Spring 1999Vol. 6, No. 15

ALSO INSIDE

School of Nursing Research Agenda Expands… 4 • Graduate Program Update…5December 1998 Graduates…13 • Gala Week Nursing Leadership Conference…15

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THE HISTORY OF PURDUE NURSING

PART THREE: THE JO A. BROOKS YEARS (page 9)

SCHOOL OF NURSING PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Violet Haas Award winners Brooks (l) and MaraWasburn, shown as Brooks is notified of herselection for contributions to campus women.

As a nurse practitioner, Brooks (l) is directorof the Carroll County Nursing Center

Brooks recognizes the late Robert “Doc” Epplefor contributions to nursing students.

Brooks (middle) demonstrates fingersticktechnique to students at a health fair.

PRACTITIONER

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HEAD—LINESHEAD—LINESHEAD—LINES Linda A. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD, Professor & Head, School of NursingAssociate Dean, Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, & Health Sciences

T he School of Nursing is on themove in strengthening partner-

ships at Purdue, as well as through-out the Greater Lafayette Community,the State of Indiana, and beyond. Inrecent months, our faculty, facilities,and program have been featured inseveral Purdue publications, the localradio, and the national press.Lafayette’s WLFI-TV 18 aired infor-mative features on both the CarrollCounty Nursing Center for FamilyHealth and the Center for NursingEducation, Research, and Practice(CNERP), formerly the LRC. Inaddition, several Lafayette newspaperarticles have highlighted the impor-tance of nurses and nurse practitio-ners to the community, using ourfaculty, alumnae, and graduate stu-dents for background information andexpert quotes.

Several initiatives have come tofruition since my arrival here last May.The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)Master of Science in Nursing degreeconsortium program with PurdueCalumet was approved for statewidedistance education delivery, withPurdue West Lafayette serving as theinitial site. This means that the 27students currently enrolled in the FNPprogram can pursue their total degreehere in West Lafayette. Plans areunderway for collaboration betweenPurdue and Indiana University todeliver graduate level courses to andfrom each school’s respective campuses(see page 5).

On the research front, creativesynergies were forged by Dr. RuthWukasch with the establishment of theResearch, Praxis, and Grants Commit-tee, comprised of nursing faculty mem-bers, colleagues from Purdue, andmembers of the local health care com-munity. On page 4, you can read moreabout what the current co-chairs ofthe committee, Dr. Sharon Wilkersonand Dr, Nancy Edwards, have planned.

On the teaching front, Dr. PegKrach, Dr. Carol Blue, Ruth AnnSmolen, and Dr. Nicholas Popovich

STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AT PURDUE AND BEYOND

from Pharmacy Practice, collaboratedon a hands-on teaching experience inthe CNERP for Pharmacy Students(see page 6). In addition, Dr. RobertL. Ringle, Purdue’s Executive VicePresident for Academic Affairs, isscheduled to give a lecture on com-munication problems arising fromneurological deficits to junior nursingstudents. Jane Kirkpatrick, KitSchafer, and Dr. Margaret Hamilton,who teach Nursing of ChildbearingFamilies, continue to refine and im-prove upon their course website. Ata recent in-house Lunch & Learn, theygave their peers advice and encour-agement to implement websites fortheir respective courses.

On the community outreach front,several students, faculty, and staffparticipated in a slide presentation onthe School’s mission, goals, program,and facilities to the local Rotary Club’sbreakfast and luncheon meetings. Oneof our students, junior Amie Swardson,gave a very insightful and professionalpresentation on her two-week medi-cal mission trip to Haiti at the jointIndiana State Nurses Association-Dis-trict 8 and Delta Omicron Chapter ofSigma Theta Tau dinner meeting inMarch (see page 12). Dr. Carol Blueand Dr. Peg Krach received a UnitedWay Venture Grant XII to providehomecare nurses for low-income fami-lies in the Greater Lafayette area. InApril, several faculty members andstudents will provide health screeningsat a developmental fair for the Early

Head Start program in GreaterLafayette. The targeted population ispregnant moms and children frombirth to age two.

In early March, I enjoyed chair-ing a special projects grants reviewpanel for the United States Depart-ment of Health and Human ServicesDivision of Nursing, attended theAmerican Association of Colleges inNursing spring meeting in Washing-ton, DC, and a legislative workshopsponsored by the Indiana State NursesAssociation. I also spoke about the roleof advanced practice nurses in man-aged care as a guest lecturer inDr. James Anderson’s Medical Soci-ology course. In addition, I partici-pated in the CIC-Big 10 Dean’smeeting in Chicago.

On the School’s horizon are plansfor expanding our master’s degree spe-cialty tracks, the establishment of aninfrastructure for inter- and intra-disciplinary research, strengtheningour international linkages in CentralAmerica, the Middle East, and the FarEast, and phasing into a separate andindependent School with its own dean.

There is much to do as we count-down toward the new millennium. TheFall 1999 Vital Signs will keep you upto date. I look forward to personallygreeting you at our Nursing Gala WeekConference on April 23. (See page 15for registration information.)

Dr. Simunek (l) and Assoc. Dean for Re-search and Evaluation at the Univ. of Ten-nessee (Knoxville) Dr. Maureen Groer, whofacilitated the Faculty/Staff Fall Retreat.

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DEVELOPMENTSDEVELOPMENTSDEVELOPMENTS Mara H. Wasburn, PhD, Director of Development and Alumni Relations

Enclosed is my gift of $______. Make checks payable to Purdue Foundation.

Name _________________________________________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________________________

City __________________________________________________ State ________ Zip _______________

MAIL TO:Nurse of the Future Scholarship, School of Nursing, 1337 Johnson Hall of Nursing,Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1337

NURSE OF THE FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP DONATION FORM

840 13370002

ne of the more rewarding aspects of my job here at the School of Nursing is arranging for students to meet the donors who have helped

them. One particularly poignant moment stands out in my mind, and I’dlike to share it with you.

Violet B. Arihood Road, who died last November (see page 16) alwayswanted to be a nurse, but never made that happen. However, nurses hada special place in her heart. She and her husband Dick, a graduate of Purdue’sSchools of Engineering, created a Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust toprovide for scholarships for nursing students. Not content with that, theRoads also decided to make annual gifts to our School so that their moneycould begin helping students now. Brenda Metteal is one of those students.A divorced mother of two, she feels “Purdue Nursing is the best Schoolto go to because it is a very highly rated program. I know I will be ableto get a good job and provide for my children with a Purdue UniversityNursing degree.”

Metteal will graduate in May. She currently is a PRN aide at HomeHospital’s Home Health Care and works every other weekend as a medical-surgical nurse tech at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. She received the 1998

Nurse of the Future Scholarship that goes to a need-basedjunior student with a 3.0 GPA or higher. She had the op-portunity to have lunch with the Roads, who generously havesupported this fund, and to share with them what the schol-arship had meant to her.

“That extra help means your utility bills will bepaid for a few months or you can take a weekendoff work to spend time with your family,” explainsMetteal. “The time I have had to spend studyingand working has been difficult on my children, butmy family couldn’t be prouder.”

Metteal believes that Purdue doesn’t have thescholarship opportunities that she has seen at otherschools. “I plan to do something about this aftergraduation when I have the opportunity to give backto the School,” she says. “I hope that I can makea difference for future Purdue nursing students.”

You can give something back to our School bycontributing to the Nurse of the Future Scholar-ship fund. By so doing, you will help ensure thatthe fine education you received will be here forfuture generations of nurses.

Violet Road

Brenda Metteal

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SCHOOL EXPANDS RESEARCH AGENDA

uilding upon its outstandingundergraduate program and the

new graduate curriculum, the facultyand staff at the School of Nursing aremaking a renewed commitment topromoting excellence in teaching andservice through research activitiesthat will have a direct impact on thehealth and well being of the citizensof Indiana, the nation, and the world.

During the fall 1998 semester, theneed to facilitate the utilization andpromotion of research within educa-tion and practice led to the formingof the School of Nursing Research,Practice, and Grants Committee. Thisstanding committee is comprised ofboth nursing faculty and practicingnurses in the community.

B ing the School forward,” statesWilkerson, who is part of the GreaterLafayette Neonatal Research Consor-tium. “Keeping track of, as well asknowing how to take advantage of allthe diverse research funds availableis difficult to do as an individual. Itis so helpful to have peer support.

“Nursing research has real-lifeimplications,” continues Wilkerson,who has received a Purdue GlobalFaculty Initiative Grant for travel toEgypt to study developmental carewith premature infants in collabora-tion with Azza Ahmed, RN, PhD (seepage 6). “Most nurse researchersfocus on nursing practices or inter-ventions that directly affect patientcare. People are familiar with the artof caring as it relates to nursing. Asresearchers, we show there is trulya science and a rationale, behind ourprofessional, day-to-day practice.”

This academic year, severalnursing faculty are engaged inmultidisciplinary research projectsthat have the potential for attractingextramural funding. Edwards andAlan Beck, ScD, director of theHuman-Animal Bond Center atPurdue’s Veterinary Pathobiologydepartment, are researching cognitivestimulation through pet therapy.Carol Blue, RN, PhD, is working withJames McGlothlin, PhD, associateprofessor of Health Sciences atPurdue, to investigate ergonomicsafety measures in the workplace.Blue also collaborates with RandyBlack, PhD, professor of Health,Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies atPurdue, on exercise behaviors in blue-collar workers. Peg Krach, RN, PhD,and Kenneth Ferraro, PhD, profes-sor of Sociology at Purdue, are in-volved in gerontology research; andCynthia Fletcher, RN, PhD, is collabo-rating with nurse researchers fromIndiana University on pain manage-ment in sickle cell adolescents. Acomplete list of each faculty member’sresearch focus is available on ourwebsite: www.nursing.purdue.edu.

The School’s diverse facultyresearch interests filter to the students

via lectures in the classroom, inno-vative interventions in clinicals, andunique opportunities to participate inthe research process firsthand. Stu-dents at all levels enroll in NUR 399:Special Topics to collaborate with andassist faculty members performingresearch. Junior nursing students arerequired to take NUR 308: Researchin Nursing to learn the principles andmethodology of research. They areexpected to interpret research, ana-lyze findings, and identify its signifi-cance to clinical practice.

“One of the challenges professorsface is finding time for research,teaching, and service. That is why Ifind student involvement in researchto be a big help and an experiencethat benefits both parties,” saysEdwards, who recently was named a1999 Hartford Institute GeriatricNursing Research Scholar.

“Students learn how to performliterature searches, navigate throughPurdue’s library system, and cancollect data as well as enter it,” shecontinues. “Most important, studentssee how applicable nursing researchis to actual, real life practice. We arebuilding a generation of nurses withstrong practitioner skills backed bythe scientific knowledge needed topursue any career in nursing.”

Nursing Freshman Scholars pair withfaculty mentors who introduce them tothe research process. The 1998-99 schol-ars are (l to r): Ginger Disrud, CarolynCzyz, Dawn Frautschy, Maudie Roberts,Katrina Ruettiger, and Larry Plawecki.(Tiffany Frieders and Kathryn Tibbits arenot pictured.)

A nursing student assesses a subjectat one of the fish tanks used for Asst.Professor Nancy Edwards’ research inthe effects of animal-assisted therapyon Alzheimer’s individuals.

According to current committeeco-chairs Sharon A. Wilkerson, RN,PhD, associate professor and assistanthead for graduate studies, and NancyEdwards, RN, PhD, assistant profes-sor, the goals of the committee are:1) establish a formal peer reviewprocess for all grant applications,research studies, and manuscripts; 2)promote the utilization of researchfindings in teaching and practice; 3)promote Purdue School of Nursing asa center for nursing research; and 4)establish a nursing research instituteas an infrastructure for inter-andintradisciplinary research.

“This formation of a joint re-search committee is crucial to mov-

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ast semester, the first two graduate courses were offered

at Purdue West Lafayette’s School ofNursing. Thirteen nurses completedTheoretical Constructs of Nursing,and 12 completed Holistic Health Pro-motion. This spring, 19 students areenrolled in Pharmacology and 13 areenrolled in Holistic Health Promotion.

Vicki Nees (’77), RN,C; BSN,family birth center education coor-dinator at St. Elizabeth MedicalCenter (Lafayette, Indiana), was oneof the first graduate students to enroll.

“I have been waiting for Purdueto move their program to the gradu-ate level” she says. “With the con-stant changes, it’s hard to tell wherehealth care will be in two years. I wantto be prepared for the future as moreand more people realize how cost-ef-fective nurse practitioners are, whatthey can do, and how much they con-tribute to health care as a whole.”

Nees wasn’t surprised that partof this program utilizes innovativedistance education. “At Purdue, tech-nology is the norm. The two-waysatellite course is very effective andconvenient for me and my peers.”

On February 12, 1999, The In-diana Commission for Higher Edu-cation unanimously approved the pro-posal to offer Purdue Calumet’sMasters of Science in Nursing degreestatewide via distance education tech-nology. This allows Purdue Nursing

For information and to register for the Family Nurse Practitioner GraduateProgram, contact Donna M. Kauffman, Asst. Head for Student Services,765-494-4008; dmkauffman@nursing.purdue.edu or Sharon Wilkerson,Asst. Head for Graduate Studies, 765-494-4013; swilkers@nursing.purdue.edu

SUMMER 1999 COURSES (May 17-August 6)

NUR 500: Theoretical Constructs of Nursing

TENTATIVE FALL 1999 COURSES (August 23-December 18)

NUR 500: Theoretical Constructs of NursingNUR 503: Advanced Physical AssessmentNUR 504: Holistic Health PromotionNUR 506: Advanced Pathophysiology

The School of Nursing needs to collect rationale to support its efforts in securing

a master’s, and then a doctoral, program. Please let us know what type of

program(s) you would like to see offered. Contact Dr. Linda Simunek, School

of Nursing; 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;

765.494.4004 phone; 765.496.1800 fax; simunek@nursing.purdue.edu

West Lafayette to officially marketthe entire Family Nurse Practitioner(FNP) program — not just the courses.

“We will continue to offer theFNP in consortium with PurdueCalumet, but our next goal is todevelop an independent master’s pro-gram at West Lafayette,” explainsSharon A. Wilkerson, RN, PhD,Associate Professor and AssistantHead for Graduate Studies. “We wantto expand the graduate programoptions on this campus so nurses canpursue advanced degrees in otherclinical specialties and functionalareas such as teaching.”

Ideally, all existing and futurePurdue Nursing master’s degreeprograms will be offered via distanceeducation, says Wilkerson. “We wantPurdue Nursing to be a leader in uti-lizing technology, like interactivesatellite and web-based courses. If wetie all our Purdue nursing master’sdegree programs together, we candraw on each campus’s existing clini-cal and faculty expertise. For example,Fort Wayne has a nursing adminis-tration graduate program that mayinterest students here.”

According to Wilkerson, this typeof flexibility is crucial to attractingstudents, most of whom have full-timenursing careers and families.

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Graduate student and NCFH CoordinatorKathy Nichols (‘93), RN, (right) teaches stu-dents in the NCFH. She is pursuing a FNPdegree to further her interest in healthpromotion and wellness.

GRADUATE PROGRAM UPDATE

Recently, collaborative work hasbegun with Indiana University tofacilitate access to some of theirnursing courses and to ensure easeof credit transferability betweengraduate level nursing programsthroughout the state of Indiana.

“This also gives the PurdueNursing schools the ability to offermore degree options without over-loading existing clinical spaces andfaculty workloads,” she says.

“In the end, students will be theultimate benefactors of this collabo-rative effort,” continues Wilkerson.“They will have the opportunity topursue the master’s degree of theirchoice without long commutes and byexperiencing the latest technical in-novations in distance education.”

While Wilkerson and a technicianmonitor the controls, the Nursinggraduate students participate in apharmacology course via live, two-waysatellite feed.

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INSIDE THE SONINSIDE THE SONINSIDE THE SON

NAME CHANGE REFLECTS CENTER’S ROLE

Purdue University Continuing NursingEducation, West Lafayette, has been ap-proved as a provider of continuing educa-tion in nursing by the Indiana StateNurses Association (ISNA). ISNA is ac-credited as an approver of continuing edu-cation in nursing by the Commission onAccreditation of the American NursesCredentialing Center.

In February, Nursing faculty, staff, andstudents provided hands-on instruction intaking and reading blood pressures to over150 Pharmacy students at the Center forNursing Education, Research, and Prac-tice. The Pharmacy students gained in-valuable knowledge to help them betterassist clients who have blood pressureproblems. Assoc. Professors Carol Blue,RN, PhD, and Peg Krach, RN, PhD,CNERP Director Ruth Ann Smolen, RN,MS, and Assoc. Head and Professor ofPharmacy Nicholas Popovich, RPh, PhD,coordinated the collaborative project.

Mara H. Wasburn, director, Developmentand Alumni Relations, earned her doctoratein Higher Education Administration, andRuth Ann Smolen, director, Center for Nurs-ing Education, Research, and Practice, re-ceived a master’s degree in Education, witha specialty in curriculum development anddesign. Both degrees were earned at Purdue.

Jo A. Brooks, RN,C; DNS, professor, andMara H. Wasburn, PhD, director, Devel-opment and Alumni Relations, were hon-ored with the other recipients of the Coun-cil on the Status of Women at Purdue’sViolet Haas Award for “outstanding con-tributions on behalf of women.” A plaquewith the winners’ names recently was un-veiled in the Purdue Memorial Union.

he Learning Resources Center, located in Johnson Hallof Nursing, has been renamed theCenter for Nursing Education, Re-search, and Practice (CNERP).

Ruth Ann Smolen (‘69), RN, BSN,MS, says “the CNERP provides stu-dents opportunities to demonstratethe transfer of knowledge in a highlysophisticated, technically integratedlearning situation that correspondswith the ‘real’ world. The facilitiesand equipment constantly are up-graded so Nursing faculty and staffcan teach our students the most up-to-date treatments and techniques.”

With the addition of graduatecourses to the School’s curriculum,

the research agenda is growing. The CNERP is poised to serve the needsof the graduate students, who will use the center to hone their advancedassessment skills and perform basic clinical research trials.

Funding proposals for a complete redesign of the CNERP currentlyare being evaluated. The plans include adding a simulated home healthcare setting, creating a research area, and expanding the critical care lab.In addition, the entrance to the CNERP will be moved to a safer locationat the front of Johnson Hall.

According to Smolen, approximately 100 nursing students use the CNERPevery day. In addition, other schools on campus, such as Engineering, So-ciology, and Pharmacy, have discovered the wealth of resources availableat the center. Nursing faculty, staff, and students have worked collaborativelywith these disciplines to foster a better learning and research environment.

“This outreach into the University community enhances the School’simage and shows diverse groups the science behind the nursing profes-sion,” states Smolen. “We want all of Purdue to know that our CNERPis an invaluable asset, both to our School and the University as a whole.”

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ACCOLADES

r. Azza Ahmed, RN, a visit- ing scholar from Egypt, re-

cently received her doctorate fromCairo University. Her dissertationtopic was the effect of a breast-feeding educational program onbreastfeeding practice among moth-ers of preterm infants. AssociateProfessor and Assistant Head forGraduate Studies Sharon Wil-kerson, RN, PhD, and the neonatalresearch consortium at HomeHospital plan to duplicate herstudy. Ahmed was a teaching as-

VISITING SCHOLARS OPEN INTERNATIONAL DOORS

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and teaching projects. Kim plansto duplicate one of the Alzheimer’sDisease research studies performedby Assistant Professor NancyEdwards, RN, PhD.

sistant in pediatric nursing at CairoUniversity. She is the third visitingscholar to collaborate with the Schoolof Nursing in recent years. In 1996,Kin Holbek, RN, MSN, director andsenior counselor at Adger College,Kristiansand Norway, gathered dataat Purdue and other schools of nurs-ing to demonstrate the importanceof nursing research to Norwegian col-leagues. During 1998, Dr. Juhee Kim,professor of Nursing at Hanyang Uni-versity, Seoul, Korea was an activeparticipant in several faculty research

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Ahmed (left) and Assoc. Prof.Joan Kuipers.

In the CNERP, students can use thisstate-of-the-art equipment provided bya Hewlett-Packard grant.

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SCHOOL OF NURSING HEALTH TIP

BY CAROL BAIRD, RN, DNS, ASST. PROFESSOR

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n September, the School held its first annual Honors Convocationto kick-off the academic year andto recognize individuals who receivedSchool of Nursing EnhancementAwards for outstanding service anddedication to Purdue Nursing. The1998 winners were (l to r): Ruth AnnSmolen, RN, MS, director of theCenter for Nursing Education, Prac-tice, and Research; Jane Overbay,RN,C; MSN, associate professor;Ruth Wukasch, RN,C, DNS, assis-tant professor. Featured guests and speakers were Purdue’s Executive VicePresident of Academic Affairs Robert Ringle, former Dean of the Gradu-ate School and Vice President for Research Louis Proenza, and Dean ofthe Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences Charles Rutledge.Nursing students and staff, their family members, and representatives fromseveral departments across Purdue’s campus also attended the gala event.

SON ENHANCEMENT WINNERS NAMED

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NEW FACULTY BRING

DIVERSE EXPERIENCE

Last August, CarolBaird, RN,CS, DNS,was named assistantprofessor of Nursing,after earning her doc-torate from IndianaUniversity. Baird’sclinical specialty isgerontological nursing

“I like being apart of the Purdue

Nursing community. The scholarlyenvironment here is very stimulating,”she says.

Baird previouslywas an assistantclinical professor atIndiana UniversitySchool of Nursing.Her current researchfocuses on older os-teoarthritic womenwho are able to liveindependently.

Jamaican nativeCynthia Fletcher, RN, PhD, wasnamed assistant professor of Nursingin August 1998. She is developing apain appraisal tool for adolescentswith sickle cell disease, and is collabo-

rating with nurse re-searchers from Indi-ana University whoshare her researchinterests in sickle celldisease.

Fletcher previ-ously was an assistantprofessor of Nursingat Florida Interna-tional University.

She says “Beingable to impart what you know tofuture nurses is very fulfilling. Tofurther the advancement and excel-lence of our profession, we each mustpass on the knowledge we accumu-late in our areas ofexpertise.”

In August 1998,Suzanne Rudman, RN,CS, MSN was namedvisiting assistant pro-fessor of Nursing. Herclinical specialty ispulmonary nursing.From 1989 to 1998,

she was a critical care nurse special-ist and the department head at theHome Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab.

Rudman, who was a facultymember from 1984 to 1989, says, “It’svery satisfying to be back. PurdueNursing has only improved upon itselfover the years.”

Patricia Sabol Scheetz, RN, MSN,was named visiting assistant profes-

sor of Nursing in January 1999. Shepreviously instructed medical-surgi-cal nursing students at St. ElizabethMedical Center.

According to Scheetz, “PurdueNursing students are very dynamic.As they enter the profession and as-sume leadership roles, their enthusi-asm and know-how will rejuvenatenursing and the health care system.”

here are approximately 1.5 billion days of restrictedactivity per year due to osteoarthritis, a major cause of dependency

and disability as you age. To live with incurable and frequently progressivepain, stiffness and instability, you must learn to cope. Here are someimportant tips:

1. Keep moving. Often the difference between someone doing well andsomeone not doing well is as simple as walking. If you cannot dostrengthening exercises, do low-impact aerobics; if you cannot do aero-bics, do short-distance walking; if you cannot walk, stretch.

2. Understand and trust yourself. Only you know how you feel, and howyou react to medication and treatments. Communicate clearly withyour healthcare provider.

3. Get plenty of rest. Change activities to decrease physical stress.5. Find out newest information and treatments. Learn from others but

realize that something may help them and not you.6. Do what works for you. What provides relief and helps today, may

not work tomorrow. What didn’t work today may help next week.7. Keep learning and think positive. An empty mind can easily be filled

with pain and suffering. Be hopeful; do not continually focus on physicaldifficulties.

8. Let others help. You’ve worked hard, now let others assist you.

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FACULTY FOCUSFACULTY FOCUSFACULTY FOCUS& Avioli, Louis V. (1998) Regulation ofinsulin-like growth factors I and II andtheir binding proteins in human bone mar-row stromal cells by dexamethasone. Jour-nal of Cellular Biochemistry 71, 449-458.

Krach, P. (1998) The older adult in a ruralhome setting. Cole, V., Johnson, M., Malone,J., Walker, B. (eds.) Family Nursing Practice.Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. 297-318.

Krach, P. (1999) Assessing elders in theoffice for alcohol abuse. Medicine & Be-havior 2(1), 31-32.

Aaltonen, P. Foodborne illnesses. AreaAgencies on Aging Conference, Lafayette,IN (2/12/99).

Baird, C. Holding on while letting go:Community-residing older women with os-teoarthritis. Educating Health Care Profes-sionals, Univ. of So. Ind., Evansville (10/27/98) and N.W. Indiana Nursing ResearchConsortium 6th Annual Nursing ResearchConference, Merrillville, IN (11/6/98).

Brooks, J.A. Faculty and students: Part-ners in providing primary health care ina rural setting. 1999 Faculty Practice Con-ference, American Association of Collegesof Nursing, San Francisco, CA (2/26/99).

Edwards, N. Handling geriatric emergen-cies, restraints: Issues and concerns, andGeriatric assessment. Academy of MedicalSurgical Nursing, Philadelphia, PA (10/4/98); Geriatric assessment and handlingcommon complications of the elderly. Staffworkshop, Southern Baptist Hospital,Paducah, KY (11/19/98); The managementof Parkinson’s Disease as it relates tomarital quality, perceived support, locusof control, and perceived burden. MidwestAlliance in Nursing Conference, India-napolis, IN. (9/17/98); and The utilizationof animal assisted therapy in the manage-ment of Alzheimers Disease. Governor’sTask Force on Alzheimers and RelatedSenile Dementia, Indiana Department ofHealth, Division of Disability, Aging, andRehabilitative Services (2/22/99).

Edwards, N. & Scheetz, P. Predictors ofburden in Parkinson’s Disease caregivers.Midwest Alliance in Nursing, Inc. Confer-ence, Indianapolis, IN (9/16/98).

Fletcher, C. Adolescents’ appraisal andcoping with Sickle Cell Disease pain. Na-tional Sickle Cell Disease Conference, SanFrancisco, CA (2/25/99).

Hamilton, M. & Davis, J. (’74) Feminismand personal control in pregnancy as ex-pressed by nurses and physicians. 23rdAnnual Midwest Nursing Research SocietyConference, Indianapolis, IN (4/11/99).

Asst. Professor Jane Kirkpatrick, RN,C;MSN, is a featured faculty speakers ona Purdue Multimedia Instructional De-velopment Center video. At Purdue’s Fac-ulty Technology Showcase Program, shewill present converting an instructionalvideotape to a computer-based programand demonstrate her newborn assessmentcomputer program. She also developed amultidisciplinary program on cultural di-versity during the perinatal period forlocal physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers. Asst. Professor MargaretHamilton, RN, PhD, was co-moderator.Dr. Azza Ahmed, a visiting scholar at theSchool (see page 6), and junior nursingstudent Yolanda Gonzalez were panelists.

Five Nursing faculty and staff membersare taking a “Spanish for Medical Per-sonnel” course: C. Baird, M. Hamilton, T.Lansinger, S. Posey, and L. Simunek. CarrollCounty Nursing Center nurses D. Mears andG. Noe also are participating.

Outcome assessment: Communication,critical thinking, and therapeutic inter-ventions of nursing students,” a posterdeveloped by Asst. Head for Undergradu-ate Administration Pam Aaltonen, RN,MS, and designed by Writer/Editor BeckyLohman, was named a finalist at Purdue’sExcellence 21 Celebration.

Nine Purdue Nursing faculty members wereinvited to present at the June 1999 Inter-national Congress for Nursing in London.The School also was invited by the Councilfor Nursing Centers Executive Committeeto participate in a presentation at the June1999 National League for Nursing’s Bien-nial Convention.

GRANTS

PRESENTATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

ACCOLADES

Kirkpatrick, J.M. Rethinking Assessment:Strategies for evaluating learning out-comes. Outcomes Conference, IndianaUniv., Indianapolis (4/7/99).

Krach, P. and Smolen, R.A. Producingwinning presentations: Tips for designingeffective visuals. Third Annual Nursing andHealth Professions Educator Conference,Univ. of So. Ind., Evansville, IN (10/27/98)and ANA Council for Professional NursingEducation, Indianapolis, IN (11/1/98).

Schafer, K. Video validation: Technology,time, and tension. Faculty TechnologyShowcase Program, Purdue University,W. Lafayette, IN (3/2/99).

Wilkerson, S.A. Kangaroo care with verypremature infants and Developmental careeducation in the community NICU. ThePhysical and Developmental Environmentof the High-Risk Infant Conference, Univ.of So. Florida, Clearwater (1/27/99).

NOTABLES

Aaltonen, P.M., Valley, J., and Smolen,R.A. $21,057 undergraduate instructionalsupport grant from Purdue University forthe Center for Nursing Education, Re-search, and Practice.

Blue, C.L. & Krach, P. $4,600 United WayVenture Grant XII to provide homecarenurses for low-income families in theLafayette (IN) area.

Edwards, N.E. $975 Sigma Theta TauDelta Omicron Chapter for continuingresearch in the Utilization of animal as-sisted therapy in the management ofAlzheimers Disease.

Posey, S.C. $450 MUCIA grant fromPurdue University for travel to Honduras.

Valley, J., Blue, C.L. & Aaltonen, P.$393.90 Sigma Theta Tau Delta OmicronChapter for Factors predicting vacci-nation against influenza in a workerpopulation: A pilot study.

Wilkerson, S.A. & Posey, S. $2500 PurdueGlobal Initiative Faculty Grant for re-search on premature infants in Egypt.

Edwards, N.E. Named a 1999 Hartford In-stitute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholar.

Hunt, A.H. Appointed by Indiana Gover-nor Frank O’Bannon to serve as a mem-ber of the Indiana State Board of Nursing.

Simunek, L.A. Appointed by the U.S.Department of Health & Human Services,Division of Nursing, to chair a grants re-view panel. Nominated for the AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)Board of Directors. Appointed to the edi-torial board of the Journal of NursingAdministration: Law and Ethics. Namedthe Most Distinguished Alumna for out-standing achievement in nursing educa-tion, University of the Philippines.

Hunt, A.H. (1999) Using research in prac-tice. Orthopaedic Nursing 18(1), 79-80.

Hunt, A.H. & Repa-Eschen, L. (1998) As-sessment of learning needs of registerednurses for osteoporosis education. Ortho-paedic Nursing 17(6), 55-60.

Cheng, Su-Li, Zhang, Shu-Fang, Mohan,Subburaman, Lecanda, Fernando, Fausto,Aurora, Hunt, Ann H., Canalis, Ernesto,

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When Jo A. Brooks, RN,C; DNS,became Head of the School of

Nursing in July 1992, she had a verydeliberate strategy formulated. Shewanted to build a community ofscholars by fostering an infrastruc-ture that promoted increased facultyresearch, scholarly activities, andcontinuing education. She felt thesewere the most essential elements tofurther the undergraduate program’ssuccess and to lay the groundworkfor a graduate program in nursing.

“This move toward scholarlyactivities reflected the maturationlevel of the nursing program as wellas the entire nursing profession,” saysBrooks, who served as Acting Headfor one year after the retirement ofLaNelle Geddes, RN, PhD, in 1991.

front, literally affecting the lives ofalmost everyone, everywhere.

The changing face of health careled the faculty and Brooks to predictthat community-based programswould become more prevalent andthat the demand for nurses withadvanced nursing degrees wouldincrease. Home health care and theaging population were two otherprominent health care issues affect-ing schools of nursing everywhere.

“Since we wanted Purdue nurs-ing graduates to be the future lead-ers of the health care industry, wehad to continually refine our bacca-laureate curriculum to provide morecase management and home healthcare clinical experiences. In addition,we began to develop a plan for amaster’s degree program that wouldprovide more advanced nurses. Thefirst step in this process was hiringmore faculty members with doctor-ates,” explains Brooks, who felt it wasimportant to “try to grow our owndoctoral faculty. We had faculty mem-bers with excellent clinical skills. Witha little encouragement and support,several of them went on to earn theirdoctorates.”

Mara Wasburn, PhD, the School’sdirector of Development and AlumniRelations, was “excited by Jo’s vision”when she was hired shortly afterBrooks’ appointment.

“Her enthusiasm for planningtoward a graduate school and hiringdoctoral faculty was contagious,” re-members Wasburn, who owes the factthat she was able to earn a doctorateto Brooks. “When I told her I wantedto return to school, she threw herarms around me and gave me a hug.This type of support toward thecontinuing education and professionaldevelopment of faculty and staff wasvery important to the School.”

As more faculty members becameinvolved with scholarly activities,research, and presenting at national

1992

• Jo A. Brooks , RN,C; DNS, namedHead, School of Nursing; AssociateDean, Pharmacy, Nursing, & HealthSciences.

• Helene Fuld Health Trust Grant allowsPurdue Nursing students to beamong first in the country to utilizecomputers on in-home visits.

• JNSN Computer Lab opens.• 31 students from Vincennes Univer-

sity receive a Purdue BSN degree viaan innovative outreach program fa-cilitated by Purdue Nursing faculty.

1993

• Nursing faculty and students respondto measles outbreak, vaccinatingthousands of Purdue students.

• One of 72 baccalaureate nursing pro-grams in the country to have 100%passing rate on NCLEX.

• Charter Benefactors Club formed.

1994

• NLN Board of Review unanimouslyvotes to continue School’s accredi-tation for 8 years.

• 20th Anniversary of the Ethel CrockettEpple Award for the OutstandingGraduating Senior.

1995

• School of Nursing Student Councilformed and receives officially recog-nized by the Dean of Students Office

• 30th reunion of the first Purdue Nurs-ing graduate class.

• 15th anniversary of Delta OmicronChapter of Sigma Theta Tau.

• NCFH Employee Wellness Programserves over 2,500 Purdue employeesor retirees.

• Carroll County Nursing Center opens.

1996

• Purdue named only Big Ten schoolof nursing Army Cadet CommandCenter of Excellence.

1997

• School selected to participate in theFITNE Nightingale Tracker project.

1998

• First Annual School of Nursing JobFair in Johnson Hall of Nursing.

• Brooks steps down as Head.Linda A. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD,

named Head, School of Nursing; As-sociate Dean, Pharmacy, Nursing &Health Sciences.

SCHOOL OF NURSING

TIMELINE: 1992-1998

Brooks (middle) with students from herspring 1990 Nursing 408 course.

(cont. next page)

“LaNelle had succeeded in mak-ing our baccalaureate program top-notch,” continues Brooks. “Now, weneeded to refine our curriculum toposition the School as a leader innursing education in the rapidly ap-proaching 21st century.”

Brooks’ years as head were chal-lenging because of the election of BillClinton as President of the UnitedStates and the rapid and continualchanges in health care, both politicaland technological. In addition, per-sonal computers, email, and WorldWide Web access moved to the fore-

THE HISTORY OF PURDUE NURSING

PART III: THE JO A. B ROOKS YEARS

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and international levels, the comput-erization of the School of Nursing thathad begun during Geddes’ yearsbecame an even more critical elementto the School’s continued success.

Associate Professor Jane Kirk-patrick, RN,C; MSN, a member andformer chair of the School’s Instruc-tional Support Committee, says“While Jo was head, one of ourcommittee’s goals was to purchase acomputer for every faculty member’soffice. We came up with a three-yearplan to accomplish this task. Jo’s will-ingness to find the funds necessaryto make this happen was very crucialto the burgeoning technological skillsof our faculty, staff, and students.Computers have become essential sup-port tools for all ofus. Right from ourdesks, we now arelinked to other nurs-ing professionals, stu-dents, and our col-leagues here atPurdue.”

Brooks woremany hats while shewas head: adminis-trator, educator, re-searcher, mentor,and nurse practitio-ner. Her service tothe University, thecommunity, and tonursing has beenwidely recognized.She won the 1978 Dwyer Award forOutstanding Undergraduate Teacherin the School of Technology. In 1986,she received the Outstanding WomanFaculty Award from the Associationof Women Students and was the In-diana League of Nursing’s Nurse ofthe Year. She was the 1990 Schoolof Nursing’s Outstanding Alumna andthe recipient of the Council on theStatus of Women’s 1995 Violet HaasAward for contributions to womenat Purdue. In 1998, she received theIndiana Rural Health Volunteer Awardfor Central Indiana.

Brooks also was chair of the CICNursing Deans and the NationalLeague for Nursing’ Executive Coun-cil of Nursing Centers. She is amember of Congressman John Myers’Health Advisory Committee and hasconsulted with the Indiana State De-partment of Health.

oday, more health care consumers are familiar with and use nursepractitioners who can provide excellent, affordable primary care. This

was not true in 1981 when nursing faculty members Jo A. Brooks andMary Lou Holle received a $250,000 grant from the United States PublicHealth Service to establish a nursing center. As the demand for nursepractitioners continues to rise, it is clearly evident that Brooks’ visionof nursing centers becoming prominent health care facilities has cometo fruition. Her true legacy to the School are the Nursing Center forFamily Health (NCFH) and the Carroll County Nursing Center (CCNC).

“When I became head of the School, a lot of people warned me thatI possibly would have to give up my actual hands-on care as a nursepractitioner,” states Brooks. “But I have always seen myself as an RNand a practitioner first. I spent my entire career getting my skills totheir current level. You have to use ‘em or lose ‘em!”

Brooks is the director of the CCNC,which receives in-kind support from theSchool of Nursing. The clinic, located inrural Delphi, Indiana, is the primary healthcare site for over 1,600 families in this medi-cally underserved area.

The CCNC participates in the IndianaState Department of Health (ISDH) breastand cervical cancer screening program andHealthy Moms/Healthy Babies campaign.The center also is involved with a free carseat program, and a Center for DiseaseControl prostate screening program. LastJuly, due to its impact on the communityand continued success, the CCNC wasawarded close to $134,000 from the ISDHto transition into a community health clinic.Future plans include Hispanic prenatalclasses, as well as increased numbers of

community health seminars and fairs.

Sherry Hensley, who lives in Bringhurst, Indiana, says “The nursepractitioners at the Carroll County center make me feel comfortable andsafe. They have great bedside manners and actually listen to you. Evenmy teenage daughters like coming here. We need more nurse practitio-ners. Purdue is good at nursing. I hope they keep up the great work.”

According to Brooks, “Our doors are open to all. We practice ho-listically and really listen to our patients’ needs. The community valuesus, as evidenced by the financial support from several local organiza-tions, the return rate of clients, and the continual increase in new clients.”

Brooks believes both centers have been so successful because theyfill a particular need in their respective communities. “Every change we’vemade in the clinics has been driven in part by the needs of the popu-lations we serve. We continually assess how best we can make a dif-ference, here in the Delphi area and at Purdue,” says Brooks, who creditsNCFH Director Theresa Lansinger, RN,C; MSN, for furthering the center’srole and reputation in the Purdue community.

“There is a big push in schools of nursing to move students intocommunity health clinical settings,” concludes Brooks. “With the NCFHand the CCNC, Purdue Nursing students from both our undergraduateand our graduate programs have access to two excellent facilities.”

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In 1981, Brooks (l) and former Nursing faculty memberMary Lou Holle received a $250,000 grant from theUS Public Health Service to establish the NCFH,located in Johnson Hall.

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wenty-nine years and twodegrees later, Kathleen Risa

(AD’70), RN, MSN, CRNP, CS-ACNP, CCRN, returned toPurdue to reconnect with herAlma Mater. What she found wascompletely different from her daysas a student: an innovative bac-calaureate curriculum, a state-of-the-art Center for Nursing Edu-cation, Research, and Practice,computer labs, and a nursinggraduate consortium program.What hasn’t changed, says Risa,is the excellence of the PurdueNursing program.

“One of the hallmarks ofPurdue Nursing is the strong sci-entific background students re-ceive,” states Risa, a nurse at theVeteran’s Affairs Medical Centerin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “APurdue degree means something,especially beyond Indiana.”

A mother of two, Risa’sdream of higher education wasput on hold until her childrenwere grown. Recently, she re-ceived a bachelor’s and then amaster’s degree from the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh. She holds lead-ership positions in several profes-sional nursing organizations.

“Nurses must be catalysts ofchange and embrace educating thepublic about what our professioncan do. We can’t hide behind ourjobs. I finally have the resources,education, knowledge, and expe-rience to support issues close to

my heart,” shestates. “I believe inPurdue Nursing, soI made a donationto help the pro-gram. I look at itas leaving some-thing behind sothe next genera-tion can furtherthe work we al-ready have donein the world.”

ALUMNA PAYS

A WELCOME VISIT!

James Blakesley, former directorof Space Management and Academicscheduling, worked with Brooks torenovate the basement of JohnsonHall to accommodate the NursingCenter for Family Health (NCFH).“Jo’s dream for this facility was trulyvisionary,” he says. “Due to the con-stantly changing needs of the nurs-ing profession, we always seemed tobe trying to carve out more space forthe program.”

Blakesley, or members of his staff,visited the NCFH and Nursing fac-ulty and staff over the years to pro-vide expert advice,counsel, and care ona number of health-related issues.

“The Nursing fa-cilities and programare fantastic andreadily available to everyone on cam-pus. Nurses provide a wonderful el-ement of personal care,” saysBlakesley. “The profession of nurs-ing improved as a result of Jo’sstamina and persistence.”

Brooks was a member of the 1965associate degree nursing class, the firstto graduate from Purdue. “Nursingwas on the top floor of what is nowthe Purdue Student Health Center.There were three faculty offices andone classroom,” remembers Brooks,who was a single mother at the time.“I would pull my twin daughters downUniversity Street in a wagon toHumpty Dumpty Daycare Centerbefore heading to class!”

After her Purdue graduation,Brooks worked at a local hospital anda physician’s office while earning herbachelor’s degree at Indiana Univer-sity. Some of her classmates sparkedher interest in public health nursing.After working several years for theBureau of Public Health, Brooks wentto the University of Michigan and re-ceived a master’s degree in publichealth in Spring 1972.

Helen R. Johnson, RN, EdD,former head and founder of PurdueNursing, had been a mentor andfriend to Brooks. She had followedBrooks’ career and heavily recruitedher to teach public health at Purdue.

“I had my life as a public healthnurse all planned out, but Helen wasa lady who wouldn’t take no for ananswer,” smiles Brooks, who remar-ried shortly after she began teachingat Purdue in the Fall of 1972. “Teach-ing turned out to be a fantasticchallenge. I often think how lucky Iam to have been able to pursue acareer that has offered me the joysof being a practitioner as well as ateacher to the next generation of pro-fessional nurses.”

According to Brooks, who earneda doctorate in nursing from Indiana

University in 1985, it was Johnson’sdream to have one of the graduatesfrom the first class return to headthe School.

“She said just that during herspeech at my senior recognition cer-emony,” remembers Brooks. “Wegraduates chuckled among ourselvesat the time, little knowing what aprophet she would turn out to be.Helen was a pioneer in nursing edu-cation. I felt like I was carrying herlegacy forward.”

Brooks returned to full-timeteaching and research when Linda A.Simunek, RN, PhD, JD, was namedHead of the School in May 1998.

“I was anxious to be more in-volved with students again. They areso enthusiastic,” states Brooks. “Be-ing a faculty member, an administra-tor, and an alumna of Purdue Nurs-ing has been a wonderful experience.”

Regardless of thechanges in health care,Brooks believes the “PurdueNursing curriculum will al-ways prepare graduates forprofessional practice, not justfor today but for careersspanning into the nextcentury. The School alwaysresponds to challenges andfinds solutions,” she concludes.“Our alumnae are makingnames for themselves in thehealth care industry.”

Risa (left) watches a student in theCNERP. All alumnae are encour-aged to come visit the SON.

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“Being a faculty member, an administrator,and an alumna of Purdue Nursinghas been a wonderful experience.”

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orty recruiters from as far away as Texas attended the Second Annual Nursing Job Fair,February 19, 1999, at Johnson Hall of Nursing. Thismore than doubles the number of recruiters who par-ticipated in the 1998 job fair. Student Services Sec-retary Susan Kauffman coordinated and publicizedthis year’s fair with assistance from Mary Lurie, asophomore nursing student from Crown Point,Indiana.

The job fair allows nursing students to meet face-to-face with potential employers from a wide varietyof health care disciplines. Some of the employers evenheld interviews on the day of the event.

According to Donna Kauffman, RN, MSN, asso-ciate professor and assistant head for Student Ser-vices, the event isn’t just for graduating seniors.Nursing students looking for internships, as well asPurdue Nursing alumnae, can attend the job fair.

Deb Greene, human resource analyst for Goshen(Indiana) Health System says several Purdue Nursingstudents expressed an interest in her organization andare being invited to an open house. “I was impressedby their maturity level,” she states. “As we spoke,their compassion for and knowledge of nursing wasclearly evident.”

FSECOND ANNUAL PURDUE

NURSING JOB FAIR

S TUDENT S TUDENT S TUDENT N N EWSEWS

Purdue Nursing students inducted into Sigma Theta TauInternational Nursing Honor Society, Delta Omicron Chapter:

The Nursing Student Council continues to assist in therecruitment of students by calling every high school senioradmitted to Nursing. Council members also assist in studentretention by organizing a mentorprogram for all incoming fresh-men. The 1998-99 officers are:Jaime Coady, president; AlysonZingler, vice president; and KimProvence, secretary/treasurer. Thefaculty advisors are DonnaKauffman, assistant head forStudent Services and Dr. RuthWukasch, assistant professor.

With the recent changes in the School’s curriculum, particu-larly the Seamless Senior Year (see Vital Signs, Fall 1998), theNursing Student Council has been actively gathering student

Jaina AminJennifer BloemkerAnne CrockettSara DeaterAllison EbertJamie Falbe

Demara FarnbachChristina FreemanMaria FreemanErin HarperErika HornJody Johnson

Terry JonesPatricia KerriganJennifer KruseEmily LendermanCoreen Mattaliano

Junior nursing student AmieSwardson went on a medicalmission trip to Haiti. Student in-ternational experiences will be fea-tured in the Fall 1999 Vital Signs.

input to assist in the faculty’s andadministration’s evaluations.

Members of the Minority Student Nurses Association (MSNA)volunteered at the Minority Health Coalition of Lafayette’sHealthy Soul Food Dinner in February 1999. MSNA memberscalculated participants’ body mass index, and provided educa-tion on healthy eating and exercise habits. MSNA continues tovolunteer at the Lafayette Urban Ministry Homeless Shelter.1998-99 officers are: Rashanda Laye, president; Maria Free-man, vice president; Nyla Fleming; secretary; Rona Stewart,treasurer; and Ivan Cook, Student Council representative.Eleanor Stephan, academic advisor, is the group’s advisor.

Purdue Student Nurses Association (PSNA) coordinated twoblood drives this academic year. Members also collected foodand clothing for Greater Lafayette’s Family Resources Center,and donated textbooks to medical clinics on the island of Banga.Currently, textbook collections are under way for Indonesianclinics. 1998-99 officers are: Brandi Waybright, president; GregJones, vice president; Tasha Scott, secretary; Sarah Noel,publicity; Eli Cummings, fundraiser; Laura Leverton, trea-surer; Nicole Sellers, social/membership; and Heather Fayhee,Breakthrough to Nursing. Donna Schmeiser, clinical asst. pro-fessor, is the academic advisor.

Last December, Nurses Christian Fellowship (NCF) memberswent caroling at Home Hospital in December, put together treatpacks for guests of the Lafayette Urban Ministry’s HomelessShelter, and passed out candy canes with encouraging messagesto all Nursing students before final exam week. In March, NCFwill prepare a dinner for the Lafayette Urban Ministry’sHomeless Shelter. 1998-99 officers are: Molly Welch, president;Jamie Falbe, vice president; Allison Zengler, secretary; NicoleShimala, treasurer; Sarah Hoffar, publicity; and Jill Walden,meeting coordinator. Faculty co-advisors are Assoc. ProfessorsJoan Kuipers and Dr. Carol Blue.

School of Nursing Student Ambassadors have represented theSchool at several functions. One of their primary responsibili-ties is helping recruit students. The ambassadors have given

several one-on-one tours ofJohnson Hall and Purdue to pro-spective students and their families.

Two nursing student interns, TerryJones, a senior from Valparaiso,Ind., and Mary Lurie, a sophomorefrom Crown Point, Ind., work inthe Student Services. According toAssistant Head for Student Ser-

vices Donna Kauffman, RN, MSN, the interns are improvingtheir communications and time management skills, as well aslearning to be goal-oriented.

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STUDENT SERVICES WISH LIST• Student copy machine for Johnson Hall• Funds for international student travel• Alumnae representatives to help raise funds

to frame every class graduation compositephotograph for hanging in Johnson Hall

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Congratulations to all graduates ofthe 34th Class of Purdue Nursing!

STRAIGHT A STUDENT

RECEIVES AWARD

Jennifer Anne Bloemker*Pinned by Kim Gretebeck, RN,

Purdue Nursing Graduate Instruc-tor

Susan Nikele ClevengerPinned by her mother,

Darlene Clevenger

Barbara Sue ClickPinned by her husband, Gary Click

Tracy Louise GrafPinned by her mother and father,

Chris and Larry Graf

Patricia Anne Kerrigan*Pinned by her husband and mother,

Daniel Kerrigan and Matie Flowers

Kristina M. McElhaneyPinned by her mother, Dianne McElhaney

Anne Marie Miller*^^Pinned by her mother, Mary Miller

David Anthony MorrisPinned by his father, Dave Morris

Jennifer Kristen Olson*^Pinned by her mother and father,

Rita and Robert Olson

Polly Lynne PowellPinned by her mother and father,

Suzette and Robert Powell

Amy Elizabeth Rasch*Pinned by her grandfather, Dr. George Rasch

Gina Elizabeth SchulerPinned by her mother and father,

Marsha and John Schuler

Vanessa Lynn ScobeePinned by her mother, Pat Scobee

Amanda Kay Butler SmithPinned by her mother, Sharon Butler

Amanda Cheree Thomas*Pinned by her mother, Jill Thomas

Lisa Marie TrebaPinned by her mother and father, Rosie and Herb Treba

Heather Ann WroblewskiPinned by her mother,

Ann Wroblewski * Sigma Theta Tau International

Nursing Honor Society Membership ^ Graduate “With Distinction”^^ Graduate “With Highest Distinction”

DECEMBER 1998

SENIOR RECOGNITION

CEREMONY

nn Miller’s perfect grade point average upon gradu-

ation was a very poignant and sig-nificant achievement.

“My SAT scores weren’t highenough for direct admissions into the nursing pro-gram,” says the North Vernon, Indiana, native, whograduated with Highest Distinction. Miller (left) alsoreceived the School’s Outstanding Academic Achieve-ment Award at the December 1998 Recognition Cer-emony from Associate Professor Ann H. Hunt , RN, PhD.

Miller’s desire to get her nursing education atPurdue was so strong that she gambled by enrollingin Purdue’s School of Education first. “I studied a lotto get straight A’s that first year, so I was able to requesta change of degree objective and earn acceptance intonursing by my sophomore year.”

Miller paid half of her college expenses by workingas a nurse’s aide and tutoring other nursing students.She currently is a staff nurse on the progressive careunit at Columbus (Indiana) Regional Hospital.

“I received a great education and discovered I canachieve anything,” she says. “The Purdue professorstaught us that nursing is a profession. We just don’tfollow doctors’ orders. Nurses also use their own knowl-edge to come up with interventions.”

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CONNECTIONSCONNECTIONSCONNECTIONS

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

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THE LATEST ON PURDUE NURSES!

Anna McClean Bower (’81), Munster, IN. MSin Nursing Administration (1998) and MBA(1993), St. Xavier University.

Janet Burford (’94), Elkhart, IN. Masters ofScience in Nurse Anesthesia.

Karin E. Duffy (’90), Greensboro, NC. Mas-ters in Health Science, George WashingtonUniversity Physician Assistant Program.

Linda Alleyne Dye (’76), Tampa, FL. Doctorof Education, Univ. of South Florida (Tampa).

Rémi Hueckez (’92), Durham, NC. MSN,Duke University, 1998; ANCC Family NursePractitioner Certification.

Judy Wilson Ingall (’87), Orlando, FL. Der-matology Nurse Certification, February 1998.

Melissa Cook Jeffries (’96), New Castle, IN.Trauma Nursing Core Curriculum.

Kari Grice Mau (’96), Houston, TX. Attend-ing Texas Woman’s University for FamilyNurse Practitioner Master’s Degree.

Catherine Pflum (’95), Indianapolis, IN.Graduated from the Family Nurse Practitio-ner Program at Univ. of Illinois at Chicago.

Noel Poindexter (’91), Columbus, GA. MSN,Nurse Anesthesia, US Army/Univ. of TexasHealth Science Center, January 1998.

Elizabeth Brafford Stamper (’96), Baldwin,MI. MSN, Case Western Reserve University.

Terry L. Treece (’76), Fort Smith, AK. MSNfrom Midwestern State University, May 1997.

ANCC certification as Family Nurse Practi-tioner, August 1997.

Catherine Shideler Winslow (’90), Denver,CO. Finishing residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Pam Dunn Zurfus (’73), Monticello, IN. Re-ceived BSN with High Honors from IndianaUniversity, Kokomo.

Catherine Shideler Winslow (’90), Denver,CO. Presented “Dysphonia & dysphagia fol-lowing anterior cervical fusion,” ENT andOtolaryngologists Annual Meeting, Fall 1998.

Pam Dunn Zurfus (’73), Monticello, IN. In-ducted into Sigma Theta Tau, April 1998.

Anna McClean Bower (’81), Munster, IN.Clinical Practice, Research and Development,Illinois University Medical Center, Chicago.

Jill Myers Cardwell (’85), Indianapolis, IN.Asst. Prof., Dept. of Nursing, Marian College,

Leslie Long Deitchman (’84), Indianapolis.Founder, Tendercare Home Health Services,Indianapolis, currently over 200 employees.

Jennell C. Davis (’96), Chicago, IL. ClinicNurse, Gastrointestinal Procedures, Univer-sity of Chicago.

Karin E. Duffy (’90), Greensboro, NC. Phy-sicians Assistant, The Sports Medicine andOrthopedic Center, Greeensboro.

Linda Alleyne Dye (’76), Tampa, FL. Legalnurse consultant, Annis, Mitchell, Cockey,Edwards & Roehn, Tampa.

WHO’S WORKING WHERE

ACCOLADES

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Kari Carpenter Florey (’83), Hot SpringsVillage, AR. Evening manager, Arkansas Cen-ter for Research, Univ. of AR, Little Rock.

Tina L. Frazier (’95), Sacramento, CA. On-cology/chemotherapy Nurse.

Lana Greene (’93). Indianapolis. Neuro Unit,Community Hospitals of Indianapolis East.

Brian Hopp (’96), Kasungu, Malawi, Africa.U.S. Peace Corps representative providinghome-based care and counseling to HIV/AIDSpatients and their families.

Rémi Hueckez (’92), Durham, NC. Newestmember of Duke’s LifeFlight Team.

Jennifer Jagiela (’96), Orlando, FL. CCU RNwith Cross Country Traveling Agency.

Alisa Jackson (’96), New Haven, CT. ClinicalNurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Yale-NewHaven Medical Center, New Haven.

Melissa Cook Jeffries (’96), New Castle, IN.Emergency Room, Henry County MemorialHospital, Newcastle.

Noelle Dilling Lottes (’98), Crown Point, IN.RN, Medical-Surgical Unit, Broadway Meth-odist Hospital, Merrillville, IN.

Kari Grice Mau (’96), Houston, TX. Labor &Delivery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston.

Noel Poindexter (’91), Columbus, GA. NurseAnesthesist, Ft. Benning, GA.

Catherine Pflum (’95), Indianapolis, IN. NursePractitioner, Community Hospitals.

Cindy Snitchler (’95), Hobart, IN. OperatingRoom, St. Catherine’s Hosp., E. Chicago, IL.

Elizabeth Brafford Stamper (’96), Baldwin,MI. Family Nurse Practitioner, Teen HealthProgram, Baldwin, MI.

(as of 3/14/99)

reetings fellow alumnae! I am Janet Kemper, the

newly elected Purdue NursingAlumni Organization president. Itis a privilege to represent you andbe an active part of Purdue Nurs-ing. For 12 years, I have workedon the telemetry-oncology medicalfloor of Home Hospital. My hus-band Alan is a farmer, so my family

and I are active in the Tippecanoe County 4-H program.I also am the women’s leader of the Tippecanoe CountyFarm Bureau.

Have you noticed how big our “Connections” pageis getting? More and more of you are keeping in touchwith us. I hope you find out the latest and greatest aboutone of the friends you made while at Purdue Nursing.

Janet Kemper, RN (’73), PNAO President

P.S. Remember to send us your news! Use the form onpage 19, or visit the alumnae page on the School’s website.

Maintaining your ties with the school is important tothe future of the nursing program, especially with the newgraduate program and Dr. Linda Simunek’s plans to makeNursing a stand-alone school. We need your wealth of tal-ents, ideas, and support. You are one of the greatest re-sources for the School of Nursing!

I hope you already have marked down April 23 onyour calendar. On that day, we will celebrate nursing withfellow alumnae, nursing colleagues from the community,and current nursing students. Together, we will learn howto become an even greater force of professionals who canmove nursing to greater heights in the next century.

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Terry L. Treece (’76), Fort Smith, AK. Ad-vanced Practice Nurse, River Valley Ortho-paedic Center, Fort Smith.

Pam Dunn Zurfus (’73), Monticello, IN. Di-rector of Home Care, Cardiac Rehab & HomeSupplies, White County Memorial Hospital.

Mary Herczeg Roehling (’86), Eagle, ID. Di-rector of Nursing, St. Alphonsus RMC, Boise.

Julie Carbray (’87), LaGrange, IL. Son, 2/98.

Lana Greene (’93), Indianapolis. Son, 7/1/97.

Town Hall Meeting

APRIL 23, 19998:30 a.m. — 2 p.m.North Ballroom PurdueMemorial Union, W. Lafayette, Indiana

2.6 contact hours available

$25 fee ($15 for students) includeslunch. Walk-in registrants are welcome,but cannot be guaranteed a lunch.

Call 765.494.4004 for information.

Katherine Tyler Scott, BS, MSW

Executive Director,Trustee Leadership Development

• Face of Education: Linda A. Simunek, RN, PhD, JD

Professor and Head, Purdue Schoolof Nursing; Assoc. Dean, Pharmacy,Nursing, and Health Sciences

•Face of Acute Care: Katherine Kreutz, BSN, MBA, RN

Asst. Vice President for NursingGreater Lafayette Health Services

• Face of Community Health: Pam Levin, RN, PhD

Asst. Professor, College of Nursing,University of Illinois at Chicago

PERSONAL

PROMOTION

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Sponsors: Purdue School of Nursing; Purdue Nursing Alumni Organization,Delta Omicron Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International; Indiana State NursesAssociation, District 8; Association of Operating Room Nurses; Purdue StudentNurses Association; Purdue Nurses’ Christian Fellowship; & Purdue MinorityStudent Nurse Association.

Purdue University School of Nursing has been ap-proved by the Indiana State Nurses Association(ISNA) as a provider of continuing education in nurs-ing. ISNA is accredited as an approver of continuingeducation in nursing by the Board on Accreditationof the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Purdue is an EA/EE university.

The New Leadership:Habits of the Mind, Practices of the Heart

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ATE • NURSING!

Laura Staroscsak David (’89), Ellettsville, IN.Son, 8/18/98.

Catherine McDaniel Downing (’93), Warren,PA. Daughter, 10/24/98.

Melissa Cook Jeffries (’96), New Castle, IN.Married, 8/97.

Jennifer Reeves Justus (’84). Daughter,12/97.

Molly Burns Liebermann (’93), Winchester,KY. Twin daughters, 7/31/98.

Noelle Dilling Lottes (’98), Crown Point, IN.Married, 5/30/98

Kari Grice Mau (’96), Houston. Married,6/98.

Becky Ellis Norris (’93), Saginaw, MI. Seconddaughter, 9/22/98.

Judi Read-Van Dorn (’95), Sharpsville, IN.Son, 8/98.

Kellie Drum Schimelman (’93), Pinckney, MI.Daughter, 12/10/98.

Jill E. Thomas (’74), Greenwood, IN. Daugh-ter, Amanda, earned BSN at Purdue, 12/98.

Christie Mott Trent (’93), Fishers, IN. Son.

GALA WEEK NURSING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM (Feel free to copy.)

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name (include former if applicable) Title Employer

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Home Address City State Zip Phone

Please check all that apply: l Purdue Alumna (graduation date _______ ) l Purdue Nursing faculty/staff

l Nursing student (school ______________________ ) l Other ( __________________________________ )

Please enclose your registration fee(s). Make checks payable to Purdue Nursing Alumni Organization. :

l Enclosed is my $25 registration fee. l I am a nursing student. Enclosed is my $15 registration fee.

l I wish to sponsor a nursing student! Enclosed is the $40 registration fee for me ($25) and a student ($15).

l I require auxiliary aids or have special dietary needs. Please contact me.

MAIL FORM & PAYMENT TO: M.H. Wasburn, 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

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Purdue

Gala Week

Nursing Conference

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da WinchesterCasey, former

were made through Weinberger, whoearned a nursing degree from the Uni-versity of Michigan and went on tobecome a faculty member there.

The sisters became Charter Bene-factors to the School of Nursing be-cause they wanted “Purdue Nursingto be a model school.”

IN MEMORIAN

Iassociate pro-fessor of nurs-ing at Purdue,died on Janu-ary 21. Casey, afirst lieutenantin the ArmyNursing Corpsduring World

War II, helped the School receive Na-tional League for Nursing accredita-tion for the bachelor of science innursing completion program.

In 1976, Casey became professorof nursing and chairwoman of thedepartment of nursing at the formerEdgecliff College, which now is partof Xavier University. Before retiringin 1985, she developed the registerednurse to bachelor of science in nurs-ing completion program there.

In 1981, she received the MaryHamer Greenwood Award for excel-lence in nursing. That same year, shealso received the Nursing LeadershipAward from the Ohio League forNursing. In addition, the Ida CaseyAward was created at Xavier Univer-sity for the nursing student who“makes a difference.”

In 1981, Casey founded theGreater Cincinnati Council of Nurses.She also was a charter member of theAmerican Association for the Historyof Nursing and a member of SigmaTheta Tau International NursingHonor Society.

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is one of the most prestigious at theSchool and is given to the outstand-ing graduating senior.

In April 1994, the twentieth EppleAward was given at a celebratorybanquet honoring Doc and Miriam atthe Purdue Memorial Union. Thirteenpast winners traveled from as faraway as New Mexico and Washing-ton, DC, to thank Doc for his con-tinual support of Purdue nursing.

Epple earned a bachelor’s degreein Chemistry from Purdue in 1940,the same year he co-founded theUniversity Bookstore. During WorldWar II, he served on the U.S.S. En-terprise. He was a member of Cov-enant Presbyterian Church, LambdaChi Alpha Fraternity, the Elks Club,and the Lafayette Country Club. Healso served on the President’s Coun-cil of Purdue.

Doc once said. “Miriam and Ihave a loyalty to good things. Whenyou are sick or in a hospital some-times the nicest hand that ever wasis that of a nurse. We all need to careabout these young people and helpthem prepare for the future. Peopleneed to realize how important nursesare to all of us.”

ary Agnes Kennedy, 97, of Camden, Indiana, died on

January 2 (photo unavailable). Bornin 1901, Kennedy graduated fromCamden High School in 1919 andPurdue University in 1923. She wasa member of Purdue’s Chi Omega-Chi Beta Chapter, American Societyfor Medical Technology, YWCA, andAudubon Society, as well as Purdue’sAlumni Association.

Kennedy was an active travelerand sports enthusiast. She playedinterfraternity basketball at Purdue,played tennis, bowled, and swam atthe YWCA. She also enjoyed sailingand won the marathon race walkconducted by the Commercial Newsand American Red Cross Life Sav-ings Corps Adult Division.

Surviving is her sister, KathrynWeinberger, Flora, Indiana. Kennedy’sconnections to the School of Nursing

R obert W.“Doc” Epple,

83, of WestLafayette, Indi-ana, died Janu-ary 23. He andhis wife Miriam,who survives, areCharter Benefac-tors to theSchool. In 1974,

Doc established the annual EthelCrockett Epple Award to honor hismother, who was a nurse, and her de-votion to the profession. The award

iolet B. Ari-hood Road

of West Lafayette,Indiana died onNovember 17.Along with herhusband Rich-ard, who sur-vives, she was aCharter Bene-factor to the

School of Nursing. Since her parentswouldn’t support her interest inpursuing a career in nursing, Roadhas watched with pride the positivechanges that occurred in the nursingprofession. She was particularlypleased when Purdue began a nurs-ing education program in 1963.

Road was a secretary at theTippecanoe County Extension officefor nine years. She also was veryactive in and served on the boardsof several church and community or-ganizations. As a member of the localMental Health Association, Roadmade many trips to Logansport StateHospital and Tippecanoe Countyhome to present programs and visitresidents.

Not having children of their own,the Roads took an active interest inhelping nursing students who did nothave the financial resources to attendcollege. Donating to the School wasone way for them to stay involved inthe everchanging roles and excitingdevelopments in professional nursing.

In a 1994 Vital Signs article, Roadsaid “It is so interesting to be ableto sit back and see that today’s youngwomen are encouraged to attendnursing school. There is much moreopen thinking in our society now, andnursing certainly has evolved. We justwant to help that along.”

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Charter Benefactors ($10,000 plus)

JO A. BROOKSROBERT and MIRIAM EPPLEJOHN and JEANNE GRISWOLDPHILIP and KATHERINE HARNER

RONALD J. and ELAINE H. WILSON

MARY AGNES KENNEDYVIOLET and RICHARD ROADDAN A. VIERKKATHERYN K. WEINBERGER

NURSING DONORSNURSING DONORSNURSING DONORS

BENEFACTORS($1,000-9,999)

SPONSORS($500-999)

SUPPORTERS ($250-499)

FRIENDS($100-249)Steven and Jane BeeringSandra IrvinSarah and Gary PottsS. Susan RuskLinda Agustin SimunekRuth N. Wukasch

Cathy and John BarnhartCarolyn Null BlueJan and Myron DavisRobert FalbeSharon and Bernard FarnbachSandra and Jan FisherElizabeth A. GarstSandra and Zbigniew GrabowskiSara H. JamisonSusan and James G. JohnsonDonna M. KauffmanFrances and John KottkeKathy and David NicholsKathleen and Kristen RisaDonna SchmeiserVirginia and James SkilesBarbara Page SobatSharon StotenMiriam and William TornroseMartha and Kenneth Warrick

Pamela AaltonenMargaret & Willis AltCinda Fluke & Ronald

AlvarezLouise Engert & David

ArtusDawn BarteauGlenda BauerMarilyn BellBetty BevinsPatricia Gawrys & Craig

BixlerLinda & Marc-Louis

BlackwellDiane BodalskiTraci & Gary BoppMargaret BozeFlorence BrentlingerBarbara BurkeDeborah ButlerSharon & Garland ByronBonnie & Gerald CeresDebra & Edward CertainBrenda ChanElisabeth & Michael

ChismarkB. Melissa & Gordon ClairMargaret CohenPamela & Thomas

ConquestCatherine & Roger CookeSusan CouperCathryn & D. Jay

CrookstonBetty & Timothy

CunninghamDeborah CurryCheryl & Dennis DennisR. Colleen DeTurkKaren & James DeutschMary & Thomas DexterJudith DieterleLisa DobogaiNanette DoyleLeanne FallonJeannie & Bert FellRochelle & David FindlayThomas FisherLinda & Don FoertschWilliam FoxKimberlee & Jason

GallmanSusan GarlRose & Ross GarmoeMichelle Gerrety

D. Caroline GerughtyJeanette & Peter

GoldsbroughCathy & Ralph

GreenawaldJohn GuttmanSonja HammannRhea HarcourtStephen HarrisBethany & Brent HawleyAudrey HeastyRichard HensonNancy HeynenJennifer HillJeanette & Charles HitePamela HurstLou & Kevin JohnstonMary & Robert JunckerKaren & Ralph KingJoan KuipersJacqueline & Anthony

LaMannaJudith LambersonTheresa LansingerLaura & Tyler LaSellErin & Frank LeonardJane & Frank LoefflerClaire & William LutherBarbara & John

MacDougallSonya & Jon MarineDeAnn MartinDiane & Paul MaurerGwendolyn MaurerNancy McCallLisa & R. Todd

McKibbanKelley & James MerrittMaureen & Mark MillerMalcolm MillerMargaret MilliganKaren & Scott MillsMargo & Michael MinnichPriscilla & Roger MooreJoanna MorfordHelen & Thomas NillMarilyn & Carl NollerJulie ParentCharlotte ParkerGayle & James PayonkConnie & Rory PeppardDanette PlautzNancy PoolLessandra PopeSharon PoseyCarol & Hussein Ragheb

Laurie & Grant ReedPeggy & Noel ReenMari ReiffKaren & Stephen

ReynoldsSusan RizziDiane RolfsWilda RushJane & Charles

RutledgeMartha SalazarLinda & Wesley

SandersJudith & Stephen

SchmutteLisa & Jeffrey ScottMary Elizabeth SensibaNancy & Robert

SepelyakCoral & Terry SmithJane & Gregory SmithJennifer & Mark SmithRuth Ann SmolenEleanor StephanPaula SwensonPaula & Larry SwinyerRose Maria TateNickey TeghtmeyerAlmeda & Jon TroyerJudith VestreSuzanne & Clement

WangJoan WatsonLinda & Robert WatsonKimbra & Gary WeesnerBarbara & Norbert

WelchRoberta WellsLinda WellsJacquelyn & Vaughan

WestonJane WhiteJoy WhiteMargaret & Garry

WickertLaurel WidmerGayle WolfeKathy & David WortmanLaurie & Michael WrightPatricia & Michael

YoungLenora YoungGenevieve ZinkMary Helen Zink

Janet R. AinsworthJames and Rosemary BlakesleyDebra A. EckartJanet and Stephen GunnDeborah and Edward HarlamertAnn H. HuntPeg KrachMarqueta and Charles LandisMarcia MoloyGwyneth P. and Jerry PyleDelta Omicron ChapterE. Marsella SmithJoyce A. WaltersMara H. Wasburn

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LeAnn & James AbbottCarol & Mark AbramsKathryn & Bruce AchtermanMarilyn AdamsKarla & Christopher AhrnsChristina AlbrechtElizabeth AldridgeSheryl & Warren AlvisLaura AmbleCaroline AppleCynthia & Larry AshbaughJoy & Thomas AtkinsonSuzanne & Lynn AtkinsonSuzanne & Lynn AtkinsonJanice & George BabcockMary BabcockAngela & William BaitingerEdith BakkerChristi & David BarneyMary & Joseph BarnsteadAlice & David BarrettKathy & Robert BarrettAnn BassittRebecca & Bruce BaumannCheryl BeanSheri McDonald-Beasley

& Eric BeasleyJulie BeerwartJulia & Kit BelkTia BennettJean & Walter BenningDebra & Timothy BergAmie & Steven BestJerry BestLorie BetticeConnie & Brian BirkApril & Andrew BlakleyPatricia & Richard

BlanchardKaren BlankenbergerLinda & Jude

BlankenbergerNichola BliedenJanet BlossomRebecca BoasCarla BoothSandra BowenJudith & Clois BowlingShelley & Ronnie BoxellRegina & Robert BraaschMarylee & Jerry BrandPamela & Joe BrickerCheryl & Drew BriscoeAleta BrownJane BrownKaren & Myron BrownPatricia BrownJulie BrubeckRhonda & Samuel BrunerDebra & Kevin BrunnerSusan & Herman BuchananCynthia & Brian BucklesRita BulingtonMary BurkeJanet ButnerJill & John CalkinsConnie CallSuzanne CameronPatricia & Theodore

CampbellKristina CarlilePamela & Kim CarlisleErin CarneyAnna & John CarrDiane CarsonElizabeth CarterJoan CassellKarla CheesmanKaren CholminskyJan ChristineLynne & Jeffrey ClapmanMichelle & Stephen CobbMarilyn ColdironSharon & Jeffrey ColeHeather CollazoElizabeth ConnellPaula ConnerleyPamela & Rodney ConradNadine & Timothy Cooper

Janice CoulterCheryle CoveneyBarbara & E. Daniel CoxCarol & John CoxSusan CreamerCynthia & Gregory CroyleColeen & Mickey CulpBonnie CulverJane CunneenNita CunninghamJennifer CurtisJane DannhausenYvonne DardenneSusan & Robert DarnabyTreasa DaviesJennell DavisGretchen DavisKelly DavisKris DavisBetty DeckerVickie & Gregory DeedsKenneth DelmastroAngela DeNealLee Ann DerlisAmy & Michael DeVoreMarie DewittAnna Von DielingenHelen DierckmanKara & William DixonDick & Julie DollAnnette & John DorrollPamela DosmannLisa & Douglas DowningTara DrewsStacy & Nicholas EatonNancy EdwardsBetsy & Andrew EiblingCrista & Thomas ElderAlison ElkBernadette ElkinsDonald ElkinsKaren ElsburyDenise EnglerLois EphlinBelinda ErdellCarmen ErnstPamela FashingbauerMarguerite & Douglas

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FehribachMary FernandezRhonda FeuerMarie FishSusan & Timothy FisherJill & Christopher FollandKari & William FooteClaudia & John ForcumChristine FordDavid ForehandKatrina & Anthony FossaPaula & Jerry FosterJennifer & Jonathan FoutsKristin FoxDonna FrazierTina FrazierElizabeth & Robert

FrederickAngela FriedrichAnnette FusonKathleen & Mark GalliherKaren GargulaGloria GarmongDonna & Lawrence GarveySharon & George GatesConstance GaultBeverly GebhardtPaige GeddesJulie & Dean GeigerValorie & Steven GelwicksJane GibsonSuzanne GibsonTeri & Timothy GigotJoy & Jeffrey GilmoreKatherine & Gregory

GilmourJoy GimpleAmy Glass

Maryann & Glen GoeddeMariellen GoingsEvangeline GorskiKristen GosnellSuzanne GossDonna GouldWendy Proffitt-Grant &

Rick GrantJacqueline & Bernard

GraserJanelle GrayKatrina GreelySusan & William GreenePamela GregoryKathy GriderJudith GrubbsRebecca GulleyCharlotte GutweinCynthia & Philip HalseyLeanne HammerschmittVicki Bonnet-Harbath &

Gerald HarbathPatricia HarleyNancy HarrisSusan & Steven HarrisMaureen & Kurt HarterAileen & Scott HastingsPamela HatcherNatasha HauptmanAlison HeefnerMegan & Matt HelmenTheresa & Scott

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IndrelunasJudith & Kevin IngallAlisa JacksonAndria JacobsLuisa JanosikErin JanowiakMegan & John JernovicsDixie & John FryeWendy JohnsonVanessa & Rick JohnstonCynthia & Russell JonesJudith JonesBeth & David JumpJennifer & James JustusGlenda KabobelElizabeth & Timothy KahmsBeth KaplanekLisa KarasAmy & Brian KavickyMarcia & August KehnMarcia & Kurt KeiserCynthia & Curtis KelleyBarbara KellyDean KellyJanet & Alan KemperLaura KendrickPatricia & Michael KennellyJoy Keohane

Denise & Kenneth KindlerBeth & Donald KingWendy KingJoan KinnamanMonica & Jeffrey KleinMarjorie KlimanBarbara KnepshieldJill & John KnoxLola KozakNellie & John

KretzschmarSharon KreuzmanSandra & Donn KryderLinda & Jack LaDukeEsther & James LambertMargaret LandwehrMarjorie LangConnie LarkinMaria LaRosaKrista LeathermanRhonda & Michael LeckroneJo & Steven LeeKimerly LefflerSheila & Michael LehrDonna & Lawrence

LenahanKayleen & Robert LenchisLinda & Anthony LennenM. Josephine LeRoyDebra & Brian LewisMary & Scott LiebermannMary LivengoodFlorence & Todd LohmanGloria & John LohrGwen & Robert LombardJacqueline LorzingMary LoseySusan LoskutoffSally & Charles LowreyGwendolyn LucasMonica & James LytleMarsha MackeyEleanor MaggioGloria MahonElma MaishCathy & James MallKathleen & James

MannionJane & Bogdon

MareachenMary MassnerLinda & Steven MavityJohn MaxsonKelly & Raymond MayCynthia & Larry

McCammentDonna & Michael McCuenLuann & Coeburn McDanielSally & Steven McDonaldRebecca & Shawn

McDowellTiffany & Gregory

McGuireMartha & R. Kevin

McLaughlinMary & Joseph McLinChristine McMinnBecky MellonValerie & Andrea MessinaJanet & Gary MetzAnn MichalTheresa MichelRita MierCarol & Ronald MillerDorothy MimmsPatricia & Stephen MinerClara MokoConnie MontesMelanie MordaskyMaurie MorganJoanne MorrisVictoria & Donald MorrisonMeryl MortonMary & Bruno MoserLori MuellerKelly MurrayMarilyn NanceJean NashTammi & Michael NashJennifer & Robert NavilleNancy NavratilSusan & Don NesbittMonica & Mark NiccumAnna & Phillip Nice

Jennifer NielsenAnne NooneJulie & Stephen NorrisEllen NunleyJoan & William O’BryanCatherine O’ConnorMichele O’ConnorJames OdomBridget Mrozla & Robert

OglesTerri & Michael OlingerAudrey & David OlsonWilliam OlsonKristi OrbaughLori & Robert PadenKaren & James PageJacqueline PalettaCarol ParksKarren & Kenneth PassBarbara & Dean PattenJanet & Steven PazarCarolyn & David PepplerDawn & Randall PetersonRebecca PetersonDiane & Gene PfeiferCatherine PflumLezli & Steven PhallenPaulette & George PhillipsKathleen PickrellVictoria PierceDebra & Christopher PieriLinda & Keith PingJennifer & Michael PlasterSara & Jesse PollardBrenda & David PomfretWinona & Jeffrey PowellTracy & Manfred PykaKelly & Robert RailingDennis RebaCarol & Gary ReidSaralicia RhodaPeggy RhodesCarla & Philip RiceMichelle RichardsKay RichterNancy & William RickettsBetty RiddickElaine & Thomas RiggsBelinda RiveraKay & Kevin RossDeena & Jeffrey RosswurmSheila & Matthew RowdenYvonne RubrightLoretta RudolphKaren & Douglas SabelJane Troyer & Dennis SalKathleen SchaferElizabeth SchalliolSue & William ScheiberJill ScheidtDeborah & Ted SchillingBeth & Donald SchmalPenelope & Gary SchmickerSusan SchoonAngela & Richard SchroederMary & Philip SchuhlerJo Ward-Selman & David

SelmanJacquelyn ShantiSusan SheetsNancy ShelbourneCathy & Alan ShirleyCarolyn & Richard SiddSuzanne & James SimnickJo SingletonTamara & Charles SinnettRegina SkowronekSheryl SlackKaren & Daniel SlagelPamela & Jeffrey SmedleyDianna SmithGloria & Michael SmithAnn SmithAnnette & Raymond SmithGloria & Michael SmithKay & Scott SmithMaureen SochaBrenda & Richard SporkMary SpreckelsonLisa & Christopher

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ave you “surfed” www.nursing.purdue.eduyet? Upon her first visit to the site, Cindy

Betzner Kiemeyer (’86) wrote, “I am pleasedto see that the School of Nursing is continuinga tradition of excellence!” She also completedthe online form that allows you to sharememories. Cindy wrote about the history of theSenior Recognition Ceremony:

“I browsed the various links listed andfound one about the Senior Recognition Cer-emony. I remembered back to 1986 when myclassmates and I were about to become the first class tograduate from the new four year program. We were excitedto receive our pins in a pinning ceremony as classes in thepast had done. However, the faculty told us that there wouldnot be a pinning ceremony because they wanted to portraya more professional image for our graduates. We would haveour commencement and receive our pins at another time.

“Naturally, we were disappointed and felt there shouldbe some sort of recognition in addition to commencement.The faculty was open to our ideas as long as the professionalimage was maintained. I remember being part of a small groupof nursing students; consisting of Joan Zink, Pam Gottlick,and Sue Boggs (If I forgot someone I’m sorry, the memoryis fuzzy after 13 years!) who met on our own time to planwhat we would do. We finally arrived at the idea of a SeniorRecognition Ceremony. We would hold the ceremony the sameday as commencement at which time we would receive ourpins. We found the faculty to be receptive and supportive.The first Senior Recognition Ceremony took place May 18,1986, at the Purdue Memorial Union.”

Thanks, Cindy. I hope to hear from more of you as we continue toenhance our website. Look for video clips of faculty, staff, and studentsto go online in the near future!

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TabloskiTheresa TarabrellaKathlene & Mark TarnowLeanne & John TaylorLinda TaylorMargaret & William TaylorTeresa TeagleMichael TelferDiana TerryJill & Robert ThomasMargo Thomas-MurrayVictoria & Charles TillerNorma & James TomlinsonLynn TomlonsonTerry & Joanne TreeceChristie TrentRobert TroutMargaret TrznadelMary & Emanuel

TsourounakisRebecca TuninkGale & Ronald TurcoGudrun UlbrichDeanna & Ritchie

VanBussumTeresa & Terrance

VandereykEleanor VanNattaCarol VanSchepenNancy & David VanZeeKathryn & James ViaterE. Gail & Randall

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Vital Signs is published twice a year by the Purdue University School of Nursing, 1337 Johnson Hallof Nursing, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1337. Phone 765-494-4008; Fax 765-496-1800. www.nursing.purdue.edu

Writer/Editor/Designer: Becky Lohman

Editori al Advisory Board:

Dr. Linda A. Simunekhead, School of Nursing, assoc.dean, Schools of Pharmacy,Nursing, and Health Sciences

Mara H. Wasburndirector of developmentand alumni relations

Purdue is an EA/EO university,committed to the developmentof a racially, socially, and re-ligiously diverse community.

Pamela Aaltonen,asst. head for undergraduatestudies and assoc. professor

Ann H. Hunt,associate professor

Sharon C. Poseyassociate professor

Eleanor D. Stephanacademic advisor

In the Fall 1999 Vital Signs, meetNursing faculty, staff, students, and

alumnae who are part of the growinginternational movement at the School.

Diana WelchDianna WellenJulie WendelSarah WernerJudith & Henri WesdorpVicki & J. Theodore WhiteCharlene WilcoxJoan WildbloodGarnette WilliamsKatharyn & Daniel WilliamsJudy WilliamsonPhyllis & Samuel WilliamsonMary WilsonSusan & Conrad WongAlice & Everett WrightSusan & Mitchell YeakleyNancy ZarlePatricia & Dennis ZawieruchaLaura & Phillip ZellerKelisa ZinkDiane & Max Zolman

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PURDUE UNIVERSITYSchool of Nursing1337 Johnson Hall of NursingWest Lafayette, IN 47907-1337

Getting the Sabol sisters all together is a rare event. Four of them are PurdueNursing graduates. They are clockwise from upper left: Nancy Edwards (’80),West Lafayette, Indiana, assistant professor at Purdue School of Nursing; JanetMetz (’68), Hilliard, Ohio, former ob/gyn nurse at St. Elizabeth Medical Center,Lafayette; Mary Ann Caswell (’69), Heuvelton, New York, faculty member atthe State University of New York-Canton, and ICU nurse at Hepburn MedicalCenter, Ogdensburg, New York; and Carol Bailey (’76), Dayton, IN, directorof quality assurance for Laurel Health Care Company, Columbus, OH. Not picturedis Patty Scheetz, who recently joined the Purdue Nursing faculty (see page 7).

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ALUMNAE CHAT ROOM? MENTORING?INTERESTED? READ ON!

Every year, new generations of Purdue Nursesgraduate and put their caring into action allover the world. As an alumna, you now havethe opportunity to be a resource for and/ora mentor to Purdue nursing graduates contem-plating a career in your area. To participate,please check the appropriate box below. Wealso want to know if alumnae are interestedin a chat room on the School’s website. If youare, check the “chat room” box below.

Name (include former if applicable)

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l Yes, include me in the resource directoryfor Purdue Nursing graduate use only

l Yes, a chat room just for Purdue Nursingalumnae is a great idea

Mail or Fax to: M.H. Wasburn, School of Nurs-ing, 1337 Johnson Hall, Purdue University, W.Lafayette, IN 47907; FAX 765.496.1800; or emailmwasburn@nursing.purdue.edu