This
Month in Nursing eNotes: May 2004 (go
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Celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12
* Governor's Plan Calls to Increase the Number of Simulation Centers in Oregon
* Phonathon Ends April 13, Alumni Give $93,000
* Intel Honors Two OHSU Nursing Students as “Heroes of Northwest Science”
* Alumni Homecoming 2004 Registration Deadline Extended
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Former Governor, Experts Will Discuss Crisis and Solutions to Help
Uninsured Patients
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Celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12
The work of America's 2.7 million registered nurses to save lives and to maintain the health of millions of individuals is the focus of this year's National Nurses Week, celebrated annually May 6-12 throughout the United States. "Nurses: Your Voice, Your Health, Your Life" is the theme for 2004. National Nurses Week is devoted to highlighting the diverse ways in which registered nurses, the largest health care profession, are working to improve health care. From bedside nursing in hospitals and long-term care facilities to the halls of research institutions, state legislatures, and Congress, the depth and breadth of the nursing profession is meeting the expanding health care needs of American society. To read more about National Nurses Week, go to:
http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/nnw/index.htm
To see how OHSU is celebrating nurses, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/nursesweek04.pdf
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Governor's Plan Calls to Increase the Number
of Simulation Centers in Oregon
Demonstrating his best bedside manner, Gov. Ted Kulongoski bent over a plastic mannequin in a hospital bed, felt its pulse and asked how it was doing. "OK," the mannequin replied in a strained voice. "I'm just a little nervous with all these people around."
The unusual demonstration at the Oregon Health & Science University Simulation and Clinical Learning Center was part of Kulongoski's effort to shore up the state's employment ranks by training more people to take jobs in the expanding health care industry. To read more, visit the Oregonian's Web site at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1083153432240510.xml?oregonian?lcpl
To read more about the OHSU Simulation and Clinical Learning Center, visit the center's Web site at:
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Phonathon Ends April 13, Alumni Give $93,000
The School of Nursing recently completed its fundraising Phonathon, raising nearly $93,000 from more than 900 alumni. When compared with the 2003 Phonathon, this effort represents an 8 percent increase in the average gift amount, from $89 to $96, and a 14 percent increase in average dollars brought in per phonathon caller. A special thank you to the alumni who took the time to talk with OHSU nursing students and made generous pledges to the School.
The School of Nursing is extremely grateful that alumni are stepping up to the level of increased leadership necessary to reach the School of Nursing's ambitious goals as part of The Oregon Opportunity campaign. Those who wish to make a gift online or to learn more about the School of Nursing priorities as part of the campaign can visit our giving web pages at:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/giving
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Intel Honors Two OHSU Nursing Students as
“Heroes of Northwest Science”
In honor of the 2004 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which was held this year in Portland, Oregon, OMSI and Intel created a special Web site celebrating Heroes of Science from Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Two of the science heroes are OHSU School of Nursing students Colleen Casey and Casey Mayo. To read more about these two “Science Heroes in Action”, go to:
http://www.omsi.edu/teachers/intelisef/ScienceHeroes/
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Alumni Homecoming 2004 Registration Deadline
Extended
School of Nursing Alumni: Have you registered for Alumni Homecoming 2004? If you have not, there is still time. Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect with your classmates and the school. To read more about Alumni Homecoming and to view the program online, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/alumni/ce-alumniweekend.shtml
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Former Governor, Experts Will Discuss Crisis
and Solutions to Help Uninsured Patients
As part of the national
Cover The Uninsured Week, May 10-16, Oregon Health & Science University
will host a panel of experts, which will include former Oregon Gov. John
Kitzhaber, M.D., director of the OHSU Center for Evidence-based Policy.
The panel will discuss the current situation and address some of the solutions
to help uninsured people get access to health care and health insurance.
Other panelists include: Mariah Taylor, M.S.N., R.N., C.P.N.P., founder
and primary provider of the North Portland Nurse Practitioner Community
Health Clinic, will provide the perspective she has gained from operating
a frontline, safety-net clinic serving a growing population of desperate,
uninsured Portland-area residents; and Leandra Alanis, Oregon Health Plan
screener and Spanish interpreter at the North Portland Nurse Practitioner
Community Health Clinic, will speak about Latino community issues. To
read more about this panel, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/news/2004/050304uninsured.html
The American Nurses
Association encourages nurses to observe and participate in Cover the
Uninsured Week, May 10-16. Nurses see firsthand the consequences that
stem from a lack of health insurance coverage: sicker patients who have
postponed needed health care. More than 1,000 events will take place during
Cover the Uninsured Week, involving nurses, doctors, union members, business
owners, hospitals, members of religious groups, students, grandparents
and people from all walks of life and every point of view. For more information,
go to http://www.CovertheUninsuredWeek.org
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