The holidays are filled with great activity, engagement and sensory input as we celebrate the many wondrous aspects of our lives. And yet, as my family left to return home and I turned to my desk to write this column, I thought about the power of silence. I have to admit that it was good to “turn down” the volume and spend some time in silence. So I got to thinking about the power of silence. I realized that silence can connote so many different things. Silence can be oppressive, evoking anxiety and apprehension and perhaps fear of the unknown. At other times silence can communicate compliance and resignation, perhaps not willingly but required nonetheless. Silence can imply anger, hostility or resistance, as well as anticipation, empathy, support and hopefulness…so many connotations in such a simple word! But the silence that I am thinking about is the quietness of mind that can only emerge when outside noise is muted, when the technology is turned off, when the need to talk is secondary to the need to think. I believe that silence is to the mind what sleep is to the body. It is restorative and rejuvenating as it unleashes our introspection, creativity, and new ideas. It allows us to evaluate, dream, design and imagine. It “keeps the world at bay” so that we can more fully experience our own reality and give it our personal interpretation rather than that imposed by others. So while I love social engagement, I value even more, perhaps, the quiet moments in my life – moments often stolen from a world too full of external stimulation. For me, the sounds of silence hold incredible power and beauty….Gail INSIDE The power of silence By Dean Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, FAAN VOLUME 9 | JANUARY | 2012 eCONnections MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF NURSING Published by: Medical university of south Carolina College of Nursing send inquiries to: beth Khan MusC College of Nursing 99 Jonathan lucas st., MsC 160 Charleston, sC 29425 InvestIgate Collaborate eduCate advoCate MusC Nurses Change Lives! College Briefs ..................... p. 2-3 Calendar of events................ p. 4 offiCe of praCtiCe .................. p. 5 offiCe of researCh ................. p. 6 student news .......................... p. 7
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The holidays are filled with great activity, engagement and sensory input as we celebrate the many wondrous aspects of our lives. And yet, as my family left to return home and I turned to my desk to write this column, I thought about the power of silence. I have to admit that it was good to “turn down” the volume and spend some time in silence.
So I got to thinking about the power of silence. I realized that silence can connote so many different things. Silence can be oppressive, evoking
anxiety and apprehension and perhaps fear of the unknown. At other times silence can communicate compliance and resignation, perhaps not willingly but required nonetheless. Silence can imply anger, hostility or resistance, as well as anticipation, empathy, support and hopefulness…so many connotations in such a simple word! But the silence that I am thinking about is the quietness of mind that can only emerge when outside noise is muted, when the technology is turned off, when the need to talk is secondary to the need to think. I believe that silence is to the mind what sleep is to the body. It is restorative and rejuvenating as it unleashes our introspection, creativity, and new ideas. It allows us to evaluate, dream, design and imagine. It “keeps the world at bay” so that we can more fully experience our own reality and give it our personal interpretation rather than that imposed by others. So while I love social engagement, I value even more, perhaps, the quiet moments in my life – moments often stolen from a world too full of external stimulation. For me, the sounds of silence hold incredible power and beauty….Gail
InSIde The power of silenceBy Dean Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, FAAN
Volume 9 | JAnuAry | 2012
eCONnectionsmedIcAl unIVerSITy oF SouTh cArolInA
colleGe oF nurSInG
Published by:Medical university of south Carolina College of Nursing
send inquiries to:beth KhanMusC College of Nursing99 Jonathan lucas st., MsC 160Charleston, sC 29425
InvestIgateCollaborateeduCate advoCate
MusC nurses change lives!
College Briefs ..................... p. 2-3
Calendar of events ................p. 4
offiCe of praCtiCe ..................p. 5
offiCe of researCh .................p. 6
student news ..........................p. 7
College Briefs
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Your smile can help nursing students get a picture perfect startThe Johnson & Johnson campaign for nursing’s Future will mark its 10th anniversary in 2012 and has invited nurses to participate it its “Portrait of Thanks” mosaic Project. A photo mosaic – a compilation of different pictures to create a single image – is being created to celebrate the nursing pro-fession and inspire the next generation of nurses and will be unveiled next year. For every photo submitted for the mosaic through February 1, 2012, the campaign will donate $1 to the Foundation of the national Student nurses’ Association to help fund nursing student scholarships. learn more at www.Campaignfornursing.com/portraitofthanks.
New data shows enrollment increases in nursing degree programsThe American Association of colleges of nursing (AAcn) released preliminary survey data showing that enrollment in all types of profes-sional registered nursing programs increased from 2010 to 2011, including a 3.9 percent increase in entry-level BSn degree programs. AAcn’s annual survey findings are based on data reported from 647 of the 840 nursing schools in the u.S. with baccalaureate and/or gradu-ate programs. In a separate survey, AAcn also found a strong hiring preference for new nurses prepared at the baccalaureate level as well as a comparatively high job-placement rate for new BSn graduates. The survey also found that the number of students enrolled in bac-calaureate degree completion programs increased by 13.4 percent from 2010 to 2011. This year marks the ninth year of enrollment increases in these programs, which signals a growing interest among nurses and employers for baccalaureate-prepared nurses. Preliminary data from AAcn’s 2011 survey also shows that enroll-ment in master’s and doctoral degree nursing programs increased signifi-cantly this year. nursing schools with master’s programs reported a 7.6 percent jump in enrollments and a 10.5 percent increase in graduations. In doctoral nursing programs, the greatest growth was seen in dnP pro-grams where enrollment increased by 20.6 percent from 2010 to 2011. In addition to its annual survey, AAcn also has collected data on the employment of new graduates from baccalaureate and master’s pro-grams to assess how well these rns are doing in securing their first jobs in nursing. The survey findings show that baccalaureate nursing gradu-ates are more than twice as likely to have jobs at the time of graduation than those entering the workforce in other fields. Though the employment rate at graduation dipped from 65 percent in 2010 to 56 percent in 2011 for BSn students, the employment rate at 4-6 months after gradu-ation was almost identical over the two-year period. By comparison, the national Association of colleges and employers conducted a national survey of 50,000 new college graduates across disciplines and found that only 24 percent of new graduates in 2010 had a job offer at the time of graduation.
The road ahead: A public policy forum – affordaBle Care aCtThe Affordable care Act ensures that Americans have access to quality, affordable health insurance. To achieve this goal, the law ensures that health plans offered in the individual and small group markets, both inside and outside of the Affordable Insurance ex-changes, offer a comprehensive package of items and services, known as “essential health benefits.” on december 16, 2011, the u.S. department of health and human Services (hhS) issued a bulletin to provide information and solicit comments on the regula-tory approach it plans to propose to define the essential benefits of health. essential health benefits must include items and services within at least the following 10 categories: am-bulatory patient services; emergency services; hospital-ization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; pediatric services, including oral and vision care. hhS intends to propose that essential health benefits are defined using a benchmark approach. under the department’s intended approach, states would have the flexibility to select a benchmark plan that reflects the scope of services offered by a “typical employer plan.” This approach would give states the flexibility to select a plan that would best meet the needs of their citizens. Public input on this proposal is encouraged. com-ments are due by January 31, 2012, and can be sent to: [email protected].
CoNgrATulATioNs To our fACulTY!over half of our Con faculty received e*value scores
of 4.5 or higher for the fall 2011 semester.Congratulations on this reflection of teaching excellence!
From: Bernock, Christine E
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012
To: Gail W Stuart
Subject: Recognition for MUSC Nursing Student
Good Morning,
I am sending this message in hopes that one of the nursing students at MUSC may receive
much deserved recognition.
On December 13, 2011, my son (a student at C of C) was out running when he went into
cardiac arrest. He was in downtown Charleston and much off a “beaten” path when Meg
Skeele happened upon the scene. Using her quick thinking and education she had learned
so far, Meg started CPR on my son.
The Fire Department and EMS both responded, and the situation was quite serious. Had
it not been for Meg - my son would not be alive today! I am also delighted to say that right
now the plan is for him to be back in Charleston by January 9th to begin spring semester at
C of C.
With the help of a cardiologist at MUSC we were able to track Meg down and meet her.
Thanking her just does not seem to be enough for what she has done for our family. I hope
the school will be able to recognize her in some way and let everyone know that CPR does
make a difference!
Thanks for your time and the education you are providing for future Health Care Workers!
Christine E. Bernock, RT(R)(QM)(M)
Radiologic Sciences Instructor, Spartanburg Community College
Margaret “Meg” skeele, an accelerated BSn student, class of 2012, was at the right place at the right time. meg saved the life of a college of charleston (c of c) student in cardiac arrest by quickly assessing the situation and perform-ing cPr until emS arrived on the scene. meg is a second degree student in the BSn program. She graduated from the university of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history/religious studies. upon graduation, meg plans to further her nursing education by entering the college’s dnP program with hopes of becoming a certified registered nurse anesthetist (crnA) in the future. The following emails were sent to the college of nursing in praise of meg’s heroic efforts.
I am an electrophysiology fellow at MUSC
and I am trying to find the name of a
senior nursing student that I met yesterday.
I was downtown and noticed a group of
people attending to a young man that had
just arrested. The student was doing chest
compressions and helped to maintain the
young man until EMS arrived. The patient
survived and is currently at MUSC in the
CCU. His family would like to speak with
her and thank her for her efforts. All I know
is that she is a senior student at MUSC
CON. If you could find her name, I know
his family would be very appreciative.
Thank you,
Michael Bernard, MD
Electrophysiology Fellow
MUSC College of Medicine
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Nurses top gallup’s “honesty and ethical standards” pollFor the 12th time in 13 years, nurses have topped the chart in Gallup’s annual survey on ethics and honesty. The recent gallup poll finds that Americans ranked nurses at the top with a “very high/high” rating of 84 percent (nearly 10 points better than the next highest ranked profession, pharma-cists). At the other end of the spectrum, Americans gave the least positive honesty and eth-ics ratings to members of con-gress. A record 64 percent of Americans rate the ethics and honesty of members of con-gress as “low” or “very low.” no profession has received a worse score since Gallup began asking Americans to rate the honesty and ethics of several professions in 1976.
January3-6 tuesday-fridayAccelerated BsN New student orientation
5 thursdaystethoscope Ceremony st. luke’s Chapel,181 ashley avenue4:30 p.m.
6 fridayinterprofessional Day
6 fridaystudent government Association oyster roast Charleston visitor Center Bus shed,375 Meeting street7 - 10:30 p.m.tickets: $12 / $15 at the doordetails - Kevin smuniewski [email protected]
15 sundayAccelerated BsN Application Deadline for August 2012 Admission
16 MondayMartin luther King, Jr. Day Con closed
26 thursdaysenior Photos Con historical library2 - 5 p.m.
30 MondayDr. susan stillwell Evidence-Based Practice WorkshopCon room 220 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Calendar of events
Humanitas entries duedeadline for submissions to humanitas is January 13, 2012. Send your visual art as a digital image file--the higher the resolution the better. Scanning your work is a good way to do this. People have also taken photographs of their work in the past. Please submit your paintings, drawings, photos, and writing via email to: [email protected] In order to help us organize submissions, please include the following lines in the mes-sage of your email:• your name• name of your work• Affiliation (program or department)• email address Top prize in each category (prose, poetry, and visual art) will be awarded $100. Previous volumes can be viewed at http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/humanities/humanitas.htm.
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Hispanic Health initiativeon december 10, the muSc college of nursing’s hispanic health Initiative participated in the 9th annual convoy of hope in north charleston. romina McCandless, coordinator for the PASos
program, participated by proving folic acid vitamins and preconception health information to the community. over 50 bottles of folic acid were distributed. anna teck-
lenburg, coordinator for his-panic health Initiatives, and Judith rundbaken provided information about Abrazos and helped interested parties register for the program. The convoy of hope brings together area church-es, businesses, community agencies and volunteers from the Greater charleston area
to provide free groceries, clothes, personal hygiene items and more to individuals who may need them. The carnival-like event also provided free refreshments, live entertainment, a children’s carnival area, medical services, job placement, haircuts, christmas presents for children and more.
E*ValueBeginning February 1, the e*Value login experience will be upgraded for muSc users through netId integrated login. using an individual’s netId and password, users will be able to access a new internal-to-muSc e*Value homepage linking them not only to e*Value but also other evaluation tools, re-sources and support services that are specific to muSc. The changes are expected to impact more than 7,000 campus-wide users specifically students, residents, faculty and evalua-tion administrators. As of February 1, users who need to manually log into e*Value will log in through the new muSc e*Value portal (http://evalue.musc.edu) using their netId and password. This upgrade will allow users to use their netId credentials to access a customized muSc-based portal through which they can access evaluations as well as news, training and infor-mation that’s relevant to our campus. If you have any questions, contact Annette hebebrand-Verner at (843) 792-9054 or [email protected].
office of PraCtICe
HHi scholars present at 5th Annual Health Disparities ConferenceSix hispanic health Initiative (hhI) scholars presented their commu-nity project at the 5th Annual conference on health disparities held in charleston on november 30, 2011. andrew stufflebean, Janice
McFaddin and Kris elmore presented a poster the group created titled, “Transportation barriers limit access to healthcare and commu-nity resources among hispanics.” anne Powell, veronica ramos and lindsey solomon led a roundtable discussion on the same topic. As part of their project, the hhI Scholars conducted a needs assessment in a community with a high percentage of Spanish-speaking residents. They found that public transportation was a key barrier to accessing health and social services. With their findings, the group developed a list of recommendations and presented these to the charleston Area regional Transportation Authority (cArTA). They also developed a transportation guide written in Spanish that will be distributed through-out the community. The scholars worked very diligently on this project and some have elected to continue working on it as they go into their fourth and final semester. Two students will be submitting the study for publication and three students are interested in addressing policy changes that would increase latino ridership.
Anna Tecklenburg, HHI program coordinator, stands behind the HHI Scholars that presented at the 5th Annual Conference on Health Disparities. The scholars sitting from left to right are
Andrew Stufflebean, Janice McFaddin, Kris Elmore, Anne Powell, Veronica Ramos and Lindsey Solomon.
grant submissionsJeannette o. andrews Phd, rn, FnP, Faan, Janelle Wagner,
Phd and Pamela Holtzclaw Williams, Jd, Phd, rn submitted three separate applications to the Patient-centered outcomes research Institute (PcorI) in pursuant to their call for Pilot Projects Grants Program’s PFA no: PI-12-001.
The broad long-term goal for dr. Andrews’ proposal is to develop training and training evaluation tools and methods for community-academic partnership teams conducting commu-
nity Based Participatory research (cBPr) that can be disseminated nationally. The title for this study is “development of evidence-based training and training evaluation measures for community based participatory research.” dr. Wagner’s application is titled “coping with epilepsy (coPe): A youth and caregiver self management interven-tion.” This submission represents an innovative, theory driven self-management intervention for a vulnerable population, families of youth with epilepsy. The overall aims of this study are to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the coPe intervention in enhancing patient-oriented outcomes. dr. Williams’ pilot study proposes the beginning of a
long-range process of burden measurement development with goals for developing domains generalizable for measurement across a multitude of rare diseases. The strategy is to begin a measurement tool’s conceptualization, field-testing, and valida-tion in a narrow population for future dissemination to other populations with rare disease. Individuals living with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATd, Alpha-1) are the proposed start-ing “narrow population.” The name for this pilot grant is “A
community partnership approach for advancing burden measurement in rare genetic conditions.”
Frank a. treiber, Phd submitted an application to the duke endowment’s health care – Advancing Innovation Grant. The study proposes an innovative approach of using mobile health technologies to: 1) help enhance patients’ abilities to self man-age their health status and enable their providers; to: 2) stay informed of their patients’ adherence levels and associated Blood Pressure (BP) levels; and 3) make timely changes in medical regimens. This healthcare model, titled: Smartphone
medication Adherence to Stop hypertension (SmASh), will also keep the patient and provider interconnected in real time for more timely implementation of medical regimen changes when needed. This model will result in establish-ment of sustained BP control to for uncontrolled patients, facilitate their adher-ence to other medications and other aspects of healthcare regimens resulting in improved health and well being.
office of researCH
Wagner
Andrews
Publications & presentations> PuBlIcATIonSgregoski, M., Barnes, V.A., Tingen, m.S., dong, y., Zhu, h., Treiber, F.A. (2012) dif-ferential impact of stress reduction programs upon ambulatory blood pressure among African American adolescents: Influences of endothe-lin-1 gene and chronic stress exposure. Inter-national Journal of hypertension, 2012,1-12. doi:10.1155/2012/510291
> PreSenTATIonS:treiber, F., gregoski, M. “Photoplethysmograph (PPG) derived heart rate (hr) acquisition using an Android smart phone.” Wireless health confer-ence, la Jolla, cA, october 2011.
Williams
Treiber
PhD newsThe Phd committee recently modified the process of inducting external mentors to the college of Graduate Studies in order to be able to serve on a student’s dis-sertation committee. If an external mentor has had an academic appointment and an earned terminal degree in their field, the process is unchanged. For mentors who do not have an academic appoint-ment, there is additional paperwork that is required. Please fully read the process. you can link here or find the document in the Phd Student handbook http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/nursing/departments/studentservices/documents/studen-thandbook/appointment_ext%20Mentor_Cgs_ap-plication.pdf
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congratulations to the following Phd students... Janet W. Primrose (advisor: dr. carolyn Jenkins) who recently success-fully defended her dissertation proposal and Hollie Campanella (advisor: dr. Gail Gilden) who passed her written and oral comprehensive exams.
Congratulations to convocation award recipientscongratulations to students and faculty who received awards at the college of nursing’s 2011 Winter convocation held on december 3. Cheryl Jones and Jennifer sedlak both completed the accler-ated BSn degree program with a perfect 4.0 GPA. gina turner Moss received the BSn outstanding Student Award, and gabe
Herr received the Kimberly michelle limbaker Award. Faculty were also recognized as Jane anderson, Msn, aPrn-
bC received the Golden lamp Award and Kathy neeley, rn, Msn,
CCrn received the outstanding clinical Faculty Award. Three students completed the Post-mSn doctor of nursing Practice degree, teresa Chandler, Christy Cockfield, and ellen
stanbach. Melissa aselage and teresa lawton, both Phd gradu-ates who completed requirements in August, returned to join the festivities.
Exchange Club selects three students for scholarshipsThe exchange club has selected Kris elmore, Cameron Funder-
burk, and andrew stufflebean to each receive a $1,200 scholar-ship. The exchange club looks specifically for students from the tri-county area who have at least a 3.0 GPA, and a track record of community service. recipients were recognized at a luncheon on december 8 for their contributions and achievements.
Multicultural student Nurses Association organized for CoN studentsIn July 2011, a cadre of fellow students saw a need to reestablish a formal organization, known as the multicultural Student nurses organization. The re-established organization shall be known as the multicultural Student nurses Association (mSnA). To identify the first slate of new officers, persons who had voiced an interest in re-establishing the new organization, along with other underrep-resented minority students, were invited to run for office. mSnA is offering many opportunities for all college of nurs-ing students to get involved. In the future, elections will be open to all college of nursing students who meet the officer criteria and nomination process guidelines. Anyone interested in working with the mSnA in some capacity should contact mSnA President ashleigh McCall at (843) 439-1427. The advisor for the group is Ida spruill, Phd, rn, lIsW, Faan. mnSA meets the last monday of each month. There is a one-time $15 membership fee.
student news
ramos selected for ruth Jaqui skudlarek scholarship Award
Fourth semester student, veronica ramos, has been selected to receive the ruth Jaqui Skud-larek Scholarship Award. This scholarship is for $1,900 and the recipient is recognized at convocation. Four outstanding students were nominated for this award which recog-nizes academic and clinical excellence in the “Population–Focused nursing” course.
Associate Professor deborah Williamson nominated Veronica, writing,”She inspired others to raise their level of performance by her dedication to produce quality work. her group excelled and went on to present their community project at a national disparities conference. She is compassionate, yet professional. She is committed, yet sensitive to the cultural values of the families.” Veronica wrote in her reflection paper about the impact of Assistant Professor susan newman’s presentation to her class. She shared that the presentation “peeked her intellectual curiosity and she went straight to the literature to learn about persons with disabilities and how to be an advocate.”
“ A teacher’s purpose is not
to create students in his own
image, but to develop students
who can create their
own image.”
— Author unknown
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M U S C C o l l e g e o f N U r S i N g
2011 a Great Year!
W e W i s h Y o u a h a p p Y & h e a lt h Y 2 0 1 2 !
laurie scott has been appointed the MusC College of Nursing’s new development director. she brings over 19 years of experience in strategic fundraising and communications with expertise in planned giving, major gifts,
and charitable/corporate foundations and trusts. laurie joined the College in september after four years as development manager of gift planning for the university of auckland (NZ) where she worked across all disciplines to raise funds for the university’s $125 million capital campaign. laurie is committed to honoring the rich tradition of nursing at MusC and ensuring the College takes its place as one of the top nursing schools in the country.
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