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OHSU School of Nursing Among Top in the Nation

U.S. News & World Report ranks nursing school education programs once every three years -- the most current rankings are from last year's report. The Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing master's program ranks sixth, placing it in the top 2 percent of approximately 350 such programs in the United States. The school's program has earned top rankings each year since the news magazine first began its surveys 14 years ago.

The School of Nursing's nurse-midwifery program ranks first, tying with the University of Pennsylvania.

All seven of the nursing school's master's specialties score in the top 10. In the category of nurse practitioner gerontological/geriatric, the school ties for third place. In the categories of nurse practitioner adult and nurse practitioner family, the school ranks fourth and fifth respectively. In the category of nurse practitioner pediatrics, the school ranks sixth. In the category of clinical nurse specialist psychiatric/mental health the school ranks ninth. For both the clinical nurse specialist adult/medical-surgical and clinical nurse specialist community public health categories, the school ranks 10th.

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OHSU School of Nursing La Grande Campus Receives 2005 Soroptimist Advancing the Status of Women Award

The OHSU School of Nursing La Grande campus has received the 2005"Advancing the Status of Women" award from Soroptimist International of La Grande. The annual award recognizes a business or organization that has been particularly active and successful in initiating, supporting or advocating programs that advance the status of women. Jeanne Bowden, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., associate dean, La Grande Campus, attended the April 21 award luncheon and received the plaque on the school’s behalf.

Soroptimist is an international volunteer service organization for women in business, management and the professions. Soroptimist's mission is to improve life for women and girls by identifying needs and working through targeted service projects to address those needs. The program of recognition began in 1984 and is participated in by Soroptimist Clubs throughout the world. For more information about Soroptimist International, visit the organization’s Web site at www.soroptimist.org.

Faculty Awards, Appointments and Recognition

American Academy of Nursing

Anne G. Rosenfeld, PhD, RN, CNS, FAHA, FAAN, Associate Professor, OHSU School of Nursing was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, as one of the 2006 new Fellows on November 11, 2006. She was nominated for this honor by two current Academy Fellows and was selected by the Academy’s fifteen-member Fellow Selection Committee for her outstanding achievements in the nursing profession. Dr. Rosenfeld was formally inducted as a Fellow with fifty-four other nurse leaders during the Academy’s Annual Awards Ceremony and Induction Banquet in Miami, FL.

The Academy is constituted to anticipate national and international trends in health care, and address resulting issues of health care knowledge and policy. Not only is the invitation to Fellowship recognition of one's accomplishments within the nursing profession, but also affords an opportunity to work with other leaders in health care in addressing the issues of the day. The Academy’s mission is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.

2006 Nursing Spectrum Excellence Award

Congratulations to Jan Glasby-Peters, RN, MN, FNP, recipient of the 2006 Nursing Spectrum Excellence Award in Teaching. Read more about the award at Nursing Spectrum online.

New Interim Director Appointed for the OHSU Center for Health Disparities

Jeanne Bowden, PhD, RN, has been appointed the interim director of OHSU's Center for Health Disparities Research. Bowden returns to OHSU from her recent retirement as the associate dean for the School of Nursing's La Grande campus. Bowden received her BS from UCLA, her MPH from UCLA where she specialized in international public health, and her PhD from Gonzaga University. She has decades of experience in community health and community affairs serving on numerous boards including Grande Ronde Hospital Board of Trustees and the Oregon Health Council. She has also received numerous awards for her work including the Oregon Health Forum Community Service leadership Award in 2004, the Oregon Primary Care Association Outstanding Leadership Award in 2002, the OHSU Faculty Senate Outstanding Service Award in 1998, and in 2001 the prestigious Louis Gorin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health Care by the National Rural Health Association. Bowden is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

The mission of the Center for Health Disparities Research at OHSU is to use sustainable community-academic research collaborations to stimulate research and develop new knowledge focused on understanding and eventually eliminating disparities in health care and outcomes for urban and rural racial and ethnic minority and other undeserved populations. To this end, center-affiliated investigators and community partners conduct collaborative multi-level health disparities research; build collaborative research infrastructure and capacity; promote community-based agencies and programs; disseminate and translate research findings into actions to eliminate health disparities. The mission to eliminate health disparities is to envision a nation where racial and ethnic minorities and other undeserved populations have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy and productive lives.

Nail Receives 2006 OHSU Faculty Award for Research

Lillian Nail, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., May E. Rawlinson Distinguished Professor, was named the recipient of the 2006 OHSU Faculty Senate Distinguished Faculty Award for Research. Her selection for this honor was announced on Wednesday, May 10th, at the Annual Distinguised Faculty Awards Luncheon on the Portland campus.

New Associate Dean Named for La Grande Campus

Carol A. Ledbetter , Ph.D. , R.N. , F.A.A.N. , has been named the new associate dean for the Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, La Grande Campus, located at Eastern Oregon University, effective April 1, 2006. "We are proud to have Dr. Ledbetter be part of the OHSU School of Nursing. Her proven leadership, education, as well as research skills and experience will be an excellent match for our outstanding La Grande Campus. She will assure continuous quality improvement of academic, clinical and research programs, and will be a first-rate addition to the health care community in the region, " said Dean Kathleen Potempa , D.N.Sc. , R.N. , F.A.A.N. Khosrow Fatemi, Ph.D., president of EOU, said: "Dr. Ledbetter will be a dynamic addition to the students and community of Eastern Oregon University. "This is a critical position for our partnership in education with OHSU, especially in light of our new state-of-the art Science Center, which OHSU shares with us. I look forward to working with this outstanding educator and researcher," said John Miller, Ph.D., EOU provost and vice-president for academic affairs. Ledbetter previously served as the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Surgical Anesthesia Services, L.L.C. and Surgical Synergies Inc. and as a professor of nursing at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Prior appointments include the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. To read the full news release, click here.

Christine Tanner recipient of National League for Nursing award

Christine Tanner, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., the A.B. Youmans Spaulding Distinguished Professor in the OHSU School of Nursing, was awarded the NLN Award for Excellence in Nursing Education Research at the NLN president's reception and awards banquet on October 1 in Baltimore, Maryland. Tanner was recognized for her efforts in changing the face of nursing education and curriculum in Oregon. She was integral in the development of a statewide, performance-based model of nursing education that provides baccalaureate education on local community colleges campuses­ – The Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education. The OCNE is dramatically expanding capacity and is on its way to becoming a national model for nursing education.

New Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs Appointed

Judith Gedney Baggs , Ph.D. , R.N. , F.A.A.N. , has been appointed senior associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Nursing. Baggs comes to OHSU from the University of Rochester in New York, where she was the associate dean for academic affairs. She has many years of experience as an educator, researcher and administrator. Baggs has been a nursing educator for more than 15 years. She is a scholar in clinical ethics and end-of-life care and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and other sources during the past 15 years. Baggs chaired the National Institute of Nursing Research Science Section in 2002-2003 and chaired a Special Emphasis Panel for NINR. She has reviewed many journals, served on several journal editorial boards, and currently is the editor of Research in Nursing & Health.

New Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs Appointed

Kathleen Knafl , Ph.D ., has been appointed senior associate dean for Research and Faculty Affairs in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing. Knafl also is the first holder of the Elizabeth N. Gray Distinguished Professorship. She comes to OHSU from Yale University School of Nursing where she most recently served as acting associate dean for academic affairs. Knafl earned a bachelor's, master's, and a doctorate in sociology and has devoted her career in schools of nursing to the development of science in support of nursing practice. She has had a distinguished career in the study of children with chronic illness and family support systems. For her commitment to the advancement of nursing through science she was awarded an honorary citation from the American Academy of Nursing in 1997 and in 2001 was made an honorary member of the academy. She has served on the National Institute for Nursing Research, Nursing Science Review Committee as a member and chairwoman from 1991 to 1995 and currently serves as chair of a National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review study section. Knafl has served on numerous editorial boards and scientific committees. She has also received numerous university honors for teaching excellence.

New Director Appointed to the OHSU John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Heather Young, Ph.D., R.N., G.N.P., F.A.A.N., has been appointed the Director of the OHSU John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Young brings a rich background in research, teaching and practice in gerontological nursing. In addition to this new role, Young is the Grace Phelps Distinguished Professor and Director of Rural Health Research Development at the School of Nursing Ashland Campus. Young began her nursing career in the rural community of Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast.For over a decade, she held a joint appointment on the faculty at University of Washington School of Nursing and as the Chief Operations Officer for a retirement community company. In this capacity, she was responsible for an academic-corporate partnership, and for managing and designing programs in independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing for over 1,200 older adults.

Young's research and clinical interests focus on environments that promote healthy aging, with a particular focus on the interface between family and formal health care systems for older adults in transition. Through her evaluation research, Young has played an instrumental role in shaping long term care policies in the state of Washington. Under the Oregon Opportunity, Young is developing a program of research that combines her interests in rural health and gerontology. Young's current funded projects include medication management in rural assisted living settings and the use of technology to enhance medication safety in rural communities.

The center director position was formerly held by Patricia Archbold, R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N., t he Elnora E. Thomson Distinguished Professor at the School of Nursing. In July Archbold will be transitioning into a new role with the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York. She will hold the directorship of the foundation's Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program. Archbold is the founding director of the OHSU John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence.

Interim Director of Advanced Practice Nursing Programs Appointed in School of Nursing

Carol Howe, D.N.Sc., C.N.M., F.A.C.N.M., director of the nurse-midwifery program and professor in the OHSU School of Nursing, will assume the role of interim director of advanced practice nursing programs July 1. Howe received her nurse-midwifery preparation at Yale University. She subsequently received her doctorate in nursing from the University of California at San Francisco. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She has also been the president of the ACNM Certification Council, the national certifying organization for nurse-midwives.

2005 Western Institute of Nursing Research Award

Lissi Hansen, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor, Portland Campus, has been selected as the recipient of the 2005 WIN Geriatric Nursing Research Award winner in the New Researcher category.

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' 2005 President's Award

Pamela Hellings, Ph.D., C.P.N.P., received the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' 2005 President's Award. The inscription reads "Your dedication and commitment to NAPNAP and love of children are inspirational."

Dean Potempa Named as One of Oregon's 50 Great Leaders by Oregon Business Magazine

Oregon Business Magazine highlights Oregon's 50 great leaders in the October 2004 magazine issue, and OHSU School of Nursing's dean, Kathleen Potempa, is one of them. The magazine editors say a great leader in Oregon is “someone who's making things happen, reaching new heights in their industry and remaining committed to their community.” To read about Dean Potempa and her answers to Oregon Business Magazine's questions, go to page 12 in the follow link: http://www.mediamerica.net/pdfs/50_Great_Leaders.pdf

Nail Invited to Serve as Section Member of the NIH Center for Scientific Review

Lillian Nail, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., May E. Rawlinson Distinguished Professor, has accepted NIH's invitation to serve as a member of the Behavioral Medicine, Interventions and Outcomes Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the term beginning immediately and ending June 30, 2008. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant activities, achievements and honors. Membership on a study section represents a major commitment of professional time and energy as well as a unique opportunity to contribute to the national biomedical research effort. Student sections review grant applications submitted to NIH, make recommendations on these applications to the appropriate NIH national advisory council or board, and survey the status of research in their fields of science.

"I want to take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of Dr. Nail's participation in assuring the quality of the NIH peer review process," says Brent Stanfield, Ph.D., acting director, Center for Scientific Review.

OHSU's Archbold Wins The Gerontological Society of America's 2004 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Award

The Gerontological Society of America has chosen Patricia G. Archbold, D.N.Sc., R.N., F.A.A.N., the Elnora E. Thomson Distinguished Professor at OHSU School of Nursing, as the recipient of the Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Award. This distinguished honor, presented by GSA's Clinical Medicine section in collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is given to a member of the Society in recognition of outstanding and sustained contribution to geriatric nursing research.

The award presentation will take place at GSA's 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 19th-23rd, 2004 in Washington, DC. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 20th at 5:30 p.m. in the Hampton Ballroom of the Omni Shoreham Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisciplinary interactions among gerontological health care clinical, administrative, and research professionals.

Archbold's research focuses on family care for frail elders and on new methods that home health nurses and health care systems can use to better serve elders and their families. The breakthrough findings from her research have led to new ways of thinking about how the discipline of nursing can best support families caring for frail elders.

The Gerontological Society of America, founded in 1945, is the oldest and largest national multidisciplinary scientific organization devoted to the advancement of gerontological research. Its membership includes some 5,000+ researchers, educators, practitioners, and other professionals in the field of aging. The Society's principal missions are to promote research and education in aging and to encourage the dissemination of research results to other scientists, decision makers, and practitioners.

Information about the Gerontological Society of America, its awards, and its 57th Annual Scientific Meeting can be found online at http://www.geron.org .

You can read the full press release at: http://www.geron.org/press/Schwartz2004.htm

OHSU NURSING ASSOCIATE DEAN EARNS SERVICE AWARD FOR RURAL OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY

Jeanne Bowden , Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., associate dean of Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, La Grande, will receive the Oregon Health Forum Community Service Award on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. at a leadership dinner being held at the Benson Hotel, Portland. Bowden will be honored for her outstanding work in improving health care access to underserved Oregonians in rural communities such as Elgin and Union, and for expanding the OHSU School of Nursing's baccalaureate and graduate programs at Eastern Oregon University.

For almost 25 years, Bowden, a nurse, educator and researcher, has been working to improve the health care of rural Oregonians. To help remedy the nursing shortage in rural eastern Oregon, Bowden was instrumental in developing the nontraditional and popular OHSU Rural Frontier Delivery Program, which delivers baccalaureate nursing courses to place-bound students.

Bowden provided administrative support for the School of Nursing's three nurse-managed clinics: the Union Family Health Center, the Elgin Family Health Center and the Student Health Center at Eastern Oregon University. Under Bowden's watch, the Health Network for Rural Schools was developed, providing health and social service access to students and families in Cove, Elgin, Imbler, North Powder and Union. La Grande faculty and students run the Healthy Start program, assisting families caring for their first babies.

As a nurse-educator, Bowden has been responsible for preparing and teaching community classes, and has worked with diverse populations such as migrant families and Native Americans, as well as those suffering from chronic illnesses such as HIV.

"I'm just the administrator. It's the faculty, staff and communities that are the real pioneers in rural health care here. I'm the cheerleader," said Bowden.

At the leadership awards dinner, Oregon Health Forum will also be handing out scholarship checks to high school graduates who are pursuing a career in health care as a way of helping to alleviate the health professional shortage Oregon faces.

Each year Oregon Health Forum honors health care leaders who have made a significant difference in improving access to health care for Oregonians and solicits nominations throughout the state. Oregon Health Forum publishes an independent non-partisan monthly newsletter.

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Dean Potempa elected secretary of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Board

OHSU School of Nursing Dean Kathleen Potempa , D.N.Sc., R.N., F.A.A.N., was elected secretary of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Board. Potempa previously has chaired the association's task force on distance technology in education, served on its nominating committee, and has been a member of its task force on the professional nursing practice environment. For more information, read the news release at:
OHSU School of Nursing Dean Elected to National Post--July 28, 2004

Congratulations to the following faculty award winners who were announced this June at commencement:

2004 Faculty Senate Outstanding Leadership Award
Katherine Crabtree, D.N.Sc., R.N., A.N.P., F.A.A.N., professor

Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award
Kimberly Brown, R.N., F.N.P., instructor

Outstanding Undergraduate RN/BS Faculty Award
Linda Felver, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor

Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award
Chris Tanner, Ph.D., R.N., A.B. Youmans Spaulding Distinguished Professor

Sheila Kodadek Appointed Director of the Portland Undergraduate Program
Sheila Kodadek, Ph.D., R.N., has been appointed the Academic Program Director for the Undergraduate Program for the School of Nursing Portland Campus. Kodadek transitioned into her new role on July 1. Kodadek has been on the faculty of the School of Nursing since 1980 and has held many other positions at OHSU and the School of Nursing, including department chairperson and interim dean in the School of Nursing, nursing training director for the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, and OHSU Faculty Senate President. In addition to her academic responsibilities at OHSU, she directs the Merlo Station High School Health Center, a School of Nursing faculty practice in Beaverton.

Jeanne Bowden to Receive Oregon Health Forum Award
Jeanne Bowden, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for the School of Nursing La Grande campus, has been chosen to receive the Oregon Health Forum's Community Service Award. Bowden will receive the award at the Oregon Health Forum celebration event on October 27 at the Benson Hotel in Portland. The Community Service Award is given to an individual whose service results in measurable outcomes, demonstrates innovation, is oriented to diverse and vulnerable populations, is sustainable, and to an individual who possesses a high level of community involvement.

Oregon Health Forum's mission is to inform and educate all stakeholders of the dynamics of health care financing, delivery and policy. The organization's vision is to be the Northwest's leading source of health care information and education. For more information, visit the Oregon Health Forum Web site at www.healthforum.org.

Lillian Nail , Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N, Dr. May E. Rawlinson Distinguished Professor of Nursing, senior scientist and director of the OHSU Center for Research on Symptom Management in Life-threatening Illness, was presented with the Honorary Nursing Research Award at the Oregon Nurses Association annual convention in April. Nail was nominated for the award by the ONA Cabinet on Human Rights, Ethics, Nursing Practice and Research for her significant impact and contribution to the body of nursing knowledge through nursing research, and her recognition by peers as a role model and inspiration for promoting improvement in the quality of nursing care. The focus of Nail's career has been to expand knowledge about oncology nursing through research. Her recent publications focus on energy conservation as a way to treat cancer-related fatigue, fatigue in patients with cancer, and measurement of fatigue. Past Honorary Nursing Research Award recipients include OHSU School of Nursing faculty: Anne Rosenfeld, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.S., associate professor (2002); and Wendy Neander, M.S., R.N., assistant professor (2003).

Marie Napolitano , R.N., Ph.D., F.N.P., associate professor, is the recipient of a 2004 Harvest of Hope Award from the Oregon Child Development Coalition. The award was given in recognition and honor of her many years of outstanding contribution to the quality of health services provided to the children and families served in OCDC, Washington County. She also received a picture of a beautiful little girl who can walk now because Marie diagnosed a congenital dislocated hip and was able to get her into treatment. Oregon Child Development Coalition is a private not-for-profit corporation that has evolved into the largest child development and child care network in the state of Oregon. OCDC's mission is to empower families through services and expertise that enable low-income families to succeed in their communities by supporting parents and contributing to the nurturing and development of children (inclusive of their language and culture).

Katherine Crabtree, D.N.Sc., A.N.P., R.N.C.S., F.A.A.N., professor of nursing, and Nancy Lowe, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M., F.A.A.N., professor of nursing, were both inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in November. One of the criterion for Academy membership is recognition by one's peers of having made outstanding contributions to nursing over and above those which are required in one's position of employment. Each nominee also must be sponsored for membership by two Academy fellows. This year's slate of AAN nominees of exceptional nursing leaders are educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and association executives. Crabtree and Lowe were formally inducted into the American Academy of Nursing on Saturday, November 15, 2003, during the Academy's 30th Annual Meeting and Conference at The La Costa Resort & Spa in San Diego, California.

Ann Reiner, RN, MN, OCN(R), cancer services program director, OHSU Cancer Institute, was recently honored as a "Local Hero" by the Oregon and southwest Washington Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The award is to recognize Ann's long term contribution to raising breast cancer awareness in the community. One of the many things she has done has been to organize a team of OHSU volunteers to provide first aid during the local "Race for the Cure". Porland's race is the fourth largest in the country.

Kathleen Potempa, DNSc, RN, FAAN, vice president and dean at the OHSU School of Nursing, has been named the 2003 Distinguished Alumna by the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Nurses Alumni Association of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Potempa received the award at the association’s annual homecoming banquet on Friday, October 10, 2003 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Chicago. The award is presented annually to a graduate of one of the four nursing schools represented by the Alumni Association who has made significant contributions to nursing and health care.

“Dr. Potempa is an accomplished researcher, educator and administrator,” said Lynne T. Braun, PhD, RN, CS, associate professor, Rush College of Nursing. “She has had research funding since 1984, which includes federally-funded projects for improving care for older adults and the benefits of aerobic exercise after stroke.

She has directed a training grant in biologically-based nursing research and sponsored several pre- and post- doctoral award recipients. Even as Dean, Dr. Potempa continued to be a research mentor for doctoral students and faculty.”

To read the complete Rush University Medical Center news release, click here.

Lillian Nail, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dr. May E. Rawlinson Distinguished Professor of Nursing, senior scientist and director of the OHSU Center for Research on Symptom Management in Life-threatening Illness, is being honored with the Association of Community Cancer Center's Clinical Research Award on October 10 in San Diego. Since 1974, ACCC has been the leading national multidisciplinary organization that defines quality care for patients with cancer.

Nancy Findholt, RN, MN, assistant professor of nursing, La Grande campus, received the community service award at NurseWeek’s third annual Mountain West Nursing Excellence Awards ceremony, where she was recognized as the driving force behind a program that provides primary care to kids in rural schools.

Bonnie Driggers, RN, MS, MPA, has been appointed the director of clinical teaching systems and programs at the School of Nursing. This role is another example of a "bridge role" and function between the School of Nursing and the OHSU Health System.

"We are so pleased and delighted to have Bonnie in this new role," says Marna Flaherty-Robb, RN, MS, associate dean for practice development and integration. "She brings so much experience and wisdom as well as excitement for this new work. We can all learn together."

Driggers has been the acting interim associate director of the OHSU hospital and has served in a variety of leadership positions for many years. She has been and will continue to be an assistant professor in the School of Nursing. She will now develop her role from her present consultation and teaching responsibilities in the School to the following major accountabilities:

1. Assist in the design of clinical learning experiences to achieve the competencies. This will occur both in the Simulation and Clinical Learning Center and at our major clinical agencies.
2. Partnering with faculty course leaders in negotiating specific clinical learning opportunities.
3. Development, refinement and oversight of the clinical practice programs of immersion, internship and residency.
4. Work directly in the Office of Practice Development and Integration to assist with the contracts process and to refine and implement a common set of evaluation tools related to clinical teaching.
5. Work with major health systems and agencies to deepen the School's planning with these systems as the School continues to grow more capacity for students.

Driggers will continue to complete work in progress at her present appointment in the hospital through June. She will be fully present in her new role at the School of Nursing on July 1.

Wendy Neander, RN, MN, assistant professor at the School of Nursing's Ashland campus, has been selected to receive the Certificate of Appreciation for Nursing Research from the Oregon Nurses Association. She was nominated for her work with high risk students in southern Oregon schools. Neander's program, "Making School Relevant: Embarking on a Career Path in Nursing", addresses the growing southern Oregon hispanic population's need for better representation in the health care community. The award will be presented in early April at the ONA convention in Eugene, Ore.

Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, MSN, assistant professor, received one of the prestigious and highly competitive "BIRCWH" awards.

BIRCWH stands for "Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health." The program is funded by an NIH award that was made last fall to OHSU and administered by the School of Medicine.

This research career award provides .75 FTE research support for three years in which the scholar conducts research in women's health. Mentorship is from senior OHSU faculty and the BIRCWH advisory committee.

Jill Bennett, PhD, RN, assistant professor of nursing, has been selected as the 2003 recipient of the Western Institute of Nursing Regional Geriatric Nursing Research Award in the New Researcher category. WIN, in partnership with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, sponsors this award to recognize outstanding nurse researchers in the Western region, and to foster and showcase geriatric nursing research. Bennett will receive her award at the WIN Awards Luncheon on April 10 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Shelley Jones, PhD, RN, COHN-S, assistant professor of nursing, has been chosen by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses as one of only ten members to be the 2003 Class of Fellows. Jones will be recognized at the May American Association of Occupational Health Nurses annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

The AAOHN Fellowship was instituted to recognize occupational and environmental health nurses who have made significahnt contributions to the field of occupational and environmental health nursing in the areas of clinical practice, education, research, management or policy.

Kerri Winters, PhD, assistant professor of nursing, has been awarded $30,000 by the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon for her grant titled, "Fracture Risk in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors." The study will examine the effects of adjuvant therapy for breast cancer on risk factors for bone fracture in premenopausal breast cancer survivors. This new funding is in addition to her December $20,000 award from the OHSU Clinical Research Enhancement Fund for this same study.

Charold Baer, C.C.R.N., Ph.D., F.C.C.M., professor of nursing, is the recipient of the 2003 Norma J. Shoemaker Award for Critical Care Nursing Excellence by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The award will be presented on Thursday, January 30, at the awards convocation from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio during the Annual Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She is delighted to be selected as the recipient of this award and says, "the award reflects the positive clinical attributes of all of our clinical faculty." Society of Critical Care Medicine is a 10,000 member interdisciplinary organization dedicated to improving the health care of critically ill individuals.

Kathleen Potempa, DNSc, RN, FAAN, vice president and dean, has been selected by the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon to receive the 2002 Mentor Award.

This award is given to an Oregonian who has provided outstanding leadership in support, or in the development, of health research, education, or the advancement of health care.

MRF awards are very competitive and selective, and awardees come from any of the Oregon institutions of higher education, science, and the arts. This is only the second time in the history of the award, which began in 1986, that a nurse has been selected.

Virginia Tilden, DNSc, RN, FAAN, associate dean for research, SN, received a Pathfinder Distinguished Researcher Award in September from the national organization, Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research. The purpose of this award is to recognize a nurse scientist who has demonstrated excellence in science and scholarship. The FNINR Pathfinder Distinguished Researcher has a career history of making outstanding contributions to the development of theory and the scientific foundation for nursing practice. Tilden is cited for her critical research findings in mental health, bioethics, and end-of-life care. The Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research promotes public awareness of the role of nursing research in advancing health care practices in the US, and helps make nursing research a high priority on Capitol Hill.

Leslie Bevan, PhD, has accepted the new position of director of the office of research development for the School of Nursing. The research success of the School of Nursing has increased dramatically in the past few years. In the past 5 years, the School moved from 19th to 8th in the country in NIH funding for research. This significant growth has made it timely to reorganize the School's research support activities. The School's research office has been renamed the Office of Research Development, and gained a new emphasis on pre-award support and such regulatory activities as HIPPA. The School is delighted that Bevan has joined the research mission as director of the office of research development. In that role, she will work closely with Dr. Virginia Tilden, School of Nursing associate dean for research. Dr. Tilden oversees the School's research mission.

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Katherine Bradley, Ph.D., R.N., has accepted a position at OHSU as the assistant hospital director for clinical nursing practice and development. This position is jointly funded by OHSU Clinical Operations and the School of Nursing.

Bradley has over 20 years of experience in the performance improvement and program management; designing, influencing, and evaluating the structure and delivery of health systems. She is experienced in the measurement of nursing quality and outcomes, as the senior researcher on the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. She is familiar with the Magnet Nursing Recognition Program and conducted an evaluation of the program for the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Bradley worked as a health systems and improvement consultant, educator and nursing supervisor and director in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Bradley will be key to the developing partnership between OHSU clinical operations and the School of Nursing. She will begin her employment at OHSU October 14.

Katherine Crabtree, DNSc, ANP, APRN, BC, professor of nursing, has recevied $761,675 funding for a training grant, "Preparing Culturally Competent and Rural Nurse Practitioners," from Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Nursing. The three-year federal training grant supports nurse practitioner education in four specialties (adult, family, geriatric and pediatric primary care) at the School of Nursing's Ashland, La Grande and Portland campuses, and in Bend, Oregon. Health care needs of a diverse and aging population are growing while the state is facing an economic crisis. As the number of Oregonians without access to health care rises, nurse practitioners can cost-effectively help meet these health care needs.

Michele Laraia, RN, PhD, has been appointed the acting chair position in the School of Nursing, department of primary care, beginning July 1, 2002. Laraia is a psychiatric-mental health specialist and has been teaching in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program since she joined OHSU over one year ago.

Laraia has more than 25 years' experience in psychiatric mental health nursing including teaching, conducting research, and treating persons with psychiatric disorders. She is well known for her textbook 'Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing' which is in its 7th edition. Laraia has held prior leadership positions in research and education. She received the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Award for Excellence in Research and has held several national and local consulting and advisory board positions.

Carol Howe, CNM, DNSc, FACNM, director of nurse midwifery program and professor of nursing, has been selected as the Excellence in Teaching recipient by the American Collge of Nursing Midwifery Foundation, Inc. This acknowledges the outstanding teaching and leadership that Dr. Howe demonstrates.

Jeanne Bowden, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing and associate dean at the La Grande campus, has just been awarded fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing. She will be inducted at the fall 2002 conference.

Anna Schwartz, ARNP, PhD, associate professor of nursing, has just been awarded fellowship in the American Academy of Nursing. She will be inducted at the fall 2002 conference.

Lillian M. Nail, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN, the Dr. May E. Rawlinson Endowed Professor of Nursing, director of the Center for Research of Symptom Management in Life-threatening Illness and senior scientist, has been announced the 2002 Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Researcher. This annual award recognizes an ONS member who has excelled as a nurse scientist and has a career history of outstanding contributions to oncology nursing research. Her research has focused on the experience of coping with cancer and the impact of side effects and symptoms on the psychosocial and functional well-being of people with cancer. Dr. Nail has disseminated her work widely in peer-reviewed publications and at prestigious national and international meetings.

Dr. Nail will present "Illuminating Problems, Defining Processes, and Improving Outcomes: The Essence of Oncology Nursing Research" at this year's ONS Congress in Washington, DC.

ONS Awards and Information

Anne Rosenfeld, RN, PhD, assistant professor of nursing, was awarded Oregon Nurses Association's Nurse Researcher award at it's annual convention in April 2002.

Karen Talerico, RN, MS, PhD, assistant professor of nursing, received the John A. Hartford New Investigator Award for Geriatric Nursing at the Western Institute of Nursing's annual conference in Palm Springs in April 2002.

Lillian Nail, RN, PhD, FAAN, the Dr. May Rawlinson Distinguished Professor of Nursing and director of the Center for Research of Symptom Management in Life-threatening Illness, was just notified that she is to be given the 2002 Rochester Distinguished Scholar Award from her alma mater the University of Rochester. Dr. Nail will receive this highly competitive and meaningful award this June.

Kathleen Potempa, RN, DNSc, FAAN, professor and dean, has been appointed for a three-year term to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice of the Health Resources and Services Administration. The council advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary and Congress on policy regarding Public Health Service Act Title VIII, including nurse workforce, education and practice improvement issues. It also may make specific recommendations on HRSA's Bureau of Health Professions' Division of Nursing programs. HRSA Press Release

Shirley M.H. Hanson, PMHNP, PhD, FAAN, professor of nursing, Portland campus, has become the first nurse to be honored with Fellowship status in the National Council of Family Relations (NCFR). She is recognized for her scholarship and service in family health, demonstrated throughout her career. The National Council of Family Relations is a multidisciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners from the fields of family science, social work, nursing and other health professionals, and family and mental health therapy.

Shelley Jones, RN, PhD, COHN-S, assistant professor of nursing, Portland campus, received national recognition from her peers for her longstanding scholarship and leadership in environmental health issues. Jones is one of five nurses invited by the American Association of Occupation Health Nurses to be a participant in a grant-funded Environmental Health Education Train-the Trainer Workshop which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia later this spring. After completion of the training, Jones and the other participants will be members in a newly created resource pool of national environmental health faculty who can provide education sessions to AAOHN members and other identified groups in partnership with AAOHN state and local chapters.

Nancy Perrin, PhD, has been appointed professor of nursing at the School of Nursing. Perrin is a methodologist and biostatistician with major expertise in such advanced statistical techniques as factor analysis and covariate structural modeling. She will be leading the School's developing core in quantitative design and analysis, helping to mentor faculty's research programs, and serving as consultant and collaborator as appropriate and requested. In addition to her own research, and consultation and mentorship of faculty's research, Nancy will be teaching statistics in the School's Ph.D. program.

Virginia Tilden, RN, DNSc, FAAN, associate dean for research and the A.B. Youmans Spaulding distinguished professor for the OHSU School of Nursing, received the 2001 Friends of National Institutes of Nursing Research Excellence in Nursing Research Pathfinder Award. Awardees are named based on the innovation and enduring impact of the individual's discoveries on health care. This year three Pathfinder awardees were named nationwide.

Recent graduate, Kathy Shelton, RN, PNP, PhD, was selected to receive the student research award by the national association for Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) for her dissertation, "The Family Experience with School when an Adolescent has ADHD." The award will be presented at the "Thirteenth Annual Conference on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Communicating the Science of ADHD: From Fiction to Fact," October 18-20, 2001, in Anaheim, CA.

Linda McCauley, PhD, RN, scientist at CROET and professor at the School of Nursing, is being inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. This high honor is reserved for national nurse leaders in research, education, and clinical management. McCauley's program of research on occupational and environmental health has influenced national health policy through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and through the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. The American Academy of Nursing is the pre-eminent health policy and scholarship organization of nursing and fellow-selection follows a rigorous review of nominee's work.

Mary Ann Curry, R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N., professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, has received $1,393,493 from the National Institute of Nursing Research for her study "Randomized Nursing Intervention for Abused Pregnant Women."

Deborah Eldredge, R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, was awarded $24,310 from the Oncology Nursing Society, Clinical Leadership and Information Research for "Factors Associated With Caregiving Outcomes: Care Partners of Adult Patients Recovering from Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant."

Dena Hassouneh-Phillips, R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, has received $151,000 from the National Institute of Nursing Research, a branch of the NIH, for "Women With Physical Disabilities Experiences of Abuse."

Sheila Kodadek, R.N., Ph.D., professor of nursing and director of adolescent and school-based programs, SN-Portland Campus; and Gail Houck, R.N., Ph.D., associate professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, have received funding approval for: 1.) "Community-Based Practice With Children and Adolescents: School Nursing," $97,114 from The Helene Fuld Health Trust, and 2.) "Educating for Excellence: Enhancing Nursing Practice in Schools," $49,195 from The Northwest Health Foundation.

Sharon Schmidt, R.N., Psy.D., assistant professor of nursing, SN-La Grande Campus, has received grant approval (funding pending) from HRSA for "Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Training Grant."

Debra Topham, R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, SN-Ashland Campus, and co-investigator, Wendy Neander, R.N., M.N., were awarded a $39,146 grant from Northwest Health Foundation for "HIV Prevention for Mexican Migrant Farm Workers in the Rogue Valley."

Anna Schwartz, R.N., Ph.D., F.N.P., associate professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, has received $99,997 from the Oncology Nursing Foundation to research the correlation between women undergoing treatment for breast cancer and exercise and fatigue.

Kathleen Potempa, R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N., dean of the School of Nursing, has been elected to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (ACCN) Board of Directors. The ACCN works to establish quality standards to improve health care, and promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate education, research and practice in nursing.

Pat Archibold, R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N., Elnora E. Thompson Distinguished Professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, has been awarded the Western Institute Of Nursing's first Gerontological Nursing Research Award for her outstanding contribution to the enhanced care of older adults.

Lillian Nail, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., May E. Rawlinson Distinguished Professor of nursing, SN-Portland Campus, received the institute's Distinguished Research Lectureship Award and was invited to present "From Curiosity to Advocacy: Developing A Program of Research on Coping With Cancer Treatment."

Jeanne Bowden, R.N., M.P.H., Ph.D., associate professor of nursing and associate dean of OHSU's School of Nursing, La Grande campus, has received the Louis Gorin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health Care from the National Rural Health Association. Story

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