Division of Nursing 2003-04

Meg Cole

Attended:

• Alabama Baby Coalition meeting, Mobile, Alabama

• Presentation:  "Periods of Perinatal Risk, Factors, and Statistics"

•  Mobile/Baldwin County Winter AWHONN Conference, Mobile, Alabama

• Presentation on the retention of nurses and the nursing shortage

• Perinatal Periods of Risk workshop, Washington, DC

• Poster Presentation on perinatal periods of risk data for Mobile County, Alabama

Presentations:

• United Methodist Women in Mission, Theodore United Methodist Church:  "Guatemala:  A Mission Trip of Hope"

Member:

• Alabama Perinatal Association

• Association of Women’s Health Obstetrical and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

• Alabama AWHONN Association:  Education Director

• Alabama Baby Coalition: Chairperson, Data Collection and Analysis, Fetal Infant Mortality Review Committee

• Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing

• Hispanic Ministries Committee, United Methodist Mobile District

Reviewer:

• AWHONN Lifelines

• American Journal of Public Health

• International Journal of Public Health (guest reviewer)

Continued to revise required clinical course paperwork to improve students' learning experience

Updated tests and did analysis for higher-level questions in NUR 300 Foundations of Nursing Care, NUR 320 Nursing of the Childbearing Family, and NUR 411 Child and Adolescent Health

Works in progress:

• Draft of past three years of Alabama Baby Coalition statistics for publication

• Presentations on mission trip to Guatemala

• Draft of innovations for integrating research into a baccalaureate nursing program

• Continuing to update NUR 300 Foundations of Nursing Care, NUR 320 Nursing of the Childbearing Family, and NUR 411 Child and Adolescent Health

• Searching for and implementing teaching methods other than PowerPoint and lecture that will increase active student learning in class

Pat Hall

Working to obtain my Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of South Alabama; expect to complete the program in December 2004 and take the certification exam in Spring 2005

• Graduate-level pharmacology course taken as part of the program enhanced my teaching in NUR 202 Pharmacology

• Clinical hours completed as part of the program have enhanced my teaching abilities and kept me current with patient care practices

Attended:

• Annual OB/GYN Conference, sponsored by the University of South Alabama

• Sigma Theta Tau Research Day

• Bay Area Nurse Practitioners local meetings

Presentations/talks given:

• Cub Scout Pack 227, Den 1:  information on completion of their Fitness Badge; presentation included harmful effects of smoking, alcohol, and drugs as well as benefits of proper nutrition and exercise

Reviewer:

• Critical Care Nurse

Participated in nursing division's summer faculty retreat (funded by Teagle)

Worked with Dr. Julie Sanford on the development of the nursing division plan for research integration

Developed NUR 202 Pharmacology as a hybrid online course to be taught in summer 2004

Used ERes and PowerPoint in courses

Works in progress:

• Working with other division members on a summer Teagle grant 

• Developing a web-based survey to be sent to nursing division chairs throughout the country to assess current trends in nursing curricula

• Literature search and literature review to be included in a potential publication

• Searching for opportunities to disseminate findings from my doctoral dissertation

Carol Harrison [Division Chair]

Awarded:

• Dawson Service Award

Attended:

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) annual meeting, Washington, DC :  "Critical Resources: The Cost of Doing Business" 

• Alabama Organization of Nurse Executives meetings

• Alabama Council of Academic Programs in Nursing Education meeting, Montgomery, Alabama

• "Caring for the Caregiver: Stress Relief for the Professional Practicing Safe Stress," Mercy Medical; Mobile County Home Health

• "Bioterrorism: Health Care Personnel on the Firing Line," Alabama Department of Public Health

• "Update on Women's Healthcare Issues: Premenstrual Syndrome," Providence Hospital, Mobile, Alabama

• "Organizational Ethics and Leadership in Health Care," Providence Hospital, Mobile, Alabama

• "Renal Transplantation: An Overview," University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

• "Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention: Current Issues and Trends," Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama

• "Internet as a Tool for Evidence-Based Practice," University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

• "Celebrate What's Right with the World," Providence Hospital, Mobile, Alabama

• "Leading Your Team," Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, Alabama

• "Critical Thinking and Test Item Writing," HESI Testing System, Mobile, Alabama

• "LXR Test 6.0 Training: Test Preparation for Nursing Students" Providence Hospital, Mobile, Alabama

• "NCLEX Update," Sylvia Rayfield and Assoc. Inc., Gulf Shores, Alabama

• SHC information technology workshops

Presentations/talks given:

• Parish Nursing Course: "Ethics in Parish Nursing"

• Parish Nursing Course: "Accountability and Documentation"

• Fairhope High School Career Day: "Nursing as a Career"

• Chamber of Commerce, High School Counselors: "The Profession of Nursing"

Divisional Grants:

• Scholarship funding from Springhill Memorial Hospital for three SHC nursing students

Awarded:

• Teagle grant for summer 2003 retreat for the nursing division

Member:

• Mobile Chapter, Alabama Organization of Nurse Executives: Board of Directors;  President-Elect

• Alabama Organization of Nurse Executives:  RN Refresher Course Committee

• State of Alabama Baccalaureate Deans and Directors of Nursing:  Chair

• Mercy Medical Board of Directors:  Vice-chair;  Chair, Nominations Committee

• Alabama State Nurses Association (ASNA)

• Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing

• American Nurses Association

• District VIII, Baldwin County Nurses Society 

• Phi Kappa Phi

• Parish Nursing Consortium

• Chamber of Commerce Health Consortium:  Board member

• Chamber of Commerce School to Career Committee

Revised NUR 100 Introduction to Professional Nursing and Health: added clinical component

Revised NUR 430 Senior Seminar I: Augmented material with guest speakers

Participated in nursing division's summer faculty retreat (funded by Teagle) during which faculty worked on testing and inputting questions into the LXR system  

Worked on CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) accreditation visit and report and the Alabama Board of Nursing annual report

Works in progress:

• Development of Leadership in Health graduate degree in collaboration with other members of the college community

• CCNE accreditation report

• Board of Nursing annual report

• Revising portions of NUR 430 Senior Seminar I and NUR 460 Senior Seminar II

• Finding scholarship opportunities for nursing students, especially in the area of federal funding

Terran Mathers

Attended:

• American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) 35^th National Symposium, Washington, DC

• Presentation: "The Grant Process: Successful Funding"

• Volunteer Leaders Orientation Workshop and Capitol Hill Day, Washington, DC

• Alabama League for Nursing Annual Meeting, Orange Beach, Alabama

• Poster presentation:  "Meeting Student Needs Through a Hybrid/Blended Approach" 

• Alabama State Nurses Association 90^th Annual Convention, Opelika, Alabama

• Poster presentation:  "Meeting Student Needs Through a Hybrid/Blended Approach" 

• Elizabeth Morris Annual Clinical Education Sessions -- FACES '04, Montgomery, Alabama

• Poster presentation: "Prepare in Advance, Teach for the Moment: Multimedia Interaction Techniques"

• A Research Day: Sharing Nursing Research, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

• Presentation:  "A Comparison of Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Renal Failure Between Middle-Aged and Elderly Hemodialysis Patients"

• Sylvia Rayfield Workshop, Gulf Shores, Alabama

• "Domestic Violence," Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, Alabama

• Parish Nurse Institute

• Presentation: "Functions of the Parish Nurse: Personal Health Counselor"

• SHC Hybrid Course Workshop

Presentations/talks given:

• SHC Board of Trustees Faculty Development Committee: "Health and Aging: A Hybrid Course Approach"

• SHC COOL Day: "Meeting Student Needs Through a Hybrid/Blended Approach" (poster presentation)

• SHC Faculty Friday: "Case Studies: Kick Them Up with Innovative Technology!"

• SHC Faculty to Faculty presentation: "Health and Aging: A Hybrid Course Approach"

Awarded:

• Teagle Summer Curriculum Revision Grant for revision of NUR 420 Community as Client

• Alabama State Nurses Association Best Poster Presentation Award (for "Meeting Student Needs Through a Hybrid/Blended Approach")

Member:

• American Nephrology Nurses Association

• National Research Committee: Chairperson

• Professional Practice Committee

Reviewer:

• Nephrology Journal  

Assisted nursing students in:

• Putting on the SHC Health Fair (in collaboration with the Wellness Center)

• Offering "Wellness Checks" to faculty, staff, and students

• Peer presentations on SHC campus through NUR 420 Community as Client and in collaboration with the Wellness Center

• "Nutrition"

• "Breast Cancer"

• Community presentations to primary school children and to residents at the Little Sisters of the Poor through NUR 420 Community as Client and NUR 310 Community Mental Health

• "Hurricane Preparedness"

• "Bullying and Friendship"

• "Anger Management"

• "Appropriate Nutrition"

• "Memory"

• "Reminiscing"

• "Medication Compliance"

• Helping with field trips and school activities at Corpus Christi School

Assisted Dr. Carol Harrison in writing a nursing division proposal for the Teagle Divisional Retreat Grant which the division received 

Updated NUR 310 Community Mental Health, NUR 420 Community as Client, and NUR 201 Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Offered NUR 210 Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition and GNT 200 Health and Aging as hybrid in-class/online courses 

Assisted with preparation of the CCNE accreditation report and with preparations for the CCNE accreditation visit

Works in progress:

• Revising dissertation for publication: "Comparison of Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Renal Failure Between Middle-Aged and Elderly Hemodialysis Patients"

• Writing/revising the chapter on "Contemporary Nephrology Nursing" for the American Nephrology Nurses Association's The Older Patient with Renal Disease (previously titled The Geriatric Patient)

• Working with Dr. Lisa Hager on an article, "Easy Steps to Grant Writing," for the research column of Nephrology Journal of ANNA (American Nephrology Nurses Association)

• Revising NUR 420 Community as Client

• Revising NUR 201 Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

• Revising GNT 200 Health and Aging

Julie Sanford

Courses taken:

• Advanced Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Spring 2004

Publications:

• Sanford, J. (in Press).  Oxygenation Chapter.  In J. Smith-Temple & Johnson (Eds.). Nurses' guide to clinical procedures (5th Ed.).  Philadelphia: Lippincott.  Non-refereed.

• Sanford, J. & Townsend-Rocchiccioli.  (November 2003).  Cash for Kidneys:  The use of financial incentives in organ donation.  Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 4(1), 275-280.  Refereed.

Presentations:

• NUR 430 Senior Seminar I:  presented research findings 

• SHC poster presentation:  "Engaged Learning at its Best: The Clinical Scenario, Faculty Sharing"

Attended:

• Sigma Theta Tau International Conference:  Innovations in Clinical Excellence, Toronto, Canada

• Presentation: “The Relationships Among Stress, Burden and Health Status in Rural Caregivers"

• Zeta Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, Mobile, Alabama

• Presentation: “The Relationships Among Stress, Burden and Health Status in Rural Caregivers”

• Nursing Education 2003: The Conference for Nursing Educators, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Presentation: "A Quest for Quality: Strategies to Enhance your Online Course, Part I and II"

• "The New NCLEX: Update," Sylvia Rayfield and Assoc. Inc., Gulf Shores, Alabama

• A Research Day: Sharing Nursing Research, Zeta Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

• Served on Organizing Committee

Awarded:

• Teagle Summer Research Grant for study entitled "The Health Status of Rural Caregivers: A Qualitative Study"

• Teagle Faculty Development Grant

• Teagle Faculty Retreat Grant:  Clinical Sites

• Excellence in Nursing Research Award, from Zeta Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing

Reviewer:

• Art illustrations for Essentials of Pathophysiology by Carol M. Porth 

Member:

• American Nurses Association

• Alabama State Nurses Association

• National Science Teachers Association

• Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing

As sole instructor for the first time of NUR 410 Adult Health II, developed new classes for the material I had not taught before; also utilized some different teaching strategies: group activities, gaming, NCLEX-style questions, case studies; used ERes and PowerPoint; provided students with rationales for all questions during test review sessions

Updated NUR 301 Health Assessment: added online component using Blackboard as the platform

Worked on a method to integrate nursing research into the nursing curriculum in a more systematic and comprehensive way; developed a plan for how research would be implemented and helped select textbook

Participated in the CCNE accreditation process

Attended faculty retreat for the development of clinical sites

Served as nurse volunteer at the national Junior Miss finals in Mobile 

Served as Science Olympiad regional judge for the Science of Fitness Event at the University of South Alabama  

Hosted a group of 7^th grade boys for a Discipleship Weekend for Cottage Hill Baptist Church

Works in progress:

• Writing up findings from summer 2003 research project for publication

• Waiting on review process for article submitted for publication

• Final drafts of article for possible publication

• Ongoing research with Dr. Judith Townsend-Rocchiccioli (a member of my dissertation committee):

• “The health status of rural caregivers: A qualitative study of rural caregivers in Virginia and West Virginia"

•  “The relationships among burden, stress, and health status in of rural caregivers in Virginia and West Virginia"

• Continuing to develop new teaching strategies that promote engaged learning

• Revising NUR 301 Health Assessment to include more student practice time

• Revising NUR 445 Critical Care to include more pathophysiology