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A publication of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing
The
CHANGING
FACE of
NURSING
SoN Celebrates a Century
densford center:
broadening influence
Body, Mind, Spirit:
Reshaping care delivery

fall/winter 2008
features
6 SoN Commemorates a Century
of research, scholarship,
education, and service
8 The Changing Face of Nursing
Men are a small—but growing—
presence in nursing
14 Data-Based Modeling
For hospital administrators, it’s
the next best thing to a crystal ball
16 Body, Mind, Spirit
SoN’s collaboration with the
Center for Spirituality & Healing
is reshaping care delivery
18 A Force for Change
Densford Center broadens its
sphere of influence
departments
1 From the Dean
2 School News
21 Publications
25 Grant Awards
28 Center News
36 Alumni News
41 School of Nursing Foundation
on the cover:
Nursing PhD candidate Michael Petty
and ICU nurse Monica Vu check a
patient’s vitals at the University of
Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.
Dean, School of Nursing
Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Editor
Nancy Giguere
Contributing Writers
Amy Barrett, Linda Bearinger, Connie W. Delaney,
Joanne Disch, Ann Garwick, Nancy Giguere,
Mary King Hoff, Laurel Mallon, Aneisha Tucker,
Jean Wyman
Photographers
Tim Rummelhoff, Aneisha Tucker
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from the dean
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
from the dean
Dear friends,
This has been a very full year in the School of Nursing, as we have all worked together to
carry out the school’s transformative mission of advancing research, education, and practice.
In this issue of Minnesota Nursing, we highlight the innovations and exciting events
of the last few months. We invite you to celebrate and reflect with us.
CELEBRATION
Our school is boldly contributing to transforming the face of nursing. We celebrate the
diversity of enrollments and welcome the enrichment that this diversity is bringing to
nursing practice. Men discover the treasures of this profession. Recent immigrants and
long-time residents welcome the opportunities of this profession. Mature students with
expertise in other fields bring their rich background to the school as they complete a
second, and sometimes a third degree. International partnerships enrich student and
faculty learning and scholarship.
But there’s even more cause for celebration. Consider, for example:
• The school’s focus on integrative health. We are one of a only select few in the world
to offer the doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) with a focus in integrative therapies,
while at the same time committing to advanced practice preparation that includes an
integrative therapy core in all specialties. Imagine how this will help transform health
care into person-centric system.
• The school’s excellence in informatics. We are one of the first American school of
nursing to approve a DNP with a focus in nursing informatics. This commitment is
supported and enriched by the research of SoN faculty like Dr. Thomas Clancy who are
leading the way in important areas like complexity, complex adaptive systems, and
the transformation of health and nursing care systems.
• The school’s commitment to nursing leadership. The Katharine J. Densford International
Center for Nursing Leadership has been key in fostering leadership in students, faculty,
and health systems. Now we are looking ahead to the Center’s next phase: its evolution
as a world center of innovation in leadership, a resource for local and global nursing and
health care, and a force for bold change toward a person-centric health care system.
REFLECTION
The coming year will be a time to reflect on our rich heritage as the nation’s first
continuously operated, university-based school of nursing—and to honor the courage and
commitment of nursing and health care leaders who shaped the school and made it a
center of nursing excellence.
In this issue, we offer a preview of the Centennial year events. Please mark your
calendars! We invite all of you—alumni, friends, colleagues, faculty, staff, and students—
to join us as we celebrate our strengths and successes, while looking ahead to future
advancements in nursing.
With warmest regards,
Connie Delaney
Professor and Dean
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school news
Foot care for the homeless
BY JORDAN HART, BSN STUDENT, AND
KIM NUXOLL, MS, PHN, TEACHING SPECIALIST, SCHOOL OF NURSING
It’s not easy to get a group of nine BSN juniors interested in foot
care for the homeless—at least not at first: “After sleeping four
hours that night, I awoke in the morning with a headache. I was
crabby and upset that I would be spending my day washing the
feet of homeless individuals,” Paul Broker admits.
Despite such misgivings, the foot care clinics at the Dorothy
Day Center, held in collaboration with the department of nursing
at the College of St. Catherine and Healthcare for the Homeless,
turned out to be a highlight of our public health clinical experience.
The people who flooded the commons of the Dorothy Day
Center came from all walks of life. They included recent college
graduates who had just moved to the Twin Cities, had little or no
family support, and were having difficulty meeting debt payments.
Others were mentally ill and not receiving appropriate treatment
for their condition. And some were temporarily out of work. “The
energy in the commons was vibrant, edgy, loving, and desperate,”
Mary Crimi recalls.
We set up basins of warm water in a corner room and added
Epsom salts and tea tree oil. Then we walked around the center
to see who we could help. “One guy asked me why we were there.
I think maybe he thought there was something in it for us as well,”
Marne Donnelly says. “I told him we were there to help them take
care of their feet, to educate them about foot care, and to listen
to their story. He was truly appreciative and amazed.”
We served about 30 people during the first clinic. “We provided
excellent foot care, but we discovered that what people really
wanted was a place to relax, a break to lift their spirits, and someone
to listen rather than tell,” Broker says.
Colleen May agrees: “After 10 minutes of foot soaking, some
conversation, and a clean pair of socks, you could really see a
difference in people’s faces. It was a privilege to serve them.”
The field experience has led us to reconsider our stereotypes
about homeless people. “I now know that homeless people
have diverse histories, stories, and lives,” Kristin Miller says. And
BSN student Mary Crimi provides foot care at the Dorothy Day Center.
Bernadette Vanyo found that the experience “made me re-evaluate
my values, both personally and professionally.”
Before going to Dorothy Day, most of us felt that foot washing
would have little impact on people’s lives. Instead we discovered
that it was a vital public health intervention. For only $200 dollars
worth of supplies, we were able to connect with, teach, and
empower a group of people desperate for help. The Dorothy Day
Center should remain a major site in any public health clinical
rotation. What students learn at sites like Dorothy Day cannot be
taught in the classroom.
Kristen Neigebauer sums the experience up this way: “What
is more meaningful than to humble one’s self for a person who
has really been humbled in life?” Adds Chelsey Wolfgram: “It’s that
feeling of making a difference in someone’s life that drives me
to be a nurse.”
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SoN team raises
$8000 to fight cancer
A team organized by the School of Nursing chapters of the Nursing
College Board and National Student Nurses’ Association raised over
$8000 during the University of Minnesota’s 2008 Relay for Life on April 18.
It was the largest contribution of any participating team. Nearly three
dozen SoN students and several faculty members walked or ran in the
relay, which is the signature activity of the American Cancer Society. BSN
student Laura Bell has captured the excitement of the event in a short
video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvzbbYf9wZc).
Elaine Darst attends workshop in Denmark
SoN clinical associate professor Elaine Darst, PhD, RN, attended the International
Educators Workshop in Copenhagen last April. The workshop offered educators from
around the United States an opportunity to learn about the Danish International
Study Abroad Program.
Over the last five years, 25 undergraduate nursing students have participated
in the program, which offers classes in English, clinical experience with a Danish
nurse preceptor, and interaction with Danish nursing students. Students benefit
from good support, qualified faculty, and academically rigorous courses.
The International Educators Workshop offered Darst, who codirects the BSN
program, a taste of what Minnesota students experience in Denmark. Darst and
her fellow educators attended class with students, met with faculty and staff, and
enjoyed “study tours” to various sites in the city.
Learn more about the Danish International Study Abroad Program at http://dis.dk.
Darst (far left) enjoys a class on Danish language and culture.
SoN faculty and students visit Iceland
The University of Iceland hosted 20 students and 15 faculty from the University of
Minnesota School of Nursing, School of Public Health, and College of Veterinary
Medicine during a weeklong Global Health Institute last April.
The collaborative effort included three one-credit graduate courses addressing
public health, informatics, and the environment, along with a reception and dinner,
field trip, and visit to the Blue Lagoon, a world-famous geothermal spa.
Participants also visited the home of Olafur Ragnar Grimmson, the president
of Iceland, who gave a presentation on climate change.
SoN associate professor Christine Mueller and School of Public Health associate dean Debra Olson,
present Olafur Ragnar Grimmson, the president of Iceland, with a special gift from the University of
Minnesota during a reception at his home.
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school news
Honors & Awards
faculty
Melissa Avery, PhD, RN, CNM, associate
professor, received the 2008 President’s
Faculty Multicultural Research Award from
the University of Minnesota Office of the
Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity
and Diversity.
Debra Bernat, PhD,
clinical associate
professor, testified
before the Minnesota
Senate’s K-12 Education
Committee
on March 26, 2008.
Dr. Bernat testified in support of comprehensive
sexuality education, citing new data
from a phone survey of 1,600 Minnesota
parents that she conducted last spring
with SoN professor Dr. Linda Bearinger and
other researchers.
Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, professor,
was elected co-chair of the Gerontological
Nursing Research Section of the Midwest
Nursing Research Society. Dr. Bliss was also
appointed to two committees of the 4th
International Consultation on Incontinence:
the Conservative Management of Fecal
Incontinence and Technical Aspects of
Continence Devices.
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, clinical
professor and director of the Densford
International Center for Nursing Leadership,
received the 2008 Distinguished Alumni
Award from the University of Wisconsin
Alumni Association.
Laura Duckett, PhD, MPH, RN, associate
professor, was awarded a grant-in-aid from
the Research, Artistry, and Scholarship
Program of the University of Minnesota
Graduate School for her study, “Testing
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Safety of Reiki
Touch for Premature Infants.”
Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant
professor, was named a Building Interdisciplinary
Research Careers in Women’s Health
Scholar by the University of Minnesota
Deborah E. Powell Center.
Ann Garwick, PhD,
RN, LMFT, FAAN,
professor and
associate dean for
research, received
the Senior Researcher
Award from the
Pediatric Research Section of the Midwest
Nursing Research Society.
Catherine Juve, PhD, MSPH, MN, CNP, RN,
clinical associate professor, received the
Outstanding Poster Award from Advanced
Practice Education Associates during the
annual conference of the National Organization
of Nurse Practitioner Faculties.
Linda Olson Keller, DNP, MS, APRN, BC,
FAAN, clinical associate professor, delivered
the keynote address at two major public
health nursing conferences: the 2008
Illinois Public Health Nursing Summit
in Springfield, Illinois, and the Dakota
Conference on Rural and Public Health in
Fargo, North Dakota.
Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor,
received a Distinguished Alumni Citation
from Gustavus Adolphus College. This award
recognizes outstanding and exceptional
professional achievements.
Linda Lindeke, PhD, RN, CNP, associate
professor, was named president of the
National Association of Pediatric Nurse
Practitioners (NAPNAP), a professional
association for pediatric nurse practitioners
and other advanced practice nurses who
care for children.
Emily Litt, RN, MS, PHN, clinical assistant
professor, is the president-elect of the
Minnesota Public Health Association. Her
one-year term will begin July 2009. Litt
was also awarded the 2008 School of
Nursing Research Day Graduate Student
Poster Award.
Karen Monsen, PhD,
MS, RN, assistant
professor, was elected
co-chair of the Public
Health/Community
Health Research
Section of the Midwest
Nursing Research Society. Dr. Monsen also
received a 2008 MNRS New Investigator
Seed Research Grant and the PhD Dissertation
Award from the MNRS Informatics
Research Section.
Margaret Moss, PhD, RN, JD, associate
professor, was named a 2008–2009 Robert
Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.
Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, BC, CNAA,
FAAN, associate professor, was selected to
represent the University of Minnesota as a
member of the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation. The CIC is a consortium of
12 research universities, including the 11
members of the Big Ten Conference and
the University of Chicago, whose mission
is to advance academic excellence by
sharing resources and promoting and
coordinating collaborative activities across
the member universities.
Diane Treat-Jacobson,
PhD, associate
professor, received
the Jeanne E. Doyle
Excellence in Vascular
Nursing award from
the Society of Vascular
Nursing, the highest honor given by the SVN.
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Emily Litt (right) receives her first-place ribbon from
SoN assistant professor Dr. Wendy Looman.
Amara Rosenthal presents her poster at the
Midwest Nursing Research Society conference.
Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, assistant professor,
is the chair-elect of the Nursing Informatics
Research Section of the Midwest Nursing
Research Society.
Jean Wyman, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA,
professor, is the president-elect of the
Midwest Nursing Research Society.
Dr. Wyman was also selected to the
Academic Health Center’s Academy of
Excellence in Health Research. Membership
in the Academy is the highest recognition
of excellence in AHC faculty research.
students
Laura Bell received the 2008 Outstanding
Undergraduate Nursing Student Award
from the School of Nursing Alumni Society.
Ann Marie Dose received a dissertation
award from the End of Life/Palliative
Care Section of the Midwest Nursing
Research Society.
Scott Harpin, MS,
MPH, received the
2008 University of
Minnesota President’s
Student Leadership
and Service Award.
Michael Jenkins received the 2008 Outstanding
Graduate Nursing Student Award
from the School of Nursing Alumni Society.
Karlee LaBreche received the 2008 Nurses
Clinical Practice Award from the International
Society for Psychiatric Mental Health.
Nicole Lynch was reappointed to the
State Advisory Council on Mental Health
by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Three School of Nursing students
received the University’s Undergraduate
Research Opportunity Program
(UROP) Award:
Andrew Fuxa
Project Title: “Obesity and School
Performance among Minnesota
Students”
Advisor: Dr. Jayne Fulkerson
Jennifer Heath
Project Title: “Post-Operative Pain and
Analgesic Step-down Upon Discharge”
Advisor: Dr. Linda Herrick
Amara Rosenthal
Project Title: “The Impact of Extrinsic
Factors of Nursing Homes on Resident
Satisfaction”
Advisor: Dr. Christine Mueller
Pamela Nelson received a dissertation
award from the Health Seeking Behavior
Research Section of the Midwest Nursing
Research Society.
Christine Rangen was selected as a
McNair Scholar by the University of
Minnesota College of Education and
Human Development.
Amara Rosenthal was awarded the 2008
School of Nursing Research Day Undergraduate
Student Poster Award for her poster
“The Relationship Between Autonomy
and Satisfaction Among Nursing Home
Residents,” which she also presented at the
2008 conference of the Midwest Nursing
Research Society.
Michael Jenkins displays his award as Dr. Margaret
Moss looks on.
Molly Secor-Turner, MS, RN, received a
predoctoral National Research Service
Award from the National Institute of
Nursing Research, NIH, for her project
“Social Messages and Teen Sexual Health:
Voices of Urban African American Youth.”
Dr. Renee Sieving and Dr. Ann Garwick
are her faculty sponsors.
Sarah Stoddard, BSN, RN, PHN, was one
of 12 North American doctoral students
selected to participate in the Society for
Research on Adolescence and the European
Association of Research on Adolescence
summer school program this spring in
Torino, Italy.
Julia Trachy received the 2008
Barbara Volk Tebbitt Undergraduate
Nursing Leadership
Award.
staff
Kim Klose, MA, received the Gross Family
Award for Management and Leadership
Team Project for her collaboration on the
Charities Review Council’s Accountability
Wizard, an online tool that assesses
non-profit organizations’ effectiveness in
the areas of finance, board activities, and
management. View the prize-winning
assessment tool at www.smartgivers.org
/AccountabilityWizard.html.
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In honor of the centennial, and to welcome
the arrival of our second century, we asked
nine key individuals to answer the question,
“How is nursing changing, and how is
the School of Nursing helping to lead that
change?” Here’s what they had to say:
Celebrating
a Century
Nursing is changing because of changes in
health care needs and technological advances.
Nurses must continue to be in the forefront
of disease prevention and care of chronically
ill patients. Nurses are also assuming
greater roles in shaping health care policy.
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is helping
lead the changes by its commitment to preparing new graduates
to assume their roles. The progressive curriculum ensures
better preparation within a reasonable time. Curricula changes
position graduates to take their place in the profession and to
seek further knowledge. Research is a cornerstone and ensures
continued change and progression.
Clara Adams-Ender, PhD(hon.), MMAS, MS ’69, BSN, RN, FAAN,
CNAA | President and CEO, CAPE Associates, Inc.; Brigadier general,
retired, United States Army; member, School of Nursing Board
of Visitors; keynote speaker, 2009 BSN commencement ceremony
In March 1909, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing
welcomed its first class—four students—to campus. Today
the school is preparing to commemorate an amazing century of
research, scholarship, education, and service to the people
of Minnesota and the world.
“We’re planning a yearlong celebration through a variety of
different activities—scientific and scholarly through pure fun,” says
SoN professor Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, who is co-chairing the
centennial celebration with associate professor Kathleen Krichbaum,
PhD, RN, and Marie Manthey, BSN ’62, MNA ’64.
The celebration will kick off on January 27, 2009, with a stateof-the-school
address by Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN,
FACMI. Over the course of the year, the school will host several
regional and national professional conferences, including the
annual conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society, a
1,300-member organization that promotes the development of
nurse scientists.
Spring and fall galas will provide schoolwide opportunities to
gather and celebrate. In November, the school will host a Summit
of Sages international conference that will draw world-class
speakers to examine innovation, inspiration, and transformation
in the creation of new care delivery models.
Mark your calendar now for the peak of the festivities, three
days of fellowship and fun planned for November 5–7, 2009. Events
will include a gala event, alumni tours and lunch, recognition of
100 distinguished alumni, and a tailgate party and football game
at the new Gopher stadium.
For more information on all centennial celebrations, watch
the School of Nursing Web site, www.nursing.umn.edu.
Nursing has expanded beyond the traditional
role of bedside care to a dynamic
profession that offers careers in informatics,
legal, forensic, research, and entrepreneurship.
The opportunities are limitless. The
University of Minnesota School of Nursing’s
bachelor of science program educates future nurses as leaders
in patient-care management and prepares them for professional
success. The school offers not only academic programs but also
builds partnerships with universities, research centers, communities,
and hospitals locally, nationally, and internationally. Its
collaborative efforts embrace us as part of a global community
to improve health and healthcare worldwide.
Benish Punjwani | BSN Class of 2009
The big change is the nurse shortage, and
the School of Nursing has been very proactive
in addressing that. The post-baccalaureate
program we cosponsored has helped bring
more nurses to the bedside. We are also
seeing increased interest on the part of
nurses in pursuing advanced education, and on the part of the
health care system in engaging nurses at every level in a way
that maximizes the use of their skills. The new DNP program
provides professionals a nice opportunity to pursue additional
education while staying aligned with clinical programs.
Kathie Taranto, MA, BA, RN | CEO and senior vice president of patient
care services, University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
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celebrating a century
Nursing is being called on to meet more
health care needs in a wider variety
of settings than ever before. An aging
population requires care most appropriately
given by nurses. New roles, new
settings, and changing demographics
demand higher levels of academic preparation. The School of
Nursing has always excelled in recognizing and responding
to emerging societal needs while retaining the core values of
nursing. From World War I programs to iron lungs to today’s
“minute clinics,” nurse practitioners, and DNPs, the school
has always prepared nurses who rise to new challenges while
continuing to ably meet traditional needs.
Marie Manthey, PhD(Hon), MNA ’64, MA, BSN ’62, FAAN, FRCN |
President emerita, Creative Healthcare Management; Executive
committee member, Katharine J. Densford International Center for
Nursing Leadership; member, Nursing Heritage Committee; co-chair,
Centennial Committee
Health care is very different than it was
a decade ago. The need for outpatient
services is growing. Technology—telephone
and computer—is a bigger part of delivering
care. Increasing consumer involvement,
an increasingly diverse population, and an
aging population and workforce are also altering the nursing
role and responsibilities. I see the School of Nursing focused
on creative solutions such as building leadership skills, carrying
out research to provide practical answers for tough questions,
and creating programs to address emerging needs. The School
of Nursing has long been a leader in developing nurses, and it
will continue to lead the way into the next decade.
Jeannine Rivet, MPH, BSN, RN | Executive vice president,
UnitedHealth Group; Advisory board member, Katharine J. Densford
International Center for Nursing Leadership
What is not changing about nursing practice
is that nurses view patients holistically and
in the context of family and community.
What is changing is that nurses are care
coordinators, helping patients and their
families manage chronic health conditions
and navigate complex health systems. Our school of nursing
is providing cutting-edge programs to ensure graduates can
provide leadership and excellent clinical care in a dynamic health
care environment. We lead the nation in offering an innovative
doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program with specialty areas
such as integrative health and healing, informatics, and adult
and gerontological health.
Christine Mueller PhD, RN, BC, NEA-BC, FAAN | Associate professor
and chair of the Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative,
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Research in the School of Nursing explores
some of the key health and social issues of
our day. From childhood obesity to geriatrics,
researchers here are breaking new ground
in areas that have a dramatic impact on our
health care system and on our society
as a whole. They have blazed many trails in interdisciplinary
research, and are key to solving numerous health problems
around the world. Sponsored program expenditures have
increased dramatically in recent years, a clear testament to the
importance of research already underway and a positive sign
of many great discoveries to come.
R. Timothy Mulcahy, PhD | Vice president for research,
University of Minnesota
Health care is changing, and nursing is a
vital participant in that change. As patients
become more complicated and technology
advances, nurses need broader skill sets
than ever in order to meet emerging needs
while providing the compassionate, capable
care that is the hallmark of our profession.
The School of Nursing is fortunate to have a world leader
in informatics at its helm. It is committed to preparing students
for a technology-intense future while remaining strong in
fundamental skills. In these tight times, it is critical that we
support the school’s efforts to meet emerging needs.
Mary C. Edwards, MPH, BSN | Vice president of public policy,
Fairview Health Services
The establishment of the National Institute
of Nursing Research in 1993 has catalyzed
the development of a significant body of
nursing science. Today, advances in research
and technology shape nursing practice
and health care delivery worldwide. School
of Nursing researchers lead the way in developing innovative
interventions to improve health across the life span. Studies
focus on reducing health disparities through health promotion
and prevention, symptom management, and management
of chronic health conditions. Faculty members prepare future
nursing leaders by engaging students at all levels in research
and evidence-based practice to improve client outcomes and
promote health and well-being.
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAAN | Professor and Associate
dean for research; director of the Center for Child and Family Health
Promotion Research, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
spring/summer 2008
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the changing
face of nursing
Men are a small—but growing—presence in nursing
BY NANCY GIGUERE
Until the mid-19th century, nursing was a male-dominated profession.
Only around the time of the Civil War did women become active in
nursing, due to a shortage of available men.
Throughout the 20th century, the majority of nurses were woman.
Even today, only about 6 percent of nurses are men. But that’s
beginning to change. According to the National League for Nursing,
12 percent of nursing school graduates in 2006 were men.
During its first four decades, the U of M School of Nursing did
not admit men. Although the school did provide training for a
group of Navy corpsmen during World I, it was not until the fall of
1949, that men were allowed to enroll as students (see “Men Join
Women in Nursing Classes," page 13).
Since then, men have been a small but growing presence in
the school. In spring 2008, 16 percent of students enrolled in the
BSN program and 12 percent of those enrolled in graduate-level
programs were men.
SoN male graduates are active in all areas of nursing, from
clinical care to research, from public health to health care administration.
Here are the stories of five grads. They are of different ages
and backgrounds, but all have one thing in common: They are glad
they chose nursing.
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changing face
michael petty:
Studying the Implications
In the 1970s, when Michael Petty was a psy -
chotherapist working with mentally ill adults,
few patients were able to get well and stay well.
“It was frustrating,” he says. “We did our best, but
our patients faced enormous barriers.”
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WHAT NURSES KNOW
So Petty shifted gears and decided to help people get better
physically. Although he had been a pre-med student in college, he
opted for nursing. “I wanted to know what nurses know,” he says.
Medicine, he explains, is like a snapshot, while nursing is like a
videotape: “The physician sees a patient for a few minutes, but
nurses have continuing contact. We can see and communicate subtle
changes in the patient to the medical team. And we’re aware of
the implications of illness and treatment for patients and families.”
When Petty graduated from nursing school in 1980, male
nurses were a rarity. But he has never felt discriminated against.
“Some might even say that my gender has been a help since people
often mistake me for a doctor,” he says. “But I’m not convinced. I do
know that I have worked hard to build good relationships with all
members of the team, including doctors and nurses, patients and
families. Those relationships are integral to effective care.”
CONSULTANT AND EDUCATOR
Since completing his master’s degree at the School of Nursing,
Petty has worked at the University of Minnesota Medical Center,
Fairview, as a cardiothoracic clinic nurse specialist. In this role,
Petty functions as a consultant and educator for patients and staff.
He may help nurses start a heart patient’s IV or counsel a
family about what to expect when a heart transplant patient
returns home from the hospital. He also works on hospital-wide
initiatives to improve care or implement new procedures.
Michael Petty
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
A LEGACY FOR THE PROFESSION
Petty is currently completing a PhD. His research focuses on family
caregivers of patients with left ventricular heart-assist devices.
“I want to find out what their lives are like and what we can do to
make them better,” he says.
He hopes that his research will help improve best practices.
“I won’t be in this career forever,” he says. “And after so many years
in the field, you feel like you want to leave something behind, a
legacy for the profession.” ˘
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9

changing face
seyoum adem:
Caring for the Community
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
Seyoum Adem saw his first nurse when he was
six years old and living in Oromia, a region of
Ethiopia. “My mother took me to the clinic, and I
was impressed by the nurse’s white clothes and
shoes,” he remembers.
GOOD TO BE A NURSE
Nursing was not his first career choice, however. After completing
an agricultural degree, Adem advised farmers on crop production.
In rural areas, he saw children with hunger-swollen bellies
and adults with malaria and other diseases. “They asked if we
were medical people, and they wanted us to treat them,” he says.
“I thought how good it would be to be a nurse because then I
could help them.”
Like many other members of the Oromo community, Adem
and his family fled Ethiopia to escape from political oppression.
Here in the United States, his community faces different, but no
less serious, health challenges.
“We have to adapt to different food and a more sedentary
lifestyle,” he explains. “At home we walked, but here we ride in
cars. Many people work two jobs and have no time to exercise.
They develop high blood pressure, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.”
WORTH THE SACRIFICE
Determined to realize his dream, Adem applied to the School of
Nursing and was accepted to the BSN program on the Rochester
campus. Commuting from the family home in Chaska wasn’t
possible, so Adem moved to Rochester.
“I really enjoyed school and working at the Mayo Clinic,” Adem
says. “But it was hard to be away from my family. I was always
thinking of my wife and my children. But the sacrifice was worth it.”
The 48-year-old Adem graduated with a BSN on May 15, 2008.
Two days later, he and his family returned to the University to
celebrate the graduation of his son, Abdisa Taddese, who earned a
degree in microbiology.
FUTURE GOALS
Adem hopes eventually to practice in public health, focusing on
health promotion in the Oromo community. He looks forward to
one day completing a doctorate of nursing practice.
He encourages men to consider nursing. “To me, it’s not a
gender-based profession,” he says. “Men can care for people just as
women can.”
Adem at BSN commencement
ceremony, May 2008.
doug flashinski:
At Home in Nursing
As a high school kid, Doug Flashinski considered
careers in nursing and school psychology. His
mother, a nurse, encouraged him to follow in her
footsteps, but he chose psychology. “Like many
18-year-olds, I questioned whether my mom knew
what’s best,” he says.
CHANGING DIRECTION
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in
2003, Flashinski found himself at a crossroads. He could either go
to graduate school or join his dad and brother on the family farm.
He chose the farm.
“I farmed for a few years and enjoyed it,” he says. “When I was
sitting in the tractor tilling the fields, I knew I was doing something
valuable.” But fieldwork aggravated his allergies, and Flashinski
wanted a different lifestyle. So he revisited his career choices. This
time, he opted for nursing.
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Harpin consults with teen at
St. Joseph’s Home for Children.
His background in psychology was a plus. So was his undergraduate
research experience. He also has a strong work ethic,
shaped by life on the farm. “I learned the value of hard work,
dedication, and how to manage my time most efficiently,” he says.
“And that’s the way I approach nursing.”
LOOKING AHEAD
After graduating with a master’s in nursing this December,
Flashinski plans to practice in intensive care. After that, he hopes to
complete a doctorate in nursing practice and become a nurse
anesthetist. Eventually, he’d like to become a clinical instructor or
professor and conduct research.
Flashinski was drawn to anesthesia after shadowing a nurse
anesthetist during high school. “The field offers autonomy and
responsibility. The patient’s life is literally in your hands during the
operation,” he says.
AN UNDERSTANDABLE CHOICE
Most of Flashinski’s high school friends chose traditional male jobs,
while he selected a nontraditional profession. “They poked a little
fun at me when they found out I was going into nursing,” he admits.
But he remains unfazed by their teasing. “I’ve told them that
nursing has so much to offer,” he says. “You can go in so many
different directions. There’s job security, it’s well paying, and it’s
important work. And they’re beginning to understand my choice.”
scott harpin:
Improving Adolescent Health
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
Scott Harpin discovered nursing as a college
freshman, when he took a job as a nursing assistant.
Over the next few years, he worked in a
variety of settings and found he truly enjoyed
caring for patients and families.
FOCUSING ON TEENS
Then during his last year of college, Harpin discovered public health
nursing. “Until then, I figured I’d be an ICU or an OR guy,” he says.
“But I really was taken with the idea of primary prevention and the
focus on community and keeping the most vulnerable healthy.” ˘
Flashinski with his mother
Bonnie Flashinski on the
family farm. Mrs. Flashinski
is a public health nurse with
Clark County Public Health
Department in Wisconsin.
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changing face
Scott Harpin
john borg:
Making Things Happen
When John Borg entered the School of Nursing in
1971, male nurses were rare. But he didn’t hesitate.
A former Army medic who had served in Vietnam,
Borg was sure of his career choice.
After graduation, Harpin worked on medical-surgical unit
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. A friend suggested he
take a “side job” as a staff nurse at St. Joseph’s Home for Children,
which specializes in assessment, crisis intervention, and residential
programming for children with emotional and behavioral problems.
At St. Joe’s, Harpin discovered he liked the challenge of working
with teens. In some ways, his gender made the job easier. “Many
teens—both boys and girls—enjoyed having a guy figure in their
lives,” he says.
Harpin also discovered he liked trying to understand adolescent
issues and their connection to public health. “I enjoyed that more
than focusing on a single patient,” he says.
A BUILT-IN SUPPORT SYSTEM
“I was older than most of the other students, and I was married so
I had a support system, which male students needed back then,”
says Borg, who also completed a master’s in nursing and hospital
administration in 1976.
During his 30-year career, he never experienced discrimination on
the job, but job interviews were sometimes a different story. “One
doctor asked me if my children were really my biological children,”
he remembers. “Today such a question would never be allowed.”
THE BIG PICTURE
Since 1987, Borg has held various administrative positions at Valley
Health, which serves residents of the northern Shenandoah
Valley. He is part of the senior management team that oversees
three hospitals in Virginia and two in West Virginia. He also serves
as president of Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia, where he is overseeing the construction
of a new $25 million facility—the fourth hospital he has helped
design during his career.
TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
During his time at St. Joe’s, Harpin served on the Hennepin County
Community Health Advisory Committee. This allowed him to
collaborate with other adolescent health professionals and expand
his practice to include public policy.
After completing a dual master’s degree in nursing and public
health, Harpin spent three years as the co-coordinator of the
master’s-level public health nursing program in the School of
Nursing, while continuing to work part-time at St. Joe’s.
Now a full-time PhD student, Harpin has his sights set on a
research and teaching career, which will allow him to work on broad
issues he couldn’t address as a staff nurse.
“I want to delve into the next generation of questions and
explore the link between policy decisions and real-life teen issues,”
Harpin explains. “I want to shape best practices that will result in
positive changes in youth health.”
Borg reviews a patient’s chart with Christeena Brown, RN.
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MINNEAPOLIS STAR, March 13, 1950
PIONEERS
IN ‘U’
COURSE
Men Join Women in
Nursing Classes
By WENDELL WEED
Minneapolis Star Staff Writer
© 1950 MINNEAPOLIS STAR. REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION.
FOUR FRESHMEN in University
of Minnesota school of nursing
aren’t worrying about keeping their
hair off their uniform collars or
whether fingernail polish should be
removed for operating room duty.
They are the first men students
to enrol for the 16-quarter program
leading to a degree of bachelor of
science in nursing.
Since last fall they have been
among 20 students in the freshman
class. As the group prepared for
clinical work in University hospitals
this month, the problem of uniforms
arose.
With several of their women
classmates, faculty members and
physicians, the male nursing students
selected their official on-duty
wardrobe.
It includes white duck trousers
and white tunic with a V-neck
and blue pocket strip to match
the women’s uniforms. There is a
white jacket for dress wear and
white shoes.
The four invaders of the field of
Florence Nightingale are:
Russell E. Church, 3179 James
Avenue N., who switched from
Four University of Minnesota freshmen who have enrolled in the
school of nursing learn to handle a young customer, Brian T. Overboe,
one-week old son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Overboe, 608 Washington
avenue SE. The male nurses are, from left, Russell Church, William
Kidd, Olaf Tiikkaninen and Eugene Roedl.
engineering to nursing after serving
two years as a pharmacists mate
third class in the war.
Olaf Tlikkainen, Virginia, Minn.,
who was a navy radio technician
for three and one-half years.
William Kidd, Eyota, Minn., who
worked as an orderly at Rochester
Minn. state hospital and at Mayo
clinic in the summers while attending
St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minn.
Eugene Roedl, Eden Valley,
Minn., who was in the merchant
marine for three years and transferred
to the university from St.
Johns university, Collegeville, Minn.
Only six men are active RNS
(registered nurses) in Minnesota—
about one-tenth of 1 per cent of
the 5,789 active RNs in the state.
Making the university nursing
school co-educational was an action
taken by the faculty, Katherine J.
Densford, director, reported.
Male student nurses take the
same classwork and clinical training
as their women classmates.
“There is increased demand for
male nurses today,” Miss Densford
pointed out. “They are especially
needed in mental health care,
urology and in the care of male
patients.
“High salaries in the nursing field
make the profession more attractive
to men.”
“I like to look at the broader picture, develop programs, involve
people in solving problems, and make things happen,” he says.
His success is due in large part to his nursing education and clinical
experience: “That gives me credibility and helps me hone in on
problems. I’m able to ask the right questions.”
During his years at Valley Health, Borg has worked to implement
cutting-edge programming. Soon after his arrival, the system
initiated case management for patients with special health needs. In
the early 1990s, Valley Health created a parish nurse program. More
recently, Borg led the development of a comprehensive diabetes
management program.
AN OPEN DOOR
For Borg, nursing was the perfect career choice. “It gives you a
broad entry to health care and health organizations,” he says.
“It offers mobility, an excellent living, and tremendous rewards.”
He would like to see more men enter the field. “The door is
open,” he says. “Why wouldn’t you take advantage of it?”
Interested in nursing? Today’s nurses are of all backgrounds, all
ages, and both genders. Their specialties range from pediatrics to
geriatrics, from bedside care to public health, from administration
to industry. Learn more at www.nursing.umn.edu/Education.
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13

Data-Based
Modeling
For hospital administrators, it’s the
next best thing to a crystal ball.
BY NANCY GIGUERE
Many thanks to Mercy Hospital,
Iowa City, Iowa, for providing information
about data-based modeling and simulation.
Modern hospitals are complex systems
of interwoven relationships and social
networks. Changes in one hospital process,
such as the introduction of new technology,
can impact the entire system.
“Decision-making is difficult because
outcomes are impacted by numerous
variables in the hospital environment,”
says SoN Clinical Professor Tom Clancy,
PhD, MBA, RN. “These variables include the
people who work there, the patients and
their response to treatment, the availability
and functioning of equipment, and the use
of different protocols.”
COSTLY DECISIONS
A poor decision is costly is terms of dollars
and staff morale. It can also lower the
quality of patient care. For example, the use
of an electronic health record may appear,
on the surface, to be efficient and costeffective.
But the success of the new system
is influenced by a complex set of variables.
The transition from a paper to an
electronic record has a dramatic effect on
the nurses’ workflow. In addition, computer
terminals must be placed within easy reach
but not in the way of staff and equipment,
and protocols need to be established about
when and how data will be entered into
the system and who will do it. And, of course,
not everyone can type.
“A hospital can spend multi-millions of
dollars on an electronic health record, but the
expenditure will be a waste of money if the
staff refuses to use the system,” says Clancy,
an experienced hospital administrator.
ANALYZING ALTERNATIVES
What if health care systems and hospital
administrators had a crystal ball that
allowed them to see the results—both
intended and unintended—of their decisions
before they made an investment of time,
effort, and dollars?
Thanks to the emerging field of
complexity, they now have the next best
thing: the ability to make predictions
using data-based models that simulate the
interaction of multiple variables.
Let’s say that the hospital administration
wants to modify the workflow so that
patients in the emergency department will
have a shorter wait. Before making any
changes, department managers consult with
the staff and map out the current workflow.
Then they create alternate maps or
flow charts and analyze how changes
would affect emergency department staff,
patients, and other areas of the hospital.
This process is known as scenario analysis,
and in the past, it was done on paper.
CREATING VALID MODELS
“Today using computers, we can create
models that are far more complex, run
various scenarios, and see how the system
reacts to changes over time,” Clancy says.
Although the models look simple, the
underlying statistical analysis is based on
complex mathematical formulas. Once
created, the models must be validated. This
is done by entering existing data into the
model—length of wait, day and time of
arrival, staffing patterns, admissions criteria,
and so on—and comparing the results with
the observable, real-life situation.
Once the model is validated, new
values can be substituted for existing data,
and the results analyzed. Sometimes the
results are unexpected: A new policy that
benefits patients by reducing waiting time
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Data-Based Modeling
in the emergency department may create
difficulties for the nurses who work there.
When this happens, the parameters of
scenario can be adjusted and the simulation
run again to see what happens in the model.
CAPTURING THE BENEFIT
Simulation models can capture incremental
benefits that are hard to measure. Here’s
an example: In some hospitals, nurses wear
devices allowing them to communicate
with other nurses on the unit. When they
need help turning a patient, they don’t
have to run out into the hall and look for
another nurse. They can use the device to
ask for help.
But the devices are expensive, and
some administrators are reluctant to invest
in them. Then a simulation model demonstrated
that nurses who used the devices
spent up to two hours less looking for help
and resources needed to care for patients.
“We were able to attach a dollar amount to
the time saved and predict overall cost
savings,” Clancy says.
In addition, models can be used as a
facilitation tool to help staff embrace
change. “When we wanted to simulate how
nurses worked on the unit, we involved
them in building the model,” Clancy
In a complex system
like a hospital, nothing
happens in isolation.
explains. “They were helping create the
change, and the process itself became
a consensus-builder.”
A VIRTUAL HOSPITAL
During the past decade, Clancy and his
colleagues have built over three dozen
different models of hospital operations.
These have now been linked to create a
virtual hospital.
This comprehensive model has allowed
administrators to see how even small
changes affect the entire system. “It’s helped
us make better decisions because we’ve
learned that nothing happens in isolation,”
Clancy says. “For instance, if we increase
admissions through the ER, we may create
backups in radiology.”
MODELING THE SON
For the last three years, Clancy has worked
with Dean Connie Delaney to bring
simulation modeling to the School of
Nursing. “An academic center is a close
cousin to a hospital in terms of complexity.
But instead of patients as consumers,
you’re dealing with students,” Clancy says.
Clancy, Delaney, and colleagues have
created a model of one of the School’s
key processes: academic scheduling. The
model revealed that faculty workflow was
uneven. The number of scheduled classes
was low on Monday, peaked on Wednesday,
and dropped off on Friday. Leveling the
distribution of classes made it possible to
get the schedule out sooner. A better
distribution also increased the efficient use
of faculty, so important given the current
faculty shortage.
Faculty reaction has been positive. More
balanced scheduling means more time
to devote to research and grant-writing. In
fact, Clancy says, the number of grants
awarded to the School has risen since
scheduling changes were implemented.
Students were indifferent to the
changes, however. “That’s probably because
the data show that student satisfaction
with the school was high to begin with,”
Clancy says.
SoN offers DNP in Nursing Informatics
Program is first in the U.S.
©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/GEOPAUL
In the 21st century health information
technology permeates all areas of health
care, and nurse informaticians will play an
essential role to assure the design, implementation,
and evaluation of technology
supports patient safety and quality.
To meet the need for nurse informaticians,
the School of Nursing is offering a
post-baccalaureate, doctorate of nursing
practice (DNP) with a focus in informatics.
The SoN is the first nursing school in the
nation to offer a DNP in this specialty.
Nurses who have completed a master’s
degree with a specialty in informatics can
enroll in a one-year DNP program tailored
to their needs. A more extensive BSN to
DNP program will be launched in fall 2009.
Nursing informatics integrates computer,
cognitive, information, and nursing
sciences to manage and communicate data,
information, knowledge, and wisdom. The
focus of nursing informatics is to support
patients, nurses, and other providers in their
decision-making in all roles and settings.
The need for nursing leaders specializing in
informatics is critical, with estimates
ranging from 10,000 to 40,000 staff within
the next 10 years.
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15

Body,
Mind,
Spirit
SoN’s collaboration
with the Center
for Spirituality &
Healing is reshaping
care delivery
BY MARY KING HOFF
For many people, good health care is
synonymous with curing illness or fixing
what’s broken. But nurses understand
that good health care is more than that.
It nurtures the health of the whole person:
body, mind, and spirit. Good health care
supports a healthy lifestyle, promotes
health, provides healthful and healing
environments, honors multiple traditions,
and strives to prevent illness and injury.
This holistic philosophy is the basis for
the decade-long collaboration between
the School of Nursing and the Center for
Spirituality & Healing. “Our partnership
with the Center is a core partnership of the
School,” says Dean Connie Delaney, PhD,
RN, FAAN, FACMI. “We understand that
integrative health practices are essential
to the full experience of health and the
treatment of illness for patients, families,
and communities.”
ENCOURAGING LEARNING
In 1999, Mariah Snyder, PhD, RN, SoN
professor emeritus, and the center’s first
director of graduate studies, launched a
graduate minor in complementary therapies
and healing practices. The minor has been
very popular with master’s and doctoral
students in nursing. Ten SoN faculty currently
hold appointments in the Center, and many
teach in its graduate program.
In 2000, the center received a $1.6
million grant from the National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
of the National Institutes of Health. The
grant supported an initiative to integrate
complementary therapies into the curricula
of the SoN and the Colleges of Medicine
and Pharmacy. The grant also supported
the development of online learning for
health professionals. Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD,
RN, FAAN, founder and director of the
Center for Spirituality & Healing and a
professor in the School of Nursing, served
as the principal investigator.
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Body, Mind, Spirit
Consumers are beginning to expect a more
multidimensional, whole-person approach to health.
DNP With a Difference
MEETING CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS
This initiative has helped health care educa -
tion meet consumers’ growing expectations
for a more multidimensional, whole-person
approach to health, says Linda Halcón,
PhD, MPH, RN, SoN associate professor and
chair of the integrative, global, and public
health cooperative. Halcón also serves as the
center’s director of graduate studies.
“The public is already there,” Halcón
says. “If we’re going to be credible, we have
to be there, too.”
The center has also launched a Web
site for consumers (www.takingcharge.csh
.umn.edu). The site offers overviews of
complementary therapies from aromatherapy
to traditional Chinese medicine, many of
which were authored by SoN faculty. Visitors
to the site will also find an interactive
personal health planner that will help them
create and track personal health goals.
SPREADING THE WORD
Last June, the SoN and center, in collaboration
with Woodwinds Health Campus in
Woodbury, offered a five-day professional
development program for nurses, nursing
faculty, and other health care providers.
Participants came from all over the United
States as well as from Korea, Germany,
Japan, and England.
The goal of the program, which was
based at Woodwinds, was to prepare
participants to teach about integrative and
holistic health and healing and to integrate
complementary therapies and healing
practices into various health care settings.
TEAMING UP FOR HEALTH
On the practice front, Georgia Nygaard,
DNP, RN, SoN clinical assistant professor, is
helping to ensure a range of complementary
therapies are available to residents of the
Powderhorn and Central neighborhoods of
south Minneapolis.
The Pillsbury House Integrated Health
Clinic, which opened in November 2007,
brings together medical, nursing, complementary,
and alternative medicine practitioners.
Under Nygaard’s supervision, SoN
students team up with students from a wide
variety of disciplines including medicine,
chiropractic, acupuncture and Oriental
medicine, massage therapy, and psychology.
Working together, students and patients
determine which treatments will be most
effective in supporting optimal health.
CREATING A NEW MODEL
Recently, the Academic Health Center
administration asked the SoN and the
center to lead the development of a
“person-centric” care delivery model as an
alternative to the current system. “The
system is broken,” Halcón says. “There’s a
sense among health professionals at every
level that this is really a mess.”
The new model is based on a systems
approach to care. It would take into account
the individual’s family, health profile, and
environmental context. The model emphasizes
personal responsibility for health and
personal participation in choices for healing.
The goal is “better outcomes at lower
cost,” says Kreitzer. “We envision a health
care commons, a portal where people could
access seamless, personalized, and holistic
care.” Services would often be communitybased
in a variety of settings, rather than
concentrated in one location.
The commons would be a “one-stop
shop” where people could learn how to
improve health and manage chronic illness,
gather information about treatment
options, and coordinate services—a place
where individuals can connect to the health
care system, and, if they choose, establish
a “health care home.”
Halcón believes that the University
of Minnesota is the perfect place to create
this new model. “Things are opening up
quickly, the right people are in place in
leadership positions and faculty members
feel permission to be creative,” she says.
“There’s a lot going on here.”
Program incorporates
integrative health
and healing throughout
curriculum.
When planning began for the School of
Nursing’s new doctor of nursing practice
(DNP) program, many faculty wanted to
incorporate integrative health and healing
into one of the program’s specialties.
During a discussion about which specialty
would be the best fit, someone asked a
pointed question: Would any DNP graduate
not need the knowledge?
“The answer was, ‘no,’” says Mary Jo
Kreitzer, director of the Center for Spirituality
& Healing.
As a result, the DNP program, implemented
in spring 2007, incorporates
complementary and alternative therapies
in all specialties. Beginning in fall 2009,
a post-baccalaureate DNP specialty in
integrative health and healing will also be
available for those wishing a primary focus
on this area of nursing.
“Every program will have significant
content in integrative health and healing,”
says Linda Halcón, associate professor and
chair of the integrative, global, and public
health cooperative. “It’s so consistent with
nursing’s history and theoretical base.”
For example, students in the nurse
anesthesia program might learn about
guided imagery and essential oils, and
students in the psychiatric-mental health
DNP program will study nonpharmacological
as well as conventional and pharmacologic
approaches to mental health care.
Halcón says the inclusion of integrative
approaches throughout the DNP curriculum
is still unusual. “Most universities have
one DNP specialty that includes integrative
curriculum,” she says. “We’re taking it a
step farther.”
It’s a concept whose time has come,
Kreitzer says. “This is the future of health
care, and we will continue to see it unfold.”
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17

a force for change
Densford Center broadens its sphere of influence
“A ship in port is safe,
but that’s not what ships are built for.”
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, computer scientist and U.S. Navy officer.
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a force for change
“
To improve health and health care worldwide through the
education, collaboration, and promotion of nurses as strong
leaders and good partners” —the mission of the Katharine J.
Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership effectively
ensures that the center will be a force for change.
Led first by part-time director Mary Jo Krietzer, PhD, RN, FAAN,
and for the last eight years by Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, the
center brings individuals and groups together to generate new
ideas, challenge the status quo, and work toward transforming the
way people think and act. During this time, the center developed
and implemented forward-looking initiatives such as the Summit
of Sages, the Clinical Scholars program, the Densford Undergraduate
Scholars program, and Days of Dialogue.
The center has also offered workshops on professional practice
environments, healthy learning environments, and quality and
safety in nursing. Researchers associated with the center have
conducted funded studies on issues such as collaborating with
physicians to improve patient safety and create more welcoming
health care environments for multicultural communities.
Recently, the center developed “Nursing for Non-Nurses.” The
goal of this program is to help SoN faculty and staff who are
not nurses better understand the values, issues, and opportunities
of professional nursing. Plans are currently under way
to offer the program in expanded communities as well.
PHASE TWO:
BROADER AUDIENCE, GREATER INFLUENCE
But a phenomenal resource such as the Densford
Center cannot “remain in port.” The center must
continue to equip nurses to be effective leaders and
strong partners, while advancing broader health
care agendas. It must work to reach a wider
audience, to shape health care education and
delivery systems, and to advance the scholarship
of leadership and the formation of health policy.
During the past year, the Densford Center
Executive Committee developed a philosophy of
“generative leadership” as an organizing frame -
work for this ongoing effort. This is leadership
that generates and translates new knowledge
and ways of thinking. A generative leader sees
new possibilities when they are not apparent or
when gridlock has been the norm and engages
with others to explore and excel.
The center philosophy reflects the spirit of the entire school,
which we define as “a community that generates and translates
new knowledge and ways of thinking by creatively examining
issues, challenging the status quo, capitalizing on opportunities,
embracing a spirit of abundance, and collectively leveraging the
strengths of its members and partners.”
Innovation, creativity, new knowledge, and new ways of
thinking are the hallmarks of this spirit. The Densford Center
serves as a catalyst, stimulus, and resource to the School of
Nursing, the state of Minnesota, the nation, and even the world.
The Densford Center is moving from a
singular focus on nursing to a vision of
interprofessional collaboration.
GOALS AND STRATEGIES
During Phase Two, this philosophy will guide Densford Center faculty
and staff as they expand the center’s sphere of influence from
a regional presence to a national and international one, widen the
center’s singular focus on nursing to an interprofessional vision,
and move from the dissemination of policies to their creation.
The center’s priorities for action during the next biennium include:
• Advancing innovation and creativity in care delivery models
• Building nursing and health provider capacity
• Improving quality and safety education for nurses and other
health care professionals
• Developing faculty leadership
• Creating a national consultation service
To accomplish these goals, center faculty will use a wide
variety of strategies, which include consulting at external sites,
welcoming groups of learners to the University, and increasing
the use of technology for learning, networking, and collaboration.
STIMULATING DIALOGUE AND ACTION
During the first half of this year, center director Joanne Disch,
administrator Arlene Birnbaum, and SoN faculty and staff have sailed
into the challenging waters of health care delivery and reform.
The center has stimulated dialogue and action on key health care
issues through the following initiatives:
• “A Nursing Perspective on Health Care Reform,” a community
forum, held in January. It brought together some 200 nursing
leaders from the greater Twin Cities metro area to explore key
concerns of consumers and families. Participants also made
recommendations for action. ˘
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• “Reform, Then Better Financing,” a letter to the editor written
by Joanne Disch and published in the March-April 2008 issue
of Health Affairs. In the letter, Disch argues that health care
reform is destined to fail—in fact, deserves to fail—if national
leaders and policymakers don’t fix the right problem: the
dysfunctional health care delivery system.
• “Are we really ready for the Boomers?” a paper presented by
Disch in April at the Advanced Leadership Development Program,
sponsored by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership
and GE’s Institute for Transformational Leadership.
• “Setting the Stage for the Evolution of Baccalaureate Nursing
Education,” a video produced and distributed last May by
the Densford Center and the American Association of Colleges
of Nursing (AACN). The video highlights several trends
that schools of nursing must seriously consider if they
want to prepare students to practice in the current
health care environment. View the video at
www.nursing.umn.edu/Densford/Share
Densford Center Executive Committee
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chair
Thomas Clancy, PhD, RN
Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Sandra Edwardson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Helen Hansen, PhD, RN
Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Kathleen Krichbaum, PhD, RN, FAAN
Marie Manthey, MSN, FAAN, FRCN
Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FAAN
Linda Olson Keller, DNP, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN
Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN
Kim Zemke, MS, RN
BY MARY KING HOFF
Joanne Disch Leads the Way
Creating environments that foster success
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of
the Katharine J. Densford International
Center for Nursing Leadership, discovered
her own calling as a nursing leader more
than three decades ago when her first
head nurse, a dynamic woman named
Rocky Schmitz, showed her the power of
empowering others.
FOSTERING SUCCESS
“She targeted her energy toward creating
an environment where the 30 or 40 of us
who worked together could give the best
care to patients and their families,” Disch
recalls. “I realized being a leader could be a
neat thing.”
Since then, Disch has focused on being
the kind of leader who creates environments
that foster success for both individuals and
organizations. She succeeded Rocky Schmitz
as head nurse—“They called me ‘Pebbles,’ ”
she laughs—and later served as president
of the American Association of Critical Care
Nurses and member of several national
boards. In 2000, she became the first fulltime
director of the Densford Center.
CHAIRING AARP
In 2002, Disch was elected to an open seat
on the AARP board of directors, and in
2006 she became board chair. Her nursing
background prepared her well for a
leadership role in the organization, which
serves almost 40 million members concerned
with health care and aging issues.
During Disch’s two-year tenure as chair, the
board voted to support the Medicare
Modernization Act and took a stand against
the privatization of Social Security.
Disch also led AARP through a yearlong
organizational assessment. “That was
incredibly challenging,” she says. “There
was a lot of healthy disagreement.”
That notion—healthy disagreement—
is a key concept for Disch. “I believe that
conflict of ideas is a very healthy thing,” she
says. “You want the richness of different
ways of seeing the situation, of different
ways of thinking.”
GENERATIVE LEADERSHIP
Disch views nurse leaders as key to resolving
looming challenges in health care. What’s
needed, she says, is “generative leadership”—
leadership that seeks to create change by
introducing new ways of thinking.
“Because of the role nurses play in health
care, we have such a valuable perspective,”
she says. “Nurses have answers.”
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and subjective neurocognitive function three
months after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Heart & Lung, 37(3), 161–72.
Sears, A., & Jacko, J. (Eds.) (2008). Humancomputer
interaction handbook: Fundamentals,
Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications
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Shamliyan, T. A., Kane, R. L., Wyman, J. F., &
Wilt, T. J. (2008). Systematic review: Randomized,
controlled trials of nonsurgical treatments
for urinary incontinence in women. Annals of
Internal Medicine, 148(6), 459–73.
Shamliyan, T. A., Wyman, J. F., Bliss, D. Z., Kane, R. L.,
& Wilt, T. J. (2007). Prevention of urinary and
fecal incontinence in adults. Evidence Report/
Technology Assessment, 161, 1–379.
Siegel, J. D., Rhinehart, E., Jackson, M., Chiarello, L.,
& Health Care Infection Control Practices
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(2007). 2007 Guideline for isolation precautions:
Preventing transmission of infectious agents
in health care settings. American Journal
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Siegel, J. D., Rhinehart, E., Jackson, M., Chiarello, L.,
& Healthcare Infection Control Practices
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(2007). Management of multi-drug resistant
organisms in health care settings, 2006. American
Journal of Infection Control, 35(10 [Suppl 2]),
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Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Cunningham, A. J.,
Elder, W. G., & Bruckner, G. (2007). Innovations
in integrative healthcare education: A healing
journal for cancer patients in Ontario and an
online interdisciplinary CAM course for allied
health students in Kentucky. Explore: The Journal
of Science & Healing, 3(4), 423–5.
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publications
Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Mackenzie, E., &
Sierpina, M. (2007). Regaining our humanity
through story. Explore: The Journal of Science &
Healing, 3(6), 626–32.
Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Stanley, J., Hardy, M. L.,
Spar, M. D., & Arias, M. (2007). Poverty and health:
Blind massage therapists and a free integrative
pain clinic. Explore: The Journal of Science &
Healing, 3(5), 535–8.
Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., & Weeks, J. (2008).
Creating common ground: Collaboration
advances among licensed natural healthcare
educators. Explore: The Journal of Science &
Healing, 4(33), 221–4.
Sieving, R., & Widome, R. (2008). Towards
preventing youth violence: Engaging urban
middle school students in community service
learning. CURA Reporter, 38(1), 12–17.
Skinner, S. A., Transfeldt, E. E., & Savik, K. (2008).
Surface electrodes are not sufficient to detect
neurotonic discharges: Observations in a porcine
model and clinical review of deltoid electromyographic
monitoring usinng multiple electrodes.
Journal of Clinical Monitoring & Computing,
22(2), 131–9.
Stein-Parbury, J., & Liaschenko, J. (2007).
Understanding doctor-nurse collaboration as
knowledge at work. American Journal of Critical
Care, 16(5), 470–77.
Stevens, G. L., & Kaas, M. J. (2008). Psychotherapy
with older adults. In K. Wheeler (Ed.), Psychotherapy
for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric
Nurse. St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier.
Stoddard, S. A., Kubik, M. Y., & Skay, C. (2008).
Is school-based height and weight screening
of elementary students private and reliable?
Journal of School Nursing, 24(1), 43–8.
Talley, K. M., Wyman, J. F., & Gross, C. R. (2008).
Psychometric properties of the Activities-Specific
Balance Confidence Scale and the Survey of
Activities and fear of falling in older women.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(2),
328–33.
Thorson, M. A., Bliss, D. Z., & Savik, K. (2008).
Re-examination of risk factors for non-Clostridium
difficile-associated diarrhoea in hospitalized
patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(3),
354–64.
Thrall, M., Kjeldahl, K. S., Savik, K., Gulbahce, H. E.,
& Pambuccian, S. E. (2008). Rate of endometrial
adenocarcinoma in women screened before
and after implementation of the Bethesda 2001
reporting system. Acta Cytologica, 52(1), 1–7.
Toth, A., Bliss, D. Z., Savik, K., & Wyman, J. F.
(2008). Prevention of urinary and fecal incontinence
in adults. Evidence Report/Technology
Assessment, 161, 1–379.
Tracy, M. F., & Lindquist, R. (2007). Systems
Thinking. In M. McKinley (Ed.), Acute and Critical
Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Synergy for
Best Practices (pp. 127–41). Philadelphia, PA:
Saunders/Elsevier.
Treat-Jacobson, D., & Lindquist, R. (2007).
Exercise, quality of life, and symptoms in men
and women five to six years after coronary artery
bypass graft surgery. Heart & Lung, 36(6), 387–97.
Tucker, S., Olson, M., & Rhudy, L. M. (2008).
Finding and evaluating research in practice. In E.
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Victor, A., Bernat, D. H., Bernstein, G. A., & Layne,
A. E. (2007). Effect of parent and family characteristics
on treatment outcomes of anxious children.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21(6), 835–48.
Wan, H. W., Yu, F., & Kolanowski, A. (2008). Caring
for aging Chinese: Lessons learned from the USA.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 19(2), 114–20.
Whitson, B. A., Huddleston, S. J., Savik, K., &
Shumway, S. J. (2007). Bloodless cardiac surgery
is associated with decreased morbidity and
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Widome, R., Sieving, R. E., & Secor-Turner, M.
(2008). Letter to the Editor: Young adolescent
responses to different question formats
assessing race/ethnicity. Journal of Adolescent
Health, 42(4), 421.
Winbush, N. Y., Gross, C. R., & Kreitzer, M. J.
(2007). The effects of mindfulness-based stress
reduction on sleep disturbance: A systematic
review. Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing,
3(6), 585–91.
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homes of community-dwelling older women.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(10),
1548–56.
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(2007). A qualitative study of the experiences
of Taiwanese women having their first baby
after the age of 35 years. Midwifery, 23(4), 343–9.
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of healthcare workers’ compliance with infection
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44–52.
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initiated after coronary heart disease hospitalization:
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Toward a deeper understanding of the role
of interaction in information visualization. IEEE
Transactions on Visualization and Computer
Graphics (TVCG), 13(6), 1224–31.
Yu, F. (2008). The expatriate experience: Teaching
nursing across Eastern and Western cultures.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 40(2), 184–6.
Yu, F., & Lang, N. (2008). Using the Omaha
System to examine outpatient rehabilitation
problems, interventions, and outcomes between
clients with and without cognitive impairment.
Rehabilitation Nursing, 33(3), 124–31.
Zarit, S. H., Bottigi, K., & Gaugler, J. E. (2007).
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Encyclopedia of Stress (2nd ed., pp. 416–18).
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optimal healing environments in a health care
setting. Minnesota Medicine, 91(3), 35–8.
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grant awards
faculty grant awards
principal and co-principal investigator
july 1, 2007–june 30, 2008
Avery, Melissa
Technology-enhanced Learning in
Graduate Nursing (TELIGN)
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Avery, Melissa
Exercise for American Indian Women with
Gestational Diabetes: A Pilot Study
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Avery, Melissa
Development of an Exercise Intervention for
American Indian Women with Gestational
Diabetes: A Community-Based Approach
American College of Nurse-Midwives Foundation
Avery, Melissa
Exercise for American Indian Women with
Gestational Diabetes: A Pilot Study
UMN – Office of the Vice President and Vice Provost
for Equity and Diversity
Bearinger, Linda
Center for Adolescent Nursing
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bearinger, Linda
Adolescent Health Protection Research
Training Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Benbenek, Mary
Sunlight Exposure, Dietary, and Dress Habits
of Somali Girls
Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Chapter
Bernat, Debra
Effect of Minnesota Statewide
Clean Indoor Air Law on Young Adult Smoking
ClearWay Minnesota
Bliss, Donna
The Impact of Fiber Fermentation on
Fecal Incontinence
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Bliss, Donna
Smart Seal Ostomy Appliance: Further Testing
National Institutes of Health/
National Center for Research Resources (Prime);
Korosensor
Bliss, Donna
Development of Tool to Identify Perineal
Dermatitis and its Severity
3M via University of Minnesota Foundation
Bliss, Donna
Evaluation of Characteristics and Typical Usage
of Incontinent Products for Fecal Incontinence
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Carney-Anderson, Lisa
The Perioperative Experience of
Parkinson’s Patients
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Chlan, Linda
Anxiety Self-Management for Patients
Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory Support
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Chlan, Linda
Patient-Controlled Sedation Feasibility Study
UMN – Academic Health Center Faculty Research
Development Program
Delaney, Connie
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Delaney, Connie
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Fulkerson, Jayne
Healthy Home Offerings via the
Mealtime Environment (HOME)
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Garcia, Carolyn
BIRCWH Program Scholar (K12)
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (Prime)
UMN – Deborah E. Powell Center for Women’s Health
Garcia, Carolyn
Pilot of a Coping Intervention Tailored to Latina
Adolescent Females
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Garcia, Carolyn
Health Insurance Affordability and
Health Care Access/Quality in
High and Low Uninsurance Communities
UMN Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)
Garcia, Carolyn
Addressing the Mental Health of the
Twin Cities Latino Community
UMN School of Nursing Foundation
Garcia, Carolyn
Using Health Realization with Latino Adolescents:
Piloting the “No Te Quebres El Coco” Program
UMN President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award
Garwick, Ann
Building an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda
to Enhance Quality of Life and Transition to
Adulthood for Youth with Chronic Health
Conditions Conference
Minnesota Department of Health
Garwick, Ann
Center for Children with Special
Health Care Needs
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Scal, Peter
Garwick, Ann (Co-PI)
Internet-Based Health Care Transition Program
Academic Health Center Development Grant
Gaugler, Joseph
Comprehensive Support of Alzheimer’s
Disease Caregivers
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute on Aging
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grant awards
Gaugler, Joseph
Caregiver Outcomes Post Nursing Home
Placement of a Family Member
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute on Aging
Gaugler, Joseph
Nursing Home Training to Impact CMS Indicators
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute on Aging (Prime)
HealthCare Interactive, Inc.
Gaugler, Joseph
The Dementia Demonstration Project
Department of Veterans Affairs
Gaugler, Joseph
Early Dementia Identification Project
State of Minnesota/
Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Gaugler, Joseph
Nursing Home Diversion Project
State of Minnesota/
Minnesota Board on Aging
Gaugler, Joseph
A Multi-Site, Cross-Sectional, Non-Treatment
Prospective Trial to Collect Bio-Fluids and
Neuropsychiatric Data from Cognitively Normal
Elderly Subjects
Pfizer, Inc (Prime); INC Research, Inc
Gaugler, Joseph
The Memory Club: Providing Support to Persons
with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease and Their
Care Partners
UMN Office for Public Engagement
Gross, Cynthia
Kreitzer, Mary Jo (Co-PI)
Impact of Mind-Body Interventions
Post Organ Transplant
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Gross, Cynthia
Mindfulness Meditation versus Pharmacotherapy
for Chronic Insomniac: A Pilot Study
AHC Faculty Development Program
Henly, Susan
American Indian MS to PhD Nursing Science
Bridge – Phase 2
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Kerr, Madeleine
Latino-based Multimedia to Prevent NIHL
National Institutes of Health/
National Institutes of Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
CAM Clinical Research Fellowship Program
National Institutes of Health (Prime)
Minnesota Medical Research Foundation
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
CAM Research Education Partnership Project
National Institutes of Health (Prime);
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
Stress Reduction for Caregivers:
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
National Institutes of Health (Prime);
HealthPartners Research Foundation
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
Impact of a Residential Integrated Treatment
Program on Women with Eating Disorders
Park Nicollet Foundation (Prime);
BlueCross BlueShield Foundation
Kubik, Martha
Team COOL Pilot Study
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Kubik, Martha
A Clinic-Based Intervention Targeting Primary
& Secondary Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Kubik, Martha
A School-Based Body Mass Index Screening
Program: Phase II
UMN – Academic Health Center Faculty Research
Development Program
Lindeke, Linda
Service Use and Outcomes of
Prematurity at Adolescence
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners,
Minnesota Chapter
Lindquist, Ruth
Neuropsychological Functioning, Delirium,
and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients
Following On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery
Bypass Surgery: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study
Minnesota Nurses Association Foundation
Lindquist, Ruth
Acupuncture for Prevention and Treatment of
Atrial Fibrillation in CABG Surgery Patients
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Looman, Wendy
Correlates of Quality of Life for Rural and Urban
Families of Children with VCFS
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Monsen, Karen
Discovering Effective Models for
Home Visiting Practice
Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)
Moss, Margaret
Native Nursing Careers Opportunity
Program (NNCOP)
Indian Health Service/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mueller, Christine
Geriatric Nursing Education Project: Creating
Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Mueller, Christine
Developing Comprehensive Dementia-Specific
Nursing Home Quality Indicators
Alzheimer’s Association (Prime);
University of Indiana
Mueller, Christine
Multicultural Health and Wellness Services for
Seniors in Independent Housing
UMN Office for Public Engagement
O’Boyle, Carol
Minnesota Emergency Readiness
Education and Training (MERET)
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
O’Conner-Von, Susan
Field Test of a Web-Based Program to Help Youth
Cope with Cancer Treatment
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Olson-Keller, Linda
Enhancing the Capacity of Public Health Nursing
Through Partnerships
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing
Olson-Keller, Linda
A Public Health Nurse/Population Ratio
for the 21st Century
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Prime);
University of California San Francisco
Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
Understanding Dying in Critical Care:
A Qualitative Study
UMN Graduate School – Grant in Aid
Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
Extending Pediatric Critical Care Nurses’
Expertise in Family Settings
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Sieving, Renee
Prime Time: Health Promotion for
Multiple Risk Behaviors
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
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grant awards
Sieving, Renee
Lead Peace-Plus: Evaluating a Middle School
Service Learning Program
University of Minnesota Prevention Research Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Scholar Program
UMN Academic Health Center
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Claudication: Exercise versus
Endoluminal Revascularization
National Institutes of Health/
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (Prime);
Rhode Island Hospital (sub)
Westra, Bonnie
Predictive Modeling for Improving Incontinence
and Pressure Ulcers in Homecare
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Westra, Bonnie
Developing Predictive Models for Improving
Home Care Patients’ Ambulation and
Oral Medication Management Outcomes
UMN Graduate School – Grant in Aid
Westra, Bonnie
Leadership through Nursing Informatics
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Prime)
Regents of the University of California
Westra, Bonnie
Improving Informatics Competencies for
Minnesota Nursing Leaders
UMN Office for Public Engagement
Wyman, Jean
(P20) Center for Health Trajectory Research
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Wyman, Jean
Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Wyman, Jean
Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Pain Management
Pfizer, Inc.
Yu, Fang
Functional Impact of Aerobic Exercise Training
in Alzheimer’s Disease
K12 Career Advancement Program for
Clinical Research Scholars (CAPS)
Yu, Fang
The Effect of Aerobic Fitness Exercise Functioning
and Function in Community-Dwelling
Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
American Nurses Foundation
student grant awards
principle investigator
july 1, 2007–june 30, 2008
Bjorklund, Darlene
Faculty Sponsor: Linda Chlan
Predoctoral Scholarship Award
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Black, Mary
Faculty Sponsor: Margaret Moss
Predoctoral Scholarship Award
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Croswell, Emily
Faculty Sponsor: Donna Bliss
Diet Modifications in Persons with
Fecal Incontinence
UMN–Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Program (UROP)
Fuxa, Andrew
Faculty Sponsor: Jayne Fulkerson
Obesity and School Performance Among
Minnesota Students
UMN–Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Program (UROP)
Graziano, Judith
Faculty Sponsor: Cynthia Gross
Impact of an Automated Telephone Intervention
on HbA1c in Type 2 Diabetes
Novo Nordisk
Guttormson, Jill
Faculty Sponsor: Linda Chlan
Patients’ Recall and Assessment of
Mechanical Ventilation: Impact of Sedation
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Hooke, Mary
Faculty Sponsor: Ann Garwick
Fatigue, Physical Performance, and
Carnitine Levels in Children with Cancer
American Cancer Society
Heath, Jennifer
Faculty Sponsor: Linda Herrick
Post-Operative Pain and
Analgesic Step-down Upon Discharge
UMN–Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Program (UROP)
Manthey, Amanda
Faculty Sponsor: Donna Bliss
Individual Goals of
Fecal Incontinence Management
UMN–Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Program (UROP)
Patel, Kristina
Faculty Sponsor: Donna Bliss
Paternative Perspective Used By Those Who
Have Fecal Incontinence
UMN–Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Program (UROP)
Rosenthal, Amara
Faculty Sponsor: Christine Mueller
The Impact of Extrinsic Factors of Nursing Homes
on Resident Satisfaction and Quality of Life
UMN–Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Program (UROP)
Secor-Turner, Molly
Faculty Co-Sponsors: Renee Sieving, Ann Garwick
Social Messages and Teen Sexual Health:
Voices of Urban African American Youth
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Talley, Kristine
Faculty Sponsor: Jean Wyman
Fear of Falling and Disability Trajectories
in Older Women
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
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center news
Moving the debate forward
On June 10, the center co-sponsored “Minnesota Innovations:
Moving the National Debate on Health Care Reform Forward,” with
the AARP, the Academic Health Center and School of Nursing, the
Mayo Center for Health Policy, and Twin Cities Public Television.
This community forum featured panels of local and national experts
who answered prerecorded questions from ordinary Minnesotans
and direct questions from moderator Cathy Wurzer, the host
of Morning Edition on Minnesota Public Radio. The forum will be
broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television in September and will
also be available as a webcast.
Center director Joanne Disch welcomed participants and noted
that Minnesotans want to live in a country where—to paraphrase
Garrison Keillor—“families are insured, the vulnerable are safe,
and children are healthy.” Panelists included John Rother, national
AARP executive vice president for policy and strategy; Hugh Smith,
professor of internal medicine and cardiology at the Mayo Clinic;
Representative Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth; Senator Linda Berglin,
DFL-Minneapolis; Cal Ludeman, commissioner of the Minnesota
Department of Human Services; Sanne Magnan, commissioner of
the Minnesota Department of Health; Randy Moore, CEO of
American TeleCare; and School of Nursing dean Connie Delaney.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN
MISSION:
To improve health and health care
worldwide through the education,
collaboration, and promotion of nurses
as strong leaders and good partners.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joanne Disch, Clinical Professor
Phone: 612-625-1187
E-mail: densford@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/densford
katharine j. densford international center for
nursing leadership
Densford Undergraduate
Scholars selected
PHOTO: RICHARD ANDERSON
Two students have been named Densford Undergraduate Scholars for
the 2008–2009 academic year:
Jordan Hart, originally from Ishpeming, Michigan, came to the
University of Minnesota in 2004 to study neuroscience. After
two years in the College of Biological Sciences, he applied to the
School of Nursing and was accepted into the 2009 BSN class.
Hart will study what leadership means for different people and
how to help them actualize their full potential as leaders. Hart
also recently received a Fairview Nursing Sponsorship.
Maari Schreiber, class of 2010, transferred to the University of
Minnesota School of Nursing Rochester campus after one year at
Rochester Community and Technical College. She was attracted
to nursing because she enjoys helping people and loves to learn
new things. She hopes to become a nurse practitioner and
work in a rural clinic. Schreiber plans to develop her leadership
abilities and to participate in projects that will advance the
School of Nursing.
The Densford Undergraduate Scholars Program was established in 2001 to provide
enriched leadership opportunities for senior undergraduate nursing students. Each spring,
one or two students are selected through a competitive process to work in the Densford
Center, participate in center activities, and lead a project of their own choosing. Last year’s
Undergraduate Scholar, Mat Keller, established a new special interest group within the
school, Men Enjoying Nursing (MEN).
This past spring, 18 students—an all time record—applied to the program. For the first
time, applicants included both sophomore and junior students, ensuring there would be
both a junior and a senior Densford Undergraduate Scholar.
Kay Lillehei:
Supporting Nursing Leadership
The Endowed Chair in Nursing Leadership
held by Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, was
created for the Densford Center through a
gift from Katherine (Kaye) Lillehei. A former
nurse, Lillehei says it was important for
her to establish a center to support research
in her field of practice and interest. Her
generous donation of $3 million has allowed
the center to develop initiatives that
are helping nurses tackle today’s health
care issues.
“The face of nursing is changing,”
Lillehei says. “Nurses are impacting health
care beyond the bedside, all while keeping
the patient at the center of care. We must
continue to develop nurse leaders who will
shape education, research, and care delivery.”
Lillehei has high praise for Disch’s
leadership abilities: “She has done a tremendous
job of building the center’s reputation
through its programs and research. I am
excited to see what lies ahead.”
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Linda H. Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN
MISSION:
To educate nurses and other health
professionals to be expert clinicians,
teachers, researchers, leaders, and
policymakers who will serve the health
needs of young people.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Linda H. Bearinger, Professor and Director
Phone: 612-624-5157
Fax: 612-626-3467
E-mail: beari001@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CAN
center for
adolescent nursing
Seed Scattered and Sown
Influence of center spreads across
the country and the world
“I can’t see myself in the position I am today without the support
and the knowledge I gained in the master’s program,” says Windy
Solsvig, MS, RN, an HIV/AIDs case manager at Children’s Memorial
Hospital in Chicago.
As a graduate student in the School of Nursing and member of
the Center for Adolescent Nursing, Solsvig completed practica at
Midwest Children’s Resource Center, working with adolescent girls
at risk for sexual abuse and prostitution. After graduation, she
transitioned into a full-time, advanced-practice case manager position
at a clinic, then moved to Chicago and took the leadership
position she has now.
Her MS coursework clearly prepared her well for the clinical
practice, research, and administrative work she does at the
hospital. “I have absolutely no second thoughts about my choices
for my educational track,” she says.
FAR-REACHING IMPACT
Solsvig is one of approximately 90 students who earned master’s
degrees through the School of Nursing’s Center for Adolescent
Nursing over the last 15 years. She and other alumni are using their
education and experience in diverse ways, and the impact they are
having on adolescent health is far-reaching. The issues they are
addressing in their influential roles range from reproductive health
to mental health.
Some are providing direct services in community-based clinics,
others are working in school health settings, and still others are
leading programs in public health agencies. Some are enrolled in
PhD programs; others—seven at last count—have already earned
their doctorate degree. Some have joined the faculty at universities
in the global community, such as Japan and New Zealand. Others
teach in nursing programs here in the Midwest.
Luz Huntington-Moskos, MS, RN—who came to the center
after working as a nurse in the Peace Corps, on reservations, and in
urban hospitals—is inspiring the next generation of nurses as a
faculty member at Southeast Indiana University. She’s also looking
into the possibility of earning her PhD. “I wish I lived closer to
Minnesota so I could return and start my program there,” she says.
Solsvig and Huntington-Moskos represent just two of many
success stories made possible by the Center for Adolescent Nursing,
its community partners, and its funding agencies, including the
Maternal-Child Health Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, which has provided training grants for many years.
TRANSITION TO DNP
To ensure the best preparation for the next generation of advancedpractice
nurse leaders, the School of Nursing is transitioning the
Master of Science degree, major in nursing, to the Doctor of Nursing
Practice degree (DNP). As a result, the center will shift its focus to
the DNP program.
“We routinely ask ourselves if we are offering the best
education to our students,” says center director Linda Bearinger,
PhD, MS, RN, FAAN. “We want to be sure we are giving them
the best tools to fill their toolboxes as they set forth on the next
steps in their careers.”
While Bearinger says the time is right to switch to the DNP
program, she looks back with pride on the center’s first 15 years of
achievements and the successes of its graduates.
“The seeds of our program certainly are scattering and blooming
across the United States and improving youth health well beyond
our state’s borders,” she says.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Jean Wyman, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN
MISSION:
To advance the care of older adults by
preparing outstanding nursing faculty
from diverse backgrounds who can
provide leadership in strengthening
geriatric nursing at all levels of academic
nursing programs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jean Wyman, Professor
E-mail: mnhcgne@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/HartfordCenter
minnesota hartford center of
geriatric nursing excellence
Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing
Education Alliance meets
The Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Education Alliance held its
first meeting on May 28–29. The gathering drew representatives
from 37 colleges in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and South
Dakota, along with faculty from five of six tribal colleges.
Members of the Alliance established their mission: a commitment
to excellence in geriatric nursing education in associate
and higher degree programs. The mission is supported four goals:
1. To provide leadership in nursing education by infusing and
strengthening geriatric nursing competencies in associate
and higher degree programs
2. To provide support and networking to promote geriatric
nursing education in schools of nursing
3. To build and sustain a strong alliance
4. To advocate for the health and well-being of older adults
Special guests included Patricia Kappas-Larson, senior vice
president of public affairs at Evercare, and Rachael Watman, program
officer of the John A. Hartford Foundation. Watman presented
the Hartford Foundation grantmaking mission, which is to enhance
and expand the geriatrics
training of physicians, nurses,
social workers, and other health
professionals and to promote
innovation in the integration
and provision of services for all
older people.
Rachael Watman
Focus on Boomers
Heather Young
Heather Young, PhD, GNP, FAAN, Grace Phelps Distinguised
Professor, and director of the John A. Hartford Foundation Center of
Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Oregon Health Science University
School of Nursing, presented “When the Age Wave Hits the Shore:
Implications for Caring for Aging Baby Boomers” on Tuesday
evening, May 27.
Dr. Young’s remarks focused on the biggest age band in history,
the Boomer generation born between 1946 and 1964. She discussed
the need for alternative models, solutions, and philosophies of care
to meet the Boomers’ expectations for communication, quality,
and care, which differ from those of today’s older adults.
This was the inaugural event for the Minnesota Hartford
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. It was attended by 75 people
including students and representatives from area health care
organizations and colleges, private and government health care
service programs, public health agencies, and volunteer organizations
The event was held in conjunction with the meeting of the
Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Education Alliance.
The Hartford Foundation provides funding for the Minnesota
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Evercare co-sponsored the
Alliance meeting and Dr. Young’s presentation.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Jean Wyman, PhD, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
MISSION:
To develop and test innovative
interventions that help individuals
and families create optimal pathways
to health.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jean Wyman, Professor
Phone: 612-626-9443
E-mail: chtr@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CHTR
minnesota center for
health trajectory research
Visiting scholar
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN,
dean of the School of Nursing at the
University of Pittsburgh, served as the
center’s visiting scholar on April 10–11,
2008. She presented two research
seminars to faculty, students, and staff.
The first focused on adherence strategies
and measurement in clinical trials. The
second explored retention issues and
strategies in longitudinal studies. Dunbar-Jacob also consulted with the center’s
executive committee on the continued development of the scientific theme.
In addition, Dunbar-Jacob delivered the keynote address to more than 350 faculty,
students, and community partners at the School of Nursing’s Annual Nursing Research
Day on April 11. Her presentation was entitled, “Developing a Program of Research:
Building Knowledge on Patient Adherence.”
The Minnesota Center for Health Trajectory
Research was established in 2005 with a
$1.5 million grant from the National Institute of
Nursing Research. The center is developing and
testing innovative interventions that will help
individuals and families create optimal pathways
to health. Center researchers are exploring the
interrelationships among the many biological,
behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental
factors responsible for health or illness and how
to manage them over time.
Learn more
Please check out our Web site at
www.nursing.umn.edu/CHTR for
links to seminars and presentations
conducted by the center.
One-year pilot studies
The center provides funding to faculty to conduct one-year pilot
studies. Projects funded for 2008–09 year are:
• Exercise for American Indian Women with Gestational Diabetes:
A Pilot Study. Principal Investigator: Melissa Avery, associate
professor and chair, Child and Family Health Cooperative
• Correlates of Quality of Life for Rural and Urban Families
of Children with Velocardiofacial Syndrome (VCFS).
Principal Investigator: Wendy Looman, assistant professor
• Pilot of a Coping Intervention Developed for Latina Adolescent
Females. Principal Investigator: Carolyn Garcia, assistant professor
L–R, Melissa Avery, Wendy Looman, Carolyn Garcia
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, FAAN
MISSION STATEMENT:
The center prepares pediatric nursing
leaders to improve the quality of care
and systems of care for children and
youth with an added emphasis on
those with special health care needs.
Graduates are prepared for leadership
roles in primary and specialty care of
both children and youth, the organization
and delivery of health services,
policy, research, education, and advocacy.
The center’s holistic approach focuses
on family-centered care within cultural
and community contexts.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Ann Garwick, Professor
E-mail: CSHCN@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCSHCN
center for
children with special
health care needs
Grant Announcement: Another 5 Years
The Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs is extremely
proud to announce receipt of a $1 million, five-year grant from the
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), (Title V, Social Security
Act) Health Resources and Services Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services. The center has been continuously
funded by MCHB since 1993, and is one of five Leadership Education
in Maternal and Child Health Nursing programs in the nation.
During the past 15 years, the center, created under the direction
of Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN, FAAN, has supported over 125 masters
and doctorally prepared pediatric nurses who have assumed
leadership roles in a variety of academic, clinical, public health, and
policy settings. Center faculty include: Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, FAAN;
Barbara J. Leonard, PhD, RN, FAAN; Linda L. Lindeke, PhD, RN, CNP;
Wendy Looman, PhD, RN, CNP; Susan O’Conner-Von, PhD, RNc;
Christine Poe, DNP, RN, CNP; and Cheri Friedrich, DNP, RN, CNP.
Kudos
Linda Lindeke, PhD, RN, CNP, is the new president of the National
Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), the professional
association for pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) and other
advanced practice nurses who care for children.
School of Nursing graduate programs
available for trainees
Specialty preparation is available for advanced practice roles such
as pediatric nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, as
well as for pediatric faculty, research, administration, and public
policy roles. The center supports post-master’s certificate and
doctoral (PhD and Doctor of Nursing Practice-DNP) leadership
students who are preparing to serve children with special health
care needs and their families.
Online continuing education opportunities
The center offers educational programs, online resources, conferences,
and workshops for professionals working with children with special
health care needs. Educational resources and technical assistance
are provided to our maternal and child health partners (MCH). We
are pleased to offer online streaming video seminars for continuing
education contact hours at no cost to the practitioner. Visit the
“Continuing Education” section of our Web site to participate.
2008 Transition Conference resources
Two resources from this year’s conference, Building an Interdisciplinary
Research Agenda to Enhance Quality of Life and Transition
to Adulthood for Youth with Chronic Health Conditions, are now
available on our Web site. Also available are:
• 2008 Interdisciplinary Transition Conference Report by Ann
Garwick and Peggy Mann Rinehart. The report includes:
1) a summary of conference highlights, 2) the Transition Research
Agenda, 3) information about the interdisciplinary research
plan development, 4) participant contact information, and
5) a Research Action Planning tool. This report represents the
thoughtful contributions of young adults, parents, community
partners, health and education professionals, and researchers
who worked together to develop a Transition Research Agenda
for the State of Minnesota.
• Breeze presentations and PowerPoint slides for these plenary
presentations:
Chronic Illness and Disability in Children and Adolescents:
Implications for Transition by Dr. Judith Palfrey, T. Berry Brazelton
Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.
Improving Transition Services Through Integrated Services and
Research for Youth with Chronic Health Conditions by Dr. Richard N.
Roberts, professor of psychology, Utah State University.
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CENTER CO-DIRECTORS:
L) Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, FAAN
R) Jayne Fulkerson, PhD
MISSION:
To improve the health of infants,
children, adolescents, parents, and
families in the context of their
communities. Center members develop
and disseminate evidence-based
interventions and best practices in
primary and secondary prevention.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Ann Garwick, Professor
Jayne Fulkerson, Associate Professor
E-mail: CCFHPR@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCFHPR
center for
child and family health
promotion research
Addressing health disparities
Center faculty researchers conduct community-based participatory
action research that addresses health disparities among children,
youth, and families from ethnically diverse and underserved
populations. This approach is resulting in the development of
culturally appropriate instruments, resources, and interventions
that address community-identified needs. Some examples:
• Melissa Avery, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, is using a communitybased
approach to develop an exercise intervention for
American Indian women with gestational diabetes that builds
on her clinical expertise as a nurse midwife.
• Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, is focusing on promoting the
mental health of Latino adolescents. She has developed an
instrument to measure Latino mental health knowledge and
is working in partnership with Latino community leaders to
develop culturally appropriate mental health interventions.
• Madeleine Kerr, PhD, is working in partnership with labor
unions to prevent noise-induced hearing loss among Latino
construction works in a tailored multimedia intervention study.
• Wendy Looman, PhD, RN, CNP, has been collaborating with
Hmong community leaders and parents who work with
children with special health care needs to develop a culturally
relevant Hmong translation of her Social Capital Scale for
Children with Special Health Care Needs.
• Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, focuses on promoting the
mental health of refugees, particularly mothers of children from
war-torn countries such as Somalia. Robertson collaborated with
Linda Halcón, PhD, MPH, RN, on a landmark strength-focused,
group intervention for female Somali refugees using a health
realization model.
Focusing on public health issues
Center investigators are also developing innovative communitybased
interventions to address critical public health issues.
Some examples:
• Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD, is working to prevent childhood
obesity and excess weight gain through a community-based
intervention with families of elementary school-aged children.
The Healthy Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment (HOME)
intervention is designed to increase fruit/vegetable consumption
and the quality of foods in the home and at family meals.
• Martha Kubik, PhD, MSN, RNC, has collaborated with clinical
partners to develop a clinic-based intervention targeting
primary and secondary prevention of childhood obesity. She
has also partnered with school nurses on a project to conduct
an annual school-based body mass index screening program
involving kindergarten students and 2nd, 4th, and 6th graders.
Sarah Stoddard awarded
Theresa V. James Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that doctoral candidate Sarah Stoddard
has received the 2008 Theresa V. James Fellowship to support her
dissertation research. This annual award is made possible by funds
that were generously contributed by center faculty members and
the James family to acknowledge an outstanding doctoral student
who is conducting research related to the center’s mission. Sarah’s
research will focus on examining social connections, hopelessness,
and violent behaviors in African American youth living in urban
impoverished neighborhoods. Sarah’s dissertation co-advisors are
Dr. Susan Henly and Dr. Renee Sieving.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Jean Wyman, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN
MISSION:
To improve the health, quality of life,
and delivery of quality nursing care to
aging adults of diverse cultures
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
or to join the University of
Minnesota Gero Nursing listserv:
Jean Wyman, Professor
E-mail: geronursing@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CGN
center for
gerontological nursing
Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, was elected co-chair
of the Gerontological Nursing Research Section of the
Midwest Nursing Research Society at its annual meeting
in Indianapolis in March 2008.
Kristine Talley, MS, GNP-BC, and clinical assistant professor, was awarded her
PhD in nursing during May’s graduation ceremonies. Her dissertation was titled
Fear of Falling and Disabilities Trajectories in Community-Dwelling Older Women.
Talley was also named a Claire M. Fagin Fellow by the John A. Hartford Foundation
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program. Fellows receive $60,000
per year for two years to support advanced research training, mentorship, leadership,
and career development. Talley will investigate the effectiveness of restorative
nursing at preventing excess disability in long-stay nursing home residents. Her
mentors include Drs. Jean Wyman, Christine Mueller, and Robert Kane. In addition,
Talley will collaborate with nurse researchers from Duke University, the University
of Maryland, and the National Center for Heath Statistics. She will be the center’s
first postdoctoral scholar.
Kudos
Mary Dierich, MS, GNP-BC, and teaching specialist, was
named a 2008–2010 John A. Hartford Foundation Predoctoral
Scholar. Predoctoral scholars receive a scholarship covering tuition
and fees of up to $50,000 per year for two years to support their
doctoral training. Dierich will study medication use among
community-dwelling elders. Her mentors include Drs. Christine
Mueller, Bonnie Westra, and Robert Kane.
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alumni news
Stories and memories bring history to
life. To celebrate the School of Nursing
Centennial in 2009, we are asking
nursing students, alumni, and friends to
submit favorite memories, stories, and
photos. Submissions will be posted on
our new Nursing Memories Web site at
www.nursing.umn.edu/memories for
everyone to enjoy.
Send stories and photos to:
School of Nursing
Attn: Cathy Konat
5-140 WDH, 308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Or e-mail to kona0006@umn.edu.
We cannot return your photos. Please send copies only.
remembering…
“In 1994, I became president of a dynamic group that began the
building process for the Katharine J. Densford Center for Nursing
Leadership. We spent many work sessions along with Dean
Edwardson and other nursing leaders from around the country
brainstorming and putting our vision on paper. We wanted a
leadership center where ideas could be shared, potential recognized,
and students at all levels could grow. It was an exciting time!”
— Mary Bishop ’79
“Responsibilities are frightening to remember. At 17, I was the only
nurse for 40 patients. Penicillin had been discovered, but it was
not long-lasting, so we had to give those shots every three hours.
I did learn not to waken people to give them a sleeping pill.”
— V. Lynette McKewin Kimble ’48
“During the summer of 1946…a polio epidemic was rampaging, and
the students at General particularly were caught in the middle of
it. By the time I came back to General, our patients on “Contagion”
were those in the old iron lung. We all had to know how to care
for those patients and to work the bellows by hand should the
electricity fail.”
— Juanita Niemann Peterson ’48
“First day of full-time clinical experience on Station 42, Wangensteen’s
unit I think. I was so naïve I thought the orderlies were doctors—
and very diligent ones—since they were weighing the patients at
7:30 a.m. Sharing joys, zaniness, sorrows, disappointments,
embarrassments with wonderful women who were an essential
part of who we became because of all we experienced on the way
to becoming professionals.”
— Patricia Short Tomlinson ’57
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“The absolutely black sky and cloud burst of rain on the evening of
our commencement on June 8, 1968, which limited our ceremony
in Memorial Stadium to marching in, looking at the clouds, and
President Malcolm Moos declaring us ALL graduated in one big swoop
of his arm, then ordering us all to run for cover!! The ceremony
took all of 10 minutes! No time for pictures, tears, or goodbyes…
it was just over! Thank heaven our own pinning ceremony had
taken place at an earlier date.”
— Class of 1968
“Several students thought it was time to re-create a student
government in order to have input into the affairs and concerns
of the School of Nursing. Mary Dee McEvoy was a grad student,
and Barb Bungert and I worked at the undergraduate level. We
developed by-laws, policies, worked with faculty, and, of course, did
fundraising. Taking the required class at the student union about
safe bake sales seemed redundant after microbiology!”
— Mary Nyquist Koons ’76
“Our education here was unusual, exceptional, thorough, and
unique. We all remember the children who were the first surgical
heart patients. We remember the bypass machines that changed
even during our OR experience as improvements were made
and changes tried. We remember the OR flooding with water and
everyone in boots, to ground the OR personnel. Our living together
was the great gift of our education. We were a sorority, a support
group, and a group of friends, a sisterhood. We owe much to this
institution that educated us.”
— Susan McKinley, ’57
Centennial 2009
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
November 5, 2009
School of Nursing Centennial Gala
November 6, 2009
Alumni back-to-campus day
November 7, 2009
Pre-game tailgate party and football
game in new Gopher stadium!
DON’T MISS OUT! To receive information about School of Nursing Centennial events, please
send updated contact information to kona0006@umn.edu, or call Cathy at 612-624-0103.
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Name
Class Year
reconnecting…
Name
Class Year
1930s
1940
1941
1970
1971
Jean Umezu 1972
Class Agents:
Classmate Connectors
In preparation for the 2009 Centennial, we
are recruiting class agents. Check the list on
the right to locate the agent for your class.
If your class doesn’t have an agent,
please consider serving. During your twoyear
team as class agent, you will:
• Serve as the liaison between your
classmates and the School of Nursing
• Update contact information of
classmates including e-mail address
• Promote participation of classmates
in Centennial activities
It’s a great opportunity to reconnect
with classmates! Interested? Call
Cathy at 612-624-0103 or e-mail her at
kona0006@umn.edu.
2008 May Gatherings:
Inspiration for Learning,
Motivation for Giving
SoN alumni and friends learned about new discoveries and
approaches to nursing at this year’s May Gatherings in the Twin
Cities, Rochester, and St. Cloud. Hosted by the School of Nursing
Foundation, the popular get-togethers showcased recent research
by SoN faculty. Topics included “Taking stress reduction to heart,”
“Learning about research the COOL way,” and “Changing the world
one megabyte at a time.”
Participants agreed that the annual gatherings were like a breath
of fresh air. One alumnus shared his impressions: “The dynamic
and progressive direction taken by the University of Minnesota
School of Nursing is impressive, and it inspired me to consider
making a contribution to support outstanding progress in nursing
care!! The May Gathering also got me interested in pursuing a
DNP degree at the U…!”
1942
1943
1944
Shirley Small 1945
Mary Lou Smith
Betty Thayer 1946
Jean Hall
Lois Zumberge
Patricia Ruby Morse Dec 1947
Eileen Scanlon 1948
Verle Waters Clark
1949
1950
1951
Phoebe Becktell Mar 1952
Gloria Ruschmeyer
Bev Dorsey Aug 1953
1954
1955
Janet Ford 1956
Susan Steiner
Susan McKinley Mar 1957
Kathryn Swanson Aug 1957
Kathleen Broman
Sandra Gure Monson Aug 1958
Nancy Peterson Mar 1959
Mary Lou Christensen 1960
Margaret Fullinwider Aug 1960
Louanne Sheneman 1961
Gwen Kline
Mary Thompson Mar 1962
1963
Alison Clark Mar 1964
1965
Carol Shukla 1966
Mary Ann Loftus 1967
Nancy Reichmann 1968
Naomi Strom 1969
1973
Lisa Have 1974
1975
Mary Koons 1976
1977
Barb Bungert Ottinger 1978
1979
1980
1981
Carmela Hubler 1982
1983
1984
1985
Brigetta Johnson 1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Susan Reinemann Bauer 1991
1992
1993
Chris McDonald 1994
1995
1996
1997
Melissa Thorson 1998
Laura Doten
1999
Susan Ehman 2000
2001
Shay Schroetter 2002
2003
2004
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class notes
Share your recent achievements, new employment, and family news at
www.nursing.umn.edu/AlumniSociety/ClassNoteForm.
Susan (Larson) Ehman, MS ’04, BSN ’00,
and her husband, Dominic, welcomed their
daughter, Gabriella, on December 17. They
are enjoying their new addition and trying
to catch some sleep when possible. Sue
continues to enjoy working at Regions
Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she
is a trauma nurse clinician. She also picks
up an occasional shift in the surgicaltrauma
ICU.
Karen S. Goedken, MS ’84, spent 2007 as a
staff officer/policy analyst with the Army
Wounded Warrior Program in Washington,
D.C. During the first six months, she
traveled the United States and Germany
with the Army Surgeon General’s Traumatic
Brain Injury Task Force. She was the only
Army reservist on the task force. Karen
wrote the long-term care portion of the
task force report, published in January
2008. She also worked on the initial stage
of a redesign of the Department of Defense
care system for military members, from
site of injury to return home. The redesign
merges the DOD and VA systems for the
first time. Karen retired from the U.S. Army
Reserves Army Nurse Corps after 20 years
of service on March 1, 2008, with the
rank of lieutenant colonel. She now works
as a Hennepin County public health nurse,
providing case management for persons
with disabilities.
Rebecca Otterness, MS ’95, RNC, recently
authored an article, “An Inside Story: Long-
Term Caregiving and For Better or Worse,”
which appeared in Lutheran Partners,
Jan/Feb 2008 issue. Lutheran Partners is
the professional journal for ordained and
lay leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America (ELCA). The article is also
on the Web at http://archive.elca.org
/lutheranpartners/archives/080102_02.html
Cheryl Robertson (left) with her daughter Maria and
Scott Harpin, who presented the award.
Cheryl Robertson, PhD ’00, MPH ’88,
received the Distinguished Alumni
Humanitarian Award from the SoN Alumni
Society at the Alumni Spring Celebration
and Reunion on April 12, 2008. Cheryl has
practiced in global nursing and public
health arenas for more than 20 years. She
has developed services for refugee war
trauma and torture survivors in the United
States and abroad. Through her contributions,
she has improved the lives of some
of the world’s most vulnerable people.
D. Elaine Anderson Wood, MS ’68, RN, CNE,
is assistant professor at the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College
of Nursing.
1948
August 1958
1968
“A Fashionable Walk Through Nursing History”
offered alumni and friends an afternoon of
entertainment and nostalgia. Specially honored
were the reunion classes of 1948, 1958, and 1968.
Reunion class memories can be viewed online
at http://www.nursing.umn.edu/memories.
March 1958
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in memory
Ruth “Rufus” Benson, BSN ’47, Edina,
Minnesota, on May 8, 2008. Ruth retired in
1992 after 25 years of nursing at Fairview
Southdale Hospital.
Isabel Harris, First SoN Dean
Advocated for creation of
independent nursing school
Isabel Harris, a tireless advocate for the School of Nursing and the school’s first dean,
passed away March 2 in Bloomington, Minnesota. She was 93.
Born in Michigan, Harris attended the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins
University where she completed a master’s degree in nursing. She joined the Army
Nursing Corps shortly after World War II began. She was initially based in Australia, but
moved with the Army as the Allies gradually reclaimed the islands of the Pacific.
Harris came to the School of Nursing in 1947 at the invitation of Katherine Densford,
who asked her to help establish a program in psychiatric nursing. She earned a PhD in
nursing, becoming one of the first dozen people to achieve that honor.
PROMOTING NURSING
Harris, who served as School of Nursing dean from 1969 to 1975, was the first female
dean at the University of Minnesota. The beginning of her tenure coincided with the
formation of the Academic Health Center. She worked hard to promote the value of a
nursing school separate from the University’s Medical School. “She got a lot done just
by being her gracious self,” says Sandra Edwardson, SoN professor and former dean.
A quiet force for change, Harris was, nevertheless, a strong supporter of women’s
rights. When she learned that she was paid substantially less than men in equivalent
positions, she sued the University and her salary was increased.
After stepping down as dean, Harris returned to teaching until she retired in 1981.
A LOYAL FRIEND AND DOTING AUNT
An avid fan of Gophers football, Harris attended games at Memorial Stadium on even
the coldest days. Her friend Ruth Weise remembers that Harris usually joined a group
of nursing faculty for a post-game party, often contributing a poppy seed cake.
Harris was a world traveler who visited places as varied as South Korea, South Africa,
Madagascar, Europe, and Minnesota’s Gun Flint Trail. She was often accompanied by
her friend Florence Julian.
After retiring, Harris served as a docent at the Weisman Museum and continued
an active life that included bicycling and daily swims. She will be remembered as a loyal
friend and a doting aunt. “She was warm, comfortable, humble, quiet, gentle, smart,
and affectionate,” says her niece Megan Harris. “She loved her family, but I think she
especially cherished being around the younger generation.”
Martha E. Cress, BSN ’47, Roswell, New
Mexico, on January 14. Martha interrupted
her nursing education to serve in the Army
Nursing Corps during World War II. She
developed the curriculum for the nursing
program at Eastern New Mexico University
in Roswell, where she spent 21 years as
director of nursing before retiring.
Jean Rossman Field, BSN ’44, Edina,
Minnesota, on March 17, 2008. Jean began
her career at the University of Minnesota
Hospitals. She later worked at Fairview
Southdale Hospital in the ICU. A scholarship
has been established in her name at the
School of Nursing.
Edna Fordyce, BSN ’60, Laurel, Maryland,
on September 13, 2007.
Judith Freiberger Hintz, BSN ’70, Stillwater,
Minnesota, on July 22, 2007. Her family
remarked on the sense of pride Judith felt
as a graduate of the School of Nursing.
Mae McQueeny, BSN ’60, on March 20,
2008. Mae received her degree in nursing
education.
Pauline Ferrel Peters, BSN ’47, on April 21,
2008.
Elizabeth Routson, former trustee of the
School of Nursing Foundation Board,
on January 2, 2008, after a battle with
breast cancer. Beth was the President and
CEO of BioVigil, LLC, and had her own
consulting firm.
Ruth Ann Graves Schwab, BSN ’48, on
February 11, 2008.
Lillian V. Stenehjem, BSN ’36, Rochester,
Minnesota, on January 22, 2008. Lillian’s
career focused on working with children.
After retiring in 1981, she became a
consultant for the National Child Care
programs.
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u of m school of nursing
The University of
Minnesota School of
Nursing Foundation
“is the means
through which nursing
and the public can
collaborate in efforts
to raise funds to
support scholarship,
to encourage new
trends and developments,
to strengthen
the financial base,
to develop community
respect and understanding
of need
through encouragement
of endowments
and planned program
financing.”
Elva Walker Spillane
Founding President 1958
School of Nursing Foundation
2008
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008
Annual Report
Celebrating our 50th year, the School of Nursing Foundation remains dedicated to supporting
nursing research, education, and service. This year the foundation received the largest gift ever
given to support scholarships. The $2.5 million Mary K. Field and Cyrus A. Field Scholarship will
provide support for undergraduate and professional nursing students. The gift has been approved
for matching University funds that will ultimately double its impact. Throughout the donor report
presented on the following pages, we are pleased to highlight some of the additional $1.33 million
in gifts received during the past fiscal year.
Special grants were awarded by the foundation to support Nursing Research Day, the Community
Partnership Breakfast, and a pilot project “Comparing the Roles of School Nurses in Coordinating
Asthma Care for Pre-adolescents and Adolescents in Iceland and St. Paul, Minnesota.” Two students
received Jewelry Scholarships from the proceeds of the foundation’s annual jewelry sale. For the
second year, School of Nursing pins were provided to BSN and post-baccalaureate graduates through
the Nursing Legacy Fund, which supports the establishment of new traditions.
In September 2007, we began work on a broad initiative to create a new strategic plan that will
position the foundation for the School of Nursing’s 2009 Centennial and the years that follow. At the
same time, the foundation’s on-going fundraising and major gift activity continued. A few highlights:
• The Art and Truth of Nursing dinner, hosted by Jack Spillane in honor of the legacy and
leadership of his late wife Elva Walker Spillane, first president of the foundation. The program
featured guest artist Gloria Tew and a presentation by Dr. Joanne Disch.
• The third annual Community Partnership Breakfast for health systems and corporate partners
held in conjunction with Nursing Research Day in April 2008. Ten corporate sponsors joined the
foundation in supporting Research Day.
• Monthly Dean’s Luncheons for alumni and friends in the Twin Cities community; Rochester,
Minnesota; Washington, D.C.; and Scottsdale, Arizona.
• May Gatherings held in eight locations including the Twin Cities metro area, Rochester, St. Cloud,
and Stillwater. The events showcased faculty research.
• The 4th annual Scholarship and Fellowship Reception. The event, held in October 2007, brought
together SoN scholarship recipients and major donors. During the past fiscal year, more than
170 scholarships and fellowships were awarded to deserving students. Including the Field
Scholarship, 34 undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships have now been endowed
by donors at the $25,000 level or above and approved for matching funds.
Thank you to all who made 2008 a very successful 50th year for the School of Nursing
Foundation. We truly appreciate our loyal and generous donors, foundation trustees, Dean Delaney,
and the School’s faculty, alumni, and students. Thanks to you, the School’s leadership in nursing
excellence will continue to improve health care in Minnesota, the nation, and the world. We are
grateful for your powerful support.
Carol Kelsey, Chair 2008
Class of 1960
Laurel Mallon, President
Director of Development
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shareholders report
We gratefully acknowledge the generous individuals and
corporations who have made pivotal gifts to advance
nursing research, education, and service during the 2008
fiscal year ending June 30, 2008.
KEY
Bold Presidents Club
Members are honored for lifetime giving
to the School of Nursing and includes
the following recognition levels:
(B) Builders Society
Gifts or pledge of at least $1 million
(R) Regents Society
Gifts or pledge of at least $500,000
(T) Trustees Society
Gifts or pledge of at least $100,000
(C) Chancellors Society
Gifts or pledge of at least $50,000
(F) Founders Society
Gifts or pledge of at least $25,000
(H) Heritage Society
Recognizing future gifts
(Ch) Charter
Donors who joined the Presidents Club
at the $10,000 to $24,999 level prior to its
reorganization July 1, 1998
* Deceased
Elva Walker Spillane, founding
president of the School of
Nursing Foundation in 1958.
$1 MILLION AND ABOVE
Mary K. Field* (B)
$100,000–$999,999
Dorothy C. Calafiore* (T)
Claire M. Gauthier* (T)
$10,000–$99,999
AARP
Mary Ann L. Anglim (F)
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Minnesota
Children’s Health Care–
Minneapolis (C)
Nancy L. Cook* (C, H)
Fairview Health Services
HealthEast Care System
Margaret H. & James E.
Kelley Fdn. (T)
Kat herine R Lillehei (B, H)
Mayo Fdn. for Medical
Education & Research
John W. Miller (C, H)
Marilee A. Miller (C, H)
Ovations (C)
Karen L. Rothenbuhler (C, H)
St. Cloud Hospital
Dorothy M. Tucker (F)
Sadie Vannier
Wilton E. Vannier*
Elizabeth A. Wiens
Wound Ostomy &
Continence Nurses
Society (T)
Delores E. Young*
$1,000–$9,999
3M Fdn. (F)
Clara L. Adams-Ender (Ch)
Allina Health System (T)
Myrtle E. Aydelotte (C, H)
M. Barbara Balik (H)
Jane H. Barnsteiner
Arvilla M. Beckman
Karl E. Bennett
Kristin A. Bennett
Mary M. Bonnabeau
John R. Brand (Ch)
Connie W. Delaney (F, H)
Joanne M. Disch
Joan Erickson
Jane K. Filerman
Arlene T. Forrest
Emiline E. Hauge*
Hennepin County
Medical Center
Margaret D. Horton-Davis
Illinois Nurses Assoc. Fdn.
Patricia S. Kane (B, H)
Elwyn G. Kinney (Ch)
June W. Kinney (Ch)
James Koons
Mary N. Koons
Chak Chi Lau
Lenora Y. Lau
Harry C. Lefto (F)
Paul W. Lett (F)
Carol A. Lindeman (H)
Carole N. Maltrud
Medpoint Communications
Minnesota Nurses
Association
Minnesota Nurses
Association Fdn. (C)
Barbara U. Morris
Barbara W. Neill
North Memorial Health
Care/North Memorial Fdn.
Barbara V. O’Grady (Ch)
Park Nicollet Health Services
Bonnie C. Pearson
Christine R. Poe
Thomas E. Poe
Rahr Fdn. (T)
Barbara H. Rich*
Martin D. Rich
Rockwell Collins
Gloria T. Ruschmeyer (Ch)
Orlando Ruschmeyer (Ch)
Joyce M. Schowalter
Carolyn I. Schroeder (T, H)
Clinton A. Schroeder (T, H)
Christine H. Seitz (Ch)
Michael J. Seitz (Ch)
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Agnes L. Sherman
Shirley A. Conn
Sigma Theta Tau
International (F)
Justine J. Speer
Delphie C. Stevens
Theresa B. Sullivan
Lynette J. Thompson (F)
Theodore R. Thompson (F)
UCare Minnesota (C)
University of Minnesota
Medical Center
Jan C. Wenger (F)
Mary C. Wenger (F)
Emily G. Whaley*
Marian M. Woehning (H)
$333–$999
Katherine C. Akre
Mary C. Andersen
Sandra J. Anderson
Mary B. Barkman
Lorna M. Barrell
Helen R. Bowlin
Kathleen H. Chafey
Mary Lou Christensen (Ch, H)
Robert E. Collier
Eileen F. Dzubay
Bruce A. Finger (Ch)
Sandra F. Fonkert
Jean A. Foote
Ruth K. Freymann
Leonard O. Fritze
Nancy M. Fritze
Carol J. Gates
Joan M. Gibson
Paul L. Gibson
Gillette Children’s
Specialty Healthcare
Marjorie M. Gunderson*
John W. LaBree (H)
Helen J. Langevin
Charlotte A. Lindstrom
Harold R. Lindstrom
Jeanette D. Meier
Minnesota Homecare Assoc.
Lisa A. Motz
Mary H. Murai
JoAnn Nielsen
Lisa L. Noel
Rick J. Noel
Jean A. Norrbom (Ch)
Joanne M. Pedersen
Grace G. Peterson
Elinor C. Pinkert
Barbara C. Salter
Dorine R. Seaquist
Wendy E. Sharpe
Phyllis M. Smith
Frances M. Sullivan
Hope B. Thornberg
Julie L. Vanderboom
Steve A. Vanderboom
Ruth D. Weise (Ch)
Helen Wells (Ch, H)
Anne E. Wiberg
Mark P. Wiberg
Andrea G. Winick
giving highlights
John and Marilee Miller contributed additional
assets from their IRA to further endow
the Marilee A. Miller Fellowship in Education
Leadership Fund, which supports outstanding
students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing.
Charles A. Amann
Marilynn R. Amann
Ione B. Ambrose
Harriet H. Anderson
Lisa C. Anderson
Jean K. Andrews
Kurt B. Angstman
Mary Angstman
Jean P. Antonello
Martha A. Arneson
Benjamin W. Atkinson
Gretchen H. Atkinson
Sandra L. Baines
Dorothy E. Baker
Roberta J. Ballot
Louis W. Banitt
Mary P. Banitt
Miriam M. Barlett
Louise A. Barrow
Susan B. Bauer
Douglas M. Berg
Judith G. Berg
Edwin L. Bersagel
Shirley M. Bersagel
Dorothy C. Bevis
Arnold W. Bigbee (H)
Donna Z. Bliss
Thomas C. Bliss
Linda M. Bloomquist
Anne L. Boisclair-Fahey
Phyllis A. Boler
John H. Borg
Frances N. Bower
Donna G. Boyer
James R. Breitenbucher
Beverly A. Bridges
Jill A. Briggs
Merilys P. Brown (H)
Ruth A. Bryant
Sandra L. Caligiuri
Marjana F. Callery
Robert L. Callery
Amy M. Card
Margaret L. Carlson
Rosalie H. Carlson (Ch, H)
Patricia M. Carte
Winston P. Cavert
Steven L. Chiang
Arlis H. Christenson
Dale L. Christenson
Raul F. Cifuentes
Virginia B. Clifford
giving highlights
M. Jean Craemer
Robert H. Cress
Nancy V. Dagg
Jodell E. Dahl
Corinne M. Daly
Florence E. Deaner
Carol A. Delage
Abigail D. Deming
Kelly M. Derby
Faye E. Dettmann
Martha E. Dew
Susan K. Dewey-Hammer
Rebecca A. Diekmann
Christopher K. Dietz
M. Barbara Dixon
David B. Drache
Mary T. Drache
Debra J. Drew
Lou A. Dykstra
Robert Dykstra
Mary K. Eberley
Marlene R. Ellis
Emiko Endo
Carley J. Engwall
Gretchen L. Erpelding
Edward A. Fagerlund
Kathleen A. Fagerlund
Charles J. Farho
Joyce E. Farho
Lois Fielding
Karen S. Finnegan
Laura E. Folden
Marlene A. Fondrick
Agnes A. Fredricks
Sarah M. Gutknecht
Helen E. Hansen
LaVohn E. Josten (Ch)
Kappa Phi Sigma Theta Tau
Carol J. Kelsey (Ch)
Donald G. Kelsey (Ch)
G. Anne LaBree (H)
$100–$332
Vivian I. Aarestad
Priscilla A. Abercrombie
Kay M. Acton
Candace D. Allender-Kropf
Lynn A. Almquist
Evi Altschuler
The Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation
awarded a $25,000 grant to the Cynthia Kelley
O’Neill Scholarship for Psychiatric Nursing. The
scholarship supports students pursuing graduate
studies in psychiatric mental health nursing.
O’Neill Scholarship recipient, Jane Meineke.
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Lois E. Freeberg Requa
Peggy L. Griffin
Miriam R. Hazzard
Jeanne M. Howell
Barbara J. Leonard
Lois M. Frels
Cynthia J. Hadenfeldt
Michael R. Heller
Linda M. Hussey
Adeline C. Leraas
Annette K. Fritz
Joan K. Hagen
Susan M. Heller
Linda M. Huwe
Betty L. Lia-Hoagberg
Margaret H. Fullinwider
Lisa M. Hagen
Avis M. High
IBM International Fdn.
Gary L. Lindstrom
Maren D. Gaalaas
Marian E. Haij
Richard J. Hill
Nancy J. Irvin
Loranne M. Lindstrom
Peder A. Gaalaas
Mark A. Hallberg
Barbara R. Hiller
Cynthia A. Jacobson
Elizabeth C. Lines
Carol L. Gackle
Mary Jo Hallberg
Susan E. Hirst Ketcham
Helen M. Jameson
Yin T. Liong-Schaff
George D. Gackle
Gayle S. Hallin
Rudolph K. Hoagberg
Mary M. Jewison
Beatrice S. Lippitt*
Robin L. Galambos
Barbara J. Hanks
Dennis H. Hochsprung
Coral S. Joffer
Mary A. Loftus
Nancy L. Gallagher
Betty J. Hanna
Carol E. Hocking
Betty J. Johnson
Sandra L. Lovell
Joanne L. Gardner
Jeni M. Hansen
Frances M. Hoffman
Donald L. Johnson
Lori L. Luther
Betty A. Gassett
Mary R. Hanstad
Sharon E. Hoffman
Edna E. Johnson
Craig J. Luzinski
Elizabeth M. Johnson
Norma J. Lyslo
giving highlights
Dorothy Tucker established the Jean Rossman Field Nursing Scholarship in
memory of her dear friend. Dorothy and Jean (’44) met at the University
of Minnesota where they became
roommates and lifelong friends.
Following graduation from the
School of Nursing, Jean Rossman
Field worked as an RN at the
University of Minnesota Hospital
and later in the ICU at Fairview
Southdale Hospital. She married
Orrin Field in 1945, and they had
five children and nine grandchildren.
An accomplished bridge
player, Jean possessed keen
Jean Rossman Field (left) and Dorothy Tucker
Scrabble skills and was an avid
fan of football, baseball, and hockey. Throughout her adult life she
remained an active and devoted member of the School of Nursing Alumni
Association. Jean passed away on March 17, 2008, at the age of 86. Through
Dorothy’s generosity, Jean leaves a wonderful legacy for the nursing
students who will follow.
Phyllis L. Johnson
Ruth E. Johnson
Elizabeth B. Johnston
Martha A. Jones
Ann S. Jordan
Jo Anne Judge-Dietz
Katherine J. Justus
Illola F. Keefe
Ann W. Kelly
Colette B. Kerlin
Barbara L. Kern-Pieh
Floris E. King (Ch)
Linda G. Klammer
Patsy M. Klose
Judith G. Kreyer
Mary E. Krick
Carol S. Kuehnel
Alice M. Kuramoto
Robert C. Kyarsgaard
Victoria A. Kyarsgaard
Barbara J. Lace-Langdon
Gwendolyn G. Ladner
Karen B. McCampbell
Carin W. McClelland
Isabel T. McGarry
Donald E. McGrath
June E. McGrath
Floyd G. McLellan, Jr.*
Mary Ann S. McLellan*
Janet M. McMartin
Kerstin L. McSteen
Sandra J. MacKenzie
Mary E. Madda
Pat A. Madden
Kristine M. Maki-Olson
Ann T. Maland
Laurel G. Mallon
Ruth G. Manchester
Rosemary V. Manion
Sandra R. Markel
Cary L. Martinson
Jeanette A. Mefford
Carrie A. Meier
Barbara J. Merrill
General Mills Fdn.
Barbara B. Gibb
Jane A. Gisslen
Cynthia A. Gmitro
Michael G. Gmitro
Karen M. Goeke
Maureen P. Golden
Maria T. Grabriel
Elaine R. Greiner
Michael R. Griffin
Dorothy L. Hare
Judith L. Harris
Margaret E. Harris
Ruby C. Hass
Ruth L. Hass
Kathryn D. Hathaway
Meri E. Hauge
Jan K. Haugland
Judith A. Haviland
Mary R. Hayes
T. J. Hoffman
Zorada E. Hoge (H)
J. Adele Hoglin
Una S. Hoisser
Linka M. Holey
Lorine M. Holschuh
Daniel D. Hoolihan
Rosemary M. Hoolihan
Pearl R. Hoover
William Horne
Joseph A. Ladner
Nancy E. Lamo
Susan S. Lampe
David L. Larson
Lorraine A. Leas
Sharon L. Lehmann (H)
Dorothy J. Leigh
Norma A. Leino
Kathleen F. Lenarz
Brenda K. Lenz
Ruth E. Leo
Priscilla J. Merryman
Laura G. Mitchell
Patricia J. Molloy
Darwin J. Monson
Sandra J. Monson
Meryl J. Montgomery
Ruth Morehead
Diane E. Mortenson
Nicole V. Morton
Deborah J. Muller
Angela R. Mund
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giving highlights
D. P. “Dewey” Ramlo’s planned gift will
establish the Aimee Ramlo Fund for Nursing
Excellence in memory of his beloved wife
of 51 years. Alice “Aimee” Veard Ramlo (’56)
taught at several hospitals in Milwaukee
and the Twin Cities, including St. Barnabus
and Abbott. She also taught federal nurse
refresher courses. The Ramlos moved to
Eugene, Oregon, in 1970. Aimee became
active in AAUW and later the U of M Alumni
Association, Welsh Corgi Rescue, and the
Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon. Aimee died
December 21, 2006, at the age of 75.
Steven J. Mund
Marilyn A. Murphy
Claire C. Nelson
Mabel M. Nelson
Judith K. Nemecek
Rebecca J. Nesse
Kristen C. Nicklawske
Barbara J. Nordberg
Carol D. Nordgaard
Valatrice E. Nordin
Catherine J. Norman
Theresa K. Nyberg
Claire S. O’Connor Frisch
Marie L. O’Koren
Ellen A. O’Neal
Alvhild M. Olander
Jacquelyn J. Olson
Mary K. Oppegaard
Marianne G. Orton
Debra J. Ouellette
Sarah E. Parsons
Anne L. Pavlich
Jane M. Persoon
Michelle A. Pesonen
John P. Pesonen
Carol G. Peterson
Eileen H. Peterson
Michael G. Petty
Claire S. Pfau
Pfizer Fdn.
Stephen W. Pieh
Anne T. Pierce
Kay R. Plymat
Elizabeth I. Polcyn
Jody B. Portu
Beverly H. Price
Therese C. Prochaska
Procter & Gamble
Timothy M. Rand
Mary A. Rapacz
Sandra A. Rasmussen
Mashall K. Reller
Kenneth J. Rempher
Marcia A. Renaux
Carol A. Repp
Sharon A. Ridgeway
Michael J. Ringhand
Patricia A. Robertson (F, H)
Sandra Robertson
Sandra K. Robinson
Richard A. Rohla
Charlotte G. Romain
Diane K. Rose
Jean D. Rose
Phyllis M. Roseberry
Ruth E. Rosen
Florence R. Ruhland (H)
LaVonne J. Russell Hootman
Muriel B. Ryden
Beth K. Schafer
Alice J. Schmidt
Muriel Schoon
Martha A. Schroth
Florence M. Schubert (H)
Ellen D. Schultz
Maynard W. Schultz
Lori A. Schutte
John H. Schwab
Philip Seyd
Ena M. Shawhan
Arden R. Short
Gretchen M. Short
Marilyn J. Simonds
Daniel Simundson
Diane K. Smith
Jean M. Smith
Joan M. Smith
Marion T. Smith
Judith J. Snow
Delphie J. Sorenson
Joan C. Stanisha
Joan D. Stenberg
Philomena M. Stewart
Mary K. Stranik
Jo Ann Strom
Kathryn A. Strony
Florine M. Sullivan
Mary J. Sumpmann
Barbara J. Swanstrom
Connie L. Swenson
Kenneth Syring
Virginia C. Syring
Renee R. Tasaka
Susan L. Taylor
David P. Tellett
Lucille S. Tellett
Jeanne M. Terhaar
Judith P. Tierney
Mary F. Tracy
Kelsey H. Tritabaugh
giving highlights
Lois M. Troemel
Virginia B. Turba
Bonnie Underdahl
Shirley Veith
Cynthia A. Verhey
Mary A. Warne
Verle I. Waters Clark
Susan M. Weisbrich
Mary L. Welz
Linda M. Wenkel
Yvonne Whalley
Elizabeth A. Wiborg
Mattie M. Widen
Nancy K. Williams (Ch)
Preston P. Williams
Sharon R. Williams
Carol L. Witte
Ellen Wolfson
Wendy L. Worner
Xcel Energy Fdn.
Barbara A. Zell (H)
David W. Zemke
Kimberly K. Zemke
Diane M. Zempel
Jane M. Zimmerman
Mary J. Zimmerman
Lois C. Zumberge
Nancy L. Cook* (’48) left bequests totaling $88,465
to establish a Dean’s Strategic Initiatives Fund
and the Nancy L. Cook Fellowship for PhD students.
Nancy earned a baccalaureate degree from the
School of Nursing and a PhD in child psychology
from the Graduate School. She was proud of her
association with the University. In a letter written
to the Dean of Nursing in 2001, Nancy stated, “It is
my pleasure to support the School that started me on my professional
career and furthered my knowledge through my years of teaching.
I helped start the Department of Nursing at California State University,
Bakersfield, and was chair of this department from 1978 until my
retirement in 1992.” She went on to share her best wishes for “continued
success as an excellent School of Nursing.”
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$50–$99
Phyllis L. Dow
Patricia J. Graham
Helen K. Aase
Nancy A. Drange
Gerilee M. Greeley
Betty L. Aasland
Joan B. Edin
Charles T. Green
Deborah E. Achenbach
Susan M. Edstrom
Sandra M. Green
Susan G. Akey
Maxine E. Ehlers
James V. Greenwood
Carolyn R. Allen
William A. Ehlers
Nancy J. Greenwood
Sarah M. Amendola
Esther E. Ehlert
Cynthia R. Gross
Delores A. Anderson
Claudia C. Eklund
Karin E. Grosscup
Joan Anderson
Nancy R. Emmolo Sudol
Blossom C. Gullickson
Lorraine C. Anderson
Phyllis R. Engstrom
James Haas
Marian H. Anderson
Dorothy B.
Anderson-Galloway
Julia L. Andrix
Ann B. Antolick
Tobey B. Aronsohn
Norma S. Artman
June J. Aspenson
Dawn R. Atchison
Marjorie A. Auld
Lorinda L. Austin
Sharon A. Autio
Marianne E. Baez
Marina E. Bahmer
Annie J. Bailey
Jana K. Balfany
Mary L. Bassett
Eileen F. Battle
Brian H. Batzli
Jeanne M. Batzli
Kaye L. Baum
Bonnavieve M. Bear
Julia G. Behrenbeck
Thomas Behrenbeck
Sue E. Bell
Judith A. Beniak
Carol C. Berman
Alex Berner
Austin Berner
Michele L. Berner
Ruth E. Bertell
Jayne E. Beske
Virginia A. Beske
Mary M. Bishop
Helen K. Bjorlin
Gwili M. Blair
giving highlights
Lynette and Theodore Thompson established
a $25,000 endowed scholarship for students
from non-traditional fields who are seeking
a professional nursing degree. The scholarship
will support students who have entered
the School of Nursing with a minimum of a
baccalaureate degree in an area of study
other than nursing.
Karyl K. Blair
Marva K. Bohen
Angela Bonfe
Margaret A. Bornhoft
Jane M. Boster
Beverly Boyer
Charlotte L. Boyles
Cheryl L. Brandt
Melissa M. Brandts
Mary L. Braun
Carol J. Brezina
Judith A. Brink
Mary E. Broderick
Deidre A. Brossard
Betty Ann S. Brown
Elsie E. Brown
Marilyn A. Brown
Mary Jo M. Brun
Jean M. Burroughs
Shirley S. Butters
David A. Cahlander
Frances S. Callihan
Dayton C. Carlson
Gwen K. Carlson
Lori L. Carlson
Linda R. Carlyon
Richard T. Chamberlain
Sarah W. Chamberlain
Colleen B. Clark
Lawrence F. Clark
Margaret L. Cleveland
Georgiana M. Coray
Jill E. Cordes
Kathryn S. Crisler (Ch)
Mary Beth Crowley
Michelle J. Cunningham
Phyllis M. Dahl
Marjorie R. Dahlager
Betty J. Darby
Alice B. Daugherty
Joan C. Davey
Frances A. Decker*
Marilyn F. Deling
Lorraine B. Dennis
Alice F. Dettwiler
Kay R. Dickison
Carol A. Dieckhaus
Lois K. Doran
Delma L. Entner
Dean E. Erickson
Mary A. Fautsch
Kathryn L. Faville
Judith A. Feiler
Michael K. Feiler
Kay J. Fellows (Ch)
Vivian L. Fick Simpson
Brian A. Field
Nancy G. Field
Ann L. Findlay
Paul D. Finney
Suzanne K. Forsythe
Janet L. Fouts
Ellen B. Frazeur
Diane J. Fredeen
Cynthia K. Freeman
Susan G. Fritze
Kelly J. Gallagher
Lois Gantriis
Irene E. Garcia
Judith M. Gardner
Marlys N. Gebhard
Elaine K. Gelber
Ann M. Gengler
Rita E. Gengler
Gail R. George
Gudrun G. Giere
Jennie L. Giere
Melody J. Gifford
Lorraine Giordano
Mary E. Glaeser
Nancy C. Goff-Laipple
Stephen Goodell
Myrna J. Goodman
John W. Gorman
Teresa A. Haas
Mary M. Hachenburg
Karol A. Hagberg
Jean M. Halverson
Tracey K. Hammel
David J. Hand
Mary M. Hand (H)
Verona M. Hansen
Cathleen A. Haring
Louise H. Harris
Susan D. Hasselle
Ursula H. Hawkins
Ann M. Hayden
Meredithe Hedenstrom
James T. Hegland
Phyllis H. Hegland
Katherine L. Heller-Ostroot
Marilyn Z. Hempstead
Theresa M. Hendrickson
Jane Hennessy
Burke A. Hill
Carol J. Hill
Signe S. Hill
Frances M. Hirsch
Stephen J. Hirsch
Marjorie R. Hoagland
Melvin G. Hoagland
Karen R. Holmes
Diane L. Hubers
Jacquelyn A. Huebsch
Barbara J. Hunt
Patricia J. Hunter
Eleanor L. Hutchinson
James N. Jacobsen
Marjorie R. Jacobsen
Carol A. Jakway
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Karen A. Jansky-Koll
Cecelia B. Jennewein
Gerald F. Jirsa
Susan E. Jirsa
Susan T. Johanson
Timothy D. Johanson
Mary B. Johnson
Irene M. Johnson
Joanne L. Johnson
Karen L. Johnson
Karen S. Johnson
Timothy P. Johnson
Jennifer L. Kack
Florence S. Kahn
Barbara S. Kaminski
Christina C. Kant
Stephanie L. Kapfer
Milree Keeling
Julia A. Kelly
Rita A. Kelly
Elizabeth L. Kemper
Mary J. Kempf
Wendy E. Kidd
Elinor K. Kikugawa
Laurie M. King
William P. Kingston
Margaret L. Kirkpatrick
Mark S. Kirschbaum
Mary Jo Kirschbaum
Miriam S. Kiser
Marilyn C. Klein
Carol J. Knoll
Janice Knutson
Lois Knutson
Odell Knutson
Carolyn A. Kochel
Samuel S. Kochel
Cathryn Konat
Gerald C. Korblick
Judith A. Kramer
Kevin A. Kramer
Marjorie D. Kuhl (H)
Lindyce A. Kulik
Arlene L. Kyte
Cheryl H. Lanigan
Susan K. Lantz
Polly E. Lanz
Ann M. Larson
Greg P. Larson
Julene A. Larson
Mary K. Larweck
Robert B. Lasser
giving highlights
The Class of 1961 secured $25,000 in gifts
and pledges to become the second class to
endow a new scholarship commemorating
their years at the School of Nursing.
Rebecca H. Leach
Alice C. Lehman
Ann Leland
Catherine A. Lexau
Steve Leyendecker
Yea-Nah A. Liao
Deborah M. Link
Alice A. Litton
Ann R. Loth
Debra A. Loy
Heather R. Lucken Scholl
Emily A. Lundberg
Elizabeth C. Lundeen
Kathleen M. McDonough
Mary Ann McGuire
Cheryl L. McKane
Susan J. McKinley (H)
Margaret R. McLellan
Jean A. MacDonald
Alexis R. Maciej
Ruth H. Macklin
Betty J. Main
Katie J. Maki
Michael T. Malone
Sue A. Marguleas
Vina L. Marquart
Trena S. Martinson
Elaine A. Mason
Denise A. Meijer
Patricia L. Melby
Gretchen G. Mettler
Judith L. Miller
Peter T. Mitchell
Margaret A. Monahan
Kelly Morberg
Penny M. Morin
Wende D. Morrell
Patricia J. Morse (H)
Betty J. Moyer
Michael R. Mullin
Susan M. Mullin
giving highlights
The new Marion Vannier Scholarship, honoring
the School of Nursing’s third director (1924
to 1930), was endowed through leadership gifts
provided by Sadie and Wilton* Vannier and
Buck-A-Year contributions received from alumni.
Anne L. Murphy
Gretchen G. Musicant
Tracey K. Myers
Debra A. Naegele
Penelope E. Naki
Beth M. Nelson
Betty J. Nelson
Charlotte A. Nelson
Floyd L. Nelson
Pamela J. Nelson
Sandra R. Nimmo
Susan Noel
Ardis L. Nohner-Black
Margarett A. Nordstog
Thomas L. Nystrom
Susan K. O’Connell
Stephen J. O’Connor
Jean A. O’Leary
Delila C. Ojeda
Reuben Ojeda
Barbara B. Ottinger
Joyce A. Overman Dube
Naomi A. Palmer-Strom
Richard A. Pearson
Diane M. Peaslee
Anthony Peck
Cynthia J. Peden-Mc Alpine
Don W. Perlich
Joan K. Perlich
Karen Y. Persico
Aaron L. Peter
Kristine J. Peterson
Mary K. Peterson
Luann M. Petska
A. Jeanne Pfeiffer
Joanna L. Pierce (Ch, H)
Michelle
Pittman-Leyendecker
Margaret L. Plunkett
Daniel M. Pogatchnik
Jennifer Pogatchnik
Mary A. Pollard
Michael S. Popadiuk
Deborah A. Poppie-Dubois
Cynthia A. Prestholdt
Beatrice R. Price
Grant A. Pylkas
Mary J. Pylkas
Diana C. Rachuy
Christine V. Rahn
Lori M. Ramig
Deborah J. Rasmussen
Astrid M. Ravenholt
Margaret J. Rawlings
Ruth M. Reed
Patricia J. Reily
Betty L. Reinhart
Linda D. Ridlehuber
Barbara L. Rodorigo
Janet G. Rog
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Beverly A. Walling
Christine M. Walsh
aarp contributes
to fellowship
AARP has made a generous contribution toward
the establishment of the Joanne Disch Fellowship
of Geronontological Nursing Leadership at the
School of Nursing. The contribution honors Disch
who served for six years on the AARP national
board of directors. From 2006 through 2008, she
served also as board chair (see “Joanne Disch Leads
the Way,” page 20).
At a dinner in Washington, D.C., last May,
AARP CEO Tom Nelson commended Disch on her
Tom Nelson and Joanne Disch
visionary leadership, governance skills, sense of
humor, and interpersonal strengths. Dean Connie Delaney also congratulated Disch: “This recognition
of your years of service to the AARP, your leadership in the field of nursing, and your commitment to
gerontological health are a source of great pride to your colleagues at the School of Nursing.”
We encourage SoN alumni, friends, and supporters to contribute to this fellowship, which
supports graduate nursing education. To learn more about donating to the School of Nursing, contact
Laurel Mallon, SoN director of development at 612-624-2490 or mallo001@umn.edu.
Sarah A. Walters
Karen A. Wambach
Cuimian Wang
Barbara R. Ward
Richard T. Ward
Olive M. Weatherman
Eileen P. Weber
Linda G. Weber
Amy L. Wells
Mary Wells
Dianne E. Werger
Thomas H. West
Lynn Wetherbee
June T. Wheeler
Mary J. Wheeler
Patrice M. Wickmann
Nancy Wilson
Ruth M. Wingeier
Karen L. Wolf
Beverly L. Woodbury
Paulen V. Wrigley
C. Douglas Youel
Dorothy A. Root
Patricia S. Shaver
Angeline E. Stone
Sarah C. Tellijohn
Janet T. Youel
Caroline B. Rosdahl
Juliana L. Shultz
Jim L. Story
Connie R. Thach
Lisa M. Zindler
Melanie A. Ruda
Frances E. Silvis
Joanne B. Story
Sheryl A. Theuninck
Jean M. Zuroski
Lorraine H. Ryberg
Joyce Simones
Linda C. Stover
Sonia A. Thoreson
Kathleen H. Zyla
Ruby M. Salewski
Heather A. Simso
Susan H. Strohschein
Grace B. Thorp
Jill M. Samayoa
Jennifer Savino
Jan L. Scharlau
Camilla R. Schloemer
Mary Dee Schmalz
Laura R. Schmid
Phyllis J. Schmid
Jill M. Scholz
Cizzarie L. Schomberg
Patricia M. Schoon
Barbara J. Schroeder
Marlene A. Skold
Helena F. Slind
Shirley J. Small
Hisako U. Smith
Marjorie J. Smith
Timothy J. Smith
Priscilla E. Snelling
Barbara M. Spokes
Elizabeth J. Spooner-Falde
Patricia L. Spraitz
Karen K. Stanley
Ruth Stryker-Gordon (Ch, H)
Doris G. Stucke
Marie E. Sullivan
Ruth A. Sunsdahl
Elizabeth L. Swanson
Kathryn L. Swanson
Marj Swanson
Mary A. Swanson
Karen P. Swenson
Lynn S. Swift
Judith M. Szalapski
Karl M. Thorson
Melissa A. Thorson
Sonda J. Tolle
Stephanie E. Toughill
Jill Tusing
Carlene D. Ulmer
Alexa E. Umbreit
Noriyas P. Un
Teresa E. Vander Eyk
June D. Vaughn
Beth A. Vice
Every gift is important,
although space limitations
only allow us to list donors
who have made gifts of
$50 or more between July 1,
2007, and June 30, 2008,
please be sure to let us
know if we have inadvertently
omitted your name
or misrepresented your
contribution. Contact Laurel
Mallon at 612-624-2490
or mallo001@umn.edu for
more information.
Kathleen J. Schumacher
Ruth O. Stanley
Kiyomi K. Takekawa
Kathryn L. Vigen
Colleen Schwartz
State Farm Co. Fdn.
Wen-Na E. Tan
Elizabeth J. Virant
Dana L. Seadlund
Joyce Stevens
Hazel B. Tanner
Kathy A. Wagle
Marlys W. Seitzer
David E. Stiernagle
Mary E. Tanner
Dayton J. Walker
Helen E. Sell
Jackie A. Stiernagle
Margaret Tatarka
Susan S. Walker
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Nursing’s Legacy ˘
Andrew Aubart, Safiya Ahmed, and Gina Adney anxiously wait
to have their degree conferred by Regent John Frobenius and Dean
Connie Delaney at the school’s BSN commencement ceremony
on May 15. Said Dean Delaney: “…Today you inherit this legacy:
…an education grounded in scholarship, leadership, and service.
You have been prepared to engage in relationship, to continuously
explore the science and art of nursing practice.”
¯ Our Bodies Ourselves:
Pregnancy & Birth
Dr. Melissa Avery, associate professor and
chair of the SoN Child and Family Health
Cooperative, moderated an open discussion
and special presentation with Judy Norsigian,
co-author of Our Bodies Ourselves: Pregnancy
& Birth. Also participating were Andy
Steiner, author of Spilled Milk: Breastfeeding
Adventures and Advice from Less-Than-Perfect
Moms; Deborah Ringdahl, SoN clinical
assistant professor; and Kathryn Leggitt,
SoN alumna and certified nurse-midwife
at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Photo Finish
Nursing Research Day ˙
Faculty, students, and community partners presented research
findings and discussed implications for practice and policy at the
SoN’s annual Nursing Research Day. Dr. Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob
delivered the keynote address. View presentations from this event
at www.nursing.umn.edu/ResearchDay.
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
PHOTOS: JAN MARIE LUNDGREN
BSN students Brittney Disrude (left) and Gina
Adney (right) present their quality improvement
poster “High Dose? Low Dose? No Dose?”
SoN Professor Dr. Donna Bliss (left) and her
advisees, graduate students Daniela Kramer (center)
and Nicole Ressler (right). The students partnered
on the research poster “Evidence-Based Practice
Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment
of Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis.”
Graduate student Momodou Ceesay discusses
his research poster “Polypharmacy Issues and the
Elderly Population.”

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calendar of events
For more information about these School of Nursing events,
go to www.nursing.umn.edu.
February 27
Nurse Practitioner/Midwife Student Conference
March 27–30
Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference
April 24
Nursing Research Day
May Gatherings
(held throughout the month)
May 5–7
Nurses’ Week Celebration, Nursing Grand Rounds
May 15
BSN Commencement Ceremony