JSN Faculty News, Fall 2010

Jefferson School of Nursing faculty members have been busy winning grants, presenting their research at conferences and meetings and serving on a variety of boards and committees.

Grants

KATHLEEN ASHTON

• Co-Investigator, “Preventing Cognitive Decline in African Americans With Mild Cognitive Impairment,” with Barry Rovner, MD, Professor Psychiatry and Neurology, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. Awarded by the National Institute on Aging: $2,772,939.
• Consultant, “Double Vision: Confronting Unequal Eye Care in Pennsylvania,” to Lisa Hark, PhD. A Wills Eye Institute Vision grant funded by the CURE Program from the State of Pennsylvania.

JULIA FELICIANO

• Funded, “Tri-State Nurse Anesthesia Program.” Awarded by HRSA: $331,341
• Funded, “Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Grant.” Awarded by HRSA: $12,793.

Presentations

KATHLEEN ASHTON

• The Women’s Heart Foundation (WHF) Teen Esteem Program: Cultural considerations with a vulnerable population, Invited paper presented at the 7th Annual Caring Across Cultures Conference: A Legacy in Transcultural Nursing, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2010.

MARY HANSON-ZALOT, ELIZABETH SPEAKMAN, KAREN PAPASTRAT & MARGARET WEST

• Management Issues Related to Professional Development and Compensation, NLN Education Summit, Las Vegas, NV, September 2010.

MARY LOU MANNING

• Leveraging Doctor of Nursing Practice education to impact healthcare access, quality and reform. Third National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference, San Diego, CA September 2010.

KATHRYN SHAFFER & MARILYN MC HUGH

• To Text or Not to Text: That is the question. Gateway to Innovation and Creativity in Nursing Education, 37^th Annual National Conference by the Professional Nurse Educator’s Group. Baltimore, MD, October 2010.

SUSAN SHIRATO, BETH ANN SWAN, Duffy, D., Weitz, H.

• Examining women and coronary artery disease in the context of social and physical environments. International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI). April 2010.
• A screening intervention for cardiovascular risk in women: Putting prevention into practice.  Poster presented at the Third National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference, San Diego, California. September 2010.

ELIZABETH SPEAKMAN

• Teaching, Scholarship, Service, OHMY: Successful Mentoring Approaches for New Faculty, NLN Education Summit, Las Vegas, NV, September 2010.
• Meaningful Mentorship: Outcomes of the NLN/Johnson &Johnson Faculty Development Cohort 2008-2009, NLN  Education Summit, Las Vegas, NV,  September 2010.

KSENIA ZUKOWSKY

• Enteral Nutrition of Healthy Premature LBW Infants, 2010 NANN conference, Las Vegas, NV, September 20, 2010.

Appointments

ANTHONY ANGELOW

• Board of Directors Secretary for NJ Emergency Nurses Association
• Delegate for New Jersey at 2010 Emergency Nurses Association General Assembly

KATHLEEN ASHTON

• Chairperson, National Research Committee, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

MARY HANSON-ZALOT

• Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education

LORI LAUVER

• Geisinger Medical Center institutional review board (IRB)
• Reviewer for the Journal of Rural Health

ANDREW STORER

• Emergency Nursing Resources Development Committee. Emergency Nurses Association

BETH ANN SWAN

• Editorial Board of the Journal of Nursing Education

THERESA YEO

• PSNA delegate to the ANA House of Delegates, Washington, DC, June 16-19, 2010.

Published: 08-02-2011