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NEWS P 2

CALENDAR P 3

ACADEMICS P 4

RESEARCH P 5

PRACTICE P 6

FACULTY amp STAFF NEWS P 7

Number one Best of the bestTop of the list

Creme de le creme

Congratulations to all faculty staff students and alumni for helping the MUSC College of Nursing achieve the number one

ranking in online graduate nursing in the country We could not have done it with you

NEWS amp NOTES

FEBRUARY 2015 | eCONnections 2

A warm welcome at CONrsquos Grand Open House

DIVERSITY amp INCLUSIONSPOTLIGHT

New year brings a new nameThe College of Nursingrsquos Diversity

and Inclusion Committee (formerly

the Diversity Committee) contin-

ues to promote an environment

of respect teamwork and mutual

understanding among students

faculty and staff The working com-

mittee is dedicated to equity access

and inclusion and includes Tiffany

Williams diversity officer Carolyn

Page director of student services

and alumni affairs Ruthie Con-

ner Carrie Cormack Tina Lopez

(faculty) Sabrina Green Libby Cole

(staff) Liz Kreuze graduate student

and Tiffani Smalls undergraduate

student

The committeersquos goal is to attract

recruit admit retain and educate

a diverse student body and faculty

while being understanding and

accepting of all people regardless

of social cultural and economic

background These differences may

be reflected in a number of ways

including ethnicity sexgender

identity and orientation socio-

economic status language age

physical characteristics disability

pregnancy veteran status country

of origin citizenship religious or

political beliefs military status and

others You can support the com-

mittee by valuing diversity and be-

ing inclusive of all

For additional information about

CONrsquos Diversity and Inclusion

Committee or diversity at MUSC

visit httpacademicdepartmentsmusc

edunursingaboutdiversity

3eCONnections | FEBRUARY 2015

M A R C HSpring BreakCON open

Faculty Assembly1 - 4 pm | CON 202

Staff Meeting9 am | CON 202

Faculty Workshop Evaluation amp Assessmentpresented by Michael Bridges PhD9 am - 4 pm (start time pending) | CON 221

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MON-FRI

09-13

MON

16

WED

18

MON

30

THU-FRI

12-13

MON

16

MON

16

WED

18

Basic science Building (BsB) Room 302 bull NooN - 1 pm(lunch will be provided for the first 50 guests)

The Office of Student Diversity and the Multicultural Student Advisory Board (MSAB) presents BlAck HiSTOry MOnTH 2015

ldquoA Century of Black Life Culture History and Healthrdquo

PreSenTerS

020415 Willette S Burnham PhD Assistant Professor executive Director Offices of Student Program and Diversity co-chairperson for the Diversity and inclusion Strategic Planning committee for the MUSc enterprise

021115 campus and community Diversity Panel

021815 David cole MD FAcS President of the Medical University of South carolina

022515 Vivian Bea MD resident Department of Surgery ebony J Hilton MD Assistant Professor Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Division of critical care Medicine

F E B R U A R YMUSC Board of Trustees Meetingall day | Colcock Hall

Presidentrsquos DayCON open

Faculty Assembly1 - 4 pm | CON 202

Staff Meeting9 am | CON 202

Presidential Scholars Program Call for ApplicationsThe Dr Raymond S Greenberg Presidential Scholars is now seeking applications for the universityrsquos interprofessional program for 2015-16

The Scholars Program is a two-semester experience for approximately 50 students joined by selected faculty scholars from each college as well

as the Charleston School of Law This extracurricular program allows students to bring an interprofessional perspective to the study of complex social

political and human issues of broad interest to health care professionals and biomedical researchers

Scholars meet bi-monthly for dinner meetings and presentations additional meetings to complete a group community project may occur Other

events include a trip to the SC State Legislature and dinner with MUSC President Cole Previous Scholars have found participation in the program has

greatly benefited their professional development

Deadline for applications is February 27 2015 Click here to complete an application

OFFICE OF ACADEMICS

FEBRUARY 2015 | eCONnections 4

New DNP track Executive Leadership and InnovationRecently the College of Nursing announced a new track for the Doctor of

Nursing Practice (DNP) program that will open August 2015 pending ap-

proval from the Commission on Higher Education The proposed Nurse

Executive Leadership and Innovation program meets current national

recommendations to prepare

executive nurse leaders to

transform health care The DNP

nurse executive is the bridge

between the patientfamily

community interdisciplinary

team and administration As

nurses with advanced educa-

tion the nurse executive will be

visionary and innovative The

proposed asynchronous online program will be completed in two years

(seven semesters) and the flexibility of online education allows students

to continue working while obtaining graduate education

The program will focus on providing nurses the knowledge and skills to

be executive leaders who are competent entrepreneurial and can trans-

form health care and outcomes in an ever-changing healthcare system

The core competencies for the nurse executive include knowledge of

the health care delivery system and organizational environment health

care finance policy and management communication and relationship

management and diversity and professionalism

Applicants must hold a BSN degree but a masters degree may be an

MSN MHA or MBA as these degrees address the administrative role

graduates of the program will be prepared to assume

Coggins receives scholarshipChristin Coggins accelerated BSN student

has received the Elizabeth Ann Jones Alumni

Scholarship Cog-

gins transferred to

MUSC from the Col-

lege of Charleston

(CofC) where she

was a member of the

nursing club While

a CofC student she

completed the CofC

Emergency Medical

Technician course

as well as served as

a volunteer for both the Roper Hospital SCRUBS

program and MUSC HealthLinks In 2014 she

participated in the Palmetto Medical Initiative

and traveled to Uganda Africa with a team of

physicians and nurses to provide care to rural

villagers Coggins shared this was a significant

event and that is has become her goal to be-

come a medical missionary and providing qual-

ity care One of Cogginrsquos references wrote ldquoshe is

well motivated bright cheerful and enthusiastic

I believe she will be an outstanding nurse Please

educate her and send her back to Spartanburg

so she can make a difference in our communityrdquo

Students give backCONrsquos undergraduate nursing students contributed to an outstanding flu vaccination season at the Ralph H Johnson

VA Medical Center As part of their clinical rotation students along with their instructors staffed several immunization

stations in the main lobby of the hospital Veterans arriving for their primary care clinic

appointments had the opportunity to get their flu injections with minimal time lost from

their routine activities The students

administered shots answered ques-

tions regarding the flu strains and

allergy information as well as provided

assurances that the vaccine really did not cause flu Several Veterans even

agreed to be vaccinated for the first time due to the ldquoexpert salesmanshiprdquo

of the student nurses

In addition the students utilized an appropriately designed mobile cart

and traveled to offices and nursing units to make the flu vaccine avail-

able to all staff members Many of the VA nursing staff had been bedside

educators to these students just a few months prior and felt confident in

their studentsrsquo abilities

With the collaboration of the College and VANAP faculty over 5000

injections were administered from September through December Both

the Veterans and CON nursing students benefited

Charleston VA achieves 5-star rating sixth fastest growing VA in USThe Ralph H Johnson VA was again rated a 5-Star

medical center the highest possible rating accord-

ing to VArsquos Strategic Analytics for Improvement and

Learning Value (SAIL) model and became the sixth

fastest growing VA in the US for percentage patient

growth in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 This

rating which ranks the Charleston VA in the top

10 percent of VA medical centers nationwide for

quality of care and efficiency was first achieved by

the Charleston VA in October 2014 Click here to

read more

Submitted grant applicationsMathew J Gregoski PhD resubmitted an application to the American Heart Associa-

tion for the NCRP Winter 2015 Scientist Development Grant titled ldquoPersonalized Pre-

vention of CVD Role of Genetics Stress and Behavioral Factorsrdquo The first aim of this

study will use a machine learning multivariate adaptive regression splines approach

with Jackson Heart Study archival data (with subsample cross validation) to expand an

endothelial systemautonomic nervous system pathway within a biobehavioral model

to include additional sympathetic nervous system endothelial system genes and

environmental stressors and hypertensionCVD outcomes The second goal will be

to systematically examine additional hypertension pathways using multivariate adap-

tive regression splines to detect genes by environment interactions and psychosocial

characteristics related to hypertensionCVD among the Jackson Heart Study popula-

tion Generalized estimating equations based on the machine learning results will be

calculated with results reviewed by an epidemiological expert with over 25 years of ex-

perience in hypertension studies to ensure appropriate inclusion of variable selection

The results will be used to determine effect-size for potential environmental exposure

pharmacogenetic intervention strategies for future trials

Cathy Durham DNP APRN FNP-C has been awarded a grant opportunity as co-PI

with James Sterrett PharmD (College of Pharmacy) through the MUSC Interprofes-

sional Collaboration Grant Pilot Project Program Their grant is titled ldquoInterprofessional

Partners in Healthcare Integrating Telepharmacy Precepting and Consulting Optimiz-

ing Collaborative Care and Education in a Nurse Practitioner Clinic targeting the Medi-

cally Underservedrdquo The project started in January and will go for one year

NIHrsquos new biosketch formatScience Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is a new electronic system that

helps researchers assemble the professional information needed for participation in

federally funded research SciENcv gathers and compiles information on expertise

employment education and professional accomplishments Researchers can use

SciENcv to create and maintain biosketches that are submitted with grant applications

and annual reports SciENcv allows researchers to describe and highlight their scientific

contributions in their own words

SciENcv (part of My NCBI) is offered by the National Library of Medicine Access

SciENcv at httpwwwncbinlmnihgovsciencv

OFFICE OF RESEARCH

5eCONnections | FEBRUARY 2015

Publications amp presentations PUBLICATIONS

gt DeCristofaro C Murphy P

Herron T amp Klein E (2014) Us-

ing Guided Response to Stimulate

Student Engagement in the Online

Asynchronous Discussion Board

International Journal of Arts and

Sciences 7(3) 45-57 wwwuniversity-

publicationsnetijas0703pdfH4V646pdf

gt DeCristofaro J amp DeCristofaro

C (2014) Value-Added Hybrid

Learning Using OnlineResources

in the Community Arts Adult-Edu-

cation Setting Journal of Teaching

and Education 3(2) 201-206 www

universitypublicationsnetjte0302pdf

H4V648pdf

Andrews JO Mueller M New-

man SD Magwood G Ahlu-

walia JS White K Tingen MS

(2014) The Association of Indi-

vidual and Neighborhood Social

Cohesion Stressors and Crime on

Smoking Status Among African-

American Women in Southeastern

US Subsidized Housing Neighbor-

hoods Journal of Urban Health

1(6) 1158-1174

Spruill I Magwood G Nemeth

L Williams T (2015) African

Americansrsquo Culturally Specific

Approaches to the Management

of Diabetes Global Qualitative

Nursing Research 1(2) 1 ndash9 DOI

1011772333393614565183

gt Gracie D (2015) Patient En-

gagement in Healthcare IT In

Patricia R Sengstack amp Charles M

Boicey (Eds) Mastering Informat-

ics A Healthcare Handbook for

Success (317-337) Indianapolis IN

Sigma Theta Tau International

When the 121st session of the South

Carolina General Assembly con-

vened in January Representative Jenny

Hornersquos APRN Reform Bill H3078 was

introduced The bill has eight sponsors

and was referred to the committee on

Medical Military Public and Municipal

Affairs (3M Committee) on January 13

The proposed bill will remove ra-

tios of APRNs working with physicians

(currently it is one physician to three

APRNs) remove the 45-mile physi-

cian supervision law and give APRNs

schedule II prescriptive privileges South

Carolina is one of 31 remaining states

that have limits on APRN scope of

practice that do not allow the advanced

graduate-level nurse to practice to the

full extent of herhis education and

training which includes diagnosing

prescribing medications treating and

referring patients

When introduced in early December

the bill had letters of support from phy-

sicians agencies and patients across the

state in both rural and suburban areas

These letters asked the General As-

sembly to remove barriers to the APRN

profession allowing them to practice to

their fullest extent and give more South

Carolinians access to care throughout

the state

This comes at a time when more

than 800000 new patients will enter the

health care marketplace because of the

implementation of The Affordable Care

Act South Carolina struggles with car-

ing for many of itrsquos citizens ranks 45th

on the national health care report card

ranks 33rd for the lowest number of

primary care physicians and falls in the

bottom five for unhealthiest states

Part or all of the statersquos 46 counties

receive a medically underserved des-

ignation by the South Carolina Depart-

ment of Health and Human Services

Furthermore the American Association

of Medical Colleges Center for Work-

force predicts that there will be a short-

age of 63000 physicians by 2015 and

130600 by 2025 This is occurring while

the number of nurse practitioners in the

US will increase by 94 percent by 2015

States with full scope of practice have

better health outcomes than South Car-

olina Despite these staggering statistics

the bill is expected to meet opposition

What needs to be done

All nurses and APRNs working in South

Carolina need to contact their state rep-

resentatives and senators (visit wwwSC-

Statehousegov to locate your representa-

tives) and ask them to support the APRN

reform bill H3078 APRNs can send

a letter (not an email) that describes

how the current laws restricts practice

Using pen and paper may be the most

effective way to communicate with

your representative We have learned

that many representatives andor their

aides are more likely to read letters but

only count emails Additionally phone

calls are useful Call members of the 3M

committee to request that Chairman

Howard hear the bill as soon as possible

and ldquoVote Yesrdquo when the bill is debated

on the floor

BY AMY WILLIAMS MSN APRN CPNP

OFFICE OF PRACTICE

ldquoWhen APRNs are free from undue supervision require-

ments and other undue practice restrictions they can more efficiently fulfill unmet

health care needsrdquo - Federal Trade Commission Policy Paper

At the completion of this event participants will be able tobull Discuss the foundations of community-based palliative carebull Identify legal and regulatory components of community-based palliative carebull Describe coding billing and financial aspects of community-based palliative carebull Distinguish successful community-based models of palliative carebull Implement ldquobest practicesrdquo in community-based palliative care services

There is a $20 processing fee for CE credit for nurses physi-cians and social workers to be paid online wwwNHPCOorg (you must create an account and complete an evaluation)Seats are limited Click here to sign up for event

1230 - 545 pm | College of Nursing | Room 202(both days)

Attention Health care professionals

FEBRUARY 2015 | eCONnections 6

Advanced practice nursing bill introduced in SC House

WinsSuparna Qanungo PhD research assistant professor was

recently highlighted by the Office of Development and Alumni

Affairs about her philanthropic work in the childrenrsquos welfare

home in rural India Read about her story ldquoCollege of Nursing

researcher helps to provide better future for girls in Indiardquo here

In addition Qanungo completed advanced training in data

management for clinical trials from Vanderbilt University in

December Being the stellar student she completed the course with distinction by

scoring 975 percent

Kahlil Demonbreun DNP RNC-OB WHNP-BC ANP-BC

instructor has received the 2015 AANP Nurse Practitioner State

Award for Excellence from South Carolina A reception will be

held for recipients from each state in New Orleans LA in June

FACULTY amp STAFF NEWS

CON Newsfeed

US Newsrsquo best health care jobs Nurse practitioners topped physicians

The Advisory Board Company

An interview with President David Cole 2015 - A strategic approach to a new year

Mikie Hayes | The Catalyst

What I learned about love as a pediatric nurseKateri Allard RN | The Huffington Post

Some colleges say more men are entering nursing programs

Marisa Torrieri | Healthcare DIVE

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

Terri Fowler and her husband Matt

welcomed a baby boy on

January 9 at 1155 pm

Jake Lucas Fowler weighed

in at 7 lbs 8 oz

Congratulations

Look who Professor Elaine Amella ran into at the AACN Doctoral Education

Conference in San Diego CArecent PhD graduate Dru Riddle Riddle succesfully defended his final dissertation on January 9

Congratulations

MARK YOUR

CALENDARThe CCNE accreditation

evaluation will take place

September 28-30 2015

All faculty and staff are required

to be in attendance No annual or

professional leave will be granted

during these dates

NO execeptions will be allowed

7eCONnections | FEBRUARY 2015

Showcase your creativity

Each year a new edition of MUSCrsquos

Humanitas affords MUSC members

the unique opportunity to celebrate

the humanities via publication of

original short stories poetry music

photography paintings etc Submis-

sions will be accepted through Febru-

ary 14 for the following categories

written word photography visual art

and music

Visit the Humanitas website for more

information and to view previous editions

ldquo ldquo

One important key to success is self-confidence

An important key to self-confidence is

preparation mdash Arthur Ashe