Spring is an exciting time in education as we recognize the culmina-tion of all of the hard-work by the faculty and students over the school year. We are so proud of our faculty and students for their great accomplishments. This year marks the 30th anniversary of ad-mitting students to the baccalaureate nursing program and 10th anni-versary of admitting students to the clinical research program. All programs are thriving and this May the clinical research program graduated their largest class, 54 students in the undergraduate pro-gram and nine students in the graduate program. In nursing, 48 stu-dents graduated from the prelicensure option and 24 students from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-BS option. Soon, the proposal for developing the Doctor of Nursing Prac-tice program will be reviewed by the General Assembly in Raleigh. Look for new updates on the progress of this initiative in the next edition of the newsletter.

Congratulations to all and have a wonderful summer. Happy Nurses Week.

UNC Wilmington

End of School Year Issue May 2014 Volume 7, Issue 4

School of Nursing Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:

Aug. 11: Academic year begins

Aug. 11: Faculty Council, 3:30 -5 p.m., McNeill Hall 1051

Aug. 14: Workshop with Dr. Mary Lynn. Time/place: TBA

Aug. 18: UNCW Convocation, 10 a.m., Trask Coliseum

Aug. 18: Undergraduate Coun-cil, 3 - 5 p.m., McNeill Hall 1038.

Aug. 20: Fall classes begin

Sept. 1: Labor Day. No classes.

Oct. 13-14: Fall Break. No classes.

Greetings from the Director

Editor: Sandra O’Donnell (odonnells@uncw.edu) Production: Debra Simpson (simpsond@uncw.edu)

Inside this issue:

Greetings from the Director 1

Notable Achievements 2

Notable Recognition 3

Nurses’ Day Celebration 4

SLC News 4

Research Day Awards 5

ANS News 5

May 2014 Graduates 6, 7

CLR Awards Ceremony 8

Student Presentations 8

Awards Ceremony Photos 9

NCLN Invitation 10

Please submit items of interest, calendar events, notable achievements, community events and questions you may have for our faculty and staff to our editorial/production staff: Sandy O’Donnell or Debra Simpson.

Congratulations to the Class of May 2014 Congratulations to the Class of May 2014 on their recent graduation: 54 undergraduate CLR

graduates, nine graduate CLR graduates, 24 RN-BS and 48 prelicensure graduates.

Special congratulations to two prelicensure graduates on their recent commissions into the

U.S. Navy: Ensigns Emmanuel Ayim and Desiree Steinhilber. Pictured in the left photo be-low is Ayim and in the right photo Steinhilber (center) with senior clinical faculty Nancy Mur-

dock (left) and Nancy Grant (right).

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Notable Recognition:

Congratulations to Paula Reid (pictured left) for being awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Pro-fessor. Beth Gazza has been awarded an Academic Partnerships Faculty Research Grant as the principal inves-tigator (PI) for her proposed research study, “Identifying priorities and satisfiers of online RN-BS stu-dents in an accelerated program: A pilot study”. April Matthias and Carol Heinrich are serving as co-PI’s. The grant will be used for a study aimed at discovering the priorities and satisfiers of online RN-BS students at UNCW. The university collaborates with Academic Partnerships to offer the accelerated online programs.

Nancy Ahern (pictured right) has been selected as an Assistant Fellow for UNCW’s Experiencing Transformative Education through Applied Learning (ETEAL) program, the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The purpose of the program is to enrich the environment supporting student learning, provide faculty and staff with information and resources about high-impact practices in applied learning pedagogy and to promote the implementation of these practices of applied learning throughout the university. In addition, Ahern received a $3,000 ETEAL grant for “Children’s Books to Enhance Nursing Image: An Applied Learning Assignment”. Ahern is also a member of the pilot team who received a GA grant to fund an e-portfolio proposal, “Centering Student Learning in the Cross-Programmatic Assessment of Core Competencies”. This was in response to the request for proposals to assure high-quality degrees: student learning out-comes and specifically the use of e-portfolios to assess core competencies. Ahern is a recipient of the J. Richard Corbett Grant Award for her research “Awareness and knowledge of child and adolescent risky behaviors: A parent's perspective”.

Congratulations to Jane Fox (pictured left) for her service in reviewing grants for Health Resources and Service Administration (HPSA) as they relate to advance practice nursing programs within Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships (AENT’s). The purpose of AENT’s is to increase the num-ber of advanced education nurses trained to practice as primary care providers and/or nursing faculty to address the nurse faculty shortage that inhibits educating nurses to meet demand. Fox has also been invited to return as a Fulbright discipline peer reviewer for Nursing 2014. The responsibilities include reviewing proposals submitted by nurses for future scholarship/grant awards. Diane Pastor has been selected to participate in the Community Engagement Research Fellowship (CERF) within the College of Health and Human Services beginning May 19 for one year. This will involve partnering with a community provider to identify a need for community based participatory research.

Notable Recognition: Recipients of the Spring 2014 School of Nursing Awards Excellence Award: Presented to a student with a minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.25, outstanding clinical performances and nominated from students and faculty with final endorsement by the faculty:

Pre-licensure: Zachary Switzer, ’14 RN/BS: Donella Segoviano, ’15

Achievement Award: Presented to the student who demonstrates growth and mastery of concepts and practices in nursing, uti-lizes resources effectively to develop potential and takes initiative for personal learning growth:

Pre-licensure: Emanuel Ayim, ’14 Casey Patula, ’15 RN/BS: Jennifer Kirkland, ’15

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Notable Achievements

CLR faculty Barbara Pennington conducted a three-day workshop April 3-5 on “Good Clinical Monitoring Practices” in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Participants included health care workers who will be working on an H5N1 avian flu clinical trial. Pennington works as a consultant for the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH).

Congratulations to Clarissa Morrissey, ’14, and her faculty advisor Carol Heinrich for completion and presentation of her Hon-ors research project: The relationship between experiential background and the nurse’s triage decisions. Her poster presentation was among 116 Honors projects displayed the week of April 7 - April 11 in Randall Library

Diane Pastor presented a poster, “It’s in the Bag: Personal Emergency Preparedness Training for Student Nurse Practitioners”, at the regional Sigma Theta Tau conference in Winston-Salem in April.

Michelle McEwen-Campbell was recertified in Inpatient Obstetrics (RNC-OB) in April.

Recent Publications. Several members of the nursing faculty and a former graduate student (listed in bolded text) have published research studies. The citations are:

Ahern, N. R., & Mechling, B. (2013). Sexting and youth: Serious problems for youth. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 51(7), 22-30. Ahern, N. R., & Falsafi, N. (2013). Inhalants: Huffing for trouble. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing – Youth in Mind, 51(8), 19-24. Kemppainen, J., Johnson, M., Phillips, J., Sullivan, K., Corless, I., Reid, P. … Beamon, E. (2013). A multinational study of self-compassion and human immunodeficiency virus-related anxiety. International Nursing Review, 60(4), 477-486. Kemppainen, J., Brion, J., Leary, M., Wantland, D., Sullivan, K., Nokes, K., … Kirksey, K. (2013). Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical aspects of AIDS/HIV. 25(12), 1513-1519. Jacobs, A., Kemppainen, J., Taylor, J. S. & Hadsell, C. (2014). Beliefs about diabetes and medication adherence among Lumbee Indians living in rural southeastern North Carolina, Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 25(2), 167-175. (Note: Allison Jacobs graduated from the FNP program Dec. ’11.) Dawson Rose, C., Webel, A., Sullivan, K., Cuca, Y., Wantland, D., Johnson, M., … Kemppainen, J., et al. (2014). Self-compassion and risk behavior among people living with HIV/AIDS. Research in Nursing and Health, 37(2), 98-106. Kim-Godwin, Y. S., Maume, M. O. & Fox, J. A. (2014). Depression, stress, and intimate partner violence among Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural southeastern North Carolina. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 16(2). Published online Mar. 22, ’14. DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0007-x Kuiper, R. A. (2013). Integration of innovative clinical reasoning pedagogies into a baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Creative Nursing 19(3), 128-139. Dx.doi.org/10.1891/1078-4535.19.3.128. Latham, C., & Ahern, N. (2013). Professional writing in nursing education: Creating an academic community-based writing center. Journal of Nursing Education, 52(11), 615-620. Mechling, B., Ahern, N.R., & McGuinness, T. M. (2013). The choking game: A risky behavior for youth. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 51(12), 15-20. Perfecto, K., & Ahern, N. R. (2013). Early assessment for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia: Comparison of two metamemory diagnostic tests. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing: Aging Matters, 51(9), 17-21. Pastor, D. K. (2014). It in the bag: Personal emergency preparedness for student nurse practitioners. International Journal of Nurse Practitioner Educators 3(1) Spring, 1-11.

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2014 Nurses’ Day Celebration The 18th annual Nurses Day Celebration was hosted by the SON and N.C. Nurses’ Association, Southeast Region on May 6.

The group observed National Nurses Week with a dinner celebration with over 300 in attendance. During the celebration, SON

faculty Michelle McEwen-Campbell received a NCNA Scholarship award for her doctoral work at Gardner Webb University.

Prelicensure students Arely Dominguez (Dec. ’15) and Michelle Dy (May ‘16) received the NCNA student scholarship awards.

Six SON faculty were among the 74 nurses recognized at the Nurses Day Celebra-

tion. Pictured left to right in photo at left is: Carolyn Jones, Kelly Laham, April

Matthias, Nasrin Falsafi, and Heidi Winslow. Carol Morris was also recognized.

Deborah Boedeker (May ’05) (pictured right) was awarded the Outstanding School of Nursing Alumnus of the Year Award. Deborah is a graduate of the FNP

program at UNCW and currently works as a nurse prac-

titioner in the Employee Health Clinic at

NHRMC. Prior to this position, she worked in various

specialty units: pediatrics, day of surgery unit, women’s

services, and oncology. Her roles includes care provider,

educator, and leader. According to her colleagues, she is described as a leader for change creating initi-

atives to meet the needs of her patients. Boedeker implemented a newly developed day of surgery unit, the first outpatient program dedicated to women’s services. She was instrumental in establishing an in-vitro satellite and donor insemination pro-

gram at NHRMC in collaboration with UNC-CH, and was the first nurse practitioner at the Zimmer Cancer Center working

with medical and gynecologic oncology patients. She pursued a special interest in advanced practice oncology, defining and de-

veloping a new role in the Zimmer Cancer Center.

Simulation Learning Center (SLC) News

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Pre-licensure students spent hundreds of hour performing practice

assessments, communication and nursing techniques with the use of

low and high fidelity simulations during the second half of the spring

semester. Over 280 students spanning 10 undergraduate and gradu-ate courses participated in simulations. They consisted of more than

150 high fidelity simulations and approximately 200 hours with

standardized patients (SPs).

The participation of our community volunteers who served as SPs

has been unprecedented as far as the time and talents contributed

to enhance student learning through practice on “live” clients. In

return, faculty and staff honored the volunteers with an appreciation luncheon on April 28. The newly developed SP simula-

tions occurred in the following courses: Nursing Leadership, Foundations, Mental Health, and Community Health. Both stu-

dents and volunteers have expressed appreciation for the SP experiences, which included the interactions with patients, feed-back from the SPs during debriefing and contributing to the nursing profession through volunteer efforts.

In the community setting, health screening equipment from the SLC was used by over 100 students in community education

programs, health fairs and class presentations. In addition, tours of the SLC facilities were provided to university groups and

community groups, including middle and high school students interested in working in health care and nurses from the Wil-mington Health - Veterans Administration clinics.

2014 Research Day: Notable Nursing Awards and Presentations The Nu Omega award for the best faculty poster presentation was given to Patty White

(pictured right) for her poster presentation: “Transformative Nursing Education Utiliz-

ing Student-Driven Pediatric Simulation.”

Morgan Jackson (pictured left) received the Nu Omega Award for best student poster presentation award for

her research on “Descriptive Analysis of Posttraumatic

Stress Disorder Symptoms in Women with HIV Disease

Living in Rural Southeastern North Carolina.” Her fac-

ulty advisor was Jeanne Kemppainen.

New Hanover Regional Medical Center nurses and nurse

educators, nursing faculty and one student made other

poster presentations. SON Graduate Clinical Coordina-

tor Susan Marshall made a podium presentation on “Lived Experiences of Nursing Students Engaged in a Service Learning Project in Peru.” In her presentation, she captured the essence of the cultural immersion and clinical practice experienced among three faculty and 14

students who visited the developing county. The group visited Peru over the spring break.

ANS Information

The purpose of the Association of Student Nurses is to contribute to nursing education and influence the educational process, as

well as provide programs that relate to fundamental and current nursing professional interests and concerns. In addition, the

organization seeks to develop its members into their professional roles and responsibilities for caring for people of all walks of

life. For more information regarding membership, please contact one of the officers for the 2014-15 academic year: Andraya

Zelle, president; Brett Curtis, vice president; Carlie Campbell, secretary; and Shannon O'Toole, treasurer. Pictured below are sev-eral current members of the association in attendance at the 2014 Research Day.

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Class of 2014

BS Graduates RN/BS

Debra Lynn Brown Sara Lynn Ibbitson Maximiano Carvalho = Stephanie Michelle Cheers Georgia Farley Daniels Lynda Horne Derzanski Lesslie Overton Duncan Jeffrey C. Eder Maggie Elaine Guy Donna Smith Hudson ¨= Susan Kay Jenkins Daniel Scott Jones Jennifer Mary Kirkland = Completing Summer 2014

Hope Lynn Locklear = Sierra Amber Lohmann Randi Ducker Nunnery Sarah Mitchell Orial Jessica Dawn Patton Sarah Stewart Reddick Ashley Nicole Rose Donella Segoviano David Grant Thomas = Wanda Murray Treto = Karen Lynn Warwick = Rebecca Lauren Wilson

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Prelicensure

Meredith Bazley Armstrong * Emmanuel Ayim * Lauren Anderson Black *>Φ Kathryn Nell Browder * Caroline Elizabeth Byers +* Stacey Lynn Cole +* Megan Camille Crayton + Veronica Jean Domeyer * Emily Blake Esslinger * Morgan Renee Fisher * Caitlin Sue Gallagher * Katelyn Noel Gamache * Adrianne Elaine Hahn * Marley Suzanne Halbert *¨Φ Alice Ruth Halliday * Sarah Margaret Howe *

Caitlin Hopkins Rook +* Danielle Rebecca Rush * Lauren Nicole Ruth * Kayla Monique Sadler +* Chelsey Erica Smith +* Jillian Elizabeth Smith + Erin McCaskill Smothers *Φ Briana Danielle Sorensen *¨ Desiree Anne Steinhilber * Zachary Kyle Switzer * Laura Thomas +* Taylor Lyndon Thompson +* Kelly Nicole Tolman *> Kaitlyn Elizabeth Trythall * Chiaki Louise Williams *¨ Bethany Leigh Wolfe *

Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins * Meredith Paige Johnson * Amanda Elizabeth Kelly * Eunchong Lee * Hannah Katherine Lewis *> Betty Lynn Mauney * Lauren Alexandra May *> Samantha Dunn Meeks * Taylor Jeanne Meiburg Kaitlyn Claire Monahan +* Shannon Marie Morris * Clarissa Nicole Morrissey ~*> Gina Marie Papi Sara Perez * Kristin Nicole Pownall * Ψ Giselle Lauren Pymento +*

~ Departmental Honors Ú Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society + North Carolina Nurse Scholar ¨ Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society * Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Ψ Psi Chi Honor Society > Sigma Alpha Lambda National Honor Society Φ Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

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Class of 2014 Clinical Research Graduates

Master of Science

Amanda Lee Brown Amy Caudle Chisum Gina Lorraine Galgano Emily Joanne Groesbeck Chiquta La’Shunda Harris

Kayla Dawnn Lee

Jillian Jaye Saucier ¨

Jamie Lee Taylor

Carolyn Marie Collins Thompson

Baccalaureate

Tayler Elizabeth Allegret Zachary Marshall Allen Marian Charity Bailey Cassandra Blair ~ Deeanna Marie Bouchard Erin Hannah Branch Rosalind Desiree Brooks Kimberly Barnhardt Carroll > Sara Beth Chambers Caitlin Rachelle Chizmar Kirsten Bryce Clark Cecille Kalette Covington Rena Claire Crawford Meredith Leigh Davis Martha Hicks Dockery Patrick Collins Dove Shayla Bianca Drummond Rachael Kelsey Gallelli Samantha Lee Giggey Jessica Caitlin Gioielli Brianna Elaine Greenwald + Margaret Elizabeth Haigh Signe Hardigan Anthony Carl Hensley Carol Ann Jones Haley Elizabeth Kennedy Katie Ann King ^

Lisa Renee Koziol Suzanna Mae Mathias Annie Laurie McGee Elizabeth Asia Andrea McKenzie Tan Huu Xuan Nguyen Jacqueline Neshall Vanderhall Nightingale Rhonda Ward-Covington Norman ¨ Courtney Griesi Norris + Heather Brittany O’Donnell Kristin Smith Ospina Ashly Marie Polacchi Meghan Elizabeth Purdy Ω Michael Beasley Purvis DeVona Danette Reese Heather Donathan Rich Mica Frisbie Ricks Liesbet Isabel Hanne Saelens Emily Anne Sauls Jessica Nicole Soles Charlotte Jacqueline Sternon Hang Thi My Tran Kathleen Elaine Walker ^ Samantha Ann Wheeler Caroline Hanford White Hannah Lynn White Sarrah Caroline Williams Yanru Zhang

¨Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society > Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society ~Tau Sigma National Honor Society

+ Zeta Chi Alpha Xi Delta ^ Honor Society.org

Ω Order of Omega Honors Fraternity

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Prelicensure and Graduate Student Presentations - Spring 2014

Prelicensure Presentations from the Community and Pediatric Nursing Classes

On April 29, prelicensure students enrolled in Pediatric Nursing and Community nursing courses presented their reflective projects. This assignment is a collabora-tive effort between the two courses.

In the Community Nursing course, students were divided into groups to provide poster presentations related to assessment data, literature reviews and in-terventions pertaining to two community topics - inti-mate partner violence and obesity.

Students in the Pediatric Nursing course were asked to select patients from one of their clinical experiences who had impacted them in some way. Each student was required to write a paper presenting the patient’s pathophysiology and relevant nursing diagnoses and then use the OPT Model to plan care for the patient. Another facet of the assignment was for each student to create a product that incorporated the arts and humanities and was reflective of what they saw in patients and/or family members. Students explained how the selected patients had impacted them as nurses and how the caring experi-ences would frame models they will use in the future.

Students voted on their choices for recipients of presentation awards: Brett Curtis, “The One that Touched Me;” Randall Barlow, “The One that Made Me Say ‘Wow;” Beth Tunstall, “The most Talented;” Melissa Huber, “The One I Wish I had Thought Of;” Julie Busfield, “The One that Conveyed the Essence of Nursing;” Ashley Combs, “Best Integration of Arts and Humanities;” Amanda Franklin, “The Most Creative;” and Luke Steinlein, “The One That Made Me Smile.” A photo of the award recipients is pictured above.

FNP Student Presentations on Pediatric Analyses On April 29 the FNP students enrolled in the Graduate Pediatrics course also made poster presentations on topics chosen for

either case or PICO analyses. Students presented and discussed a variety of topics. Below are photos of several of the presenters

taken from the event.

2014 Clinical Research Awards Ceremony

The Clinical research graduates held their first Awards Ceremony on May 9, apart from the Awards Ceremony of the nursing program. The guest speaker was Jen Pullum, senior director of the Site Intelligence and Activation Division at PPD. Pullum, whose career with PPD spans 15 years, has held several other positions in project and clinical management. She has led the PPD internship efforts with the clinical research program since 2007 and works closely with faculty to ensure that changes within the industry are communicated thus maintaining its academic leadership in clinical research. Pullum’s daughter, a regionally-based CRA II at PPD, was a graduate of the program in 2011.

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Awards Ceremonies - May 9, ’14

Clinical Research: Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science

Prelicensure

RN/BSN

Please submit calendar events, organiza-tional news, notable achievements, commu-nity events, research and scholarship activi-ties to our editorial and production staff: Sandy O’Donnell (odonnells@uncw.edu) or Debra Simpson (simpsond@uncw.edu).

Final Lingering Thought . . .

Have a fun and relaxing

summer! (Mt. Timpanogos, Utah)

Invitation to Join the N. C. League for Nursing SON Professor R.A. Kuiper, a member of the board for the N. C. League for Nursing (NCLN) invites interested parties to join the organization, volunteer for committee activities and/or

become a board member. NCLN is an organization designed to promote excellence in nursing education within N.C. through participation in statewide activities, continuing education and

meetings. While the organization is a constituent member of the NLN, membership in the NLN

does not indicate membership in the NCLA. Also, the NCLA holds separate meetings apart from

the NLN are held and a separate membership fee is required. An educational meeting for the 70

to 80 statewide members will be held in Wilmington in the spring of 2015. For additional

information, please contact Kuiper or view the organization’s website: http://ncleaguefornursing.org/lorem-ipsum/

American Assembly for Men in Nursing News The UNCW Chapter of the AAMN elected new officers for the next academic year: Robert Sottile, president; Luke Steinlein, vice president; Allison Kramlick, secretary; and Annie Smith, treasurer. Wes McLean, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) spoke at the April meeting on educational requirements and job placement tips.

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Lingering Thoughts from the Editor . . . It is late in the semester, less than a month before graduation. Senior nursing students begin to fill Room 1028 McNeill Hall for their Adult Health II (Complex Care) class. Some students are wearing their nursing school scrubs, others are in jeans and knit tops. One student’s tee shirt is printed with the words: “Be patient with patients who are not patient.”

Associate Professor Sarah Lawson begins her lecture with a focused conviction that matches the mood of her students. The top-ic is “Altered Skin Integrity: The Nursing Management of Burns.” A Power Point presentation is projected on the screen. The graphics on the slides are detailed. The descriptions of the tissue injury and complications are direct and purposeful. This presentation is visually balanced by an assortment of job postings crammed on the rear bulletin board.

The attentive audience is quiet. Some students type on laptops while others take written notes. One student questions the haz-ards of smoke inhalation. Another student asks about nursing priorities for chemical burns. Then the discussion moves on to various assessment components and nursing implications during the acute phase of burns. This is followed by a smooth transi-tion into patient care during the rehabilitative phase. A case study involving a 25-year-old burn victim is depicted on the screen. What are the potential problems with this patient? What inquiry is important with this case? What are the priorities of care? What are the nursing goals?

What opportunities await these students in Room 1028 McNeill Hall weeks before graduation? What are the goals among this group of bright, inquisitive minds? What demands will be placed on these future health care providers? What expectations do they have as they enter a fast-paced and demanding profession? What will the consequences be? As the tee shirt reads, “Be patient . . .”

Sandra O’Donnell, Editor

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