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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A A T C H A P E L H I L L S C H O O L O F N U R S I N G • S u m m e r 2 0 0 4 Carolina NURSING Dear Alumni and Friends, I hope this summer finds you in good health, among the people who love and support you, and with whom you find comfort. Many of you will take a much needed respite from the intensity of your work by vacationing at the North Carolina seashore or in the cool of the moun-tains. Summertime has traditionally been considered by many of us on the faculty and staff as a welcome interlude between May, when classes end, and August, when students spill back onto campus to start the aca-demic year. Indeed, the pulse quick-ens for these 10 months, but the rhythm of life and learning at your School of Nursing has likely changed since you graduated or last visited with us. On Saturday, May 8, we graduat-ed over 160 BSN, MSN and PhD students. We then turned around on Monday, May 10, to welcome 43 stu-dents into the third cohort to begin the accelerated 14-month BSN pro-gram for people who already hold a baccalaureate degree in another field. Over Memorial Day Weekend, faculty worked into the night to write and edit research grants that were due the first week in June. Their nationally acclaimed research to help patients manage the pain from cancer, to reduce Type II dia-betes in adults and children, to help low income mothers with depression symptoms help themselves, and to assess the health of pre-term infants, to name just a few areas of expertise, depends upon external support. I’m pleased to tell you that we just received word from the National Institutes of Health that your SON is now ranked third in the nation for the research that we do. The pace and rhythm of Carrington Hall has changed signif-icantly from previous years when we did not admit students in May. Admission at your School of Nursing has become a year-round endeavor so we can do our part to help educate more nurses to allevi-ate the shortage, which you will read more about in this issue of CN. We are now considering how we can admit more students to attend the 24-month program by going to twice a year admissions, thereby increasing our total enrollments from 160 to over 200 students in both the traditional and accelerated programs. This will mean making some scheduling adaptations for curriculum and clinical site experi-ences. Currently, we must turn away many qualified students who desire a baccalaureate nursing education and seek admission at our School. We simply do not have sufficient funds to hire additional faculty and staff members. And, until the new building is complete, there is limit-ed space for expansion. We hope this will change and we are working fervently toward the goal of increas-ing our BSN student admissions. As a leading SON in the nation, one of our key roles is to provide advanced education to create the faculty who will teach future stu-dents throughout North Carolina. With critical resource support, we will be better able to tell more stu-dents and their families that they have been accepted to the SON. Our priority is to help meet a myriad of health care demands that our friends, loved ones, and neighbors will face here in North Carolina and in other parts of the nation and world. I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for what you do—and will continue to do— to open your hearts to Carolina and the School of Nursing. We are unable to fulfill our promise to pro-vide excellent nursing education, science, and care without you. Sincerely, LINDA R. CRONENWETT, PHD, RN, FAAN Dean FROM THEDean Carolina Nursing is published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing for the School’s alumni and friends. Dean Linda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN Editor Sunny Smith Nelson Contributing Writers Norma Hawthorne Anne Webb Photography Dr. Anne Belcher Dr. Mona Bingham Andrew Ross Sunny Smith Nelson Anne Webb Design and Production Alison Duncan Design Office of Advancement Norma Hawthorne, Director Anne Webb, Associate Director, Alumni Affairs and Annual Fund Sunny Smith Nelson, Associate Director, Public Relations and Communications Austin Johnson, Public Information Assistant Ami Shah, Health Affairs Communications Intern Shelley Clayton, Work-Study Intern School of Nursing The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carrington Hall, CB #7460 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 (919) 966-4619 E-mail: sonalum@unc.edu http://nursing.unc.edu Summer 2004 Carolina NURSING IN THIS ISSUE 6 The Nursing Shortage in North Carolina 8 Opening the Doors of Opportunity: Scholarships that Support the Future of Nursing 12 From Pen and Paper to Bricks and Mortar: A Chat with Maggie Miller about the New Building Addition 14 Building Our Future: A Construction Progress Report 18 Nurses Appreciation Day: A Tribute to Our Alums with Support from Johnson & Johnson REGULAR FEATURES 2 Roll Call 3 SONdries 16 Noteworthy Nurses 19 Alumni News 22 Development News 26 Alumni Notes 27 Calendar of Events On the Cover: Ed (AB ’54) and Rae (BSN ’55) Starnes, longtime Carolina supporters, recently donated two of Ed’s original watercolors to hang in Carrington Hall and the new building addition. Pictured here is University Day, a tribute to the people and landmarks that make UNC such a special place. With a gift to the building fund, you can receive your complimentary copy of this special painting. See page 25 for more information. Dr. Linda Beeber was recognized this spring as an “emerg-ing nursing research star” at the 10th Annual M. Elizabeth Carnegie Research Conference at Howard University in Washington, DC. She was among only a handful of nursing researchers recog-nized for their dedication to reducing health disparities. Beth Black was recently awarded the 2004 Mickel-Shaw Excellence in Advising Award from UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and the General College. This award is based on nomi-nations by students and is awarded by the deans of the colleges to one aca-demic advisor each year for outstanding work with undergraduate student advisees. Congratulations to Stewart Bond, a student in the SON doctoral program and UNC’s Certificate in Aging program, who was one of only six to win a presentation award at The Aging Exchange. The event, sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging and other university departments, was created to recognize the research, education and service performed at UNC on behalf of the elderly. Bond’s paper, co-authored with Drs. Virginia Neelon, Michael Belyea and doctoral student Su Hyun Kim, focused on delirium resolution in older hospitalized cancer patients. Dr. Barbara Waag Carlson has been honored with the 2004 Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Award. The award is given annually to recognize outstanding research and teaching accomplish-ments in aging research at UNC. Carlson, an assistant professor and associate director of the School’s Biobehavioral Lab, is studying how events during sleep contribute to cogni-tive decline in older adults. Carlson is a double SON alumna, having received her MSN in 1990 and PhD in 1997. Dr. Margaret Clayton, a 2003 doc-toral alumna and current postdoctoral fellow at the SON, won the Top Young Scholar Award from the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication. The award, sponsored by the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Communication, and the University of Kentucky Department of Communication, honors an exceptional researcher who has earned a doctoral degree in the past five years. Clayton presented her paper “Testing a model of communication, uncertainty and emotional well-being in older breast cancer survivors” during the conference at the University of Kentucky in April. Congratulations to Dr. Martha Henderson, co-recipient of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award for 2003. Henderson, the first author, with UNC co-authors Dr. Laura C. Hanson and Dr. Kimberly S. Reynolds, published Improving Nursing Home Care of the Dying: A Training Manual for Nursing Home Staff. The book was chosen as one of the most valuable nursing texts of 2003 and one of only three recipients in the gerontological nursing category. Clinical instructor Eileen Horn is the recipient of the UNC Access Award, an honor given to faculty who have shown exception-al support and under-standing in their work with students who have learning disabilities or atten-tion deficit disorders. The award is pre-sented annually by the University’s Learning Disabilities Services Department. Congratulations to Brant Nix, this year’s Staff of the Year Award winner. Nix, who is the SON’s Biobehavioral Lab manager and bio-medical technologist, has been with the School since January 2000. One nomination said of Nix, “He takes a leadership role in the devel-opment and standardization of new technology and has made unique contributions to several research studies adapting equipment in special ways that allows the investigator to gather data in the field reliably and with fewer burdens to the research subjects.” Dr. Anne Skelly has been awarded the first Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Nursing in recognition of her work in diabetes scholarship and research. She graduat-ed from the university with her BSN in 1976, MSN in 1979 and PhD in 1992. 2 CAROLINA NURSING ROLL CALL Beeber Waag Carlson Nix Horn Henderson Bond New Faculty and Faculty Promotions Dr. Linda Brown has been promoted from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor. Dr. Donna Havens has been promoted to professor with tenure. Robin Corbett is the SON’s newest visiting assistant clinical professor. Jo Ann Hendricks is the new health-care coordinator with the Central Orange Adult Day Health Center in Hillsborough, NC. Hendricks was hired through the SON to provide part-time care to the Center’s daily visitors. New clinical instructors include Lindsay Allen, Christine Benson, Jeanne Brown, Colleen Glair-Gajewski, Angela Lee, Janet Morton, Ruth Ouimette and Jennie Wagner. New research instructors include Phyllis Kennel. Does race really matter when it comes to providing quality skin and wound care? This is a question that Dr. Courtney H. Lyder, the University of Virginia Medical Center professor of nursing and internal medicine, has spent his career trying to answer. Lyder spent a week in Chapel Hill this February as the SON’s 2004 ethnic minority visiting scholar speaking with students, faculty, alumni and nursing colleagues about the issue. As a senior consult-ant on skin and wound care issues for the US Department of Health and Human Services and the nation’s first African American man to hold an endowed professorship in nursing, many of the folks he spoke with said he offered a unique insight into wound care for minori-ties. According to Lyder, processes of care appear to depend on race, with more people of color suffering from skin and wound care problems. The cause, he says, includes a dearth of race-related skin and wound care research and assessment techniques that do not include a melanocentric perspective. With the US population continuing to “brown” as minori-ties make up a greater proportion of the citizenry, the concern over the issue is expected to grow. The solu-tion? More research on the issue and a commitment by nurses to learn the importance of caring for all skin types. SUMMER 2004 3 SONDRIES Noted skin, wound care treatment specialist visits SON to share expertise Dr. Jo Ann Dalton was honored for her School of Nursing service, scholar-ship and research at the 2004 Kemble Lecture. Pictured here (left to right) are SON faculty chair Dr. Mary Lynn; Dr. Dalton; Dean Linda Cronenwett; and featured speaker Dr. Betty Ferrell, seated. Lyder When many of Dr. Jo Ann Dalton’s former students and col-leagues speak about her, the words “leader,” “innovator,” and “men-tor” are often used. Dalton served the SON and the state’s nursing community for nearly 30 years as a trailblazer in pain management care and research before stepping down last July to be near her family in Atlanta. It was only fitting then that she was honored for her contri-butions to the profession at the School’s 2004 Elizabeth L. Kemble Lecture in March. Dr. Betty Ferrell, a research scientist at City of Hope National Medical Center and a rec-ognized pain management expert in her own right, was the featured speaker. Dr. Ferrell’s presentation, entitled “The Science and Art of Pain Management,” explored pain from both a patient and caregiver perspective while outlining priorities for future research. According to Ferrell, the science of pain manage-ment— a standard of care for pain relief, pain assessment, pharmaco-logical advances and non-drug treatments—must be combined with the art of pain manage-ment— listening and offering com-passion— in order to better aid patients in their suffering. And as pain becomes a larger priority in the health-care community, nurses must continue to discover and develop their own voices, acting as agents of change, advocacy and accountability in order to improve the quality of pain assessment, management and education. Perhaps this is why, even in her “retirement,” Dalton is acting as the interim associate dean for academic affairs and chair of the adult and elder health nursing department at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Kemble Lecture honors retired pain management expert, respected faculty member 4 CAROLINA NURSING SONDRIES The SON’s Professor Carol P. Fray Office of Multicultural Affairs has a new web site and advisory board to help advance its mission of addressing the most salient multicultural issues shaping the lives of people in a global society. You can learn more about the OMA and its initiatives by visiting http://nursing.unc.edu/departments/oma/. Josephine Nelson Osborn (BSN ’71), with a gift of $50,000 to the building campaign, has named the OMA to honor retired Professor Carol P. Fray, the first African American faculty member at the SON. OMA gets new web site, advisory board Since 1994, the Center for Research on Chronic Illness has served as a funding and mentoring hub for the research performed at the School of Nursing. Dr. Joanne Harrell, an internationally noted researcher on childhood overweight and cardiovascular risk factors, has guided the CRCI since its inception. She recently stepped down as direc-tor this spring, however, to accept appointment as the 2004-2005 Frances Hill Fox Scholar and to focus more intensely on her own critical research that is claiming international attention. At a recent reception to honor Harrell, Dean Linda Cronenwett thanked her for her valued leadership and expertise and welcomed Dr. Diane Holditch- Davis as the new leader of CRCI. The Center will continue the majority of its functions, with the exception of grant funding, to help the School remain one of the top nursing research institutions in the nation. SON lauds Dr. Joanne Harrell for decade of leadership with CRCI Dr. Joanne Harrell Dr. Rumay Alexander, Director, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Office of Multicultural Affairs Ms. Angeline Baker, Nurse Manager, UNC Hospitals Ms. Ruby Borden, Secretary, Central Carolina Nurses Council Ms. Elizabeth Burkett, MSN ’75 Mr. Moses Carey, Jr., Executive Director, Piedmont Health Services Dr. Linda Cronenwett, Dean, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Ms. Dianne Evans, Career Counselor, Cedar Ridge High School Ms. Brandi Hamlin, MSN Student, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Ms. Edith Hubbard, Associate Director, UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Sponsored Research Dr. Larry Keith, Associate Director, UNC School of Medicine Office of Educational Development and Director, UNC School of Medicine Special Programs Dr. Vicki Kowlowitz, Director, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Center for Instructional Technology and Educational Support Mr. Darryl Lester, Principal, Hindsight Consulting Dr. Chris McQuiston, Associate Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing and Director, Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research Ms. Kathy Moore, Director, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Office of Admissions & Student Services Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, Director for Diversity Education and Research, UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Minority Affairs Dr. Theresa Raphael-Grimm, Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Ms. Anh Tran, PhD Student, UNC School of Public Health Mr. Charles Watts, Chief Legal Counsel, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Ms. Amie Wong, BSN Student, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Mr. Harold Woodard, Associate Dean, UNC-Chapel Hill Office for Student Academic Counseling OMA Advisory Board SUMMER 2004 5 SONDRIES The School of Nursing celebrat-ed this year’s National Public Health Week with a series of informative and interactive events. Members of the faculty, students and local com-munity participated, and many said they were astonished to learn of the health disparities that exist in their own backyard. The week’s activities kicked off with a seminar hosted by the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research, the result of a partnership among the nursing schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina Central University. The discussion focused on partnering with minority communities in developing and conducting research to reduce health disparities. A poster presenta-tion and reception followed. For those unable to attend the seminar, two students in the School’s community health class, Trudy Perkinson and Anne McPherson, created a display in the School’s main lobby. Pictured here, the students said the purpose of the display is to raise understanding and publicize the challenges faced in improving health care in North Carolina and the nation. The display will remain in the lobby throughout the summer so anyone visiting the School can learn more about the issue. Daily e-mails highlighting health disparities in North Carolina were also sent to the school’s faculty, staff and students. Dr. Jennifer Leeman, project director for CIHDR, publicized in the first e-mail some of the state’s failing grades as recently reported in the “Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in North Carolina 2003 Report Card,” and disseminated a written copy of the report and a list of research studies underway to deal with health dis-parities. Dr. Sonda Oppewal, the School’s associate dean for commu-nity partnerships and practice and American Public Health Association (APHA) Public Health Nursing Section immediate past chairperson, helped to organize the week���s activities. “Each e-mail focused on a dif-ferent aspect of racial and ethnic health disparities by using the resources from APHA related to dis-parities,” said Oppewal. “The e-mail messages summarized information about disparities among groups related to specific diseases, among rural groups, women and minority populations. The entire week’s focus on health disparities engaged every-one in better understanding prob-lems of health disparities that face an incredible number of Americans and helped us all become better aware of success stories related to helping reduce disparities. The hope was that everyone who sees this message will take an active interest and become involved with helping to create a healthier nation that no longer is marked by disparities according to race, ethnicity, gender, residence, literacy or socioeconomic status.” SON Celebrates National Public Health Week The week’s focus on health disparities engaged everyone in better under-standing problems of health disparities that face an incred-ible number of Americans, and helped us all become better aware of success stories related to helping reduce disparities. The nursing shortage in North Carolina—that nebulous phrase so often thrown about but a term that few have a firm grasp upon—has finally been pinned down by a group of the state’s most respected nursing administrators, caretakers and policy makers. Known as the North Carolina Institute of Medicine’s Nursing Shortage Task Force, this group met for over a year to discuss the issue, studying cur-rent statistics such as age, race, gender, migration, compensation and the educational system that produces the state’s newest caretak-ers. They applied the latest numbers to create projections of what to expect in the next two to three decades. Their results were a wake-up call, to say the least. Dean Linda Cronenwett, who participated on the task force along-side Dr. Cynthia Freund, the group’s co-chair and the SON’s dean emeri-ta, has special insight into the find-ings. “The task force had members from all aspects of nursing, health care, government and education,” she says. “Every issue reached the table, and data were used as the basis for proposing solutions for North Carolina.” Age appears to be the biggest threat to the profession with the nursing workforce and the state’s population both graying. According to the latest figures, 14% of regis-tered nurses and 18% of licensed practical nurses in North Carolina are over the age of 55. This means that a large portion of the nursing workforce will be retiring within the next ten years, just as the state’s population is on its way to growing by nearly 2 million more new citizens. As for the state’s general popula-tion, the number of North 6 CAROLINA NURSING The Nursing Shortage in North Carolina “The task force had members from all aspects of nursing, health care, govern-ment and education. Every issue reached the table, and data were used as the basis for proposing solutions for North Carolina.” DEAN LINDA CRONENWETT BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON You knew it was coming. You’ve heard your friends and colleagues in other states saying they were hit hard by it. But you probably didn’t know it was going to be this severe. Carolinians over the age of 65 is expected to double by 2030. Those over the age of 85 are projected to increase by more than 150%. Demand for nurses with more specialized skills, particularly in geriatrics, will skyrocket as a result. This is a scary thing to contemplate when you consider that, according to one recent study, each additional patient added to a nurse’s workload increases the probability of patient mortality by 7%. Relying on the state’s traditional supply of nurses—young white women—to solve this shortage sim-ply won’t work, the task force found. This group has many more career options open to them than their mothers or grandmothers did. And while many within this population do want to pursue nursing, the state’s nursing schools cannot meet the demand. A number of nursing schools across North Carolina, including UNC-Chapel Hill, have had to deny admission to qualified students because they don’t have the budget to expand enrollments. Other problems experienced by these schools include lack of space, quali-fied faculty and sites for clinical education. Last year, more than 4,100 potential RNs and 680 poten-tial LPNs were turned away because of schools’ budget constraints. And just as the state’s population of nurses and citizens is getting older, so are the nursing educators. So what are the solutions to the shortage? Simply put, North Carolina must face each of these issues head on. Nursing education programs must receive more resources to be able to educate more nurses. Recruiting non-traditional students such as men and minorities—who will more accurately reflect the state’s citizenry—is a must. The state can-not rely on the in-migration of nurses from other states—which so far has helped North Carolina fare better than many of her neigh-bors— to fill the upcoming swell in vacancies. Working conditions must improve. Salaries must rise to meet inflation. “Everyone with a stake in this issue—and that includes nurses— needs to speak up,” notes Cronenwett. “Let your legislators know that we need to expand nurs-ing enrollments. Let employers know that nurses are a resource you value—and one that they should, too.” The alternative may be a situation that none of us are ready to face. SUMMER 2004 7 Quick Facts The North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force was funded by a grant from the Duke Endowment. Task force members met from January 2003 to May 2004. Dean Emerita Cynthia Freund co-chaired the group with Joseph D. Crocker, the senior vice president and manager of community affairs at Carolinas Banking. Other SON representatives on the task force included Dean Linda Cronenwett; Ernest Grant, an adjunct faculty member and outreach clini-cian with the NC Jaycee Burn Center; Michael Gates, a doc-toral candidate; and eight SON alumni representing sev-eral different health-care insti-tutions. The average age of an RN in 1983 was 38.3 years. In 2001, the average age was 43.6 years. The average age of an LPN in 1983 was 40.5 years. In 2001, the average age was 44.9 years. Those choosing to go into nursing are doing so at later ages. The average age of nursing graduates in 2000 was 30.5 years, compared to 24.3 in 1984. Only 12% of RNs and 26% of LPNs in North Carolina are a racial or ethnic minority, compared to 28% of the state’s general population. Only 6% of the state’s RNs and 5% of the LPNs are men. The RN and LPN workforce must grow by 50% over the next decade to avoid a short-age. Elizabeth Peters, a 14-month student, is set to graduate in August and join the nursing work-force at UNC Hospitals. She's pictured here with Elaine Harwood, one of her clinical mentors and a SON faculty member. The looming nursing shortage that has been the talk of national health-care circles has finally found its way to North Carolina, with the N.C. Institute of Medicine reporting a 12% shortage across the state. This has dire implications for North Carolina’s citizens, especially as the number of nurses is projected to continue decreasing as the popula-tion increases. In February the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reinforced this need for more nurses with a report that registered nurses top the list of 10 occupations with the most growth potential through 2012. So with this demand for more nurses, what often is a deciding factor for those who would be future nurses? Simply put, it’s money. Total program fees for the SON’s in-state 24-month program, which covers tuition, uni-versity and clinical fees for four semesters and two summers of study, is over $10,000. For out-of-state students, the cost skyrockets to over $39,000. Scholarships for these potential nurses can often mean the difference between pursuing a pro-fessional dream and searching for a more affordable though less satisfy-ing alternative. Of the 530 students at the SON this past academic year, over 150 were on a full or partial scholarship. Over the next three years, the School has a goal of creating 50 new scholarships for nursing stu-dents, thereby helping ensure a more stable supply of the state’s most scarce health-care resource. Featured here are the stories behind a few of the SON’s scholarships and the nursing students whose lives have been transformed by them. 8 CAROLINA NURSING Scholarships That Support the Future of Nursing Opening the Doors of Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice. RALPH WALDO EMERSON BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON, ANNE WEBB AND NORMA HAWTHORNE Audrey Booth (MSN ���56), the SON’s first MSN graduate, was honored recently with a named scholarship funded by Walter Royal Davis. She is pic-tured here with scholarship recipi-ent Sherree Skinner (BSN ’04). Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship Fund for Baccalaureate Nursing Students Helene Schwab Fuld lived dur-ing the Golden Age of New York in the nineteenth century, yet she was not immune to the wretched pover-ty that existed in the city only blocks from the mansions of the Vanderbilts, Astors and Gettys. During her lifetime she worked hard to relieve the sickness, suffer-ing and deprivation that she encountered. In the process, she passed along the value of helping those in need to her children Leonhard and Florentine. When Helene died in 1923, the Fuld siblings created a foundation in her name to continue her work. The foundation’s purpose was refined in 1961 to support “the health and welfare of student nurs-es,” and today the Trust, now administered by HSBC Bank USA, is the country’s largest private founda-tion devoted exclusively to support-ing nursing students and their edu-cation. The Fuld’s good intentions touched UNC this spring when the Trust awarded over half a million dollars to create a scholarship fund for undergraduate nursing students. Between eight to 10 scholarships will be awarded annually beginning this fall based on students’ finan-cial need. Award amounts will range from $2,500 to $3,500, depending on the annual income generated by the endowment. “The Helene Fuld Health Trust has made an investment in an out-standing school of nursing whose combination of low tuition and high quality students will return great value on this endowment for generations to come,” says Dean Linda Cronenwett. “We are proud that our baccalaureate program, students and faculty were deemed worthy of this extraordinary grant.” James M. Johnston Scholarship Fund Among the university’s most prestigious need-based merit awards, the James M. Johnston Scholarship Fund grants the largest number of annual scholarships to nursing students each year. In 2003, 18 undergraduate- and masters-level nursing students received awards from the fund. While all UNC students with financial need are considered for a scholarship, merit determines the winners. The stipend covers all expenses for the award winners, a fact that helps students like Brandi Hamlin con-centrate on studies instead of worry-ing about bills. Registered nurses taking contin-uing education classes sponsored by the SON are also eligible for Johnston Scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis. In 2003, the SON’s continuing education department awarded over 1300 scholarships. A UNC student himself, Johnston appreciated the value of a Carolina education. With the knowledge and SUMMER 2004 9 Opportunity Brandi Hamlin BSN ’01, MSN ’04 Johnston Scholarship recipient 1997-2001 & 2003-2004 “The Johnston Scholars Program has truly made a difference in helping me achieve my goals in higher education. I first received a Johnston scholarship as a rising freshman prior to starting school as an under-graduate at Carolina. As an out-of-state student, the program was the only way that I was able to afford to come to Carolina. This scholarship took the place of thousands of dollars of student loans that I observe many of my out-of-state friends struggling to pay even now three years after graduation. I was able to return to graduate school full-time only one year after graduation and reduce my work hours without worrying about paying back college tuition because of my undergraduate Johnston scholarship. When I received a scholarship for the 2003-2004 school year, I was completely overjoyed. As a second-time Johnston scholarship award winner, I feel truly blessed to have been chosen to participate in this wonderful program again. “It is essential that scholarships be available for gradu-ate nursing students because many of these students experience changes in their income as they reduce their work hours to attend school. Many graduate students also still have student loans from their under-graduate degrees. In addition, many graduate nursing students have families that they must continue to support while attending school. Thus, scholarships really make a difference in supporting graduate nursing students financially and allowing them to focus on obtaining their graduate education instead of financing their graduate education. “If someone is considering establishing a scholarship for students, I would tell them to ‘Go for it!’ In a time of a critical nursing shortage, the nursing profession is in dire need of more monetary support for future nurses, future advanced practice nurses and future nurse leaders.” Jen Hammontree BSN ’04 Cora Pitts Barbee Scholarship recipient 2003-2004 “This is the first scholarship I’ve won and it has relieved some of my financial worry while allowing me more time to focus on my studies. At a recent dinner I was fortunate enough to meet several alumni who have given back to the School by funding scholarships, and it was a wonderful opportunity for me and a few of my fellow scholarship recipients to say ‘thank you.’ These scholarships are important because tuition expenses continue to rise. I would encourage everyone who can to establish a scholarship. It is tax deductible, and the recipient will save hundreds of dollars in interest by avoiding student loans.” skills he gained during his time in Chapel Hill, Johnston went on to found an investment banking firm in Washington, DC, and buy the Washington Senators basketball team in the 1960s. Through this scholarship fund, his love of learn-ing and UNC lives on. “Strong nursing education pre-pares competent and caring nurses and develops the foundation upon which to build our future clinicians, researchers, educators, administra-tors and policy makers in health care, but it is costly,” notes Dr. Beverly Foster, clinical associate professor and director of undergrad-uate nursing programs. “Scholarships allow us to provide opportunities for qualified appli-cants, who might otherwise be excluded based on cost, to take this first professional step.” Ann P. Trowbridge Scholarship Fund A gracious spirit—this is how Jo-Anne Trowbridge Martin describes her mother. Ann Pierce Trowbridge wanted to be a nurse so she could share that spirit with oth-ers, but life circumstances and obli-gations prevented her. She was espe-cially pleased, then, when her daughter announced that she want-ed to pursue nursing. Martin entered the SON in the 1960s when, she says, scholarships weren’t as readily available. “When I was a student nurse, very few of my peers worked except during the summer months,” she says. “Life was simple and much more affordable. Most parents saved for years to provide for their chil-dren’s college tuition and board. Today times are different. A scholar-ship offers the student an opportu-nity to focus not only on academics, but to experience the full arena of campus life without the added financial burden. During my senior year I was fortunate to receive a Navy Nurse Corps Scholarship, so I am well aware of the impact such a gift can make.” When her mother passed away from brain cancer in 1981, Martin decided to begin a scholarship fund to honor her memory. She made the personal goal of contributing to the fund annually on her mother’s birthday. The fund is also a way for her to honor her Carolina nursing roots and the future of Carolina nursing. This year, she converted the expendable scholarship into a permanently endowed fund that will benefit students in perpetuity. “To anyone considering estab-lishing a nursing scholarship, I would say that assisting a student to become a nurse is a small invest-ment in the future of our nation’s health care,” she says. “It is a gift which keeps on giving because one nurse reaches out to touch many lives.” 10 CAROLINA NURSING The SON recently hosted a dinner to recognize several scholarship donors and recipients. Pictured here are Jen Hammontree and Jo-Anne and Ted Martin. Frances Ader Read Scholarship Fund Henry and Frances Read (BSN ’58) are a couple with true philan-thropic spirit. They give of their time and talent in many ways, so it was not surprising when Henry chose to surprise his wife with a named scholarship in her honor. As Henry says, “I believe that we are only here for a short time, and that we must give back to those things that are meaningful to us.” Henry was gifted with a named scholarship at St. Mary’s College where he worked for many years. He found that a contribution to a student’s education was truly rewarding and wanted his wife to experience the same feeling. “I’ve never seen anyone who loved nursing as much as Frances does, and I love her,” he explains. Henry surprised Frances with the scholar-ship in 1997, saying he felt like she had given so much to nursing that he wanted to leave a tangible recognition of her life in the area that meant the most to her. In many ways nursing was in Frances’ blood. Her grandfather and father were physicians, and Frances was fascinated with patient care. She spent as much time as she was allowed in her father’s office watch-ing the nurses in action. When the time came for college, she knew that nursing was her goal. She entered Carolina in 1954, where she met Henry. Much of her nursing career was in the area of public health, but she also served many years as a nursing instructor. Frances is retired now, but continues to work on a part-time basis. This lifelong dedication to nursing and education lives on each year in Frances’ work with patients. It also lives on through future nurses, studying at Carolina with the assis-tance of the Frances Ader Read Scholarship. Eunice Morde Doty Scholarship Fund This year undergraduate nurs-ing students will immediately bene-fit from the gift that Carol Morde Ross (AB ��64) recently made to show her deep affection and respect for her mother, Eunice Morde Doty. Ross wanted to create a lasting tribute and to honor her mother’s life with a scholarship that would enable nursing students to attend a baccalaureate degree program in the way her mother had wished to, but could not, in spite of having graduated as valedictorian of her high school class in 1936. Financial support for college was not an option for Doty during the Great Depression, yet through sheer deter-mination she graduated from the diploma nursing program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1939. Through this scholarship, Ross says she has found a way to tell her mother’s story—how strongly committed her mother was to the well-being of her family and to the principles of her profession—and to keep it alive into the future. She also tells us how Doty was a role-model during her 40-plus year nursing career and shares Doty’s values and ideals. Doty provided the foundation for learning and inquiry that shaped Ross’ life to prepare her to become a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist. Now Carolina nurs-ing student scholarship recipients will be able to tell others how the Eunice Morde Doty scholarship enabled them to attain their dreams. In 1994, Doty moved to the Glenaire Continuing Care Retirement Community in Cary, NC. Today, she resides in the assisted living unit, provided with care and comfort by devoted and com-passionate nurses like her. Ross indicated that it was a tremendous privilege to be able to present this scholarship to her mother during her mother’s lifetime. A reception, hosted by Ross and the SON, was held at Glenaire on January 10, 2004. “The scholarship that I have established in my mother’s name is to express my deep love for her and to say thanks for being my mom,” says Ross. “It is also intended to acknowledge the wonderful contri-bution she has made to nursing and to tell the world that she was an outstanding nurse who truly cared about others.” To learn more about establishing a SON scholarship or contributing to an existing fund, visit http://nursing.unc.edu/develop-ment/ campaign.html or call Advancement Director Norma Hawthorne at (919) 966-4619. SUMMER 2004 11 PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS Carol Ross with her mother, Eunice Morde Doty, at a reception honoring Ms. Doty and the scholarship recently established in her name. CN: You’ve headed up the School’s efforts to get this new building addition from pen and paper to bricks and mortar. How did you come by that job? MM: I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Dean Cronenwett asked if I might consid-er it. At first I said “No, I don’t think so,” but then after I thought about it, I realized it was a wonderful opportunity...so I quickly went back and said, “Sure, I would love to do it!” I think the dean appreciated that I am a detail-oriented person, and the creation of this addition is full of details. CN: When did the School first start tossing around the idea of building an addition? MM: Dean Cindy Freund started the process of looking at a new building addition back in the early 1990s. Significant growth in the School’s research programs, the opening of the PhD program, expanded use of clinical lab facili-ties as well as other School initia-tives made it evident that a new addition was required. CN: Why is this new addition so important? How will it benefit the students, faculty and alumni? MM: Much of the new addition is for growth that has already occurred. We were using the current Carrington Hall well beyond full capacity before we started construc-tion. The new addition will provide more conference rooms for faculty and student use, more funded proj-ect space so grant teams can have adequate work space, more clinical skills lab facilities to accommodate increased use at the BSN and MSN levels, faculty offices that allow for privacy and concentration, and dedicated archiving areas so we don’t have to use the attic or the basement where records aren’t as secure as we’d like them to be. The addition will give us breathing room to continue the work of the School and will accommodate growth of our educational, research and clinical initiatives. CN: What have been the biggest challenges in getting the addition built? MM: At different times during this process, we've sought faculty, staff, student and alumni input in shap-ing the priorities for the space and how it should be designed. By far the biggest challenge for me has been trying to show these parties that their suggestions were really heard and that we tried to incorpo-rate them into the actual building when design and budget would allow. Planning the space has been a balancing act between what was wanted, what was needed, and what we could afford. Also, we knew that the selected building site would be challenging because of the number of utilities that run through it, but the alternative would not have provided enough space to meet our current needs, not to mention that it would have squeezed a building between Carrington Hall and Columbia Street. To top that off, the creation of the temporary utilities took longer than expected, and then we encountered more rock than expected....lots of big sturdy boulders. The contractor had to reroute numerous utilities and do a lot more digging under Medical Drive and in the exact area where they needed to erect the tower crane. Without the tower crane, there wasn’t a lot of progress on the actual building. CN: And what would you say have been the biggest joys in creating this new space? MM: Despite all the problems, this has just been fun. I’ve really enjoyed sharing our plans with alumni, faculty, staff and students and inviting them to come see the new building. Now that we have some walls and columns, people in the building are beginning to realize that it’s going to actually happen and they have started to get a little excited. I also know that this 12 CAROLINA NURSING From Pen and Paper to Bricks and Mortar: A Chat with Maggie Miller about the New Building Addition BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON When Maggie Miller was a little girl, she would watch with interest as her dad, a builder in Tennessee, would spread his blueprints over the dining room table. His visions of big new buildings fascinated her. Little did she know that one day she would be involved in creating a big new building herself. Miller, now an accomplished nurse, UNC alum (MSN ’77, PhD ’90) and the SON’s assistant dean for student and faculty services, has been a driving force behind the creation of the School’s new building addition. From helping choose the location to selecting chairs for the new auditorium, Miller has been involved every step of the way. The following is a recent interview with Miller on the status of the addition, her labor of love over the past four years, and what the new space will mean to future Carolina nurses. building will serve the School for many years to come, and it’s a great deal of satisfaction to know that I have had a small role in that. CN: What are some of the features you are most proud of in this new addition? MM: We have created some infor-mal spaces so folks can gather, talk and share experiences. The other feature that I'm proud of is that the building is “environmentally friend-ly.” The green roof will help handle storm water, and even the construc-tion debris is being recycled or disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner. CN: How will the building advance nursing education, practice and research? MM: The new space means we can accommodate increased enrollments once funding is available for faculty positions. Of course our research projects benefit the state of North Carolina and the nation. Adequate space should encourage more research and practice initiatives. CN: What is the projected move-in date for students and faculty? MM: The current official date for the building to be turned over to us is November 5, 2004, and hopefully we can move in before spring semester. The contractor admits that this date represents a very optimistic timeline and it may not be possible. They plan on working extended hours and have been trying to coordinate the subcontractors so that delays are minimal, but frankly, I think it'll take a miracle for us to make that date. CN: So when will alums and friends be able to tour the building for the first time? MM: Alumni Day on October 30, 2004, is just before the scheduled completion, but we may be able to open a floor or two for tours. The official ribbon cutting will be in the spring of 2005, and all alumni and friends will be invited back to the SON for the celebration. . CN: How important is the support of alums, friends, students, faculty and staff in getting this addition built? MM: We were fortunate that this building was included in the Education Bond of 2000, and the University has certainly been sup-portive of this endeavor. However, the School needed to raise $4 mil-lion in private funds to make this building a reality, and last time I checked we had over $1 million left to reach our goal...so our supporters have and still can play a tremen-dously important role by making a pledge to the building. A contribu-tion to the building is a great way to give back to the School, or to give a gift to honor someone else. I look at it as a way to be part of the School for many years to come. SUMMER 2004 13 PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS 14 CAROLINA NURSING November 2002 Construction began immediately after Alumni Day, with the builder moving equip-ment into the con-struction area. December 2002 The land was cleared and work on moving underground utility lines for the SON, the medical school and UNC Hospitals began. These utilities included steam, chilled water, phone and electricity. April 2003 Many surprises were found while the utilities were being moved— unknown pipelines, hid-den phone lines, and even an underground vault that was not marked on anyone’s maps. The temporary utility lines can be seen to the right of the photo. August 2003 Huge boulders were found that further delayed construction. The builder had to arrange for them to be hauled away, several of them occupying an entire truck bed alone. Building Our Future: A Construction Progress Report BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON Carrington Hall Built in 1969 Sq Ft = 71,440 New Addition To be finished: 2004 Sq Ft = 69,350 1969 160 students 28 courses $22,000 research 2004 530 students Over 100 courses $10.1+ mil research PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS January 2004 Fortunately, once these problems were dealt with, the ground was cleared, graded and made ready for true construction on the building to begin. February 2004 The highly anticipated crane tower is pictured here. Construction of the building was dependent upon it, but it could not be secured in its concrete founda-tion until work on the ground was completed. March 2004 With everything now in place, the pace of con-struction picked up dramatically. Columns and flooring appeared quickly. Pictured here is the sub-basement of the addition. April 2004 This photo, like the one from August 2003, was captured with a “fish-eye” camera lens to give a more compre-hensive view of the work. Clearly defined walls can be seen at this point. May 2004 Construction has pro-gressed to what will become the ground floor of the addition by this point. Floors and walls are now clearly distinguishable. We’ve got a real building in front of us! Anne Webb, associate director of alumni affairs, has spoken with many of the SON’s alums about their experiences in nursing school over the years, including several members of the Class of 1970 who were the first to attend class in the newly constructed Carrington Hall. Here are a few of the fun things she’s learned from some of you. Just think what the Class of 2005 will be saying in 35 years! The late 1960s was a time of great change and growth at the School of Nursing and the University as a whole. Culminating in the dedication of Carrington Hall in 1969, the students of the time were in constant transforma-tion. When they entered Carolina as freshmen, the BSN Class of 1970 became the first group to complete the program of two years of general college work before get-ting into their nursing curriculum. They were also the last class to be admitted to the nursing school as freshmen. This curriculum change was put in place to bring the pro-gram more in line with other bac-calaureate- level degrees at the University. Research was gaining in prominence during this time as well. Culturally, life was changing on campus as more females were admitted to Carolina and the Association of Women Students was started. The Class began with the same strict guidelines as the classes before them, including mandatory closed study and watch-ful monitoring of activities. By the time they graduated, things had changed significantly. The Class of 1970 spent its final semester in Carrington Hall. Gwen Waddell Schultz, who got her BSN that year, said the students thought of it as a “mansion,” but were not thrilled by having to now study at the Health Sciences Library since the old build-ing had its own library. Schultz recalls a very cold, windy day when Mrs. Carrington dedicated the building that bore her name—a dream come true. Nursing finally had its own facility and took its place among the other UNC health affairs schools. And A Look at the Past…. PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS BY NORMA HAWTHORNE Today Dr. Anne Belcher is associate dean for academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. When she graduated from Chapel Hill in 1967, nursing students were accepted as freshmen, wore uniforms of starched cotton dresses and lived together in the nursing dorm. What hasn’t changed is the rigor of the program and the preparation to take on just about any nursing challenge new graduates face. “There were so many opportuni-ties to choose from and so many different roles that nurses could assume,” Belcher says. “I felt I was prepared to take on just about any-thing.” And she did. Right after graduation Belcher went to work at UNC Hospitals, and it wasn’t long before she became night nurse-in-charge. “The faculty taught me great skills and helped me fully understand the value, scope and power of a good nurse,” she says. “I was ready for anything.” The program also introduced her and her classmates, still a tight-knit group, to national leaders in their field who came to Chapel Hill to speak. As a result, they could learn perspectives of other nursing disciplines. This, combined with the value of a liberal arts education, helped prepare her for her own pro-fessional leadership role in academ-ic nursing. She recalls questioning why she needed to take a political science course as a nursing student, but by the time the course was over, she realized that politics had a lot to do with health-care policies. After earning the MSN at the University of Washington, Belcher went on to Florida State University in Tallahassee to teach. She was there for nine years and earned the PhD in higher education. Every-where she studied and taught, the faculty sensed her creative energy and solid grounding. “I attribute that to my strong BSN program,” Belcher says. She spent the next several years teaching master’s and doctoral stu-dents at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, then transferred to UAB Hospital to organize a staff development program for nurses that included teaching critical thinking skills needed to set priori-ties and identify multiple needs. She was then sought out to start a mas-ter’s degree track in oncology nurs-ing at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City, where she later became associate dean for academic affairs. “New York was great, but it was far from home, and when the University of Maryland wanted to start a master’s focus in oncology nursing, I jumped at it,” she says. Belcher was there for 12 years, becoming department chair and continuing to teach and work with students—her first love—never really seeing herself exclusively as an administrator. Later, after a time commuting to Philadelphia to Thomas Jefferson University, she returned to Baltimore and her cur-rent position. Students say Belcher has a great sense of humor and makes learning fun. “That’s the best feedback I can get,” she says. “I know that when I have this kind of impact on stu-dents, the patients they care for will also directly benefit from my work. “When people ask me the most important issue facing nursing, it is easy to respond that it’s the nursing shortage. Yet, for me, it is the bigger, more complex issue about how peo-ple can stay healthy. As a society, we are each raised with differing values about health and lifestyle, and as nurses we must be sensitive to this. When I teach about chronic illness, aging and diversity issues, I want students to be aware that not every-one approaches a health issue the same way. “My Chapel Hill memories are wonderful, and I’m very proud of being a UNC alumna,” she contin-ues. “My dad was there when I received the School’s Alumna of the Year Award. It was great. I miss both my parents and wanted to do some-thing to honor their memory and what they did for me by sending me to Carolina. That’s why I’ve named a room in their honor in the new building.” 16 CAROLINA NURSING NOTEWORTHY NURSES Dr. Anne Belcher, BSN ’67 Lt. Col. Mona Bingham, PhD ’02 BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON It’s funny the paths that life takes you. Mona Bingham never pictured herself as a nurse, let alone a nurse in the US Army. Nor did she in her wildest dreams ever think she would end up in a combat zone caring for soldiers, civilians and enemy prison-ers of war. But that’s exactly where her path took her last year. Bingham, a 2002 graduate of the SON’s doctoral program, began her career in psychology. She performed laboratory research and worked with adolescents at a private inpatient facility, but found that she was drawn to the work performed by the psychiatric nurses on duty there. She decided at that time to get her nurs-ing degree, and the US Army Reserves was a good way to help pay for it. Once she graduated from Texas Woman’s University, she had several job offers in the state, but after her time away from home in California discovered that she want-ed to return west. The Army beck-oned with full-time active duty, and Bingham accepted, especially when she learned that she could continue her nursing education with full scholarships. She earned her MSN PHOTO COURTESY OF MONA BINGHAM, PHD ’02 PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNE BELCHER, BSN ’67 “When people ask me the most important issue facing nursing, it is easy to respond that it’s the nursing shortage. Yet, for me, it is the bigger, more complex issue about how people can stay healthy. As a society, we are each raised with differing values about health and lifestyle, and as nurs-es we must be sensi-tive to this.” ANNE BELCHER from the University of Nevada at Reno and decided to head east for her PhD. It was the groundbreaking research and mentoring spirit of Professor Joanne Harrell that attract-ed her to UNC. “I was so excited at the wealth of information and intellectual stimu-lation all over the campus,” she says. “But most important, for some reason, it just felt like home to me. I loved the chance to work with Dr. Harrell and her research team, and I gained a wonderful education—very well rounded—including time to watch sports and learn from multi-disciplinary presentations.” It was just when she was ready to graduate from Carolina and begin her research career as an Army nurse that she was called to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Bingham was deployed with the 47th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) to Camp Wolf in Kuwait. At 296 beds and the largest combat hospital established during OIF, the 47th CSH was designated as the evacuation point during the entirety of the operation. She served in many roles during her time there, includ-ing infection control officer, preven-tive medical officer and ultimately as the assistant chief nurse. It was during her time serving as the head nurse for the hospital’s ward desig-nated for enemy prisoners of war and displaced civilians that she encountered her most moving expe-riences. “Working as head nurse with brand new BSN nurses was an honor,” explains Bingham. “I was able to mentor, guide and experience with them enormous challenges and personal growth. I believe we learned and felt the essence of nursing— that pain and suffering is universal, and that we have accepted a job and oath to relieve that pain and pro-mote healing. War has many faces, and we were privileged to see a dif-ferent side.” Bingham’s experiences were eventually chronicled in the US Army Surgeon General’s report, “Providing Quality Medical Care in the Crucible of Battle.” Now back in the US, Bingham is pursuing her research career that was put on hold by war. She currently serves as the chief of the Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Outcomes Program at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. And, true to the unexpected paths that life takes, she is using her war experience in her research, serving as an associate investigator of three grants investigating nursing and sol-dier health-care issues and leading her own study to learn more about military personnel’s perceptions of deployment. She credits her nursing career and education, particularly that from UNC, with making her the leader she is today. “I have seen that humanity has enormous depths, and nursing is a special place to observe that,” says Bingham. “But if you asked me what was the most important thing I gained from UNC, I would tell you the personal relationships of the many faculty who worked with me and shared their thoughts and expe-riences. Also, the closeness of my fel-low students—discussions in and out of class, the Thursday night happy hours, the evenings on my patio, the laughter and tears, and the incredible memories. I have been truly blessed throughout my life with great inspirational people who have helped me in life. I have had the best of mentors, incredible personal and work experiences, and the clos-est and best of friendships. What is life but these things?” SUMMER 2004 17 PHOTOS COURTESY OF MONA BINGHAM, PHD ’02 “I have seen that humanity has enor-mous depths, and nursing is a special place to observe that. But if you asked me what was the most important thing I gained from UNC, I would tell you the personal relationships of the many faculty who worked with me and shared their thoughts and experiences.” MONA BINGHAM BY ANNE WEBB This year alumni were honored guests for a day of continuing edu-cation and friendship at their alma mater in celebration of a new and exciting approach to Nurses Appreciation Week. Alumni Nurses Appreciation Day took place on May 6 and was sponsored by the SON Alumni Association with funding from the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future. More than 50 participants gath-ered at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center for breakfast with Dean Linda Cronenwett. After spending time together greeting old friends and making new ones, attendees chose to attend mini-sessions on legal issues, genetics, finding med-ical information on the Internet and advancing the nursing career based on his or her own experience and interest. Many commented on how exciting it was to have so many generations of Carolina nurses shar-ing and learning together again. Graduates from each decade in the school’s history were present, and this made for a special Carolina nursing environment, they said. The day was a great event for the student volunteers who helped man-age the event as well. Heather Fund, a senior in the 24-month BSN pro-gram, said, “Being around alumni and getting to know some of them made me proud of my profession. They were all so kind, and they had great stories!” After the morning educational sessions, the group took a campus walk to Carrington Hall where they got a first-hand view of the con-struction on the new building addi-tion. Dr. Maggie Miller (MSN ’77), assistant dean, led a lively discus-sion with highlights about current academic programs, research, admissions statistics details about the ongoing construction of the new building addition. Dr. Rumay Alexander, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, also addressed the group and discussed her efforts to create the School’s diversity plan. She stressed that the plan is inclu-sive of alumni and that she would be happy to be a resource for SON alums. Door prizes and lunch followed, and participants were free to spend time in Carrington or on campus. Many alumni were surprised at the changes going on within the School and were happy that the tradition of nursing excellence has continued at Carolina. Attendee Mary Ann Tormey (BSN ’88) said, “An alumni event like this is a great way to provide CE credits, a forum for networking among nursing professionals with common educational backgrounds, a captive audience for fundraising for the school, and a way for current students to see what paths former UNC grads have taken.” 18 CAROLINA NURSING Nurses Appreciation Day A Tribute to Our Alums with Support from Johnson & Johnson Alumnae Valerie Balestrieri (BSN ’90) and Rosemary Resler (BSN ’86) enjoy lunch together. Back to school! These alumni enjoy a session on the state of the School with Assistant Dean Maggie Miller. EKG Analysis Board members used their skills to teach a section in the 14-month BSN option curriculum. Association President Tonya Rutherford Hemming (BSN ’93, MSN ’01) pre-sented a lecture on dysrhythmias and EKG analysis to students. The class then broke out into learning lab groups where they were given hands-on instruction and guidance. These groups were led by board members Derek Chrisco (BSN ’91), Mary Holtschneider (BSN ’95) and Courtney Rawls (BSN ’01). The association also provided an EKG resource booklet and calipers to each student. Clinical Associate Professor Carol Durham, who coordinated the program, noted how the program was helpful beyond the normal teaching experience. “The course showed the students that alumni had a vested interest in their suc-cess,” she says. “Students were able to ask questions of instructors about the information content and about their individual nursing experiences and positions.” The half-day session was mean-ingful to the instructors as well. Rutherford Hemming says of the experience, “Teaching often allows you to see the learning that takes place in students—sometimes in their faces, right in front of you! When you see this development and know you have played a small role in their nursing career, it is the greatest feeling in the world.” Taking Some of the Stress Out of the NCLEX Remember the anxiety of taking those dreaded “nursing boards”? The BSN Class of 2004 had only a short time to celebrate graduation before they had to move on to preparing for the NCLEX. To ease some of pressure, the Alumni Association brought back a group of 2003 graduates to share some tips with the seniors. This spring, Allison Berry, Laura Correll and Jona Martino led a panel discussion on preparing for the NCLEX. The panel presented their individual methods of study and test taking tips. A key focus area was reducing stress. “You’re going to get stressed out,” Correll told the group. “Just go ahead and prepare for that feel-ing. If you take the practice tests, you’ll feel more comfortable. Remember you���re graduating from Carolina—you know your stuff!” The panel was very informal and students also took the opportunity to ask the alumni for advice on transi-tioning from nursing school to the work world. The idea for the panel came out of the Alumni Association Board’s annual meeting. Board member Dr. Bonnie Angel (BSN ’79) suggested that the group find a way to assist students with the NCLEX to supple-ment the information that the School already provides. Students are given the opportunity to attend a pharmacology review and a week-long test review session. These were both highly recommended by the panelists. In 2003 the SON prepared 160 BSN students for the NCLEX, the largest number in the state that year. UNC was one of only two schools in North Carolina to prepare over 100 BSN students (East Carolina University had 134 under-graduate students write the exam for the first time). UNC’s passage rate for registered nurses was among the highest in the state, with 93% passing the NCLEX on the first try, three percent higher than the state’s average and six percent higher than the nation-al. You can check out the North Carolina Board of Nursing’s web site at http://www.ncbon.com/LicStat- PassRates.asp to see more facts and figures on how UNC’s nursing pro-gram compared to others around the state. SUMMER 2004 19 ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Association Moves Into New Teaching Role The SON Alumni Association is committed to improving the student nursing experience, which in the past has been accomplished through programs and events. This year the Association’s Board of Directors took their commitment a step further by creating an initiative to help educate in the classroom. Courtney Rawls (BSN ’01), pictured at the end of the table, leads a lab on EKG analysis for current students. The SON Alumni Association is proud to award four scholarships each year to deserving students. The 2004 recipients received their awards at a dinner in their honor at Top of the Hill on Franklin Street. Pictured here are SON Alumni Association Board Secretary Meg Gambrell (BSN ’01); scholarship recipients Erin Seitz, a senior in the 24-month program, and Brooke Bayse and Lori Dettmer, juniors in the 24-month program; Not pic-tured is recipient Katy McElroy, a student in the 14-month program. 20 CAROLINA NURSING ALUMNI NEWS 2004 Scholarship Recipients Announced Triad-area alumni were given the opportunity to participate in a special continuing education pro-gram in Winston Salem this spring. Clinical Instructor Beth Lamanna presented a lively presentation called, “Epidemiology Update: Risk- Communication-Real Threats? What Can Public Health Do?” The session was followed by an update of SON news and activities by Dr. Maggie Miller, assistant dean. In addition to discounted con-tinuing education and professional information, the event was valuable for getting to know fellow alumni in the area. As Pat Hayes (BSN ’67) said, “Best of all was the networking opportunity and intergenerational dialogue among ‘veteran’ graduates of the 1960’s through to the recent 2003 graduates. I think all enjoyed listening to the discussion of student days at UNC and current nursing workplace situations. The pride of being a Carolina grad was clear regardless of the generation!” Alumni Association Takes Continuing Education to the Triad Alums from all different class years and nursing specialties came together for a continuing education event in Winston-Salem recently. SUMMER 2004 21 ALUMNI NEWS Reunion Planning 101 SON classes have enjoyed lots of memorable reunions through the years. Many groups come together around Alumni Day, and others have their own traditions. For example, the BSN Class of ’61 has a tradition of continuous rotating reunions where the group meets in a different spot for each gathering; they have been to classmates’ homes in many different states through the years. The BSN Classes of ’55, ’56 and ’61 always manage to stay close and get together frequently in different formal and informal settings. Regardless of the particular style of the group, Carolina nurses have great reunions! Sometimes the task of putting one together seems daunting, so below are a few tips from some of the experts who have put on recent successful reunions. Ginger Weeks, Barbara Warren and Joanne Welborne, members of the BSN Class of ’63 reunion planning committee, shared their strategies and tips to help others plan a terrific reunion. All find that the fun outweighs the work and there are actually lots of resources at your disposal. Tip➊ Form a planning group. It helps to have more than one person at the helm to ensure that the workload is shared. Additionally, more represen-tation from different social groups in the planning stages increases attendance. Tip➋ Use the SON Alumni Office as a resource. They will provide contact information to the planning group and do any mailings needed for the reunion. Additionally, the SON Alumni Association provides reunion grants of up to $100 to help with expenses for reunions that are planned in conjunction with Alumni Weekend. Tip➌ Personal contact is important. Mailings get the word out initially, but contacting classmates personal-ly helps remind folks about the event. The Class of ’63 planning group divided up the roster and called classmates to encourage attendance. Tip➍ Try to get a home base. Finding a class member who lives in the area to help with logistical planning is ideal. Tip➎ Plan events that suit the tastes of the Class. In the case of the Class of ’63, classmate Faye McNaull hosted the group at her home for the main reunion dinner. This allowed class members to relax and catch up with each other without having a set ending time for the evening. Dean Linda Cronenwett enjoyed stopping by and taking part in the fun at their reunion. Other weekend events included lunch at the Rathskellar and a chance for class members to either go shopping at Southpoint Mall or attend the UNC football game. Tip➏ Celebrate your history. For example, ’63 Classmate Peggy Wade had copies made of photos from previ-ous reunions for attendees. It is always fun to look back and see how things have changed, or stayed the same! Another personal touch at the ’63 reunion included handmade centerpieces on each table, which featured photos of the students in their nursing school days. Tip➐ Stay in touch. Encourage classmates to send in their updated contact information to the School. The Alumni Affairs office will provide a booklet of contact information for all attendees at the reunion. Sending in current information will keep this listing accurate Tip➑ Follow up and plan for the future. The Class of ’63 sent out a recap of the weekend, photos and updated contact information for classmates. They also discussed ideas for the next reunion. A class reunion is a wonderful time to enjoy special memories and celebrate the excitement of joining together with classmates again. If you would like to put these tips into action and serve as a reunion planner for your own class, please contact Anne Webb at Anne_Webb@unc.edu or (919) 866-4619. Alumni Weekend is coming up on October 29-30. Building … for the health of North Carolina people To our Alumni and Friends, The concrete is being poured and the magenta-wrapped electrical cable is laid on each level of our new building. Each day brings the image of students, faculty and staff who will make this space home closer to reality. We watch as each floor takes shape…and hope. Today, we are $1.8 million short of our goal. As we plan to equip and furnish this building, this shortfall will limit our ability to continue to offer the best nursing education possible without your help. We are weighing priorities and making tough decisions about the level of technology that will be installed in classrooms, laboratories and offices. Which skills laboratories will receive enhanced or basic equipment? Which conference rooms will be outfitted with new or worn furniture? Which rooms will remain vacant until there is funding to install what is needed to occupy them? ■ A clinical education skills laboratory will give student nurses a simulated patient care experience that is as close to reality as is possible, better preparing them for the demands they will face immediately upon graduation. Your gift will help us replace outdated, worn equipment and hospital beds. ■ A distance learning lab will offer UNC access to RNs who want to earn the BSN. Your gift will open the best educational experience to all who have the desire and talent. ■ An undergraduate computer laboratory will offer the complex technology that will continue to make Carolina nursing students among the most valued in all health care settings. Your gift will help us buy the learning tools that students depend on to become outstanding nurses. Will you consider what you can do now? Will you make a 5-year pledge to name a laboratory, meeting room or faculty office? Will you add your name to the brick walkway? Will you think about what a “significant” gift means to you and make a gift at that level? It is our future nurses and the people they will be caring for who will be grateful to you. You have our thanks, Norma Hawthorne Director of Advancement 22 CAROLINA NURSING DEVELOPMENT NEWS “The SON has been my professional home since 1986. And like any home should be, it has been for me a place to thrive: where bonds are forged, ideas are nur-tured, imagination takes flight, and aca-demic dreams come true. I am pleased to have the opportunity, through the Carolina First campaign, to help Carolina become home to others.” DR. MARGARETE SANDELOWSKI Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nursing “It has been said, ‘Give and you shall receive.’ The UNC School of Nursing provided the framework and foun-dation for me to become a professional caregiver, empowering me to achieve my career goals as a U.S. Navy nurse, as well as to develop the confi-dence to meet many other life challenges. Through supporting the School of Nursisng, the joy of seeing the enthu-siastic young men and women pursue their nursing careers is the best of all ‘thank yous.’ It is exhilarating to have the opportunity to encourage and support these students in fulfill-ing their dreams through quality nurs-ing education.” JO-ANNE TROWBRIDGE MARTIN BSN ’69 Evelyn Farmer Alexander BSN ’56 Raleigh, NC William Jennings Booth, Jr. Apex, NC Greer Cawood Winston-Salem, NC Paul Chused Kinston, NC Dr. Franklin Clark, III Fayetteville, NC Denise Taylor Darden, BSN ’77 Wilmington, NC Dr. Barbara Jo Foley, BSN ’67 Carrboro, NC Dr. Terry Graedon Durham, NC Angela Hall Salisbury, NC Karen Coley Harrison, BSN ’65 Chapel Hill, NC Dr. Patty Hill, BSN ’69 Chapel Hill, NC Pamela E. Jameson, BSN ’76 Elk Park, NC Steve Martin Jackson Springs, NC Jean Hix McDonald, BSN ’83 Chapel Hill, NC Joyce Page Durham, NC Gary Park Chapel Hill, NC Margaret Ferguson Raynor BSN ’67 Garner, NC President of the Board Gwen Russell Fayetteville, NC Dr. Janet Askew Sipple, MSN ’70 Bethlehem, PA Carolyn Underwood, BSN ’79 Cary, NC Charles DeWitt Watts Durham, NC HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERS Audrey Booth MSN ’56 Chapel Hill, NC Carolyn White London BSN ’56 Durham, NC Thomas L. Norris, Jr. Raleigh, NC Mary Perry Ragsdale (deceased) Frances Hill Fox (deceased) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Linda R. Cronenwett PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor Norma Hawthorne Executive Director Brad Volk Assistant Dean SUMMER 2004 23 DEVELOPMENT NEWS SON Foundation congratulates new UNC Hospitals President Gary Park Gary Park, a SON Foundation director, was recently named president of UNC Hospitals by Dr. William Roper, chief executive officer of UNC Health Care. “I am a strong advocate for nurses and you have my commit-ment to continue to serve on the SON Foundation,” Park said at the April board meeting, noting the increased demands on his time. “What this School does is important for us.” Park came from Rex Health-care, where he served as president and CEO. Under Park’s leadership, Rex has been a strong supporter of SON programs, including Nursing Exploration Week and graduation ceremonies. New directors named for four year terms include William Jennings Booth (AB ’54) from Apex, NC; Angela Hall, CPA, Salisbury, NC; and Jean Hix McDonald (BSN ’83) from Chapel Hill. The Foundation Board has responsibility for the SON endow-ment and donor support. It includes alumni, parents, friends and civic leaders. SON Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors Park PHOTO COURTESY OF UNC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MARKETING OFFICE Explore the options to increase your income, save taxes, protect your heirs and fulfill your desire to make a gift to Carolina and the School of Nursing. Please tell us about yourself: Name Class Year Address City/State/Zip Home Phone Business Phone E-mail Please check all that apply: ❑ Send me information on gifts that will provide income to me now and a future gift to Carolina and the School of Nursing. ❑ Send me information about using my retirement plan assets to make a gift. ❑ Send me language to include Carolina in my will or living trust. ❑ I have included the SON in my will and would like information about the Charles Gerrard Society. ❑ I would like to talk with someone about how to handle a confidential gift to Carolina and the SON. How would you like to receive this information? ❑ US Mail ❑ E-mail ❑ Personal Discussion 24 CAROLINA NURSING DEVELOPMENT NEWS On behalf of SON graduates and their families, we thank you for your support! New Hanover Regional Medical Center Rex Healthcare University of North Carolina Hospitals SON Graduation 2004 Patrons Nursing Exploration Week 2004 Sponsors These organizations generously provided underwriting and scholarships for talented high school students throughout North Carolina to attend a one-week residency in Chapel Hill. Their investment to encourage future nurses will help alleviate shortages and improve patient care. Duke University Health System High Point Regional Hospital Rex Healthcare UNC Hospitals Building Campaign Update Carolina Quick Facts • By 2020, 18,000 RN vacancies in NC are projected • Aging people with chronic illness will strain the health-care system • Qualified students are turned away because of space limits and faculty shortages SON Building Progress Report • New nursing addition slated to open spring 2005 • $1.8 million short of $20.8 million total building cost • At risk: no funds to buy lab equipment, desks & essentials • At risk: the best environment for learning and practice What can you do to help? • Inscribe a brick • Name an office or lab • Make your Class Gift • Honor a nurse colleague or friend • Make a memorial gift • Enjoy tax savings, increase cur-rent income and show your love for Carolina with a planned gift • Add to your current gift or pledge • Do something today SUMMER 2004 25 DEVELOPMENT NEWS Special “University Day” Campaign Make a “University Day” $200 gift to the SON Building Fund between NOW and October 30, 2004 (Alumni Day). You’ll receive our thanks with a signed, limited-edition copy of “University Day” by artist Ed Starnes. This is a special campaign. If you’ve already made a gift, this is a great incentive to add to your commitment to the SON and help us with the new building. If you’ve been thinking about making a gift, perhaps this premium will spur you to action! Your tax deductible gift will help us safeguard the future of a great nursing program. ✓Yes, I want to make my gift to the “University Day” Campaign Enclosed is my $200 gift to the SON Building Fund. I’m looking forward to receiving my gift from you: a signed, limited-edition reproduction of “University Day,” an original watercolor by Ed Starnes. The painting, a gift of Ramelle (BSN ’55) and Ed Starnes (AB ’54), will hang in the new SON building addition. Name __________________________________________ Class Year _______________ Address ________________________________________________________________ City/State/ZIP ___________________________________________________________ Home Phone ___________________________ E-mail ____________________________ Method of Payment: ❑ Check ❑ VISA ❑ MasterCard Please make your check payable to SON Foundation, Inc. Charge Card # ____________________________________ Exp. Date ________________ Signature ______________________________________________________________ Mail check or credit card information to Norma Hawthorne, Director of Advancement, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing, CB #7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460. Questions? Contact Norma_Hawthorne@unc.edu or (919) 966-4619. 1969 Dr. Karen L. Williams (BSN) recently was elected the first female chief of staff for the more than 500 person medical staff at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, FL, where she serves as the medical director of rehabilitation services. Last October she was given the peer selected AJ Gorday Award for Medical Excellence and Service. 1970 Eileen Cetrangolo (BSN) is working in orthopedics at Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital in Asheville, NC. 1980 Donna Winston Laney (BSN) recently passed the ANCC certifica-tion exam in nurse informatics, making her one of only approxi-mately 1,000 nurses certified in informatics in the nation. Laney cur-rently works in systems and business operations for surgical services at Carolinas HealthCare System near Charlotte, NC. 1986 Leesa Thomas (BSN) has been selected to attend the North Carolina Center for Nursing’s 2004 Institute for Nursing Excellence. The institute is a week-long retreat to reward direct-care nurses across the state for their work and to encourage their leadership abilities. Up to 30 nurses are chosen for the honor each year. 1992 Lisa Weaver Bull (BSN) and her husband, David, are the proud par-ents of their first child, Carolina Grace, born October 5, 2003. 1994 Michelle Mercer Canfield (BSN) graduated this past December from East Carolina University’s family nurse practitioner program. She cur-rently serves as a clinical instructor at ECU and lives in Raleigh, NC, with her husband George and son Jonathan. Audrey Nelson (PhD) was honored with the University of Nebraska College of Nursing Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2003 by the col-lege’s alumni association. 1995 Nikki L. Eldreth (BSN) and her husband, Stephen Paul Cherry, wel-comed their first child, Katherine Sloan, to the world on January 20. 1998 Rebecca Jones Martin (RN-BSN) recently completed UNC-Chapel Hill’s family nurse practitioner pro-gram, graduating with an MSN in 2003. She continues to live in Norlina with Bobby and her daugh-ter, Sierra. 2002 Dr. Susan J. Appel (PhD) is an assistant professor in the graduate division of the University of Alabama School of Nursing. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the acute care nurse practitioner pro-gram. We want to hear from you! To update your address or to let Carolina Nursing share your new job, new address, or special accomplishment with fellow alums, please use the form below. 26 CAROLINA NURSING ALUMNI NOTES WHAT’S NEWWithYou? Keeping up with each other is hard to do these days. Please let Carolina Nursing share your news! Whether it’s a new job, special accomplishment, or an addition to your family, we’ll be happy to get the word out for you. Name (please include maiden name): Class Year: ❑ My address has changed. My new address is: News: Please send news to: Anne Webb, Alumni Association Director School of Nursing UNC-Chapel Hill Carrington Hall, CB #7460 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 E-mail: sonalum@unc.edu SUMMER 2004 27 July 2004 9th Annual Summer Institute on Qualitative Research July 12–16 Instrument Development Institute July 19–23 August 2004 Advanced Principles of Teaching in Nursing August 2–5 Writing for Publication with Elizabeth Tornquist August 20 September 2004 Fundamentals of Clinical Research for Clinical Research Sept. 7–Nov. 30 Associates and Clinical Study Coordinators Nursing Update RN Refresher Course Sept. 8–Dec. 8 Diabetes Management in Children, Part 2 September 10 Legal Update: Avoiding Nursing Malpractice September 24 Cutting Edge: Focus on GI Disorders September 30 October 2004 Bad Bugs: Infectious Disease Update for Nurses October 7 14th Annual Art of Breastfeeding Conference October 11–13 ■ University Day October 12 CPAN/CAPA Review Course October 16 Clinical Teaching October 23 Take a Breath: Respiratory Update for Nurses October 29 ■ SON Alumni Association Board Meeting October 29 ■ Alumni Day October 30 November 2004 Pediatric Forensic Course November 3–5 Wound Management Conference November 4 Long Term Care Institute November 9–10 4th Annual Pediatric Pain Conference November 12 CCRN Review Course November 17–18 ■ SON Foundation Board Meeting November 18 Time Management for Busy Nurses November 19 December 2004 ■ Commencement December 19 April 2005 ■ SON Foundation Board Meeting April 21 ■ SON New Building Dedication April 29 ■ Distinguishes University and School of Nursing events from Continuing Education events Calendar of Events For more information on School events, contact the Office of Advancement. E-mail: sonalum@unc.edu Phone: (919) 966-4619 FAX: (919) 843-8241 http://nursing.unc.edu For more information or to register for a continuing education program, contact the School of Nursing Office of Continuing Education. E-mail: nursing_ce@unc.edu Phone: (919) 966-3638 FAX: (919) 966-0870 nursing.unc.edu/lifelong/ index.html Building a Walkway to the Future... One Brick at a Time I am very proud to be a graduate of the UNC School of Nursing because of the solid foundation my nursing education gave me and because of the school’s wonderful reputation in nursing education. I also appreciate the outreach efforts toward alumni, including this opportunity to name a part of the School to honor the memory of my middle son. COLLEEN LEE, BSN 1973 My classmates and I decided to buy a brick because of the fond memories we have from nursing school. Just as the School of Nursing helped us pave our own futures, this brick will help us to pave the walkway for future nurses. It is our way of saying thank you. MEG GAMBRELL, BSN 2001 B R I C K O R D E R F O R M Name Class Year Address City State ZIP Yes, I want to order: ❏ 1 Brick $500 $167 pledge deposit ❏ 2 Bricks $1,000 $334 pledge deposit ❏ 3 Bricks $1,500 $500 pledge deposit ❏ Other amount:_______ Total:_______ ❏ I am enclosing a gift for the full amount. ❏ I am making a 3-year pledge and enclosing a pledge deposit. Please charge my: ❏ Visa ❏ Mastercard Account #_____________________________ Exp. Date_______ Signature___________________________________________ Thank you for making this gift and for your support of the SON. Special Campaigns Steering Committee Denise Taylor Darden, BSN ’77 Jean Hix McDonald, BSN ’83 Nancy Freeman, BSN ’73 Carolyn Underwood, BSN ’79 Questions? Contact Anne Webb at (919) 966-4619 or Anne_Webb@unc.edu. THE UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL As I thought about how I could help the new SON building, I began to realize how many nurses there were in my family! I had never stopped to think about it before and I decided that a brick would be a great way to remember and honor them all. ROBIN HARPER, BSN 1986 Please return this form to Anne Webb, Advancement Office, School of Nursing, CB# 7460, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 Add your brick message to the walkway here. Up to 3 lines, with a maximum of 16 characters per line. One form per brick, please (duplicate for each additional brick). LINE 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ LINE 2 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ LINE 3 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Come join your classmates and friends for unbeatable food, fun and football! The new building addition will be near completion, so get a sneak peak before it’s open to all! Reunion classes include the classes of 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and 1999 Registration begins this fall, so keep an eye on your mailbox for more information! Save the Date! A L U M N I DAY 2004 Saturday, October 30, 2004 at Carrington Hall Contact Anne Webb, associate director of alumni affairs, at (919) 966-4619 or Anne_Webb@unc.edu with any questions or for help with planning your reunion. Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 177 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1110 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL CB# 7460 CARRINGTON HALL CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-7460
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Full Text | T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A A T C H A P E L H I L L S C H O O L O F N U R S I N G • S u m m e r 2 0 0 4 Carolina NURSING Dear Alumni and Friends, I hope this summer finds you in good health, among the people who love and support you, and with whom you find comfort. Many of you will take a much needed respite from the intensity of your work by vacationing at the North Carolina seashore or in the cool of the moun-tains. Summertime has traditionally been considered by many of us on the faculty and staff as a welcome interlude between May, when classes end, and August, when students spill back onto campus to start the aca-demic year. Indeed, the pulse quick-ens for these 10 months, but the rhythm of life and learning at your School of Nursing has likely changed since you graduated or last visited with us. On Saturday, May 8, we graduat-ed over 160 BSN, MSN and PhD students. We then turned around on Monday, May 10, to welcome 43 stu-dents into the third cohort to begin the accelerated 14-month BSN pro-gram for people who already hold a baccalaureate degree in another field. Over Memorial Day Weekend, faculty worked into the night to write and edit research grants that were due the first week in June. Their nationally acclaimed research to help patients manage the pain from cancer, to reduce Type II dia-betes in adults and children, to help low income mothers with depression symptoms help themselves, and to assess the health of pre-term infants, to name just a few areas of expertise, depends upon external support. I’m pleased to tell you that we just received word from the National Institutes of Health that your SON is now ranked third in the nation for the research that we do. The pace and rhythm of Carrington Hall has changed signif-icantly from previous years when we did not admit students in May. Admission at your School of Nursing has become a year-round endeavor so we can do our part to help educate more nurses to allevi-ate the shortage, which you will read more about in this issue of CN. We are now considering how we can admit more students to attend the 24-month program by going to twice a year admissions, thereby increasing our total enrollments from 160 to over 200 students in both the traditional and accelerated programs. This will mean making some scheduling adaptations for curriculum and clinical site experi-ences. Currently, we must turn away many qualified students who desire a baccalaureate nursing education and seek admission at our School. We simply do not have sufficient funds to hire additional faculty and staff members. And, until the new building is complete, there is limit-ed space for expansion. We hope this will change and we are working fervently toward the goal of increas-ing our BSN student admissions. As a leading SON in the nation, one of our key roles is to provide advanced education to create the faculty who will teach future stu-dents throughout North Carolina. With critical resource support, we will be better able to tell more stu-dents and their families that they have been accepted to the SON. Our priority is to help meet a myriad of health care demands that our friends, loved ones, and neighbors will face here in North Carolina and in other parts of the nation and world. I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for what you do—and will continue to do— to open your hearts to Carolina and the School of Nursing. We are unable to fulfill our promise to pro-vide excellent nursing education, science, and care without you. Sincerely, LINDA R. CRONENWETT, PHD, RN, FAAN Dean FROM THEDean Carolina Nursing is published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing for the School’s alumni and friends. Dean Linda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN Editor Sunny Smith Nelson Contributing Writers Norma Hawthorne Anne Webb Photography Dr. Anne Belcher Dr. Mona Bingham Andrew Ross Sunny Smith Nelson Anne Webb Design and Production Alison Duncan Design Office of Advancement Norma Hawthorne, Director Anne Webb, Associate Director, Alumni Affairs and Annual Fund Sunny Smith Nelson, Associate Director, Public Relations and Communications Austin Johnson, Public Information Assistant Ami Shah, Health Affairs Communications Intern Shelley Clayton, Work-Study Intern School of Nursing The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carrington Hall, CB #7460 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 (919) 966-4619 E-mail: sonalum@unc.edu http://nursing.unc.edu Summer 2004 Carolina NURSING IN THIS ISSUE 6 The Nursing Shortage in North Carolina 8 Opening the Doors of Opportunity: Scholarships that Support the Future of Nursing 12 From Pen and Paper to Bricks and Mortar: A Chat with Maggie Miller about the New Building Addition 14 Building Our Future: A Construction Progress Report 18 Nurses Appreciation Day: A Tribute to Our Alums with Support from Johnson & Johnson REGULAR FEATURES 2 Roll Call 3 SONdries 16 Noteworthy Nurses 19 Alumni News 22 Development News 26 Alumni Notes 27 Calendar of Events On the Cover: Ed (AB ’54) and Rae (BSN ’55) Starnes, longtime Carolina supporters, recently donated two of Ed’s original watercolors to hang in Carrington Hall and the new building addition. Pictured here is University Day, a tribute to the people and landmarks that make UNC such a special place. With a gift to the building fund, you can receive your complimentary copy of this special painting. See page 25 for more information. Dr. Linda Beeber was recognized this spring as an “emerg-ing nursing research star” at the 10th Annual M. Elizabeth Carnegie Research Conference at Howard University in Washington, DC. She was among only a handful of nursing researchers recog-nized for their dedication to reducing health disparities. Beth Black was recently awarded the 2004 Mickel-Shaw Excellence in Advising Award from UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and the General College. This award is based on nomi-nations by students and is awarded by the deans of the colleges to one aca-demic advisor each year for outstanding work with undergraduate student advisees. Congratulations to Stewart Bond, a student in the SON doctoral program and UNC’s Certificate in Aging program, who was one of only six to win a presentation award at The Aging Exchange. The event, sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging and other university departments, was created to recognize the research, education and service performed at UNC on behalf of the elderly. Bond’s paper, co-authored with Drs. Virginia Neelon, Michael Belyea and doctoral student Su Hyun Kim, focused on delirium resolution in older hospitalized cancer patients. Dr. Barbara Waag Carlson has been honored with the 2004 Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Award. The award is given annually to recognize outstanding research and teaching accomplish-ments in aging research at UNC. Carlson, an assistant professor and associate director of the School’s Biobehavioral Lab, is studying how events during sleep contribute to cogni-tive decline in older adults. Carlson is a double SON alumna, having received her MSN in 1990 and PhD in 1997. Dr. Margaret Clayton, a 2003 doc-toral alumna and current postdoctoral fellow at the SON, won the Top Young Scholar Award from the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication. The award, sponsored by the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Communication, and the University of Kentucky Department of Communication, honors an exceptional researcher who has earned a doctoral degree in the past five years. Clayton presented her paper “Testing a model of communication, uncertainty and emotional well-being in older breast cancer survivors” during the conference at the University of Kentucky in April. Congratulations to Dr. Martha Henderson, co-recipient of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award for 2003. Henderson, the first author, with UNC co-authors Dr. Laura C. Hanson and Dr. Kimberly S. Reynolds, published Improving Nursing Home Care of the Dying: A Training Manual for Nursing Home Staff. The book was chosen as one of the most valuable nursing texts of 2003 and one of only three recipients in the gerontological nursing category. Clinical instructor Eileen Horn is the recipient of the UNC Access Award, an honor given to faculty who have shown exception-al support and under-standing in their work with students who have learning disabilities or atten-tion deficit disorders. The award is pre-sented annually by the University’s Learning Disabilities Services Department. Congratulations to Brant Nix, this year’s Staff of the Year Award winner. Nix, who is the SON’s Biobehavioral Lab manager and bio-medical technologist, has been with the School since January 2000. One nomination said of Nix, “He takes a leadership role in the devel-opment and standardization of new technology and has made unique contributions to several research studies adapting equipment in special ways that allows the investigator to gather data in the field reliably and with fewer burdens to the research subjects.” Dr. Anne Skelly has been awarded the first Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Nursing in recognition of her work in diabetes scholarship and research. She graduat-ed from the university with her BSN in 1976, MSN in 1979 and PhD in 1992. 2 CAROLINA NURSING ROLL CALL Beeber Waag Carlson Nix Horn Henderson Bond New Faculty and Faculty Promotions Dr. Linda Brown has been promoted from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor. Dr. Donna Havens has been promoted to professor with tenure. Robin Corbett is the SON’s newest visiting assistant clinical professor. Jo Ann Hendricks is the new health-care coordinator with the Central Orange Adult Day Health Center in Hillsborough, NC. Hendricks was hired through the SON to provide part-time care to the Center’s daily visitors. New clinical instructors include Lindsay Allen, Christine Benson, Jeanne Brown, Colleen Glair-Gajewski, Angela Lee, Janet Morton, Ruth Ouimette and Jennie Wagner. New research instructors include Phyllis Kennel. Does race really matter when it comes to providing quality skin and wound care? This is a question that Dr. Courtney H. Lyder, the University of Virginia Medical Center professor of nursing and internal medicine, has spent his career trying to answer. Lyder spent a week in Chapel Hill this February as the SON’s 2004 ethnic minority visiting scholar speaking with students, faculty, alumni and nursing colleagues about the issue. As a senior consult-ant on skin and wound care issues for the US Department of Health and Human Services and the nation’s first African American man to hold an endowed professorship in nursing, many of the folks he spoke with said he offered a unique insight into wound care for minori-ties. According to Lyder, processes of care appear to depend on race, with more people of color suffering from skin and wound care problems. The cause, he says, includes a dearth of race-related skin and wound care research and assessment techniques that do not include a melanocentric perspective. With the US population continuing to “brown” as minori-ties make up a greater proportion of the citizenry, the concern over the issue is expected to grow. The solu-tion? More research on the issue and a commitment by nurses to learn the importance of caring for all skin types. SUMMER 2004 3 SONDRIES Noted skin, wound care treatment specialist visits SON to share expertise Dr. Jo Ann Dalton was honored for her School of Nursing service, scholar-ship and research at the 2004 Kemble Lecture. Pictured here (left to right) are SON faculty chair Dr. Mary Lynn; Dr. Dalton; Dean Linda Cronenwett; and featured speaker Dr. Betty Ferrell, seated. Lyder When many of Dr. Jo Ann Dalton’s former students and col-leagues speak about her, the words “leader,” “innovator,” and “men-tor” are often used. Dalton served the SON and the state’s nursing community for nearly 30 years as a trailblazer in pain management care and research before stepping down last July to be near her family in Atlanta. It was only fitting then that she was honored for her contri-butions to the profession at the School’s 2004 Elizabeth L. Kemble Lecture in March. Dr. Betty Ferrell, a research scientist at City of Hope National Medical Center and a rec-ognized pain management expert in her own right, was the featured speaker. Dr. Ferrell’s presentation, entitled “The Science and Art of Pain Management,” explored pain from both a patient and caregiver perspective while outlining priorities for future research. According to Ferrell, the science of pain manage-ment— a standard of care for pain relief, pain assessment, pharmaco-logical advances and non-drug treatments—must be combined with the art of pain manage-ment— listening and offering com-passion— in order to better aid patients in their suffering. And as pain becomes a larger priority in the health-care community, nurses must continue to discover and develop their own voices, acting as agents of change, advocacy and accountability in order to improve the quality of pain assessment, management and education. Perhaps this is why, even in her “retirement,” Dalton is acting as the interim associate dean for academic affairs and chair of the adult and elder health nursing department at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Kemble Lecture honors retired pain management expert, respected faculty member 4 CAROLINA NURSING SONDRIES The SON’s Professor Carol P. Fray Office of Multicultural Affairs has a new web site and advisory board to help advance its mission of addressing the most salient multicultural issues shaping the lives of people in a global society. You can learn more about the OMA and its initiatives by visiting http://nursing.unc.edu/departments/oma/. Josephine Nelson Osborn (BSN ’71), with a gift of $50,000 to the building campaign, has named the OMA to honor retired Professor Carol P. Fray, the first African American faculty member at the SON. OMA gets new web site, advisory board Since 1994, the Center for Research on Chronic Illness has served as a funding and mentoring hub for the research performed at the School of Nursing. Dr. Joanne Harrell, an internationally noted researcher on childhood overweight and cardiovascular risk factors, has guided the CRCI since its inception. She recently stepped down as direc-tor this spring, however, to accept appointment as the 2004-2005 Frances Hill Fox Scholar and to focus more intensely on her own critical research that is claiming international attention. At a recent reception to honor Harrell, Dean Linda Cronenwett thanked her for her valued leadership and expertise and welcomed Dr. Diane Holditch- Davis as the new leader of CRCI. The Center will continue the majority of its functions, with the exception of grant funding, to help the School remain one of the top nursing research institutions in the nation. SON lauds Dr. Joanne Harrell for decade of leadership with CRCI Dr. Joanne Harrell Dr. Rumay Alexander, Director, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Office of Multicultural Affairs Ms. Angeline Baker, Nurse Manager, UNC Hospitals Ms. Ruby Borden, Secretary, Central Carolina Nurses Council Ms. Elizabeth Burkett, MSN ’75 Mr. Moses Carey, Jr., Executive Director, Piedmont Health Services Dr. Linda Cronenwett, Dean, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Ms. Dianne Evans, Career Counselor, Cedar Ridge High School Ms. Brandi Hamlin, MSN Student, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Ms. Edith Hubbard, Associate Director, UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Sponsored Research Dr. Larry Keith, Associate Director, UNC School of Medicine Office of Educational Development and Director, UNC School of Medicine Special Programs Dr. Vicki Kowlowitz, Director, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Center for Instructional Technology and Educational Support Mr. Darryl Lester, Principal, Hindsight Consulting Dr. Chris McQuiston, Associate Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing and Director, Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research Ms. Kathy Moore, Director, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Office of Admissions & Student Services Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, Director for Diversity Education and Research, UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Minority Affairs Dr. Theresa Raphael-Grimm, Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Ms. Anh Tran, PhD Student, UNC School of Public Health Mr. Charles Watts, Chief Legal Counsel, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Ms. Amie Wong, BSN Student, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Mr. Harold Woodard, Associate Dean, UNC-Chapel Hill Office for Student Academic Counseling OMA Advisory Board SUMMER 2004 5 SONDRIES The School of Nursing celebrat-ed this year’s National Public Health Week with a series of informative and interactive events. Members of the faculty, students and local com-munity participated, and many said they were astonished to learn of the health disparities that exist in their own backyard. The week’s activities kicked off with a seminar hosted by the Center for Innovation in Health Disparities Research, the result of a partnership among the nursing schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina Central University. The discussion focused on partnering with minority communities in developing and conducting research to reduce health disparities. A poster presenta-tion and reception followed. For those unable to attend the seminar, two students in the School’s community health class, Trudy Perkinson and Anne McPherson, created a display in the School’s main lobby. Pictured here, the students said the purpose of the display is to raise understanding and publicize the challenges faced in improving health care in North Carolina and the nation. The display will remain in the lobby throughout the summer so anyone visiting the School can learn more about the issue. Daily e-mails highlighting health disparities in North Carolina were also sent to the school’s faculty, staff and students. Dr. Jennifer Leeman, project director for CIHDR, publicized in the first e-mail some of the state’s failing grades as recently reported in the “Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in North Carolina 2003 Report Card,” and disseminated a written copy of the report and a list of research studies underway to deal with health dis-parities. Dr. Sonda Oppewal, the School’s associate dean for commu-nity partnerships and practice and American Public Health Association (APHA) Public Health Nursing Section immediate past chairperson, helped to organize the week���s activities. “Each e-mail focused on a dif-ferent aspect of racial and ethnic health disparities by using the resources from APHA related to dis-parities,” said Oppewal. “The e-mail messages summarized information about disparities among groups related to specific diseases, among rural groups, women and minority populations. The entire week’s focus on health disparities engaged every-one in better understanding prob-lems of health disparities that face an incredible number of Americans and helped us all become better aware of success stories related to helping reduce disparities. The hope was that everyone who sees this message will take an active interest and become involved with helping to create a healthier nation that no longer is marked by disparities according to race, ethnicity, gender, residence, literacy or socioeconomic status.” SON Celebrates National Public Health Week The week’s focus on health disparities engaged everyone in better under-standing problems of health disparities that face an incred-ible number of Americans, and helped us all become better aware of success stories related to helping reduce disparities. The nursing shortage in North Carolina—that nebulous phrase so often thrown about but a term that few have a firm grasp upon—has finally been pinned down by a group of the state’s most respected nursing administrators, caretakers and policy makers. Known as the North Carolina Institute of Medicine’s Nursing Shortage Task Force, this group met for over a year to discuss the issue, studying cur-rent statistics such as age, race, gender, migration, compensation and the educational system that produces the state’s newest caretak-ers. They applied the latest numbers to create projections of what to expect in the next two to three decades. Their results were a wake-up call, to say the least. Dean Linda Cronenwett, who participated on the task force along-side Dr. Cynthia Freund, the group’s co-chair and the SON’s dean emeri-ta, has special insight into the find-ings. “The task force had members from all aspects of nursing, health care, government and education,” she says. “Every issue reached the table, and data were used as the basis for proposing solutions for North Carolina.” Age appears to be the biggest threat to the profession with the nursing workforce and the state’s population both graying. According to the latest figures, 14% of regis-tered nurses and 18% of licensed practical nurses in North Carolina are over the age of 55. This means that a large portion of the nursing workforce will be retiring within the next ten years, just as the state’s population is on its way to growing by nearly 2 million more new citizens. As for the state’s general popula-tion, the number of North 6 CAROLINA NURSING The Nursing Shortage in North Carolina “The task force had members from all aspects of nursing, health care, govern-ment and education. Every issue reached the table, and data were used as the basis for proposing solutions for North Carolina.” DEAN LINDA CRONENWETT BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON You knew it was coming. You’ve heard your friends and colleagues in other states saying they were hit hard by it. But you probably didn’t know it was going to be this severe. Carolinians over the age of 65 is expected to double by 2030. Those over the age of 85 are projected to increase by more than 150%. Demand for nurses with more specialized skills, particularly in geriatrics, will skyrocket as a result. This is a scary thing to contemplate when you consider that, according to one recent study, each additional patient added to a nurse’s workload increases the probability of patient mortality by 7%. Relying on the state’s traditional supply of nurses—young white women—to solve this shortage sim-ply won’t work, the task force found. This group has many more career options open to them than their mothers or grandmothers did. And while many within this population do want to pursue nursing, the state’s nursing schools cannot meet the demand. A number of nursing schools across North Carolina, including UNC-Chapel Hill, have had to deny admission to qualified students because they don’t have the budget to expand enrollments. Other problems experienced by these schools include lack of space, quali-fied faculty and sites for clinical education. Last year, more than 4,100 potential RNs and 680 poten-tial LPNs were turned away because of schools’ budget constraints. And just as the state’s population of nurses and citizens is getting older, so are the nursing educators. So what are the solutions to the shortage? Simply put, North Carolina must face each of these issues head on. Nursing education programs must receive more resources to be able to educate more nurses. Recruiting non-traditional students such as men and minorities—who will more accurately reflect the state’s citizenry—is a must. The state can-not rely on the in-migration of nurses from other states—which so far has helped North Carolina fare better than many of her neigh-bors— to fill the upcoming swell in vacancies. Working conditions must improve. Salaries must rise to meet inflation. “Everyone with a stake in this issue—and that includes nurses— needs to speak up,” notes Cronenwett. “Let your legislators know that we need to expand nurs-ing enrollments. Let employers know that nurses are a resource you value—and one that they should, too.” The alternative may be a situation that none of us are ready to face. SUMMER 2004 7 Quick Facts The North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force was funded by a grant from the Duke Endowment. Task force members met from January 2003 to May 2004. Dean Emerita Cynthia Freund co-chaired the group with Joseph D. Crocker, the senior vice president and manager of community affairs at Carolinas Banking. Other SON representatives on the task force included Dean Linda Cronenwett; Ernest Grant, an adjunct faculty member and outreach clini-cian with the NC Jaycee Burn Center; Michael Gates, a doc-toral candidate; and eight SON alumni representing sev-eral different health-care insti-tutions. The average age of an RN in 1983 was 38.3 years. In 2001, the average age was 43.6 years. The average age of an LPN in 1983 was 40.5 years. In 2001, the average age was 44.9 years. Those choosing to go into nursing are doing so at later ages. The average age of nursing graduates in 2000 was 30.5 years, compared to 24.3 in 1984. Only 12% of RNs and 26% of LPNs in North Carolina are a racial or ethnic minority, compared to 28% of the state’s general population. Only 6% of the state’s RNs and 5% of the LPNs are men. The RN and LPN workforce must grow by 50% over the next decade to avoid a short-age. Elizabeth Peters, a 14-month student, is set to graduate in August and join the nursing work-force at UNC Hospitals. She's pictured here with Elaine Harwood, one of her clinical mentors and a SON faculty member. The looming nursing shortage that has been the talk of national health-care circles has finally found its way to North Carolina, with the N.C. Institute of Medicine reporting a 12% shortage across the state. This has dire implications for North Carolina’s citizens, especially as the number of nurses is projected to continue decreasing as the popula-tion increases. In February the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reinforced this need for more nurses with a report that registered nurses top the list of 10 occupations with the most growth potential through 2012. So with this demand for more nurses, what often is a deciding factor for those who would be future nurses? Simply put, it’s money. Total program fees for the SON’s in-state 24-month program, which covers tuition, uni-versity and clinical fees for four semesters and two summers of study, is over $10,000. For out-of-state students, the cost skyrockets to over $39,000. Scholarships for these potential nurses can often mean the difference between pursuing a pro-fessional dream and searching for a more affordable though less satisfy-ing alternative. Of the 530 students at the SON this past academic year, over 150 were on a full or partial scholarship. Over the next three years, the School has a goal of creating 50 new scholarships for nursing stu-dents, thereby helping ensure a more stable supply of the state’s most scarce health-care resource. Featured here are the stories behind a few of the SON’s scholarships and the nursing students whose lives have been transformed by them. 8 CAROLINA NURSING Scholarships That Support the Future of Nursing Opening the Doors of Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice. RALPH WALDO EMERSON BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON, ANNE WEBB AND NORMA HAWTHORNE Audrey Booth (MSN ���56), the SON’s first MSN graduate, was honored recently with a named scholarship funded by Walter Royal Davis. She is pic-tured here with scholarship recipi-ent Sherree Skinner (BSN ’04). Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship Fund for Baccalaureate Nursing Students Helene Schwab Fuld lived dur-ing the Golden Age of New York in the nineteenth century, yet she was not immune to the wretched pover-ty that existed in the city only blocks from the mansions of the Vanderbilts, Astors and Gettys. During her lifetime she worked hard to relieve the sickness, suffer-ing and deprivation that she encountered. In the process, she passed along the value of helping those in need to her children Leonhard and Florentine. When Helene died in 1923, the Fuld siblings created a foundation in her name to continue her work. The foundation’s purpose was refined in 1961 to support “the health and welfare of student nurs-es,” and today the Trust, now administered by HSBC Bank USA, is the country’s largest private founda-tion devoted exclusively to support-ing nursing students and their edu-cation. The Fuld’s good intentions touched UNC this spring when the Trust awarded over half a million dollars to create a scholarship fund for undergraduate nursing students. Between eight to 10 scholarships will be awarded annually beginning this fall based on students’ finan-cial need. Award amounts will range from $2,500 to $3,500, depending on the annual income generated by the endowment. “The Helene Fuld Health Trust has made an investment in an out-standing school of nursing whose combination of low tuition and high quality students will return great value on this endowment for generations to come,” says Dean Linda Cronenwett. “We are proud that our baccalaureate program, students and faculty were deemed worthy of this extraordinary grant.” James M. Johnston Scholarship Fund Among the university’s most prestigious need-based merit awards, the James M. Johnston Scholarship Fund grants the largest number of annual scholarships to nursing students each year. In 2003, 18 undergraduate- and masters-level nursing students received awards from the fund. While all UNC students with financial need are considered for a scholarship, merit determines the winners. The stipend covers all expenses for the award winners, a fact that helps students like Brandi Hamlin con-centrate on studies instead of worry-ing about bills. Registered nurses taking contin-uing education classes sponsored by the SON are also eligible for Johnston Scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis. In 2003, the SON’s continuing education department awarded over 1300 scholarships. A UNC student himself, Johnston appreciated the value of a Carolina education. With the knowledge and SUMMER 2004 9 Opportunity Brandi Hamlin BSN ’01, MSN ’04 Johnston Scholarship recipient 1997-2001 & 2003-2004 “The Johnston Scholars Program has truly made a difference in helping me achieve my goals in higher education. I first received a Johnston scholarship as a rising freshman prior to starting school as an under-graduate at Carolina. As an out-of-state student, the program was the only way that I was able to afford to come to Carolina. This scholarship took the place of thousands of dollars of student loans that I observe many of my out-of-state friends struggling to pay even now three years after graduation. I was able to return to graduate school full-time only one year after graduation and reduce my work hours without worrying about paying back college tuition because of my undergraduate Johnston scholarship. When I received a scholarship for the 2003-2004 school year, I was completely overjoyed. As a second-time Johnston scholarship award winner, I feel truly blessed to have been chosen to participate in this wonderful program again. “It is essential that scholarships be available for gradu-ate nursing students because many of these students experience changes in their income as they reduce their work hours to attend school. Many graduate students also still have student loans from their under-graduate degrees. In addition, many graduate nursing students have families that they must continue to support while attending school. Thus, scholarships really make a difference in supporting graduate nursing students financially and allowing them to focus on obtaining their graduate education instead of financing their graduate education. “If someone is considering establishing a scholarship for students, I would tell them to ‘Go for it!’ In a time of a critical nursing shortage, the nursing profession is in dire need of more monetary support for future nurses, future advanced practice nurses and future nurse leaders.” Jen Hammontree BSN ’04 Cora Pitts Barbee Scholarship recipient 2003-2004 “This is the first scholarship I’ve won and it has relieved some of my financial worry while allowing me more time to focus on my studies. At a recent dinner I was fortunate enough to meet several alumni who have given back to the School by funding scholarships, and it was a wonderful opportunity for me and a few of my fellow scholarship recipients to say ‘thank you.’ These scholarships are important because tuition expenses continue to rise. I would encourage everyone who can to establish a scholarship. It is tax deductible, and the recipient will save hundreds of dollars in interest by avoiding student loans.” skills he gained during his time in Chapel Hill, Johnston went on to found an investment banking firm in Washington, DC, and buy the Washington Senators basketball team in the 1960s. Through this scholarship fund, his love of learn-ing and UNC lives on. “Strong nursing education pre-pares competent and caring nurses and develops the foundation upon which to build our future clinicians, researchers, educators, administra-tors and policy makers in health care, but it is costly,” notes Dr. Beverly Foster, clinical associate professor and director of undergrad-uate nursing programs. “Scholarships allow us to provide opportunities for qualified appli-cants, who might otherwise be excluded based on cost, to take this first professional step.” Ann P. Trowbridge Scholarship Fund A gracious spirit—this is how Jo-Anne Trowbridge Martin describes her mother. Ann Pierce Trowbridge wanted to be a nurse so she could share that spirit with oth-ers, but life circumstances and obli-gations prevented her. She was espe-cially pleased, then, when her daughter announced that she want-ed to pursue nursing. Martin entered the SON in the 1960s when, she says, scholarships weren’t as readily available. “When I was a student nurse, very few of my peers worked except during the summer months,” she says. “Life was simple and much more affordable. Most parents saved for years to provide for their chil-dren’s college tuition and board. Today times are different. A scholar-ship offers the student an opportu-nity to focus not only on academics, but to experience the full arena of campus life without the added financial burden. During my senior year I was fortunate to receive a Navy Nurse Corps Scholarship, so I am well aware of the impact such a gift can make.” When her mother passed away from brain cancer in 1981, Martin decided to begin a scholarship fund to honor her memory. She made the personal goal of contributing to the fund annually on her mother’s birthday. The fund is also a way for her to honor her Carolina nursing roots and the future of Carolina nursing. This year, she converted the expendable scholarship into a permanently endowed fund that will benefit students in perpetuity. “To anyone considering estab-lishing a nursing scholarship, I would say that assisting a student to become a nurse is a small invest-ment in the future of our nation’s health care,” she says. “It is a gift which keeps on giving because one nurse reaches out to touch many lives.” 10 CAROLINA NURSING The SON recently hosted a dinner to recognize several scholarship donors and recipients. Pictured here are Jen Hammontree and Jo-Anne and Ted Martin. Frances Ader Read Scholarship Fund Henry and Frances Read (BSN ’58) are a couple with true philan-thropic spirit. They give of their time and talent in many ways, so it was not surprising when Henry chose to surprise his wife with a named scholarship in her honor. As Henry says, “I believe that we are only here for a short time, and that we must give back to those things that are meaningful to us.” Henry was gifted with a named scholarship at St. Mary’s College where he worked for many years. He found that a contribution to a student’s education was truly rewarding and wanted his wife to experience the same feeling. “I’ve never seen anyone who loved nursing as much as Frances does, and I love her,” he explains. Henry surprised Frances with the scholar-ship in 1997, saying he felt like she had given so much to nursing that he wanted to leave a tangible recognition of her life in the area that meant the most to her. In many ways nursing was in Frances’ blood. Her grandfather and father were physicians, and Frances was fascinated with patient care. She spent as much time as she was allowed in her father’s office watch-ing the nurses in action. When the time came for college, she knew that nursing was her goal. She entered Carolina in 1954, where she met Henry. Much of her nursing career was in the area of public health, but she also served many years as a nursing instructor. Frances is retired now, but continues to work on a part-time basis. This lifelong dedication to nursing and education lives on each year in Frances’ work with patients. It also lives on through future nurses, studying at Carolina with the assis-tance of the Frances Ader Read Scholarship. Eunice Morde Doty Scholarship Fund This year undergraduate nurs-ing students will immediately bene-fit from the gift that Carol Morde Ross (AB ��64) recently made to show her deep affection and respect for her mother, Eunice Morde Doty. Ross wanted to create a lasting tribute and to honor her mother’s life with a scholarship that would enable nursing students to attend a baccalaureate degree program in the way her mother had wished to, but could not, in spite of having graduated as valedictorian of her high school class in 1936. Financial support for college was not an option for Doty during the Great Depression, yet through sheer deter-mination she graduated from the diploma nursing program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1939. Through this scholarship, Ross says she has found a way to tell her mother’s story—how strongly committed her mother was to the well-being of her family and to the principles of her profession—and to keep it alive into the future. She also tells us how Doty was a role-model during her 40-plus year nursing career and shares Doty’s values and ideals. Doty provided the foundation for learning and inquiry that shaped Ross’ life to prepare her to become a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist. Now Carolina nurs-ing student scholarship recipients will be able to tell others how the Eunice Morde Doty scholarship enabled them to attain their dreams. In 1994, Doty moved to the Glenaire Continuing Care Retirement Community in Cary, NC. Today, she resides in the assisted living unit, provided with care and comfort by devoted and com-passionate nurses like her. Ross indicated that it was a tremendous privilege to be able to present this scholarship to her mother during her mother’s lifetime. A reception, hosted by Ross and the SON, was held at Glenaire on January 10, 2004. “The scholarship that I have established in my mother’s name is to express my deep love for her and to say thanks for being my mom,” says Ross. “It is also intended to acknowledge the wonderful contri-bution she has made to nursing and to tell the world that she was an outstanding nurse who truly cared about others.” To learn more about establishing a SON scholarship or contributing to an existing fund, visit http://nursing.unc.edu/develop-ment/ campaign.html or call Advancement Director Norma Hawthorne at (919) 966-4619. SUMMER 2004 11 PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS Carol Ross with her mother, Eunice Morde Doty, at a reception honoring Ms. Doty and the scholarship recently established in her name. CN: You’ve headed up the School’s efforts to get this new building addition from pen and paper to bricks and mortar. How did you come by that job? MM: I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Dean Cronenwett asked if I might consid-er it. At first I said “No, I don’t think so,” but then after I thought about it, I realized it was a wonderful opportunity...so I quickly went back and said, “Sure, I would love to do it!” I think the dean appreciated that I am a detail-oriented person, and the creation of this addition is full of details. CN: When did the School first start tossing around the idea of building an addition? MM: Dean Cindy Freund started the process of looking at a new building addition back in the early 1990s. Significant growth in the School’s research programs, the opening of the PhD program, expanded use of clinical lab facili-ties as well as other School initia-tives made it evident that a new addition was required. CN: Why is this new addition so important? How will it benefit the students, faculty and alumni? MM: Much of the new addition is for growth that has already occurred. We were using the current Carrington Hall well beyond full capacity before we started construc-tion. The new addition will provide more conference rooms for faculty and student use, more funded proj-ect space so grant teams can have adequate work space, more clinical skills lab facilities to accommodate increased use at the BSN and MSN levels, faculty offices that allow for privacy and concentration, and dedicated archiving areas so we don’t have to use the attic or the basement where records aren’t as secure as we’d like them to be. The addition will give us breathing room to continue the work of the School and will accommodate growth of our educational, research and clinical initiatives. CN: What have been the biggest challenges in getting the addition built? MM: At different times during this process, we've sought faculty, staff, student and alumni input in shap-ing the priorities for the space and how it should be designed. By far the biggest challenge for me has been trying to show these parties that their suggestions were really heard and that we tried to incorpo-rate them into the actual building when design and budget would allow. Planning the space has been a balancing act between what was wanted, what was needed, and what we could afford. Also, we knew that the selected building site would be challenging because of the number of utilities that run through it, but the alternative would not have provided enough space to meet our current needs, not to mention that it would have squeezed a building between Carrington Hall and Columbia Street. To top that off, the creation of the temporary utilities took longer than expected, and then we encountered more rock than expected....lots of big sturdy boulders. The contractor had to reroute numerous utilities and do a lot more digging under Medical Drive and in the exact area where they needed to erect the tower crane. Without the tower crane, there wasn’t a lot of progress on the actual building. CN: And what would you say have been the biggest joys in creating this new space? MM: Despite all the problems, this has just been fun. I’ve really enjoyed sharing our plans with alumni, faculty, staff and students and inviting them to come see the new building. Now that we have some walls and columns, people in the building are beginning to realize that it’s going to actually happen and they have started to get a little excited. I also know that this 12 CAROLINA NURSING From Pen and Paper to Bricks and Mortar: A Chat with Maggie Miller about the New Building Addition BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON When Maggie Miller was a little girl, she would watch with interest as her dad, a builder in Tennessee, would spread his blueprints over the dining room table. His visions of big new buildings fascinated her. Little did she know that one day she would be involved in creating a big new building herself. Miller, now an accomplished nurse, UNC alum (MSN ’77, PhD ’90) and the SON’s assistant dean for student and faculty services, has been a driving force behind the creation of the School’s new building addition. From helping choose the location to selecting chairs for the new auditorium, Miller has been involved every step of the way. The following is a recent interview with Miller on the status of the addition, her labor of love over the past four years, and what the new space will mean to future Carolina nurses. building will serve the School for many years to come, and it’s a great deal of satisfaction to know that I have had a small role in that. CN: What are some of the features you are most proud of in this new addition? MM: We have created some infor-mal spaces so folks can gather, talk and share experiences. The other feature that I'm proud of is that the building is “environmentally friend-ly.” The green roof will help handle storm water, and even the construc-tion debris is being recycled or disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner. CN: How will the building advance nursing education, practice and research? MM: The new space means we can accommodate increased enrollments once funding is available for faculty positions. Of course our research projects benefit the state of North Carolina and the nation. Adequate space should encourage more research and practice initiatives. CN: What is the projected move-in date for students and faculty? MM: The current official date for the building to be turned over to us is November 5, 2004, and hopefully we can move in before spring semester. The contractor admits that this date represents a very optimistic timeline and it may not be possible. They plan on working extended hours and have been trying to coordinate the subcontractors so that delays are minimal, but frankly, I think it'll take a miracle for us to make that date. CN: So when will alums and friends be able to tour the building for the first time? MM: Alumni Day on October 30, 2004, is just before the scheduled completion, but we may be able to open a floor or two for tours. The official ribbon cutting will be in the spring of 2005, and all alumni and friends will be invited back to the SON for the celebration. . CN: How important is the support of alums, friends, students, faculty and staff in getting this addition built? MM: We were fortunate that this building was included in the Education Bond of 2000, and the University has certainly been sup-portive of this endeavor. However, the School needed to raise $4 mil-lion in private funds to make this building a reality, and last time I checked we had over $1 million left to reach our goal...so our supporters have and still can play a tremen-dously important role by making a pledge to the building. A contribu-tion to the building is a great way to give back to the School, or to give a gift to honor someone else. I look at it as a way to be part of the School for many years to come. SUMMER 2004 13 PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS 14 CAROLINA NURSING November 2002 Construction began immediately after Alumni Day, with the builder moving equip-ment into the con-struction area. December 2002 The land was cleared and work on moving underground utility lines for the SON, the medical school and UNC Hospitals began. These utilities included steam, chilled water, phone and electricity. April 2003 Many surprises were found while the utilities were being moved— unknown pipelines, hid-den phone lines, and even an underground vault that was not marked on anyone’s maps. The temporary utility lines can be seen to the right of the photo. August 2003 Huge boulders were found that further delayed construction. The builder had to arrange for them to be hauled away, several of them occupying an entire truck bed alone. Building Our Future: A Construction Progress Report BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON Carrington Hall Built in 1969 Sq Ft = 71,440 New Addition To be finished: 2004 Sq Ft = 69,350 1969 160 students 28 courses $22,000 research 2004 530 students Over 100 courses $10.1+ mil research PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS January 2004 Fortunately, once these problems were dealt with, the ground was cleared, graded and made ready for true construction on the building to begin. February 2004 The highly anticipated crane tower is pictured here. Construction of the building was dependent upon it, but it could not be secured in its concrete founda-tion until work on the ground was completed. March 2004 With everything now in place, the pace of con-struction picked up dramatically. Columns and flooring appeared quickly. Pictured here is the sub-basement of the addition. April 2004 This photo, like the one from August 2003, was captured with a “fish-eye” camera lens to give a more compre-hensive view of the work. Clearly defined walls can be seen at this point. May 2004 Construction has pro-gressed to what will become the ground floor of the addition by this point. Floors and walls are now clearly distinguishable. We’ve got a real building in front of us! Anne Webb, associate director of alumni affairs, has spoken with many of the SON’s alums about their experiences in nursing school over the years, including several members of the Class of 1970 who were the first to attend class in the newly constructed Carrington Hall. Here are a few of the fun things she’s learned from some of you. Just think what the Class of 2005 will be saying in 35 years! The late 1960s was a time of great change and growth at the School of Nursing and the University as a whole. Culminating in the dedication of Carrington Hall in 1969, the students of the time were in constant transforma-tion. When they entered Carolina as freshmen, the BSN Class of 1970 became the first group to complete the program of two years of general college work before get-ting into their nursing curriculum. They were also the last class to be admitted to the nursing school as freshmen. This curriculum change was put in place to bring the pro-gram more in line with other bac-calaureate- level degrees at the University. Research was gaining in prominence during this time as well. Culturally, life was changing on campus as more females were admitted to Carolina and the Association of Women Students was started. The Class began with the same strict guidelines as the classes before them, including mandatory closed study and watch-ful monitoring of activities. By the time they graduated, things had changed significantly. The Class of 1970 spent its final semester in Carrington Hall. Gwen Waddell Schultz, who got her BSN that year, said the students thought of it as a “mansion,” but were not thrilled by having to now study at the Health Sciences Library since the old build-ing had its own library. Schultz recalls a very cold, windy day when Mrs. Carrington dedicated the building that bore her name—a dream come true. Nursing finally had its own facility and took its place among the other UNC health affairs schools. And A Look at the Past…. PHOTO BY ANDREW ROSS BY NORMA HAWTHORNE Today Dr. Anne Belcher is associate dean for academic affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. When she graduated from Chapel Hill in 1967, nursing students were accepted as freshmen, wore uniforms of starched cotton dresses and lived together in the nursing dorm. What hasn’t changed is the rigor of the program and the preparation to take on just about any nursing challenge new graduates face. “There were so many opportuni-ties to choose from and so many different roles that nurses could assume,” Belcher says. “I felt I was prepared to take on just about any-thing.” And she did. Right after graduation Belcher went to work at UNC Hospitals, and it wasn’t long before she became night nurse-in-charge. “The faculty taught me great skills and helped me fully understand the value, scope and power of a good nurse,” she says. “I was ready for anything.” The program also introduced her and her classmates, still a tight-knit group, to national leaders in their field who came to Chapel Hill to speak. As a result, they could learn perspectives of other nursing disciplines. This, combined with the value of a liberal arts education, helped prepare her for her own pro-fessional leadership role in academ-ic nursing. She recalls questioning why she needed to take a political science course as a nursing student, but by the time the course was over, she realized that politics had a lot to do with health-care policies. After earning the MSN at the University of Washington, Belcher went on to Florida State University in Tallahassee to teach. She was there for nine years and earned the PhD in higher education. Every-where she studied and taught, the faculty sensed her creative energy and solid grounding. “I attribute that to my strong BSN program,” Belcher says. She spent the next several years teaching master’s and doctoral stu-dents at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, then transferred to UAB Hospital to organize a staff development program for nurses that included teaching critical thinking skills needed to set priori-ties and identify multiple needs. She was then sought out to start a mas-ter’s degree track in oncology nurs-ing at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City, where she later became associate dean for academic affairs. “New York was great, but it was far from home, and when the University of Maryland wanted to start a master’s focus in oncology nursing, I jumped at it,” she says. Belcher was there for 12 years, becoming department chair and continuing to teach and work with students—her first love—never really seeing herself exclusively as an administrator. Later, after a time commuting to Philadelphia to Thomas Jefferson University, she returned to Baltimore and her cur-rent position. Students say Belcher has a great sense of humor and makes learning fun. “That’s the best feedback I can get,” she says. “I know that when I have this kind of impact on stu-dents, the patients they care for will also directly benefit from my work. “When people ask me the most important issue facing nursing, it is easy to respond that it’s the nursing shortage. Yet, for me, it is the bigger, more complex issue about how peo-ple can stay healthy. As a society, we are each raised with differing values about health and lifestyle, and as nurses we must be sensitive to this. When I teach about chronic illness, aging and diversity issues, I want students to be aware that not every-one approaches a health issue the same way. “My Chapel Hill memories are wonderful, and I’m very proud of being a UNC alumna,” she contin-ues. “My dad was there when I received the School’s Alumna of the Year Award. It was great. I miss both my parents and wanted to do some-thing to honor their memory and what they did for me by sending me to Carolina. That’s why I’ve named a room in their honor in the new building.” 16 CAROLINA NURSING NOTEWORTHY NURSES Dr. Anne Belcher, BSN ’67 Lt. Col. Mona Bingham, PhD ’02 BY SUNNY SMITH NELSON It’s funny the paths that life takes you. Mona Bingham never pictured herself as a nurse, let alone a nurse in the US Army. Nor did she in her wildest dreams ever think she would end up in a combat zone caring for soldiers, civilians and enemy prison-ers of war. But that’s exactly where her path took her last year. Bingham, a 2002 graduate of the SON’s doctoral program, began her career in psychology. She performed laboratory research and worked with adolescents at a private inpatient facility, but found that she was drawn to the work performed by the psychiatric nurses on duty there. She decided at that time to get her nurs-ing degree, and the US Army Reserves was a good way to help pay for it. Once she graduated from Texas Woman’s University, she had several job offers in the state, but after her time away from home in California discovered that she want-ed to return west. The Army beck-oned with full-time active duty, and Bingham accepted, especially when she learned that she could continue her nursing education with full scholarships. She earned her MSN PHOTO COURTESY OF MONA BINGHAM, PHD ’02 PHOTO COURTESY OF ANNE BELCHER, BSN ’67 “When people ask me the most important issue facing nursing, it is easy to respond that it’s the nursing shortage. Yet, for me, it is the bigger, more complex issue about how people can stay healthy. As a society, we are each raised with differing values about health and lifestyle, and as nurs-es we must be sensi-tive to this.” ANNE BELCHER from the University of Nevada at Reno and decided to head east for her PhD. It was the groundbreaking research and mentoring spirit of Professor Joanne Harrell that attract-ed her to UNC. “I was so excited at the wealth of information and intellectual stimu-lation all over the campus,” she says. “But most important, for some reason, it just felt like home to me. I loved the chance to work with Dr. Harrell and her research team, and I gained a wonderful education—very well rounded—including time to watch sports and learn from multi-disciplinary presentations.” It was just when she was ready to graduate from Carolina and begin her research career as an Army nurse that she was called to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Bingham was deployed with the 47th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) to Camp Wolf in Kuwait. At 296 beds and the largest combat hospital established during OIF, the 47th CSH was designated as the evacuation point during the entirety of the operation. She served in many roles during her time there, includ-ing infection control officer, preven-tive medical officer and ultimately as the assistant chief nurse. It was during her time serving as the head nurse for the hospital’s ward desig-nated for enemy prisoners of war and displaced civilians that she encountered her most moving expe-riences. “Working as head nurse with brand new BSN nurses was an honor,” explains Bingham. “I was able to mentor, guide and experience with them enormous challenges and personal growth. I believe we learned and felt the essence of nursing— that pain and suffering is universal, and that we have accepted a job and oath to relieve that pain and pro-mote healing. War has many faces, and we were privileged to see a dif-ferent side.” Bingham’s experiences were eventually chronicled in the US Army Surgeon General’s report, “Providing Quality Medical Care in the Crucible of Battle.” Now back in the US, Bingham is pursuing her research career that was put on hold by war. She currently serves as the chief of the Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Outcomes Program at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. And, true to the unexpected paths that life takes, she is using her war experience in her research, serving as an associate investigator of three grants investigating nursing and sol-dier health-care issues and leading her own study to learn more about military personnel’s perceptions of deployment. She credits her nursing career and education, particularly that from UNC, with making her the leader she is today. “I have seen that humanity has enormous depths, and nursing is a special place to observe that,” says Bingham. “But if you asked me what was the most important thing I gained from UNC, I would tell you the personal relationships of the many faculty who worked with me and shared their thoughts and expe-riences. Also, the closeness of my fel-low students—discussions in and out of class, the Thursday night happy hours, the evenings on my patio, the laughter and tears, and the incredible memories. I have been truly blessed throughout my life with great inspirational people who have helped me in life. I have had the best of mentors, incredible personal and work experiences, and the clos-est and best of friendships. What is life but these things?” SUMMER 2004 17 PHOTOS COURTESY OF MONA BINGHAM, PHD ’02 “I have seen that humanity has enor-mous depths, and nursing is a special place to observe that. But if you asked me what was the most important thing I gained from UNC, I would tell you the personal relationships of the many faculty who worked with me and shared their thoughts and experiences.” MONA BINGHAM BY ANNE WEBB This year alumni were honored guests for a day of continuing edu-cation and friendship at their alma mater in celebration of a new and exciting approach to Nurses Appreciation Week. Alumni Nurses Appreciation Day took place on May 6 and was sponsored by the SON Alumni Association with funding from the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future. More than 50 participants gath-ered at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center for breakfast with Dean Linda Cronenwett. After spending time together greeting old friends and making new ones, attendees chose to attend mini-sessions on legal issues, genetics, finding med-ical information on the Internet and advancing the nursing career based on his or her own experience and interest. Many commented on how exciting it was to have so many generations of Carolina nurses shar-ing and learning together again. Graduates from each decade in the school’s history were present, and this made for a special Carolina nursing environment, they said. The day was a great event for the student volunteers who helped man-age the event as well. Heather Fund, a senior in the 24-month BSN pro-gram, said, “Being around alumni and getting to know some of them made me proud of my profession. They were all so kind, and they had great stories!” After the morning educational sessions, the group took a campus walk to Carrington Hall where they got a first-hand view of the con-struction on the new building addi-tion. Dr. Maggie Miller (MSN ’77), assistant dean, led a lively discus-sion with highlights about current academic programs, research, admissions statistics details about the ongoing construction of the new building addition. Dr. Rumay Alexander, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, also addressed the group and discussed her efforts to create the School’s diversity plan. She stressed that the plan is inclu-sive of alumni and that she would be happy to be a resource for SON alums. Door prizes and lunch followed, and participants were free to spend time in Carrington or on campus. Many alumni were surprised at the changes going on within the School and were happy that the tradition of nursing excellence has continued at Carolina. Attendee Mary Ann Tormey (BSN ’88) said, “An alumni event like this is a great way to provide CE credits, a forum for networking among nursing professionals with common educational backgrounds, a captive audience for fundraising for the school, and a way for current students to see what paths former UNC grads have taken.” 18 CAROLINA NURSING Nurses Appreciation Day A Tribute to Our Alums with Support from Johnson & Johnson Alumnae Valerie Balestrieri (BSN ’90) and Rosemary Resler (BSN ’86) enjoy lunch together. Back to school! These alumni enjoy a session on the state of the School with Assistant Dean Maggie Miller. EKG Analysis Board members used their skills to teach a section in the 14-month BSN option curriculum. Association President Tonya Rutherford Hemming (BSN ’93, MSN ’01) pre-sented a lecture on dysrhythmias and EKG analysis to students. The class then broke out into learning lab groups where they were given hands-on instruction and guidance. These groups were led by board members Derek Chrisco (BSN ’91), Mary Holtschneider (BSN ’95) and Courtney Rawls (BSN ’01). The association also provided an EKG resource booklet and calipers to each student. Clinical Associate Professor Carol Durham, who coordinated the program, noted how the program was helpful beyond the normal teaching experience. “The course showed the students that alumni had a vested interest in their suc-cess,” she says. “Students were able to ask questions of instructors about the information content and about their individual nursing experiences and positions.” The half-day session was mean-ingful to the instructors as well. Rutherford Hemming says of the experience, “Teaching often allows you to see the learning that takes place in students—sometimes in their faces, right in front of you! When you see this development and know you have played a small role in their nursing career, it is the greatest feeling in the world.” Taking Some of the Stress Out of the NCLEX Remember the anxiety of taking those dreaded “nursing boards”? The BSN Class of 2004 had only a short time to celebrate graduation before they had to move on to preparing for the NCLEX. To ease some of pressure, the Alumni Association brought back a group of 2003 graduates to share some tips with the seniors. This spring, Allison Berry, Laura Correll and Jona Martino led a panel discussion on preparing for the NCLEX. The panel presented their individual methods of study and test taking tips. A key focus area was reducing stress. “You’re going to get stressed out,” Correll told the group. “Just go ahead and prepare for that feel-ing. If you take the practice tests, you’ll feel more comfortable. Remember you���re graduating from Carolina—you know your stuff!” The panel was very informal and students also took the opportunity to ask the alumni for advice on transi-tioning from nursing school to the work world. The idea for the panel came out of the Alumni Association Board’s annual meeting. Board member Dr. Bonnie Angel (BSN ’79) suggested that the group find a way to assist students with the NCLEX to supple-ment the information that the School already provides. Students are given the opportunity to attend a pharmacology review and a week-long test review session. These were both highly recommended by the panelists. In 2003 the SON prepared 160 BSN students for the NCLEX, the largest number in the state that year. UNC was one of only two schools in North Carolina to prepare over 100 BSN students (East Carolina University had 134 under-graduate students write the exam for the first time). UNC’s passage rate for registered nurses was among the highest in the state, with 93% passing the NCLEX on the first try, three percent higher than the state’s average and six percent higher than the nation-al. You can check out the North Carolina Board of Nursing’s web site at http://www.ncbon.com/LicStat- PassRates.asp to see more facts and figures on how UNC’s nursing pro-gram compared to others around the state. SUMMER 2004 19 ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Association Moves Into New Teaching Role The SON Alumni Association is committed to improving the student nursing experience, which in the past has been accomplished through programs and events. This year the Association’s Board of Directors took their commitment a step further by creating an initiative to help educate in the classroom. Courtney Rawls (BSN ’01), pictured at the end of the table, leads a lab on EKG analysis for current students. The SON Alumni Association is proud to award four scholarships each year to deserving students. The 2004 recipients received their awards at a dinner in their honor at Top of the Hill on Franklin Street. Pictured here are SON Alumni Association Board Secretary Meg Gambrell (BSN ’01); scholarship recipients Erin Seitz, a senior in the 24-month program, and Brooke Bayse and Lori Dettmer, juniors in the 24-month program; Not pic-tured is recipient Katy McElroy, a student in the 14-month program. 20 CAROLINA NURSING ALUMNI NEWS 2004 Scholarship Recipients Announced Triad-area alumni were given the opportunity to participate in a special continuing education pro-gram in Winston Salem this spring. Clinical Instructor Beth Lamanna presented a lively presentation called, “Epidemiology Update: Risk- Communication-Real Threats? What Can Public Health Do?” The session was followed by an update of SON news and activities by Dr. Maggie Miller, assistant dean. In addition to discounted con-tinuing education and professional information, the event was valuable for getting to know fellow alumni in the area. As Pat Hayes (BSN ’67) said, “Best of all was the networking opportunity and intergenerational dialogue among ‘veteran’ graduates of the 1960’s through to the recent 2003 graduates. I think all enjoyed listening to the discussion of student days at UNC and current nursing workplace situations. The pride of being a Carolina grad was clear regardless of the generation!” Alumni Association Takes Continuing Education to the Triad Alums from all different class years and nursing specialties came together for a continuing education event in Winston-Salem recently. SUMMER 2004 21 ALUMNI NEWS Reunion Planning 101 SON classes have enjoyed lots of memorable reunions through the years. Many groups come together around Alumni Day, and others have their own traditions. For example, the BSN Class of ’61 has a tradition of continuous rotating reunions where the group meets in a different spot for each gathering; they have been to classmates’ homes in many different states through the years. The BSN Classes of ’55, ’56 and ’61 always manage to stay close and get together frequently in different formal and informal settings. Regardless of the particular style of the group, Carolina nurses have great reunions! Sometimes the task of putting one together seems daunting, so below are a few tips from some of the experts who have put on recent successful reunions. Ginger Weeks, Barbara Warren and Joanne Welborne, members of the BSN Class of ’63 reunion planning committee, shared their strategies and tips to help others plan a terrific reunion. All find that the fun outweighs the work and there are actually lots of resources at your disposal. Tip➊ Form a planning group. It helps to have more than one person at the helm to ensure that the workload is shared. Additionally, more represen-tation from different social groups in the planning stages increases attendance. Tip➋ Use the SON Alumni Office as a resource. They will provide contact information to the planning group and do any mailings needed for the reunion. Additionally, the SON Alumni Association provides reunion grants of up to $100 to help with expenses for reunions that are planned in conjunction with Alumni Weekend. Tip➌ Personal contact is important. Mailings get the word out initially, but contacting classmates personal-ly helps remind folks about the event. The Class of ’63 planning group divided up the roster and called classmates to encourage attendance. Tip➍ Try to get a home base. Finding a class member who lives in the area to help with logistical planning is ideal. Tip➎ Plan events that suit the tastes of the Class. In the case of the Class of ’63, classmate Faye McNaull hosted the group at her home for the main reunion dinner. This allowed class members to relax and catch up with each other without having a set ending time for the evening. Dean Linda Cronenwett enjoyed stopping by and taking part in the fun at their reunion. Other weekend events included lunch at the Rathskellar and a chance for class members to either go shopping at Southpoint Mall or attend the UNC football game. Tip➏ Celebrate your history. For example, ’63 Classmate Peggy Wade had copies made of photos from previ-ous reunions for attendees. It is always fun to look back and see how things have changed, or stayed the same! Another personal touch at the ’63 reunion included handmade centerpieces on each table, which featured photos of the students in their nursing school days. Tip➐ Stay in touch. Encourage classmates to send in their updated contact information to the School. The Alumni Affairs office will provide a booklet of contact information for all attendees at the reunion. Sending in current information will keep this listing accurate Tip➑ Follow up and plan for the future. The Class of ’63 sent out a recap of the weekend, photos and updated contact information for classmates. They also discussed ideas for the next reunion. A class reunion is a wonderful time to enjoy special memories and celebrate the excitement of joining together with classmates again. If you would like to put these tips into action and serve as a reunion planner for your own class, please contact Anne Webb at Anne_Webb@unc.edu or (919) 866-4619. Alumni Weekend is coming up on October 29-30. Building … for the health of North Carolina people To our Alumni and Friends, The concrete is being poured and the magenta-wrapped electrical cable is laid on each level of our new building. Each day brings the image of students, faculty and staff who will make this space home closer to reality. We watch as each floor takes shape…and hope. Today, we are $1.8 million short of our goal. As we plan to equip and furnish this building, this shortfall will limit our ability to continue to offer the best nursing education possible without your help. We are weighing priorities and making tough decisions about the level of technology that will be installed in classrooms, laboratories and offices. Which skills laboratories will receive enhanced or basic equipment? Which conference rooms will be outfitted with new or worn furniture? Which rooms will remain vacant until there is funding to install what is needed to occupy them? ■ A clinical education skills laboratory will give student nurses a simulated patient care experience that is as close to reality as is possible, better preparing them for the demands they will face immediately upon graduation. Your gift will help us replace outdated, worn equipment and hospital beds. ■ A distance learning lab will offer UNC access to RNs who want to earn the BSN. Your gift will open the best educational experience to all who have the desire and talent. ■ An undergraduate computer laboratory will offer the complex technology that will continue to make Carolina nursing students among the most valued in all health care settings. Your gift will help us buy the learning tools that students depend on to become outstanding nurses. Will you consider what you can do now? Will you make a 5-year pledge to name a laboratory, meeting room or faculty office? Will you add your name to the brick walkway? Will you think about what a “significant” gift means to you and make a gift at that level? It is our future nurses and the people they will be caring for who will be grateful to you. You have our thanks, Norma Hawthorne Director of Advancement 22 CAROLINA NURSING DEVELOPMENT NEWS “The SON has been my professional home since 1986. And like any home should be, it has been for me a place to thrive: where bonds are forged, ideas are nur-tured, imagination takes flight, and aca-demic dreams come true. I am pleased to have the opportunity, through the Carolina First campaign, to help Carolina become home to others.” DR. MARGARETE SANDELOWSKI Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nursing “It has been said, ‘Give and you shall receive.’ The UNC School of Nursing provided the framework and foun-dation for me to become a professional caregiver, empowering me to achieve my career goals as a U.S. Navy nurse, as well as to develop the confi-dence to meet many other life challenges. Through supporting the School of Nursisng, the joy of seeing the enthu-siastic young men and women pursue their nursing careers is the best of all ‘thank yous.’ It is exhilarating to have the opportunity to encourage and support these students in fulfill-ing their dreams through quality nurs-ing education.” JO-ANNE TROWBRIDGE MARTIN BSN ’69 Evelyn Farmer Alexander BSN ’56 Raleigh, NC William Jennings Booth, Jr. Apex, NC Greer Cawood Winston-Salem, NC Paul Chused Kinston, NC Dr. Franklin Clark, III Fayetteville, NC Denise Taylor Darden, BSN ’77 Wilmington, NC Dr. Barbara Jo Foley, BSN ’67 Carrboro, NC Dr. Terry Graedon Durham, NC Angela Hall Salisbury, NC Karen Coley Harrison, BSN ’65 Chapel Hill, NC Dr. Patty Hill, BSN ’69 Chapel Hill, NC Pamela E. Jameson, BSN ’76 Elk Park, NC Steve Martin Jackson Springs, NC Jean Hix McDonald, BSN ’83 Chapel Hill, NC Joyce Page Durham, NC Gary Park Chapel Hill, NC Margaret Ferguson Raynor BSN ’67 Garner, NC President of the Board Gwen Russell Fayetteville, NC Dr. Janet Askew Sipple, MSN ’70 Bethlehem, PA Carolyn Underwood, BSN ’79 Cary, NC Charles DeWitt Watts Durham, NC HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERS Audrey Booth MSN ’56 Chapel Hill, NC Carolyn White London BSN ’56 Durham, NC Thomas L. Norris, Jr. Raleigh, NC Mary Perry Ragsdale (deceased) Frances Hill Fox (deceased) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Linda R. Cronenwett PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor Norma Hawthorne Executive Director Brad Volk Assistant Dean SUMMER 2004 23 DEVELOPMENT NEWS SON Foundation congratulates new UNC Hospitals President Gary Park Gary Park, a SON Foundation director, was recently named president of UNC Hospitals by Dr. William Roper, chief executive officer of UNC Health Care. “I am a strong advocate for nurses and you have my commit-ment to continue to serve on the SON Foundation,” Park said at the April board meeting, noting the increased demands on his time. “What this School does is important for us.” Park came from Rex Health-care, where he served as president and CEO. Under Park’s leadership, Rex has been a strong supporter of SON programs, including Nursing Exploration Week and graduation ceremonies. New directors named for four year terms include William Jennings Booth (AB ’54) from Apex, NC; Angela Hall, CPA, Salisbury, NC; and Jean Hix McDonald (BSN ’83) from Chapel Hill. The Foundation Board has responsibility for the SON endow-ment and donor support. It includes alumni, parents, friends and civic leaders. SON Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors Park PHOTO COURTESY OF UNC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MARKETING OFFICE Explore the options to increase your income, save taxes, protect your heirs and fulfill your desire to make a gift to Carolina and the School of Nursing. Please tell us about yourself: Name Class Year Address City/State/Zip Home Phone Business Phone E-mail Please check all that apply: ❑ Send me information on gifts that will provide income to me now and a future gift to Carolina and the School of Nursing. ❑ Send me information about using my retirement plan assets to make a gift. ❑ Send me language to include Carolina in my will or living trust. ❑ I have included the SON in my will and would like information about the Charles Gerrard Society. ❑ I would like to talk with someone about how to handle a confidential gift to Carolina and the SON. How would you like to receive this information? ❑ US Mail ❑ E-mail ❑ Personal Discussion 24 CAROLINA NURSING DEVELOPMENT NEWS On behalf of SON graduates and their families, we thank you for your support! New Hanover Regional Medical Center Rex Healthcare University of North Carolina Hospitals SON Graduation 2004 Patrons Nursing Exploration Week 2004 Sponsors These organizations generously provided underwriting and scholarships for talented high school students throughout North Carolina to attend a one-week residency in Chapel Hill. Their investment to encourage future nurses will help alleviate shortages and improve patient care. Duke University Health System High Point Regional Hospital Rex Healthcare UNC Hospitals Building Campaign Update Carolina Quick Facts • By 2020, 18,000 RN vacancies in NC are projected • Aging people with chronic illness will strain the health-care system • Qualified students are turned away because of space limits and faculty shortages SON Building Progress Report • New nursing addition slated to open spring 2005 • $1.8 million short of $20.8 million total building cost • At risk: no funds to buy lab equipment, desks & essentials • At risk: the best environment for learning and practice What can you do to help? • Inscribe a brick • Name an office or lab • Make your Class Gift • Honor a nurse colleague or friend • Make a memorial gift • Enjoy tax savings, increase cur-rent income and show your love for Carolina with a planned gift • Add to your current gift or pledge • Do something today SUMMER 2004 25 DEVELOPMENT NEWS Special “University Day” Campaign Make a “University Day” $200 gift to the SON Building Fund between NOW and October 30, 2004 (Alumni Day). You’ll receive our thanks with a signed, limited-edition copy of “University Day” by artist Ed Starnes. This is a special campaign. If you’ve already made a gift, this is a great incentive to add to your commitment to the SON and help us with the new building. If you’ve been thinking about making a gift, perhaps this premium will spur you to action! Your tax deductible gift will help us safeguard the future of a great nursing program. ✓Yes, I want to make my gift to the “University Day” Campaign Enclosed is my $200 gift to the SON Building Fund. I’m looking forward to receiving my gift from you: a signed, limited-edition reproduction of “University Day,” an original watercolor by Ed Starnes. The painting, a gift of Ramelle (BSN ’55) and Ed Starnes (AB ’54), will hang in the new SON building addition. Name __________________________________________ Class Year _______________ Address ________________________________________________________________ City/State/ZIP ___________________________________________________________ Home Phone ___________________________ E-mail ____________________________ Method of Payment: ❑ Check ❑ VISA ❑ MasterCard Please make your check payable to SON Foundation, Inc. Charge Card # ____________________________________ Exp. Date ________________ Signature ______________________________________________________________ Mail check or credit card information to Norma Hawthorne, Director of Advancement, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing, CB #7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460. Questions? Contact Norma_Hawthorne@unc.edu or (919) 966-4619. 1969 Dr. Karen L. Williams (BSN) recently was elected the first female chief of staff for the more than 500 person medical staff at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, FL, where she serves as the medical director of rehabilitation services. Last October she was given the peer selected AJ Gorday Award for Medical Excellence and Service. 1970 Eileen Cetrangolo (BSN) is working in orthopedics at Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital in Asheville, NC. 1980 Donna Winston Laney (BSN) recently passed the ANCC certifica-tion exam in nurse informatics, making her one of only approxi-mately 1,000 nurses certified in informatics in the nation. Laney cur-rently works in systems and business operations for surgical services at Carolinas HealthCare System near Charlotte, NC. 1986 Leesa Thomas (BSN) has been selected to attend the North Carolina Center for Nursing’s 2004 Institute for Nursing Excellence. The institute is a week-long retreat to reward direct-care nurses across the state for their work and to encourage their leadership abilities. Up to 30 nurses are chosen for the honor each year. 1992 Lisa Weaver Bull (BSN) and her husband, David, are the proud par-ents of their first child, Carolina Grace, born October 5, 2003. 1994 Michelle Mercer Canfield (BSN) graduated this past December from East Carolina University’s family nurse practitioner program. She cur-rently serves as a clinical instructor at ECU and lives in Raleigh, NC, with her husband George and son Jonathan. Audrey Nelson (PhD) was honored with the University of Nebraska College of Nursing Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2003 by the col-lege’s alumni association. 1995 Nikki L. Eldreth (BSN) and her husband, Stephen Paul Cherry, wel-comed their first child, Katherine Sloan, to the world on January 20. 1998 Rebecca Jones Martin (RN-BSN) recently completed UNC-Chapel Hill’s family nurse practitioner pro-gram, graduating with an MSN in 2003. She continues to live in Norlina with Bobby and her daugh-ter, Sierra. 2002 Dr. Susan J. Appel (PhD) is an assistant professor in the graduate division of the University of Alabama School of Nursing. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the acute care nurse practitioner pro-gram. We want to hear from you! To update your address or to let Carolina Nursing share your new job, new address, or special accomplishment with fellow alums, please use the form below. 26 CAROLINA NURSING ALUMNI NOTES WHAT’S NEWWithYou? Keeping up with each other is hard to do these days. Please let Carolina Nursing share your news! Whether it’s a new job, special accomplishment, or an addition to your family, we’ll be happy to get the word out for you. Name (please include maiden name): Class Year: ❑ My address has changed. My new address is: News: Please send news to: Anne Webb, Alumni Association Director School of Nursing UNC-Chapel Hill Carrington Hall, CB #7460 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 E-mail: sonalum@unc.edu SUMMER 2004 27 July 2004 9th Annual Summer Institute on Qualitative Research July 12–16 Instrument Development Institute July 19–23 August 2004 Advanced Principles of Teaching in Nursing August 2–5 Writing for Publication with Elizabeth Tornquist August 20 September 2004 Fundamentals of Clinical Research for Clinical Research Sept. 7–Nov. 30 Associates and Clinical Study Coordinators Nursing Update RN Refresher Course Sept. 8–Dec. 8 Diabetes Management in Children, Part 2 September 10 Legal Update: Avoiding Nursing Malpractice September 24 Cutting Edge: Focus on GI Disorders September 30 October 2004 Bad Bugs: Infectious Disease Update for Nurses October 7 14th Annual Art of Breastfeeding Conference October 11–13 ■ University Day October 12 CPAN/CAPA Review Course October 16 Clinical Teaching October 23 Take a Breath: Respiratory Update for Nurses October 29 ■ SON Alumni Association Board Meeting October 29 ■ Alumni Day October 30 November 2004 Pediatric Forensic Course November 3–5 Wound Management Conference November 4 Long Term Care Institute November 9–10 4th Annual Pediatric Pain Conference November 12 CCRN Review Course November 17–18 ■ SON Foundation Board Meeting November 18 Time Management for Busy Nurses November 19 December 2004 ■ Commencement December 19 April 2005 ■ SON Foundation Board Meeting April 21 ■ SON New Building Dedication April 29 ■ Distinguishes University and School of Nursing events from Continuing Education events Calendar of Events For more information on School events, contact the Office of Advancement. E-mail: sonalum@unc.edu Phone: (919) 966-4619 FAX: (919) 843-8241 http://nursing.unc.edu For more information or to register for a continuing education program, contact the School of Nursing Office of Continuing Education. E-mail: nursing_ce@unc.edu Phone: (919) 966-3638 FAX: (919) 966-0870 nursing.unc.edu/lifelong/ index.html Building a Walkway to the Future... One Brick at a Time I am very proud to be a graduate of the UNC School of Nursing because of the solid foundation my nursing education gave me and because of the school’s wonderful reputation in nursing education. I also appreciate the outreach efforts toward alumni, including this opportunity to name a part of the School to honor the memory of my middle son. COLLEEN LEE, BSN 1973 My classmates and I decided to buy a brick because of the fond memories we have from nursing school. Just as the School of Nursing helped us pave our own futures, this brick will help us to pave the walkway for future nurses. It is our way of saying thank you. MEG GAMBRELL, BSN 2001 B R I C K O R D E R F O R M Name Class Year Address City State ZIP Yes, I want to order: ❏ 1 Brick $500 $167 pledge deposit ❏ 2 Bricks $1,000 $334 pledge deposit ❏ 3 Bricks $1,500 $500 pledge deposit ❏ Other amount:_______ Total:_______ ❏ I am enclosing a gift for the full amount. ❏ I am making a 3-year pledge and enclosing a pledge deposit. Please charge my: ❏ Visa ❏ Mastercard Account #_____________________________ Exp. Date_______ Signature___________________________________________ Thank you for making this gift and for your support of the SON. Special Campaigns Steering Committee Denise Taylor Darden, BSN ’77 Jean Hix McDonald, BSN ’83 Nancy Freeman, BSN ’73 Carolyn Underwood, BSN ’79 Questions? Contact Anne Webb at (919) 966-4619 or Anne_Webb@unc.edu. THE UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL As I thought about how I could help the new SON building, I began to realize how many nurses there were in my family! I had never stopped to think about it before and I decided that a brick would be a great way to remember and honor them all. ROBIN HARPER, BSN 1986 Please return this form to Anne Webb, Advancement Office, School of Nursing, CB# 7460, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 Add your brick message to the walkway here. Up to 3 lines, with a maximum of 16 characters per line. One form per brick, please (duplicate for each additional brick). LINE 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ LINE 2 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ LINE 3 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Come join your classmates and friends for unbeatable food, fun and football! The new building addition will be near completion, so get a sneak peak before it’s open to all! Reunion classes include the classes of 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and 1999 Registration begins this fall, so keep an eye on your mailbox for more information! Save the Date! A L U M N I DAY 2004 Saturday, October 30, 2004 at Carrington Hall Contact Anne Webb, associate director of alumni affairs, at (919) 966-4619 or Anne_Webb@unc.edu with any questions or for help with planning your reunion. Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 177 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1110 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL CB# 7460 CARRINGTON HALL CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-7460 |
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