School of Nursing Year in Review2019

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Since the inception of the School of Nursing, in 1964, Niner Nurses have entered the profession during times of war, epidemics, and natural disasters. However, arguably no class has entered the workforce facing a more formidable environment than the class of 2020. Nurses are well aware of the challenges we face daily, providing care to the most vulnerable among us. Yet, COVID-19 has highlighted the courage, selflessness, and dedication that are longstanding hallmarks of the nursing profession.

In today’s society, it is easy for us to lose track of the fact that a social contract exists between the public and the nursing profession. It is because of this contract that we are granted considerable autonomy over our regulation. In return, we are expected to act responsibly and remain mindful of the public’s trust (ANA, 2010). Our continued ranking as the most trusted profession reminds us of the collective power of our actions in attaining this honor.

Florence Nightengale once said, “For the sick, it is important to have the best.” During this pandemic, we have seen Niner Nurses on the frontlines leading, overcoming challenges, and applying the knowledge and skills acquired through the sharing of faculty expertise, wisdom, and experience. As you read this years’ publication and reflect upon all we have accomplished as individuals and as a team, remember that our most important accomplishment lies in the nurses we have prepared for the challenging times ahead.

With gratitude,

Director, Associate ProfessorUNC CharlotteSchool of Nursing

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FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Willie Mae Abel PhD, RN - Assistant Professor• Certified Master Trainer, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

• Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Mid-Career Researcher Award

• Invited Ad hoc Reviewer for National Institute of Health (NIH) for Clinical Management of Patients in Community-based settings (CMPC) study section

Tonya Anderson, PHD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE - Clinical Assistant Professor• selected for 2020 class of the North Carolina Nurses Association Leadership Academy

• on passing the ANCC AGACNP board certification exam.

Maren Coffman, PHD, RN, CNE - Assistant Professor• selected as one of the 100 Distinguished Public Health Nurses in North Carolina

• selected for the CHHS Research Award

Kathleen S. Jordan DNP, MS, FNP-BC, ENP-C, SANE-P, FAEN - Clinical Assistant Professor• inducted as a Fellow into the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

• Invited to be an item writer for the national emergency nurse practitioner certification examination by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Susan Lynch, PHD, RN, CNE - Associate Director Undergraduate Programs, Clinical Assistant Professor, RN/BSN Coordinator• Phi Kappa Phi, Charlotte Chapter, Inducted Spring 2020

• NCNA 2019 Leadership Academy

Lee Ann Kenney DNP, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor • has been selected for the 2020 cohort of the Invest in Nursing Faculty Fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill

David Langford PhD, RN – Associate Director Graduate Programs, Associate Professor • was awarded the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship grant from HRSA

Peggy Mackay, MN, RN, CNS, CPN, CNE - Lecturer• Achieved recognition by NCBON as a Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Awarded the Elinor Brooks Caddell Faculty Scholar Award

Jhordin James Montegrico, MSN, RN - Lecturer• Invited peer reviewer for the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing and chapter reviewer

for the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) Core Curriculum and Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) Core Curriculum

Cory Sheeler, DNP, FNP, RN - Lecturer• passed his ENP certification

Colette Townsend-Chambers MSN, RN - Lecturer and Learning Resource Center Director• was honored with the 2018-2019 Faculty Teaching and Staff Employee of the

Year Award award for Promoting Diversity and Appreciating Difference

• has been selected to serve on the INACSL committee for the Carolina House

• successfully defending her DNP project

Meredith Troutman-Jordan PhD, PMHCNS-BC - Associate Professor • rewarded certification as a Quality Matters Master Reviewer (MRC)

Willie Mae Abel PhD, RN - Assistant ProfessorPresentations in 2019:

• Abel, W. M. (2019, December 6). Use Of Chronic Disease Self-Management Program In K01 Award Research Study | Paper session at the meeting of the Centralina Area Agency on Aging, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M., Coke, L., Magwood, G., Mudd-Martin, G., Brewer, L., Lee, S., Albert, M. A., & Aycock, D. (2010, November 18). Moderator of Cardiovascular Seminar: Applying Life’s Simple 7 when Life is NOT SIMPLE | American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

• Abel, W. M., Lutz, B. J.., Mensah, G. A., Odden, M. C., & Moser, D. K. (2019, November 17). Moderator of Cardiovascular Seminar: Advancing Equity in Healthy Cardiovascular Aging | American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Conference, Philadelphia, PA

• Cornelius, J. B., Abel, W. M., & Drew-Branch, V. (2019, July 27). Taking Control With Safer Sex – Perceptions Of African American Women | Poster session presented at the meeting of the 30th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Abel, W. M. (2019, June 6). High blood pressure and Black women | Paper session at the meeting of the Women’s Retreat, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church, Salisbury, NC

• Abel, W. M. & Moore, M. R. (2019, April 20-May 25, Saturdays, 1:30-4 pm). Chronic Disease Self-Management Program | Paper session at the meeting of the K01 Award Sponsored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshop, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M. & Moore, M. R. (2019, April 20-May 25, Saturdays, 9-11:30 am). Chronic Disease Self-Management Program | Paper session at the meeting of the K01 Award Sponsored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshop, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M. & Moore, M. R. (2019, April 18- May 23, Thursdays, 6 -8:30 pm). Chronic Disease Self-Management Program | Paper session at the meeting of the K01 Award Sponsored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshop, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M. & Moore, M. R. (2019, April 17- May 22, Wednesdays, 6 -8:30 pm). Chronic Disease Self-Management Program | Paper session at the meeting of the K01 Award Sponsored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshop, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M. & Moore, M. R. (2019, April 16- May 21, Tuesdays, 6 -8:30 pm). Chronic Disease Self-Management Program | Paper session at the meeting of the K01 Award Sponsored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshop, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M. & Moore, M. R. (2019, April 15- May 20, Mondays, 10 am-12:30 pm). Chronic Disease Self-Management Program | Paper session at the meeting of the K01 Award Sponsored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Workshop, Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC

• Abel, W. M., Suclupe, R. & Reynolds, D. (2019, March 26). Self-Management Strategies To Improve Cardiovascular Health [Audio Podcast] | Retrieved from https://www.thehelpinghandspodcast.com/podcast/2019/3/26/episode-3-self-management-strategies-to-improve-cardiovascular-health-with-dr-willie-abel

• Abel, W. M, H. (2019, March 16). High Blood Pressure: The Silent Killer | Paper session at the meeting of the Women’s Conference, Parkwood Institutional CME Church, Charlotte, NC

• Ramsey, D., Chi Eta Phi Sorority Members - Abel, W. M. (2019, February 23). Promoting Healthy Hearts And Dental Health | Presented at the J. F. Hurley YMCA, Salisbury, NC

• Abel, W. M. (2019, February 16). High Blood Pressure | Paper session at the meeting of the First Baptist Church We 4 Ministry, Kannapolis, NC.

• Fazia, B., Abel, W. M., & Dickerson, S. (2019, February 1). Pink Goes Red: Stroke And Heart Disease Awareness | Paper session at the meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Salisbury, NC

Publications in 2019:

• Greer, D. B., Hermanns, M., Abel, W. M., & Njoki T. (2019 May/June). Exploring Nursing Students Smartphone Use in the Clinical Setting | MEDSURG Nursing. 28(3), 163-171, 182.

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Teresa Cating, DNP, AG, NP-C - Clinical Assistant ProfessorPresentations in 2019:

• Cating, T. (2019). “Innovative Education Program for Nurse Aides in Assisted Living Facilities” | NCNA STTI 2019.

• Cating, T. (2020). “Eerie What? Erysipelas as a Complication of Herpes Zoster” | AACN , AANP, STTI 2020.

Publications in 2019:

• Cating, T. (2019). A day in the life of a geriatric nurse practitioner | Home Healthcare Now. Jan/Feb, 57.

Maren Coffman, PHD, RN, CNE - Assistant ProfessorPublications in 2019:

• Warren-Findlow, J., Coffman, M. J., Thomas, E. V., Krinner, L. M. (2019). ECHO: A Pilot Health Literacy Intervention To Improve Hypertension Self-Care | Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(4), e259-e26.

• Chen, S., Whiteman, A., Li, A., Rapp, T., Delmelle, E., Chen, G., Brown, C. L., Robinson, P., Coffman, M. J., Janies, D. & Dulin, M. (2019). An Operational Machine Learning Approach To Predict Mosquito Abundance Based On Socioeconomic And Landscape Patterns | Landscape Ecology, 34, 1295-1311.

• Johnson-Mallard, V., Jones, R., Coffman, M., Gauda, J., Deming, K., Pacheco, M., & Campbell, J. (2019). The Robert

Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Diversity And Inclusion Research | Health Equity, 3(1), 297-303.

• Warren-Findlow, J., Krinner, L. M. Thomas, E. V., Coffman, M. J., Gordon, B., Howden, R., (2020). Relative And Cumulative Effects Of Hypertension Self-Care Behaviors On

Blood Pressure | Western Journal of Nursing Research, 42(3), 157-164.

• Coffman, M. J., Scott, V., Schuch, J. C., Mele, C., Balasubramanian, V., Stevens, A., Mayfield, C., & Dulin, M. (2020). Postpartum Depression Screening And Referrals In Special Supplemental Nutrition Program For

Women, Infants, And Children Clinics | Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 49(1), 27-40.

Presentations in 2019:

• Mayfield, C.A., Lane, J.T., Coffman, M.J., Thuemmel, M., Moore, M., Fuller, S., Ong, J., Dulin, M. (2019, March). Multi-Sector Collaboration To Integrate Social And Health Data And Build Community Capacity Using

Advanced, Open-Source Technology | Annual Meeting, Data Across Sectors for Health All, Baltimore, MD.

• Banks, A., Coffman, M. J., Gonzalez, K. Andino, Y. S., Jose, J. Wine, S. & Krinner, L. M., (2019, Nov). Healthy Food Availability In Poor Urban Neighborhoods | Poster presented at the

American Public Health Association 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, PA.

• Dulin, M. Harris, G., Coffman, M. J., Ong, J., Thomas, L., Moore, M., Mayfield, C. A., & Thummel, M.

(2019, Nov). Integrating Social And Health Data To Advance Equity And Public Health | Presented

at the American Public Health Association 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, PA.

• Tran, T., Coffman, M. J., Mayfield, C. A., Robinson, P., Issel, M., & Ong, J. (2019, Oct.). Developing

Predictive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models to Improve Childhood Immunization Rates | Poster presented at the North Carolina Public Health Association 2019 Fall Educational Conference, Greensboro, NC.

Judith Cornelius PhD, RN - Associate Professor and Charlene Whitaker Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, CHFN - Clinical Assistant Professor

• The Type of Household Can Impact the Process of Sexual Communications With African American Adolescents | Sigma’s 31st International Nursing Research Congress

Dena Evans EDD, MSN, RN, CNE, CNL - School of Nursing Director• Evans, D., Langford, L., & Lynch, S. (2019). The Occupational Hazard Of Workplace Violence | North

Carolina Nurses Association https://www.ncnurses.org/education/learn/ce-for-nurses/articles/

Kathleen S. Jordan DNP, MS, FNP-BC, ENP-C, SANE-P, FAEN - Clinical Assistant Professor Presentations in 2019:

• Jordan, K. (2019). Meeting The Challenges Of Pediatric Behavioral Health Emergencies In The ED | Emergency Nurses Association 2019. Austin, Texas

• Jordan, K. (2019). Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies: An Evidence-Based Update | Emergency Nurses Association 2019. Austin, Texas

• Jordan, K. (2019). Some Wounds Never Heal: The Neurobiology Of Childhood Trauma Exposure | Pediatric Nurses Association Metrolina Chapter. Charlotte, North Carolina

• Edinger, Z.S., Powers, K.A., Jordan, K.S., & Callaway, D.W. (2019). Evaluation Of An Online Educational Intervention To Increase Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In Disaster Responders And Critical Care Transporters Caring For Individuals With Developmental Disabilities | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13, 677-681

• Jordan, K. (2019). Child Maltreatment: Identification and Intervention | American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners. Nashville, Tennessee

• Jordan, K. (2019). Evidence-Based Practice: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Cardiovascular Emergencies; Pediatric Chest Pain Evaluation and Management; Chest X-Ray Interpretation; Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation; Abusive Head Trauma; Child Maltreatment: and Pediatric Sexual Abuse | Novant Health Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship in Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina

Publications in 2019:

• Jordan, K. (2020). Obstetrics and Gynecologic Emergencies. In Sweet, V. & Foley, A. (ed.),Sheehy’s Emergency Nursing Principles and Practice (pp. 280 – 296) | St. Louis, MI: Elsevier.

• Jordan, K. (2019). An Atypical Case Of Abdominal Pain In A Toddler: A Diagnostic Challenge | Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 41, 215 – 221.

• Shue McGuffin, K., Jordan, K., Langford, D., & Honeycutt, J. (2019). Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Regarding Sun Safety In Female Collegiate Athletes | Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association, 11(1), 20-33.

• Jordan, K. (2019). Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: A Pediatric Dermatologic Emergency | Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 41, 129 – 134.

• Jordan, K. (2019). Minimizing Pediatric Traumatic Stress Through A Trauma-Informed Approach In The Emergency Department | The Journal of Emergency Nursing, 45, 319 – 322.

• Jordan, K., Steelman, S., Leary, M., Varela-Gonzalez, L., Lassiter, S., Montminy, L., & Bellow, E. (2019). Pediatric Sexual Abuse: An Interprofessional Approach To Optimizing Emergency Care | Journal of Forensic Nursing, 15, 18-25.

• Morton, S., Powers, K., Jordan, K., & Hatley, A. (2019). The Effect Of High-Fidelity Simulation On Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Mock Code Performance And Self-Confidence | MedSurg Nursing, 28, 177-182.

• Edinger, Z.S., Powers, K.A., Jordan, K.S., & Callaway, D.W. (2019). Evaluation Of An Online Educational Intervention To Increase Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In Disaster Responders And Critical Care Transporters Caring For Individuals With Developmental Disabilities | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13, 677-681.

Donna Kazemi, PHD, RN , FIAAN - Professor Publications in 2019:

• Berry-Caban C., Orchowski, L., Winstead, T., Metzger, E., Kazemi, D. M. (2020) Conceptualizations of Hooking Up among Male Soldiers: A Qualitative Analysis | Military Medicine, Vol. 185, January/February Supplement.

• Berry-Caban C., Orchowski, L., Kazemi, D. M., (2020) Perceived and Collective Norms Associated with Sexual Violence among Male Soldiers | Journal of Family Violence (JOFV), 35, 339-347, 10.1007/s10896-019-00096-6.

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Presentations in 2019:

• Kazemi, D. M., Li, S., Shehab, M., *Gowan, M., *Granson, M., Smartphone app Interventions for Reduction of Hazardous or Harmful Substance Use to Improve Behavioral Outcomes in Adults; Poster Presentation | International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) 43nd Annual Educational Conference, October 9-13, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

• Kazemi, D.M., Borsari, B., Li, S., Shehab, M., *Gowan, M., *Fang F, Investigation of a Theoretically Based mHealth Intervention to Address High-Risk Drinking in college students | Poster Session: Sigma Theta Tau International’s 45th Biennial Convention, Nov 16-20, 2019, Washington DC.

Lee Ann Kenney DNP, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor• Does Quick Response Technology (QR) Used by Student Nurses in Clinical Impact

Learning? | Sigma Theta Tau’s 2020 Nursing Research conference

Susan Lynch, PHD, RN, CNE - Associate Director Undergraduate Programs, Clinical Assistant Professor, RN/BSN CoordinatorPublications in 2019:

• Evans, D., Langford, D. & Lynch, S. (2019, October). The Occupational Hazard Of Workplace Violence | North

Carolina Nurses Association, CE article, https://www.ncnurses.org/education/learn/ce-for-nurses/articles/

Presentations in 2019:

• McGuffin, D. & Lynch, S. (May 6 & 7, 2020). The Effect Of An Education Intervention On Nurses’ Knowledge, Skills, And Attitudes Regarding Evidence-Based Practice | STTI, Gamma Iota Chapter, Spring 2020, Virtual Poster Presentation, Charlotte, NC. (Student)

• Lynch, S. (2019). A Roadmap To Building Sustainable Quality In Online Delivery | Invited presentation. North Carolina League for Nursing, Fall Conference, Greensboro, NC. November 1, 2019.

• Dickens, D., Lynch, S., McGuffin, K., & Watson, D. (2019). Responsible Opioid Stewardship: A Nurse Driven Preoperative Pain Management Education Intervention | NCNA DNP Symposium, High Point, NC October 25, 2019. (Student).

Peggy Mackay, MN, RN, CNS, CPN, CNE - Lecturer• MacKay, P., Ruhlen, T., Crow., P., Hughes, J., Pfeiffer, K., & Hagler, K. (2019). The Effect Of A Quiet Environment

On The Comfort Of Postoperative Infants And Young Children | Pediatric Nursing 45(5) 244-257.

Katherine Shue McGuffin DNP, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor and DNP Program CoordinatorPublications in 2019:

• Shue-McGuffin, K., Jordan, K. Langford, D. & Honeycutt, J. (2019, January). Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Regarding Sun Safety In Female Collegiate Athletes | Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association, 11(1), 20-33. doi:10.1097/JDN.0000000000000441

• Shue-McGuffin, K. & Ortiz, S. (2019, July). Daily ECG Electrode Change And The Effect On Frequency Of Nuisance Alarms | Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 38(4), doi: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000362

Poster Presentations in 2019:

• Shue-McGuffin, K., Jordan, K. Langford, D. & Honeycutt, J. (2019, February). Sun Safety Education: An Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Female Collegiate Athletes | Poster presentation at The Dermatology Nurses’ Association National Conference: Washington, D.C.

Jhordin James Montegrico, MSN, RN - LecturerPresentations in 2019:

• Montegrico, J. (2019). Advocating For Minority Representation In U.s. Nursing Education | 20th Eastern Regional Conference of the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA), Charleston, SC

Publications in 2019:

• Montegrico, J. (2019). A Five-Year Trend Analysis Of The Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination (2014-2018) | Philippine Journal of Nursing, 89(2)

• Montegrico, J. (2019). A 15-year trend study of internationally educated

nurses’ nclex-rn performance | Nursing Education Perspectives

Florence Okoro PHD, MSCN, RN - Assistant ProfessorPublications in 2019:

• Cornelius JB, Whitaker-Brown C, Neely T, Kennedy A, Okoro F. (2019). Mobile Phone, Social Media Usage, And Perceptions Of Delivering A Social Media Safer Sex Intervention For Adolescents: Results From Two Countries | Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 10, 20

• Okoro, F. O. (2019). A Group-Based Peer Support Program For Low-Income African-Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study | Journal of Black Nursing Faculty 35(2) 42-50.

• Okoro F. O (2019). Peer Support For African Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Does Sex Matter? DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/QYPDT. https://osf.io/qypdt/

• Okoro, F. O., Auten, B., Whitaker-Brown, C (2019). African-America Survivors Of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Synthesis And Literature Review | Association of Black Nursing Faculty Newsletter, 13(2), 16-17.

Presentations in 2019:

• Okoro F. O., Auten B., Whitaker-Brown C. (2019). African-American Survivors Of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Synthesis And Literature Review | 32nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference of Association of Black Nursing Faculty, Chicago, Illinois

• Okoro F. O (2019). Peer Support Program for African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes: Does Sex Matter? | 40th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington DC

Kelly Powers PhD, RN, CNE - Assistant ProfessorPublications in 2019:

• Nurse Preceptor Role In New Graduates’ Transition To Practice | Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

• Evaluation Of An Online Educational Intervention To Increase Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In Disaster Responders And Critical Care Transporters Caring For Individuals With Developmental Disabilities | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

• The Effect Of High-Fidelity Simulation On Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Mock Code Blue Performance And Self-Confidence | MEDSURG Nursing

• Effect Of Case Study Versus Video Simulation On Nursing Students’ Satisfaction, Self-Confidence, And Knowledge: A Quasi-Experimental Study | Nurse Education Today

• Powers, K., Neustrup, W., Thomas, C., Saine, A., Sossoman, L.B., Ferrante-Fusilli, F.A., Ross, T.C., Clark,

K., & Dexter, A. Baccalaureate (2019) Nursing Students’ Experiences With Multi-Patient, Standardized Patient Simulations Using Telehealth To Collaborate | Journal of Professional Nursing

Presentations in 2019:

• Powers, K., & Pagel, J. (2019, May). Addressing Clinical Practice Issues Using Simulation: Strategies For Preceptors And Educators | American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition, Orlando, FL. Podium presentation

• Pagel, J., & Powers, K. (2019, May). Cultivating Clinical Reasoning: Nurse Preceptor Role In New Graduate Nurses’ Transition To Practice | American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition, Orlando, FL. Podium presentation

• Standardized Patient Simulation Using Telehealth To Provide Baccalaureate Nursing Students With Opportunities For Intra And Inter Professional Collaboration: A Mixed Methods Study | the INACSL Conference, 2020 in Raleigh, North Carolina

Mary Smith, MSN, RN, CNE, Chse - Senior Lecturer And Academic Support Coordinator• Smith, M. (2019) Test Development and Item Writing Analysis Course |

Southeastern AHEC, Fayetteville, NC. November 15, 2019

• Smith, M. (2019) Certified Nurse Educator Preparation and Review Course | Greensboro AHEC, October 4, 2019

Colette Townsend-Chambers MSN, RN - Lecturer and Learning Resource Center Director• Foronda, C., Prather, S., Baptiste, D., Townsend-Chambers, C., Mays, L., & Graham, C. (2019). Underrepresentation

of Racial Diversity in Simulation: An International Study | Nursing Education Perspectives. 41((3)

Meredith Troutman-Jordan PhD, PMHCNS-BC - Associate Professor• Brain Health Knowledge in the Aging Population | Activities, Adaptation and Aging

• Coping with Life Stressors; Meaning of Aging, Gerotranscendence, and Successful Aging in

Older Adults with Chronic Health Conditions | Southern Gerontological Society Meeting

Charlene Whitaker-Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, CHFN - Clinical Assistant ProfessorPublications in 2019:

• Wingate, K., Woods, S., Whitaker-Brown, C., & Kelly, W. (2019). Preventing Rehospitalization by Bringing Primary Care to the Bedside | The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 15(5), e93–e95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.12.022

• Cornelius, J., Whitaker-Brown, C., Neely, T., Kennedy, A., & Okoro, F. (2019). Mobile Phone, Social Media Usage, And Perceptions Of Delivering A Social Media Safer Sex Intervention For Adolescents: Results From Two Countries | Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 10, 29–37. https://doi.org/10.2147/AHMT.S185041

• Whitaker-Brown, C. (2019). Are you a CHFN or CHFN-K? | The Connection: The official newsletter of the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses. (59) 7:13

• graduated with my post master’s certificate as PMHNP, from UNC-Chapel Hill

• Okoro, F. O., Auten, B., Whitaker-Brown, C (2019). African-America Survivors Of Localized Prostate Cancer:

A Meta-Synthesis And Literature Review | Association of Black Nursing Faculty Newsletter, 13(2), 16-17.

Presentations in 2019:

• Okoro F. O., Auten B., Whitaker-Brown C. (2019). African-American Survivors Of Localized Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Synthesis And Literature Review | 32nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference of Association of Black Nursing Faculty, Chicago, Illinois.

• Whitaker-Brown, C. (2020) Heart Failure Treatment And The Expansion Of Telemedicine

In A Covid-19 Era | Piedmont Black Nurses Association, Salisbury, North Carolina

• Whitaker-Brown, C. (2020). Heart And Mind: Mental Health Tips For A Healthy

Heart | Piedmont Black Nurses Association, Salisbury, North Carolina

• Whitaker-Brown, C., Cornelius, J. & Okoro, F. (2020). Leadership, Scholarship And Service: Doctoral Nursing Faculty Establishing Collaborative Relationships To Serve Vulnerable Populations | Sigma Theta Tau International’s 31st International Research Congress.

• Cornelius, J. & Whitaker-Brown, C. (2020). The Type Of Household Can Impact The Process Of Sexual Communications With African American Adolescents | Sigma Theta Tau International’s 31st International Research Congress.

• Article Exemplar. The authors, Burns and Grove (2019), of Understanding Nursing Research 7th Edition Have Identified That Nursing Clinical Specialty Journals Such As Heart & Lung Place Priority On Publishing Research Findings. As a result, my publication: Whitaker-Brown, C.D., Woods, S, Cornelius, J.B., Southard, E. & Gulati, S. J. (2016). Improving Quality of Life and Decreasing Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients in a Multidisciplinary Transition to Care Clinic. | Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2016.11.003 was republished in its entirety as an exemplar for how to critically appraise a quantitative study in the newest edition of Understanding Nursing Research, 7th edition, Burns &Gray on page p. 345.

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Willie Mae Abel PhD, RN - Assistant Professor• An Interactive Technology Enhanced Coaching Intervention for Black Women

with Hypertension | $148,666 National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health | $756,343 over five years, Department of Defense

Tonya Anderson, PHD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE - Clinical Assistant Professor• Clinical Site Development Proposal | $9,500 Charlotte AHEC. David Langford

Maren Coffman, PHD, RN, CNE - Assistant Professor• North Carolina Division of Public Health, Physical Activity and Nutrition Developing,

Implementing, and Assessing Healthy Food Service Guidelines at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $150,000 Principal Investigator (co-led with Elizabeth Racine)

Donna Kazemi, PHD, RN , FIAAN - Professor• Sexual Assault Prevention for Men in the Military. Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

Research Program 2014 | ($2,686,278, Sub-Award $300,000 Psychological Health Research Award

Lee Ann Kenney DNP, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor and Teresa Cating, DNP, AG, NP-C - Clinical Assistant Professor

• How Does the Use of a Mobile Application Impact Learning Among Clinical Nursing Students in Patient Care Settings? | $6,387 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Florence Okoro PHD, MSCN, RN - Assistant Professor• Assessment of African American Preferences in a Peer Support Program for People

with Type 2 Diabetes | $5,000 the 2019 SNRS grant. Mark Dehaven

Kelly Powers PhD, RN, CNE - Assistant Professor• Examination of the intensive care unit nurse role in supporting the family

during patient resuscitation | $8,000 Faculty Research Grant

Kelly Powers PhD, RN, CNE - Assistant Professor and Wendy Neustrup MSN, RN – Senior Lecturer• Enhancing Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Readiness For Professional Practice

With Multi-Patient Simulations Using Telehealth To Create Opportunities For Inter-Professional Collaboration | $15,942 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Katherine Shue McGuffin DNP, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor and DNP Program Coordinator• Examining Dermatologic Simulations in Nurse Practitioner Education | $18,696.00 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Colette Townsend-Chambers MSN, RN - Lecturer and Learning Resource Center Director• Improving Caring Beliefs and Behaviors in Clinicians’ Treating Patients at Risk for HIV | $2,000, Lecturer and

Learning Resource Center Director Elinor Brooks Caddell with matching SON ACES Faculty Scholar Award 2019

Charlene Whitaker Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, CHFN - Clinical Assistant Professor• Cornelius The Academy for Clinical Practice, Education and Scholarship (ACES) | $5,000

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ACES

ORGANIZATIONS SPOTLIGHT

Accomplishments in 2019-2020Academic year 2019-2020 was the second year for ACES in Nursing. Below are the highlights.

• Membership includes key stakeholders from the 3 large health systems in the Charlotte area – Atrium, Novant, Caromont and faculty from respiratory therapy program. While the goal this year was to expand intraprofessional membership the membership remained the same as last year.

• Dr Jane Gaultney and Masters student Matt Grayson presented the resources MS Psych students can provide to faculty and doctoral students in terms of research design, stats, and analysis. This resource would provide financial support to the student and technical expertise to faculty. Mr Grayson and other students have been working selected faculty and their work has been highly critiqued.

• Three foundational presentations were conducted within ACES: 1) Dr. Katryna McCoy (SON) presented on her program of research titled “Enhancing Engagement of African American HIV Care Continuum”. 2) Dr. Katryna McCoy (SON) presented “Overview of NIH Funding Processes; and 3) Dr. Dr. Robert Reid from UNC Charlotte Research Campus at Kannapolis Research Park presented opportunities and resources available to faculty research endeavors at the Research Park.

• Faculty informally discussed research progress on research projects or research ideas.

• Each meeting included discussions of RFPs that had been issued within the previous month. These discussions resulted in faculty applying for IMPACT, NLN, and other funding mechanisms.

• Three internal and seven external grants were submitted by faculty participating in ACES. Grants submitted as of March 2020 total $2,751,259.

o Internal grants - $199,609 (3 grants)o External grants - $5,840,604 (8 grants)

Association Of Nursing Students

As a group of Pre-Nursing & Upper Division Nursing students, we strive to promote health and wellness within our community and educate on health-based awareness & prevalent health issues. We host and participate in various community service events around the Charlotte area to share our purpose.

Our Purpose• We assume responsibility for nursing education in order to provide

for the best quality health care education while in school.

• To provide community service representative of fundamental and current professional nursing interests and concerns

• To encourage the development of each student, their professional nursing goals, and their commitment for the health care of people in all walks of life.

Gamma Iota Chapter Of Sigma Theta Tau

The Gamma Iota Chapter at the UNC Charlotte was chartered in 1978 as a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. In 2001, Gamma Iota had over 400 active members with several being honored by the Society as Distinguished Lecturers or Distinguished Writers. Recognition of the chapter for overall excellence led to Gamma Iota receiving the prestigious Chapter Key Award in 1993 and 1995. A Chapter newsletter is published three times a year.

Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing, was founded in 1922 at Indiana University by six nursing students seeking an organization to represent excellence in nursing. It is currently the second largest nursing organization in the world with over 406 chapters and members in 90 countries. Chapters are located in nine countries at over 500 colleges and universities. The nursing society’s web site is www.nursingsociety.org. Refer to the Gamma Iota link for details.

Society activities include education and initiatives, publications, an online library, and several professional development opportunities.

Goals for Academic Year 2019-20201. Resume exploration of suicide in nurses

research opportunities. Preliminary team consists of M. Troutman-Jordan, J. Brandon, L. Kenny and K. Jordan.

2. Continue progress on creating ACES to be a depository to facilitate dissemination of available funding opportunities for interprofessional scholarship

3. Increase interprofessional membership in ACES

4. Submit at least one HRSA grant.

5. Formalize ACES role in previewing grants prior to submission.

NEW FACULTY

Melinda Armstrong, RN, MSN, CHSESchool of Nursing | Coordinator for Simulation and Interdisciplinary Practice | CHHS 411B | marmstro@uncc.edu

Ms. Armstrong joined the School of Nursing in January, 2020. Her teaching experience includes pre-licensure nursing programs, medical education programs, hospital and homecare staff development. She is a certified BLS, ACLS, and PALS instructor for the American Heart Association. She is also educated as a Faith Community Nurse, and has assisted several churches in organizing health and wellness ministries. She enjoys developing simulation scenarios and exploring new ways to incorporate experiential learning in nursing education and beyond.

Laura Magennis, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB, RN-BCSchool of Nursing | Lecturer/ Clinical Liaison & Placement Coordinator CHHS 445 | 704-687-1672 | laura.magennis@uncc.edu

Dr. Magennis earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a focus on interprofessional education. Her nursing experience includes maternal-child nursing (NICU, Labor & Delivery, mother-baby), as well as nursing professional development. She was a Maternal-Child Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for many years at CaroMont Health prior to working at the Charlotte Area Health Education Center (AHEC). With a passion for the profession of nursing and for life-long learning, Dr. Magennis was led to the role of Clinical Liaison & Placement Coordinator at UNC-Charlotte’s School of Nursing.

In 1999, Dr. Magennis was the recipient of the NC Great 100 award. She is also a 2014 graduate of the North Carolina Nurses Association’s Leadership Academy and currently serves as the Southwest Regional Engagement Coordinator for the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA). In addition to NCNA, Dr. Magennis is a member of the American Nurses Association, the Association for Nursing Professional Development, and the Gamma Iota Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.

Amy Minnix, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSESchool of Nursing | Lecturer | CHHS 443A | ahamil24@uncc.edu

Dr. Minnix has been a nurse for 27 years. She received her ADN from Gaston College in 1992, her BSN from Western Carolina in 2008, and her MSN from UNCC in 2011. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve in 2019. Dr Minnix has experience in Adult Medical Surgical, home health and education. Her scholarly project was done on “The Impact of a Concept Mapping Pre-briefing Activity on Nursing Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence during a high-fidelity simulation-based learning experience.”

2019-2020 SCHOOL OF NURSING HIGHLIGHTS

Donna Owen dedicated her career to caring for others, and now the School of Nursing is recognizing her with its Distinguished Alumni Award. She will receive the honor during the 2020 School of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Conference.

The School of Nursing gives the Distinguished Alumni Award to a UNC Charlotte nursing graduate for outstanding service to the school; exceptional achievement; or state, national or international leadership in the areas of practice/clinical excellence, education, administration, research and/or professional writing.

“This award is even more meaningful, to be remembered and honored three years since my retirement,” Owen said. “I would never imagine that possible. Our future is with our nursing students, and I know UNC Charlotte produces excellent nurses.”

Owen’s nursing career spanned more than 40 years. She started as a staff nurse at Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, working her way to head nurse. At Carolinas Medical Center (now Atrium Health), Owen was director of administrative nursing services, associate director of nursing services, and when she retired in February 2017, director of policy and clinical practice.

Donna Owen Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

School of Nursing Celebrations

Fall Staff and Faculty Fun- Afternoon at the MoviesOctober 29, 2019 - a great time was had by all!

CHHS Holiday CelebrationWine and Design - included painting Holiday designs and refreshments

Mingle and Jingle - included gift exchange, fun, and food

Ann Mabe Newman Creates Fund To Support Nursing Research

Ann Mabe Newman ’78 dedicated much of her 34-year teaching career to nursing research. Now in retirement, her devotion to that effort and to the School of Nursing continues through a $25,000 gift established in her name. The Ann Mabe Newman Research Support Fund will help faculty members write grants. It is a significant step in support of a long-term goal to establish a Ph.D. program in nursing.

During her 30 years as an associate professor, Newman participated in grant writing and knows the difficulties involved. “I remember how lonely it was to do grant writing when I was a faculty member,” said Newman. “It is my hope that my gift could be used to help secure the service of a dedicated faculty or staff person specifically for the School of Nursing to nurture and energize faculty toward increased grant writing and publication.”

Newman hopes to encourage research focus in several topics, including how to increase diversity in nursing, self-efficacy in chronic illness and vulnerable populations in psychiatric nursing

Faculty Development DayJanuary 6, 2020 - Jane Rosati, EdD, MSN, RN, ANEF discussed the NCLEX test plan, Next Generation NCLEX, creating test blueprints, and item writing and analysis.

Dr. Zomorodi, Macy Scholar, NLN Academy of Nusring Education Fellow and Assistant Provost for Interprofessional Education and Practice, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discussed National IPE initiatives, innovation opportunities, and scholarship.

White Coat CeremonySpring 2019

BSN - 84

MSN - 65

DNP - 10

Total Spring 2019 Graduates - 159

Fall 2019

BSN - 114

MSN - 33

DNP - 2

Total Spring 2019 Graduates - 149

Total Number of 2019 Graduates - 308

Director’s Student Advisory Council

The School of Nursing invites nominations for the Director’s Student Advisory Council. The council will have representatives from all graduate and undergraduate programs in the School of Nursing, and will meet once per semester with the administration of the School of Nursing. The purpose of the the Council is to promote an active exchange of ideas and information that will help the School of Nursing promote continuous improvement in academic programs and the learning environment.

Meet Katie Shue McGuffin, who claims UNC Charlotte is essentially a lifestyle at this point. Not only has Katie earned four degrees from the University, her first memories of campus date back to when she was 5 years old. To say Katie bleeds Niner green is an understatement but her passion for inspiring the next generation of nurses burns just a strong as her school pride.

Read more at: https://features.uncc.edu/katie-shue-mcguffin

Meet Katie Shue Mcguffin: The Lifelong Learner

School of Nursing Mentorship

The SON is committed to the recruitment and retention of a highly qualified and diverse faculty. It is our intention to provide mentorship to faculty at all levels of their academic career. In doing so, we help faculty, the SON and the College of Health and Human Services, attain goals related to teaching, scholarship and service. Additionally, effective mentorship will serve to ensure that faculty gain organizational awareness including a full understanding of the School’s mission, vision and values, strategic plan, as well policies and procedures impacting the faculty role, and reappointment, promotion and tenure.

Dr. Dena Evans Elected President of North Carolina Council of Higher Education

Evans, who serves as the director of the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing, was selected for a two-year term as leader of the organization comprised of deans and directors from Schools of Nursing in North Carolina. The purpose of the Council is the serve the people of North Carolina by improving the practice of professional nursing through advancing the quality of baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing. The Council provides a forum for discussion of issue of primary concern to baccalaureate and higher degree programs, responds to legislative matters and serves as a united voice on major issues affecting baccalaureate and higher education in nursing. Evans will begin her term starting July 1, 2020.

2019 Recipients of the Excellence in Peer Mentoring Award:• Lee-Ann Kenny, DNP, RN

• David Langford, PhD, RN, CNE

• Susan Lynch, PhD, RN, CNE

• Mary Smith, MSN, RN, CNE

• Colette Townsend-Chambers, DNP, RN