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Wisconsin’s largest nursing school is celebrating 50 years. The fourth collegiate nursing program established in the state, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing is now the largest program in the state, with 1,550 students – 1,250 undergrad and 300 graduate – and more than 8,000 alumni. A 1956 Statewide Plan for Nursing Education suggested that UW-Madison expand its “output of nurses” using the then-new UW-Milwaukee. There were three collegiate schools in the state at that time – UW, Marquette University and Alverno College. In 1961, an instructor was hired for Milwaukee; Registered Nurse students and pre-service students attended their public-health rotation there. In 1963, two part-time instructors were added and more courses were offered. By 1963 there were 202 RN and pre-service students enrolled at the UW-Milwaukee Division of the UW-Madison School of Nursing. The school was officially created in December 1965 by the UW Board of Regents, admitting freshman and sophomore students in September 1966 and graduating its first class in 1969. All Milwaukee “classes” that graduated before that date were considered UW-Madison graduates. There were 73 graduates between 1964 and 1968 who were UW-Milwaukee graduates receiving UW-Madison degrees. By 1966 there were seven collegiate schools – a reflection of the plan at that time to increase baccalaureate nursing education by adding UW-Oshkosh, UW-Eau Claire and Marian University. It was Dr. Helen L. Bunge, dean at UW-Madison, who wrote the proposal and garnered the support to create the UW-Milwaukee school. She had contacted an old friend to provide the leadership necessary to build a new school. Frances
Helen Bunge, left, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visits in 1968 with Inez Hinsvark, dean of UW–Milwaukee.
H. Cunningham arrived in Milwaukee in October 1964 to serve as the first and only director of the UW-Madison Division of Nursing at UW-MilwauFrances kee. She was recruited by Cunningham Dean Bunge from Case Western Reserve University. Cunningham had taught and served as an associate dean at Case Western Reserve University for 20 years. She held offices in the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. At
A student in 1973 uses a self-instructional lab that includes a computer response unit, at lower right.
Milwaukee, Cunningham was a key figure in facilitating the reorganization and transition from a Division of Nursing to a School of Nursing.
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Yes, I can It was 27 years ago that Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, developer of the first self-directed external-degree nursing program wrote the wonderful poem “Yes, I can.” With NURSINGmatters Career Expo’s theme of “Education: The Basis for Value, Vision and Voice in Nursing,” I thought Carrie was an excellent example of a nurse who exemplified value, vision and voice in nursing. Her poem Kaye Lillesand is a reflection of the courage, enthusiasm and spirit that led her to her vision and success. As you read the poem, think about what vision you can accomplish by saying “Yes, I can!”
Yes, I can They told me: It can’t be done But I said: I can figure it out.
I see things that never were and say, ‘Why not?’” And I remembered yet another who spoke to me and said: “I have a dream.”
They told me again: You can’t do that. But I said: Yes, I can. And I remembered another time, and another Camelot, and a spirit who said, “Some see things as they are and say, ‘Why?’
And I said to myself: Yes, I can. And I said it again and again, until it was so. Carrie B. Lenburg, Sept. 28, 1988
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Obama gun-related actions needed Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, President, American Nurses Association
Editor’s note: this statement is in response to President Barack Obama’s executive actions intended to reduce gun violence. Mass shootings and other tragedies have unfortunately become all too common in this country and steps must be taken to stop the carnage. We commend President Obama for taking necessary actions to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer. The president’s actions will make an immediate impact. Common-sense reforms aimed at keeping guns out of the wrong hands through background checks and increasing research into the development of gun-safety technology Pamela Cipriano
As the premier organization representing the nation’s 3.4 million registered nurses, the American Nurses Association has and will continue to be engaged in efforts to prevent and reduce gun violence.
will help protect our communities from the endless series of preventable violence that steals innocent lives, taxes our health care system and leaves communities and families broken. We are especially heartened by the president’s emphasis on increasing access to mental-health care. While people with mental illness are more likely to be the victims of gun violence rather than the perpetrators, recent events have repeatedly shown the link between easy access to guns and inadequate access to mental-health care services. (The American Nurses Association) applauds
President Obama’s investment of $500 million dedicated to supporting the engagement of individuals in their care and improving service capacity within the mental-health care system. These actions are needed to fix a system that is clearly broken. As the largest single group of health care professionals, nurses regularly witness the trauma that gun violence inflicts on victims, families and communities. As the premier organization representing the nation’s 3.4 million registered nurses, the American Nurses Association has and will continue to be engaged in efforts to prevent and reduce gun violence. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, (the American Nurses Association) issued a call to action to Congress and policymakers to take swift action to curb gun violence. (President Obama’s) actions are a start, but we will continue to call on lawmakers to enact additional meaningful reforms to protect society and stop the constant cycle of gun violence and death that plagues our communities.
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Integrative Medicine can help heal Brenda Zarth
Integrative medicine is an amplification of the compassion of conventional medicine in the United States. It aims to utilize Western and Brenda Zarth Eastern Medicine for optimum health. It focuses on health of body, mind and spirit. Dr. David Rakel is the medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He studied
under Dr. Andrew Weil who created a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Rakel was among the first graduates of this program, and has written a textbook titled “Integrative Medicine” that is an excellent desk reference for using complementary and alternative medicine to enhance conventional medical practice. It is extremely well written and user-friendly while strongly supported by research. I love the idea of Integrative Medicine. Conventional medicine in the United States is just not enough. When my chronically ill patients would look me in the eye and ask “Isn’t there anything else
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What if ... continued from page 3 you can do?” I would have loved to pull out Rakel’s book and say “Yes there is!” There are so many resources available if we are just willing to take a chance and try something new. Most of the modalities that I enjoy subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath and “Do no Harm.” I see the human body as having thousands of variables that have the potential to cause dysfunction. I know we need to look at the whole picture. We need to see our patient’s environment, hear their fears and anxieties, and understand their relationships. They have the clues to what is wrong and if we listen carefully enough they will divulge their secrets. They want to tell us. We need to want to hear. It is often not as simple as taking a pill for high blood pressure. I want to know why that blood pressure is elevated and I don’t want to quit until it comes down. I am not against medication. I encourage my patients to take their pills every day and even recommend adding more at times. But let’s not quit looking for the cause. The pill should be used to buy us time, to save a life, but not to bury the cause. The problem with overreliance on medication is that it often doesn’t eliminate the problem and in fact can cause a worse scenario; examples of this are everywhere in nature. My friend has dammed a creek running through his property. He feels better; he has created a nice pond. But he underestimated the effects of heavy rain, so now he has overflow problems and the creek is creating a new unknown path of least resistance. I’ve noticed I am creating a theme in my writing that life is a team sport. We are all intertwined on this planet; we aren’t meant to live as an isolated organism. We can isolate problems in a lab but we can’t control the variables in the outside world. It’s safer to feed the human organism good food, good thoughts and positive reinforcement, and help the organism to heal itself. I don’t want to stop saving lives with drugs and surgery; I just want to deal better with chronic illness and prevent it.
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I can appreciate that acupuncture, mind-body medicine, Craniosacral Therapy, Reflexology and Reiki are not going to help everyone, but if they help 10 percent aren’t they worth trying? If each of these modalities helped 10 percent we might have a success rate of up to 50 percent. This is only the tip of iceberg of what is available. One of my goals has always been to not give up until my patient is ready to quit. I will fight for my patient as long as I am able. I will continue to seek out different health modalities until we find relief for pain and hope for suffering. My father’s psoriasis on his knees and elbows is gone after 50 years. He is convinced that it is due to drinking large quantities of Kangen water. I don’t know if it was drinking large quantities of water, or if it was the PH of the water, but his psoriasis is gone. No one can explain why it went away. It may not be directly related to the water at all; it might be that hydrating his body for a prolonged period solved the problem indirectly. He continues to drink the water and he feels great. The human body is a beautiful mystery; it’s challenging to decipher its secrets. The UW Integrative Medicine Program has developed excellent handouts that encourage overall health and can be accessed by patients and clinicians. Visit www.fammed.wisc.edu/integrative for more information. Email BrendaZarth@gmail.com or visit brendashealthplan.blogspot.com with comments.
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Reprint in a series written by Signe Cooper and introduced by Laurie Glass in Nursingmatters
Bena Henderson ?-1939 Bena Henderson was a nurse administrator who devoted most of her career to the care of sick children in hospitals. Canadian-born, she eventually became a naturalized American citizen. She was a 1897 graduate of the school of nursing at Toronto General Hospital. She then served as superintendent of a hospital in British Columbia, where her outstanding work led to membership in the Victorian Order of Nurses. Henderson came to the United States to take a post-graduate course at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. Such courses were offered by large institutions to assist nurses in gaining skills and knowledge in specialized areas of nursing; they were usually three or four months in length. After completing the course, she joined the staff of the Chicago Visiting Nurse Association. In 1906 she was appointed superintendent at Children’s Memorial Bena Henderson Hospital in Chicago, where she served for 15 years. She served as president of the AmerIn 1923 Henderson came to Milwauican Journal of Nursing Company from kee as superintendent of the Children’s 1926 to 1931. In this role she recommended Hospital. Originally called the Children’s a revision and modernization of the comFree Hospital, it was founded in 1894 by pany’s business procedures. During her seven civic-minded Milwaukee women, tenure as president, the business offices established largely to address the needs of moved from Rochester, New York, where immigrant children. It occupied a series they had been from the time the company of houses in various locations until 1923, started in 1900, to New when it was moved to a York City. The timely move new building on 17th Street Henderson’s was appropriate because and Grand – now Wisconadministrative and three major nursing organisin Avenue. zations were located there. Henderson organized and business ability Her contribution to opened the new hospital. proved valuable national nursing organizaHer 10-year tenure was a to the nursing tions did not interfere with period of great expansion organizations she her work at the Children’s and growing demand for served so capably Hospital; she played a major services. Three years after and generously. role in making it one of the she arrived, the hospital leading children’s hospitals merged with the Milwauin the country. It was said kee Infant’s Hospital, an “her warm humanity and capacity for institution that cared for babies under 2 friendship” made for harmonious relayears of age. In addition to the hospital, a tionships with the staff. 50-bed convalescent home was opened in Henderson resigned in March 1933. 1930 to provide care for children requiring Her physician ordered her to take a long long recuperation periods. The next year rest. She went to Vermont where she lived another floor was added to the hospital. quietly for some time. She returned to Henderson’s administrative and busiWisconsin in 1937, but she suffered a heart ness ability proved valuable to the nursing attack and never completely recovered. organizations she served so capably and After a long and dedicated career, Bena generously. While in Chicago, she was Henderson died Jan. 25, 1939, at her home president of the Illinois State Board of in Putney, Vermont. Nurse Examiners and secretary of the IlliThe author thanks Mary Kachoyeanous nois Nurses Association. Elected in 1920, for assistance in locating information she was treasurer of the National League about Bena Henderson. for Nursing Education for four years.
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Creating hope for special delivery Educating Guatemalan indigenous midwives Nancy Comello
When I met Maria – not her real name – she was a mother of two in a barren, windswept refugee Guatemalan village that was created for Nancy Comello displaced persons after a 30-year civil war. She was asking for information on what to do at a birth. Maria had been appointed the town midwife, or la comadrona, because there were no other comadronas there – and Maria had two children. Needless to say, Maria was overwhelmed with the responsibility she had been given and was desperate for help. Most midwives in Guatemala are indigenous Maya who have learned from watching others. Maria is one of many who, with limited or no training, manage births in rural villages. This is one reason the maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity rates in Guatemala are the highest in the Western Hemisphere; only Haiti has worse outcomes. Indigenous
which has been shown to improve knowledge and confidence on pre- and post-training scores, uses Mama Natalie, Most midwives in Guatemala are indigenous Maya who have learned from watching others. Nancy the simulator worn by the presenter, and Comello, second from right, started providing instruction to groups of las comadronas — midprovides hands-on practice for learners. wives — several years ago during a volunteer trip to Guatemala. Helping Babies Breathe uses Neo Natalie, the newborn mannequin, to provide cruclinics and hospitals are also underfunded Guatemalan women have always preferred cial practice for newborn resuscitation. and have historically provided impersonal indigenous las comadronas for pregnancy Our experience in the Philippines teaching and culturally insensitive health care. and birth care at home because of their these seminars showed us this instruction I started providing instruction to traditional practices. The government’s can increase the confidence and compeMaria and other groups of las comadroMinistry of Health is perennially undertency of the midwives. Besides, wearing nas several years ago during a volunteer funded and under-resourced, yet has been the birthing simulator is a fun way to trip to Guatemala. This kind of teaching intent on encouraging women to deliver teach! Because the Helping Mothers has become a passion for me, because their babies in clinics or hospitals. But the Survive training is so new, these midwives provide the there are few reported studmajority of care to women Most midwives ies published. in rural areas and are not in Guatemala In August 2016 I will be supported by the governleading a volunteer team in ment health authorities. are indigenous Guatemala to teach Helping But recently, after volunteer Maya who have Mothers Survive and Helptrips to Tanzania and the learned from ing Babies Breathe comPhilippines with Karen watching others. bined training for midwives. Klemp, NICU RN, I realized Maria is one We will work in three rural that “Helping Mothers SurM.S. in Nursing of many who, areas with small groups of vive” and “Helping Babies Health Care Systems Management midwives in this pilot projBreathe” seminars may be with limited Meeting the needs of mid-management ect. I am hoping to identify even better teaching options or no training, and executive level nurses, and nurse three Guatemalan health in Guatemala and so have manage births workers whom we can become a part of my future entrepreneurs who must be able to in rural villages. train as master trainers and vision for change. lead teams, manage financial resources, provide with Mama Natalie Based on many studies, analyze large data sets, understand and Neo Natalie manneHelping Mothers Survive complex organizational systems, and quins. We hope to also provide them the and Helping Babies Breathe seminars ensure quality and safety, all through the necessary workbooks and action plans have been developed collaboratively lens of nursing practice. so the trainings and improved maternal by the World Health Organization, the and newborn outcomes can be sustained United States Agency for International indefinitely. Development, UNICEF and the American •Direct entry in B.S. in Nursing The opportunities I have through Academy of Pediatrics in order to meet this project to train birth attendants in the learning needs of birth attendants in •Guaranteed placement in clinical low-resource countries, and to work low-resource countries. The seminars sequence toward improving birth outcomes among each use a simple, one-day training •96% graduate placement rate poor women, have been life-changing for session that consists of evidence-based me. As for Maria, who was the catalyst to training techniques and clinical sim•Direct patient care starts as my journey, I can’t wait to meet with her ulations. The hands-on practice and sophomore again, listen to her stories and include her immediate feedback with mannequins •Accelerated B.S. in Nursing for those as part of this new training. I hope she has resulted in improved health-worker with a BS or BA looking for a new career will be able to make a profound differperformance. ence in the life of her community. I really Helping Mothers Survive focuses on love meeting with the midwives, sharing preventing maternal mortality from poststories and supporting them during the partum hemorrhage, the leading cause of msoe.edu • (800) 332-6763 teaching seminars. maternal deaths worldwide. This program,
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School continued from page 1 When the first dean arrived in 1967, Cunningham was appointed Associate Dean. She died in February 1970 just months before her friend Helen Bunge died. Dr. Inez G. Hinsvark became the first dean of the school in 1967, having previously served as dean of nursing at South Dakota State University. Within 10 years after it was created, the school had an enrollment of 1,483 and had graduated about 730 students. With a revised health-oriented curriculum and a new 10-story home in a nursing building, Cunningham Hall, the university also had been able to recruit top-notch faculty. Among the faculty were K. Elise Fitzpatrick, nationally known maternity nurse and co-author of the textbook “Maternity Nursing;” Helen Creighton, JD, an internationally known legal scholar and author of a number of books including “Legal Aspects of Nursing;” and Dr. Norma Lang, who would become known for her quality-assurance model and who would become the school’s third dean. A master’s degree program in Community Health Nursing was approved by the UW Regents in1970, offering specialization in perinatal nursing. The faculty’s work in producing mediated self-instruction programs under the leadership of Dr. Elizabeth Krueger was noticed by a major publisher and UW-Milwaukee became home to the Lippincott Learning Systems. The new building had full media production studios in the lowest two floors and a computer-accessible learning lab. There was also a play lab for teaching parenting classes as well as growth and development, and a community room easily accessible for outreach activities. Within 20 years there were bachelor of science, master of science and PhD programs on the UW-Milwaukee campus, with a duplicate bachelor of science program at UW-Parkside. For the Fall 1986 semester there were 1,200 undergraduate
students, 150 master-of-science students and 17 PhD students. An additional 1,650 students graduated, bringing the total to almost 2,000 graduates in 16 years. In the late 1970s a federal faculty research-development grant facilitated the establishment of a Research Center. Local grants led to the opening of the Nursing Center, which provided health-promotion services to the community and learning experiences for students. It was one of only two academic nursing centers in the country. In 1984, the UW Regents authorized the first PhD program in nursing in the state at UW-Milwaukee. The next year the school received funding for its first named chair, the Walter Schroeder Chair for Clinical Nursing Research; it was also accredited as a provider of continuing education for nurses. As can be seen, it was a busy 20 years for the school’s faculty and staff. Solid academic programs covered all aspects of nursing education. Faculty research and practice was off to a productive start. Education, practice and research activities were funded by federal and foundation grants. Continued efforts would result in the school being ranked in the top 26 in the country. In 2016, there will be four events to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary. March 16 – “Advancing Family Research: The Legacy of Suzanne Feetham” will be presented by Kathleen Knafl at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. April 14 – “Celebrating Community Impact and Partnerships” will be held at the UW-Milwaukee Union in Milwaukee. April 15 – “50 Distinguished Alumni Awards” will be given at the UW-Milwaukee Union in Milwaukee. April 16 – The 50th Anniversary Gala will be held at the UW-Milwaukee Union in Milwaukee. Visit uwm.edu/nursing/50th or email Wendy Welsh at welsh@uwm.edu for more information. To be continued in the Nursingmatters March issue.
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Wolters Kluwe releases PTSD app Wolters Kluwer, a provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the health care industry, has released a mobile version of the post-traumatic stress disorder toolkit from the American Nurses Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Developed by Lippincott Solutions, the free mobile app is designed to help nurses and other health care professionals gain rapid access to trusted PTSD information to support and inform care decisions. PTSD is a serious mental disorder resulting from exposure to direct or indirect threat of death, serious injury or physical violence, including sexual violence. According to the National Center for PTSD, part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about 8 million adults suffer from PTSD. It is a particularly significant mental-health issue among veterans; more than 533,700 veterans with a primary or secondary diagnosis of PTSD received treatment through VA medical facilities in 2013. “The PTSD Toolkit was designed to simplify the process of helping the nation’s veterans and military-service members by making it easier for nurses and other clinicians to obtain trusted information and support tools,” said Kate Judge, executive director of the foundation. “A mobile version of the toolkit aligns with our mission to eliminate misinformation about PTSD and connect clinicians with the clinical references and training resources they need to make the best treatment decisions for their patients.” The toolkit was developed by the American Nurses Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania School of
“PTSD is a complex disorder that is often accompanied by other equally devastating issues such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, relationship problems and substance abuse that can impact timely and accurate diagnosis.” Jayne Marks, vice-president of publishing, Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research and Practice.
Nursing in response to Joining Forces, a nationwide initiative launched in 2011 by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to support service members, veterans, and their families. The PTSD Toolkit is a self-directed e-learning program designed to teach or reinforce nurses’ knowledge about the treatment of veterans with PTSD. It includes simulation tools based on real case studies that are designed to test treatment skills and practice interventions. “PTSD is a complex disorder that is often accompanied by other equally devastating issues such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, relationship problems and substance abuse that can impact timely and accurate diagnosis,” said Jayne Marks, vice-president of publishing, Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research and Practice. “The PTSD Toolkit in app form provides nurses and other clinicians who work with patients who have or may have PTSD with immediate access to reliable information and simulations to help with diagnosis and treatment.”
The app version of the toolkit streamlines clinical workflows related to the care of PTSD patients. It helps improve care quality by providing clinicians with mobile access to valuable insight into the disorder, as well as a step-by-step process for diagnosing PTSD and the ability to request additional information that can be shared with others. The PTSD toolkit app has been enhanced with nine topics from Lippincott Solutions, including Alcohol Withdrawal Management, Reality Orientation, Suicide Precautions, Family Therapy and Depression or Hostility Monitoring and Precautions. A series of comprehensive, integrated software applications from Wolters Kluwer that helps organizations make evidence actionable at the bedside, Lippincott Solutions includes advanced online workflow technology, current evidence-based clinical information and professional development tools for the practicing nurse. The app is available for download from Google Play and the Apple Store.
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Home Health named top agency Home Health United has been named a Top Agency of the 2015 HomeCare Elite. For the 10th year in a row, Home Health United has been ranked in the top-25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies in the United States. The award is sponsored by OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation, the leading provider in home health metrics and analytics, and DecisionHealth, publisher of the most respected independent newsletter in the home health profession, Home Health Line.
Home Health United was measured against about 10,000 Medicare-certified home-health agencies across the country on publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, best practice implementation, patient experience,
Nurses Association appoints president certification in the design, The American Nurses Assodevelopment and delivery of ciation Board of Directors has global-credentialing services appointed Patricia Reid Ponte, and support products for nurses a nursing executive, researcher and health care organizations. and educator, the next president The center’s credentialing of the American Nurses Creprograms certify nurses in spedentialing Center, the largest cialty-practice areas; recognize nurse credentialing organization health care organizations for and a subsidiary of the AmeriPatricia Reid Ponte promoting nursing excellence can Nurses Association. and quality patient outcomes; The president serves as chief promote safe, positive work environments spokesperson on behalf of the American through the Magnet Recognition Program, Nurses Credentialing Center and leads the Pathway to Excellence, and Pathway to board in setting goals, policy and longExcellence in Long Term Care Programs; range plans for the credentialing center. and accredit providers of continuing Reid Ponte, who has been a member of nursing education. Additionally, the the board since 2013, began her two-year center is increasing its focus on nursing term Jan. 1, 2016, succeeding former presexcellence internationally through its ident Michael Evans, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, world programs. FAAN, who has served in that role since Previously, Reid Ponte held leadership 2011. Evans will continue to serve on the positions at Brigham and Women’s Hosboard. Reid Ponte, DNSc, RN, NEA-BC, pital, Massachusetts General Hospital and FAAN, is chief nursing officer and senior Tufts Medical Center, where she began vice-president of patient-care services at her career as a primary nurse on a hemathe Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the tology-oncology unit. She is a co-founder executive director of oncology nursing and of the Workforce Outcomes Research and clinical services at Brigham and Women’s Leadership Development Institute. She Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, positeaches a Health Care Quality course at tions she has held since 2000. Simmons College in Boston and at the Uni“(The American Nurses Credentialing versity of Massachusetts-Boston, where Center’s) work to advance practice excelshe is an associate professor at the College lence in nursing around the world is vital,” of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a said American Nurses Association Presico-principal investigator for the National dent Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Cancer Institute-funded Dana-Farber/ FAAN. “We are fortunate to have a leader with Pat’s vision, experience, and commit- Harvard Cancer Center at UM-Boston’s U54 grant, which funds a post-doctoral ment to lead (the American Nurses Crenursing fellowship program in oncology dentialing Center) as it continues to innoand health disparities. She is an adjunct vate, expand and meet its mission to serve faculty member at her alma mater, the nurses and patients around the world.” University of Massachusetts Amherst The American Nurses Credentialing School of Nursing, an active alumni memCenter provides individuals and organiber, and a recipient in 2005 of the Univerzations with the resources they need to sity’s Distinguished Alumni Award. achieve nursing practice excellence. It is the only nurse-credentialing organization continued on page 10 to successfully achieve ISO 9001:2008
quality improvement and consistency, and financial performance. “We are very proud to be named a HomeCare Elite Top Agency once again this year,” said Rick Bourne, Home Health United president and CEO. “Our patient outcomes exceed state and national benchmarks, which means they are well cared for and recover faster. Keeping people safe and healthy at home is central to our mission and being ranked among the top-25 percent of home-health agencies in the United States demonstrates our
commitment to quality care.” Home Health United is a nonprofit organization providing a variety of comprehensive home-care services, including home health, hospice, palliative care, home medical equipment, personal emergency-response systems, infusion pharmacy, immunizations and community-health services. Visit HomeHealthUnited.org or call 800-924-2273 for more information. Visit NationalResearch. com/HomeCareElite for a complete listing of agencies.
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Nursing program accredited MADISON, Wis. – The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education has granted maximum five-year accreditation to the Edgewood College’s Henry Predolin School of Nursing for its new Doctor of Nursing Practice program. “This is an important step that recognizes the quality of both the curriculum and the faculty of our (Doctor of Nursing Practice) program,” said Dr. Margaret Noreuil, dean of the School of Nursing. “We will continue to address the changing needs of our health care communities through the education of outstanding professionals, and we’re honored that the (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) has recognized that we’re well equipped to meet those needs.” In its notification to the college, the commission noted there are no compliance concerns with the Doctor of
Nursing Practice program with respect to the four accreditation standards: mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices, and assessment and achievement of program outcomes. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is an autonomous accrediting agency, contributing to the improvement of the public’s health. The commission ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate and residency programs in nursing. The commission serves the public interest by assessing and identifying programs that engage in effective educational practices. As a voluntary, self-regulatory process, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education supports and encourages continuing self-assessment by nursing
programs and supports continuing growth and improvement of collegiate professional education and post-baccalaureate nurse residency programs. Located in Madison, Edgewood College is a liberal arts Catholic college in the Dominican tradition that serves about 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the Monroe Street and Deming Way campuses, and online. The college offers more than 40 academic and professional programs, including master’s degrees in business, education and nursing, and doctoral degrees in educational leadership and nursing practice about Edgewood College. Visit www.edgewood. edu for more information.
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and an active member of the American Academy of Nursing, where she currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee. She has conducted research in patient safety and patient- and family-centered care, and has published extensive non-empirical work in nursing leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration and health care
practice environments. She received both her Doctorate of Nursing Science and Master’s in Nursing Science from Boston University. She received her Bachelor’s in Nursing Science from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Reid Ponte was a 2001-2004 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Executive Fellow.
continued from page 9 Reid Ponte is a past chair of the center’s Commission on Magnet and has served as treasurer of the center. She is past president of the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives
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Reject attack on negotiation rights Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, President, American Nurses Association
The American Nurses Association has long supported the right of registered nurses and others to join together and have a voice in their work environments. (The association) has a strong track record Pamela Cipriano of advocating for nurses and protecting nurses’ legal right to organize and bargain collectively. Furthermore, the importance of collective action is underscored in The Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. The code establishes the ethical standard for the profession and provides a guide for nurses to use in analysis and decision-making. This fundamental right of nurses, policemen, firefighters, teachers and other public servants is being challenged in the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, heard (Jan. 11) by the Supreme Court. If the court rules with Friedrichs, a nearly 40-year precedent will be overturned. The stakes for both RNs and the patients they care for are high. The right to bargain collectively for better wages and benefits, and for safe working conditions that protect both RNs and patients is at risk. A win for Friedrichs would harm middle-class working families and create an environment where public safety advances secured through the collective action of those on the frontlines could be rolled back. Nurses, the most trusted professionals, and other public servants and their families may see their economic security undermined, such as in states that have recently restricted collective bargaining. Improvements in nurses’ working conditions advanced through collective bargaining over the past 40 years could be lost. Unfortunately, some wealthy special interests are using this legal action to try to attack the rights of middle-class Americans who are dedicated to serving their communities. That is why the American Nurses Association stands with those who call upon the U.S. Supreme Court to reject this attempt to erode the hard-won rights and progress of working Americans. Editor’s note: Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association was argued Jan. 11 before the U.S. Supreme Court. A decision is expected in the spring of 2016 and no later than the end of the current term, June 30, 2016.
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EXPO 2016 EDUCATION: the Basis forValue,Vision andVoice of Nursing
Tuesday, February 23 • 8:30-2:30 EXHIBITION HALL AT THE ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mary Lu Gerke
Barbara Nichols, PhD
Interim Dean of the College of Nursing, Health and Human Behavior, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI The Valuing of Self- Valuing of Professional Nursing Discerning between self and the profession has become a moral and ethical issue for nurses in all settings. When and how to care for self and at the same time serve and sustain the values of professional nursing. Is there a possible balance? Why is caring for self important? Sustaining of the profession depends on how we address these issues.
will speak on how value, vision and voice will address the challenges of diversity and inclusion in our profession.
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON
Gina Dennik Champion
Kelley Johnson, Miss Colorado
Strategies for Speaking with Legislative Leaders at All Levels of Government The resulting value for nursing will be discussed
will speak on how valuing nursing led her to a vision of the profession and as a result she has become a voice for nursing.
Nancy Huhta Comello, MS, CNM
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Creating Hope for a Special Delivery: Educating Guatemalan Indigenous Midwives Nancy will be speaking on discovering her passion for international teaching for birth attendants. She has volunteered in Guatemala many times and discovered the acute need for training needed by indigenous midwives.
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Luncheon sponsored by UW Health.
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