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February 2003

Welcome to Nursing eNotes! This new e-newsletter is sent once a month with new stories about the nursing profession and OHSU programs. We hope you enjoy this new tool to connect with OHSU School of Nursing.

This month in Nursing eNotes:

Rise to the Challenge: Exploring Careers in Nursing

If you are interested in talking one-on-one with over 25 health care professionals, receiving free resume critiques and interviewing tips from professionals, and learning about what it takes to become a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a midwife, a nurse scientist, a nurse administrator, and more, then don't miss the OHSU School of Nursing Career Fair, Rise to the Challenge: Exploring Careers in Nursing, on February 10, from 12pm-4pm at the OHSU School of Nursing, Portland Campus. To read more about the career fair, go to: http://www.ohsu.edu/son-alumni/arc-enotes-0203.shtml

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PSU Student Body President credits Merlo Station for Her Success

Kristin Wallace was in the seventh grade, just 13 years old, when she got pregnant. She was able to go to School at Merlo Station High School and participate in its programs for young mothers. Wallace also appreciates the health care she received at Merlo Station Health Center, an OHSU-staffed school-based clinic in the high school. While she was pregnant, Wallace had a weekly appointment with a midwife from OHSU. “She had an open mind and didn’t treat me any differently because of my age. She validated my dreams and wishes in terms of the childbirth I wanted to have. She valued my experience, even though it came much earlier in life than anticipated.” To read more about Kristin’s experience in one the very valuable OHSU school-based health centers, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son-news/enotes-merlo.shtml

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Providing the School with One More Tool

How can we teach nurses of the future without enough nurse educators? The OHSU School of Nursing, like many across the country, will see nearly half of its faculty retire over the next five years. The shortage of faculty nationwide means OHSU must aggressively recruit, always with a goal of hiring the best. Endowed professorships provide the School with one more tool. This year the school is focused on raising $1 million to endow a professorship in honor of Dr. Carol A. Lindeman. To see why professorships are important and learn more about the Lindeman campaign, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son-giving/oo-prof.shtml

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Do You Have a Passion for Nursing?

Are you considering returning to nursing school? Are you planning to make an application to the OHSU School of Nursing bachelor’s program this next year?
Then we have helpful hints to get you started on the right path. To read more about how you can start your career in nursing, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son-academic/ap-enotes.shtml

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OHSU and Oregon’s Counties

How does OHSU serve your community? OHSU has served the health care needs of 1,584 Union County residents. 627 residents from Yamhill county received health care services from OHSU that they otherwise would not have received due to having no money to pay for health care. Baker county is home to 39 alumni of OHSU’s schools of medicine, nursing, engineering and dentistry.

OHSU’s commitment to improve health and well-being is felt throughout the entire 96,000 square miles of Oregon and beyond. To read more about how OHSU impacts your county, visit the Web site at: http://www.ohsu.edu/son-news/enotes-county.shtml

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