This
Month in Nursing eNotes: June 2004 (go
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* Nursing Grad Part of a New Class at OHSU
* Value Diversity.
* Rediscover Your Past by Registering on the OHSU School
of Nursing Online Alumni Directory
* A Glimpse of Nursing Practice at the Oregon Poison Center
* Parkinson's Caregivers at Risk for Deteriorating Health
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Nursing Grad Part of a New Class at OHSU
(The Oregonian June 5 article about the 2004 OHSU Graduating Class)
Kahlei Howard made her choice in 2001 while she was sitting at the bedside of her brother-in-law who was dying of lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph tissue. She was deeply impressed with the skill and empathy of a hospice nurse who tended him. "I told her, 'I wish I could be like you someday,' " she recalled. The experience led Howard to enroll in Oregon Health & Science University's School of Nursing. Now Howard, 48, is embarking on a third career, following ones in theater and computer software.
On Friday she was
one of 302 nursing students graduating in ceremonies at the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall. The event totaled 849 graduates of OHSU's schools of medicine,
dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and engineering. To read more of the Oregonian
article by Patrick O’Neill featuring 2004 School of Nursing graduate
Kahlei Howard, go to:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/108643676466190.xml
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Value Diversity.
This is a message
that goes far deeper than the popular bumper sticker. Improving the cultural
diversity of the School of Nursing and the nursing workforce are challenges
critical to the care of Oregonians. The school is approaching this issue
on several fronts, but one is a campaign to endow a scholarship that will
be used to help diverse students. To learn how you can help go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/giving/enotes-diversity.shtml
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Rediscover Your Past by Registering on the OHSU
School of Nursing Online Alumni Directory
We hope you had a
chance to reconnect with the school and your classmates at the OHSU School
of Nursing Alumni Homecoming last month. If you did, the online directory
is a great way to stay in touch with your classmates. If you didn't, here's
the opportunity to rekindle those past relationships! Register to the
OHSU School of Nursing Online Alumni Directory. The service is free and
will give you and your classmates access to each other and an opportunity
to rekindle past friendships! Just click on the link below, fill out your
personal information and submit the form. The more alumni that take advantage
of this opportunity, the bigger the pool of contacts!
http://aftercollege.com/groups/alumni.asp?fct=3&id=1071185597
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A Glimpse of Nursing Practice at the Oregon Poison
Center
Line #1 lights up
and the phone rings . . .“Hello, Oregon Poison Center. May I help
you?” A frantic mother calls the poison center nurse saying, “My
baby has been poisoned. My four-year-old daughter said that she gave some
medicine to the baby. It’s spilled all over the baby. I called the
doctor’s office, but he hasn’t called me back yet. What should
I do?” While assessing the baby with an ingestion of children’s
cough and cold medication on line #1, line #2 lights up. The nurse quickly
puts line #1 on hold after giving Mom basic first aid instruction. Line
#2…To read more about the Oregon Poison Center and the experience
of Tonya Drayden, MSN, RN, CSPI, as a certified specialist and the public
education coordinator for the Oregon Poison Center, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/son/news/poison_catalyst.pdf
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Parkinson's Caregivers at Risk for Deteriorating
Health
OHSU study also finds increased strain among spouses of people with disease.
An Oregon Health &
Science University study shows the health of family caregivers should
be as top of mind as that of Parkinson's disease patients. The study by
researchers at the OHSU Parkinson Center of Oregon (including OHSU School
of Nursing faculty, Karen Lyons, Barbara Stewart and Patricia Archbold)
found that people caring for spouses with Parkinson's disease, either
at home or in a care facility, are at heightened risk for deteriorating
health and well-being, as well significantly increased strain. To read
the full release, go to:
http://www.ohsu.edu/news/2004/052604parkinson.html
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