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         CAROLINA
           NURSING
               Fall/Winter 2016

                                                                             Better Births
                                                                            Carolina students partner
                                                                        with doulas to gain experience
                                                                             and to improve deliveries
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                                                  FROM THE DEAN
                                                   Dear Friends,

                                                   It is truly bittersweet to come to the end of my tenure as interim dean
                                                   of this great school. It was an honor and privilege to take the helm
                                                   here and lead it for the last two and a half years. We have seen many
                                                   successes together, undertaken important organizational improvements,
                                                   graduated new classes of our nation’s finest and most well-educated
                                                   nurses, and dreamed big on behalf of the future of Carolina Nursing.

                                                                              As I look back over my time in the dean’s
                                                                              office, I am struck by the incredible
                                                                              generosity of spirit I’ve met with from our
                                                                              alumni, friends and supporters, as well as
                                                                              fellow deans, faculty, students and staff. I
                                                                              am grateful to everyone for their kindness,
                                                                              support, wisdom, encouragement and
                                                                              enthusiasm as we introduced the School’s
                                                                              critical and exciting “next chapter” and
                                                                              have accomplished so much good work.
                                                                              We created magic!

                                                                              As we turn the page on 2016, Dean
                                                                              Peragallo-Montano will be assuming the
                                                                              leadership of a dedicated, smart and carefully
                                                                              stewarded School. My thanks to each of you
                                                                              for your ongoing loyalty to this wonderful
                                                                              institution and for the support you have
                                                                              provided me.
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For the time being, I will return to my role as professor and nurse
scientist. I will enjoy a sabbatical which will include returning to
                                                                         “I am struck by
my research to promote quality nursing practice and patient care
environments, improve care in NC emergency departments, hold
                                                                          the incredible
the Frances Bloomberg International Visiting Professorship in the
School of Nursing at the University of Toronto — focused on
                                                                          generosity of
“shaping systems to promote desired outcomes,” serve as the “voice
of Carolina” for an alumni tour to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos
                                                                          spirit I’ve met
Islands, consult in Australia and…relax and take some deep breaths.       with from our
On behalf of all of us here, I invite you to please keep in touch with    alumni, friends
the School and stay up-to-date on its many activities on campus and
around the globe. And do plan to visit us if you’re in Chapel Hill!       and supporters.”
With gratitude,
                                                                         —Donna S. Havens

Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN
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                                          TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                      DR. PERAGALLO MONTANO
                                                                                                                                 NAMED DEAN OF UNCSON
Carolina Nursing is published by
the University of North Carolina at
                                          FEATURES                                  SpECIAl SECTIoN
Chapel Hill School of Nursing for          3 Dr. Peragallo Montano Named Dean       23 Honor Roll of Giving                      On Aug. 3, Chancellor                                               the University to improve the health and well-being of the
the School’s alumni and friends.             of UNCSON
This magazine is produced and                                                                                                    Carol Folt announced that                                           people of North Carolina, the nation and the world.”
printed with private funds.                4 Caring for Their Own                                                                Dr. Nilda (Nena) Peragallo                                                UNC Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees approved Peragallo
                                           6 Better Births                          FoUNDATIoN NEwS                              Montano had been selected                                           Montano’s appointment. She will succeed Donna S. Havens,
                                                                                    31 Well Care Home Health Scholars            as the new dean for the UNC                                         who has served as interim dean since 2014. During Havens’
Interim Dean                                                                           Program                                   School of Nursing. She will                                         tenure, the school’s graduate programs have grown
Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN            SCHool NEwS                               32 Dhillon’s Gift                            begin Jan. 1, 2017.                                                 significantly. This expansion includes the graduation of the
Associate Dean for Research               10 Delivering Care Where It’s Needed                                                        Peragallo Montano is                                           first class of Doctor of Nursing Practice students, along with
                                                                                    32 Announcing the M. Vivian Baker
Ruth Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN                 Most                                                                                currently dean and professor                                        additional cohorts of Hillman Scholars who are working
                                                                                       Expendable Fund
                                          12 SON, First Quality Hold Inaugural                                                   for the University of Miami                                         to obtain both a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in nursing.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs                                                 34 Freund Creates Fund to Support            School of Nursing and                                               The School of Nursing placed 21st in the 2016 U.S. News &
Vacant                                       Care Summit                               NP Program History
                                                                                                                                 Health Studies, professor                                           World Report Best Graduate School Master’s Program rankings.
                                          13 T32 Renewed for Interventions for      35 SON Receives Prestigious Robert
Associate Dean for Practice and                                                                                                  on the graduate faculty                                                   Peragallo Montano is past president of the National
Global Initiatives                           Preventing and Managing Chronic           Wood Johnson Foundation Grant to
Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN                 Illness                                                                             at Pontificia Universidad                                           Association of Hispanic Nurses and founding co-editor of
                                                                                       Prepare PhD Nurses
                                                                                                                                 Católica de Chile School                                            Hispanic Healthcare International. Prior to joining the University
                                          14 SON Hosts Tribute, Establishes Fund    36 SON Recognizes Donors at Annual
Associate Dean for Administrative                                                                                                of Nursing and adjunct                                              of Miami, she held positions at the University of Maryland at
Services
                                             to Honor Elizabeth Tornquist              Spring Event
                                                                                                                                 professor at Australian Catholic University in North Sydney.        Baltimore School of Nursing, the University of Illinois College
Lisa Miller, MBA, CPA, BGMA               15 SON Hosts Hillman Scholars             38 SON Celebrates Inaugural LeVine                “We are pleased to welcome Nena Peragallo Montano              of Nursing in Chicago and the University of Central Florida
                                             Program Annual Meeting                    Professorship
Editor-in-Chief                                                                                                                  as the dean of the School of Nursing,” said Executive Vice          in Orlando.
Kelly Kirby, Director of Communications                                             40 Flynn Partnerships                        Chancellor and Provost James W. Dean, Jr. “She is an                      Peragallo Montano earned a doctorate in public health
Images and Photography                    FACUlTY NEwS                                                                           internationally recognized expert and widely published              from the University of Texas, a master of science in nursing
Helen Hall                                                                                                                       researcher who has dedicated her career to improving                from the University of West Virginia and a bachelor of science
Kelly Kirby                               16 Deborah Mayer Tapped to Serve on
Katisha Paige                                Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel
                                                                                    AlUMNI NEwS                                  individual and public health, with a particular focus on            in nursing from the University of Chile. She is a fellow of the
Brian Strickland                                                                    41 2016 Alumni Award Recipients              minorities and other underserved minority populations. I am         American Academy of Nursing, a member of the nursing honor
                                          17 Alexander Named Special Assistant to                                                confident that the combination of her academic and clinical         society Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) and an inductee
                                             Chancellor                                Honored
Graphic Design                                                                                                                   experience will help the School of Nursing continue to grow         of the STTI Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.
Alison Duncan, Duncan Design
                                          19 SON Welcomes Dr. Judith Webb           41 Classes of 1956 and ’66 Gather for
                                                                                       Reunions                                  as a leader for nursing education, research and practice.”
                                          19 Retirements and Farewells                                                                Since 2003, Peragallo Montano has been at the University,
                                                                                    42 Third Annual Alumni and Student
                                          19 Appointments and Promotions                                                         where she has a strong record of successful competitive
School of Nursing                                                                      Mentor Mixer
The University of North Carolina at                                                                                              research funding. From 2007 to 2015, she served as director
                                          19 New Clinical Faculty                   44 Alumni Notes and In Memoriam
Chapel Hill                                                                                                                      and principal investigator of the Center of Excellence for
Carrington Hall, Campus Box 7460          19 Faculty Awards and Accomplishments                                                  Health Disparities Research: El Centro, the first National          “I am committed to working with
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460
                                                                                                                                 Institutes of Health P60 center grant awarded to a school of
Email: sonalum@unc.edu                                                                                                           nursing. She is also co-principal investigator of El Centro,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      students, faculty, staff, alumni and
nursing.unc.edu                           NEwS BRIEFS
                                          22 DNP Student Kouchel Receives
                                                                                                                                 which has been funded continuously by the National Institutes
                                                                                                                                 of Health/National Institute of Minority Health and Health
                                                                                                                                                                                                      leaders in the School of Nursing and
                                             Geriatric Workforce Enhancement
                                             Fellowship
                                                                                                                                 Disparities since its inception.                                     across the University to improve the
                                                                                                                                      “Serving as dean of Carolina’s School of Nursing is a
                                          22 SON Hosts Visiting Faculty from                                                     wonderful opportunity to continue the school’s tradition of          health and well-being of the people of
                                             Jönköping University                                                                excellence since it became the state’s first school of nursing to
                                          23 SON Receives Jonas Scholars                                                         offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in 1950,” said Peragallo      North Carolina, the nation and the world.”
                                             Program Grant                                                                       Montano. “I am committed to working with students, faculty,
                                                                                                                                 staff, alumni and leaders in the School of Nursing and across       —Dr. Nena Peragallo Montano

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                                                                                                                      By unanimous vote, the Council agreed to create the fund
                                                                                                                and award three $100 grants each semester to undergraduate
                                                                                                                                                                                        “A hundred dollars may not be a lot to
                                                                                                                students.                                                                some, but to the people we help it
                                                                                                                      “A hundred dollars may not be a lot to some, but to the
                                                                                                                people we help it means the world. Nursing is a profession               means the world. Nursing is a
                                                                                                                that helps those in need, and by starting this, I felt that I could
                                                                                                                start something that could help many,” Hilton said.                      profession that helps those in need,
                                                                                                                      While the SON has a number of dedicated funds available
                                                                                                                to help students in significant short- and longer-term financial
                                                                                                                                                                                         and by starting this, I felt that I could
                                                                                                                difficulty, the Foster grant fills a special type of need, said
                                                                                                                Kathy Moore, MSN ’90, RN ’78, clinical assistant professor,
                                                                                                                                                                                         start something that could help many.”
                                                                                                                                                  assistant dean of student affairs     —Sheena Hilton, BSN ’13
                                            In her 21 years directing the undergraduate nursing program,                                          and the UGSGC faculty advisor.

    CARING                                  Dr. Beverly Foster, PhD, RN, has attended more than her fair
                                            share of commencement exercises. While each one has been
                                            special in some way, May 2013’s pomp and circumstance
                                            included a surprise that reduced the typically unflappable
                                                                                                                                                  “We certainly have students who
                                                                                                                                                  are independently funded by
                                                                                                                                                  family and don’t have needs at
                                                                                                                                                  all, but we have a notable number
                                                                                                                                                                                             Along the way, the Council has had help from a friend.
                                                                                                                                                                                        When she learned about their fundraising efforts, Dr. Foster —

       FOR                                  Foster to tears.
                                                 As she sat on stage in the Dean E. Smith Center preparing
                                            to welcome the graduates, Dr. Foster was stunned to hear
                                            Sheena Hilton, BSN ’13, chair of the SON Undergraduate
                                                                                                                                                 of students who are trying to
                                                                                                                                                 manage on financial aid alone,
                                                                                                                                                 or on financial aid and a little bit
                                                                                                                                                 of savings or financial aid and
                                                                                                                                                                                        who has no oversight over the grant — offered to match the
                                                                                                                                                                                        money UGSGC students raised for it. “I really admired the
                                                                                                                                                                                        students’ work in doing this,” she said. “Bake sales have very
                                                                                                                                                                                        limited results in terms of cash, so I just decided to do it. I

     THEIR
                                            Student Council (UGSGC), announce the Dr. Beverly Foster                                             part-time jobs,” she said. “There      thought it might encourage people to go down and pay $10
                                            Grant for Student Support, a student-created fund to help                                            are those who simply need that         for a cookie instead of 50 cents.”
                                            peers in financial difficulty.                                        Dr. Beverly Foster             hundred dollars to make ends                Foster’s strategy worked, said Heather Freddosso (BSN
                                                 “It was a total shock to me that something was being                                            meet that month.”                      ’16), the 2016 UGSGC’s fundraising chair. She’s found that

      OWN
                                            established with my name on it,” said Dr. Foster, who recalled            Grant applicants, whose names are kept confidential, list         SON faculty are very generous during the pizza fundraisers,
                                            struggling to compose herself before addressing the crowd of        a variety of purposes for the funds, said Moore, who reviews            where a slice and a soda typically sell for $3–5: “They’ll give us
                                            hundreds. “I mean, I wasn’t retiring, I hadn’t died, so it was      applications twice each year with the current UGSGC chair.              a $20 and say, ’Oh, it’s for the fundraiser — keep the change!”
                                            quite a lovely gift.”                                               They include stethoscopes and scrubs, books, transportation
                                                 For Hilton and her UGSGC colleagues, naming the fund           and parking for clinicals, NCLEX prep and sometimes                     The Commitment to Caring
                                            for Dr. Foster made perfect sense. “We wanted to recognize          groceries.
                                                                                                                                                                                             For Dr. Foster, the UGSGC’s work to create and sustain
       Students establish                   Bev for her years of leadership in the nursing school,” Hilton            UGSGC Chair Hannah Bivens, BSN ’16, noted that
                                                                                                                                                                                        the grant named in her honor illustrates the commitment to
                                            said. “She always helped students and went above and beyond,        students sometimes request a grant to offset study abroad
      fund to help peers,                   and we felt this grant did the same thing.”                         expenses, with even the relatively small amount helping to
                                                                                                                                                                                        caring that is fundamental to nursing. “This grant, and the
                                                                                                                                                                                        many others student groups do, indicates the kind of
         honor respected                                                                                        make an international experience more attainable: “Getting
                                                                                                                                                                                        professionals they’re becoming,” she said. “Many of them of
                                            Students helping students                                           access to go abroad and see how different cultures handle
          faculty member                                                                                        health care is just a really enriching learning experience, and
                                                                                                                                                                                        course came in already very much attuned to service and the
                                            Hilton came up with the idea for the fund when she and                                                                                      needs of others, so I think doing what we can as a school to
                                                                                                                I think this fund allows students to do that.”
                                            Joe Biddix, BSN ’12, UGSGC chair ’12, needed to spend                                                                                       foster, acknowledge and encourage that is very important.”
                      by Lisa Mincey Ware
                                            a surplus in the Council’s account. She felt providing grants                                                                                    Moore agrees: “It really underscores why they have
                                            to help the students served by the Council was the best use of      Help from a friend                                                      selected the nursing profession, why they have undertaken
                                            the money.                                                               Over the last two years, UGSGC members have held                   this career. And it’s because they care about others and are
                                                 “School is hard in general, but it’s especially hard for       numerous fundraisers to increase the amount of available                committed to supporting them, whether it’s a patient and
                                            people when finances are difficult, whether it’s school-related     grants. When Lexi Pagnatta, BSN ’15, UGSGC chair ’15,                   family in their care or the student sitting next to them in
                                            or just life-related,” said Ethan Cicero, BSN ’14, UGSGC chair      served on the Council, bake sales and pizza lunches helped              class. It’s just a very amazing, wonderful program. It honors
                                            ’14. “So we wanted to make it easier for them. We wanted them       provide 12 recipients with $100 checks — double the amount              somebody that we all respect and admire, and it came from
                                            to see ‘We’re working for you.’”                                    set aside in the Council’s budget during her senior year.               the hearts of the students.”

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                                                                                                                  by Courtney Jones Mitchell, UNC Women’s Care
                                                                                                                   UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    BETTER                                                         Joya Bland’s dream is to deliver babies.
                                                                       A recent Carolina graduate, she’s getting a master’s degree
                                                                  in physiology at N.C. State and preparing to apply to medical
                                                                  school. After that, she’ll seek a residency in obstetrics and
                                                                                                                                          A unique model of education and care
                                                                                                                                          Birth doulas aren’t clinicians — they are professionally trained
                                                                                                                                          birth companions who can offer physical and emotional support
                                                                                                                                          to the woman laboring and her family. Their presence can help

      BIRTHS
                                                                  gynecology.
                                                                                                                                          women cope with pain, provide non-medical assistance to the
                                                                       And though there are years between Bland and those
                                                                                                                                          mother and her family, and take some of the burden off nurses
                                                                  babies, she’s no stranger to what a birthing mother needs. As a
                                                                                                                                          who are providing treatment and might not have time to stop
                                                                  volunteer doula at UNC Hospitals, Bland has supported
                                                                                                                                          and soothe.
                                                                  women through 12 hours of nonstop labor, held their hands
                                                                                                                                               Doulas provide educational and emotional support during
                                                                  through contractions and explained increasingly intense stages
                                                                                                                                          labor and birth, helping mothers navigate their way through the
                                                                  of labor with words of comfort and encouragement.
         An APPLES service-learning class at                                                                                              unique experience of childbirth. They offer suggestions to help
                                                                       Learning how to dial into the patient side of childbirth
                                                                                                                                          labor progress — walking, the use of a birthing ball, relaxing in
     Carolina partners with volunteer doulas                      before becoming a physician was Bland’s mission when, as a
                                                                                                                                          the tub. If the patient has had an epidural, a doula can help her
                                                                  women’s and gender studies major at UNC in 2014, she signed
        at N.C. Women’s Hospital to enhance                                                                                               change position to help the baby move down the birth canal.
                                                                  up for an innovative APPLES service-learning class at the
      students’ educational experiences and                                                                                                    And, at N.C. Women’s Hospital, laboring women can
                                                                  UNC School of Nursing that matches volunteer doulas at
                                                                                                                                          benefit from the support and care of a doula free of charge,
      better serve women delivering babies.                       UNC Hospitals with Carolina students to offer a unique
                                                                                                                                          courtesy of the Birth Partners volunteer doula program. More
                                                                  experience in patient-centered care.
                                                                                                                                          and more women are choosing to request their support.
                                                                       Having the opportunity to attend births as part of her
                                                                                                                                               “Not a lot of hospitals have this. It’s pretty unique to have
                                                                  undergraduate curriculum is something Bland describes
                                                                                                                                          doulas in a public hospital environment,” said Rhonda Lanning,
                                                                  as “life-enhancing.”
                                                                                                                                                                a certified nurse midwife and faculty
                                                                       For the first birth Bland attended as
                                                                                                                                                                member at the School of Nursing who
                                                                  a student, she stepped in for the last 12
                                                                                                                                                                runs Birth Partners, the growing volunteer
                                                                  hours of a labor already 36 hours long.
                                                                                                                                                                doula program, and teaches “Supporting
                                                                  By the time Bland entered the room, the
                                                                  mother was exhausted and worried. The
                                                                                                                “I was there                                    the Childbearing Family,” the APPLES
                                                                                                                                                                service-learning course that brings
                                                                  family needed support, too.
                                                                       "While the doctor and nurse treated
                                                                                                                  to remind her that                            together the doulas and students for an
                                                                                                                                                                immersive, hands-on educational
                                                                  her, I was there to remind her that she
                                                                  was doing fine, to help her change
                                                                                                                  she was doing fine,                           experience. “This fall we tripled the
                                                                                                                                                                number of families served in the Birth
                                                                  position in bed, breathe with her, help         to help her change                            Partners program, and this is largely due
                                                                  her get comfortable and encourage her
                                                                  to rest so she would have strength to           position in bed,                              to our service-learning course.”
                                                                                                                                                                     The class, made possible with a grant
                                                                  push,” said Bland. “I didn’t leave her
                                                                  side. I kept reminding her that soon            breathe with her, help                        from the Carolina Center for Public
                                                                                                                                                                Service, is offered once a year, and
                                                                  she’d be holding her baby, and I helped
                                                                  her keep going.”
                                                                                                                  her get comfortable.”                         Lanning accepts between 12 and 16
                                                                                                                                                                students from a pool of nearly 60
                                                                                                                  —Joya Bland                                   applications. She builds the class with a

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“I didn’t leave her side.
 I kept reminding her that soon
 she’d be holding her baby, and
 I helped her keep going.”
 —Joya Bland

                                  Rhonda Lanning leads her class, “Supporting the                      Mariam Lam (left) was one of Joya Bland’s (right) mentees in        School of Nursing students Rachel Tarwater and Brooklynne
                                  Childbearing Family”                                                 the program.                                                        Travis listen during Lanning’s class.

                                  diversity of academic disciplines, backgrounds, interests and        “I was able to see that we can support and help advance that        has clear benefits for families during childbirth and after, with
                                  experiences, and spends the first few weeks of class on              birth process as a doula in the hospital where, if there is a       no known risks.
                                  childbirth and breastfeeding education as well as formal doula       problem, modern medicine can very quickly come to the                    A 2013 review published in the Cochrane Library revealed
                                  training. When they’re ready, students are paired with one of        rescue.”                                                            that women who have support from a companion who is
                                  the volunteer doulas and work under that mentor to begin                  During one birth she attended as part of the class, Travis     neither a member of the hospital staff nor a friend or family
                                  attending births. As part of the APPLES requirements, the            noticed fear in the husband’s eyes after his wife’s water had       member are less likely to have a cesarean section, use synthetic
                                  students must put in 30 hours of service as a volunteer.             broken. She was able to calm him, telling him that the water        oxytocin to speed labor, use pain medication or report a
                                        Brooklynne Travis, who graduated with her BSN from the         breaking was a good sign — his wife’s body was progressing          negative childbirth experience than women who labor alone.
                                  School of Nursing in May 2016 and is pursuing training in a          the way it should, and though it was intense, he didn’t need             Birth Partners makes it part of their mission to reach out to
                                  dual Doctor of Nursing Practice and Certified Nurse Midwife          to be scared.                                                       vulnerable populations: women who are laboring alone, women
                                  program, said Lanning’s class this past fall helped her focus her         “This is an opportunity for future health care providers       with a long hospital stay prior to birth, women experiencing a
                                  career goals by allowing her to explore how she felt about           to think about the patient care environment and work with           loss or the incarcerated.
                                  childbirth.                                                          patients and families to provide comfort and support and                 “Incarcerated women are giving birth alone, and they
                                        “This class was a great way for me to engage more              education, which often takes a back seat to diagnosing, treating    deserve that care,” said Lanning. Lanning has a letter from the
                                  specifically in women’s health in addition to the other maternity    and medicating. Here, they really get the value of patient-         Department of Corrections that affirms Birth Partners’ goal to
                                  classes I took in nursing school,” said Travis. “It was a very       centered care, and we hope they take that back to their             offer support to incarcerated women.
                                  good hands-on experience and helped me formulate concretely          medical or nursing school experiences,” said Lanning.                    Lanning said there are always pros and cons with bringing
                                  what I felt about birth and learn about birth from an evidence-           “Through this class, I’ve been able to see birth as            students into a volunteer program, because they come and they
                                  based perspective.”                                                  something that is very hard, but can be very beautiful. I’d never   go. But “they come with such enthusiasm, passion, energy and
                                        Travis has three children of her own and said that she’d       experienced a peaceful birth until I was a doula,” said Travis.     optimism,” she said.
                                  not had positive birth experiences. By being a doula, she got a      “Being a doula has given me back a lot of perspective, and now           “This is an opportunity for future health care providers
                                  chance to see women’s bodies at work, something she said was         I know midwifery is what I’m called to do.”                         to think about the patient care environment,” Lanning added,
                                  healing for her and helped solidify her passion to become a                                                                              “and work with patients and families to provide comfort and
                                  midwife.                                                                                                                                 support and education, which often takes a back seat to
                                        “Midwifery supports women’s bodies to do what they are
                                                                                                       Benefits based in evidence                                           diagnosing, treating and medicating. Here, they really get the
                                  designed to do, and being empowered to let your body do what         People have undervalued the measures doulas provide, said           value of patient-centered care, and we hope they take that back
                                  it is designed to do is what I believe about birth,” she said.       Lanning, even though research shows that the use of a doula         to their medical or nursing school experiences.”

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                              DELIVERING CARE
                                                           WHERE IT’S NEEDED MOST
Story and photos by Eric Johnson

The men and women who come to Dorcas Ministries are in             from Cockroft’s congregation at Christ the King Lutheran
need. In need of a meal, in need of counseling, in need of         Church in Cary.
secure housing.                                                         “It really fills a gap in the community,” said Howard
     In need of care.                                              Manning, executive director of Dorcas Ministries. “It not only
     And that puts them squarely within the mission of the         improves the quality of life for people, but it’s a much more
UNC School of Nursing.                                             economical approach to health problems.”
     “We’re really invested in the well-being of the whole              More than 73 percent of the clients at Dorcas and Western
community,” said Professor Marianne Cockroft, standing just        Wake Crisis Ministries suffer from at least one chronic illness.
outside the storefront entrance of Dorcas on a cold and blustery   Treatment for those conditions can fall by the wayside when
February morning. “Every visit we have here is meaningful.”        more immediate life troubles intrude, and that can lead to long-
     Inspired by a conversation at her church, Cockroft            term health complications and much steeper costs. By offering
spearheaded the creation of a School of Nursing mobile health      a free consultation and medical counseling at the crisis
care clinic, which sets up shop each week outside Dorcas           ministries, Cockroft and her colleagues hope to prevent more
Ministries in Cary and Western Wake Crisis Ministry in Apex.       severe problems down the road.
     Operating from a specially equipped van rented from the            “Stress can make chronic health problems more
UNC School of Medicine, the clinic offers free checkups,           troublesome,” Cockroft said. “And most of the people we’re
health counseling and referrals. The effort is funded by a grant   seeing here are facing pretty significant stress in their lives. We
                                                                                                                                               Finding ways to serve patients outside the medical                     At UNC, Cockroft won immediate support for taking
                                                                   can educate people on ways to manage their health care, and
                                                                                                                                          mainstream is crucial in reducing the overall burden of health         nursing expertise on the road. “The faculty have been great,
                                                                   connect them with other resources in the area.”
                                                                                                                                          care. A 2014 study in the American Journal of Managed Care             just really enthusiastic,” she said. “There’s so much potential
                                                                        Behind her, a mother and daughter climbed aboard the van
                                                                                                                                          found that mobile clinics “have a critical role to play in providing   for what we could do with this.”
                                                                   for a checkup. The mobile clinic is staffed by faculty volunteers
                                                                                                                                          high-quality, low-cost care to vulnerable populations.”                     Realizing that potential will mean measuring outcomes for
                                                                   from the School of Nursing, along with nursing students on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the mobile clinic, a major challenge when working with low-
                                                                   clinical rotation. The mobile site is offering an especially rich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 income and often transient populations. School of Nursing
                                                                   education for nursing students interested in public health.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 faculty are already considering ways to measure the value of
                                                                   Diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions are
                                                                   some of the most common concerns, but nurses have to be
                                                                                                                                          “It really fills a gap in the community.                               preventative care, mainly in terms of costs avoided through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 timely intervention.
                                                                   prepared for anything.
                                                                        “It gives me some very direct insight into community
                                                                                                                                           It not only improves the quality of                                        “We have to show results if we want to grow,” Cockroft
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 said. “We need to find out: if we weren’t here, where would
                                                                   health needs,” said Katie Steinheber, a nurse at Duke
                                                                   University Hospital who is pursuing her master’s degree at
                                                                                                                                           life for people, but it’s a much more                                 these folks have gone? Would they have gone to the emergency
                                                                   UNC. “Some people have very specific health questions, and              economical approach to health                                         room, or nowhere at all?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In the Dorcas parking lot, the nurses working directly
                                                                   some people just want to be able to talk to someone, to debrief
                                                                   about their health problems and their worries.”                         problems.”                                                            with grateful patients are already convinced. “Did you see
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 how relieved she was?” asked Assistant Professor Wanda
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Wazenegger, speaking about a patient who spent more than
                                                                   Cockroft, upper left,
                                                                                                                                           —Howard Manning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 20 minutes in the mobile clinic. “She was so glad to have
                                                                   joins SON faculty and
                                                                   student volunteers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 someone to talk to, someone to care.”
                                                                   each week in the                                                                                                                                   Then Wazenegger went back to organizing the van,
                                                                   mobile clinic.                                                                                                                                readying for the next patient.

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SCHOOL NEWS
                                                                                                                                                                                T32 Renewed for Interventions
                                                                                                                                                                                for Preventing and Managing
                                                                                                                                                                                Chronic Illness

             SON, FIRST                                                                                                                                                              The UNC School of Nursing is pleased to announce the

          QUALITY HOLD                                                                                                                                                          renewal of the T32 training grant that funds its “Interventions for
                                                                                                                                                                                preventing and Managing Chronic Illness” training program for
                                                                                                                                                                                five more years.

            INAUGURAL                                                                                                                                                                Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Ruth l.
                                                                                                                                                                                Kirschstein Institutional National Research Award — or T32 — is an

           CARE SUMMIT                                                                                                                                                          institutional training grant designed to prepare qualified
                                                                                                                                                                                individuals for scientific careers that have significant impact on
                                                                                                                                                                                the health-related research needs of the nation.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Now in its fifth round of
                                                                                                                                                                                funding, the School of Nursing’s
                                                                                                                                                                                T32 program has been
                                                                                                                                                                                producing renowned nurse
 From the halls of research to the bedside, Carolina Nursing
                                                                                                                                                                                scientists for nearly a quarter
 faculty embrace the nitty-gritty of real-world care and are
                                                                                                                                                                                century.
 fearless in their pursuit of new knowledge that will lead to best
                                                                                                                                                                                     First established under the
 care practices. In June they joined a longstanding partner
                                                                                                                                                                                direction of Dr. Merle Mishel in
 in this pursuit, First Quality®, to inaugurate a Care Summit                                                                                                                                                        Santacroce (L) and Leeman (R)
                                                                                                                                                                                the 1990s, the program is
 to address current challenges to patient care and how best to
                                                                                                                                                                                designed to equip pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the
 solve them.
                                                                                                                                                                                knowledge, skills and experience needed to develop a program of
      First Quality, a solutions-based corporate leader in
                                                                                                                                                                                research that will lead to improved outcomes for people at risk of,
 products for long-term, assisted living and acute care,
                                                                                                                                                                                or living with, chronic illness.
 sponsored the summit, which took place in Chapel Hill June
                                                                                                                                                                                     with this latest renewal announced in June 2016, the program
 7–8, 2016. UNCSON research faculty joined First Quality
                                                                                                                                                                                will focus on abbreviating the time taken for research to enter into
                                      for a dynamic dialogue              With corporate funding from First Quality, more than
                                                                                                                                                                                practice by emphasizing the development of interventions that
                                      centered on a common           60 students, faculty, First Quality employees and School of
                                                                                                                                                                                are designed with practice in mind, as well as focused study on
                                      goal: Meeting Vulnerable       Nursing Foundation Board members explored the latest
                                                                                                                                                                                dissemination and implementation science.
                                      Populations Where              advancements in caring for the elderly, those with chronic
                                                                                                                                                                                     Dr. Sheila Santacroce and Dr. Jennifer leeman will direct the
                                      They Live: A Summit to         physical or mental illness, inmate populations and the
                                                                                                                                                                                five-year, $2.41 million T32 program, which funds stipends, health
                                      Address Care Challenges        homeless.
                                                                                                                                                                                insurance, and some professional travel and other research-
                                      and Solutions.                      Faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine and Social
                                                                                                                                                                                related expenses for doctoral and postdoctoral trainees. T32
                                           Assistant Dean for        Work, along with the UNC Gillings School of Global Public
                                                                                                                                                                                trainees enjoy mentorship from School of Nursing faculty, as well
                                      Advancement Anne Webb          Health, presented a holistic look at the influences of govern-
                                                                                                                                                                                as those at top-ranked UNC academic departments, health affairs
                                      collaborated with First        ment policy, low-resource communities, medication delivery,
                                                                                                                                                                                schools and centers, including the UNC Center for Health
                                      Quality Technical Service      communication and preventive and palliative care. “After the
                                                                                                                                                                                promotion and Disease prevention, NC TraCS, UNC Center for
                                      Director and former SON        presentations, we broke into small groups of lightning talks —
                                                                                                                                                                                Bioethics and the UNC lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
                                      Foundation Board member        fast bursts of information to encourage discussion,” Palmer
                                                                                                                                                                                     “Through the guidance provided by the T32 program, I have
                                      Jim Minetola to secure         said. “It was very intentional to think creatively. It was a high-
                                                                                                                                                                                begun thinking of myself as a nurse scientist. It has empowered
 funding for the summit. The summit grew from the vision             energy meeting.”
                                                                                                                                                                                me as I move forward in the doctoral program,” said Becky
 of Dr. Mary Palmer, Helen W. & Thomas L. Umphlet                         Organizers hope the partnership with First Quality will
                                                                                                                                                                                Salomon, current predoctoral trainee.
 Distinguished Professor in Aging, who led the event along           continue. “They’re interested in seeking real-world solutions,
                                                                                                                                                                                     “The renewal of this T32 training grant well positions the UNC
 with Michele Mongillo, clinical director at First Quality.          and that’s why they mesh so well with our faculty. The summit
                                                                                                                                                                                School of Nursing to continue its important work of producing
      “The School of Nursing is a vibrant community of nurse         created a lot of energy and creative thinking for solution-
                                                                                                                                                             Dr. Mary Palmer    some of the nation’s best nurse scientists and effective and high-
 scientists and educators engaged in real-world solutions,” said     finding, and we want to carry that forward,” said Palmer.
                                                                                                                                                                speaks at the   impact nursing science on chronic illness,” said Interim Dean
 Palmer. “First Quality is incredibly innovative and forward-             An earlier partnership with First Quality created a                                      Inaugural    Donna Havens. “we’re thrilled to be able to serve the health needs
 thinking on behalf of a rapidly increasing patient population.      graduate student merit scholarship that, through leadership                                Care Summit
                                                                                                                                                                                of North Carolina and the broader world in this way.”
 Bringing our strengths together to brainstorm solutions for         opportunities, exposed students to the latest developments
                                                                                                                                                                                     UNC is one of just 17 schools of nursing in the United States
 the good of vulnerable patients was a goal of this summit,          in evidence-based care while networking with First Quality
                                                                                                                                                                                to receive T32 funding from NINR, and is tied for second with
 and it was fantastic working with them.”                            health care professionals to learn more about their industry.
                                                                                                                                                                                UCSF for duration of T32 funding.

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SCHOOL NEWS

                                                                                                                          (L to R) Interim Dean         SON Hosts Hillman Scholars
                                                                                                                            Donna Havens joins
                                                                                                                            former deans Linda
                                                                                                                             Cronenwett, Cindy
                                                                                                                                                        Program Annual Meeting
                                                                                                                               Freund and Mary
                                                                                                                                    Champagne           The UNC School of Nursing was pleased to host the annual meeting of the
                                                                                                                                                        nation’s prestigious Hillman Scholars program in Nursing Innovation in late May.
             SON HOSTS TRIBUTE,                                                                                                                              The Scholars program was established by the Rita and Alex Hillman
                                                                                                                                                        Foundation in 2010 to identify and prepare — swiftly — the next generation of
     ESTABLISHES FUND TO HONOR                                                                                                                          nurse scientists and scholars. offered only at the universities of North Carolina,
                                                                                                                                                        Michigan and pennsylvania, the highly selective program is designed to furnish

           ELIZABETH                                                                                                                                    Hillman Scholars with BSN and phD degrees in fewer than six years.
                                                                                                                                                             The theme of this year’s meeting was The Many Facets of leadership:
                                                                                                                                                        Research, practice, policy and Innovation. A busy three days of sessions kicked

           TORNQUIST                                                                                                                                    off in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, May 24, with a compelling discussion on diversity,
                                                                                                                                                        inclusiveness and policy, led by Dr. Rumay Alexander, director of the SoN’s office
                                                                                                                                                        of Inclusive Excellence and special assistant to the Chancellor.
                   On April 12, gray skies and chilly spring                                                                                                 The second annual Charles and Colleen Astrike Symposium on Health Care
                   temperatures gave way to warm sunshine                                                                                               Solutions was held Tuesday evening, with panelists linda Aiken, phD, RN, FAAN;
                   just in time for the UNCSON to                                                                                                       Cathy Madigan, DNp, RN; and Gwen Sherwood, phD, RN, FAAN, offering views
                   celebrate the life and work of Elizabeth                                                                                             on nursing leadership in quality and safety from the front lines of research,
                   Tornquist — “ET” to all who knew her                                                                                                 practice and education.
                   here. ET passed away unexpectedly in                                                                                                      A thoughtful question-and-answer session followed the moving testimony of
                   late January.                                                                                                                        the Astrike family’s experience with their mother’s nursing care — a tragic case,
                         A crowd of current and former             “Nursing was her special cause —            Further remarks and readings were        with consequences all the more grievous for having been due to errors in health
                   faculty and staff, alumni, Tornquist        and thank God for that — we needed         offered by Deans Emerita Cindy Freund         care, and avoidable for her and her loved ones.
                   family and friends gathered in Fox          her!” said Mary Champagne, dean            and Linda Cronenwett, by Professors
                                                                                                                                                                           Bill Roper, CEO of
                   Auditorium to pay tribute to the person     emerita of the Duke School of Nursing      Mary Lynn and Linda Beeber, by                                 UNC Hospitals (center),
                   and career that affected so many so         and former SON faculty member.             Interim Dean Donna Havens and by                                answers questions
                   positively. An editor of uncanny insight    “I doubt there is anyone more              Chrish Peel, Elizabeth’s nephew.                                   on leadership.
                   and skill, Tornquist mentored SON           responsible for helping researchers             The tribute was followed by a
                   faculty, indeed nursing faculty the world   with good ideas for improving health       reception featuring some of ET’s
                   over, to unprecedented success in grant     care get grant funding than our            favorite recipes, catered by her daughter
                   funding and publication.                    Elizabeth.”                                Amy, a celebrated chef and restaurateur
                                                                                                          in Durham.
                                                                                                               A fund has been set up to honor
                                                                                                          ET’s extraordinary legacy — the             (L) Linda Aiken, (R) Hillman Scholar Leah Morgan
                                                                                                          Elizabeth Muse Tornquist Endowment
                                                                                                          for Scientific Writing — designed to               Dr. Bill Roper, dean of the UNC School of Medicine, vice chancellor for
                                                                                                          fund programs and other activities to         medical affairs and CEo of UNC Hospitals, was a highlight of wednesday’s
                                                                                                          support the writing efforts of faculty,       sessions, serving as the special guest in an informal discussion on leadership at
                                                                                                          students, health care clinicians and          the Intersection of Research, Health Care and policy, led by Dr. Aiken and UNC
                                                                                                          scientists from many disciplines both         Hillman Scholar leah Morgan.
                                                                                                          at the SON and across the country.                 The meeting wrapped up midday Thursday following leadership
                                                                                                          Programs may include institutes for           development activities, social and networking opportunities and further sessions
                                                                                                          scientific writing, terms for editors-in-     on leadership in the areas of research, policy and professional development.
                                                                                                          residence, workshops and lectureships              “It was an honor to host such a thought-provoking and inspiring three days,”
                                                                                                          — all designed to continue in some            said professor Cheryl Jones, phD, RN, FAAN, director of the Hillman Scholars
                                                                                                          fashion ET’s remarkable contributions.        program at UNC. “The annual meeting is only one of the highlights the Hillman
                                                                                                               To donate to the fund, contact           Scholars program brings to the universities that benefit from this recognition.
                     Members of Tornquist’s family                                                                                                      However, we were especially honored to host this year’s event, which allowed us
                     and friends listen to moving                                                         Assistant Dean for Advancement
                     tributes offered to ET’s memory.                                                      Anne Webb at 919.966.4619 or visit            to showcase the many initiatives under way here at UNC-CH. we’re so grateful to
                                                                                                          nursing.unc.edu.                              all the speakers who made it such a rich opportunity for us all.”

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FAC U LT Y N E W S

     DEBORAH MAYER TAPPED TO SERVE ON                                                                                                                                             Asking the right questions has
                                                                                                                                                                             become one of Alexander’s greatest tools
                                                                                                                                                                             as she works to make the University of
     CANCER MOONSHOT BLUE RIBBON PANEL                                                                                                                                       North Carolina at Chapel Hill a better
                                                                                                                                                                             and more inclusive community through
                                                                                                                                                                             her new role.
                                  Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN,             how the proposed funding should be
                                                                                                                                                                                  Appointed as Folt’s special assistant
                                  FAAN, has been named to the panel of         spent.
                                                                                                                                                                             last November, Alexander is using her
                                  national experts guiding the “Cancer              “This is a wonderful recognition
                                  Moonshot” unveiled during President          and opportunity to bring nursing and              ALEXANDER                                   new role to integrate initiatives across
                                                                                                                                                                             campus to accelerate diversity, inclusion,
                                  Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union       patient perspectives to this prestigious
                                  address.                                     panel,” said Dr. Mayer. “Our work              NAMED SPECIAL                                  and family and work-life balance. She is
                                                                                                                                                                             working closely with the University’s
                                       During his annual speech to             will be significant in identifying
                                  Congress in January 2016, President          opportunities to reduce the burden              ASSISTANT TO                                  Office of Workforce, Equity and
                                                                                                                                                                             Engagement, the Office of Diversity and
                                  Obama called for $1 billion in new           of cancer.”
                                  funding to fast-track promising research          Dr. Mayer has decades of                    CHANCELLOR                                   Multicultural Affairs, and the Office of
                                                                                                                                                                             Student Affairs, among others.
                                  for the prevention, early detection,         experience with national efforts to
                                                                                                                                              By Brandon Bieltz, Office of        “Rumay brings a deep
     Mayer, an advanced           treatment and ultimate curing of cancer.     improve cancer care, having worked
                                                                                                                                         Communications and Public Affairs   understanding and an experienced
       practice oncology          Calling the initiative the “Cancer           for more than 30 years as a specialist
                                                                                                                                                                             perspective on how we can more
        nurse and cancer          Moonshot,” he tapped Vice President          in cancer nursing practice, education,
                                                                                                                                                                             effectively establish an inclusive
                                  Joe Biden to lead the effort to “eliminate   research and management experience.
       survivor, joins the                                                                                                    Starting courageous                            community for every one of our
                                  cancer as we know it.”                       Dr. Mayer is past president of the
                                                                                                                              dialogues                                      students, faculty members and staff,”
        national panel to              Dr. Mayer, professor of adult and       Oncology Nursing Society, and a former                                                                                                     were nervous — they well knew their
                                                                                                                                                                             Folt said. “She already is bringing
        help guide more           geriatric health at the UNC Chapel Hill      member of the National Cancer                        Rumay Alexander was recently                                                          daughter’s knack for confronting
                                                                                                                                                                             together organizations from across
         than $1 billion in       School of Nursing and director of            Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors       named special assistant to Chancellor                                                       wrongs — they ultimately agreed.
                                                                                                                                                                             campus to assess current programs and
                                  cancer survivorship at UNC Lineberger        and National Cancer Advisory Board             Carol L. Folt. In her new role,                                                                  “I was walking into a very dangerous
      federal funding for                                                                                                                                                    develop new initiatives to fill important
                                  Cancer Center, is among the nationally       (a presidential appointment). Dr. Mayer        Alexander is focusing on integrating                                                        space,” she said. “I was navigating that
            breakthrough                                                                                                                                                     gaps and advance our University.”
                                  recognized experts who will recommend        was also elected a fellow of the American      initiatives across campus to accelerate                                                     space as somebody who was intentionally
                                                                                                                                                                                  For Alexander, who is already the
         cancer research.                                                      Academy of Nursing. She was the editor         diversity, inclusion, and family and           diversity lead for the Schools of Public
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          educated inferior to my white
                                   Mayer with                                  for the Oncology Nursing Society’s             work-life balance. She maintains her                                                        counterparts.”
                                                                                                                                                                             Health and Dentistry, and the chair of
                                   Vice President                              Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing           role as professor and director of the                                                            Not only were older students
                                   Joe Biden                                                                                                                                 the Faculty Committee on Community
                                                                               (CJON), and has published nearly 100           office of inclusive excellence at the                                                       physically abusive — sometimes pushing
                                                                                                                                                                             and Diversity, the new position is the
                                                                               articles and book chapters. She lectures       School of Nursing.                                                                          the middle-schooler into lockers or
                                                                                                                                                                             most recent stop in her long journey of
                                                                               internationally on oncology and                      Rumay Alexander loves questions.                                                      down the stairs — Alexander said she
                                                                                                                                                                             building inclusive environments.
                                                                               oncology nursing, and also maintains a         Her favorite one has always been                                                            was put in a situation created to make
                                                                               clinical practice working with breast          “Why?”                                                                                      her fail in the classroom as well.
                                                                               cancer survivors at UNC Chapel Hill.                 The simple word leads to
                                                                                                                                                                             Navigating Tennessee                              For years, Alexander had been
                                                                                    “Dr. Mayer brings to the panel            explanations, which can become                 Alexander grew up in the small western       learning by using outdated textbooks —
                                                                               tremendous acumen and understanding            understanding. But at the very least, it       Tennessee town of Humboldt, where            the ones passed down to her school after
                                                                               of the crucial role nurses play in the care    begins a discussion.                           white and black residents were divided       the all-white school received updated
                                                                               and treatment of cancer,” said Donna                 “It’s those kinds of questions that      by a single train track. There, she          books. She immediately went from an
                                                                               Havens, interim dean of the UNC                will allow us, as a community, to become       quickly learned how to read her              honor roll student to D’s.
                                                                               School of Nursing. “They couldn’t have         more inclusive,” Alexander said. “It’s not     environment — and to build a personal             It took her a year of staying up until
                                                                               made a better choice, and we are so            that you have to know everything, but          grit that would help beat circumstances      3 in the morning, then getting extra help
                                                                               pleased that she will represent UNC as         it’s about how we work on ourselves            designed to set her up for failure.          from teachers, before she caught up with
                                                                               a home for world-class cancer research         and have enough self-awareness to                   As a sixth grader, Alexander begged     her classmates.
                                                                               and care.”                                     say, ‘You know, I need to ask some             her parents to let her and her younger            But she did.
                                                                                                                              questions because more than likely,            sister join the 25 African-American               “This is what you’ve got to do,” she
                                                                                                                              unintentionally, I’m not thinking of           students who would integrate the local       remembers telling herself at the time.
                                                                                                                              something.’”                                   all-white school. Although her parents       “You just have to do this if you are going

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                                                                                              As director of the office of inclusive
                                                                                         excellence in the School of Nursing,
                                                                                                                                           SON WELCOMES DR. JUDITH WEBB                                                                    NEW CLINICAL FACULTY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (January–August 2016)
                                                                                         Alexander has spent more than a decade            In February 2016, Judith Webb, DNP,            the long-term impact of surrogate
                                                                                         working to improve retention of faculty,          ANP-BC, ACHPN, joined the SON                  decision-making after the death of a              Jabar Akbar
                                                                                         students and staff, and leading a diversity       faculty as an assistant professor in the       loved one.                                        Clinical Instructor
                                                                                         discussion series.                                Division of Adult and Geriatric Health.             She is board certified as both an adult      (Aug. 1, 2016)
                                                                                              “I believe that success is                   She was previously an assistant professor at   nurse practitioner and a palliative care
“My worlds all blend. I will                                                             transferable,” she said. “If something
                                                                                         works over here, what parts of that can
                                                                                                                                           the MGH Institute of Health Professions
                                                                                                                                           in Boston, MA, where she served as the
                                                                                                                                                                                          nurse practitioner, with clinical practice
                                                                                                                                                                                                           experience primarily
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Kristen Allison
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clinical Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (Jan. 1, 2016)
                                                                                         work in this place? My worlds all blend.          coordinator of the adult gerontology                            with older adults. She

 pull from all those places                                                              I will pull from all those places and all
                                                                                         those experiences.”
                                                                                              And now, what worked for her in
                                                                                                                                           primary care nurse practitioner track and
                                                                                                                                           taught in the DNP program. She helped
                                                                                                                                                                                                           has extensive practice
                                                                                                                                                                                                           experience in end-of-life
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Kristen Cole
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clinical Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (Aug. 1, 2016)
                                                                                                                                           develop the course, “Introduction to the                        care and caring for people

 and all those experiences.”                                                             Tennessee and in the School of Nursing
                                                                                         is being put into practice campus-wide:
                                                                                         making sure everybody is represented
                                                                                                                                           DNP,” and has continued to teach this
                                                                                                                                           distance course since leaving MGHIHP.
                                                                                                                                                Since joining the faculty, Webb has
                                                                                                                                                                                                           of all ages with life-
                                                                                                                                                                                                           threatening conditions.
                                                                                                                                                                                          She previously taught in New York at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Rachell Davis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clinical Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (Jan. 1, 2016)
                                                                                         in decision-making and having what                become an advisor to LGBTQ students in         Morrisville State College, Binghamton
                                                                                         Alexander calls “courageous dialogues.”                                                                                                            Louise Fleming
                                                                                                                                           the School of Nursing and has agreed to        University and SUNY Institute of
                                                                                              These dialogues, she said, begin                                                                                                              Clinical Assistant professor
                                                                                                                                           serve on the Provost’s Committee on            Technology in Utica.                              (Aug. 1, 2016)
to achieve your hopes, dreams and           standing on the rungs of humanity, you       with asking questions and learning to             LGBTQ Life at UNC.                                  While at the MGH Institute of
aspirations.”                               can speak about the lived experience         understand perspectives outside one’s                  Dr. Webb is from central New York,        Health Professions, Dr. Webb served as            Kate Griffith
     After high school, Alexander           and impact of such a label,” she said.       own.                                              where she earned a Bachelor of Science         the chair of the Appeals Committee and            Clinical Instructor
attended the University of Tennessee-            Representing those who provided              “Most people, when you ask them              degree in nursing and a Master of Science      co-chair of the Judicial Board, and was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (Aug. 1, 2016)

Knoxville, where she earned a bachelor’s    hands-on care, Alexander’s job was to        about diversity, they give you the                degree in nursing from State University        the advisor to the LGBTQ student group.           Margaret Guzowska
degree in nursing. She went on to           bring the nurses’ and other care             dimensions of diversity — how we                  of New York Institute of Technology in         Dr. Webb served on the Legislative                Clinical Instructor
receive a master’s in nursing from          providers’ concerns to the forefront         differ,” Alexander said. “That becomes            Utica, NY. She earned the Doctor of            Committee of the Massachusetts Coalition          (Aug. 1, 2016)

Vanderbilt University and then a            of hospital issues.                          race, ethnicity, physical abilities, gender,      Nursing Practice from the MGH Institute        of Nurse Practitioners, and was an officer        Nancy Havill
doctorate in education from Tennessee            “My position was often one of           sexuality and you can go on and on. But           of Health Professions, summa cum laude,        in the Mohawk Valley Chapter of the               Clinical Assistant professor
State University.                           ‘How do I help [the association and its      that’s how we manifest differences often          in 2010. Her doctoral project focused on       New York state NP organization.                   (July 1, 2016)
     “I loved everything about what         members] understand they’re not being        referred to ’diversity of presence.’ I
                                                                                         define diversity as holding multiple                                                                                                               Erica King
nurses did,” she said. “That was            inclusive or that there are other
                                                                                         perspectives without judgment. It’s the                                                                                                            Clinical Instructor
probably one of the best decisions I’ve     perspectives to consider?’” she said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (Aug. 1, 2016)
made. I’m a nurse and proud of it. …        “They were very well-meaning, very           judgment part that gets us in trouble.”
I’ve taken care of patients and advocated   smart and intelligent individuals, but            By coming to a better                                                                                                                         Hilary Mendel
                                                                                                                                               RETIREMENTS                                APPOINTMENTS AND
for them, I’ve been at the bedside, I’ve    what you don’t know, you don’t know.         understanding of what people know and                 (as of Aug. 2016)                                                                            Clinical Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                          PROMOTIONS
been a nurse supervisor and I’ve been       Part of my job was to put the wicked         what they don’t know, Alexander said,                                                            (as of Aug. 2016)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (May 9, 2016)

                                                                                         positive strides can be made. That’s why              Wanda Wazenegger
faculty.”                                   questions on the table, allow a safe way                                                           (late April 2016)                                                                            Britt Pados
     A huge chunk of Alexander’s work       for people to respond and then facilitate    she hopes viewpoints from throughout                                                             Beth Black
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clinical Instructor
also has been in the public policy arena.   the courageous dialogues around              the Carolina community can help mold                                                             Chair, Health Care Systems Division               (Aug. 4, 2016)

In 1981, she became the senior vice         intended and unintended consequences.”       diversity goals — and make an impact
                                                                                                                                                                                          Betty Nance-Floyd                                 Elizabeth Trianni
president of the Tennessee Hospital                                                      on the retention and recruiting of
                                                                                         minority faculty and other coordinated                FAREWELLS                                  Director, Center for lifelong learning            Clinical Instructor
Association. As the only nurse, the                                                                                                            (as of Aug. 2016)                                                                            (Aug. 1, 2016)
youngest vice president and the only                                                     initiatives across campus.                                                                       Jennifer Leeman
                                            Fostering human                                                                                    Debra Barksdale
person of color in the association,                                                           It all begins by using her favorite                                                         Associate professor with tenure (July 1, 2016)    Tracy Vernon-Platt
                                            flourishing in Chapel Hill                    question: “Why?”
                                                                                                                                               (Jan. 3, 2016)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clinical Instructor
Alexander was a triple minority at the                                                                                                                                                    Cheryl Giscombé
white-male-dominated organization.          For 21 years, Alexander ignited those             “My overarching goal is ’human                   Pamela Johnson Rowsey                                                                        (Jan. 1, 2016)
                                                                                                                                                                                          Associate professor with tenure (Jan. 1, 2016)
     There, she made her next big push      inclusive conversations with the Tennessee   flourishing,’” she said. “That’s for                  (June 20, 2016)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Judith Webb
into creating inclusion.                    Hospital Association. Then in 2003, she      faculty, that’s for staff, that’s for students.       MiKyung Song                               SeonAe Yeo                                        Clinical Assistant professor
     “When you have been considered         brought her skill set to the University of   When we better understand, we can help                (June 30, 2016)                            professor (Jan. 1, 2016)                          (Feb. 1, 2016)

the least and not one with legitimate       North Carolina at Chapel Hill.               others flourish.”

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FAC U LT Y N E W S

                                             researchers from Univerisidad Autonoma         use the funding for her study “Developing       Deborah Mayer was named a 2016 Health        Cecilia Roscigno received the 2016          Julee Waldrop served as a panelist at
Faculty Awards and                           de Tamuilipas School of Nursing,               a Virtual Training Technology to Enhance        Care Hero by Triangle Business Journal.      Student Undergraduate Teaching Award        the National organization of Nurse
Accomplishments                              Tampico, México.                               patient-provider Communication.”                The award recognizes those who have          for her excellence and innovation in        practitioner Faculties Special Topics
                                             ________________________________               Jenerette was also named a member of            put innovation and compassion to work        undergraduate teaching.                     Conference in Arlington, VA. Dr. waldrop
                                             Ashley Leak Bryant received the 2016           the sixth class of the University of North      to improve the human condition.              ________________________________            joined two other seasoned Np educators
                                             oNS Excellence in Care of older Adults         Carolina at Chapel Hill Thorp Faculty           ________________________________             Hudson Santos was chosen to receive NC      to provide perspectives on strategies
Kathy Alden received the 2015 American       with Cancer Award at the Annual oNS            Engaged Scholars.                                                                            TraCS Funding for his study “postpartum     and content for developing the Np
                                                                                                                                            Betty Nance-Floyd was awarded a
Journal of Nursing Book of the Year          Congress in San Antonio, TX.                   ________________________________                                                             Depressive Symptoms in latinas:             clinical scholar.
                                                                                                                                            Fulbright Specialist grant in education to
Award for her work in co-authoring the       ________________________________               Saif Khairat was awarded a Junior                                                            Associations with oxytocin Function and     ________________________________
                                                                                                                                            work with the faculty of Kamuzu College
11th edition of Maternity & Women’s                                                         Faculty Development Award from the                                                           Stressors.”                                 Hugh Waters received a course
                                             Linda Cronenwett was appointed to the                                                          of Nursing in Malawi. She also received
Health Care with retired faculty member                                                     UNC Chapel Hill office of the provost.                                                         ________________________________            development grant from Data@Carolina
                                             Board of Directors of Spectrum Health                                                          the preparing Future Faculty Assessment
Dee Lowdermilk. She was also awarded                                                        He will use the grant funding for his                                                                                                    Initiatives to develop data skills and data
                                             ludington Hospital.                                                                            Award from the Graduate School of the        Gwen Sherwood was selected to serve
the annual UNC Class of 1996 Award for                                                      study “VICUT: A Clinician-centered                                                                                                       literacy among undergraduate and
                                             ________________________________                                                               University of North Carolina at              as a faculty advisor for the Nurse
Advising Excellence by Carolina students.                                                   Visualization Dashboard to Improve ICU                                                                                                   graduate students.
                                             Mary W. Dunn was named a 2016 Health                                                           Greensboro for her outstanding job of        Faculty leadership Academy Cohort III
________________________________                                                            patient Information Representation and                                                                                                   ________________________________
                                             Care Hero by Triangle Business Journal.                                                        developing a syllabus for Nursing 491,       of Sigma Theta Tau International. She
Jennifer Alderman received the Junior                                                       Delivery.” Khairat also received a course       Improving Nursing practice: Application      will be serving to guide aspiring nurse     Judith Webb was appointed to the
                                             The award recognizes those who have
Faculty Development Award from the                                                          development grant from Data@Carolina            of Concepts, Theories, and Research, and     educators and their mentors through         provost’s Committee on lGBTQ life at
                                             put innovation and compassion to work
UNC Chapel Hill office of the provost.                                                        Initiatives to develop data skills and data     equating the student learning outcomes       a rigorous leadership development           UNC Chapel Hill.
                                             to improve the human condition.
Alderman will use her grant funding to                                                      literacy among undergraduate and                to specific graded activities.                program. Dr. Sherwood’s book Reflective     ________________________________
                                             ________________________________
examine student characteristics as                                                          graduate students.                              ________________________________             Organizations: On the Front Lines
                                             Bev Foster was selected to receive the                                                                                                                                                  Megan Williams received a Junior Faculty
predictors of success in her “path to                                                       ________________________________                                                             of QSEN & Reflective Practice
                                             2016 Ned Brooks Award for public                                                               Britt Pados received grant funding from                                                  Development Award from the UNC
Academic Success (pASS)” study.                                                             Rebecca Kitzmiller received a course                                                         Implementation received second place
                                             Service. Dr. Foster was recognized for                                                         the National Association of Neonatal                                                     Chapel Hill office of the provost. williams
________________________________                                                            development grant from Data@Carolina                                                         in the professional Issues category
                                             more than 30 years of providing and                                                            Nurses Research Institute for her study                                                  will use her grant for her North Carolina
Ruth Anderson co-authored a study                                                           Initiatives to develop data skills and data     "Assessment of the psychometric              of the American Journal of Nursing’s        Nurse leaders Study.
                                             supporting public service within UNC and
published by the Journal of Nursing                                                         literacy among undergraduate and                properties of the Neonatal Eating            2015 Books of the Year Awards.              ________________________________
                                             across North Carolina.
Regulation titled “Detecting Medication                                                     graduate students.                              Assessment Tool (Neo-EAT)."                  ________________________________
                                             ________________________________                                                                                                                                                        SeonAe Yeo worked with faculty at St.
order Discrepancies in Nursing Homes:                                                       ________________________________                ________________________________             Victoria Soltis-Jarrett was appointed to
                                             Cheryl Woods Giscombé received the                                                                                                                                                      luke’s International University in Tokyo
How RNs and lpNs Differ.” The study was                                                      Kathy Knafl was selected as the inaugural                                                     serve on a steering committee for new
                                             2016 Faculty Excellence in Education and                                                       Julie Page was recently accepted into the                                                to assist in developing the first DNp
funded by the National Council State                                                        Suzanne Feethan Distinguished lecturer                                                       Certified Community Behavioral Health
                                             Mentorship Award. phD students                                                                 highly competitive Experienced Nurse                                                     program in Japan.
Boards of Nursing and examined the                                                          at the 2016 Midwest Nursing Research                                                         Clinics (CCBHC) in North Carolina.
                                             described Dr. Giscombé as a mentor who                                                         Faculty leadership Academy of Sigma                                                      ________________________________
extent to which RN or lpN licensure                                                         Society Conference, co-sponsored by the                                                      ________________________________
                                             goes above and beyond the faculty role                                                         Theta Tau International/Chamberlain                                                      Jessica Zegre-Hemsey earned a spot
related to the detection of medication                                                      University of wisconsin-Milwaukee
                                             and pushes mentees out of their comfort                                                        College of Nursing Center for Excellence     Sue Thoyre and the Feeding Flock            in the NCTraCS Kl2 program, an NIH-
discrepancies.                                                                              College of Nursing.
                                             zone while believing in and supporting                                                         in Nursing Education.                        research team were featured in the          funded grant that offers Kl2 Scholars
________________________________                                                            ________________________________
                                             them through every step of the program.                                                        ________________________________             July/August issue of the American           mentorship and additional training to
Anna Beeber received grant funding from                                                     Rhonda Lanning received the 2016 office                                                        Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing for
                                             ________________________________                                                               Mary Palmer was a keynote speaker at                                                     achieve their research and career goals.
the North Carolina AHEC Innovation Fund                                                     of the provost Engaged Scholarship                                                           the research studies on preventing,
                                             Chris Harlan was awarded the 2015                                                              the Continence Foundation of Australia’s                                                 ________________________________
for her proposal “Intraprofessional                                                         Award for her work training birth doulas                                                     identifying and managing feeding
                                             American Journal of Nursing Book of the                                                        24th National Conference in Melbourne,                                                   Meg Zomorodi received grant funding
Development of Nurse leaders: working                                                       in her interdisciplinary service learning                                                    difficulties in children. The Feeding Flock
                                             Year for her book, Global Health Nursing:                                                      Australia. In addition to participating in                                               from the North Carolina AHEC Innovation
Together toward Quality Improvement in                                                      course. The award recognizes faculty                                                         research team members are Thoyre,
                                             Narratives from the Field. This was                                                            the conference, Dr. palmer spent time as                                                 Fund for her proposal “Health Care
long-term Care Health Care                                                                  members or university units for                                                              Britt Pados, Jinhee Park, Hayley Estrem,
                                             Harlan’s first AJN book of the year award.                                                      a visiting scholar at Flinders University                                                pRoMISE (populations for Reformed
Environments.”                                                                              exemplary engaged scholarship in service                                                     Cara McComish and Eric Hodges.
                                             ________________________________                                                               in Adelaide, Australia.                                                                  outcomes Management from
________________________________                                                            to the state of North Carolina that serves                                                   ________________________________
                                                                                                                                            ________________________________                                                         Interprofessional, Systems-based
Linda Beeber was recently elected            Eric Hodges received NIH funding for his       as an example of excellence, including
                                                                                                                                            Theresa Raphael-Grimm received               Debbie Travers led a team of emergency      Education.”
president of the Board of Directors of the   study to test a novel intervention to help     responsiveness to community concerns
                                                                                                                                            the 2015 laurel Archer Copp literary         nurses and physicians in developing a
American psychiatric Nurses Association.     parents and preverbal infants better           and strong community partnerships.
                                                                                                                                            Award for her book: The Art of               toolkit for use by the CDC to triage
Beeber also received NIH funding for         understand one another during feeding          ________________________________
                                                                                                                                            Communication in Nursing and                 patients in the event of a pandemic flu
her study, “Enhancing Communication          and to offer new insight into how self-
                                                                                            Mary Lynn received a grant from the             Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Approach.    outbreak.
between Children in Early Intervention       regulation of energy intake develops
                                                                                            National Council of State Boards of             The award was endowed by laurel              ________________________________
and Their Depressed Mothers.”                during infancy.
                                                                                            Nursing to study the “Successful                Archer Copp, former dean of the              Marcia Van Riper received a Fulbright
________________________________             ________________________________
                                                                                            Transitions of New Graduate RNs in US           UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing,           Specialist Grant and was hosted by the
Diane Berry was awarded a Sigma Theta        Coretta Jenerette earned the 2015 C.           Hospitals: Education, practice and policy       to stimulate the scholarly writing of        University of Navarre in pamplona, Spain,
Tau International grant to study the         Felix Harvey Award to Advance                  Implications.” Dr. lynn’s project is the first   School of Nursing faculty.                   in November and December 2015.
management of type 2 diabetes with           Institutional priorities. Dr. Jenerette will   of its kind on the topic.

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