econnections Cell Phone Etiquette By Dean Gail Stuart, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN INSIDE

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1 econnections MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF NURSING VOLUME 6 APRIL 2009 INSIDE COLLEGE BRIEFS... P. 2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS... P. 3 GETTING TO KNOW... P. 3 Lynne Nemeth OFFICE OF ACADEMICS... P. 4 OFFICE OF RESEARCH... P. 5-6 OFFICE OF PRACTICE... P. 6 FACULTY NEWS... P. 7 STUDENT NEWS... P. 8 Cell Phone Etiqette By Dean Gail Start, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN The lovely spaces of qiet and solitde that sed to srrond s is now often broken with the strident rings and lod conversations engendered by cell phones. What ever did we do before they were invented? And how mch of what we discss on these phones is really necessary or important? Personally, I often long for the time when people called and left a message that yo cold respond to in yor own time and place. I am not sre I like being instant messaged, constantly tracked, or feeling like I need to be reachable every minte of my day and night. However, since cell phones are here to stay, I wold like to sggest three brief cell phone etiqette tips that we observe here in the College of Nrsing. 1. Trn off yor phone when yo are in meetings or class and keep them off the desks or tables. If yo re in a class or meeting give it yor attention and don t be distracted by phone messages. Yo may finish p the meeting sooner or learn more from the class and then yo can attend to yor phone. 2. Speak softly in the phone. I have noticed that many people speak very lodly into their phones more lodly that they wold speak to yo in person. I m not sre why this is bt it srely is annoying. So please lower yor voice and keep yor conversation private. 3. Don t share personal information that yo don t want others to hear when yo are on yor cell phone in pblic places. I can t believe some of the things I have heard from people on this camps who I don t know way too mch information there! My final tip is that spring is here, so why not trn off those phones for a little while each day and enjoy the chirp of birds and the emerging sonds of natre...gail

2 n eet dditional ntact the evelopment COLLEGE BRIEFS CON Tribte Booklet The College of Nrsing has lanched a wonderfl, yet simple way to let someone know that yo are thinking of them. Instead MUSC Excellence: Bilding a Service Cltre This month we are focsing on the third prin- of rshing ot to by cards and gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, ciple of excellence: bilding a service cl- gradations or memorials consider a more meaningfl option. tre. It s easy to think of service in relation Make a donation to the MUSC College of Nrsing as a way of to the retail indstry, bt some people find it remembering yor special someone. To help yo get started, a more foreign concept when applied to academia. In a broader we will send yo a Tribte Booklet and for a donation of $10 sense, however, it is simply the fact that anyone who is working or more, a beatifl linen card will be mailed to whomever yo in a job mst realize that he or she is providing a service and wish letting them know that yo have honored them in this most there is a receiver or cstomer of that service. meaningfl way. Here in the College, it is clear that or stdents are or nm- To reqest a MUSC College of Nrsing Tribte booklet, ber one cstomers and so responsiveness to their needs and contact Denise Ciccarelli at or ciccarel@msc.ed. professional development is critical. Bt other faclty, other staff, These gifts are tax dedctible. other nits of the niversity, and other grops and organizations we interact with across the commnity and the nation also are, in many ways, or cstomers or recipients of or service. HSOoMnEOoNrE So, starting with this month, let s keep or service cltre forefront in or mind and seize every opportnity to deliver SPECIAL the goods with a smile, a respectfl presence, and tre MUSC T TE BOOKLE TRIBU rolina Ca rsity of Soth Medical Unive rsing College of N Excellence. To learn more abot the MUSC Excellence Program, visit Homecoming 09 The MUSC College of Nrsing Almni Association celebrated Homecoming on Satrday, March 28. That morning, more than 40 almni attended the open hose in the College that inclded a tor of the Simlation Lab. Later that same evening, more than 150 stdents and almni gathered together at The Citadel s Altman Center for a celebration and silent action that raised money for nrsing scholarships. 2

3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL MAY 14 TUESDAY Presidential Scholars 4 p.m. IOP 14 THURSDAY College of Nrsing Convocation 3 p.m. St. Matthew s Ltheran Chrch, 405 King St. MARK YOUR CALENDARS THURSDAY-FRIDAY MUSC Board of Trstees meeting 27 MONDAY All CON classes end 28 TUESDAY Exams begin 15 FRIDAY MUSC Gradation 9 a.m. MUSC Horseshoe The CCNE Accreditation visit has been changed to September All faclty and staff will be expected to be present dring this site visit. Getting to Know... Lynne Nemeth Position: Associate Professor How many years at CON? One year; bt I was modified faclty for three years in a shared MUHA/CON appointment. How many years at MUSC? 10 Most rewarding thing abot yor job? The opportnity to do fnded research that improves qality healthcare in the US. Alma Mater: Stony Brook University, Boston College & MUSC Hometown: New York, NY Family: Steve Ornstein, Joseph and Joellen Ornstein (away at college) Astrological sign: Libra Sperstitios? No Worst habit: Procrastination Webpage bookmarks? Mostly qality and research resorces What book is on the nightstand? Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos Last movie yo saw? Revoltionary Road First concert yo ever attended? The Beatles at Shea Stadim when I was 11 years old. Favorite place yo ve traveled to? On safari in Soth Africa and seeing the Capetown area s natral beaty. If yo cold attend any event what wold it be? Opening day of the Nordstrom anniversary sale in Seattle. Love to trade places for a day with... Michelle Obama. Talent I d most like to have: Enogh athleticism to actally compete in a sport. My very first job: A smmer camp secretary in NJ. My hero is...tina Fey. Three things in yor bcket list: 1) Take a crise arond the world 2) Finish the nread books piled p 3) Create a photo blog of the world travels and experiences FAVORITES: Color: Ble Flower: Peony Sports team or player: Vens Williams Otdoor activities: Walking or rnning on the beach Board game: Scrabble Movie: Slmdog Millionaire Magazine: Conde Nast Traveller Breakfast cereal: Steel ct oatmeal, cooked with berries and nts Candy bar: Anything with dark chocolate Chips/Snack: Nts Favorite thing abot living in Charleston? The intercoastal landscape and beaches. 3

4 OFFICE OF ACADEMICS Accelerated BSN program is NOT CLOSING! There seems to be some confsion as to what programs are closing at the College of Nrsing and what are not. The accelerated BSN program at MUSC is NOT closing. The accelerated program is alive and well as we have many more applicants than we can accept. At this time there are no plans to stop the accelerated BSN program! However, de to severe bdget cts, the College of Nrsing will be closing the online RN-BSN and RN-MSN programs in Agst No new applications are being accepted. Stdents crrently enrolled in these programs will gradate in For more information contact Stdent Services at Or Gradates Excel Once again, we have a 100 percent pass rate for ALL of or MSN gradates who took their ANCC certification exam as adlt, family, psychiatric and mental health nrse practitioners. Congratlations to all! Ernest Jst Symposim The Ernest Jst Symposim was held on Friday, Febrary 27. Over 20 stdents from varios Historically Black Colleges and Universities indicated an interest in nrsing and participated in or schedled activities. SNA Breakthrogh to Nrsing Director Hannah French coordinated a stdent panel to speak to the prospective stdents abot a day in the life of a nrsing stdent. Other panel members inclded Catherine Coker, J Vonne Hnter, Devon Licari, Amanda Oswald, and Ashley Plonk. A special thanks to them for making this activity sch a sccess! Get Yor Compliance Training Early Jst a reminder that the 2009 edcation modles are now available on CATTS. If yo wold like to complete yor training sooner rather than later yo can access CATTS via the web at (se yor net ID as yor ser name and password). The deadline for completion is December 1, MUSC Ranks in Top 100 Nrsing Professionals magazine recently annonced its 2009 Top 100 Hospitals to Work For List. Early in 2008, the magazine srveyed 25,000 randomly selected hospital nrses throghot the contry measring their job satisfaction in areas sch as personal training and development, family-friendliness, flexible working arrangements, eqality and diversity, and strength of the nrsing voice. Sotheastern states facilities appearing on the list inclde: Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Dke University Medical Center, Drham, NC Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA Medical University of Soth Carolina, Charleston, SC Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC Saint Joseph s Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC Wake Forest Univ. Baptist Medical Ctr., Winston-Salem, NC Bissinger Named Gradate Programs Director Bissinger Robin Bissinger, associate professor, has been named to lead the College of Nrsing s new Doctor of Nrsing Practice (DNP) program and its Master degree programs. First appointed to the faclty in 1994, Robin is Board Certified by the National Certification Corporation as a Neonatal Nrse Practitioner, past president of the National Association of Neonatal Nrses, past president and crrent exective director of the Carolina s Association of Neonatal Nrse Practitioners. She is crrently Chair of the National Association of Neonatal Nrse Practitioners, secretary/treasrer of the National Certification Corporation, and Liaison to the Perinatal Exective board for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Robin will bring enormos energy and great ideas to the College s mission and work. Congratlations, Robin. 4

5 OFFICE OF RESEARCH & EVALUATION Research Corner Congratlations to Deborah Williamson, Anna Tecklenbrg, and team for being selected to sbmit a fll proposal to the Robert Wood Johnson Fondation application, Healthy Kids, Healthy Commnities. There were a total of 540 applications sbmitted, and Deborah s sbmission was one of 100 reqested to sbmit a fll proposal. The title of this project is the Health Empowerment Zone and it is a collaborative grant with commnity partners that addresses childhood obesity and the bilt environment in the City of North Charleston. If the fll proposal is accepted, the grant will begin in December and contine over the next for years. Jeannette Andrews and Melissa Cox, on behalf of the Center for Commnity Health Partnerships, sbmitted a U-13 proposal in March to the National Institte of Child Health and Hman Development entitled, The MUSC-Charleston Childhood Obesity Conference Series. The goal of this conference series is to provide a form for the development of partnerships to condct commnity based participatory research in childhood obesity. Sally Strod sbmitted phase two of an application to the Office of Heath Resorces and Administration Services, Nrse Faclty Loan Program. The prpose for this application is to secre financial loan spport for stdents enrolled in the PhD, DNP and MSN degree programs at the College of Nrsing in order to address the ever-growing need to prodce nrsing faclty. Mia Barron, MSN stdent and clinical nrse coordinator in the Progressive Care Unit/Heart and Vasclar Center at the MUSC Medical Center, sbmitted a proposal to the Daisy Fondation s J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nrsing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects. The proposal entitled, Unlocking the Mystery of Lps and Cardiovasclar Health, will assess knowledge of Cardiovasclar Disease (CVD) risk factors among minority poplations in commnities in Soth Carolina with Systemic Lps Erythematoss (SLE). Botswana Update In 2008, Ssan Benedict retired from her active faclty role in the College of Nrsing and was named Professor Emerits. Now she is working in Botswana, Soth Africa, where she is a professor of nrsing at the University of Botswana. The following is correspondence from Ssan. Life in Botswana contines to be interesting. No two days are the same. Smmer is finishing and the weather is becoming mch more comfortable. The fall will begin in April and it will getting cold here dring the nights. No hoses, inclding mine, have heat so sweaters are going to be reqired. The MSN stdents are very dedicated. Each is sponsored by their site of employment so they are expected to do well. In fact, all stdents here at the University of Botswana are sponsored by either the government or, for gradate degrees, their places of employment. The cost of living here is abot half of that in the US bt so are the salaries (inclding mine). The main government enterprise is the diamond indstry bt, given the global economy, the demand has dropped and people here are being frloghed. Botswana is a beatifl place with very generos people. The nation has never been to war and is sing its diamond reserve for edcation. The wonderfl wildlife reserves are jst amazing. I am still in awe that elephants and cheetahs roam wild less than 30 mintes from my apartment. I am learning mch and look forward to hearing from yo. Best regards to each of yo, Ssan 5

6 OFFICE OF PRACTICE Unnatral Cases Event After showing the Unnatral Cases film series on camps last fall, the Center for Commnity Health Partnerships has partnered with the REACH Georgetown Diabetes CORE grop to host a town hall series in Georgetown, SC. The first of three town hall meetings was held on March 18 at the Chopee Health Complex. Residents and commnity members have chosen to view two episodes of Unnatral Cases as a catalyst for the development of an action plan to address health isses in their commnity. The remaining two town hall events are schedled for April. Commnity Engaged Scholars The Center for Commnity Health Partnerships will lanch a Commnity Engaged Scholars program in the smmer of This program will provide training, pilot fnds, and mentorship for p to five teams consisting of an academic and commnity partner who have interests in commnity based participatory research. The goal of this program is to increase the capacity of academic-commnity partnerships to condct research, and ltimately, improve the health of or commnities in Soth Carolina and beyond. A call for nominations for teams will be released in April with the program set to begin in Agst. For more information, contact Melissa Cox at coxme@msc.ed or Health Fair a Sccess The Alcance Health Fair was a hge sccess. The fair which Abrazos Program The Abrazos program provides Spanish-speaking mothers and their 3-year old children an active, fn and edcational experience. The program meets on Tesdays and Thrsdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Midland Park Ministries in North Charleston. As the children are developing their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, speech and langage, cognitive and social abilities, their mothers are focsing on learning English as a Second Langage, compter skills and participating in health classes. Crrently, BSN stdents are reglarly attending Abrazos on Tesdays as part of their psychiatric clinical rotation. This semester, each BSN stdent is in a classroom for most of the morning helping and observing the children. Additionally, Charleston Conty School District has approached the College of Nrsing abot replicating the Abrazos program at another location in North Charleston. They plan to roll ot this program in the fall. Welcome, New Interns The Office of Practice welcomes two interns from the College of Charleston this semester. Emily Scott is a senior majoring in psychology and Libby Hazzard is a senior majoring in sociology. Both yong women have contribted tremendosly to the initiatives of the Office of Practice. Emily focses her time with Melissa Cox and the Teen Health Leadership Project on Johns Island while Libby joins Anna Tecklenbrg with the Abrazos program in North Charleston. offered free health screenings to over 250 visitors from the Hispanic/Latino commnity mostly yong men aged years old was held March 21 at the Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center (FCFFHC) on Johns Island. The FCFFHC staff performed cholesterol and glcose level screenings and blood pressre readings, and Vanessa Diaz, MD, advised each person on their reslts. Many thanks to Jdith Rndbaken and Anne Lawn who helped ot at the event. Jdith, patient navigator at the FCFFHC, answered qestions on health services and disseminated information while Anne, who volnteered on her day off, performed BMI, weight and height measrements. BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES April 13 9 a.m. BSB 502 Bringing the Science to the Commnity by Jeff Randall, PhD May 4 9 a.m. BSB 302 Commnity Advisory Boards: Best Practices by Jeannette Andrews, PhD, RN Jne 1 9 a.m. Room TBA Mentorship in Health Services Research by Charlene Pope, PhD, RN Sponsored by: The Center for Commnity Health Partnerships 6

7 FACULTY NEWS News Congratlations to Gigi Smith who has been accepted into the PhD program at College of Nrsing beginning in Agst In addition, Gigi has been named as a co-director of the 8th Annal MUSC Pediatric Neroscience Update that will be held on Kiawah Island from March Way to go! doi: /jabfm Nietert, P.J., Jenkins, R.G., Nemeth, L.S., & Ornstein, S.M. An Application of a Modified Constrained Randomization Process to a Practice-based Clster Randomized Trial to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening, Contemporary Clinical Trials, 2009, In order to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, Phyllis Bonham presented a workshop on the role of wond ostomy continence nrse specialists to physical therapy stdents in the College of Health Professions on March 4. Start, G., Hoge, M., Morris, J., Adams, N., Allen, D. The Annapolis Coalition Report on the United State s Behavioral Health Workforce Needs: International Implications, International Jornal of Mental Health, 2009, 38 (1): BOOK CHAPTER: Recently Pblished Faclty PUBLICATIONS: Bonham, P. A. Negative Pressre Wond Therapy: How This Approach Benefits Healing of Acte and Chronic Wonds, Advance for Nrses, 2009, 11(4), Weidel, J., Grossman, J. & Vasqez, E. Sex and Drgs: High Risk Behaviors and Circit Parties, American Jornal of Men s Health, 2009, 2 (2): Online First, Jly 22, Nemeth, L.S., Jenkins, R.G., Nietert, P.J. & Ornstein, S.M. Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care: Theoretical Model to Improve Prevalence in the Practice Partner Research Network, Health Promotion Practice, 2009, 1-6. doi: / Nemeth, L.S., Nietert, P.J., & Ornstein, S.M. High Performance in Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) Case Stdy, The Jornal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2009, 22(2) Smith, G., Wagner, J.L. & Griesemer, D.A. (2009). Challenges of Epilepsy in Adolescence, chapter in Maria s Crrent Practices in Child Nerology, 4th Edition, B.C. Decker. POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Smith, G., Wagner, J.L., Fergson, P.L., & Wannamaker, B.B. Caregivers Perception of Seizre Severity in Yoth with Epilepsy. Second North American Regional Epilepsy Congress, Seattle, WA, December Wannamaker, B., Smith, G., Fergson, P.L., & Wagner, J.L. Soth Carolina Advocates Prse Legislative Changes for Persons with Epilepsy. Second North American Regional Epilepsy Congress, Seattle, WA, December I always remember the axiom: a leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go ot ahead, wherepon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. ~ Nelson Mandela 7

8 STUDENT NEWS Convocation & Gradation Details Congratlations to the Class of May 2009! Convocation is schedled for Thrsday, May 14 at St. Matthew s Ltheran Chrch. The program will begin at 3 p.m., however gradates are asked to arrive by 2 p.m. so yo may be assisted with robing and line-p for the processional. There will be a rehearsal for this special event on Wednesday, May 13 at 3 p.m. Convocation generally lasts one and a half hors and incldes the pinning of the ndergradate stdents and the hooding of the master s and doctoral stdents. Several awards and recognitions are part of the ceremony as well. Family and friends are invited to attend; no tickets are reqired. Each gradate shold se their best jdgment regarding nmber of people to invite. Parking is available in the area, specifically at the garage adjacent to the Francis Marion Hotel and the Charleston Visitor s Center. Car-pooling is advised. Gradates will wear their gradation robe and hoods. Caps are not worn at Convocation. There will be a light reception in the St. Matthew s Fellowship Hall following Convocation. The morning of Friday, May 15 is Gradation. This event begins at 9 a.m., bt gradates are asked to arrive at the Institte of Psychiatry (IOP) Aditorim Lobby by 7:30 a.m. so yo may be assisted with robing and line-p for the processional. Gradates will wear their gradation robe, hoods, and caps. Comfortable shoes are recommended as yo will be walking from the IOP to Ashley Ave. Sn-screen and snglasses are also sggested. Water will be provided. Yo may wear what yo like nder yor gown. The Web site for Commencement is: ed/academics/grad/index.html. This site has information for candidate s gests (inclding disability accommodation), as well as information abot news releases, photos and videos, and adverse weather plans. There is also a map for candidate and adience seating. If yo are nable to pick p yor gown prior to Convocation rehearsal or Convocation, Mardi Long will have it for yo at St. Matthew s Ltheran Chrch. For additional information, contact Mardi at longm@msc.ed or Chodry Receives Scholarship Aisha Chodry is the recipient of the Earl B. Higgins Scholarship. This will be presented to her at the Annal Earl B. Higgins Achievement in Diversity reception on April 1. Aisha is completing her second semester of corsework in the accelerated BSN Chodry degree program. She earned a place on the Dean s List after her first semester and was selected to be part of the College of Nrsing Robert Wood Johnson Scholars Program and the Hispanic Health Initiative Scholars Program. She is crrently enrolled in the Honors Research corse, a member of the College of Nrsing Honor Concil, and the commnity director for the Stdent Nrse s Association. Additionally, Aisha is a Crisis Hotline volnteer. She is also leading an interest grop for stdents considering nrse anesthesia as a career path. Achieving academically and committing to commnity service is not new to Aisha. She previosly earned a degree in Biology from Wofford College and was recognized by that instittion as a Bonner Scholar which reqired stdents to volnteer at least ten hors a week dring the fors year of college and acqire 280 hors of service for two smmers. Immediately following gradation from Wofford, Aisha became a certified nrsing assistant which solidified her choice of nrsing as a career. Aisha has many qalities that will ensre her sccess as a nrse. She has a passion for helping others and ensring qality patient care. She has excellent commnication skills and will be a valable contribtor to the healthcare team. Capitol Day Seven College of Nrsing stdents attended Capitol Day, a statewide Stdent Nrse s Association (SNA) activity designed to raise awareness among legislators abot nrsing edcation and the nrsing profession. Thank yo to SNA President Zerlinna Shannon for her leadership organizing this activity and making sre MUSC stdents were visible. Other participants were Britney Diaz, Elsa Edwards, Jonathan Edwards, Emily Mayer, Amanda Oswald, and Leigh Spearman. 8