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The CONnectionGAMECOCK
News and Views from the University of South Carolina COLLEGE OF NURSING
www.sc.edu/nursingwww.facebook.com/USCNursing - LIKE US!
Inside This Issue
Students Corner..............2-5
Alumni & Development...6-7
Faculty & Staff Notes....8-10
Upcoming Events..............11
NO LIMITS..........................13
APRIL 2015
Dean Jeannette Andrews
Send Inquiries or Newsletter items to:Jan Johnsonjnjohnso@mailbox.sc.edu
Consumer Focused For a College of Nursing situated in a large university setting to thrive in the current environment, an anticipatory lens is required in at least two major areas: higher edu-cation and health care. While both of these areas are changing rapidly, both domains are appropriately moving to a heightened focus on the consumer. We see this with the increased demands for “patient centered care” in health care delivery systems and “learner/student centered focus” in higher education settings. As I think about these two areas, there are common intersecting themes that our consumers want: •IncreasedAccessibility •Flexibility •TechnologyEnhancedDeliveries •Connectivity •PersonalizedApproach •HighValue/CostBeneficial •Quality •Evidence-BasedModels •GenerationalandCulturalSensitivityDuring the past several years, we have been moving strategically with a consumer fo-cusedmindset.Examplesinclude:revisingstudentadvisementscheduling,increasingsummeroptionstofacilitateearlierprogramcompletion(BSN,MSN,DNP,andPhD),piloting8weeksemesteroptionsforRN-BSNstudents,”flippingtheclassrooms”,on-line courses, community/patient engaged research, care coordination, and others. As ourpurposefulstrategicagendasarerealized,ourstate,national,andglobalimpactcon-tinues to grow. Additionally, our national and global prominence as a premier College of Nursing also continues to rise, as evidenced by our rankings and continued measured growth.However,thereismoreworktobedone.Withthehelpofseveralthoughtleaders,ourtalented faculty and staff will be looking prospectively at the future domains of health careandhighereducationwithinaconsumerfocusedlensatour“2025”Mayretreat.OurUSCCONvillagewill continue to lead, innovate, and partner to prepare thefuture nursing workforce and improve health care and healthcare delivery systems for SouthCarolina’scitizens,families,communities,andbeyond.
JeannetteO.AndrewsPhD,RN,FAANj.andrews@sc.edu
Students Corner
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CONStudent,Steven Hughes, receivedtheHeroAwardforstand-ing up for a female soldier who was unlawfully accused by and off-duty policeman.
The annual Hero Awards, givenby Stand Up Carolina, recognizeaccountable bystanders—commu-nity members who stand up, take action and make a difference in the life of another. They are Caro-linians who have helped others in ordinarywaysthathadanextraor-dinary impact. Nancy Ewing successfully defend-
ed her DNP Quality ImprovementProject,“BestPracticeforaStandard-ized and SafeRegisteredNurse ShiftHandoff.”
Caroline Newman has been accepted to the NYU nurse extern program inNewYorkCity.
“I am so thankful for the op-portunity to work at one of the most prestigious hospi-talsintheUnitedStates.Iamvery grateful to the amazingnursing program and dedi-cated professors here atUSCfor guiding me to become the best nurse I can be, ” Caroline stated.
DNP Students, Regina Thompason, Trac-ey Busch, Zach Edinger, Stephanie Aver-rette, Kadija Kakay, Helen Ngigi, Jessa Hollingsworth, Kimberly Douglas, Jac-queline Baer, Mary Giovannetti, Amber Ballentine, Kevin Schmidt and Kimberly Todd attended the AANP 2015 Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.
Student Spotlight:Eboni Herbert Harris, 2nd year PhD student Read it HERE.
Mary McGuiness has ac-cepted a job at MedstarGeorgetown UniversityHospital in WashingtonDC.Shehasacceptedapo-sitionintheNewGraduateNurse Residency Programon the Surgical IntensiveCare Unit, which is where she completed her extern-ship this past summer.
She is also the recipientofthe senior clinical practice award.
I served as a member of the morale team this year. The purpose of this team is to encourage participants, a.k.a heroes, to stand on their feet for14hours and continue to raise funds forPalmettoHealthChildren’sHospital.
BenjaminBrown(picturedaboveleft)wastreatedattheNICUforatumoronhisairway.Sincetheinitialdiagnosis,Benjamin’stu-mor has grown back and he has undergone further surgeries. After speaking to us about his experiencewithPalmettoHealthChil-dren’sHospitalhethankedusforallwedoandthendonatedhisallowanceof$20toourfundraisinggoal!
Marcus Lattimore (pictured above right) was there to say a fewwordsandtogettheeventstarted.HesaidthisaboutDanceMara-thon:“It’sforthekids.It’snotaboutme,it’snotaboutyou.It’sallforthekids.”Hearingsuchaselflessstatementfromafellowgame-cock really got the crowd inspired to tackle 14 hours of standing ForTheKids.
USCDanceMarathon is a student run philanthropic organiza-tionthatraisesfundsandsupportforPalmettoHealthChildren’sHospital,ourlocalMiracleNetworkHospital.Throughoutthe14-hour event participants, a.k.a heroes, are encouraged to stand and learn the line dance that is taught by the morale members as well as continuetheirfundraisingefforts.ThisyearUSCDM’sgoalwastoraiseHalfaMillioninHalftheTime.InthepastDanceMarathonhas been a 24 hour event but this year we decided to shake things up.ThroughouttheeventparticipantshearfromMiracleFamiliesabout their experiencewithPalmettoHealthChildren’sHospitalandhowgrateful they are for events likeDanceMarathon.Thisreally helps put things in perspective and gives you the motivation topush through.ThisyearUSCDMwasable to raise$501,528allForTheKidsofPalmettoHealthChildren’sHospital.Westandfor 14 hours to representwhat theMiracleChildren have gonethrough as well as to honor those who were not as fortunate. We will dance until there are no longer sick children and we dance so thatnochildeverhastofightalone!
USC Dance Marthon: Why I Volunteer by Jessica Eaddy
Register Now! #RSD1514th Annual Research and Scholarship Day
Research and scholarship across the nursing care continuum
As Gamecocks, our success has No Limits
This is a free event but registration is required by Fri-day,April24,2015.ToregisteremailGeneMedingatgemeding@mailbox.sc.edu. In the email, state your:
• Name(FirstandLast) • Phonenumber • Status (Student,Faculty,Staff,Other) • Emailaddress
College of Nursing 1st Floor Lounge
9:00am - 11:00am Mix n’ mingle poster session 11:00am - 12:00pm Research Presentations & Award Ceremony
Light refreshments will be provided
April28th
Why does nursing research matter?
What will I gain from attending this event?
Atthisyear’sevent,youwill: •hearalocalnursemanger’sexperiencewith implementing research into practice •receiveanursingperspectiveonresearch withtheLGBTcommunity •find“Beyond-the-Classroom”opportunities relevantforGraduationwithLeadership Distinction
Andthat’snotall!Buildyourresumebyreceivinganofficial certificate of participation. Student NursingAssociation members will also receive 10 points for attendance!
Join us for Dean Andrews’ State of the College Address
April 1312:00 p.m.Room 409
Open to all faculty, staff, students, alumni and colleagues
UofSC graduate programs among nation’s best
The College of Nursing’s graduateprogram moved up 13 slots to No. 66 overall, and No. 46 among public uni-versities.
ReadMore HERE.
Breonia Browne will re-ceiveChiEtaPhi’sAnitaK.BassScholarship.
OnMarch25th,Dr. Tena McKinney accompanied junior nursing students, Lauren Banton and Mary Neal Stipp,tothe“ApplePieforAlphaChi”event in recognition of their academic achievements.
Jamie Lawson’s poster “Are We Ad-equately Prepared:Students’ PerspectivesonCultural and Lin-guistic Competency in Healthcare,” hasbeen accepted for po-dium presentation at Discovery Day.
APRNs fromaround the state andUSCNursingDNPstudentsonMarch17that theSCStatehouse todefeatHouseBill3508.
THURSDAY
April
306:00pm - 9:00pm
Rooftop at Carolina Walk 900 S. Stadium Road
Dressy Casual/ Cocktail Attire Music by Coconut Cowboys
$50 per personhors d’oeurves & cocktails included
Join us as the College of Nursing hosts an exciting evening of food, fun, and fes-tivities.
Proceeds to benefit the College of Nurs-ing and Alumni Center.
To donate auction items, please contact Pattie Heady at 803-960-0811.
For more information or to purchase tickets contact Jessica McCormick at jmccorm@mailbox.sc.edu or Diane Scott at scottdh@mailbox.sc.edu.
Purchase tickets online HERE
Please purchase tickets in advance. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Celebrate Nursing Gala and Auction
VITAL SIGNS....An Update from Alumni and Development
All Gifts and Pledges to support Nursing can be sent to:
USC College of Nursing1027 Barnwell Street Columbia, SC 29208
Gift Processing
Checks Made Payable to the USC Educational Foundation or at our
website http://giving.sc.edu/
To learn how you can make a difference at
USC College of Nursing
contact the Development Office
at 803-777-3468.
Mary Harden Androne’s familyhopes to establish a future schol-arship in her name to the USCCollege of Nursing. Those wish-ing to contribute to this scholar-ship may send contributions to theUSCCollegeofNursing,Attn:Monica Cromer, 1601 GreeneStreet, Columbia, SC 29208. Al-ternatively, memorials may be madetoWescottAcresPetRescue,6005 Wescott Road, Columbia, SC29212orSistercare,P.O.Box1029,Columbia,SC29202.
Mary Harden Androne CON Scholarship
Darlene Amendolair MN (‘83)Mary Lauren Brodie BSN (‘02)
Cheryl Bullard BSN (‘75)Stacey Crump Bumgardner MSN (‘09)
Joanne F. Carelli BSN (‘78)Sabra Smith Custer BSN (‘07) DNP (‘10)
Lindsay Walker Coppney BSN (‘04)Lisa Marie Duggan PhD (‘12)Catherine Durham MSN (‘03)
Alison Gibson Pollard BSN (‘09)Sherry Buie James BSN (‘87)
Toshua W. Kennedy BSN (‘01), MSN (‘07)Deborah Leigher BSN (‘95)
Susan Low, BSN (‘80)Terry Bean Lupo BSN (‘91)
Tena Hunt McKinney BSN (‘93) MSN (‘03)Sheryl Mitchell BSN (05), DNP (‘08)
Janice Davenport Scott BSN (‘80), MSN(‘10)Linda Thompson Williams BSN (‘79)
Karen Worthy MSN (‘06)
Congratulations to our Alumni 2015 Palmetto Gold Recipents
Rallie Seigler, Monica Cromer, Carole Cato and Ruth SeilgerattheGuardianSocietyLuncheonatCapstone.
Alumna Q&A: Martha Tingen, BSN (‘79), PhD (‘95)
Read it HERE.
Faculty and Staff Notes
Faculty Presentations
Drs. Kathrene Berger, Stephanie Burgess and Tena McKinney. “Developing aPMHNPProgramwith a Fully Integrated Neuroscience Foundation.” NONPFPosterAcceptancefor41stAnnualMeeting.
Tavakoli, A. S.,Wooten,N.R.,Al-Barwani,M.B.,McKinney,S.H.,&Levkoff,S.E.(2015,April).UsingGLIMMIXandGENMODprocedurestoanalyzelon-gitudinal data from aDepartment ofVeteransAffairsmultisite randomizedcontrolled trial.Posterpresenta-tionacceptedat theSASGlobalForum2015.Dallas,TX.
McQuilkin, D.(2015,May).Whatisinaname?Con-nections.AmericanCollegeofPracticeExecutives. McQuilkin, D.(2015).Evidence-basedrecommenda-tions for clinical cultural education. 3rd Annual World-wideNursingConference(WNC2015).Acceptedforpodium presentation
Palmetto Gold
The Palmetto GoldGalawasheldMarch28thatColumbiaMetropolitanConvention Center. Congratulations to our CON Faculty Recipients, Drs. Sabra Smith Custer, Tena Hunt McKinney, Sheryl Mitchell and Karen Worthy and to Anna Carol Bell,BSNStudent,StudentScholar-ship Recipient. WearesoproudofourCarolinaNurses! Seemoreeventphotos HERE.
Karen Worthy suc-cessfully defended her dissertation, “Relation-ships Among Leader-ship Styles and JobSatisfaction Levels: ANationalStudyofCol-lege of Nursing Faculty and Deans in Research Intensive Institutions.”
Dr. Patrick Hickey went to Masaya, Nica-ragua during Spring Break with 38 health-care Capstone students. They set up clinics in three rural communities in order to pro-vide these underserved populations with much needed medical care. Read the blog of their trip HERE.
Grant Submitted
Dr. Tisha Felder, “Improving adherence to adjuvant hormonal therapyamongDisadvantagedBreastCan-cerSurvivors,”K01ResubmissionfromNIH/NCI. Dr. Robin Estrada,“HealthDisparitiesCyber-Men-toringProgram,”TrainingGrant fromNIH/NationalInstitute on Minority & Health Disparities GrantP20MD006901coordinatedbytheRuralHealthRe-searchInstitute,GeorgiaSouthernUniversity&Mer-cerUniversityCenterforRuralHealthandHealthDis-parities.
Dr. DeAnne Messias,“ENLACE:APromotora-LedPhysicalActivityInterventionTrialforLatinasinTexas(Year 4 Non-Competing Continuation),” R01 Sub-awardfromNIH/UniversityofTexasHealthSciencesCenterSanAntonio.
Dr. DeAnne Messias,“ArtsBasedCommunityIn-tervention Project,” Service/Foundation from TheNord Family Foundation.
Dr. Jeannette Andrews, “Leveraging MentalHealth Provider Access in Underserved Counties inSouthCarolina,”Service/FoundationfromBlueCrossBlueShieldofSouthCarolina.
The CON Wellness Task Force hosted “Fun Food Friday” for the faculty and staff. Kathy Mercer, Heather Ruff and Jessica McCormick enjoy the festivites.
Cheryl Nelson, De Onna Greenwood and Gail VereenattheMidlandsHeartWalkonMarch21st.TheCollegeofNursingTeamfinished#3intheTopTeamsand#1forUSCTeams.CherylNelsonwas the #7TopFund-raiser.
The 2015 Annual Leadership Summit
TheCollegeofNursing’sAssociateDeanofAcademicAffairs, Dr. Kathleen LaSala, with speakers, Dr. Constance Mullinix, Dr. Maureen Sroczynski and Susan Outen, the Action Coalition Coordina-tor,SCCenterforNursingLeadership.
The 2015-2016 Cockcroft Fellows
Research Spotlight: Bernardine M. Pinto, PhD, Associate Dean for Research
Research has shown that exercise can en-hance overall health and recovery, includ-ing mood and fatigue, for cancer survivors. Little has been done, however, to translatethis knowledge into a community-setting. Dr. Bernardine Pinto is trying to changethat. She has devoted much of her careerto improving the quality of life among cancer survivors. Dr. Pinto is the princi-pal investigator on a $2.5 million NIH R01 entitled, Peers Promoting Exercise
Adoption and Maintenance among Cancer Survivors. Sheandherre-search team had previously tested the effects of a 3-month telephone-based exercise programoffered by community peer volunteers to breast cancersurvivors. This work was conducted in partnership with the Reach to Re-coveryprogramoftheAmericanCancerSociety(NewEnglandDivision).Reach to Recovery volunteers are breast cancer survivors themselves and theyweretrainedtooffertheexerciseprogramtootherbreastcancersur-vivors. This theory-based intervention was successfully delivered and found tosignificantlyincreaseexerciseat3months(post-intervention)andat6monthscomparedtoacontactcontrolcondition.Dr.Pinto’sresearchteamis now proposing to enhance the intervention to support not only the adop-tionofexercise(3months)butalsoitsmaintenanceat12months.Iftheproposed trial demonstrates positive effects, the team will design a dissemi-nationtrialofapeermentoredapproachforexerciseadoptionandmain-tenanceamongbreastcancersurvivorsinacommunitysetting.Partneringwithcommunity-basedcancercareorganizationsthatofferpeermentoringcanexpandthereach(“scaleup”)ofeffortstoenhancesurvivors’recovery.
Lonnie Rosier is a Certi-fiedHealthcare SimulationOperationSpecialist.
Dr. Ronit Elk has been invited to serve on the American Acad-emy of Hospice andPalliative Medicine(AAHPM) DiversityAdvisoryGroup.
Dr. DeAnne Hilfinger Messias was awarded the 2015 Carolina Trustee Professorship in the area ofPublicHealth,Engineering,MedicalSciences,andSciences. The award is given annually by the BoardofTrustees to a tenured, fullprofessor who demonstrates a record of teaching excellences as well as arecord of outstanding performance in research and in public service and outreach activities.
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 8th - 12th NationalStudentNurses’Association
63rd Annual ConventionPhoenix,AZ
April 13thStateoftheCollegeAddress
12:00 p.m. Room409
Open to all faculty, staff, students and colleagues
April 13thMeninNursingStudy
FocusGroup12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
College of Nursing1stFloor,SimulationLab
OpentoallMaleBSNStudents
April 15th CancerSurvivorshipCenter’s
Research ForumShaunOwens
E-health for Promoting Informed Prostate Cancer Screening Decisions
among African American Men12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Room 402Open to all faculty, staff, students and colleagues
April 16th University Awards Day
April 27th LastDayofClasses
April 28th CON Research Day
1stfloorstudentlounge9:00a.m.-12:00p.m.
April 30th
Celebrate Nursing GalaandAuction
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
May 7 Convocation
May 8Graduation
June 4th - 5th OnlineTeachingInstitute
REGISTER HERE
University of South CarolinaCollege of Nursing1601 Greene StreetColumbia, SC 29208
June 4th - 5th
For more information contact Cheryl Nelson at cheryl.nelson@sc.edu or 803.777.8777
REGISTER HEREEarn 3 graduate credit hours or 12 CEU credits
The University of South Carolina College of Nursing presentsThe 2nd Annual Online Teaching Institute A Complete Beginner’s Guide for Building
a Successful Online Course
•TaketheMillionHeartspledgetobeoneinaMillionHeartsat http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/index.html •Encourageyourfamily,neighborsandfriendstotaketheMillion Heartspledge •BecomeaMillionHeartsFellowandeducate/screen10peopleonthe ABCsafterviewingthefreemoduleonMillionHearts •Beanexampleofhowtoliveahealthylife(seeANA’sHealthyNurse™)13
Million Heart Pledge: •Talktoyourfamilytounderstandrisksforheartdiseaseandstroke that might be passed down from generation to generation; •Getactivebyexercisingfor30minutesonmostdaysoftheweek; •KnowyourABCS: o Ask your health care professional about taking Aspirin oMakecontrolyourgoal-ifyouhavehighbloodpressure,work with your health care professional to get it under control oManagehighcholesterol oStopsmokingordon’tstart •Eataheart-healthydietthatishighinfreshfruitsandvegetablesand low in sodium, saturated and trans fat, and cholesterol •Followyourhealthcareprofessional’sinstructionswhenitcomesto taking medications or measuring your blood pressure at home
Used with permission from: Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes: A Turn-ing Point for Impact12
Recommendations for all Registered Nurses:
Help us prevent1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.
No Limits to our Teaching•FirstandlargestBSNandnursinggraduateprogramsinthestateofSC•95%-100%NCLEXandNursePractitionerBoardPassRates,exceedingbothstateandnationalaverages•NewPhDstudentfellowshipsandstipends•NationalandInternationallyrecognizedfaculty•Onlinegraduateprogramsranked#3inthecountryby US News and World Report
No Limits to our Innovation •State-of-the-artClientSimulationLabprovidingrevolutionizingandqualityeducationtostudents•Cuttingedgeresearchinhealthcaredelivery,cancersurvivorship,healthpromotion,andvulnerablepopulations•4thDNPprograminthecountry,nowprovidedonline•CenterforNursingLeadershipisleadingstate-wideactioncoalitionsresponsivetothenationalFutureof Nursing: Campaign for Action
No Limits to our Caring •TheCollegeofNursing’sChildrenandFamilyHealthcareCenteristheonlynursemanagedmedicalhomein SouthCarolina•Ourdedicatedexpertclinicalfacultyprovidecomprehensivehealthcaretoallagesofanunderservedpopulation•Over90scholarshipsprovidedeachyeartoourstudents,withthegenerosityfromouralumnianddonors•Wellestablishedpartnershipswithhealthsystemsandstakeholdersacrossthestate
No Limits to our Scholarship•Nationalleadersinnursingresearchwith70%ofourtenuretrackfacultyhavingreceivedNIHfunding•DiverseportfolioofresearchfundingfromNCI,NINR,NHLBI,NLM,CDC,HRSA,DukeFoundation,&others•TwoResearchCenters:HealthcareProcessandRedesignCenterandCancerSurvivorshipCenter
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF NURSING
CONTACT USCollege of Nursing
University of South Carolina1601 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29208
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