Winter 2012 - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

News & Events
Academics and Education
Academy of Nursing Expert Panel for Mental Health; National
Academy of Public Administration (Fellow); . International
Women’s Forum (Tennessee) • Presentations (Invited):
“Health policy—careers in improving health through activism
and leadership.” Vanderbilt University Medical School for
the Commons College, Nashville TN March, 2012; “Psych-
Mental Health APRNs—know the essentials of policy and
political leadership!” Vanderbilt University School of Nursing,
Nashville, TN, March, 2012; “Mental Health and Nurses—
knowing about your patients and about your profession.”
Tennessee Nurses Association, District 1, Memphis TN.
February 2012; • Publications: Betts, V.T. and B. Cherry.
“Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved.” Contemporary
Nursing Issues, Trends, and Management, 6th ed. Ed. S.
Jacob and B. Cherry. St. Louis: Elsevier, IN PRESS; Betts, V.
T. (2011), Ready or Not—Here We Go Into Our FUTURE!!!
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 24: 199.
doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2011.00299.x • Editorial Board:
Journal Senior Associate Editor, Policy, Politics, and Nursing
Practice • Journal Reviewer: Psychiatric Services Review
Special Appointments/ Roles: National Advisory Council,
National Institute of Mental Health; Satcher Health Leadership
Institute (National Advisory Board); Tennessee Center for
Nursing BOD; • Community Service: Alive Hospice Board
of Directors; Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee;
All About Women Community Advisory Board; Just Care for
Kids Family Network Professional Advisory Board; Memphis
Mental Health Summit; Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
Memphis/Shelby County Region; Middle Tennessee Episcopal
Diocese Mental Health and Health Ministry
JacqueLine Lee rosenJacK Burchum, Dnsc,
FnP-Bc, cne
(Associate Professor) • Organizations:
American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta
Tau International Nursing Honor Society;
International Transcultural Nursing Society;
National League for Nursing; National
Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties• Publications:
Burchum, J. (2012) Otitis Externa in T.M. Buttaro, J. Trybulski,
P.O. Bailey & J. Sandberg-Cook (eds.). Primary Care: A
Collaborative Practice (4th ed.), St. Louis, Mosby Elsevier;
Burchum, J. (in production). Sepsis and septic shock in S.D.
Melander (Ed.) Case studies in critical care nursing (4th ed)
St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier • Journal Reviewer: Journal of
Transcultural Nursing: for JOLT, the Journal of Online Learning
and Teaching • Community Service: Onsite evaluator for
Commission for Collegaite Nurse Education; National Health
Service Corps Ambassador
michaeL carter, Dnsc, DnP, Faan
(University Distinguished Professor) • Practice:
Christian Health Center, Heber Springs, AR;
Primary care for adults 18 – 65. • Organizations:
National Academies of Practice (Co-Chair of
Nursing Academy and member of Finance
Committee; American Board of Comprehensive Care (Board
Member & Chair Education Committee); American Academy
of Nursing; National Organization of Nurse Practitioner
Faculties; American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta Tau;
American Assembly for Men in Nursing; • Presentations:
(Invited) Carter, M. (July 30, 2011) The Future of Primary Care.
22 UT Health Science Center
Alliant Management Services Annual Board Retreat. Louisville,
KY • Presentations (Refereed): Carter, M. (September 29,
2011), Past, Present, and Future of DNP Certification. The
Fourth National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference.
New Orleans, LA; Carter, M. & Smolowitz, J. (April 14, 2012)
The Evolution of NP Certification at the DNP Level. National
Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Charleston, SC.
• Publications: Monroe, T, Carter, M, Parish, A. (2011). A
case study using the beers list criteria to compare prescribing
by family practitioners and geriatric specialists in a rural
nursing home. Geriatric Nursing, 32(5), 350-356.Carter, M,
(2011). The impact of the Essentials of Doctoral Education for
advanced nursing practice. Clinical Scholars Review, 2(2).
68-70. Monroe, T., Carter, M., Feldt, K., Tolley, B., & Cowan,
R. (In Press). Assessing Advanced Cancer Pain in Older Adults
with Dementia at the End-of-Life. Journal of Advanced Nursing
• Editorial Board: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences;
Clinical Scholars Review; Journal of Pain and Relief • Journal
Reviewer: Nursing Science Quarterly; Scandinavian Journal of
Caring Sciences; Annals of Family Medicine; McMaster Online
Rating of Evidence; Aging and Mental Health; Qualitative
Health Research. • Community Service: Frontier Nursing
University (Chair of the Board); Baptist Memorial College
of Health Sciences (Board Member and Chair, Academic
Affairs Committee); Christian Health Center (Board Member),
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of
Medicine, Department of Geriatrics (Adjunct Clinical Professor)
Patricia DuFFy cunningham, Dnsc, aPrn-
PmhnP, FnP
(Associate Professor and DNPPMH Option
Coordinator)• Organizations: American and
Tennessee Nurses Associations; American
Psychiatric Nurses Association; International
Society of Psychiatric Nurses; Sigma Theta Tau
International • Grants: Using Telehealth for the Enhancement
of Mental Health/Substance Use (MH/SU) Education &
Practice in an Advanced Education Doctor of Nursing
Practice Program ARRA – Equipment to Enhance Training for
Health Professionals (EETHP) – Advanced Education Nursing
(AEN) Grant; Enhancement of Mental Health/Substance Use
(MH/SU) Education & Practice in an Advanced Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice Program: A Continuation of the
Comprehensive Advanced Education Psychiatric Nursing
Program grant. Both grants have been completed with
objectives met. • Presentations: (Refereed) Governo, S.W., &
Cunningham, P.D. (2011, October). In children with autism who
are prescribed second generation antipsychotic medications,
does monitoring physiological parameters correlate with
risk for metabolic adverse events? Poster presentation at the
American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s (APNA) 25th Annual
Conference, Anaheim, CA.;Willimitis, C.A., & Cunningham,
P.D. (2011, October). Proposed use and evaluation of cognitive
behavior therapy (CBT) with patients who have undergone
ventricular assist device implantation. Poster presentation at
the American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s (APNA) 25th
Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.; Jordan, I.O., Norris, T.L.,
& Cunningham, P.D. (2011, October). Development of a
communication workshop for the clinical nurse leader (CNL)
student. Poster presentation at the American Psychiatric Nurses
Association’s (APNA) 25th Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.;
Jordan, I.O., Cunningham, P.D., & Olson, K. (2012, April).