This Month in Nursing eNotes: January 2004 (go to archives)

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* Announcing Nurse Midwifery Grand Rounds at OHSU
* Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising: Health NW column By OHSU School of Nursing Alumni
* New OHSU Center Gives Voice to People Often Left Out of Health Care Decision Making
* Nominations for Distinguished Alumni of the Year Due February 2
* Student Phonathon Begins February 2
* Focus on Future Students: New Feature on OHSU School of Nursing Web Site
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Announcing Nurse Midwifery Grand Rounds at OHSU

OHSU School of Nursing’s nurse midwifery program is pleased to announce OHSU Nurse Midwifery Grand Rounds, beginning February 3. Nurse Midwifery Grand Rounds is a new program from the number one ranked nurse midwifery program in the nation. The Grand Rounds will feature the northwest’s leading midwifery faculty, clinicians, and experts in women’s healthcare, discussing the latest research and evidence-based trends in clinical practice.

OHSU Nurse Midwifery Grand Rounds meets the first Tuesday of every month from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and is open to all who are interested. Midwifery students and faculty, OB residents, and labor and delivery staff are especially encouraged to attend. For more information, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/midwiferygr.shtml
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Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising: Health NW Column By OHSU School of Nursing Alumni

Kathryn B. Brown is a family nurse practitioner with a master’s degree in nursing from OHSU. She also writes a column in the Wallowa County Chieftain about current healthcare topics in the northwest. One recent topic she covered was direct-to-consumer drug advertising and how public health campaigns inform people in order to protect and improve the health of individuals and the community. To read more about this topic and other topics covered by Brown go to:
http://www.wallowacountychieftain.info/main.asp?
SectionID=32&SubSectionID=103&ArticleID=3487
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New OHSU Center Gives Voice to People Often Left Out of Health Care Decision Making

The new Center for Health Disparities Research at OHSU School of Nursing was created to wipe out the huge differences in overall health between the rich and the poor, between whites and racial and ethnic minorities, and also between urban and rural people. "There's a great need to focus clinical and community-based research resources on eliminating health disparities in the Pacific Northwest. The reduction and eventual elimination of health disparities will only be achieved in full partnership with racial and ethnic minority populations and other underserved communities," said Nancy Glass Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., assistant professor and co-director of the new center. To this end, the center has developed innovative collaborations with community-based agencies, foundations, academic institutions, local and state public health agencies, and health care systems with the mission of developing culturally competent community-academic research collaborations to eliminate health disparities. To read more about the new OHSU center, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/news/2003/120103center.html
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Nominations for Distinguished Alumni of the Year Due February 2

Do you know an outstanding alum of OHSU School of Nursing who you would like to recognize? If so, please consider nominating this alum for the 2004 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award. Nominations are due by February 2, 2004. For more information, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/alumni/enotes-1003.shtml
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Student Phonathon Begins February 2
The OHSU School of Nursing annual Phonathon will be held from February 2 through April 13. Please take a moment to speak with the nursing student who will be calling to update you about “The Oregon Opportunity” campaign and to let you know how your gift can power the healing, teaching and discovery that takes place at OHSU. For more information, contact Carolyn Kimpton at 503 494-4404, or e-mail kimptonc@ohsu.edu. To read more about how your gift helps, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/giving/how-index.shtml
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Focus on Future Students: New Feature on OHSU School of Nursing Web Site

If you’re looking to advance your nursing career by continuing your education or if you know someone who’d like to pursue a nursing degree, the OHSU School of Nursing Web site now makes it easier to find the information you’re seeking. Visit the school’s Web site and click on one of the links under “Future Students”, such as “Online Learning”, “Academics” or “Prerequisites”:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son

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