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Spring is a time of growth andrenewal, and this spring proved nodifferent for the School of Nursing.We welcomed Dr. Mary H. Palmer,our first Helen Watkins and ThomasLeonard Umphlet distinguished pro-fessor, to the School in January.“Stan” and “Kenny,” our innovativehuman patient simulators, debutedin February with a ribbon-cuttingceremony, accompanied by a gener-ous gift to the Building Campaignfrom W. Paul and Jane Sox Monroe(BSN ’56) to name the Human

Patient Simulator Laboratory forCritical Care Skill Development.

A few weeks ago, the School ofNursing entered into a partnershipwith Mahidol University inBangkok, Thailand. When plans ofstudy of nursing doctoral students atMahidol match the areas of expert-ise of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill, the students will spendthe second year of their doctoralprograms auditing courses andworking with faculty members herein Chapel Hill. Faculty memberswill also be invited to Bangkok toteach short courses, the first ofwhom will be Dr. Barbara Germino,who is traveling to Thailand in Juneto teach a course on theories andresearch in the prevention andmanagement of chronic illness.

As I write this letter, we areeagerly anticipating another mile-stone on April 25th when we break

ground for our new addition toCarrington Hall (look for a featureon the groundbreaking in the sum-mer issue of Carolina Nursing).

I hope you enjoy reading aboutthe advances the School is making.The vitality you see in our peopleand programs are matched by thesupport we are receiving from all ofyou who are our friends.

With warmest regards,

LINDA R. CRONENWETT, PHD, RN, FAANDean

Dear Alumni and Friends,

FROM THE Dean

A Heartfelt WelcomeColleagues, family and friends honored Dr. Mary H.Palmer at a welcome reception at the Carolina InnFebruary 26. Dr. Palmer is the first Helen Watkinsand Thomas Leonard Umphlet DistinguishedProfessor in Aging. To read more about Dr. Palmer,see the article Changing Lives, Changing Times:New Faculty Work to Expand SON Initiatives.

Mrs. HelenUmphlet and

Dr. Mary H.Palmer

Carolina Nursing is published by the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing forthe School’s alumni and friends.

DeanLinda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN

The Office of AdvancementNorma Singleton Hawthorne, DirectorAnne Aldridge, Associate Director, Alumni Affairs

and Annual FundSunny Smith Nelson, Associate Director, Public

Relations and CommunicationsHolly Herring, Public Information AssistantAnna Conrad, Development Communications InternShelley Clayton, Work-Study Intern

EditorSunny Smith Nelson

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Editorial Advisory CouncilLynn HanesMary Holtschneider, BSN ’95Zelda Moore, BSN ’78Kay PattersonJudith ReitmanGregory Simpson, MSN ’01Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sandra Funk, Associate Dean

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IN THIS ISSUE

4 A Man for All Reasons: Stan the Man Takes Up Residence at the School of Nursing

7 Issues in Nursing Leadership: A Panel DiscussionAlumni Leading from Strength, Leading to Care

15 Changing Times, Changing Lives: New Faculty Work to Expand SON Initiatives

REGULAR FEATURES

2 Roll Call

10 Alumni News

13 Development News

18 SONdries

20 Alumni Notes

22 Calendar

On the Cover: Carol Durham, clinical associate professor and director of the School’s Clinical Education and Resource Center, performs a check-up on Stan the Man.

Professor Linda Brown is amongthe recipients of this year’s prestigious Johnston Awards forExcellence in Teaching. This cam-pus-wide honor recognizes ProfessorBrown for her demonstrated com-mitment to the highest standards of teaching and her positive impacton the intellectual growth of herstudents. Chancellor James Moeserand Executive Vice Chancellor andProvost Robert Shelton recognizedthe recipients during the half-timeactivities of the UNC-Ohio Universitymen’s basketball game on February20. An awards ceremony and banquet honoring the recipients was held on April 9.

Congratulations to Professor andAssociate Dean Richard Redmanon his recent appointment to theCommunity-Campus Partnershipsfor Health board of directors. Thisnational organization currentlyclaims over 1,000 communities andinstitutions of higher learning thatare working together to promotecommunity health and health education.

The Center for Research on ChronicIllness published the first of its newquarterly columns on living withillness in the February issue of theAmerican Journal of Nursing.Professor Anne Skelly penned the

CRCI’s first article, “Elderly Patientswith Diabetes: What You Should Ask Your Patient on the Next Visit.”Professors Sandy Funk andJennifer Leeman co-wrote an editorial in the same issue introducing the new column.

In February, Professor ChrisMcQuiston won the 2002 Researchin Minority Health Award from theSouthern Nursing ResearchSociety. The award recognizes herwork on sexual health and HIV risk in the Mexican immigrantcommunity of Durham, NC.

Professor AnneFishel received theNational Award for TeachingExcellence inPsychiatric-Mental

Health Nursing from the AmericanPsychiatric Nurses Associationin December. She was recognized for her innovative work in disseminating new knowledge inPMH nursing and for her positivementoring to peers and new nurses.

Professor DianeHolditch-Davis washonored as the 2001Reviewer of theYear by the Journalof Obstetric,

Gynecologic and NeonatalNursing. Editor Nancy Lowe, com-menting on Holditch-Davis’s workto resolve the health problems ofpremature babies, said, “[Holditch-Davis’s] curiosity of discovery andcommitment to clinical relevancekeep her energy high and motivateher to give back to the professionthrough service.”

Under the mentorship of ProfessorJulie Barroso, recent BSN gradMegan Randall (’00) will be publishing her first manuscript,“Delayed Pursuit of Health CareAmong HIV-Positive Gay Men,” inthe Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Meganwon highest honors for the projecther senior year.

Doctoral student Carol Campbellwas awarded the first HildegardPeplau Scholarship by theAmerican Psychiatric NursingFoundation and the AmericanPsychiatric Nurses Associationin February. The annual award isgiven to outstanding students tosupport their studies toward a high-er degree of education in nursing.

In October, Professor Mary Lynnwon the Outstanding FacultyResearcher Award at the NinthNational Nursing Administration

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Chancellor Takes a TourChancellor James Moeser visited the School of Nursing in September2001 to learn more about the School’s research, education and community outreach initiatives. Dean Linda Cronenwett and professors Sandy Funk, Richard Redman and Maggie Miller introducedhim to faculty, staff and students in several departments of the School,including the Center for Research on Chronic Illness, the ClinicalEducation and Resource Center and the Biobehavioral Lab. One of the highlights of the visit was Chancellor Moeser’s introduction to the School’s new human patient simulators.

Research Conference. ProfessorLynn’s paper, “Work Satisfaction ofNurses in the 21st Century:Instrumentation Component,”focused on her recently completedstudy on the creation of a new worksatisfaction measure for nurses.

Professor Joanne Harrell washonored with an Academic AlumniAward from alma mater AvilaCollege in October. A ’65 BSN grad-uate of the school, Harrell was rec-ognized for her significant contribu-tions to the health care of childrenand nursing research.

In September, theNorth CarolinaNurses Associationannounced the selection of ProfessorSusan Foley Pierce

as the organization’s president-elect. Professor Pierce took office inJanuary and will serve as president-elect for two years and as presidentfor two years. Also elected wereProfessors Linda Brown(delegate) and Barbara Jo Foley(first alternate delegate). All threewill represent their district and stateat the American Nurses Associationconvention in Philadelphia this June.

Professor Mary Hall was honored inSeptember by the Great 100, Inc.as one of the Great 100 Nurses inNorth Carolina. Hall splits her timeat Carolina, teaching undergradu-

ate clinical classes and workingwith critical care patients at UNCHealthcare. She was chosen for theaward for her excellence in practiceand commitment to the profession.

Congratulations to Professor PamelaJohnson Rowsey who was doublyhonored by alma mater MississippiUniversity for Women this academicyear. In September, she became thefirst African-American to present theUniversity’s senior convocationaddress; in April, she became the firstAfrican-American to receive theUniversity’s Alumni AchievementAward. She was recognized on bothoccasions for her contributions tosociety through her teaching andresearch in nursing.

Professor andAssociate Dean Sonda Oppewalwas named chair-elect of theAmerican Public

Health Association’s Public HealthNursing Section in October.Professor Oppewal will lead activities to achieve the section’smission of enhancing the health of population groups through theapplication of nursing knowledge.

Professor Beverly Foster, elected to the North Carolina Board ofNursing last summer, was officiallyinstalled as a board member inJanuary at the organization’s firstmeeting of the year. She will serve onthe 15-member board for the nextthree years, participating in the prac-tice and education subcommittees.

Congratulations toProfessor Mary H.Palmer on herrecent invitation tojoin the editorialboard of the Journal

of the American GeriatricsSociety. As a board member, shewill attend editorial board meetingsand review articles in her field of expertise, including urinary continence.

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A Full House: The Officeof Advancement MovesForward

The Office of Advancement

welcomed three new staff

members last semester. Norma

Singleton Hawthorne, the

Office’s new director, joins the

School with over 20 years of

marketing, public relations and

communications expertise. In

addition to providing the Office’s

leadership, she directs the

School’s Carolina First Campaign

development initiatives. Anne

Aldridge is the School’s new

associate director of Alumni

Affairs and the Annual Fund.

She has a long history with the

University, having graduated in

1994 and worked in the Office of

Human Resources. Sunny Smith

Nelson, also a Tar Heel alum,

is the School’s new associate

director of Public Relations and

Communications. Prior to moving

back to the “southern part of

heaven,” she worked as the

director of Publicity at John F.

Blair, Publisher, in Winston-Salem,

NC. They join Holly Herring, the

“veteran” staffer who has been

at the School for over a year.

Moving On Up: FacultyReceive Promotions atSchool of Nursing

Leslie Davis, MSN, NPClinical instructor promoted to clinical assistant professoreffective July 1, 2001

Barbara Germino, PhD, RN, FAANAssociate professor promoted to professor effective January 1,2002

Chris McQuiston, PhD, RN, FNPAssistant professor promoted to associate professor effectiveJanuary 1, 2002


“This has the potential to

revolutionizethe teaching ofclinical skills.

Stan is going toadd a new

dimension tocritical care and

interactivelearning.”

GWEN WADDELL-SCHULTZ

BY JUDITH REITMAN

What fascinated the middleschool visitors most was his mortality.

“Can he die?” a 13-year-old girlasked.

Carol Durham, clinical associateprofessor, laughed. “Yes, he can die.”

There was a collective “Cool!”among the young observers.

“But we would rather he didn’t,”Durham said.

Those students who weren’tprodding the “patient” with stetho-scopes fired rapid questions. Couldhe sweat (no), bleed (no,) urinate(yes), talk? Yes, Durham said.

“Hey Stan,” one of the boysasked. “What’s up?”

“Not much,” Stan replied, andwinked.

A monitor steadily beeped Stan’spulse rate, heart rate, blood pressureand oxygen saturation. Several girlssaid they’d like to be nurses or pedi-atricians after seeing Stan. AaronKivette, the students’ 28-year-oldteacher at Perry Harrison MiddleSchool in nearby Pittsboro, com-mented that he hadn’t seen this levelof excitement since the school’s bas-ketball season began.

Faculty and nursing educationofficials were just as taken with Stanthat day. They felt Stan’s pulsepoints, marked with yellow dots forthis demonstration, and queriedDurham on Stan’s range of criticalresponses. Carol Swink, associateexecutive director of the NorthCarolina Board of Nursing, saw Stanas an evaluative and competencymeasurement tool. “This has thepotential to revolutionize the teach-

ing of clinical skills,” she said. GwenWaddell-Schultz, CBSN ’70, MSN ’76,associate chief for nursing educationat Durham VA Medical Center, predicted, “Stan is going to add anew dimension to critical care andinteractive learning.”

Bernadette Gray-Little, aUniversity executive associate provost,expressed what may have been on theminds of the largely female audience:“Now that we have a bionic man,what about a bionic woman?”

“He’s convertible,” Durham saidof the Human Patient Simulator(HPS). “Interchangeable parts.”

• • • • • • •

This summer, the School ofNursing became the second nursingschool in the country to purchaseStan the Man, short for StandardMannequin, and his young son – or brother, Kenny (aka Stan, Jr.), a PediaSim, for exclusive nursingeducation. Both are manufacturedby Sarasota, FL-based MedicalEducation Technology, Inc. (METI),which presented the School with a$1000 scholarship check at Stan’s

unveiling on February 7. In additionto the middle school students, deans,administrators and instructors fromnearby schools of nursing, includingBarton College, UNC-Wilmington,NC Central, NC A&T and EasternCarolina University, as well as theNC Board of Nursing, were present atthe ceremony. The consensus wasthat Stan will transform clinicaleducation in nursing.

• • • • • • •

Since the early 1970s, medicaleducation has employed varioustypes of simulation technology, aconcept pioneered by aviation train-ing. The HPS is a relatively recentphenomenon; its programming hasbeen largely developed since 1995 tothe present. This new generation ofsimulators brings response to treat-ment to the forefront of learningexperiences, providing studentshands-on, real-time training beforethey encounter patients.

Stan can become any one of 25types of patients, representing differ-ent ages, physiological parameters,medical histories and even gender;

Stan the Man TakesUp Residence at theSchool of Nursing

A Man for All Reasons:

Laura Rolleri feels Stan’s heartbeat under his Carolina t-shirt.

Twenty four-year-old Sherry Dumas, a 14-monthSecond Degree BSN Option student, thinks of Stan as“a vigorous confidence builder.” During her firstsemester with Stan, he’s been a 60-year-old man withcongestive heart failure, a 20-year-old football playerwith a collapsed lung, overcome ventricular tachycar-dia and cardiac arrest, and nearly flat lined. She’sbagged, resuscitated and defibrillated him. When he“came into” the emergency room complaining aboutchest pains, she asked him about his history of heartproblems. He said he had had a prior heart attack. The football player who had been tackled and serious-ly injured told her, “I can’t breathe. It really hurts.”

“You can talk to him and it felt pretty close to his being a real patient,” Dumas explained. “You cangive him medications through a special port and a barcode reader shows us how he reacts.”

Dumas’s team of 4-5 students played out various

high-risk scenarios. They learned how many people ittakes to run a code and how roles must be delegated.“It was a little more relaxed than if he had been a realpatient, but it was still stressful because he could actu-ally deteriorate.” Stan actually “died” in another class.

“I think the big benefit was getting confidencebecause he is about as real as you can get without hisbeing an actual person. I feel if I entered a hospitalsetting I would know what to do. Before Stan, I knewwhat I was supposed to do, now I know I can do it.”She also was surprised at her depth of knowledge.“You can use what you learn in a practical setting. It’s very reinforcing to apply what you’ve learned.”

Dumas is especially looking forward to herOB/GYN rotation when Stan becomes a pregnantwoman. The consensus is that Stan will not be anespecially attractive woman, but he will certainly be awoman of substance.

to wit, he can become pregnant withpreeclampsia. Through a main sys-tem PC console or a remote control,instructors can access any of his 70pre-configured high-consequencescenarios, some of which studentsmay never see during their clinicalrotations. Negative-event scenariosinclude heart attacks, routine anes-thesia induction, hypertension, neg-ative pressure pulmonary edema,difficult airway management, spon-taneous pneumothorax and intestin-al bleeding.

Young Kenny represents a six-year-old child who is nearly four feettall and about 44 pounds in weight.He can be programmed to simulatenear drowning, congestive heart fail-ure, septic shock, juvenile diabeticcoma or insulin shock. He alsoaccurately reflects the sensitivity todrugs and various medical applica-tions particular to children. BothHPSs react realistically to over 50medications in real time. Theyrespond to incorrect or over/underdoses, to CPR, defibrillation, intuba-tions, ventilation and catherization,among other procedures.

Durham first saw Stan at a nurs-ing conference. “I want this man,”Durham told Dr. Cynthia Freund,the dean at that time. “The Schoolneeds this mannequin.”

Durham and Dr. Judy Miller,associate professor and leader of the14-month Second Degree BSNOption, lobbied for the mannequin.

Dr. Linda Cronenwett, who took overthe position as dean after Freund,needed little convincing. “Part of theSchool of Nursing’s mission is to bea leader in nursing education, andin this instance we are taking aleadership position in applying thelatest technology to clinical skillsdevelopment,” she says. The oppor-tunity to acquire Stan comes at atime, Dean Cronenwett notes, inwhich the availability of clinicalsites is becoming increasingly limit-ed. Meanwhile, there is an increas-ing need to produce more nurseswith better skills, particularly in crit-ical care. “This means that we haveto have more predictable clinicaltraining than we currently have. Thequestion then becomes is this the

way to do it. Our early pilot workindicates it is.”

That study, which was conductedlast year by Durham and Miller,found tremendous enthusiasmamong the eight initial students whoworked with Stan. Subsequently, 31 of the 14-month option studentsutilized Stan. Durham observes,“They find Stan a valuable learningexperience by engaging the man-nequin as a patient that must betreated with different modalities inorder to prevent or turn around thecrisis. And so they gain experienceand build their confidence.”

Dr. Beverly Foster, director ofundergraduate programs and clini-cal associate professor, says that the

Dean Cronenwett looks on as Carol Durham cuts the ceremonial ribboncelebrating the debut of Stan and Kenny.

“Part of theSchool’s missionis to be a leaderin nursing education, andin this instancewe are taking a leadershipposition inapplying the latest technologyto clinical skillsdevelopment.”DEAN LINDA CRONENWETT

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“A Vigorous Confidence Builder”

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School intends to fully integrate Staninto the two-year BSN program aswell. “We are probably just at the tipof the iceberg in terms of what wecan accomplish with Stan,” she says.

Professor Emerita Laurice Ferris,who worked in critical care in the1960s and 70s, wishes she had hadStan when she was teaching. “Thepoint is to anticipate and assess apatient in an ongoing fashion inhopes of averting a crisis, but nowstudents will know what to do in theevent of a crisis on the floor or incritical care,” the now retired Ferrissays.

Ferris concurs with Durham thatsuch experience will increase confi-dence, as well as reduce anxiety.“There is always a level of anxietywhen you know you are going tohave a code, when you have apatient near death. But if you getinto a crisis, you will have had aheads-up. This will help the studenttremendously and the patient willultimately get the best possible care,which is what we want.”

Southern Illinois University atEdwardsville, the first to purchase an HPS for exclusive nursinginstruction, found that participating

students accrued substantial benefitin working with Stan. Studentsincreased their confidence, improvedtheir decision-making and critical-thinking skills and enhanced theirprior learning. Stan helped themvisualize physiological effects on thehuman body, including medicinaleffects, which are hard to conceptu-alize when learned through lectur-ing and/or reading. As for instruc-tors, Stan enabled them to utilize astructured laboratory setting insteadof trying to find appropriate and/orrare patient care opportunities in ahealth care setting. Stan was valu-able in evaluating students’ synthe-sis of knowledge and technical skillsas well.

In addition, Stan presents aviable alternative to using animalsin medical teaching. “Pressure todecrease or eliminate the use of ani-mals in laboratories has promptedmany medical and nursing schoolsto consider Stan,” says KimberleeReinhardt-Lopez, one of the METIreps who attended the February 7event.

The School plans to partner with other clinical and educationorganizations to develop this newtechnology.

And what, indeed, happens ifStan dies? “You can start him backup again,” Durham says, smiling.

Supporting the School of Nursing has alwaysbeen a cause close to the hearts of Jane Sox Monroe(BSN ’56) and her husband, Paul (BSBA ’56). Whenthey heard about the School’s need for support forthe new Human Patient Simulator Laboratory forCritical Care Skill Development, they knew it was anopportunity to give back to the place they said hadgiven them so much.

“My nursing degree not only provided me with acareer, but it allowed me to be able to do somethingfor others,” explains Monroe. “I feel it’s now myresponsibility to do something for the School thathelped me become the person I wanted to be.”

The skills she learned at the School of Nursinghave been invaluable to her throughout her life, says

Monroe, from working as a public health nurse toserving as a member of the Catawba County (NC)Board of Health. Helping new nurses get the skillsthey need for a successful career is only anotherexample of the caring attitude she developed while atthe School of Nursing.

“I believe the new human patient simulators willallow nursing students to learn so much more, fromimproving their critical care skills to feeling more com-petent and comfortable with patients,” she says.“Nurses have so many responsibilities, but the mostimportant is making a patient feel special throughtender loving care, which is a vital combination ofcompassion and skills.”

Chelsea Johnson andChelsea Green look onas Zach O’Dell listens toStan’s heartbeat.


A Worthy Cause: Alumna and Husband Support the HPS Lab

“We are probably just

at the tip of theiceberg in terms

of what we can accomplish

with Stan.”DR. BEVERLY FOSTER

LeadershipNursing

BY NORMA SINGLETON HAWTHORNE

As nurses move through theircareers, more options open to them,especially with advanced education.Yet, according to a group of panelistswho led a discussion during AlumniDay on November 10, leadership is aquality that can be expressed at anypoint along the path.

“To even be here at UNC-ChapelHill School of Nursing, you must bea leader in some capacity,” saysSenior Class President Leslie Collins.Student nurses volunteer with themultidisciplinary Student HealthCoalition and the student-operatedfree clinic in Carrboro where they seepatients, operate the laboratory andcoordinate patient flow. “This isimportant preparation for what’s tocome after graduation, and it willhelp us become even stronger lead-ers,” she says.

Doctoral student Stewart Bond,who is studying delirium in latestage cancer patients, observes thatthere can be many leaders at all lev-els. “I see people participating, serv-ing on committees, actively involved.This leadership is more about actionand behavior, rather than attaining aposition or role.”

Leaders, he says, are the peoplewho understand the politics, knowhow to get things done and are ableto influence others. “Leaders networkand mentor others. They are contin-uously learning because they areaware that new knowledge will makethem more valuable contributors.Effective nurse leaders listen to oth-ers, think before they speak and

understand how to deliver key messages to colleague.” This takespractice, he says.

When Bonnie Fields (BSN ’80)consulted in health care management for one of the Big Fiveaccounting firms, she worked withnurse leaders as their organizationswere undergoing dramatic change.She presented three characteristics of successful nurse leaders for theaudience to consider: they are competent, although not necessarilytechnical experts; they are strongcommunicators, able to motivateand inspire; and they can think outside of the box.

“When organizations change,they depend on this type of leadership,” she says. “Successfulleaders are honest, open and com-fortable being challenged. They’reable to listen to opposing views andare open to changing their minds.Successful leaders are flexible andinvite innovation. They give credit toothers and will step up to take theblame when things go wrong.”

She asked the crowd to think ofthe film Apollo 13 and the control

room crisis scene when people cametogether to find a way to bring theastronauts home. It took a team todiscover the best solution, she pointsout. Fields emphasizes that, “If weare nurse managers in complexhealth systems, we must help fosteran organizational leadership stylethat allows people to try new ideasand make mistakes.”

“I subscribe to the theories and practices of transformationalleadership,” says Professor SusanFoley Pierce, president-elect of theNorth Carolina Nurses Association.“Leaders must understand and tapinto people’s basic values, goals andmotivations. I tell my students thatto lead you must know yourself; youmust control yourself, rising aboveyour own petty issues and goals; youmust look ahead and become afuturist; and you must be willing totake risks by being curious and willing to change the status quo, ifneeded.” Pierce says that it is mostimportant to remember that no oneperson has all the answers – thateveryone has some of the answers.

A PanelDiscussion

Issues in Nursing Leadership:

Stewart Bond, Professor Susan Foley Pierce, Leslie Collins and Bonnie Fields offer theirperspective on nursing leadership.

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Pamela Ellis Jameson, BSN ’76, MPH ’86, CNAA

When Pam Jameson returnedhome to Linville, NC, after complet-ing her undergraduate degree, shedidn’t expect to stay long. But as hercareer developed, Jameson says thechoice to remain “at home” in thecommunity where she grew up withthe people she knew best was clear. “I could go anywhere in the worldand my Carolina education would be recognized. I also knew that mynursing degree would give me a solid base on which to explore moreeducation later if I wished.”

Now her most challenging role asvice president of clinical operationsat Avery Health System is to make asmall rural hospital, Charles A.Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital,financially viable in the midst of reg-ulatory requirements and limitedresources. But it’s not just abouteconomies of scale. “We’ll overcomethese challenges by providing theright kind of care for our communi-ty. If we do this, we’ll be successfulfinancially.”

Recently, Jameson saw the oppor-tunity to affect change by introduc-ing Planetree, a model to createpatient-centered care in healingenvironments. “For so long, patient

care has been provider focused. WithPlanetree, everything we do is forpatient satisfaction. It is not wrongfor the patient to be at the center ofyour health care service model,” shesays. “Staff and community benefit,too.” Planetree was a good fit forAvery Health System. With the merger, they had an opportunity toestablish a new culture for a neworganization.

Jameson’s advice to professionalcolleagues stems from an unshak-able belief: it is essential to care forthe whole person — their spiritual,emotional and psychological needsin addition to their physical needs.“When you choose to work in ahealth care organization, look forone that has heart and demonstratesthat its mission is more than thequality of care received. It must payattention to how it is delivered, too.”

Rebecca Dewees Olson, BSN ’74, MS

Becky Olson was shocked whenshe first heard that 35% of theEastern Band of Cherokee Indianshas diabetes, compared to 5.9%nationally. So when she was asked toact as a management consultant forCherokee Choices, an initiative thataddresses the problem of Type 2 dia-

betes by focusingon the reserva-tion’s children,she jumped at thechance. Wherebetter to start pre-vention than dur-ing a person’s

most formative years, she thought.The community members withwhom she spoke agreed.

Now in its second year, theCherokee Choices program focuseson fourth graders and takes a rathernontraditional approach to reducingthe risk of Type 2 diabetes in thetribe. By introducing a school-basedgroup-mentoring model to promotehealthy behaviors, program leadershope to improve the overall emotion-al and physical well being of thechildren. Enhancing the children’sself-esteem and cultural awarenessare important components of theprogram, as is developing healthycoping skills. Better food choices,more exercise and stress manage-ment are also strongly emphasized.The initiative, funded by a grantfrom the Center for Disease Controland Prevention, includes teacher,parent and community-wide compo-nents to promote sustainability.

“Although we are in the earlystages, our fourth graders are react-

The School of Nursing has produced many leaders in its 52-year history,from educators to consultants to chief operating officers. The three alumniprofiled in these pages have taken the valuable education they receivedwhile at the School and developed it into not only rewarding careers butefforts that push the boundaries of known health care.

Alumni Leading from Strength, Leading to Care

Nu

“I could go anywhere in the

world and my Carolina

education wouldbe recognized.”

PAMELA JAMESON

Olson


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ing very positively to the mentors andtheir special lessons and activities.They are learning that conqueringthe climbing wall makes exercisefun; reviewing fractions while creating a recipe for trail mix is‘cool’; and talking to a trusted adultwho has a little extra time for you isinvaluable.”

Olson, who served as a projectdirector and assistant director ofUNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for HealthPromotion and Disease Preventionfrom 1994 to 1999, says that no mat-ter what type of work she is doing,she constantly references her nursingeducation base and can’t conceive ofmanaging without it.

“I’ve had the pleasure of applying my Carolina nursing education in a variety of roles overthe years, in both traditional andnontraditional ways. It has alwaysprovided me with a strong basis forunderstanding individual and community expressions of concern.In my current role, when I hear ‘critical thinking’ or ‘logic model,’ I often think ‘nursing process.’”

P. Kay Wagoner, BSN ’70, MSN ’78, PhD ’86

In her work to discover noveltreatments for sickle cell disease, urinary incontinence, atrial fibrillation epilepsy, glaucoma andpain, Kay Wagoner relies on hernursing background. Honored onUniversity Day 2001 with theDistinguished Alumna Award presented to her by Chancellor JamesMoeser, Wagoner recalled how herexperiences in nursing school and

nursing practice prepared her for herrole as founder and CEO of Icagen.The company is the first biotech firmdedicated to utilizing ion channelsas therapeutic targets. It is a leaderin using ion channel genes and ionchancel chemistry to move fromgene products to drug products.

“I am convinced that a nursingdegree is a basic life necessity.Everyday I use the knowledge andprocessing skills I learned in nursingschool. In my personal life and pro-fessional work, I am often askedquestions relating to health, well-being, coping with crises, and onand on, and I pull from my days innursing school and my experiencesin my nursing practice.”

During her career, Wagoner has served as the founder and firstdirector of the non-profit cardiacrehabilitation organization OrangeCardiovascular Foundation, workedin the Intensive Care Unit at UNCMemorial Hospital, and served as afaculty member at the School ofNursing. Soon after receiving herdoctorate in physiology from theUNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine,she became the senior scientist atGlaxo Research Institute in ResearchTriangle Park, where she created theIon Channel Biology Group. Duringthis time she wrote articles foresteemed journals and establishedmany concepts used today in thepharmaceutical drug discoveryindustry.

“My decisions about pharmaceu-tical priorities are made in light ofan enhanced understanding of whatit is like to be sick, hospitalized orrecovering from illness. I would not

have that perspective if it were not formy nursing background,” she says.

Wagoner observes that nurses canbe leaders in clinical units, academicdepartments and scientific laborato-ries. Nurse scientists, she says, arethose who have earned advanceddegrees and combine basic scientificmethods into nursing research andnursing practice. “I would tend tosay that the field allows for those ofus in nontraditional roles to applaudour nursing roots. The definitions ofnursing are endless.” She recom-mends that nursing students practicethe art and skills of nursing in bothinpatient and outpatient settings.“These varied perspectives will helpdetermine what your true interestsare. Then,” she advises,” get moreeducation to open more doors.”

Leadershiprsing

Wagoner

What better way to see the coun-try that with a group of treasuredfriends? The SON Class of ’61 hasfound the best of both worlds withtheir annual traveling reunions.

This year the group met at thehome of Karen Magnuson Mauro in Laguna Beach, California, andenjoyed a stop in San Diego withLinda Mulligan Walters. Next yearthey head to Donna Thompson

Alexander’s home in Arizona. Theclassmates also have been to RhodeIsland and enjoyed several trips tothe Carolina Coast.

A 25th reunion in Chapel Hillstarted their adventures. AliceForester Keiger and Pat Brown Cristhave been active organizers. “Whenwe were on campus, we lived andstudied together,” says Keiger. “Wewere some of the very few freshman

women at Carolina.” The closebonds they formed during their years at the SON have continuedthroughout their lives. The groupenjoys seeing new places, but reallyfocuses on catching up with eachother. Planning for the reunionstarts a year in advance and partici-pation has increased each year.


AL U M N I NE W S

A Reunion on the Road: The Class of ’61

The Class of ’61 enjoys a reunion dinner in Laguna Beach,California. Pictured from left toright are: Keeter Baggett Pope,Alice Forester Keiger, MabelBroadwell Yelvington, AnnLinville Jessup, Karen MagnusonMauro, Donna ThompsonAlexander, Margaret ThompsonMcCain, Ann Tolton Bergamo,Linda Mulligan Walters and Pat Brown Crist. Photo courtesyof Karen Magnuson Mauro.

What better way to show your pride in the School ofNursing than by sporting the Alumni Association’s new t-shirt? The white, 100% cotton t-shirts are available in sizesranging from small to double-extra large and feature theLeading from Strength, Leading to Care logo on the back.Short sleeve shirts are $10 and long sleeve shirts are $15. If you would like to order a t-shirt, e-mail Anne Aldridge [email protected] or phone her at (919) 966-4619with your preferred style, size and mailing address. Then dropus a check made payable to the SON Alumni Association with$3.00 added to your order for postage and handling.

The Toast of the Town —New SON T-Shirts

Gathered under a Carolina blue sky, School of Nursing alumsreconnected at their annual AlumniDay homecoming on November 10. They enjoyed the sounds of localband Hooverville and the tastes ofThrills from the Grill. AlumniAssociation President CarolynGraham (PhD ’97) welcomed thegroup, and Association of NursingStudents President DannerChambless shared reflections on life as a nursing student in the classof 2002.

A special new feature of AlumniDay this year was an "Issues inNursing Leadership" panel. This lively discussion of nursing

leadership was led by members ofour own Carolina nursing familyand featured an exchange of ideasand opinions about what leadershipis, how leaders are developed andthe kind of organizations that fosterleadership. You can read moreabout the panel and profiles ofselect alumni nursing leaders in the article on page 7.

The 'Heels were not able to pull off a victory over Wake Forest,but the warm atmosphere onCarrington Lawn was not dampenedby the loss.

Be sure to mark your calendarsnow for Alumni Day 2002:November 2!

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Alumni Day 2001

Alumni Day Address Association of NursingStudents President Danner Chambless

When I first sat down to write mythoughts about nursing school, allI could think about is how muchthings have changed since theSchool first began.

Today, our students are made upof a wide variety of people. Nolonger are we comprised of tradi-tional undergraduate females. Wehave people of many differentcultures and backgrounds rangingfrom the country of Africa to ruralNorth Carolina. Men and womenwith military backgrounds, chem-istry degrees, and social work allhave joined the profession ofnursing. The diversity in theSchool of Nursing is only going toincrease along with the expansionof the School.

After I began to think about thedifferences among our classes, itoccurred to me that we all sharesomething more important thanany of our differences. We allwant to serve others through thefield of nursing.

Nursing will forever be the tie thatbinds us. Each one of us haswalked in the same shoes. Theymay not look the same consider-ing our uniforms have changed agreat deal, but we have alllearned what it is to be a nursefrom the same school and possi-bly even the same instructors.The School has fed us the knowl-edge that we need to be compe-tent nurses and has given us theopportunities to grow in our rela-tionships with our fellow class-mates. These relationshipsbecome the foundation for themost important tenants of nurs-ing, care and compassion.

UNC is what brings us here today,but nursing is what will keep ustogether for a lifetime. Each of us has made a commitment ofservice through our degree innursing and that unites all of ourdifferences. Here at the School of Nursing our graduation yearsdon’t matter; it is our desire to begood nurses that does.

Alumnae Jackie Dean Jennings(BSN ’81) and Lucy LigonHeffelfinger (BSN ’81) enjoy the day with their families.Pictured left to right are: KarlaMangum, Jeff Jennings, RichardHeffelfinger, Jacy Jennings,Jackie, Jonathan Heffelfingerand Lucy.

A festive groupenjoys the companyand sunshine on theCarrington Lawn.

This year’s youngest Alumni Dayattendee, Matthew Franklin Bunn,son of Melanie Bunn (BSN ’83)enjoys plenty of attention.

AL U M N I NE W S

Change was the key word for the2001 Alumni Association Board dur-ing its annual meeting November 9.They welcomed new members,designed a new committee-basedstructure for the board and votedTonya Rutherford Hemming (BSN’93, MSN ’01) as the board’s newpresident-elect.

Priorities for the board this yearinclude a survey of alumni, morestudent involvement and reachingout to alumni through regional pro-gramming. Working subcommittees

will focus on special events, publicrelations, scholarships and recogni-tion and long-range planning.Although the group meets on anannual basis, it was agreed that theexecutive committee would cometogether more frequently to plan.

The board is an active voice foralumni within the school. If youwould like to share your time andtalents with the board, contact Anne Aldridge, associate director foralumni affairs, at (919) 966-4619.

Alumni Association BoardHolds Annual Meeting

Assistant Dean for Student and Faculty Services Maggie Miller shares the plans for the School’s new addition with board members.

Dean Cronenwett speaks withboard members Susan King-Zellerand Meg Gambrell.

Alumni Association Board of Directors2001–2002

President:Carolyn Graham ’97

President-Elect:Tonya Rutherford Hemming ’93 (’01)

Treasurer:Susan King-Zeller ’95

Secretary:Mary Holtschneider ’95

Directors:Prentiss Anne Allen ’67Helen A. Bridges ’79Melanie Bunn ’83Abby Ensign ’00Meg Gambrell ’01Michael Joyner ’00Geraldine Laport ’55Heather Mackey ’01Jo-Anne Trowbridge Martin ’69Susan Minnix ’95Zelda E. Moore ’78Robin Perry ’96BJ Lee Simpson ’93 (’97)Jo Lentz Williams ’69

UndergraduateRepresentative:Danner Chambless

Faculty Representative:Bonnie Angel ’79

The 2001-2002Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors


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Dear Alumni and Friends,

When the State of North Carolinafaced a series of recent budget cuts,you heard news about how thiswould affect the University and stu-dents. Many people weren’t awarebefore this announcement, though,that the University was responsiblefor securing a major portion of itsbudget from private support. Thisprivate support represents 64% ofwhat it costs to deliver a UNC-ChapelHill education – among the finestavailable anywhere in the UnitedStates. The percentage is expected toincrease with the State’s financialwoes.

At the School of Nursing, theneed for private funds holds specialimport as we break ground on a new building. Our goal is to raise $4 million in private support to augment the state’s contribution.Your gift will enable us to educate anew generation of nurse cliniciansand leaders who will help shape thefuture of health care.

This new building is not ouronly goal, however. Now, more thanever, we depend on gifts from ouralumni and friends to fund criticalscholarships, endowed professorshipsand educational, research and pub-lic service programs that will meetneeds and fulfill dreams as stateassistance diminishes.

You hold our future in yourplans. Major gifts today and bequestswe receive in the future will help theSchool:

• Attract and retain minority anddisadvantaged students who willbe educated to help address thehealth disparities prevalent in oursociety.

• Replace the 20% of our extraordi-nary faculty members who willretire in the next three to five years.

• Create clinical practice initiativesthat will deliver care to rural and disadvantaged communitieswhere health care is not readilyavailable.

• Disseminate and implement aproven intervention for breast andprostate cancer patients that canhelp them better manage their ill-ness and navigate an increasinglycomplex health system.

• Introduce middle and high schoolstudents to nursing careers whileproviding valuable mentoring andhands-on clinical experiences.

These are just a few of the priori-ties identified by the Dean and ourfaculty members.

If you are making an AnnualFund gift to the School, think aboutincreasing it. Then, consider makinga five-year pledge to the School ofNursing to support this campaign.We cannot do it without YOU.

With sincerest thanks and appreciation,

Norma Singleton Hawthorne, MSDirector of Advancement

DE V E L O P M E N T NE W S

Ready to Build a StrongFoundation for the Future

“Wellness is just optimal func-tioning,” says Melissa LeVine. “WhenI was in nursing school at UNC-Chapel Hill, I learned that definitionbut it didn’t mean as much then.Now, I appreciate that maintaining ahealthy physical, mental and socialbalance makes life go better becauseit relieves stress.” LeVine, who nowlives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, made a seed gift to establish a wellness program for faculty and staff at theSchool. She wanted to help facultyand staff model good wellness behaviors for students by taking care of themselves.

“I have a fondness for this faculty and staff. They’re part of my

life and the contribution they makeis awesome,” she continues. WhenLeVine was looking for a way to contribute to Carolina that fit hervalues, she thought of faculty andstaff who she observed were workinghard for others. She wanted a way tohelp them sustain their energy andthrive. The fund was established togive faculty and staff the flexibilityto choose the kinds of wellness activities that would be most beneficial to them.

Faculty and staff were able tostretch the fund into a second yearto continue a popular WeightWatchers program that is attendedby more than 40 people.

LeVine Wellness Program: Another Rewarding Year“Thanks to the

LeVine Wellness

Program, in addition

to reducing my

weight and waistline,

I’ve found a renewed

sense of camaraderie

among faculty

and staff.”LYNNETTE THACKER, STAFF MEMBER

Ten Ways to Make a Significant Gift to the School ofNursingPlanned gifts are a partnershipbetween the University and its donors. Through this partnership, a donor can provide for his or her presentneeds as well as the futuresupport of the School ofNursing. Here are 10 ways you can help:

• An outright gift of cash or securities

• A multi-year pledge: installment gifts

• A gift to a pooled income fund

• A gift to the charitable gift annuity program

• A gift in trust

• A gift of real estate

• A life insurance policy

• A gift of an income stream

• A bequest

• A creative combination of these

Talk to us about what youwould like to do, and togetherwe can find a way to do it.

What do a banking institutionand a health care system have incommon? They are making a criti-cal investment in the future healthof North Carolinians.

In January, the School ofNursing received word from GreerCawood, senior vice president ofPublic Policy at Wachovia andmember of the School’s FoundationBoard, that the WachoviaFoundation had approved a propos-al to provide $50,000 for the cre-ation of the Wachovia Scholarship toBuild and Reinvest in Communities.

The scholarship will enable agraduate nursing student to deliverquality care to at-risk, medicallyunderserved communities whilegaining important clinical experi-ence as they do community serviceor research as part of their graduateeducation. This service-learningexperience will be invaluable for fostering interest in returning to the

underserved community represented.As community-based practition-

ers, nurses unleash tremendouspotential to assess the impact ofpoverty and to implement and evaluate interventions. This oftenextends to helping vulnerablegroups make decisions about theirlives that may include access toemployment and social services,skills training, and credit and loans.

For Avery Health System, thedecision to provide $10,000 througha grant from the Linville Foundationin honor of Avery nurses in supportof Nursing Exploration Week comes at an opportune time as theprogram reaches out to recruit participants from rural high schoolsin western NC.

During the 11 years that the program has been offered, therehave been no participants fromAvery County. That’s why Pam

Jameson (BSN ’76), Avery’s vice pres-ident of clinical operations, wantedto help sponsor students to partici-pate in the summer residential pro-gram in Chapel Hill.

Nursing Exploration Weekexcites young people about theprospects of nursing and healthcare, introduces them to mentorsand gives them face-to-face, hands-on experiences with patients in various health care setting. Over40% of the students who participatego on to enroll in a nursing program somewhere in the state.

Over the next several years, theSchool intends to make the programavailable to more minorities anddisadvantaged students, and includea section for middle school students.We will be seeking significant indi-vidual, corporate and foundationsupport in order to sustain and growthe program.


DE V E L O P M E N T NE W S

Last fall, Carolyn Underwood(BSN ’79) and Dr. Robert Blum gra-ciously opened their Cary, NC, hometo enable the School to thank majorsupporters and unveil architecturalplans for the new building additionto Carrington Hall.

Carolyn welcomed guests andtalked about her experiences as anursing school undergraduate,telling how this education gave herthe solid foundation from which tolaunch a successful pharmaceuticalindustry career. Today, she is thepresident and CEO of Artecel, Inc., aResearch Triangle Park biotechnolo-gy company that is conducting stemcell research.

Dean Linda Cronenwett honoredDean Emerita Cynthia Freund forher commitment to the School andits future by working to realize thedream of a new building. She alsothanked Chancellor Emeritus andMrs. Christopher Fordham for serving as honorary campaign co-chairs, and introduced ThomasNorris, a long-time supporter andFoundation Board member, as theSchool’s representative to theUniversity’s National CampaignSteering Committee.

Fifty guests who had made orwere planning to make major cam-paign gifts or bequests to the Schoolattended the event.

School of Nursing Building Addition Kick-OffHosted by Carolyn Underwood (BSN ’79)

Wachovia, Inc. and Avery HealthSystem: Securing Carolina’s Future

It’s an opportunity for everyoneto participate. It’s a personal expres-sion of your “thanks” and commit-ment to the School. It reflects the joyof giving back. And it’s a way to bepublicly recognized for your support.

Your gift of $500 (which, by theway, can be made as a 5-yearpledge) will purchase an inscribedbrick that will pave the entrance ofthe new building addition. Use thisas an opportunity to recognize anindividual, a family, or honor abeloved faculty member or thememory of a loved one.

Contact Anne Aldridge, associatedirector of Alumni Affairs and theAnnual Fund, to make yourarrangements to support Paving theWay, or see the School’s website,www.unc.edu/depts/nursing.

Paving the Way:The School of NursingBrick Campaign

Major Gifts Receivedfor the BuildingCampaign

Auditorium, Medical DriveLevel, A Gift of Frances Hill Fox

Biobehavioral Laboratory Suite,Carrington Hall, A Gift of theClass of '56

Human Patient SimulatorLaboratory for Critical Care Skill Development, A Gift of W. Paul and Jane Sox Monroe,BSN ’56

Biobehavorial Laboratory forGenomics Study, CarringtonHall, A Gift of MargaretFerguson Raynor, BSN '67, and Dr. Bobby C. Raynor

East Lobby and Reception Area,Medical Drive Level, A Gift ofthe Faculty Emeriti

Undergraduate StudentLounge, A Gift of FranklinClark, III

Alumni Welcome CenterReception Room, A Gift of the Class of '55

Rooftop Garden for aSustainable Environment, A Gift of Dean Emerita Cynthia M. Freund

Academic Affairs ReceptionArea, A Gift of Dr. Margery A. Duffey, Faculty Emerita andFormer Associate Dean ofAcademic Affairs

Office of the ContinuingEducation Director, A Gift ofLaurice Ferris, Faculty Emeritaand Former Director ofContinuing Education

Admissions and StudentServices Reception Area, First Floor, A Gift of Ben T. and Evelyn Farmer Alexander,BSN '56

Fifth Floor Conference Room, A Gift of Dean Linda R.Cronenwett

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Richard Redman, PhD, RNAssociate Dean for AcademicAffairs, Professor

As the new associate dean foracademic affairs, it is Dr. RichardRedman’s responsibility to provide leadership and oversightfor the educational mission of the School. His strongest commit-ment, he says, is to advance theexcellence in education that hasbeen a hallmark of the School forover 50 years.

Redman’s work as a nationallyrespected educator and academicadministrator has influenced many of his ideas on how to bestaccomplish this goal. His ideasinclude the recruitment of a diversefaculty and student body; the development of research and prac-

tice programsthat address soci-ety’s most press-ing health careproblems; thefostering of acurriculum thatprepares cultur-ally competent

care providers; and a balancedapproach to the use of technology.

An initiative Redman believeswill benefit the School in particularis the creation of stronger campus-community partnerships. He seesthese partnerships as a way to buildmore effective patient-provider relationships.

“I want our students to experi-ence how to form partnerships withcommunities and agencies in a waythat will address issues of social

justice, make a difference in thehealth of communities and engagethe students as citizens and profes-sionals for their entire careers,” hesays. “I see this grassroots approachas the primary way to affect thekinds of change and reform neededin our health care system and society today.”

Redman recently joined theboard of Campus-CommunityPartnerships for Health, a nationalorganization made up of nearly1,000 communities and institutionsof higher learning with the com-mon goal of improving communityhealth and health education. Hisfellow new associate dean at theSchool, Dr. Sonda Oppewal, also shares his vision of more campus involvement for the greatercommunity good.

Changing Times, Changing Lives:

New Faculty Work to Expand SON Initiatives

Globalization. World marketplace. Technological revolution. Researchbreakthrough. Our world changes now more in a year than it did during alifetime a century ago. What are the implications of this change for nursingand nursing education? New administrators and professors who joined theSchool of Nursing this academic year believe it means a greater emphasison taking learning beyond the traditional classroom walls, showing thenurses of tomorrow how to create new partnerships, care for people fromunfamiliar cultures and understand burgeoning new knowledge. Andalthough changes in today’s world are helping drive nursing and nursingeducation, these new faculty members are leading changes of their own.

A D M I N I S T R A T O R S

Guiding Faculty and Students In These Changing Times

“I want our students to experience how toform partnershipswith communitiesand agencies in away that willaddress issues ofsocial justice, makea difference….”

DR. RICHARD REDMAN

Redman

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Sonda Oppewal, PhD, RNAssociate Dean for ClinicalAffairs, Clinical AssociateProfessor

Dr. Sonda Oppewal has spent hernursing career advancing clinicalpractice and education. She joinedthe School in October from theCollege of Nursing at East TennesseeState University, where during hereleven years as a professor and asso-ciate dean, she directed two school-based health centers and oversaw theoperations of seven other nurse-managed health centers that caredfor the homeless, rural and studentresidents of the area. The centersprovided care for more than 43,000patients in 2001 alone.

At Carolina’sSchool ofNursing, she willuse her commu-nity-orientednursing careexperience tooversee all theSchool’s clinical

outreach activities, bringing facultypractice arrangements and AreaHealth Education Centers andContinuing Education programsunder the leadership of one office. Asthe director of community-basedinitiatives at the School, she says hergoal is to promote a better integra-tion of nursing practice with educa-tion, research and scholarship.

“The mark I’d ultimately like tomake is a better understanding of

working in partnership with com-munities for improved health,” sheexplains. “I’m currently exploringinnovative clinical initiatives withUniversity and community partnersin long-term facilities, Latino com-munity members, at-risk elderly res-idents and school-based health cen-ters. I also plan to work with facultyto advocate for and facilitate suc-cessful clinical practice arrange-ments in a variety of settings.”

Sites where faculty currentlypractice include UNC Healthcare, local county health departments andfamily medical centers. Plans areunder consideration to add an adultday health center and an on-sitenurse-managed clinic at an adultassisted living center as clinical faculty practice sites.


N E W F A C U LT Y I N C L I N I C A L P R A C T I C E

Providing Unbiased, Consistent Care in the Clinic and Classroom

Professors Theresa Raphael-Grimm, Elaine Harwood and JuleeWaldrop all lead by example. As professors who practice, they splittheir time between teaching studentsat the School of Nursing and caringfor patients at UNC Healthcare. Allagree that in order to teach clinicalcourses well, you have to practicewhat you teach.

Raphael-Grimm says she shares her experiences as a nurse psy-chotherapist with the students in her

psychiatric mental health classes allthe time. Health care provider bias,her field of expertise, is an issue sheoften sees in the field. Making stu-dents face their own biases is one ofher most important goals. “I want tomake biased thinking so much a partof the consciousness of the nurses weprepare that every patient interactionwill be experienced through the eyesof a sensitized provider, aware of thehazards of stereotypical thought andimplicit assumptions,” she says. Hernew course, “Biases, Stereotypes andImplicit Assumptions in Health CareDelivery,” will be offered as an elec-tive this fall.

Harwood is looking to blaze newpaths in patient satisfaction as a fam-ily nurse practitioner collaboratingwith physicians in the Department ofFamily Medicine at UNC Healthcare.She serves as a hospitalist, a positionpracticed widely in internationalhealth care but just emerging as anadvanced nursing role in the UnitedStates. As such, Harwood acts as thefirst and last person many familymedicine patients see in the hospital,admitting them in the emergencyroom, facilitating their admissioninto the proper unit and, upon discharge, providing them with theeducation they need to care for them-

selves. This quicker admission, bettereducation and consistency of care ismeant to improve patient satisfac-tion, shorten length of stay andreduce rates of readmission.Eventually, Harwood hopes to followpatients throughout their entire stayin the hospital, offering completecare. “I hope to teach my studentswhat a difference a good nurse canmake in a patient’s life,” she says of her medical surgical nursing students.

Complete care is also a primaryconcern for Waldrop. She cares forchildren in the general pediatricsclinic at UNC Healthcare and teachesnurse practitioner students aboutpediatric care at the School ofNursing. Many of the patients shesees are on Medicaid, which presentsa host of challenges. Waldrop saysshe deals with these challenges by notonly treating her patients’ currentills, but also by educating them forthe long run. “My primary goal is tofacilitate complete care of patients,not just treating their chief com-plaints, but getting to know themand working with them on a long-term basis to ensure that they develop healthy habits and choicesin life,” she says.

Oppewal

Harwood

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“One nurse canturn a potentiallynegative experienceinto a positive,growth producingexperience. Nurseshave the power tohelp families healand grow.”

DR. MARCIA VAN RIPER

N E W F A C U LT Y I N R E S E A R C H

Leading to the Next Frontiers of Nursing Research

GeneticsWhen many people think of

genetics, they often think of contro-versial cloning research. WhatProfessors Dennis Cheek andMarcia Van Riper want people tothink of is basic nursing care. Asnewly appointed School of Nursing professors and Carolina Center forGenome Sciences researchers, theybelieve genetics can revolutionizethe field of nursing.

“The patient of the new millen-nium will be turning to the nurse atthe bedside for their counsel andexpertise with regard to genetics andits impact upon them and their fam-ily,” explains Cheek, who teachesundergraduate pathophysiology andgraduate pharmacology at theSchool. His work in genetics isbench-based, focusing on the rela-tionship between gender and thedevelopment of cardiovascular dis-ease. Grants from the AmericanHeart Association and the NationalInstitute of Nursing Research areallowing him to study the effects sexhormones have on the ability of car-diac endothelial cells (the lining ofblood vessels) to regulate blood flow.

Van Riper, a pediatric and familynursing professor at the School, isstudying a more social aspect ofgenetics: how families define andmanage the ethical issues thatemerge during genetic testing.During her nearly 30-year careerspent working with children withDown syndrome and their families,Van Riper has become increasinglyaware of how dramatically the livesof individuals and patients can bealtered when they undergo prenatalscreening for genetic conditions.“The most important thing I havelearned in my research is that nursesand other health care professionalshave the power to set the tone forthose initial few weeks or monthsfollowing awareness of a diagnosis,”she says. “One nurse can turn apotentially negative experience intoa positive, growth producing experi-

ence. Nurses have the power to helpfamilies heal and grow.” Van Riperplans to serve as an Ethics Fellow inthe inaugural Institute for Arts andHumanities Ethics Fellowship pro-gram this fall.

Underserved Women’sHealth

Though women’s health care is an established field of study innursing, the women who do notreceive regular care due to economicor cultural barriers are often overlooked in research. ProfessorsNoreen Esposito and PamelaPletsch are both working to pushthe boundaries of women’s healthresearch through working specificallywith underserved groups.

“North Carolina’s health caresystem is challenged in trying tomeet the needs of underservedminorities such as African-Americans, Spanish-speaking immi-grants or ‘invisible’ groups such asdrug users or sexual assault vic-tims,” says Esposito, who is currentlyengaged in a study on women drugusers and post-sexual assault carefunded by the National Institute onDrug Abuse. “I hope to provide mywomen’s health nurse practitionerstudents and other health care pro-fessionals with new insight into theunique needs, experiences andhealth of underserved women, and I hope to widen student interest intheoretical and intervention issuesregarding marginalization, access tocare and violence against women.”

Pletsch, who teaches undergrad-uate and graduate classes about cul-turally competent care and practiceguidelines, says she is working tohelp students develop skills to workwith people from various cultural,ethnic and economic groups. Twostudies she is working on now focuson effective smoking cessationstrategies for women and the specialhealth needs of women who haveHIV/AIDS. “I hope to improve thequality of health care that women

receive and make recommendationsabout skills that providers need todevelop and interventions thatproviders can use to improve thehealth care received by women.”

Policy DevelopmentOver half the nursing home pop-

ulation in the United States is incon-tinent, making the problem a publichealth issue in the eyes of ProfessorMary H. Palmer, the School’s firstHelen Watkins and Thomas LeonardUmphlet distinguished professor inaging. Her more than 20 years ofresearch and policy experience inthe area has shown her that nursescan act more proactively in prevent-ing and treating the condition, andshe hopes her latest project, a two-day conference on urinaryincontinence, will go far in provingthat. Created in collaboration withresearchers from the Center forContinence and Pelvic Health at theUniversity of Pennsylvania and theeditor-in-chief of the AmericanJournal of Nursing, the conferencewill bring together academic,research, government and industrynursing leaders this summer todevelop research priorities and clinical care and policy recommen-dations to address the prevention,treatment and management of urinary incontinence.

What ultimately drives Palmer’swork, though, like her fellow newfaculty members, is the ability tochange others’ lives for the better.

“Nursing blends the art of tender loving care with the rigorous pursuit and application ofknowledge. The discovery of effective clinical practices, the prevention ofprevalent conditions and theimprovement of quality of care—who could ask for a more excitingcareer or a more enriching life?”


SOND R I E S

The Price is Right for Three SON Students

Anastasia Masino, AshleyHutchins and Liz Koch spent theirspring break in California shopping,sightseeing, going to clubs and—oh, yeah—guessing the right pricefor toilet bowl cleaners. The threesenior BSN students attended a tap-ing of The Price Is Right on March

14, sporting Carolina blue t-shirtsand crossing their fingers that Rodwould call for their names to “comeon down.” Although they were neverselected from the audience at-large,it was exciting just to be there, thestudents said. “This was a dreamcome true for me,” said Masino.

“My grandfather and I used towatch The Price Is Right everydaywhen I was a little girl, so attendingthe show made me feel like I wasright there with him again.” Thestudents also managed to stop bythe Golden Gate Bridge during theirtrip, as seen here.

SON Students Network and Learn at ANS ConferenceThe Alumni Association award-

ed scholarships to SON studentsDanner Chambless, DarganGilmore, Kirsten Fridlund andApril McDuffie to attend the 2001North Carolina Association ofNursing Students conference inHigh Point last October. The students thanked the Associationfor sponsoring them, and here areexcerpts from those letters.

• • • • • • •

Thank you so much for sponsoring the Association ofNursing Students to go to the StateConvention. We met nursing stu-dents from all over North Carolina

who will be our future colleagues atwork, and we met representativesfrom hospitals, schools and clinicsall over North Carolina, SouthCarolina, and Virginia who wererecruiting new grads for their pro-grams. It was a great experience….

• • • • • • •

This was a great opportunity tofurther explore the “world of nurs-ing” and also the different aspectscolleges incorporate into the studyof nursing. Not only did the sessionspresent a great learning opportunity,but discussing both current concerns and future plans with fellow nursing students allowed

me to see that everyone is dealingwith the same excitement anduncertainty as I am.

• • • • • • •

It was encouraging to me to seethe many schools that were repre-sented and the amount of studentsthat are active in their ANS chapter.I hope that each year our represen-tation will only increase at the stateand hopefully national convention.I am so thankful for being given the opportunity to expand theknowledge of nursing beyond theclassrooms at UNC. The support ofthe Alumni Association made this a wonderful experience.

SON in the News: January–March, 2002Linda Brown, professor

University News Briefs, “TwentyFaculty Get Teaching Awards,”Chapel Hill News, March 3, 2002

Feature article, “2002 TeachingAwards Announced,” UniversityGazette, March 6, 2002

Linda Cronenwett, dean

Feature article, “New Focus on Private Funding,” DailyTar Heel, January 28, 2002

Feature article, “Nursing Education2002: The Nursing FacultyShortage,” NurseZone.com

Leslie Davis, professor

Feature article, “Hope for HeartFailure: The University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill: CombiningForces in Heart Failure andElectrophysiology,” MD News,Triangle edition, February 2002issue

Molly Dougherty, professor

Subject: Urinary Incontinence inRural Older Women

Interview, Report on MedicalGuidelines and Outcomes,February 18, 2002

Feature article, “Study IncreasesAwareness of Incontinence,”Coding and Reimbursement forUrology, March 2002 issue

Carol Durham, professor

Subject: SON human patient simulators

Photograph, University Gazette,January 23, 2002

Interview, WTVD-TV, February 7,2002

Front page photograph, Chapel HillHerald, February 8, 2002

Interview, North Carolina NewsNetwork, February 9-11, 2002

Interview, WRAL-TV, February 15,2002

Interview, WNCN-TV, February 18,2002 (Sherry Dumas also interviewed)

News brief, Advance for Nurses,Carolinas/Georgia edition, March 4,2002

Carol Durham and Judy Miller,professors

Subject: SON human patient simulators

Feature article, “Smart Man HelpsTeach Student Nurses,” RaleighNews & Observer, February 8, 2002(This article ws distributed nationwide by the AssociatedPress.)

Feature article, “Stan Starts Careerat Nursing School,” DailyTar Heel, February 8, 2002

Feature story, Carolina Week TV Show, February 13, 2002

Feature article, “UNC’s NewestNursing Instructor Is No Dummy,”Charlotte Observer, March 4, 2002

Theresa Raphael-Grimm,professor

Feature article, “Seniors TeachLessons from Lives,” Chapel HillHerald, February 6, 2002

Barbara Mark, professor

News brief, “Study to look at nursestaffing implications for patientcare,” AHANews.com and AONE e-Newsletter, March 21 and 22,2002

News brief, Legislative Network for Nurses, March 25, 2002

Interview, North Carolina NewsNetwork, March 26-27, 2002

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SOND R I E S

CE Sponsors Conference Featuring Lt. GovernorAlzheimer’s disease is a growing

health concern for the nation’saging population. It’s estimated thatfour million Americans currentlyhave the disease, and the number is projected to increase to 14 millionby the year 2050. In order to addressthis growing health concern, theSchool’s Department of ContinuingEducation teamed up with the

Eastern NC Chapter of theAlzheimer’s Association to co-sponsor the Sixth AnnualConference on Dementia inNovember. The Honorable BeverlyPerdue, lieutenant governor of NC,spoke on state and governmentalguidance in promoting the bestpractice in Alzheimer’s care.

“Lieutenant Governor Perdue

understands the distress ofAlzheimer's on both the patient andthe family,” said Dr. Barbara JoFoley, CE director. “She was able toconvey that in a very caring wayand it was so uplifting to the audience to know that someone inher position understands and isadvocating for them.”

Many of the School’s faculty and students were called on to sharetheir expertise andaccomplishments withthe press this spring.

1978Dr. Margaret Gorely Bye (MSN)celebrated the birth of her firstgranddaughter, Caroline Rose, onFebruary 20. Dr. Bye is an assistantclinical professor at UNC-ChapelHill School of Nursing and thestatewide AHEC nursing liaison.

1979Barbara Heibel Senich (BSN)joined Xceleron Health, a joint ven-ture of Merck-Medco, UnitedHealthGroup and Accenture, as vice presi-dent of marketing and sales. Sheand her husband live in FranklinLakes, NJ. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

1980Donna W. Laney (BSN) was a fea-tured speaker at INSIGHT, an inter-national computer conference inSan Diego, CA, in August 2001. Sheis the systems coordinator for surgi-cal services at Union RegionalMedical Center in Monroe, NC.

1983Melanie Bunn (BSN) became theproud mother of Matthew FranklinBunn on September 16, 2001. Bunnis a board member of the School ofNursing Alumni Association.

1984Sally Bordsen Mountcastle(BSN) is the leader of a team thatimplemented a 24-hour nurse carephone line for CIGNA HealthCare inJanuary 2002. The service providesthe company’s customers with 24-hour-a-day access to registerednurses for health and benefits education.

1986Gina Wells Samia (BSN) and herhusband, Glenn, welcomed GraceeGlenn Samia into the world onAugust 4, 2001. The Samias live inYoungsville, NC.

Margaret Boynton Wallace (BSN)received her holistic nursing certification in July 2001.

1987Maggie Collins Bradley (BSN) andhusband James announce the birthof their first child, Sean Patrick, onMarch 26, 2001. Bradley works inthe Neurology Clinic at Children’sMercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO.Her e-mail address [email protected].

1988Melissa Baron Timm (BSN) andher husband, Ronald, announce the birth of their daughter, LoganElise, on June 8, 2001. She joins abig sister, Hunter. The family liveson Lake Gaston in Bracey, VA.

1992Lynne Russell Brophy (MSN)accepted a position as adjunct clini-cal professor at Raymond WaltersCollege, a branch of the Universityof Cincinnati. Her husband, Jon, isthe director of intellectual propertyfor Ethicon Endo Surgery. They arethe proud parents of Ned, age 6, andErin, 2.

1993Pam Proctor Criscitiello (BSN)and husband Mike welcomedSydney Leigh to their family onNovember 17, 2001.

1994Susan McKinnon Collins (BSN)and her husband, Parker, becameparents to Grant Alexander onOctober 1, 2001. Susan completedher MSN in nursing education atthe University of North Carolina atGreensboro in May 2001.

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1996Tanya K. Henley (BSN) graduatedfrom Duke University School ofNursing with her masters degree asa family nurse practitioner. She wasinducted into Sigma Theta TauInternational and received the distinction of being named to Who’s Who Among Colleges andUniversities. She was the recipient of a NC Masters Nursing ScholarsAward and a Duke University School of Nursing scholarship. She is employed as a clinicalresearch nurse at PharmaceuticalProduct Development in ResearchTriangle Park, NC.

1997Jennifer Foster McCracken (BSN)was promoted to nurse supervisor ofChildren’s Services at the CatawbaCounty Health Department.

Melinda Helms Sander (BSN) wasawarded her MSN from VillanovaUniversity and passed her boards tobecome a CRNA. She will be a nurseanesthetist at Palmetto BaptistMedical Center in Columbia, SC.

in memorium1974Cathy A. James (BSN) of GlenAllen, VA. James was a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing,the founder of the Nurses’Professional Group of the AmericanSociety for Reproductive Medicine,the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Nurse of the Year, and a board member of the American Fertility Society. She is survived by her husband, parents, sister, stepchildren andgrandchildren.

1994Barbara Elaine Hutchens (BSN)of Durham, NC. Hutchens was aregistered nurse for the Durham VAMedical Center for 32 years. She issurvived by her mother, daughter,two sons and several grandchildren.

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AL U M N I NO T E S

We want to hearfrom 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 on page 24.


May

Third Annual Pain Conference May 17, 2002

Commencement May 19, 2002

Renal Failure Update May 31, 2002

June

Providing Inclusive Care Across Cultures lecture June 10, 2002

presented by Shotsy Faust, BSN ’79, MN, FNP

Annual Adjunct Faculty Appreciation Day

July

Nursing Exploration Week July 14–19, 2002

Qualitative Institute VII July 15–19, 2002

Beginning Principles of Teaching in Nursing July 30–August 2, 2002

August

Nurse Practitioner Review Course August 7–9, 2002

November

Alumni Association Board meeting November 1, 2002

Alumni Day November 2, 2002

Calendar of Events

For more information on School events, contact theOffice of Advancement.

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (919) 966-4619

FAX: (919) 843-8241

www.unc.edu/depts/nursing

For more information or toregister for a ContinuingEducation program, contactthe School of Nursing Officeof Continuing Education.

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (919) 966-3638

FAX: (919) 966-0870www.unc.edu/depts/nursing/lifelong/index.html

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Your Alumni Association at Work

ABOVE: President-Elect Tonya RutherfordHemming (BSN ’93, MSN ’01) and GeraldineLaport (BSN ’55) represent the AlumniAssociation at the School of Nursing’shuman patient simulator ribbon cutting.

ABOVE: Graduation is a special time for the School of Nursing and the Alumni Association. TonyaRutherford Hemming spoke on behalf of theAssociation at the December ceremony, welcomingthem to the elite company of Carolina nurses. Thegraduates became the Alumni Association’s newestmembers with the receipt of their diplomas, andwere welcomed with a small gift.

BELOW: Remember that last day offinals? (Exhausted. Sleepy. Hungry.) The Association treated senior BSN students to a much-needed brunch asthey finished off their fall semester.

BELOW: The dreaded NCLEX is coming up for the Class of 2002. The AlumniAssociation provided a bagel break duringtheir study session, hoping the energyboost would help them continue theSchool’s tradition of high passing rates.

RIGHT: Four worthy students were recipientsof Alumni Association scholarships this year.Dean Linda Cronenwett, board member and SON professor Bonnie Angel (BSN ’79)and Association President Carolyn Graham (PhD ’97) were on hand to congratulate junior Jennifer Neifeld, senior Ben Robertsand junior Emily Cline. Emily Hope, not pic-tured, was the fourth scholarship recipient.

We want to know how we can best serve you, the nearly 6,000 distinguished alumni who are an important part of the School ofNursing family. Please take a moment to fill out and return this short survey to make your opinion count.

1. What kinds of alumni programs interest you? Please rank each of the following on a scale of 1–5.1 = very interesting 2 = somewhat interesting 3 = neutral 4 = not so interesting 5 = not interesting at all

Academic/Continuing Education Programs 1 2 3 4 5Regional Programs 1 2 3 4 5Athletic Events 1 2 3 4 5Other: ________________________ 1 2 3 4 5

2. What types of articles do you most enjoy reading in Carolina Nursing magazine?Please rank each of the following on a scale of 1–5.1 = very interesting 2 = somewhat interesting 3 = neutral 4 = not so interesting 5 = not interesting at all

Stories about alumni 1 2 3 4 5Stories about the school and faculty 1 2 3 4 5Student features 1 2 3 4 5Current issues in nursing 1 2 3 4 5Other: ________________________ 1 2 3 4 5

3. Would you like to plan a reunion for your class? ❑ No ❑ Yes4. Are you interested in participating on the Alumni Board? ❑ No ❑ Yes5. Are you interested in helping to plan or host an alumni activity? ❑ No ❑ Yes, I’d like to help with:_______________6. What can your Alumni Association do to better serve you?:___________________________________________

Name (please include maiden name):_____________________________ Class Year: __________ Degree:__________

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey. We look forward to incorporating your ideas into our alumni programs!Please return the survey by fax, e-mail or snail mail.

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Keeping up with each other is hard to do these days. Please let Carolina Nursing share your news! Whether it’s a new job, a new address, or a special accomplishment, we’ll be happy to get the word out for you.

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