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Dr. Samereh AbdoliMr. Bill E. AcredMrs. S. Hope AdamsMs. Helen M. AllenMrs. Martha Dye AllenMr. Bruce J. AmmonsMr. James & Mrs. Heather AndersonMr. L. L. AnsellMr. Jim & Mrs. Carla ArnetteMs. Carol P. BakerMr. Robin BakerMs. Sheri L. BaldwinMs. Rodica S. BallMr. Gregory BarkerMr. Jerry F. BeckerDr. Lora Lynn BeebeMr. Terry & Mrs. Connie BegleyMr. Floyd Douglas BeldenMs. Janet A. BensonMrs. Janice L. BentonMr. Henry & Mrs. Carol BerlingMr. Henry & Mrs. Sandra BertelkampDr. George R. BirdwellMr. John M. BlackburnMs. Kathryn Elizabeth BlandMr. William Bliss Ms. Lynne M. BoeingDr. Mark W. BookoutMr. Larry E. BosworthMs. Judith BotzMrs. Emma R. BoydDr. Leonard & Mrs. Gail Brabson

Dr. Mary Hodges Mrs. Katherine H. Morgan Mrs. English Roberts Mr. Brad S. Stansberry2007 Dr. Mary Lynn Brown Mr. Nathan M Davis Ms. Anne Marie Green Ms. Heather Lei Hamstra Mr. Brian Gregory Lynch Ms. Donna Katie Rule Ms. Nancy W. Trapp2008 Mrs. Amelia Kempf Case Dr. Thomas Ray Coe Dr. Brian W. Mountain Mrs. Brooke Satkowiak Mrs. Jean M. Simmons Ms. Cynthia E. Wolpert2009 Ms. Elizabeth Kirkwood Mr. James Olin Morris Ms. Terrica M. Preast Mr. Joseph Paul Rizzo2010 Ms. Sara Virginia Butler-Lamie Mrs. Jennifer Vastano Conley Ms. Amanda Leigh Hubbard Ms. Meredith Quinn2011 Ms. Alannah L. Lively2012 Ms. Staci Nashaye Crawford Ms. Kirsten Bur Dauterive Mrs. Tina Louise Shipley Day Ms. Natalie Anne Echols

Mr. David A. BraceMr. Scott & Mrs. Martha BrackettMr. Herbert & Mrs. Connie BradshawMr. Robert O. BragdonMr. Charles T. BrantleyDr. Stuart J. BreseeMrs. Claudia J. BrewsterMs. Landis BridgetDr. Richard & Mrs. Stephanie BriggsDr. Edward Cameron BrittonMr. John J. BrockMrs. Allie Adkins BrownMs. Bobbie Walters BrownMr. Clifford & Mrs. Deborah BrownDr. Gilbert M. BrownMr. Kenneth D. BrownMs. Meredith O. BruceMs. Kay Doran BrysonDr. Robert R. BurgerMr. Matthew BurlesonMs. Kaity ByrdMs. Connie L. CardwellMr. Wendyll & Mrs. Sherry CarrMs. Aneta CassettyMrs. Susanne Scanlan CateMrs. Marsha M. ChildsDrs. Peter & Deborah ChykaDr. Peter V. Claussen IIIMr. John R. ClaxtonMr. Shane ClevengerMs. Gwen L. CodyMr. Ted & Mrs. Rhonda Cogdill

Ms. Kimberly L. Fain Ms. Kelsey Elizabeth Horner2013 Ms. Elizabeth Lee Cunningham Mrs. Michelle Cunningham Ms. Kathryn J. Nottingham Dr. Shelia H. Swift Ms. Jessica Marie Wilson2014 Ms. Alice Chia-En Chang Mr. Todd William Hollibush Ms. Stephanie Sharron Hopper Ms. Mariah Walker2015 Ms. Allie Arnette Mrs. Ashley Noel Davis Ms. Audra Dudak Ms. Chisa Huffman Ms. Morgan McBride Ms. Lauren Mench Ms. Jasmine Mitchum Mr. Jacob Ragon Ms. Lashonna Willis2016 Ms. Jacqueline Bennett Ms. Claire Berger Ms. Hunter Morgan Brooks Mr. Jackson Ross Butler Mr. Corey Allen Byrge Ms. Elizabeth Cantrell Ms. Rachel Crowley Ms. Caroline Darlington Ms. Natalie Davidson Ms. Margaret Feith

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Mr. Larry Alan CohenMs. Joyce ColvardMr. Robert Joseph ConleyMs. Julia ConnerDr. Thomas & Ms. Kathryn CooperMs. Edy CopelandMr. Ike & Mrs. Doris CrabtreeMs. Ladonna Crane Dr. Donald A. CreasiaMs. Betsey Beeler CreekmoreMr. Robert & Mrs. Patricia CroleyMr. Ross Edison CroleyMrs. Chelsea CunninghamMr. Larry Edwin CunninghamMrs. Sarah Vivian CurtisMr. David E. CypressDr. William & Mrs. Julie DallasMs. Nancy C. DallasMs. Carolyn DannenMs. Betty DavenportDr. Patrick & Mrs. Amanda DavisMr. Rick & Mrs. Bobbi DavisMr. Thomas & Mrs. Jewell DavisMr. Michael Donahue DeckerMr. Gregory & Mrs. Tonya DevoreMs. Khristen Genelle DialMs. Emily DiazMr. Eldie L. DickeyMs. F. Jean DickinsonMrs. Penny T. DonnellMr. Richard & Mrs. Suzanne DorrisMrs. Rue L. Dougherty

Mr. Thomas E. DurranceMs. Tammy Y. DykesMr. Lloyd EdensMr. Leonard O. Evans IIIMs. Hella EwingMrs. Susan Lynn FancherMr. Michael Felmet & Dr. Lynda HardyMr. Ralph FerraroDr. Tanya FinchumMr. Austin Michael FitchMr. William & Mrs. Brenda FortMrs. Linda L. FowlerMrs. Virginia Beall FowlerMr. M. Scott & Mrs. Lynne FugateMs. Jacqueline GaddisMr. Jeffrey T. GannonMr. Chris GardnerMr. Edward & Mrs. Mary GassMr. Richard GatchelMs. Tina A. GaylonDr. Mark Shannon GaylordMr. Jay GingrichMrs. Judith GlanvilleMrs. Betty Kay GossettDr. Sandra Mann GosslerDr. Glenn C. GraberMr. Roger GribbleMrs. Gail Ann GriffithMrs. Denise GudinMr. A. Rayford HaagaDr. Joanne M. HallMr. Kenneth & Mrs. Janie Hall

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Thank You!1974 Ms. Teri A. Foster Ms. Virginia Payne Ms. Rita Freeman Silen Dr. Rebecca Fortune Dean Wiseman1975 Mrs. Eleanor Fiveland Brantley Mrs. Kathy May Carmichael Mrs. Vickie P. Claxton Mrs. Sue Ellen Haaga Mrs. Susan Singer Houchins Mrs. Loretta P. Maples Mrs. Janice K. McKinley Ms. Marian S. Rodgers Ms. Vickie A. Smith Ms. Rose Cowden Wright1976 Mrs. Anne S. Ansell Mrs. Lynne M. Cypress Dr. Jean Croce Hemphill Mrs. Susan H. Maples Mrs. Lynne Ellen Miller Mrs. Betty Nash Mrs. Lauren Onks Mr. Dan C. Riley Mrs. Janice R. Swartzendruber Mr. Grant H. Williams1977 Dr. Lynn S. Blackburn Mrs. Catherine R. Brock Ms. Rickye Durbin Farrell Dr. Nan McCammon Gaylord Mrs. Janet B. Hill Mrs. Raja J. O’Brien Mrs. Lois A. Perrone Mrs. Mary Hamilton Quinn Mrs. Mary Willmering-Bliss1978 Mrs. Sheryl M. Ammons Mrs. Sally Stutz Baker Ms. Vicki Bechet Mrs. Carol Ann Bragdon Mrs. Cindy Bresee Dr. Joan L. Creasia Ms. Melissa Anne Davis Mrs. Rebecca Sharp Decker Ms. Julie Harkins Mrs. Linda J. Hennis Mrs. Jane F. Jackson Ms. Carolyn S. Littrell Mrs. Joyce Nicoll Montgomery Mrs. Connie H. Robbins1979 Ms. Kathryn Lynn Arnold Mrs. Caroline R. Graber Mrs. Jeanette L. Kaman1979 Dr. Linda Louise McCollum

Mrs. Leslie Nicolle Ms. Laura Elizabeth Pole Mrs. Charlotte W. Smalley Mrs. Charlotte B. Walden Mrs. Agnes A. Wheeler1980 Ms. Marguerite E. Callahan Mrs. S. C. Hudson Ms. Cathy D. Kerby Mrs. Carol Jane Thompson Mrs. Sandra K. Wood Mrs. Pearl E. Zehr1981 Ms. Cindy Anne Climer Mrs. Gay Daniel Cohen Col. Angelia E. Durrance Ms. Susan Harris Ms. Melody G. Harrison Ms. Mary Jane Johnson Mrs. Denia G. Lash Dr. Carole R. Myers Dr. Dava H. Shoffner1982 Ms. Ann Robertson Ambrose Mrs. Trish Archer Ms. Nanette M. Arseneault Mrs. Mary J. Barreto Mrs. Joyce L. Campbell Mrs. Joni Lea Gannon Mrs. Lisa Ann Holcombe Mrs. Karen Finley Ideker Ms. Sue Anne Jenkerson Ms. Tanya Maria Kempton Mrs. Cynthia Anne Metry Dr. Margaret Sawin Pierce Mrs. Priscilla D. Slockett Mrs. Ann T. Thurman Mrs. Pamela Lynne Williams Mrs. Elaine E. Zeanah1983 Mrs. Wilma Pack Brantley Mrs. Felicia Cooper Burger Mrs. Patricia Rice Doman Ms. Jean A. Fitzgerald Mrs. Karen F. Gordon Mrs. Kathleen V. Hendren Ms. Donna Walsh McCauley Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson-Britton Mrs. Carol Shrum Mrs. Vivian Lavada Street Mrs. Terry Lynne Woodfin Mrs. Laura Jane Yates1984 Mrs. Sandra Waggoner Davis Mrs. Patricia K. Dean Mrs. Carolyn Sue Haerr

Mrs. Ann W. Hill Mrs. Jennifer B. Moore Mrs. Jill Suzanne Owen Dr. Sandra P. Thomas1985 Mrs. Renee Baca Mrs. Kimberly Coll Brown Ms. Barbara Jean Chesney Mrs. Jamie Lynn Darden Mrs. Janet E. Edens Mrs. Christine Deakins Gardner Ms. Lenora D. Hernandez Mrs. Margaret C. Knack Mr. Leo Lindsay Ms. Melora Wilkins Turner1986 Mrs. Ruby J. Allman Mrs. Janet M. Belden Mrs. Linda L. Holton Ms. Nancy J. Knaff Mrs. Barbara Louise Lowe Ms. Helen Joann Pardue Ms. Jerita Launa Payne Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Reed Mrs. Ann E. Smith Ms. Mary L. Varnado Ms. Shannon M. Whittington1987 Dr. Margaret Heins Laning Ms. Marie Trent Potts Ms. Diane Lee Smith Mrs. Catherine D. Thomas Ms. Marion S. Upton1988 Ms. Nancy J. Close Mrs. Cherry Hill Jones Ms. Vivian E. Ott Maj. Jaclyn K. Whelen1989 Mrs. Dahna K. Wright1990 Mrs. Virginia Anne Kramer1991 Ms. Laurie Lu Acred-Natelson Mrs. Ester L. Barker Mrs. Melissa B. Carrell Ms. Lisa Anne Dugger Dr. Mary E. Gunther Mr. Brad Hagen Dr. Roberta Proffitt Lavin Mrs. Razia Nambooze Sebuliba Mrs. Tracy M. Slemp1992 Mr. Richard Hall Mr. Robert Tyler Holland Mrs. Katie Ann Ingram-Willard Ms. Karen Ford Joyce Ms. Amanda Clare Sager Ms. Lynne Daugherty White

1993 Mrs. Nicole F. Agbunag Mrs. Deana Gracy Barlow Mr. Edward Lee Bell Jr. Mrs. Susan C. Kiefer Mrs. Jamie Sharpe Dr. Carol Jean Smucker1994 Dr. Tamara L. Bland Mrs. Lucy V. Gasaway Ms. Jennifer Shawn Madden Dr. Penny W. McDonald Ms. Molly C. Miller Mrs. Judith Carolle Paulsen Ms. Betty G. Willocks1995 Mrs. Jewel Birdwell Mr. Jonathan R. Dunn Ms. Cathy Jamesena Gales Ms. Linda Ann Hensley Mr. Philip Todd Hipps Mrs. Carmen S. Jeansonne Dr. Phyllis A. King Mrs. Hannelore Dewitt Shook-Minyard1996 Mrs. Jennifer Leigh Gooch Mrs. Leslie A. Klein Ms. Jo Ann Sadler Dr. Victoria E. Slater Mrs. Martha Rebecca Walls1997 Ms. Summer E. Brown Ms. Ellen Vivian Graf Ms. Teresa Ann Kennard Mr. Bruce Evan McLaughlin Mrs. Roxanne N. Nelson Ms. Nancy Anne Ortiz1998 Dr. Carrie A. Bailey Mrs. Stacey Y. Becker Mrs. Colleen F. Bruno Ms. Darlene Antonette Calloway-McGraw Ms. Lisa D. Cannady Ms. Gwendolyn D. Crenshaw Ms. Carolyn Jean Inman Dr. Katie A. Lamb Mrs. Beth W. Weitz1999 Ms. Amy K. Calhoun Dr. Sharon K. Davis Mrs. Kellie D. Deffendall Mrs. Anne Koci Ms. Michele Oris Lynch Ms. Cathy Yaggy2000 Ms. Michelle D Austin Dr. Janet M. Brown Mrs. Sara R. Croley Mrs. Felicia A. Gannon

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ALL DONORS WHO MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLEGE OF NURSING BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2, 2015, AND SEPTEMBER 1, 2016.We are grateful to the following individuals and organizations who generously support the College of Nursing. Thank you for including the college in your charitable gift plans and helping us move closer to our shared vision of becoming one of the top nursing colleges in the nation. Your gifts provide funding for student scholarship and fellowships, lectures, research projects, and special programs and activities.

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Victoria Niederhauser

Dean and Professor

Mary Gunther

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ON THE COVER:The College of Nursing is continually striving to become better. The complex and changing

world of health and health care depends on us to continue to get better at what we do and

how we do it. In this edition of Volunteer Nurse, we share some of the ingenious work of our

faculty, students, and staff who are making a difference in the lives of people, families, and

communities. You will see that the College of Nursing places a high priority on finding better

health solutions through technology and collaborative partnerships.

Thank you for your generous support!

FRIENDS

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

Mrs. Tara Kerwin HalsteadMr. Jim HamiltonMr. Thomas J. HanlonDr. Pamela Douglass HardestyMr. David & Mrs. Betsy HarrellMr. Douglas & Mrs. Carla HarrisMr. Terry J. HarrisonMs. Elizabeth J. HaynesMr. John M. HaynesMr. David G. HealdMr. William G. Heeks Jr.Mr. Thomas W. HeffernDr. Todd Matthew HeffernMs. Sally M. HeltonMr. William K. HemphillMr. Michael E. HendrenMr. Alan HennisMr. Howard Ernest HerrellMrs. Kristy HerringtonMs. Sally M. HickmanMr. Charles V. HillMr. Brice L. HollandMr. Winston Howard HolmesMrs. Bobbie M. HowellMs. Susan Swann HowellMr. Thomas Lay Hudson Jr.Ms. Lori HunterMrs. Lori R. HunterDr. Sadie Pauline HutsonMr. Christopher Louis IdekerMr. Salvatore & Mrs. Frances IngallineraMr. Leslie Charles Jackson Jr.Mr. Lawrence & Mrs. Katharine JacobsMr. Jason S. JeansonneMr. Randy JenkinsMrs. Beverly W. JohnsonMr. Clayton & Ms. Deborah JonesMr. Gary D. JonesMr. Harry and Mrs. Sandie JordhamoMrs. Patricia Anne KentMr. Randall E. KerbyDr. Stephen K. KieferMr. Michael G. KilpatrickMr. Bruce KingMs. Pam KingMs. Phyllis Sue KingMs. Danielle KirchnerMs. Lisa D. KirklandMr. Jacob & Mrs. Emily KisselDr. Frederick A. KleinMr. Joseph V. Knack III

Belmont University School of NursingBlount ContractorsBlount County Arts & Crafts GuildBoeing Company FoundationBridgestone/Firestone AmericasCovenant HealthEast Tennessee Children’s HospitalExxonMobil FoundationFirst Choice Medical Inc.

Mr. Michael L. KnaffDr. Rebecca Susan KoszalinskiMr. Jeff & Mrs. Jane KramerMr. David & Mrs. Ann KrischerMr. Edward L. LambMr. Benjamin Michael LamieMs. Courtney LarkinMr. Robert Frederick Lash Jr.Dr. Mike LavinMs. Alexis LawrenceMs. Judy LiMr. James & Mrs. Marty LightDr. Lisa Catherine LindleyMr. Arthur & Mrs. Carlton LongMs. Grace LoudinMr. Charles & Mrs. Bobbie LovellMs. Lauren Marie LovellMr. Stephen & Mrs. Karen LoydMr. James Ronald MaplesMr. Robert L. MaplesMs. Megan MarlowMs. Jacqueline Williams MasonMs. Jerrilyn C. MasonMr. Joe Mont & Mrs. Kane McAfeeMs. Kay F. McCannMs. Marilyn McCarrellMr. Harold & Mrs. Johnnie McCarterMr. Michael & Mrs. Katie McCayMr. David McCullochMr. David & Ms. Jill McCurryMr. Joseph D. McDonaldMr. Rudolph McKinley Jr.Ms. Kathi R. McLaughlinMr. Daniel & Mrs. Karen MessingDr. Donald J. Metry Jr.Mr. Marcum G. MillerMrs. Margaret M. MillerDr. Joseph D. MinardoMr. James MinyardDr. Sandra Jean MixerMrs. Betty L. MoellerMs. Gail MoerdykDr. Joseph T. MontgomeryDrs. Brian and Deidra MountainMs. Donna W. MuirMrs. Mary E. MusickMr. Glenn D. MyersDr. Louden NalleDr. Stephen E. NatelsonMs. Jane Neumeg

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Dr. Katherine Marie NewnamMr. Michael Dale NicolleDr. Victoria & Mr. Glen NiederhauserMr. Thomas & Mrs. Anna NorthernMr. Hugh & Mrs. Angelia NystromDr. Kevin M. O’BrienMr. James & Mrs. Angela ObearMr. William Louis OfenheusleMrs. Julia A. OliveMrs. Judy Stockard ParkerMrs. Margaret ParniawskiDr. William A. PaulsenMr. Michael P. PeaseMr. Anthony PerroneMrs. Susan PetersonMr. Bobby & Mrs. Lucie PhillipsProf. Carl Arthur PierceMr. Brad Pinekenstein & Mrs. Kelly McCrackenMs. Charlsie PooreDr. C. Brent & Mrs. Anita PoultonMs. Deborah Lovell PowellMr. Robert & Mrs. Theresa PressnerMrs. Gladys PrevalletMrs. Shelia PriestMr. Scott & Mrs. Sarah RabenoldMrs. Ann L. RaganDr. Gary Robert RamseyMr. Gregory M. ReedMr. William & Mrs. Cheryl RiceMrs. Theresa A. RileyMr. Jon & Mrs. Mintha RoachDr. Walter A. RobbinsMs. Nancy D. RolenDr. Marian W. RomanMs. Jama O. RossMrs. Jenna Rebecca RussellMr. Thomas V. SatkowiakMrs Cynthia J SatterfieldMs. Betsy Suzanne SaylorMr. Eric M. SchimmoellerMr. J. B. & Mrs. Karen ScriptureMs. Glenna McMahan SemmerMr. Gregory & Mrs. Courtney ShafferMr. G. Ken SharpeDr. C. Wayne ShearerMr. Carl & Mrs. Linda ShellMr. Martin L. ShoffnerMrs. Michelle ShottsChristopher S. SimmonsMs. Priscilla Marie Simms

Memorial Foundation Inc.Merit Construction Inc.Pilot CorporationProcter & Gamble FundQuality Machine & Welding Co. Inc.Roane State Community CollegeRonald McDonald HouseSalesforce.com Foundation

Ms. Mackenzie SiskoDr. Robert T. SlockettMs. Brenda SluderDr. David W. SmithMr. Mark & Mrs. Jamye SmithMr. David E. SmuckerDr. Alan Solomon & Ms. Andrea CartwrightRachael E. StanleyMr. William F. StanleyMr. Brian K. StaytonMs. Hope K. StewartMr. Jeffrey N. StreetDr. Fred SwartzendruberMs. Jahni TapleyMrs. Angela R. ThackerMrs. Charlotte O. ThomasMs. Hannah ThomasMrs. Lois E. ThomasDr. Kathleen O’Hara ThompsonMs. Kathy Watkins ThompsonMs. Wanda TibbsMr. J. Cary Tillman & Mrs. Linda Porter-TillmanMr. Gary & Mrs. Eva TippensDr. R. L. & Mrs. Irene TownsendMr. Robert W. TownsendDr. Inez TuckMr. Davis W. TurnerDr. Reba A. UmbergerMr. Emmet & Mrs. Linda VaughnMrs. Jane Holz VercruysseMr. Frank & Mrs. Betty Vowell Mr. Edward E. WaldenMr. Adam Raymond WallsMr. David Michael WallsMs. Margaret N. WayneMs. Martha E. WeeksMr. Gary & Mrs. Janice WestMr. John & Mrs. Betsy WestfieldMrs. Paula Wetzel Mr. Lester & Mrs. Ginger WheelerMr. David R. WilliamsMr. James & Mrs. Linda WilliamsMr. Richard H. Wood Jr.Dr. Clifton Woods IIIDr. Tami Hodges WyattDr. James & Mrs. Linda YatesMr. Matthew Yonhee Mr. Eric L. ZeanahMr. Alan & Mrs. Cherry ZimmermanDr. John & Mrs. Eva Zirkle

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TABLE OF CONTENTSDean’s Message .....................................................................2

College News Graduate Nursing Program Ranks in Top 25 ................................4

Appalachia Project Receives Honor ..............................................4

Drill Highlights Disaster Readiness ............................................... 5

College of Nursing Receives Grant ............................................... 5

18-Year-Old May Be Youngest Graduate ....................................... 5

In Memoriam: Sylvia Hart ................................................................ 6

Nursing Students Volunteer in Belize ........................................... 7

Precious Prints Expands ................................................................. 7

Former Peace Corps Volunteer Seeks to Serve .......................... 7

KAMA Gift Endows Scholarship ..................................................... 8

NightinGala and Awards ..................................................... 10

Fetal Heart Monitor App .................................................... 12

Lessons in Health Care: Vine Center ................................ 14

Nurse-led Efforts to Improve Health Care ....................... 15

Joy Found in Sorrow ........................................................... 16

Partnerships in Clinical Education .................................... 18

Speak for Myself App ......................................................... 20

Why I Give ............................................................................ 21

Faculty News ........................................................................22

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2016 COLLEGE OF NURSING ADVISORY BOARD

Doc Claussen, Chair

Cindy Bresee, Vice Chair

Jerry Askew

Laura Barnes

Patrick Birmingham

Leonard & Gail Brabson

Betsey Creekmore

Jeannie Dulaney

Joe Emert

Randy Jenkins

Ron Lawrence

Carlton Long

Joe Mont McAfee

Janice McKinley

Brian Mountain

Hugh Nystrom

Peggy Pierce

Lisa Reed

Max Shell

Dean Skadberg

Alan Solomon

Mike Walls

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES

Laurie Acred-Natelson

Nan Gaylord

Victoria Niederhauser

Sandra Thomas

EMERITI

Larry Burkhart

Alvin Gibson

Margaret Heins Laning

Rita Silen

Linda Vaughn

Lydia Weathersby

DEAN’S MESSAGE

DEAR COLLEAGUES, ALUMNI, AND FRIENDS:

I n his book Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande argues that ingenuity, or “thinking anew,” is a key ingredient of continuous improvement. Gawande elaborates that ingenuity is the ability to try new things, reflect on what goes right and what goes wrong, and relentlessly persevere through failure.

The College of Nursing is continually striving to become, to borrow another of Gawande’s favorite terms, better. The complex and changing world of health and health care depends on us to continue to get better at what we do and how we do it. In this edition of Volunteer Nurse, we share some of the ingenious work of our faculty, students, and staff who are making a difference in the lives of people, families, and communities. We strive to improve our student experience so our graduates will be fully prepared to dive into the complexity of the health care system. Over the past two years, we have redesigned our

RN to BSN curricula, adding in courses in professional practice, informatics, and population and global health, and creating a different course schedule to better align with the educational needs of RNs. In a recent survey of faculty vacancies, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported a 7 percent faculty vacancy rate, and the number of vacancies in Tennessee continues to rise. At the College of Nursing, we understand the need to recruit and retain stellar faculty members to educate the next generation of nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse scientists. I am proud to say that through the generosity of friends and alumni, we established the first three endowed professorships in the College of Nursing last year. The importance of these recognitions for

faculty members cannot be overstated. As the competition for outstanding faculty members rises, we will need to continue to find creative incentives to attract and retain the best. Over the past several years, our efforts to get better have not gone unnoticed: in the recently released 2017 U.S. News and World Report rankings, for public universities, our master’s in nursing program was 25th! The Appalachia Project, which brought together engineers, architects, law enforcement, and nurses to improve the health of a rural and underserved community, was nationally recognized with the C. Peter Magrath/W. K. Kellogg Exemplary Program designation. And as you read about faculty-led innovative projects like Speak for Myself and the electronic fetal monitoring app, you will get a sense of the high priority the College of Nursing places on finding better health solutions through technology and collaborative partnerships. To continue to stay connected, visit volsconnect.com to update your alumni information, and follow the College of Nursing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @utknursing.

Go VOLS!

Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, RN, FAANDEAN AND PROFESSOR

@VOLNursingDean

“The third requirement for success is ingenuity—thinking anew. Ingenuity is often misunderstood. It is not a matter of superior intelligence but of character. It demands more than anything a willingness to recognize failure, to not paper over the cracks, and to change. It arises from deliberate, even obsessive, reflection on failure and a constant searching for new solutions. These are difficult traits to foster—but they are far from impossible ones.”

—ATUL GAWANDE, BETTER: A SURGEON’S NOTES ON PERFORMANCE

The UT College of Nursing is

a leader in nursing education,

research, and practice. We seek

to maximize health and transform

health care by developing

professional nurses who promote

health on every level.

GRADUATE NURSING PROGRAMS AT UT

MSN The Master of Science in Nursing program prepares

nurses to function in a variety of advanced practice roles. Clinical experiences take place in settings based on each student’s learning objectives and area of specialty.

DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice

students translate research and implement best practices as expert clinical leaders to improve health care outcomes.

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Nursing students design and conduct nursing research at the highest level.

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Drill Highlights Appalachia Project Disaster ReadinessMother Nature’s unpredictable character can wreak havoc on a community that’s not prepared to handle a disaster. Students from the College of Nursing recently participated in a disaster preparedness drill conducted by the Appalachia Community Health and Disaster Readiness Project and other community partners in rural Clay County, Kentucky. The exercise was developed over the past several months and involved partners from Red Bird Mission, Manchester Memorial Hospital, UT’s Law Enforcement Innovation Center, and a variety of emergency and safety personnel from southeastern Kentucky. Polly McArthur, clinical assistant professor, said the college recognizes that nursing students need to understand how they might be needed in the wake of a disaster. “In the spirit of experiential learning, the students who participated in the drill then came back into the classroom to share with their peers what they learned about nursing’s responsibilities in disaster management,” she said. “Reflecting on their experience, students discussed the benefits of knowing what happens in the field when victims are triaged and transported to the hospital as well as the importance of patient-centered care.” The drill allowed Clay County to test response

efforts and improve preparedness in an area where efforts can be stymied by rural isolation and a lack of communication. “This unique experience offered nursing students an opportunity to be critical collaborators in developing education and testing an emergency management model for an isolated rural community vulnerable to flooding disasters.” said McArthur. “They made clear connections between participation in a simulated disaster and understanding future roles in acute care as well as community-based settings such as clinics, schools, and industries.”

18-Year-Old May Be Youngest Graduate in College’s HistoryJacqueline Gaddis is getting a head start on her nursing career. Gaddis—who received her degree in May—is the youngest graduate that College of Nursing officials can remember. She is only eighteen. She entered college at age fifteen and graduated alongside her twenty-year-old sister, Madeleine Gaddis, who entered college at age sixteen. “College has been a part of my transition from adolescence to an adult,” Jacqueline said, “Entering college at fifteen might not be normal

Kaitlyn Hillstead acts as a simulated victim for full-scale disaster readiness drill in Clay County, Kentucky.

Jacqueline (left) and Madeleine Gaddis graduated in May.

College of Nursing Receives Grant to Support Doctoral Nursing StudentsThe Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans has awarded $20,000 to the College of Nursing. The grant will fund scholarships for two doctoral nursing students for the upcoming fall semester. Jonas awarded the grant to help address the nursing faculty shortage, which is expected to worsen as the nation’s population ages. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, US nursing schools turned away nearly seventy thousand qualified applicants from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in 2014 due in large part to an insufficient number of faculty. “This grant provides an invaluable opportunity for doctoral nursing students at UT to be mentored for two years by outstanding national leaders as they prepare for careers as academic scientists,” said Sandra Thomas, professor and chair of the nursing PhD program.

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Linda Banks and Jennifer Shearer accept their Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar certificates from Mary Gunther

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In 2013, UT won a three-year $1.5 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. The Appalachia Community Health and Disaster Readiness Project involved faculty and more than 150 students from the College of Nursing, the College of Architecture and Design, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Law Enforcement Innovation Center. UT partnered with Clay County’s Red Bird Mission, Clay County Emergency Management Services, local clergy, elected officials, teachers, and law enforcement personnel. Project outcomes include the construction of a replicable water kiosk to provide clean drinking water to thousands of families. Community-based emergency management personnel and local residents also have completed multiple disaster life support courses. The UT team identified home safety and health hazards and have begun to help the community address them through replicable low-cost solutions for repairs, replacement, and mold remediation.

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Appalachia Project Receives National Exemplary Designation from APLU

Graduate Nursing Program Ranks in Top 25 for Public UniversitiesThe College of Nursing’s MSN program is among the top 25 public university programs, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Growth in research funding and the fact that the college recruits highly qualified students are among the factors in the master’s program jump. It last ranked 51st among all public universities in 2011.

The Appalachia Community Health & Disaster Readiness project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UD7HP26205 and Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention Inter-professional Collaborative Practice grant. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the US Government.

learn through service and gain hands-on real-world experience,” she said. “I congratulate the faculty and students involved in this project for the difference they have helped make in so many people’s lives.” “This project exemplifies how nurses can partner with diverse professions and the community to promote health and wellness,” said Dean Victoria Niederhauser. “We are very proud of the work of everyone involved—the 150 students, the faculty, the community partners, and other professionals.” John Schwartz, associate professor of civil engineering and a project leader, noted that the exemplary designation illustrates how faculty and student engagement can be accomplished among academic disciplines that traditionally have not collaborated to any great extent. Along with UT, four other institutions received the exemplary designation: Cornell University, University of Missouri Extension, New Mexico State University, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

UT has been recognized nationally for a project designed to improve the wellness and disaster readiness of an Appalachian community. UT was one of only five schools to receive the C. Peter Magrath/W. K. Kellogg Exemplary Program designation this year. Sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and presented jointly by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Engagement Scholarship Association, the exemplary designation recognizes universities’ extraordinary community outreach initiatives. The award region includes universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, US territories, and several countries in Africa. UT’s three-year project helped bring clean drinking water, home safety and sanitation, and emergency preparedness to Clay County, Kentucky. The county ranks near the bottom for the state’s major health indicators, including obesity, infant mortality, and disability. Clean water is hard to come by, flooding is common, and mold is ubiquitous. Susan Martin, who was then provost, said it is an honor for UT to be recognized for efforts to become even more engaged with its communities. “We have worked diligently to foster collaboration among our academic departments to provide students with opportunities to

The UT Appalachia Project team includes Lisa Davenport and Meghan Hayes from the College of Nursing; John McRae, Michelle Mokry, and David Matthews from the College of Architecture and Design; John Schwartz and Jenny Retherford from the College of Engineering; and Don Green and Emily Miller from the Law Enforcement Innovation Center. Gary Skolits and Stephanie Robinson from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences conducted project evaluations. Community partners are Tracy Nolan of Red Bird Mission and David Watson, Clay County emergency management director.

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Red Bird Mission Water Kiosk has been open since July 2015.

Nursing Students Volunteer in Belize during Spring Break

UT Nursing students spent their spring break volunteering in San Ignacio, Belize, during the College of Nursing‘s annual international health care trip. The college has been going on yearly medical missions since 2001 and has worked in partnership with International Service Learning health programs for the past five years to provide nursing students with a unique out-of-classroom experience. Lynn Blackburn and Karen Lasater, both clinical assistant professors in the college, traveled with eleven students to San Ignacio. The town is located in a remote and underserved area of Belize where homes often lack basic provisions such as electricity and water. “Our students worked with local physicians, nurses, and traditional healers to bring much-needed health education, medicine, and health care services to several underserved communities,” said Blackburn. “By engaging in these activities that address human and community needs, our students are able to develop a cultural competency and a global perspective not possible in the classroom setting.” The trip fits perfectly into UT’s Experience Learning initiative, which emphasizes real-world hands-on learning experiences for students. According to the World Health Organization, public health care in Belize is available to the population at no direct cost to the individual but

most rural health clinics suffer from inadequate staffing, lack of financial resources to handle patient volume, and a lack of equipment and medicine. After their return, the group shared their experience in a presentation to their community health class.

Precious Prints Project Now Serves All Major Hospital Systems in Knox CountyPhysicians Regional Medical Center in Knoxville is the latest hospital to provide the college’s Precious Prints project to grieving families. The student-led initiative provides silver fingerprint charms to families who have experienced the loss of a child. Since its creation in 2011, the project has supported more than 350 families. “The Precious Prints project now serves all of the major hospitals in Knox County providing, at no cost to the family or hospital, a lasting remembrance of a precious life lost all too soon,” said Lynne Miller, nursing instructor and director of the project. Staff nurses in the Women’s Care Clinic of Tennova Healthcare were recently educated by UT’s Student Nurses Association representatives on the project goals and how to obtain a fingerprint. Each fingerprint is crafted into a beautiful charm as a tangible memory for the family. Other hospitals that support Precious Prints include East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Parkwest Hospital, and UT Medical Center. To find out how you can support the Precious Prints Project, email Lynne Miller at lmille44@utk.edu.

From the Dominican Republic to UT, Former Peace Corps Volunteer Seeks to ServeRegistered nurse Laura Elzey has always had a passion for helping others in underserved communities. Armed with her knowledge of health care and the Spanish language, she spent two years in the Dominican Republic as a Peace Corps volunteer before enrolling in the Family Nurse Practitioner MSN program this fall. Elzey, from Markle, Indiana, enrolled through the Peace Corps’ national Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program. “The College of Nursing is thrilled to support our first Coverdell Fellow”, said Dean Victoria Niederhauser. “Ms. Elzey’s experiences working as a Peace Corps volunteer will be an asset to her advanced practice educational experience here at UT.” For two years, Elzey served as a health extentionist teaching classes to prepare women to make community presentations about childhood development, respiratory infections, sanitation and water, nutrition, hypertension, diabetes, reproductive health, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. “Although my role as a registered nurse and a volunteer was significant in many ways, I was not able to treat people once they became sick because I was not yet a certified advance practice nurse with a license to prescribe,” Elzey said. “Seeing the lack of access to health care in the small community motivated me to further my education so I can help break down the

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NEWSNEWSfor other people, but it’s my normal. I don’t have anything to compare it to, so graduating at eighteen years old doesn’t feel weird to me.” The sisters, along with their fourteen other siblings, were homeschooled. Jacqueline completed her middle school credits in two years, and both sisters completed high school credits and the ACT in three years. The flexibility of homeschooling allowed them to enter college early and at the same time. “Being homeschooled made my transition to college really easy because I learned how to teach myself things, which helped with the workload that accompanies the nursing program,” said Madeleine. Jacqueline concurred with her older sister: “The independence that’s required of homeschooling is a good setup for college. Most of the credit, however, should go to our parents. They started us in first grade at five years old and always encouraged us and inspired us to complete our work with excellence.” Family played a large role in the sisters’ success in many ways. Both parents come from a medical background—their father, Richard Gaddis, is an internal medicine physician, and their mother,

Sylvia Hart, founding dean of the College of Nursing, passed away March 29. She was eighty-seven. Hart was appointed dean in 1971 and served in the position for twenty-one years. She was responsible for launching the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs during her tenure. Hart also obtained federal funding to support construction and equipment for the College of Nursing Building. Before coming to UT, Hart was the associate dean for undergraduate nursing programs at the State University of New York in Buffalo, an assistant professor of nursing at New York University, and chairwoman of the department of nursing at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “For those that knew Dr. Hart, she was a visionary and true leader,” said Victoria Niederhauser, current College of Nursing dean.

In Memoriam: Sylvia Hart“Her legacy lives through the nurses who graduated during her tenure as dean as well as the programs she established in the College of Nursing.” Hart earned her bachelor’s in nursing from Alverno College, her master’s in nursing from the Catholic University of America, and her doctorate in nursing from New York University. She achieved national and international recognition for her work in the areas of higher education accreditation, new nursing program initiatives, licensure and regulatory issues, and global alliances. Hart held leadership positions and board membership in various organizations including the National League for Nursing, the Tennessee League for Nursing, the Commission on Collegiate Education for Nursing of the Southern Regional Education Board, and the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.

She was a consultant to more than 120 nursing programs in forty-two states as they sought her expertise related to higher education in nursing and accreditation. She is survived by four siblings, several nieces and nephews, and a host of close friends and colleagues from Tennessee and Wisconsin. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sylvia Hart Scholarship Endowment, c/o UT Knoxville College of Nursing Development Office, 1200 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Tami Gaddis, earned her bachelor’s degree in medical technology. Madeleine and Jacqueline are the second and third oldest of their siblings. Their oldest sister, Evelyn Amos, graduated from the College of Nursing in 2014 and is involved in short-term mission work with her husband, Adam Amos, through an organization called International Christian Resource. The couple lives in Indiana and takes medical students on international mission trips.

Being in the College of Nursing together gave each sister a sounding board and a cheerleader, as well as someone to hold them accountable. “Going through one of the most interesting points of our lives—college—together was incredible,” Madeleine said. “Jacqueline has kept that zest for life from when she was young and is very passionate about college.” Jacqueline added, “Our personalities are so different—we balance each other out really well. I’m not very indecisive—in fact, sometimes I’m hasty—but Madeleine balances me out and forces me to think things through.” Jacqueline and Madeleine say they chose nursing because they wanted careers that are focused on caring for people in need and building relationships with others. “Back when I was in high school, when I was assessing what I wanted to do in life, I wanted to choose something that—no matter where God took me in life—the skills I acquired would be useful to me for the rest of my life,” said Jacqueline. “Whether it’s while I’m traveling, for my job, or in my role as a wife and a mother, the skills I have acquired through nursing will apply to everything in life.”

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barriers to health and wellness as a family nurse practitioner.” Elzey also facilitated outreach programs to help improve the general health of a community with limited resources. She taught sexual education and leadership-building skills classes for the youth and coordinated efforts to educate the community on newly built safer cook stoves that would improve the health of families and decrease deforestation in the area. Through her experiences as an undergraduate and Peace Corps volunteer, she has learned much about effective patient care in underserved communities. “I will be able to incorporate my goal of working with marginalized populations with advancing my career as a Coverdell Fellow at UT,” said Elzey. The program prepares graduates to work directly with or on behalf of underserved communities through providing direct services, promoting social change and justice, developing programs, and researching best practices. Elzey will serve as a graduate teaching assistant for undergraduate nursing students and will complete her family nurse practitioner academic clinical preceptorships in rural and underserved communities in and around the Knoxville area. As a Coverdell Fellow, she also will develop an end-of-program service project and related learning objectives to reflect her chosen area of interest. After completing her education, she hopes to continue working with underserved rural communities. Through the Coverdell Fellowship program, she also will have the opportunity to partner with Peace Corps representatives on campus to share her story, promote programs, and recruit other students to volunteer with the Peace Corps.

College Receives Gift from Knoxville Academy of Medicine AllianceA $25,000 gift was recently awarded to the College of Nursing to establish the Knoxville Academy of Medicine Alliance Endowed Nursing Scholarship. Funds to establish the endowments came from the KAMA Philanthropic Endowment Fund at the East Tennessee Foundation. KAMA Philanthrophic Chair Cynthia Gash summarized the goals behind the organization’s decision to make such a significant commitment to scholarship: “We want to promote the education of future medical professionals and feel that doctors and nurses comprise the foundation of our health care system. We set our criteria to target students from our area to bring benefit to our community. KAMA has a long history of service in Knoxville, focusing efforts toward scholarship and health education initiatives. This step to establish scholarship endowments creates a lasting legacy to honor the past work of alliance members and allows KAMA to continue to have a positive impact on the future of health care.” “This endowment is truly a legacy as it is has been generated by the dedication of three generations of KAMA members,” added Jacque Prince, incoming chair of KAMA’s board of directors. “The sense of past, present, and future gives KAMA its strength and resolve to continue to make a difference in shaping the health initiatives in Knoxville.” Each year the college has more than 250 applicants from deserving students for seventy to eighty available scholarships. The endowment will help bridge the gap. The initial award for the KAMA scholarship was made for fall 2016. The key requirement for the scholarship is

enrollment as a senior student in UT’s BSN program. Successful academic performance is required, financial need may be considered, and preference is given to students from Knox and surrounding counties.

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T he 2016 recipient of the Volunteer Nursing Champion award is Carlton Long, vice president for institutional advancement at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. The award recognizes

an individual who is committed to improving health care and has made significant contributions to the nursing profession and an impact on the community. Carlton Long was selected for this award because of her dedicated service to the College of Nursing and other organizations. Her volunteer experience spans a variety of sectors—humanitarian, arts, education, civic, and religious. A long-standing member of the College of Nursing Advisory Board, she has helped strengthen the college’s reputation in the community. She currently serves on the board’s development committee and is passionate about advancing the College of Nursing. Long learned the importance of nursing at an early age thanks to her family’s background. Her aunt served as a bedside nurse for years, then went on to work in nursing education at the Medical College of Georgia and Louisiana State University. She was also a friend of Sylvia Hart, first dean of UT’s College of Nursing. Long’s sister chose the nursing profession as well. The Long family’s involvement in nursing continues in other ways. In appreciation of a particular nurse’s care during the long-term illness of an elderly family member, the family established an endowed scholarship in the College of Nursing to provide ongoing support for the education of future nurses. Long has a BS in education with a major in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Georgia. She and her team at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital recently completed a successful capital campaign for the hospital’s new expansion project, which is scheduled to open in November. Before coming to ETCH in 2011, Long worked for Mercy Health Partners as the regional vice president for philanthropy. She currently serves as a member of the UT Chancellor Associates, the Junior League of Knoxville Community Advisory Board, and the Friend Committee of Emerald Charter Schools. The Volunteer Nursing Champion award was created as a way to recognize and thank those who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in volunteer service. It will be presented to Long during the College of Nursing’s annual Nightingala celebration November 18.

T his year’s recipient of the Dr. Sylvia E. Hart

Distinguished Alumni Award is Rita Silen. A native of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Silen was a member of the first class to earn the Bachelor of Science in Nursing on the UT Knoxville campus in 1974. Three years later, she completed postgraduate training at the University of Mississippi, Jackson, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in nurse anesthesiology and received the Agatha Hodgins Award for Academic Excellence. She practiced as a nurse anesthetist for almost four decades, during which her professional pursuits took her from Jackson to New York City and on to Saint Louis. She now calls Portland, Oregon, and the great Northwest home, having lived there longer than in any other city since packing her bags for her freshman year in Knoxville in 1970. She works in the Portland VA Medical Center and mentors new staff in a variety of disciplines. In support of her professional practice, she serves on the board of directors of the Association of VA Nurse Anesthetists, and in support of those training to become nurse anesthetists, she is a preceptor for the Nurse Anesthesia program at Oregon Health and Science University’s School of Nursing. Outside the operating room, she serves on the UT Knoxville College of Nursing Advisory Board as an emerita member and on the executive boards of both the Women’s Care Foundation in Portland and UT’s Alliance of Women Philanthropists, where she is vice chair for grants. Blending her humanitarian interests and professional experience, Silen has served internationally on annual missions to South America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. She is currently packing her bags for service in the Philippines and Ecuador. She is also a serious portrait photographer, a student of Spanish, and a yoga enthusiast. In September she earned the Compostela, the certificate granted to hikers who have walked at least a hundred kilometers on the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain. The Dr. Sylvia E. Hart Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented to Silen as part of the NightinGala festivities on Friday, November 18, at the Knoxville Convention Center.

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the College of Nursing have been well done.” When Abbey Taylor arrived at her field experience hospital, she watched the fetal heart monitors sending the updates at ten-second intervals and her nerves quieted. “It was like, ‘Oh, I’ve seen that,’” she said with a laugh. “It helped a lot to be prepared for that.”

Now, with the help of the UT Research Foundation, more students across the nation and around the world can learn through the app. Since its release, the student version has been downloaded more than a hundred times and the instructor version more than a dozen. Patrick Reynolds, UT Research Foundation licensing associate, said the professors contacted him early in their design process so they could figure out the best strategy for the app release. The foundation staff works with university faculty to license and patent their inventions. They worked with Sheila Taylor and Fancher to get the simulation available on the App Store and to market it. “UTRF has been crucial to us to get it out there,” Fancher said. But the team hasn’t finished with its design. They are working on a sound upgrade to mimic the swhoosh-swhoosh of a baby’s heartbeat heard through an actual monitor. They see great potential for the app, as labor and delivery nurses must test for a certificate in fetal monitoring and document their competency in it each year. “I think it will stay in the academic setting and migrate to the business setting,” Sheila Taylor said.

than twenty-eight thousand monitors to work, and banks of computer screens show continuous scrolls of the rhythms, ten-second life increments between mother and infant. And there’s a need for nurses to interpret the data to assess the baby’s health. If nurses spot problems such as the baby’s heart rate falling when the mother isn’t having a contraction, they call the health care provider.“The nurse is the expert in the room for fetal heart tracing,” Fancher said. For years, nurses in training practiced reading signs on the paper strips. Now the app gives nursing students a simulation on iPads that mirrors the real world. Instructors can set the baby’s heart rate, how often the contractions happen, and various alterations that in real life could spell trouble for the baby. They can broadcast a simulation via the iPads to all of their students, who practice interpreting the signs during childbirth. “We play with this for three hours,” Taylor said. “They know fetal monitoring when we’re through.” Students also can download the app to practice interpreting the data on their own. While the simulation lab is filled with lifelike simulator mannequins that allow students to practice, it has only one birthing mother. The $55,000 mannequin price tag is a steep difference from the cost of the mobile app: $5 for students and $25 for instructors. And it makes a difference with the students, as well. After conducting trials with the app during the summer of 2014,

the professors, with the help of the UT Research Foundation, released it in 2015 and began using it in their classrooms. Abbey Taylor and Alisa Melnikova, nursing students who will graduate in May and have accepted positions with UT Medical Center in Knoxville as labor and delivery nurses, said the app matched their real-world experience. “The whole point of simulation is to be the most realistic exposure that it can be,” said Melnikova. “The simulations at

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industrial and systems engineering, and Tami Wyatt, a professor in the College of Nursing, also helped develop the app. “We love to collaborate with others,” Fancher said. “We have problems and others can help us find solutions.” The app mirrors the latest evolution in fetal care. As early as the nineteenth century, nurses and doctors used a fetoscope—a combination of a listening horn and stethoscope—to listen to a baby’s heartbeat. In the 1960s, doctors and nurses began using electronic fetal heart rate monitors to discover when a baby might run into difficulty with the birth. Fetal monitors used to print out the birthing rhythms, showing the valleys and peaks of the baby’s heartbeat and the mother’s contraction levels on continuous strips of five-inch wide paper. US hospitals have put more

Sheila Taylor leaned in to see the baby’s heartbeat rhythm. She watched as the baby’s heartbeat line fell without a corresponding spike showing the mother’s uterus contracting down on it. “That looks ugly,” she murmured. This time, though, there was no baby in distress. No quick phone call to a doctor. No hurried caesarean delivery. It was all just an iPad simulation app to train labor and delivery nurses. Taylor, a clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing, and Susan Fancher, the college’s simulation director, worked to develop the app to create a more realistic experience to instruct future nurses in monitoring babies and their mothers during labor. Xueping Li, associate professor of

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Thanks to a generous donation from Richard and Poppy Buchanan, the Center for Nursing Practice was established in 2015 with an overall goal of improving health and

health care through nursing practice. Richard is a retired physician and Poppy served as a public health nurse in Tennessee for a number of years. Many Tennesseans lack access to high-quality affordable health care; nurse-managed clinics and care can effectively fill these gaps. The center will work to advance education, practice, and research across the state by creating networks, assessing and addressing knowledge gaps, and promoting the use of technological solutions to improve health care. In its first three years the Center for Nursing Practice will work to meet several big goals:

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To date, the Center for Nursing Practice has completed the gap analysis and successfully implemented its first conference, Collaboration for Nurse-Managed Clinics and Care: Success and Challenges, held July 28 in Nashville. At the conference, outcomes of the gap analysis and APRN survey were presented by the center’s director, UT Professor Nan Gaylord. Dean Victoria Niederhauser discussed creating a culture of health through nurse-led care; Tine Hansen-Turton, chief executive officer of the National Nurse-led Care Consortium, discussed national trends in the field; and Kenneth Klingensmith, managing partner at Healthcare Revenue Group LLC, discussed business practice implications and financing. UT Associate Professor Carole Myers led a Tennessee nurse-managed clinic panel discussion that included Bonita Pilon from Vanderbilt University, Patricia Vanhook from East Tennessee State University, and Beverly McCann, owner of the Newbern Clinic in Newbern, Tennessee. If you are interested in receiving information from the center on any of these areas, email Virginia Fowler at vfowler2@utk.edu.

Lessons in Health Care: Vine Center Fills Community GapBy Kristi L. Nelson of the Knoxville News Sentinel COPYRIGHT 2016, THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. USED BY PERMISSION.

Nitza Montero’s 13-year-old son, Leo, isn’t always the perfect patient. He makes noises. He drools. He’s autistic and nonverbal,

and sometimes he gets agitated during medical appointments. When Montero’s family first moved here two years ago, Leo’s pediatrician kept him at arm’s-length, she said. “He didn’t want to touch my son; that’s how I felt,” she said. “He was afraid to interact with him. He got us in and out quick. He didn’t answer questions.” So a little more than a year ago, Montero began bringing Leo, who also has Down syndrome, to the Vine School Health Center, behind Vine Middle School in East Knoxville. There, she said, the team of nurse practitioners, nursing students and social workers provide excellent care—for Leo, a seventh-grader at Carter Middle, as well as for his two healthy younger siblings, students at Spring Hill Elementary. In addition to providing medical care for the children when they’re sick or well, the center provides case management, which helped Montero, a single parent, get a home-health nurse for a few hours a day. “I used to have to do everything myself,” she said. “Now I’m able to be more involved with my other children. I’m able to go to the grocery store…It feels really good to finally have help.” Most people probably don’t realize the Vine School Health Center serves a lot of special-need students, said Tami Bland, a nurse practitioner at the center. Nor do students have to attend Vine to get treatment at the center, in the Langland Building behind the school. The pediatric nurse practitioners — two full-time, four part-time—who operate the clinic will also see siblings of children in Knox County Schools, even babies. Patients don’t have to come to Vine. A 2012 federal grant bought telehealth computer equipment, so the center now has satellite clinics, where the nurses can see the students from afar, in 11 schools: Sarah Moore Greene, Dogwood, Belle Morris, Powell, Inskip, Lonsdale and Pond Gap elementary schools; Northwest and South-Doyle middle schools; and Austin-East High. The nurse practitioners and two social workers also make weekly visits to the sites, to build relationships and to accommodate parents who would have to take unpaid time off work and pay for transportation to come to Vine.

Bland said the health center offers the perfect example of a community partnership. The Knox County Health Department helped establish the center in a smaller space inside Vine in 1995, and the College of Nursing took over its operations shortly afterward. The school system donated space for the clinic in the Langland Building, which had been the auto shop when the school was Austin High, and the college got local philanthropies to donate money to renovate the space. Several private, state and federal grants help sustain the clinic, where close to three-fourths of patients have TennCare, close to a fourth are uninsured, and an “itty-bitty, tiny piece” have commercial insurance, Bland said. Uninsured families pay on an income-based sliding scale. “A year ago, it was 65 percent TennCare and 30 percent uninsured, but we put our social work students on” helping parents whose children qualified for TennCare to get them enrolled, Bland said. “They didn’t know how. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to (enroll), but it was a mountain they couldn’t climb. Now they’re not financially devastated when their child falls and breaks his arm.” While the clinic provides urgent care, well-checks, chronic disease management, athletic physicals, vaccines, tests for strep and flu, pregnancy tests, hearing and vision screening, counseling and case management, among other services, students from UT’s colleges of nursing and social work get hands-on clinical experience. The College of Nursing manages the center’s finances, although none of the money is university money. Appointments are 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays, and three years ago, the center began staying open through the summer school break. The center continues to seek grants and private donations. Bland’s most recent acquisition: a computerized spirometer, which measures lung function. Although treating asthma is within the scope of nurse practitioners, Bland said, they had to refer children out because they didn’t have the equipment. Earlier this year, she said, she noticed a child at one of the satellite schools short of breath. The girl turned out to need asthma treatment. “We know that children who are not healthy can’t learn,” Bland said. “It’s tragic, because if you don’t do well in school, you don’t do well in life. And that’s what school-based health care is all about: meeting those unmet needs and making (children) successful in school. That’s what will change their life situation, is education.”

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Clockwise L to R: 1. Rudy and Janice McKinley find great joy in their children and grandchildren. From left, Hank is held by his dad, Nick Cherry, while his sister, Abby, is held by their mother and Janice’s youngest daughter, Nancy Cherry. Standing behind Nancy is her sister, Jasmine Hardin (’99), and her husband, Scott. Their children are Kahli, far right, and twin girls Campbell and McClain, standing in front of Janice. Rudy is standing behind Janice. 2.The newest addition to the clan is grandson James Clyde Cherry. Photos: Rudy and Janice McKinley 3.Grandma Nancy [McKinley Family Photo]

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FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, FUNERAL PROCESSIONS WERE THE NORM FOR RUDY AND JANICE MCKINLEY. First Rudy’s parents died and then Janice’s father, followed by Rudy’s brother. And while saying goodbye was difficult, the couple still finds comfort in knowing that their loved ones were well cared for until the very end by nurses and other caregivers who are deeply passionate about their calling as health professionals. As retired vice president of operations at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Rudy saw the undeniable difference that nurses and health professionals make in the lives of those who need it most. And Janice is reminded of it daily as she walks the through the doors of Covenant Health, where she serves as the chief nursing officer and senior vice president of quality, safety, and nursing operations. Still, no matter how much time passes, memories of their loved ones are still vivid in the accumulation of sympathy cards. But on the other side of the grief is joy for the couple, who established the McMahan-McKinley Endowed Professorship in Gerontology in the College of Nursing. Their gift coincides with the Chancellor’s Faculty Salary Support Challenge, a catalyst to retain and recruit outstanding faculty by offering immediate access to funding on all new gifts and five-year pledges. When Janice met Karen Rose—the inaugural recipient of the professorship, who joined the College of Nursing faculty in the fall

semester—she beamed, knowing that Rose is building lessons plans from her wealth of experience in service of bringing “hope to those who are living what we have lived,” she said. Formerly of the University of Virginia, Rose has held many nursing roles in critical care, medical-surgical nursing, staff development, and patient and family education. Her research focuses on supporting family caregivers of persons with dementia, family quality of life in dementia, and transitional care for older adults. “As baby boomers continue to gray, their need for specialized compassionate care grows,” said Janice, who serves on the College of Nursing Advisory Board and was the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Sylvia Hart Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002. Rudy added, “So it wasn’t a difficult decision to create a professorship in elderly care because the memories of our loved ones live on in helping others.” The seed of becoming a nurse to help others was planted and encouraged by Janice’s late grandmother, Nancy Ellen McMahan. After she received her nursing degree from UT Knoxville, Janice was simply known as her “granddaughter the RN.” “She could not read or write, but she valued education and she cheered me on every step of the way,” said Janice of her grandmother. “Grandma Nancy died shortly after we named our youngest daughter after her,” said Janice, who began her career as an emergency room nurse. “She would be even prouder knowing that her namesake is also a nurse.”

Janice McKinley Receives UT Alumni Professional Achievement AwardCovenant Health executive Janice McKinley (’75) was honored with UT’s Alumni Professional Achievement Award at the Alumni Board awards dinner in September. As chief nursing officer and senior vice president of quality, safety, and nursing operations, McKinley oversees nursing operations at Covenant-affiliated facilities in East and Middle Tennessee. She is also chief quality and patient safety officer for the Covenant Health system. A former chair of the College of Nursing Advisory Board, McKinley was recently selected by Covenant to lead a collaborative effort with the college to develop an advanced educational program for nursing leaders. She is a frequent speaker at nursing graduation ceremonies. After receiving her BSN in 1975, McKinley added an acute care nursing course at the Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center in Sevierville, Tennessee, in 1977 and infection control practitioner training at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta in 1985. She earned her master’s in health science administration from the College of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois, in 1994 and was awarded a Johnson & Johnson/Wharton Fellowship for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes UT alumni who have achieved a high level of success in their chosen field of endeavor, with a record of notable career accomplishments and a history of outstanding contributions to their profession.

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After experiencing the loss of several loved ones in a two-year span, Rudy and Janice McKinley were able to find joy in their sorrow by honoring their family members with the establishment of the UT Knoxville College of Nursing McMahan-McKinley Endowed Professorship in Gerontology through the Chancellor’s Faculty Salary Support Challenge. The inaugural recipient of the professorship is Karen Rose, formerly of the University of Virginia.

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and care delivery are based on an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality training program, TeamSTEPPS for Primary Care. To date, three teams have gone through our training program and worked to provide interprofessional care to rural and underserved clients on twelve occasions at CCHS.

Embed two faculty liaison positions in the clinics to establish a relationship between the college and the community partners. Each faculty liaison sees patients

two days a week, providing care at CCHS and CHETN sites. At the College of Nursing, the faculty liaisons serve as preceptors for nursing students, serve on interprofessional education teams, and help create simulations. These liaisons are an ongoing link for the academic community partners.

The faculty liaison for Chota Community Health Services is Barbara “Libby” King, who joined the faculty in February. She received a BSN and was honored as valedictorian at Tennessee Wesleyan College in 2010,

and completed her MSN at Frontier Nursing University in 2014. She has worked as a high-risk obstetrics nurse and in a family practice/urgent care office.

The faculty liaison for Community Health of East Tennessee, April Bryant, started work in July. Her career of more than 20 years began as a certified nursing assistant. She has a degree in practical nursing from the Tennessee College of Applied Science, an ASN with honors from Lincoln Memorial University, and an MSN from Vanderbilt

University. She is certified as a family nurse practitioner, with a post-master’s certificate in oncology and

advanced training in emergency care, and she has worked as a member of the Tennessee Nurses

Political Action Committee advancing legislation for full practice authority. In addition to her other work, Bryant will be involved in writing literature reviews for the grant project.

Within the College of Nursing, the ICE team is led by Program

Administrator Meredith York and co-principal investigators Karen Lasater,

clinical associate professor, and Katherine Morgan, clinical instructor, both with the FNP program.

I mproving Clinical Education for Advanced Practice Nurses through Academic-Practice Partnerships, or ICE, is a federally funded HRSA Advanced Education Program grant that allows the college to develop innovative academic clinical partnerships with two

community clinical partners, Chota Community Health Services and Community Health of East Tennessee. These partnerships will advance the clinical education of family nurse practitioner students by strengthening and expanding clinical preceptor skills to mentor students. The program also establishes sustainable long-term academic clinical partnerships with the college’s rural and underserved clinical practice partners.

The program’s two community partners share strong community roots and a commitment to providing excellent services. Chota Community Health Services (CCHS) is a federally qualified health center located in Madisonville, Tennessee. CCHS is focused on delivering holistic health care under the medical home model to the residents of Monroe County. The medical home model involves patient-centered, team-oriented accessible and comprehensive primary care. The other partner, Community Health of East Tennessee Inc. (CHETN), is a local agency providing health, education, social, and community services for Campbell County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties. For many people, CHETN’s services provide hope for getting help where there has been despair. CHETN began as a black lung clinic in 1980 and has grown to become a multiservice agency.

The program has five primary goals:Provide advanced leadership and mentoring training to academic preceptor partners in rural and underserved clinical training sites at CCHS and CHETN to develop

excellence in teaching FNP students. The first year of this leadership program, Advanced Preceptor Partners Leadership (APP-L), concluded in May 2015. It included thirteen separate sessions on personal and team leadership development, population health, communication for leaders, team-based patient-centered care, patient-provider communications, managing change, and lean processes.

Academic Practice Partnership Expands Clinical Education for Nurse PractitionersBy Meredith York

Twenty-nine participants attended at least one session, and twelve attended more than three sessions and received certificates of attendance. The second year’s program begins in November 2016.

Implement new models of care delivery that focus on health care analytics, population health, and improved support services for preceptors (for example,

furnishing computers for students to access medical records) in rural and underserved practice sites. Health care analytics and population health have been infused into the FNP curriculum and the APP-L training program so students learn how to consider the needs of populations of patients. Laptop computers have been delivered to CCHS and CHETN, and students are currently using these computers during their clinical rotations for access to electronic medical records.

Reach more patients via telehealth. The grant has provided stethoscopes to augment telehealth stations in Monroe County schools. These Bluetooth

stethoscopes have been installed, and the training sessions for school health nurses, nurse practitioners, and UT nursing faculty were held in August for the equipment to go live beginning fall semester. When a school nurse sees a patient in the school-based clinic, the nurse practitioner will now be able to assess the patient more fully using the new stethoscope as well as otoscope, video, and audio equipment. This will greatly expand care services to children.

Design and implement new interprofessional models of education at the clinical sites. We are meeting this goal by creating interprofessional teams of graduate

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I believe in the College of Nursing! Over the past two years, the College of Nursing

has immensely shaped the person that I am today. The College of Nursing has

challenged and encouraged me to stretch myself in every way. It has given the

opportunity to serve as the president of the Student Nurses Association and lead

not only my peers, but also underclass students in the College of Nursing. In this

role I have been able to encourage and support students through community

service, leadership, and academics as they develop into professional nurses.

The College of Nursing has taught me the unique value in nursing as a whole

and has shown me an irreplaceable joy found in bedside nursing. I have learned

that patients are not merely room numbers but human beings in unimaginable

circumstances. The College of Nursing has shown me that being a nurse is not just a

career, but who I am.

The College of Nursing has become a haven for me during the uncertain years of

nursing school. The faculty and staff found within the walls of 1200 Volunteer Blvd.

are authentic and dedicated, and they genuinely care for each student they come

in contact with. The ninety-six students that walked into Room 201 in August of

2014 have become my family. They have been there for me through the many tears,

failed tests, doubts, hard clinical days, sleepless nights, and moments when I did not

think I would make it. These past two years with them are full of countless sweet

memories and laughs that I will take with me wherever I go as a nurse.

I believe in the College of Nursing because they have prepared me to begin my

life as a registered nurse!

Patients who are unable to communicate with their health care providers are now

able to better verbalize their needs, thanks to a new app developed by Assistant

Professor of Nursing Rebecca Koszalinski.

Speak for Myself allows intubated and voiceless patients to communicate pain,

fear, anxiety, loneliness, and toileting requests to their doctors and nurses through an iPad

or Android tablet.

Koszalinski was a doctoral student and clinical instructor at Florida Atlantic University

when she became aware of an issue affecting many of her patients with cerebral palsy and

spina bifida.

“Their inability to verbalize made it difficult to communicate their needs in a clinical

setting,” said Koszalinski. “They felt misunderstood and even ignored by hospital staff,

which is not only frustrating but also interfered with their ability to make choices regarding

their care.”

The app was tested at three hospitals in South Florida to provide Koszalinski with

feedback from patients, nurses, and family members.

“We discovered the app helped patients communicate their needs, which led to

improved care,” said Koszalinski.

After joining UT’s nursing faculty in August 2015, Koszalinski partnered with Associate

Professor of Nursing Sadie Hutson, and Xueping Li, an associate professor of industrial and

systems engineering who serves as director of the Ideation Laboratory in UT’s College

of Engineering.

The trio has been working to develop a more advanced communication app with

contributions from graduate students in audiology and speech pathology.

Through an internal grant, Speak for Myself has been updated to work across a variety

of mobile platforms with natural-sounding male and female voices, support for multiple

languages, and advanced care planning items.

Further testing is planned with patients in the Knoxville and East Tennessee region.

“The ultimate goal is to make Speak for Myself available to all intubated patients so they

can communicate their thoughts, needs, and preferences clearly and easily,” said Koszalinski.

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Sadie Hutson, Xueping Li and Rebecca Koszalinski demonstrate how the app works.

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Beeler Receives DAISY Faculty Award

The DAISY Faculty Award was presented to Clinical Instructor Lynn Beeler during the college’s spring commencement ceremony. Nominated by students and fellow faculty members, Beeler was carefully chosen through a blind review process by a selection committee made up of advisory board members and faculty.

Beeler’s nominator described her as a passionate, energetic clinical instructor. She impacts students in lectures, clinical simulation, and at the bedside. She treats students with respect and strives to help them develop skills in critical thinking and decision making along with a holistic approach to patient care.

A collaborative program of the DAISY Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the DAISY Faculty Award is a national recognition program that honors teachers for their commitment and inspirational influence on future generations of nurses

Sandra Thomas Is Named Croley Endowed Professor

Sandra Thomas, professor and chair of the college’s PhD program, has been named the inaugural Sara and Ross Croley Endowed Professor in Nursing. Thomas joined the College of Nursing faculty in 1983. She has taught in the PhD program since it opened in 1989 and has served as chair of the program since 1993.

She has chaired thirty-four dissertations and served on seventy-two other dissertation committees for students in nursing and in related fields such as psychology, education, and child and family studies. Thomas’s clinical specialization is psychiatric and mental health nursing, and her practice and research have primarily focused on women’s stress, anger, and depression. She has presented her research around the world and is the author of more than 150 journal articles, books, and book chapters.

As the editor of Issues in Mental Health Nursing since 1997, she has a special interest in mentoring new authors and reviewers. In 2009 she started a mentoring program for new manuscript reviewers involving doctoral students from Norway, Sweden, Australia, and the United States. All PhD students in the College of Nursing are offered the opportunity to participate in this mentoring program. Thomas is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She holds memberships in the American Nurses Association, the American Psychological Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, the International Council on Women’s Health Issues, Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honor society, and several psychiatric nursing organizations. Thomas holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in education as well as a master’s degree in nursing.

Shelia Swift Selected Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs Clinical Assistant Professor Shelia Swift has been named assistant dean for undergraduate programs after serving in the position as interim since December 2015. Swift received a bachelor’s in nursing from Tennessee Technological University in 1992 and began her career as a critical care nurse. After several years as a team leader on a medical/surgical unit, Swift accepted a nurse manager position overseeing the GI lab, pre-op surgery, and recovery room. In 2009, after seventeen years in the acute care setting, Swift returned to graduate school at UT to earn a doctorate in nursing. “I am honored to serve the university, the faculty, and our undergraduate students in this role,” Swift said. “I am excited about this opportunity and look forward to working with our administrative team as we strive to meet and maintain the mission and vision of the College of Nursing.” Members of the search committee were chair Mary Gunther, Sandy Mixer, Susan Fancher, Allie Brown, and Brian Mountain.

Associate Professor Joel G. Anderson holds a PhD in nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the UNC Wilmington. He completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Virginia and a certificate in advanced clinical dementia practice from the University of Michigan. He is a certified Healing Touch practitioner and serves as research director and a member of the Board of Directors for Healing Beyond Borders. Anderson is an active member of the Gerontological Society of America and the International Family Nursing Association. His research focuses on nonpharmacological interventions for symptom management and on caregiver support in dementia, including family quality of life and the psychosocial impact of caregiving. He also collaborates with researchers in the Washington, DC, metro area on the effects of Healing Touch on patient and nursing outcomes in acute care.

Clinical Associate Professor Lizanne M. Elliott holds a DNP from Vanderbilt University, an MSN from UT, and a BS in biology and chemistry from East Tennessee State University. She joins the college as an experienced board-certified advanced practice nurse,

clinic manager, and educator, with diverse expertise in health care and nursing education. Before coming to UT, she worked in settings that include a Fortune 500 company, a family residency training program, and state and private primary care clinics. She currently cares for patients as a family nurse

practitioner in a mobile primary care clinic serving the uninsured and underinsured people of rural northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Elliott has taught as an adjunct professor at UT and East Tennessee State University, an assistant professor at King University, and an associate professor at Tusculum College. She will be coordinating and teaching health assessment and community health nursing. Her particular interests are mission trips, equestrian activities, and Volunteer sporting events.

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of Gerontology Karen Rose received her PhD from the University of Virginia in 2006 and was on the faculty of the School of Nursing there from 2006 until coming to UT. She also has an MSN from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BSN from Shenandoah University. Her program of research is focused on interventions to support high quality of life for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and for their family caregivers. She has received external support for her research, published extensively in the field of dementia and family caregiving, and serves on the editorial boards of two gerontological nursing journals. In 2013 Rose was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, where she currently serves as co-convener for the Expert Panel on Aging. She was inducted as a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America in 2014.

Associate Professor Susan M. McLennon received her PhD from the University of Alabama at

Birmingham and her MSN from the University of Florida. She was a postdoctoral fellow with the Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics in Indianapolis. Her research is in the area of family caregivers for persons with stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. She has recently been a co-Investigator

on two large federally funded grants: one for testing of a nurse-led intervention for family caregivers for stroke survivors, and the other for enhancement of an interprofessional geriatrics workforce. She has published in national and international interprofessional journals such as Stroke, The Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Aging and Mental Health, and Applied Nursing Research. She will teach undergraduate and graduate nursing courses, mentor students, and focus on collaborative team-based science to improve the quality of life for older adults.

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College of Nursing Dean Victoria Niederhauser has been appointed to serve on the National Advisory Council for Accelerating Interprofessional Community-Based Education and Practice.

As a member of the council, Niederhauser will review proposals seeking assistance and make funding recommendations. She also will provide input and guidance to the national center project team to support grantees in the development of their projects.

Each year, the board names twenty graduate nursing programs that will receive funding and technical assistance to develop interprofessional community-based clinical educational initiatives.

Interprofessional education (IPE) allows students from different professions to learn to work together as a team to promote health and wellness in an educational setting, preparing them for team-based practice once they graduate.

Each team member has a unique part to play in the health care setting, and students learn how to maximize these strengths to better serve patients, families, and community health and wellness needs. Acute care settings have promoted IPE for the past several years. This initiative aims to accelerate IPE in community-based settings, an area in which the College of Nursing has been a leader.

Niederhauser is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner, a Robert Wood Johnson executive nurse fellow, and a fellow in the Academy of Nursing. She has served as dean since 2011.

The initiative is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

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Two Faculty to Be Inducted as Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing

Two members of the nursing faculty, Nan Gaylord and Lynda Hardy, have been named to the American Academy of Nursing‘s 2016 Class of New Fellows.

Gaylord is an associate professor of nursing, the director of UT’s Center for Nursing Practice, and the director of the Vine School Health Clinic.

“Dr. Gaylord has a proven record of leadership at our college and in the Knoxville community,” said Dean Victoria Niederhauser. “She saw a need and had a vision twenty years ago to provide school-based health care to underserved children in the Knox County area. This recognition is a tribute to the enormous impact that she has made in providing comprehensive health care in our community. She has also trained the next generation of advanced practice pediatric nurses quietly and humbly.”

Hardy is a professor and the associate dean for research. Her nursing research background specializes in the areas of child health, HIV/AIDS, and trauma. She has been involved at the national level in work groups focusing on big data, biomedical informatics, and Ebola.

“Dr. Hardy’s career has significantly impacted the development and implementation of nursing science and health research,” said Niederhauser. “Her ability to work interprofessionally with a focus on informatics and data analytics will continue to advance our understanding of health, illness, and wellness.”

Gaylord and Hardy join Tami Wyatt, assistant dean and director of graduate studies; Sandra Thomas, director of the PhD program in nursing; Professor Joanne Hall; and Niederhauser as fellows of the academy.

“I am delighted to welcome this superb cohort of talented clinicians, researchers, policy leaders, educators and executives as they join the ranks of the nation’s leading nursing and health care thought leaders,” said Bobbie Berkowitz, president of the academy. “We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments at our conference and then working with them to advance the academy’s mission of transforming health policy and practice by applying our collective nursing knowledge.”

The academy’s more than 2,400 fellows are nursing’s most accomplished leaders in education, management, practice and research. They have been recognized for their extraordinary contributions to nursing and health care.

Selection criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing and health care and sponsorship by two current academy fellows. Applicants are reviewed by a panel of elected and appointed fellows, and selection is based in part on the extent to which the nominee’s nursing career has influenced health policies and the health and well-being of all.

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There’s a reason nurses choose pediatrics.• Known for clinical excellence• Named one of the safest children’s hospitals• Superior orientation and on-boarding process• Excellent benefits package

There are big rewards in caring for small patients.

The University of Tennessee’s journey is one with an ambitious goal—to join the ranks of the nation’s Top 25 public research universities.

The focus of the College of Nursing’s journey is on four priority areas:1. FACULTY SUPPORTAs the college continues on the path of excellence, increasing faculty support helps build an even stronger academic research program.

2. GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPSThere is a critical need for advanced practice nurses and leaders in the health care industry. We are committed to meeting this demand by preparing caregivers, advanced practitioners, professors, researchers, and nurse executives.

3. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPSNamed scholarships are critical to attracting and retaining the most outstanding students. An enhanced pool of scholarship dollars supports our students and is essential to maintaining a high quality life for citizens of Tennessee, the nation, and the world.

4. STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIESEvery possible space in the College of Nursing building is occupied by students and faculty. To meet the nursing demands of our state and continue to provide education in a state-of-the-art facility, we require additional space.

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Lora Beebe, Marian Roman, and Tami Wyatt received a no-cost extension for the RIDE program, which will enable them to offer the interprofessional RIDE rotation to a fourth cohort of students in spring 2017. Other members of the RIDE team include Andrea Franks, pharmacy; Hollie Raynor, nutrition; and Dixie Thompson of UT’s Graduate School.

Lora Beebe was elected president of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Allie Brown assumed the role of president for the Gamma Chi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.

Deb Chyka has been selected president of the District 2 Tennessee Nurses Association. She was also selected for the Gaylord/Rogers Pediatric Award and for the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from the Gamma Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.

Terri Durbin was awarded the Regional Cooperative for Professional Nurses Week (RCPNW) Clinical Excellence Award. She is also serving as the president of the Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

Nan Gaylord became certified as a pediatric mental health specialist and was promoted to full professor.

Joanne Hall was elected president of UT’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors. She was appointed to be an at-large member of the Faculty Senate Executive Council for 2016–17. Hall was also selected to serve on the editorial boards of two major health journals, Advances in Nursing Science and Qualitative Health Research.

Sally Helton received the International Association of Forensic Nursing’s Forensic Nursing Excellence recognition at the association’s annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

Mary Sue Hodges completed the 2015–16 Geriatric Faculty Scholars Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Sadie Hutson received the 2016 Excellence in Research Award from the Gamma Chi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. Hutson was also selected to receive the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Award from UT’s Office of Undergraduate Research and was awarded tenure.

Lisa Lindley was selected to receive the Dr. Alan Solomon Nursing Faculty Award in Oncology.

Sue McClennon was selected to participate in LEAD, a yearlong leadership development program offered by the National League for Nursing.

Carole Myers has been appointed to the national Nurses on Boards Coalition State Strategy and Implementation Advisory Committee; appointed by Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey to the Tennessee Healing Arts Scope of Practice Task Force, where she was elected co-chair; and elected to chair the finance committee for the board of directors of the Sertoma Center.

Kathy Newnam received the Laura Barnes Pediatric Research Award.

Victoria Niederhauser was selected for participation in the Wharton-AACN Executive Leadership Program.

Laura Odom was selected for the 2016 Extraordinary Community Service award for her Volunteer spirit in the community. The award was presented at the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet in April.

Karen Rose has been named the McMahan-McKinley Professor in Gerontology.

Jennifer Tourville was selected to receive the Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award by the May graduating nursing class.

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Director of DevelopmentCollege of Nursing

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865-974-3597dpowell6@utk.edu

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UT COLLEGE OF NURSING CLASS OF 2018

It has been tradition that on the first day of class in Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice, junior nursing students take a visit to the Torchbearer in Circle Park to mark their transition to upper-division nursing classes. These same students will once again visit the

Torchbearer in May 2018 for another group picture—this time in cap and gown!