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RAIN Rhythms Recruitment & Retention of American Indians Into Nursing | Fall 2017
Quinn Parisien
Turtle Mountain
Chippewa
Celebrating our Fall Graduates
Traditional BSN
Table of Contents Page
Graduates 1
Honor Ceremony 3
Pinning Ceremony 10
No Excuses Program 11
Orientation 14
White Coat Ceremony 15
Rez-cruitment 16
Conferences 37
RAIN Family Activities 38
IHS Scholarship Visit 41
Spirit Lake Diabetes
Conference
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Welcome! 43
Sydney St. Germaine
Turtle Mountain
Chippewa
Katey Monette, LPN
Turtle Mountain
Chippewa
Maycie Morin, LPN
Turtle Mountain
Chippewa
Nichole Azure, LPN
Turtle Mountain
Chippewa
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TRADITIONAL MEAL, December 13, 2017
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TRADITIONAL MEAL
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HONOR CEREMONY FALL 2017
(l-r): Katey Monette BSN, Maycie Morin BSN,, Sydney St. Germaine BSN, and
Quinn Parisien BSN
(l-r):
The Honor Ceremony highlights our graduates each semester. The GXP Singers from
Spirit Lake Nation, ND provided the Honor Song for this ceremony, traditional meal
included buffalo roast, new potatoes, corn, vegetables, wild rice soup, and fry bread
along with wojapi.
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HONOR CEREMONY
Sydney St. Germaine BSN
and family
Katey Monette BSN and family
Quinn Parisien BSN and family
Maycie Morin BSN and family
Graduates with Families
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HONOR CEREMONY
Kim Williams MSN, RN (RAIN alum & faculty)
with family and friend provided the blessing.
Graduates with Nurse Mentors and tutors: (l-r): Sonya (Nurse
Mentor), Lydia (Tutor), Katey Monette BSN, Maycie Morin BSN,
Sydney St Germaine BSN, Quinn Parisien BSN, Brendon (Tutor) and
Elle (Nurse Mentor)
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HONOR CEREMONY
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HONOR CEREMONY
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Sydney St. Germaine with
her family
FALL 2017 PINNING CEREMONY
(l-r): Katey Monette
BSN, Maycie Morin BSN,
Sydney St. Germaine
BSN, Quinn Parisien BSN,
with Mathew Lorenz BSN
RAIN alum and keynote
speaker
Maycie Morin BSN and family
(l-r): Quinn Parisien BSN, and family
Sydney St. Germaine BSN, and family
Katey Monette BSN, and family
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Fall 2017 Graduates
(l-r): Sydney St. Germaine BSN, Quinn Parisien BSN, Katey Monette BSN, Maycie
Morin BSN, and Nichole Azure BSN
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No Excuses Program (August 14-18, 2017)
The week of August 14-18, 2017 was a power packed week for RAIN staff. We started
out with our RAIN Staff Teambuilding, then the CNPD Faculty & Staff Retreat and then
we topped off the week with a three day "No Excuses" Student Orientation. WOW!!! We
so enjoyed getting to know our students coming in for the fall. The students getting to
know one another and becoming a cohesive group. (We already see the together-
ness). A special thank you to our elders, JT Shining Oneside and her husband, Waylon
for adding guidance to our activity. Pictured is the group after the talking circle,
Wednesday evening, August 16, 2017. We took pictures everyday.
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No Excuses Program (August 14-18, 2017)
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Our Thursday group photo after an evening of fun, laughter, and silliness, learning
to play hand games from JT, Waylon, and Sonya. We are holding our rattles made
of plastic Easter eggs, plastic spoons, rice and colored tape.
No Excuses Program (August 14-18, 2017)
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Nursing Students admitted for Spring 2018
Nursing Students graduating in December 2017
Pre-Nursing and Nursing Students
Fall 2017 ORIENTATION
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Jessica Azure
Adam Osowski and Adrianna
Storbakken, BAC 2 students Lisa Katrencik
Courtney Fultz
Courtney Fultz and Madison Keplin
Fall 2017 WHITE COAT CEREMONY
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Rez-cruitment
Each year, RAIN Program Director Deb Wilson and Program Coordinator Barb Anderson
and other RAIN staff traverse across Indian Country, visiting with youth and families at
reservations and communities. During these recruiting drives the team also visits RAIN
alumni now serving their home communities.
RAIN has a
recruitment booth
at the ND Tribal
Leaders Summit in
Bismarck. We
were happy to
see RAIN alum,
June Eagle BSN
(retired) in
attendance. She
gave her nursing
career to the
care of our
people across this
country.
Sept. 7, 2017
RAIN alum, Rhea DeCoteau MS RN,
Diabetes Educator, has joined the
ranks of being a temporary nurse
recruiter for her facility, the Quentin
N Burdick Indian Health Service (IHS)
Hospital in Belcourt, ND.
Beginning the recruitment activities in Wisconsin - October 10, 2017
Stopped at the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Office
to visit with the Higher Education Director. One
of their tribal members is in med school at the
University of North Dakota.
Stopped and visited with nursing
supervisor, a nurse, and other
health providers at the Lac
Courte Oreilles Community Health
Center.
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Rez-cruitment
Visited with the Academic Dean, the Nursing/Allied Health Director and
the VP of Academic Affairs, and Student Affairs at the Lac Courte
Oreilles Ojibwe Community College, October 10, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
Next stop, the Bad River
Reservation’s Higher
Education Office in the
community of Odanah, WI
and visited with the Director,
October 10, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
Stopped at the Bad River Health and Wellness Center and met with the nursing
supervisor. One of RAIN’s RN-BSN students was working the night shift in the area, so we
were unable to meet with her, October 10, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
Arrived at the Lac Du
Flambeau Higher
Education Office and
visited with the Director
and student support
staff, October 11, 2017
Stopped at the Sokaogon
Chippewa Health Clinic and
Higher Education Office at Mole
Lake, MI, October 11, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
Our first stop Wednesday afternoon, October 11 was at the Forest County Potawatomi
Health and Wellness Center in Crandon, WI. We met with the Diabetes Educator.
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Rez-cruitment
Deb and Barb had lunch
with Winona Ritchie BSN,
one of our INMED spring
1988 UND College of
Nursing BSN graduates.
October 11, 2017
The last stop on Wednesday was at the Lac Du Flambeau Health Center. Visited with the
clinical manager and some of the nursing staff. One of our INMED physicians Dr.
Adrienne Laverdure works at the facility. October 11, 2017.
We stopped at Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohicans clinic and the Higher Education
offices. October 12, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
We completed our Thursday morning recruitment at College of Menominee
and the Higher Education Dept. in Keshena, WI, October 12, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
On Thursday, our last stop at Menominee was the clinic, to say hello to
one of our RAIN MS alums, working at her home clinic as a nurse practi-
tioner (NP). Sarah Harkey, came and received her MS as a Nurse Edu-
cator and continued on for her Family Nurse Practitioner, October 12,
2017
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Rez-cruitment
On Thursday afternoon, we headed down the road to the Oneida Nation, just
outside of Green Bay, WI. We visited their Higher Education Dept. and their
clinic, October 12, 2017.
Before heading west, RAIN visited the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Mil-
waukee. We met the Lead Registered Nurse and a staff nurse from Turtle Mountain
pursuing her PhD in Nursing, October 17, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
We stopped at the Ho-Chunk Health
Center and the Higher Education office
located in Black River Falls, WI,
October 17, 2017
While stopping at the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Milwaukee, we
talked with Melissa McGee MS RN, a staff nurse from Turtle Mountain, pursuing her
PhD in Nursing. She was happy to see someone (Barb) from back home.
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Rez-cruitment
Our evening commute leaving Wisconsin and driving into Minnesota. The fall colors
were breathtaking! October 19, 2017
Back in Minnesota, RAIN made a stop at the Fond du Lac Tribal Health Center in
Cloquet, MN. October 20, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
At the Min No Aya Win Health Center on the Fond du Lac Reservation, two of our RAIN
alums work at the Health center. We were able to visit with our BSN alum Billie Diver BSN,
who came home to care for her people, October 20, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
Our last stop for the morning was at the Higher Education office located in the Fond
du Lac Tribal Center. We were able to meet with the Director , Rachelle “Shelly”
West, October 20, 2017
On to Wyoming… Arriving at the Wyoming border at sunset, October 22, 2017
We are headed to the Wind River reservation in WY. We were asked to
do presentations at four area high schools and attend a Career Fair at
Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete on October 23, 2017.
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Rez-cruitment
RAIN Nurse Mentors Elle Hoselton BSN, RN (Back) and Sonya Anderson, BSN, RN (front)
presenting to 50+ high school students at the St. Stephen’s Mission in Riverton, WY on
Monday, October 23 , 2017
RAIN Nurse Mentors Elle Hoselton (left) and Sonya Anderson (right) and INMED
Program Specialist Morgan Golding presenting to 20+ students at the Ft. Washakie
High School, October 23, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
RAIN Nurse Mentors Elle Hoselton (right) and Sonya Anderson (left) and INMED
Program Specialist Morgan Golding (Below) presenting to 20+ students at the
Wind River High School in Pavilion, WY. October 23, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
RAIN Nurse Mentors Elle Hoselton (right) and Sonya Anderson (back-left) and
INMED Program Specialist Morgan Golding (left-middle) met with half a dozen
students at the Lander Valley High School in Lander, WY, October 23, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
RAIN Nurse Mentors Elle Hoselton (left) and Sonya Anderson (right) and INMED
Program Specialist Morgan Golding (middle) met with 30+ students at the
Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete, WY, October 23, 2017
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Rez-cruitment
Career Readiness Summit held at the Wyoming
Indian High School (WIHS) in Ethete, WY. This
summit had awesome support from the
schools, tribal programs, and businesses in the
area. Students were given the opportunity to
attend sessions on all aspects of college
preparation, processes, and career choices,
beyond just visiting the booths.
A very special thank you to
Dave Haggar, the
Transition Coordinator, at
WIHS and his team for all
their hard work and
dedication, which made
for a very successful
Summit! October 24, 2017
INMED Program Specialist Morgan Golding (left) and RAIN Nurse Mentors Elle
Hoselton (middle) and Sonya Anderson (right)
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Rez-cruitment
More pictures from the 2017 College & Career Readiness Summit…
October 24, 2017
RAIN Nurse Mentor Sonya Anderson answering questions
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Rez-cruitment
We are traveling through the Wind River Canyon...
We couldn't leave this
photo out of our Wyoming
travels. The elevation of
Grand Forks is 843 feet
above sea level, and we
were standing at 9,666 ft,
October 24, 2017
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Conferences
NIHB (National Indian Health Board) Conference,
Bellevue, WA.
NCAI (National Council of American Indians) Conference,
Milwaukee, WI. October 15-19, 2017.
Deb Wilson and Barb Anderson, RAIN representatives, had a recruitment
booth at the 34th National Tribal Health Conference: United Tribal Voices
Advocating for Healthy Native People in Bellevue, WA at the Hyatt Regency,
September 25-27.
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Our RAIN Family Activities
(l-r): Lawrence
Blue II, PhD in
Health
Administration
and Kimberly
Williams, MSN,FNP
RAIN alums who
were RAIN pre-
nursing,
undergraduate
and graduate
nursing, are now
faculty at the
UND College of
Nursing, August
2017. So Proud!
Our nursing students
sharing work space
with our RAIN staff,
who are preparing
recruitment
packets for our
upcoming
recruitment to
Wisconsin, October,
2017
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Students taking advantage of the RAIN area lab and meeting with the nurse mentors.
Our RAIN Family Activities
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Our RAIN Family Activities
Our pre-nursing students with Nurse Mentor Sonya Anderson after a lunchtime
meeting, November 20, 2017
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Our RAIN Family Activities
IHS Headquarters Scholarship program staff from Rockville, MD came for a RAIN site
visit.
(L-r): Deb, Mr. Eric Pinto (Senior Program Specialist), Ms. Reta Brewer (Scholarship
Branch Chief), Barb, Dean Roux, Mr. Christopher Eagle Hawk (Scholarship Program
Analyst) , and LoAnn, RAIN Admin. Asst.,November 6, 2017
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Spirit Lake Diabetes Conference—Fall 2017
(l-r): Tracy Charboneau BSN,
Barb Anderson, Deb Wilson,
and Challsey Scallon MSN
(l-r): Challsey Scallon MSN, Tracy
Charboneau BSN, Spirit Lake
Nation Tribal Chair Myra Pearson
and Mary Cavanaugh
(l-r): Dr. Amin
Alakaam, Assistant
Professor, Nutrition
and Dietetics,
Challsey Scallon
MSN, Dean Gayle
Roux, Colleen Burke
PhD, RAIN Writing
Mentor, Tracy
Charboneau, BSN.
Deb Wilson, and
Barb Anderson.
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Corey Sanders MPA began working with the MHA Education Pipeline in
September 2017 as the Mentor for the Fort Berthold Reservation and the
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC). He received his undergraduate de-
grees in Sociology and Indian Studies and a Master's degree in Public Admin-
istration from the University of North Dakota. He is an enrolled member of the
MHA Nation, a member of the Hidatsa Flint Knife Clan, and a child of the Hi-
datsa Prairie Chicken Clan. Over the years, he has worked in a variety of stu-
dent services settings (K-12 and Post-secondary) and the human services field,
all the while doing free-lance grant writing on the side, which he still does. In
his personal life, he ranches south of Mandaree where he grew up. He enjoys
being outside with his cattle, reading, traveling, watching his favorite team
the Denver Broncos, and working with students toward their goals.
Welcome, Corey!
Nancy Joyner, MS, CNS-BC, APRN, ACHPN® has joined the RAIN program
as the STAR Nurse Mentor under the HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity grant
and is working under a second grant on a multi-state, Rural Community-Based
Palliative Care project through UND's Center for Rural Health as their subject
matter expert. Nancy also has a BA degree in biology/pre-medicine from
Bemidji State University (1977) as well as BSN (1979) and MS (2005) from UND
College of Nursing. She has been a nurse for 39 years, in many different
departments (neonatal, pediatrics, home care, hospice and palliative care).
Nancy worked for Altru Health System for 34 years, first as a Registered Nurse
and then as a Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist from 2005-2013. Since
2014, Nancy has been self-employed as a consultant. She has also worked for
PESI Healthcare as a national speaker as well as Bemidji State University and
UND as an online nursing instructor.
Welcome, Nancy!
WELCOME
DeLana Wendland MBA currently the UTTC Mentor for the MHA
Education Pipeline in Bismarck. She was raised in rural St. Michaels, ND.
DeLana obtained her BSPA from UND in 2003 and her MBA from University of
Mary in 2009. DeLana loves working with students, assisting in their educational
journeys, and watching the students come full circle is why she has remained
in higher education for the past 10 years. She is married to her awesome
husband Justin, and they have two fur babies, who pretty much run the show.
Welcome, DeLana!
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