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Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2008, Paula Levine, Elizabeth K. Prisnock, Sally H. Wagner, John J. Wagner

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Meetings and Annual Luncheon

Table of Contents

Officers for 2008-2009

President's Message

Treasurer's Financial Report

Alumni Scholarship Funds and Endowment Fund

Resume of Minutes

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

Annual Giving Contributors

Janet C. Hindson Award

Award Qualifications

Janet C. Hindson Recipient and Nominees

Recipient's Acceptance Speech

Ode to Sally

Sally's Appreciation

News About and From Our Graduates

Happy Birthday

Interview with a Nurse

Memories

Fiftieth Anniversary Class

2008 Luncheon Attendees

Luncheon Photos

In Memoriam

Class News~ 2008

Additional Information

Application For Nurses Scholarship Fund Application

Application For Certification

Application For Relief Fund Benefits

Hotels

Campus Map

Notes

Online Teaching Preparedness: What About Our Faculty?, Kellie Smith, Edd, Rn, Elizabeth Elkind, Rnc, Msn, Mba, Phd(C)

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Rutgers Twenty-Sixth Annual International Nursing Computer and Technology Conference. Las Vegas, NV. (podium presentation).

22 PowerPoint slides.

Are You Ready For The Certification Challenge?, Elizabeth A. Coyne Rn, Msn, Crnp, Nancy Dubois Crni, Msn, Lisa Caple

Jefferson Hospital Nurses Week

Presents the benefits of becoming a certified nurse.

Making Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators Real In Ambulatory Care, Beth Ann Swan

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Pay for performance initiatives are changing the quality landscape.

Gaps exist in quantifying and linking ambulatory care quality indicators to care provided by nurses in ambulatory care.

Ambulatory care quality indicators that are sensitive to nursing care, standardized, and tested need to be identified and adopted by ambulatory care nurses, ambulatory care provider organizations, professional organizations, and endorsed by a consensus organization.

Emergency Eye Care From The Heart: Care Of Chemical Injury To The Eyes, Registered Nurses, Wills Eye At Jefferson Emergency Department

Jefferson Hospital Nurses Week

No abstract provided.

Painful, Pointless And Potentially Infectious: Improving Perioperative Iv Catheter Management, Philippa Ratcliffe Rn, Ma

Jefferson Hospital Nurses Week

Describes the process and rationale of changing the procedure for securing IV catheters in the PACU.

Online Teaching Preparedness: What About Faculty?, Elizabeth Elkind, Rnc, Msn, Mba, Phd(C), Kellie Smith, Edd, Rn

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Faculty development and online teaching: What about faculty? Drexel University’s e-learning 2.0 conference. Philadelphia, PA (podium presentation).

18 PowerPoint slides.

Project Esl: Enhancing Student Learning For Esl Nursing Students, Mary Powell, Barbara Hoerst, Gloria Kersey-Matusiak, Lyn Buchheit, Terry Mcgee, Alexis Marsella

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

It is incumbent upon nursing programs to recognize the demographics and issues involved in training nursing students for whom English is not their first language. Project ESL used a variety of techniques to boost academic success, facilitate progress through graduation, and develop faculty sensitivity to language and cultural issues.

Parenting Foster Children With Chronic Illness And Complex Medical Needs, Lori S. Lauver Phd, Rn

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

The experience of parenting foster children with chronic illness and complex medical needs was explored in a phenomenological inquiry with 10 foster families. Thirteen participants currently fostering chronically ill children with complex medical needs were interviewed. Recorded interviews were transcribed and analyzed using van Manen's method. Data analysis yielded five essential themes: Foster parents described being committed to the child in their care, coming to know the needs of a medically complex foster child, and identifying effective and ineffective interventions encountered through day-to-day living with a medically complex child. Furthermore, they shared what it was like to experience loss of …

The Clinical Efficacy Of Reflexology In Nursing Home Residents With Dementia, Nancy A. Hodgson

Selected Works of Nancy Hodgson, PhD

No abstract provided.

Palliative Care In Nursing Homes: A Comparison Of High And Low-Level Providers, Nancy A. Hodgson

Selected Works of Nancy Hodgson, PhD

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Teaching And Learning: Integrating Technology And Nursing Education, Kellie Smith, Edd, Rn, Elizabeth Elkind, Rnc, Msn, Mba, Phd(C)

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Enhancing teaching and learning: Integrating technology and nursing education. Jefferson School of Nursing Faculty Development Day: Understanding scholarship: The Boyer model and career development. Philadelphia, PA (podium)

15 PowerPoint slides.