bartlett Regional Hospital - Juneau
Barton, Ted MD – Soldotna
Bassett Army Community Hospital
Fort Wainwright
Bell, Owen MD
Bethel Family Clinic
Bridges Counseling
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation – Dillingham
Bunnell House Early Childhood Lab School – Fairbanks
Camai Community Health Center – Naknek
CareNet Pregnancy Center of the Tanana Valley – Fairbanks
Center for Disease Control
Central Peninsula Hospital - Soldotna
Chester Park Cooperative
Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center
Choices Inc.
Chugiak-Eagle River Senior Center
Community Health Services
(Norton Sound Health Corp. Village Health Services)
Confidential Care, LLC – Wasilla
Cornerstone Clinic Medical Center
Counseling Solutions of Alaska, LLC
Creekside Family Health Clinic (Ketchikan)
Creekside Surgery Center
Cross Road Medical Center (Glennallen)
Day Break Adult Day Center
Dena’ina Health Clinic (Kenai)
Denali Center
Denali Dialysis
Denali Family Health Care (Kathryn Sexson)
Denali OBGyn
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Department of the Army / Public Health Nursing Section
Dr. Peter Ehrnstrom
Duce, Linda
Eielson AFB, 354th Medical Group, USAF MTF
Elmendorf AFB, 3rd Medical Group, USAF MTF
Fairbanks Cancer Care Physicians, PC
Fairbanks Cancer Treatment Center
Fairbanks Community Mental Health
Fairbanks Correctional Center Fairbanks
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital / Denali Center
FOUNDATION HEALTH, LLC
Fairbanks Native Association Behavioral Health Services
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Family Centered Services – Fairbanks
Family Health and Wellness
Family Medical Clinic – Soldotna
Family Medicine Clinic
First Choice Home Health Care - Soldotna
Fort Wainwright
Fresenius Medical Care Soldotna
Frontier Home Health and Hospice
Full Spectrum Health, LLC
Gateway to Recovery Detoxification – Fairbanks
Generations Medical Center – Wasilla
Genesis Recovery Services, Inc.
Girdwood Health Clinic, Inc.
Girls Scouts of Alaska
Glacier Family Medicine Clinic – Seward
Glacier Pediatrics - Juneau
Good Samaritan Psychiatric Services
Grace Christian School
Grand Canyon University – Phoenix, AZ
Grantham University – Lenexa, KS
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Greatland Clinical Associates
Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Health Resources Services (Seattle, WA)
Hiland Mountain Correctional Center
Homer Medical Center
Hospice of Anchorage
Iagulli, Kristen MD
Illiliuk Family Health Services - Unalaska
Independence Park Medical Services
Interior Women’s Health - Fairbanks
Jacob, Mary Ann MD
Juneau School District
Kamish Family Health Clinic
Ft. Wainwright
Katmai Oncology Group
Kenai Kids Therapy - Soldotna
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District - Soldotna
Ketchikan Indian Community
Kitsap Mental Health – Bremerton, WA
Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA)
Kodiak Island Borough School District
LaTouche Pediatrics
Liberty Dialysis
Life Quest (changed to Mat-Su Health Services)
LifeMed Alaska
Maniilaq Association
Mat-Su Borough
Mat-Su Borough School District
Mat-Su Dialysis – Wasilla
Mat-Su Health Services - Wasilla
Mat-Su Regional Home Health & Hospice
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center
Mat-Su Women’s Health Specialists
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Matthews, Kathleen ANP – Wasilla
Mea Ha, Chung MD
Medical Office of Catherine Thompson, FNP
MOA – Dept. of Health and Human Services – Family Planning Clinic
myHealth Clinic
Narcotic Drug Treatment Center, Inc.
NeighborWorks (See – Anchorage Neighborhood Health)
Ninilchik Community Clinic
North Star Behavioral Health System
North Wind Behavioral Health
Norton Sound Health Corporation Village Health Services
Nurses Diversified Systems, Inc. – Fairbanks
One Family Birth Center
Orthopedic Physicians Anchorage
Patients First Medical Clinic
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center (for MS/DNP)
PeaceHealth Medical Group –Prince of Wales
Peninsula Internal Medicine PC – Soldotna
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest & The Hawaiian Islands
Primary Care Associates
Primary Care Center
Programs for Infants & Children, Inc.
Providence Center for Child Development
Providence Extended Care Facility
Providence Health & Services Alaska Region
Providence Home Health Care
Providence Horizon House
Providence Kodiak Island Hospital
Providence Medical Group Alaska
Providence Medical Group Behavioral Health
Providence Seward Medical Center
Providence Valdez
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Ptarmigan Connections – Wasilla
Ptarmigan Pediatrics – Wasilla
Rainforest Pediatric Care - Juneau
Ralph Perdue Treatment Center
Fairbanks
Ravenwood HealthCare, LLC
Renal Care Group
Rural CAP (Rural AK Community Action Program, Inc.)
Salvation Army, The
Schramm, Heather MD
SEARHC Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
Seldovia Village Tribal Health Clinic (Homer)
Sitka Community Hospital
Sitka Pioneer Home
SOA, Department of Corrections, Inmate Health
SOA, DHSS, Division of Public Health
SOA, DHSS, Sitka Pioneer Home
South Peninsula Hospital – Homer
Southcentral Foundation
Southeast Medical Clinic – Juneau
Special Olympics
St. Elias Specialty Hospital
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School
Stop AIDS Project
Summit Family Practice (ANC & Palmer)
Sunshine Community Health Center (Talkeetna)
Surgery Center of Anchorage
Surgery Center of Fairbanks, The
Surgery Center of Wasilla
Tanaina Child Development Center
Tanana Chiefs Conference
Tanana Valley Clinic
Tanana Valley Clinic First Care
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Tok Clinic, LLC
Turning Point Counseling Services – Fairbanks
UAA Student Health Center
UAF
Upstream Family Medicine – Soldotna
Urgent Care Medical Clinic
US Army Medical Department
USA MEDDAC-AK – Ft. Wainwright
Bassett Army Community Hospital
US Coast Guard – Kodiak
US DHHS – Center for Disease Control
Valdez Medical Clinic, LLC
Valley Medical Care - Juneau
Valley Native Primary Care (Wasilla)
Valley Womens’ Resource Center
Veterans Affairs (VA)
Wiese, Tracey Dr.
Wildflower Court - Juneau
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation - Bethel
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Appendix: Faculty Table This table shows the qualifications, experience and contributions of regular SON faculty. In most cases adjunct faculty are not included.
Faculty Name & Academic Degrees
Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Ampong, David MSN PMHNP, 2018, UAA MSN Nsg, Adm 2014 Aspen Univ, CO AAS Nursing 2010 Becker College, MA
AK RN #NURR34122 Exp 11/18 Psychiatric Nursing and General Nursing
Member: Delta Epsilon Sigma-National Catholic Scholastic Honor Society
Brother Francis Shelter & SBIRT community service
Faculty Associate of American College of Healthcare Executives
Member: Honor Society of PHI KAPPA PHI
Member: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Manuscript: Depression & Pharmacogenomics
Peer Reviewed publications: Awaiting publication in Psychiatric
Achieves
Poster: Medication Matters. April 22, 2017
Denver , Colorado
Booher, Cynthia PhD, Nursing 2016 Univ of Phoenix MSN 2010 BSN 2004
AK RN #103746 Exp 11/18 Medical Surgical Nursing
Alaska Health Fair Inc
Junior Health Academy Professional
Girl Scouts of America presentation-
Faith Community Nursing-
Sigma Theta Tau: President elect/ president
American Nurses Association
American Association of Neurological Nurses
National League of Nurses
United Academics AAUP member
Alaska Nurses Association- board member at large
Podium presentation at 14th Annual Nursing Faculty Development Workshop: Establishing an Evidence-Based Teaching Culture at University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. May. 11, 2018. Title “Time Spent Studying, on Social Media, and Spirituality; Nursing Students’ Perceptions.”
Poster Presentation. Adventist Human Subjects Research Association, 6th Annual Meeting, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, May 18, 2018 “Time Spent Studying, on Social Media, and Spirituality; Nursing Students’ Perceptions.”
Poster Presentation at Sigma Theta Tau Nurse Educator conference Washington DC: An Educational Method to Enable Nursing Students to Develop the skills needed for clinical reasoning April 21, 2018
Booher, C. D., & Booher, D. J. (n.d.). A classroom and Clinic Activity to develop Clinical Reasoning Skills. The Journal for Research and Practice in College Teaching.
Booher, Daniel MSN 03/10 South Univ Savannah, GA BSN 02/06 Winston Salem Univ Resigned Summer 2018
AK RN #103495 Exp 11/18 Medical Surgical Nursing
Alaska Health Fair Inc.
Alaska Special Olympics
Scholarship not required for this position.
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Faculty Name & Academic Degrees
Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Burdette-Taylor, Michele PhD Nursing Education 2010 Univ of San Diego MSN 1995 Cal State Univ BSN 1988 Central Florida, Orlando, FL Updated activity not available at the time of this writing. .
AK RN Lic #NUR 38258 Exp 11/30/16 WOCN Board Certification in Wound Care Foot Care Exp 2019 ANCC BC Nurse Case Mgmt Community Health Nursing Foot & Wound Care
AFACT – Anchorage Faith in Action in the Community Task Force
US Delegate for International Wound Care Nurses – World Council of Enterostomal Therapists, Wound, Skin, Ostomy, Continence, and Foot Care
Brother Francis, Central Lutheran Church Foot and Wound Care Clinics, Bean’s Café
Peer reviewed conference presentation: Society for Advancement of
Wound Care – SAWC April 2017 – 3 posters
Sustainable Foot and Wound Care, Charcot Marie Tooth, Wound
Treatment Associate Course for Improvement in Large Hospital Systems
Non‐ Peer reviewed conference presentation: June 20, 2017 – Sharp
Wound Care Conference – Implementing Certified Foot Care for Direct
Care Nurses in an Acute Care Setting
1.Sustainable Foot and Wound Care
2.Charcot Marie Tooth
3.Wound Treatment Associate Course for Improvement in Large
Hospital Systems
Other:
1.Monthly Wound Care Workshops – FEB, MAR, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUG
2. Foot Care Clinics per Month at Central Lutheran Church for Homeless
of Anchorage
3.Wound Treatment Associate – Approved International WOCNCB
Course Coordinator – students in AK, CA, CO, NY, Honduras and
Vietnam
4.External Reviewer, Committee Member, Chair of Graduate Proposals, Defenses, and Projects
Camasi, Susan, Fairbanks MSN 02/12 Walden University BSN 06/75 Univ of IL, Chicago Updated activity not available at the time of this writing.
AK RN #NURR687 Exp 11/18 RNC-LRN #CAM104332601 Exp 08/19 General Nursing Pediatrics
Treasurer: Board –Center for Drug Problems
Member: Chair Policy and Procedure Committee - Center for Drug Problems
Member: American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Member: American Nurses Association
Member - ABNF: Association of Black Faculty in Nursing
Member - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
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Faculty Name & Academic Degrees
Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Carmon, Bernice PhD Nursing Education No Colo Univ 2013 MSN, Psych-Mental Health Nsg, UAA 1992 BSN 1977 Case Western Reserve
AK RN Lic #NURR8996 Exp 11/18 Psychiatric Nursing Community Health
Treasurer: Board –Center for Drug Problems
Program Evaluation: Client/Staff Satisfaction Survey – Data Entry, Analysis and Final Report. Center for Drug Problems (NDTC).
Member, American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Member, Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education Member, American Nurses' Association Member, Association of Black Nursing Faculty Treasurer, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Paper presentation: Nursing students’ affective responses to being observed by faculty: A qualitative pilot study. Association of Black Nursing Faculty – ABNF. Annual conference in June, 2017. Paper presentation Using guided discussions to facilitate student engagement. SouthEastern Nurse Educator Symposium –SENSES. Annual conference in October 2017.
Carver, Martha MS UAA 12/14 Nursing Education BSN 05/87 Univ of WI Madison
AK RN #NURR27405 Exp 11/18 Fundamentals Nursing Medical Surgical Nursing
Member: American Nurses Association
Member: Alaska Nurses Association
Member: Sigma Theta Tau
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Chambers, Jessica Univ of Alabama Birmingham, MS Neonatal NP 2016 DNP in process. Est completion date 2020 Univ Tx El Paso 2013, BSN
AK ANP, Neonatal #118506 AK RN &NUR 117602 Pediatrics & Neonatal Nursing
Academy of Neonatal Nursing Council of International Neonatal Nurses National Assoc of Neonatal Nurses National Assoc of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners PAMC NICU PeEEPS Committee PAMC NICU Neuro Nerds Committee Serves as a board certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at PAMC With LifeMed Alaska - Supports inflight and ground transport of critically ill neonate
Not a requirement of this faculty position. .
Cordero, April MSN 03/02 Univ of Phoenix Plantation, FL BSN 06/98 Florida International Univ
AK RN #114718 Exp 11/18 Pediatrics, Fundamentals, Mental Health
Volunteer: Flu shots with Providence Hospital and High School
Providence Skills Check offs
Volunteer: Walked for donation for Breast Cancer
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
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Faculty Name & Academic Degrees
Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Deck, Regena, Juneau MSN 12/13 Walden University
AK RN #NURR38921 Exp 11/18 General Nursing
Bartlett Regional Hospital Violence Prevention Program
Panel Member, UAF, Social Work Forum “What are the impacts of opioids on patient care? Spring 2018
Provided statements to the Emergency Nursing Assoc printed in their journal Volunteer, Provided Nursing Service and Leadership with Partner’s in Development (PID) in Dec 2017 in Port Au Prince Haiti Speaker, Girl Scout meeting Member, Emergency Nurse’s Assoc
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Doughfman-Billings Teri Kotzebue MSN 08/14 Jacksonville Univ (Adjunct)
AK RN #NURR38045 Exp 11/18 General Nursing
Providing medication administration education to unlicensed personnel employed in various aspects for Maniilaq Association
Providing infection prevention and medication administration education to unlicensed childcare workers in the Northwest Arctic Borough
Asst Chief Nursing Officer - Maniilaq Health Center, Kotzebue
Member: Sigma Theta Tau
Not a requirement of this faculty position
Gonzales, Bonnie MSN Nurse Midwifery 08/99 BSN 06/96 Univ of UT
AK RN #NURR29786 Exp 11/18 Obstetrics
Walk to Remember through PAMC Maintaining cultural awareness through interacting with native Alaskan youth Recognizing the impact of early sexual trauma in young children through regular therapeutic exchange Member of the Alaska LARC project Member, ACNM and AWHONN Member of Providence Nurses Union
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Hample, Catherine MSN Univ of Phoenix 2006
AK RN &NURR35171 Critical Care Medical Surgical Nursing
Ambassador, Amer Assoc of Critical Care Nurses Advisor, Am Assoc of Critical Care Nurses Volunteer School Nurse Member, Amer Assoc Critical Care Nurses Member, Sigma Theta Tau Treasurer, Theta Omicron, Local chapter of STTI Member, American Nurses Association Member, Institute for healthcare Improvement Member, American Org of Nurse Executives
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
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Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Hendrix, Thomas PhD Health Policy, Economics, Penn State 2000 MSN Adult Health Penn State 1999 BSN 1983
AK RH #NURR12625 Exp 11/18 Health Policy Health Economics Medical Surgical Nursing
Alaska Policy Forum: Research Fellow in Health Policy and Health Economics at the Alaska Policy Forum, a state libertarian think tank.
Alaska Legislature Common Core Educational Task Force
Nursing Research manuscript reviewer (2017)
Journal of Advanced Nursing manuscript reviewer (2017)
Western Institute of Nursing – poster judge (2017)
Poster Presentation (April 2018): Hendrix, T. & O’Malley, M. (2018). Do
DEU critical thinking improvements persist over time? Peer Reviewed
Proceedings: Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Nursing
Research Transforming Health Through Advances in Nursing Research,
Practice and Education, 51 [Abstract], 343 (Poster Presentation)
Poster Presentation (April 2018). O’Malley, M. & Murray, M. & Hendrix,
T. (2018). Community-engaged, multidisciplinary, funded
baccalaureate elective courses. Peer Reviewed Proceedings: Western
Institute of Nursing Communicating Nursing Research Transforming
Health Through Advances in Nursing Research, Practice and Education,
51 [Abstract], 347 (Poster Presentation)
Ingallinera, Katherine, Sitka MSN, FNP-BC 05/96 BSN 05/83 VA Commonwealth Univ.
AK FNP #NURU447 Exp 11/18 AK RN #NURR17639 Exp 11/18 General Nursing
Member of Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association Member of Alaska Nurses Association Provided physical exams for children and adults undergoing evaluation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Worked with 2 students in the fall of 2017 to provide flu shots to a variety of community members Spoke to a 3rd grade class about nursing careers in April, 2018. (2 hrs) Organized 2 students to provide sexual health education during an open house at UAS in April 2018 Organized 2 students to teach 5th graders how to take their pulses at rest and after vigorous activity, Brief term on the board of the Sitka Food Co-op still active on Capital Campaign committee
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Jackson Lisa DNP Chatham Univ 2011 MSN/FNP UAA 2007 BSN UAA 1988
AK ANP Lic #NURU1008 11/30/2018 AANC FNP #F1007292 Exp 9/30/2017 FNP & DNP Project
Team Member: Fetal Alcohol Diagnostic Interdisciplinary Team
ECHO Autism and related Developmental Disabilities
UAA Center for Human Development, Nurse Practitioner representative
2018 Amazing Race COH Event Board Member: Hope Community Resources Peer Reviewer, Journal for Nurse Practitioners Executive Board Member: Hope Community Resources Member: Alaska Nurse Practitioner Association Member: Alaska Professional Nurses Organization Member: UAA University Alumni Association Member: Chatham University Alumni Association Member: Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Omicron Chapter Member: Sigma Theta Tau, Chai Zeta Chapter Member: Phi Kappa Phi
Keynote Speaker: World Congress of Nursing & Healthcare
Professionals, Prague, Czech Republic. Physical Findings in Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Disorders.
Podium Presentation. Alaska Nurse Practitioner Conference, UAA BSN
to DNP and Master’s to DNP Programs Update, Preceptor Awards
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Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Janke Jill PhD Nursing Rush Univ 1991 MSN Montana State 1981 BSN Univ of Utah 1973
AK ANP Lic # NURU467 Exp 11/30/2018 NCC - WHCNP #JAN104306102 Exp 6/15/2017 Obstetrics Research/Epidemiology
Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing, Member
Reviewer: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, Theta Omicron
Phi Kappa Phi Honor society, Chapter 253
Janke, J. (2017-2018). Wrote chapter on Newborn Nutrition in the book
Perinatal Nursing, 5th ed. Currently chapter is “in review”.
Co-Editor with Trisha Suplee in writing the textbook: Postpartum
Compendium. Audio conferencing to develop textbook chapter
outlines,
Author for Chapter on Newborn Nutrition in the Postpartum
Compendium. Spring 2018 worked on content outline and began
literature search.
Jones, Cynthia DNP currently enrolled Est Compl Fall 2018 UAA: PMC, PMHNP 2012 & MSN, PMH CNS 2000
AK ANP #NURU687 Exp 11/18 ANCC PMHNP Cert# 20012006653 Exp 6/17 Psych/Mental Health
Assist ANPs new to state in application process, assist new PMHNPs with licensing, certification, DEA registration. Consultation to peers re pharmacologic treatment. Hours vary 0-1 Member, Neuroscience Education Institute Advanced NP at Mat-Su Health Services
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Kelley, Colleen PhD, 2017 & MS 2002 Nursing Admin Indiana Univ BS Nursing 1986 Bethel College Mishawaka, IN
AK RN #NURR31240 Exp 11/18 Medical Surgical & Psychiatric Nursing
Member: National Alaska/American Indian Nurses Association
Member: Gerontological Society of America
Member: Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
Member: American Geriatrics Society
Member: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Member: Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Omicron
Board Member: Alpha Chapter, Theta Omicron Chapter
Member: Phi Lambda Theta International Honor Society
Member: Hope Crisis Response Network
Member: National Hospice Work Group
Member: American Nurses Association
Member: Palliative Care Alaska Network (PCAN)
Member: American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
Member: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Manuscripts In Preparation:
Understanding End of Life Knowledge, Beliefs and Preferences of Alaska
Native and American Indian Peoples
-Preparing for Research with Indigenous Peoples: A Nursing Perspective Describing the end-of-life knowledge, beliefs, and preferences of Alaska Native and American Indian People
Kinley, Dorothy, Mat-Su MS Nursing Education 12/12 UAA BS Nursing 05/94 Univ of New Mexico
AK RN #NURR17038 Exp 11/18 CMSRN #838465 Exp 05/17 Medical Surgical Nursing Fundamentals
Lead on the Nursing Education Stakeholders Simulation workgroup.
Presented findings of simulation survey to group in 11/2018
Member: Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing
Member of the Board of Directors for United Way of Mat-Su
Nursing Workforce Reinvestment Committee
Prerevision reviewer for Ignatavicius, D., Workman, M. & Rebar, C.
(Eds). (2018) Medical Surgical Nursing, 9e, Elsevier
Scholarship is not a requirement for this position.
Proposals for Funding Grants
Feb 2017: SON/ PMED Simulation Coordinator
Reviewer:
Yoost Fundamentals of Nursing Conceptual Care Mapping 1st Ed.
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Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Klamser, Carol, Homer DNP 08/06 Univ of Tennessee FNP 1990 UC Davis
AK FNP-BC #NURU404 Exp 11/18 AK RN #NURR16949 Exp 11/18 SANE-A General Nursing Pharmacology
Member,
Homer Suicide Prevention Committee
American Cancer Society Outreach Committee
Homer High Sports Physical Examiner
State of AK Maternal, Infant, Child Mortality review
State of AK Exec Committee
Task Force Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership
Cook Inlet Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse
March of Dimes Evaluation Committee
Homer Task Force Developing Indicators for community risk factors for
drug/alcohol abuse
South Peninsula Hosp Preceptorship Committee
International Assoc Forensic Nurses (IAFN)
KPC Suicide Prevention Committee
Alaska Nurse Practitioner Assoc
Am Prof Society on Abuse of Children
American Nurses’ Assoc
Calif Sexual Assault Investigators Assoc
American Academy of Physician’s Assistants
National Commission on Certified Phys Assistants
Am Assoc of Critical Care Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau
Am College of Forensic Examiners Institute
Opioid Task Force
Volunteer: Homer Health Fair South Peninsula Hosp Health Fair
Not required of this faculty position,
Lefleur, Joe, Ketchikan MSN Ed. 2010 University of Phoenix BSN 2004 Nova Southeastern Univ Updated activity not available at the time of this writing.
AK RN #NURR 38702 Exp 11/18 General Nursing Critical Care
Lecture: Ketchikan High School Nursing Careers
Member: Advisory Committee Ketchikan High School Medical Technical
Program
Coordinator and Presenter for health career pathway, phlebotomy,
intravenous skills, and cast care, application and removal
RN Education Chair of Alaska Board of Nursing
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
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Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Lynes-Hayes, Patricia PhD Nsg Educ 1983 Vanderbilt Univ MSN 1976 Vanderbilt Univ BSN 1962 Seton Hall Univ, NJ
AK RN Lic #NURR26245 Exp 11/18 Foundations of Nursing
Past President & Member: Theta Omicron, Alaska chapter of Sigma Theta
Tau, the International Nursing Honor Society
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Manalo, Joel MS Nursing Educ, UAA 8/2018 BS Nursing UAA 2014
AK RN Lic # NURR38079 Medical Surgical Nursing Fundamentals
RRANN Tutor Coordinator Providence AK Medical Center – Flu Shot Clinic Member, Theta Omicron, Sigma Theta Tau Member, Alaska Nurses Association
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Mete, Margaret. Kodiak UAF, PhD in progress MS, MPH Nursing UAA 05/99 MPH 1994 Univ of S Florida BSN 1984 LaRoche College Pittsburgh, PA
AK RN #NURR16249 Exp 11/18 2012 Tech Fellow; & Mentor; Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Teaching Certificate; Quality Matters Applying the Online Rubric Certificate General Nursing Pharmacology Nsg Research
Member, Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center (PKIMC) Hospital
Auxiliary
Member/Volunteer, Alaska Nurse Alert System Emergency Nurses
Association member
Member, Sigma Theta Tau member (National Honor Society of Nurses)
Theta Omicron Chapter
Member, National League of Nursing
Member, American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Work on a casual basis at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center (PKIMC)
as RN in the Surgery Department. Offer input/feedback regularly to team.
Serve as ongoing educational resource and present in-service activities at
PKIMC as able and requested
Dissertation Study in Progress
Exploring Indigenous Holistic Healing Practices: Identifying Connections
with Nature and Spirit to Enable Providers to Meet the Healthcare
Needs of Indigenous People
Presented above research paper in progress at American Holistic Nurses
Association conference in June
Michel, Christine PhD Nursing 2008 Notre Dame Univ, Aust MSN 1999 West TX A&M Univ BSN 1993 Edith Cowan Univ
AK RN Lic #NURR31133 Exp 11/30/2016 TNCC Instructor #778102 Exp 8/31/18 Medical Surgical Nsg
Member: Board of Directors, Stone Soup
Member, Governance Committee of Board of Directors, Stone Soup
Alaska Respond Volunteer – Emergency/Disaster Relief
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and Emergency Nursing Pediatric
Course (ENPC) Emergency Nurses Association instructor
Team Based Learning Collaborative On-Line Educational Group
Consultant: Forensic work to community agencies
Manuscript development: “The Effects of Cultural Beliefs and Customs
of Alaska Natives on
Oral and poster presentation at the 2018 National Alaska Native
American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA) Annual Conference.
Topic related to Alaska Natives Nutrition and Chronic Disease.
Poster presentation at 5th Alaska Native Health Research Conference
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Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Mitchell, Kelly, Valdez MS Nursing Anesthesiology 1990 Xavier University of LA/Charity Hospital BS Nursing 1985 Univ of AL at Birmingham
AK RN #NURR36338 AK Nurse Anesthetist #NURA425 Exp 11/18 General Nursing
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Monyahan, Anastasia MSN 2016 Westbrook Univ, WV BS Nursing 1991 Thos Jefferson Univ., PA Updated activity not available at the time of this writing.
AK RN #NURR19553 Exp 11/18 General Nursing
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Moreno, Annabel MS 11/ 16 BS 12/03 Nursing UAA
AK RN #NURR24598 Exp 11/18 General Nursing Psychiatric Nsg
Board Member: Alpine Alternatives
Director, Camp Abilities Alaska Summer Camp
Member, American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Member, American Nurses’ Association
Member, Theta Omicron chapter of Sigma Theta Tau
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Muir, Rachel BSN 1991 Creighton Univ MSN, 2010 Frontier Schl of Midwifery PMHNP PMC UAA Antic Compl 2017
AANPCP FNP Certification #F1210176 2010-2020 Community Health
Member: Steering committee Alaska network on Domestic Violence and
Sexual Assault.
Member, Dillingham School Wellness Committee
Member & Secretary: Alaska Civil Liberties Union Board
Member: American Public Health Association
Member: Alaska Public Health Association
Member: AANP
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Olson, Terri MSN 05/83 Arizona State Univ BSN 12/76 Loretto Heights College, Denver CO
AK RN #NURR16391 Exp 11/18 Obstetrics Medical Surgical
Member, Alaska Alert System
Liaison between the SON & Alaska Regional Hospital
Member, Frontier Home Health Advisory Committee
Member: Colorado Nurses Association
Member: National League for Nursing
Succession Leader, Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Omicron
Alaska Nurses Association
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
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Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
O’Malley, Maureen BS Nursing, 6/76 William Paterson Univ, NJ MS Systems Mgmt, 12/83 Univ Southern California PhD, Nursing, 2002 Rush University, IL
Ak RN Lic #NURR15607 Medical Surgical Nursing Nursing Research
Member, Theta Omicron, Sigma Theta Tau
Member, Western Institute of Nursing
Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Governors, Western Institute of Nursing
Board of Directors, Armed Services YMCA of Alaska
Board of Directors, Alaska Heart Institute Research Foundation
Member, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science Appointed Member of National Task Force on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment in Nursing (SBIRT). Chair, National Masters/Doctoral Taskforce on American Association of
Colleges of Nursing SBIRT Competencies
Unpaid Consultant, State of Alaska, Health & Human Services, Department
of Epidemiology, Hospital-Associated Infections Project
Program Grants: O’Malley, M. & University Advancement, Renal Care Course Development and Enhancement. Funded by AK Kidney Found. $4,137 O’Malley, M. & University Advancement, Alaska Kidney Foundation Nursing Student Scholarship Program. Funded by AK Kidney Found. $37,832. Refereed Presentations with published abstract: Hendrix, T. & O’Malley, M. (2018). Do DEU critical thinking improvements persist over time? Peer Reviewed Proceedings: Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Nursing Research, 51 [Abstract], p 343 O’Malley, M. & Murray, M. & Hendrix, T. (2018). Community-engaged, multidisciplinary, funded baccalaureate elective courses. Peer Reviewed Proceedings: Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Nursing Research, 51 [Abstract], p 347
Rearden, Annette MSN, 08/10 UAA BSN 05/99 Marquette Univ Milwaukee, WI
AK RN #NURR19502 Exp 11/18 Medical Surgical Critical Care
Member: Alaska Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Steering Committee
Volunteer & Guest Speaker, HOSA Future Health Professionals Summit
Member, Alaska Nurses’ Association
Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Omicron Chapter
Member, National Organization for Assoc Degree Nursing Honor Society,
Alpha Delta Nu
RRANN Excellence Scholarship Grant do developed with UAA Advancement - $50,000 White R., & Rearden, A. (2018) Nursaugergut Avagniutiit: A camp for future nurses in rural Alaska. Poster presentation at Western Institute of Nursing 51st Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference Transforming Health through Advances in Nursing Research, Practice, and Education, Spokane, WA
Riesland, Rodney MSN, FNP, 2002, Northern Michigan Univ
AK Adv NP Lic # 117171 ANCC FNP certification #0377339 exp 4/30/2023 FNP
Member, American Academy of NPs Member, American Academy of Emergency NPs Member, American Academy of Neuro, Member Sports Neurology, Stroke and HA Committees Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Member, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Not a requirement for this position.
Rud, Jan Capella Univ DNP in process Angelo State Univ, Tx BSN 2002 & MSN 2008
AK Lic # NURR34457 General Nursing
Volunteer: Alaska Health Fair Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instruction AK Interior Medical Education Summit Fairbanks College and Career Fair CTC Registration Roundup Events CTC Celebrates Community Partners Event Member:
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
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Licenses/ Certifications &
Specialty
Service
Scholarship
Assoc of Women’s Health and Neonatal Nurses American Nurses’ Association International Lactation Consultant Association Sigma Theta Tau AK Breastfeeding Coalition Fairbanks Breastfeeding Coalition National League for Nursing
Russell, Teri MSN 2010 Gonzaga Univ, WA BSN 1998 Lewis-& Clark State College, ID
AK RN #NURR34916 Exp 11/18 Medical Surgical Nursing
Member: Alaska Nurses Association
Member: Alpha Delta Nu
Member: American Nurses Association
Not a requirement of this position.
Seeganna Carolyn MS Nursing Certificate,
PMHNP 5/2017, UAA
Adult Psych Mental
Health NP, 1999, Univ of
Southern Maine
AK Adv NP Lic# NURU633 Adult Psych/Mental Health PMH NP
No information provided. Not a requirement of this position.
Senette, Carol Lynn MSN 2011, UAA PhD – enrolled UNLV Estimated completion: Fall 2020
AK RN #NURR11964 Exp 11/18 CNE #NLN434983 12/31/2018 Medical Surgical Nsg
Member of the Board of Directors, Alaska Health Fairs, Inc. Member: American Nurses Association National League for Nursing Sigma Theta Tau Intern.—Theta Omicron chapter Member of Outreach committee, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)
Current project: Co-author and co-researcher with Dr. Andrew Reyes,
University student veterans experience with posttraumatic stress
symptoms: A grounded theory study.
Sexson, Kathryn OHSU: PhD, Nsg, 2014 PMC Gero Nsg 2008 MSN/FNP
AK ANP #NURR 840 Exp 11/18 ANCC FNP-BC #0391800 Exp 9/30/ 2019
Member: Alaska Nurse Practitioners Association
Member: American Nurses Association
Member: Western Institute for Nursing
Manuscript in Preparation:
The effect of ALF Visitation Practices on Family Caregivers of Persons
with Dementia
Publications:
Sexson, K., Lindauer, A., & Harvath, T. A. (2017). Supporting family
caregivers: No longer home alone: Discharge planning and teaching.
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Specialty
Service
Scholarship
UAA 2004 FNP Adv Patho
Member: Gerontological Society of America
Volunteer: AARP/UAA scholarship planning consultant
Member: AARP/University of California Davis Family Caregiver
Collaborative Project
Member: International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology Selection
Committee
American Journal of Nursing, 117(5), S22-S24.
Lindauer, A., Sexson, K., & Harvath, T. A. (2017). Supporting family
caregivers: No longer home alone: Medication management for people
with dementia. American Journal of Nursing, 117(2), 60-64.
Lindauer, A., Sexson, K., & Harvath, T. A. (2017). Supporting family
caregivers: No longer home alone: Teaching caregivers to administer
eye drops, transdermal patches, and suppositories. American Journal of
Nursing, 117(1), 54-59.
Stephenson, Kathleen Ed.D in progress MS Educational Psych 12/94 Univ of Northern CO MS Nursing 1984 University of CO BS Nursing 1979 Univ of Northern CO
AK RN #NURR15702 Exp 11/18 Pediatrics
Member:
Society of Pediatric Nurses
American Nurses Association
Organization for Associate Degree Nurses
American Association for History in Nursing
NLN Northwest Region Ambassador
Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Sullivan, Catherine MSN, CPNPR - 05/90 The Catholic University of America BSN 05/81 Fitchburg State College, MA
AK RN #NU RR8607 Exp 11/18 Community Health Health Assessment
Board Member, Alaska Health Fair
Member: Sigma Theta Tau
Member: National Assoc Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.
Alaska Chinese Association
Pax Christi – USA
Amnesty International
Not required for this position.
Toebe, Dianne PhD Hum Beh 1982 US International Univ MS/WHNP 1985 UCLA Harb Med Ctr MSN 1972, NY Med Coll
AK RN #NURR5400 Exp 11/18 NCC, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB #TOE104286111 Exp 6/15/2018 Informatics Management
Board member & Vice President of Board, Center for Drug Treatment,
Narcotic Drug Treatment Center,
Volunteer: Providence Health and Services Alaska screening for
pneumococcal and seasonal influenza immunizations, giving the
immunizations
Board Member, Alaska Audubon Society
Volunteer, AK Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Completed Faith Community Nursing course at Providence Hospital, expanding and focusing an area of research on the roles and responsibilities of nurses in this specialty in the state of Alaska.
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Service
Scholarship
Toscano, Sharyl PhD Nursing 2002 Boston College MS FNP 1998 U of Mass Lowell BS 1994 Univ of Mass, Amherst
AK RN #NURR33578 Exp 11/18 Cert Ped Nurse #20131565 Ped Adv Life Support, renewed Spring 2016 Cert Neon Resc Renewed SU 2015 Pediatrics Nsg Research
Narcotic drug Treatment Center Board Member (NDTC)
AK Board of Nursing
National Council State Board of Nursing Committee on Regulatory
Excellence
Member, International Assoc of Human Caring,
Peer Reviewed Published Abstract Internat: Toscano (2017). Translation of Qualitative Findings for Anticipatory Guidance: Regret Sex, a Poetic Transcription. International Journal of Qualitative Methods (16)40-41 Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation Internat: Toscano (2018) Gaining Insight into the Human Condition through Poetic Transcription. International Association for Human Caring Conference (IAHC) Minneapolis, MN. Alaska Quarterly Review contract extension and assignment as Contributing Editor for the Narrative & Healing Site: Additions to the site: New concept and development of the poetry corner with two edited additions: Phoebe’s Poem and Who Am I? Authored “Introduction to the Healing Stories Created with Poetic Transcription” placed within the perspectives section Procured and edited “Gracey” added to the Narratives section. Summer: Gap Analysis for the BS program: How do Kaplan scores compare with NCLEX results?
Tremblay, Ammie MSN, CNS 07/2011 BSN 05/2007 Georgia Southern University
RN AK #NURR32613 Exp 11/18 Obstetrics Community Health
Member: Alaska Nurse Association
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Nursing Leader:
Counselor/Communications
Volunteer/member: Planned Parenthood
Advisor: Student to Student program development
Volunteer Doula service provider
Assoc of Woman’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses-
Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition
National League for Nursing
Alaska Clinical Nurse Specialists Association
Not a requirement of this faculty position.
Trujillo, Angelia DNP 2008 Univ of TN UAA, BSN 1997 UAA MSN 2004
AK ANP Lic# 125908 Women’s Health NP Certification: TRU1-0441-1723 Exp 9/15/2020
Member: International Association of Forensic Nursing
Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Forensic Nursing
Presenter: Statewide Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
SART training
Consultant/educator forensic
SAFE Forensic Learning Series – Pediatric Sexual Abuse Assessment, primary editor, project in review Podium presentation at Texas Association of Sexual Assault, June 2017 – Community Readiness for Sexual Assault Response Poster presentation at Ending Violence Against Women International, April, 2018 – Community Readiness for Sexual Assault Response
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Specialty
Service
Scholarship
MSN/WHNP, 2017 Frontier Nsg Univ, KY
AK RN #NURR18310 Exp 11/18 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Pediatrics Exp 2017 Community Health Forensics
Member: Anchorage Alliance Violence Prevention Poster presentation at Western Institutes of Nursing (co-author), April 2018 – Innovative Leadership Development in a Baccalaureate Capstone Course Webinars completed for Alaska Nurses Association Wet Mount Training for Health Care Providers Menopause 101 Webinars in development for Alaska Nurses Association Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Health Care Providers in Alaska Educational posters developed: Menopause: It’s a Hot Topic, The Annual Exam
Wellmann Kathaleen DNP 2010 Ariz State Univ MSN/FNP 2000 UAA SON admin did not receive a current activity report.
ANCC, FNP #0366256 2002 to present ANCC, PNP #0366291 2002 to present FNP Organization/Finance
Board of Directors: American Heart Association, Alaska Chapter-
Lead Instructor: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Member: The American Heart Association Circle of Red
Member: Alaska Nurse Practitioners Association American Member:
Member: American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Member: Medical Group Management Association
Member: Sigma Theta Tau
Presenter/ Sponsor/ CPR instruction: Alaska Heart Run
Volunteer/ Sponsor/ CPR instruction: Go Red for Women
Member: American Nurses Association
Member/ Sports Announcer/Volunteer/ Trail Guard: Alaska Sled Dog
Racing Association
Member Racer: Chugiak Dog Mushers
Creative Activities:
Conference: Alaska Nurse Practitioner Annual Conference: Pediatric
Cardiac Considerations in the Young Athlete
Providence Annual Cardiac Conference: Pediatric ECG Screening
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Presentation:
Vascular Access Accuracy: Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
Vascular Access Accuracy: Children's Hospital At Providence
Vascular Access Accuracy: Sitka Community Hospital
Developmental Communication: Akiak Head Start, Nunapitchuk Head
Start, Pilot Station Head Start
White, Rachelle BSN 08/05 Northwest University MS Nsg, UAA - Currently enrolled completion: Fall 2018
AK RN #NURR25622 Exp 11/18 CWON #2005456269 General Nursing
Fall Collaborated with local Public Health nurses to implement the Bethel Point of Dispensing exercise Bethel based simulation research group planning meeting collaboration Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Bethel Supper club preparing meals for those in need. volunteer 5 hours/ month Conducted grant process for funding for HOPE in Alaska Ministry for $10,000.00 Grant awarded. (6/2018) Secretary for HOPE in Alaska Ministry/Camp HOPE nonprofit organization volunteer 5 hours/month
Collaboration with Kuskokwim Univ Admin to apply for UAF BLAST grant funding for skills lab. Grant request of $65,345.00; Grant was denied however BLAST exploring other funding. Poster presentation: White, R., Rearden, A., Manalo, J., Wilbanks, A., Mckinnon, C., Chavez, C., Yoon, G., Ellsworth, L., Hoffman, M., Corbett, N., & Hastie, Z. (2017, April). Nursaugergut ayaniutiit: A camp for future nurses in rural Alaska. Poster session presented at the Western Institute of Nursing 51st Annual Communicating Nursing Research, Spokane, WA.
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Service
Scholarship
Camp HOPE lead cook/support staff volunteer hours 288 (7/18) Member—Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Member—American Nurses Association Member--Western Institute of Nursing Member—Wounds International
Research Proposal in preparation: Barriers, Benefits and Possibilities: Evaluating the Continuing Edu needs of rural Alaska nurses.