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minnesota
nursing
fall/winter 2011
A publication of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing
engagement
in our local, national, & global communities
inside:
u Arts-based program improves connection between Latino
adolescents and their families
u Aerobic exercise improves QOL for people with Alzheimer’s disease
u Center for Health Trajectory Research publishes in special issue of
Nursing Research
u Emily Carol Hennings Anderson Establishes Endowed Scholarship
minnesota
nursing
fall/winter 2011
contents
features
13
13 Strengthening the Bond
Arts based program helps improve communication
between Latino adolescents and their families
16 Exercise Matters
Aerobic exercise improves quality of life for people
with Alzheimer’s disease
18 Heart to Heart
School of Nursing PhD students discuss their
passion for nursing research
38 DNP Program Transforms an Idea into
an Innovative Program
Alumni Profile: Janet Dutcher
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39 Informatics Revolutionizes Korean Nursing
Education and Health Care
Alumni Profile: Hyeoun Ae Park
45 Learning is Forever
Emily Carol Hennings Anderson establishes endowed
scholarship for undergraduate students
46 Planned Giving Matters
School of Nursing alumna Susan Forstrom helps
shape the future of health care
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on the cover: An image from a photovoice exhibit
displaying the effects of deportation on families.
Read more on page 13 about how School of Nursing
Assistant Professor Carolyn Garcia and colleagues are
working to improve connections between Latino youth
and their families.
Dean
Connie W. Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Managing Editor
Aneisha Tucker
Contributing Writers
Tony Baisley, Nancy Giguere, Darlene Gorrill,
Aneisha Tucker
Art Direction
Aneisha Tucker
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from the dean
Engagement.
Welcome to this issue of Minnesota Nursing magazine.
As you read this testament to our school’s collective
engagement, I invite you to get engaged yourself. That is
Involvement, Interaction, Influence, and Intimacy with the
people, programs, and initiatives of the School of Nursing
at the University of Minnesota. Our engagement extends
beyond the Twin Cities’ campus to the Rochester community,
the state of Minnesota, across the United States, and
throughout the world as we expand our partnerships
to grow both our programs and expertise.
We invite you to join us in welcoming the 16th President
of the University of Minnesota, Eric Kaler. Get involved in
our partnership with President Kaler to deliver on the
fundamental themes of his administration:
• Excellence from teaching to research to community
engagement to operations;
• Access to all qualified Minnesota students,
regardless of family income;
• Diversity of our student body and faculty;
• Research to support health, advance technology,
and seek solutions to the most daunting problems
facing our communities and that empower Minnesota’s
innovation economy;
• Pace (speed) and efficiency in all that we do;
• Engagement with partners in businesses, nonprofits, urban,
and rural communities, and even the K-12 education system
to leverage our unique resources and expertise; and
• Philanthropy, which will be vital to build on public
investment and transform the U of M from very good
to truly great.
We want your participation and trust to know that the
concerns of the public are paramount to those of us in health
related education, research, and practice as we look to reform
health care. Our commitment to ensuring accessible, quality,
and value-driven care is dependent upon this trust and upon
our ability to foster synergy across our missions –
of science/research/scholarship, educating the next
generation of nursing leaders, and evidence-based clinical
care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
This engagement must ensure team and interprofessional
interactions of all health related disciplines and expertise.
Such engagement relies on our knowledge, support, and
use of all the expertise noted in the Institute of Medicine’s
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
2010 report.
Nursing science brings a unique contribution to health
care as noted in ”IOM and the Future of Minnesota Nursing,”
and “Minnesota Joins 15 states to become IOM Action
Coalition” (page 6).
Engagement requires attention to transitions, from across
the lifespan of health, illness, or chronic care, throughout the
continuum of care settings that include home, clinics, hospitals,
or long term care as described in the premiere Nursing Research
supplement authored by several of our scientists (pages 28-29.)
Central stories such as “Exercise Matters” conducted by
Dr. Fang Yu (page 16), and “Strengthening the Bond,”
Dr. Carolyn Garcia’s work with Latino adolescents and their
families (page 13) further underscore our engagement.
Celebrate with us the lectureships of Drs. Kathleen Buckwalter
and Susan Reinhard (page 30), our new American Academy
of Nursing (AAN) fellows and Joanne Disch being named the
organization’s new president (pages 7-8). Read about the
engagement of Emily Carol Hennings Anderson in “Learning
is Forever,” (page 45) which highlights the creation of an
endowment to support nursing students’ education.
We invite your continued (or new) engagement through
Involvement, Interaction, Influence, and Intimacy.
Stay in touch with us on our vibrant web site and join us in our
new partnership with nurseslounge.com.
Thank you for the opportunity to be engaged as
your 10th Dean.
Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Professor and Dean
Wondering how you can
become engaged with
your School of Nursing?
For more information,
contact Gigi Fourré
Schumacher or
Laurel Mallon at
nursedev@umn.edu.
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President Kaler
Joins Nursing
Students in
Delivering Care
University of Minnesota President Eric
Kaler and his wife Karen Kaler visited the
Academic Health Center (AHC) as part
of a campus crawl during Inauguration
Week. During the September 19, 2011 tour,
President Kaler visited the AHC IERC and
Simulation Center where he participated
as a member of an interprofessional team
with Master of Nursing students Margaret
Dimon and Casey Wangen to deliver care to
a simulated patient. The team was led by
Dr. Jane Miller, director of the AHC IERC and
Simulation Center and included students
from the College of Pharmacy and the
Medical School.
“The simulation lab is a great beginning
to practice in an interprofessional setting
with other schools the AHC. From the
first day of class we are taught to be not
just nurses, but nursing leaders, and it’s
extremely important to learn how to
fulfill this role while working in a team -
as we will once we begin practicing, says
Margaret Dimon. “With our different
specialties it is absolutely imperative that
we work together to best care for our
patients both in the acute setting as well
as in the community. If we don’t utilize our
colleagues’ expertise and collaborate, we
will shortchange ourselves, our patients,
and the future of healthcare.”
The University of Minnesota Board of
Regents named alumnus Eric Kaler, PhD, as
the University’s 16th president; he assumed
his new role on July 1, 2011. Learn more
about President Kaler and his goals for the
U, view photographs, watch videos, and sign
his guest book at www.umn.edu/president.
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photos: mark engebretson, aneisha tucker
1) Dean Connie Delaney (right) greets President Eric Kaler and his wife Karen Kaler.
2) Margaret Dimon and Casey Wangen in the AHC IERC and Simulation Center.
3) Dean Connie Delaney (center) chats with Eric and Karen Kaler in the AHC simulation Center.
4) President Kaler prepares with the health professional team to deliver care to the SimMan®
5) Dean Connie Delaney (center) with MN students Casey Wangen and Margaret Dimon.
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Improving the Health of our
Communities
U of M receives $51 million NIH award, funding to help researchers push new
discoveries forward faster
by tony baisley
Earlier this year, the University of Minnesota was awarded a $51
million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award, the largest singleinstitution
NIH award ever received by the University, will support
a broad scope of U of M researchers in both new and existing
programs to push treatments, therapies, and clinical trial outcomes
to patients and communities faster, while offering more immediate
benefits from research discoveries.
This enormous University triumph concluded a five-year effort
that saw the U of M skyrocket from a mid-level contender to one
of the top CTSA award winners. Overall in 2011, five institutions
received $200 million for their Academic Health Centers to
accelerate laboratory discoveries into patient treatments.
Joining the University of Minnesota in 2011 are Pennsylvania
State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; University
of California, Los Angeles; University of Kansas Medical Center,
Kansas City; and the University of Kentucky, Lexington. With the
most recent awards, the NIH is now funding 60 CTSA institutions
nationwide, creating a consortium of institutions working towards
joint research efforts between universities and the community and
increasing the efficiency at which the discoveries and results of
clinical trials translate into new treatments, cures, and improved
health outcomes.
CTSA sites, like the University of Minnesota, will also train a
new generation of researchers to engage early in collaborative,
interprofessional efforts surrounding clinical research, and to focus
on the training needs of faculty and staff as well as for community
leaders. The CTSA award will support the infrastructure for the
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University.
making it happen
“The CTSA is a transformative initiative whose ultimate value is
changing the health of the people - changing it in an expedited way
through collaboration and partnership with health professionals,
patients, and communities,” says School of Nursing dean Connie
Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI. Last year, Delaney was asked to
support the University’s efforts to achieve this award as the CTSI
associate director-BMI (Biomedical Informatics).
School of Nursing student researcher in the lab.
Delaney proved a key strategic partner in advancing the University’s
infrastructure. Her informatics expertise, commitment to
teamwork, and leadership roles as CTSA program co-lead, director
of the AHC Biomedical Health Informatics (BMHI), as well as being
the acting director of the Institute for Health Informatics (IHI), had
a significant impact in the improved CTSA score and final awarding
of the grant. Associate Professor Jayne Fulkerson, PhD, served as
co-director of the Evaluation and Monitoring for the CTSI, and
many other School of Nursing faculty contributed to the CTSA grant
application and award.
a promising future
For the U of M, the award confirms both the success and future
promise of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).
For the last five years, the U of M’s Office of Research – and the
Academic Health Center, in particular – have invested substantial
resources in the CTSI to actively engage University faculty and staff
with community partners in the clinical trials and research process.
“Our CTSI provides the underpinning support necessary to
exponentially expand our infrastructure and training capacity and
push new discoveries forward faster,” says Bruce Blazar, MD, CTSI
director and leader of the CTSA program at the U of M. “Ultimately,
ttim rummelhoff
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university of minnesota academic health center
School of Nursing Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, pictured
with Aaron Friedman, MD both are of the CTSI leadership team. Other
members include: Jasjit Ahluwalia, MD, Bruce Blazar, MD, Barbara Brandt,
PhD, Mark Herzberg, DDS, PhD, Tucker LeBien, PhD, Andrew Nelson, MPH,
Sheila Riggs, DDS.
this award is about capitalizing on the most promising
research and putting findings into practice to improve the
health of our patients and communities.”
The full scope of the U of M’s CTSI includes five areas
of research and expertise: Clinical Translational Research
Services; Biomedical Informatics; Education, Training and
Research Career Development; Populations; and the Office of
Discovery and Translation.
building on the university’s strengths
“With this distinguished grant award, the NIH recognizes
the strength of our University’s clinical research enterprise
and our extraordinary capacity to translate scientific
breakthroughs into improved health and well-being,” says
Aaron Friedman, MD, Vice President for Health Sciences and
dean of the Medical School. “The CTSA provides a catalytic
opportunity to build on the fine foundation already in place at
UMN and across the state of Minnesota.”
The CTSA will tie together research taking place across
focus areas known as the University’s Corridors of Discovery:
cancer, cardiology, diabetes, infectious diseases and brain
sciences. It will also leverage work happening in other
University programs, with our community partners, as well as
with CTSA partners across the region and nation, maximizing
the potential impact.
Learn more about the CTSA at
www.ctsaweb.org/docs/CTSA_FactSheet.pdf
Stay connected to your
School of Nursing!
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news and opportunities through a new partnership with
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Visit www.nurseslounge.com today!
In 2011, the School of Nursing ranked in the top 5
percent among public and private nursing schools
in the nation (U.S. News & World Report). The school
also ranked in the top 10 in midwifery and clinical
nurse specialist/public health nursing programs!
For more information about our programs, go to
nursing.umn.edu/education.
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IOM and the Future
of Minnesota Nursing
Conference
On May 12, 2011 nursing educators, health professionals, students,
and the public attended the “IOM and the Future of Minnesota
Nursing: A Call to Meet Expanding Public Need” conference to hear
key insight and advice from Michael R. Bleich, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean
and Carol A. Lindeman Distinguished Professor from Oregon Health
& Science University.
The conference consisted of three working sessions with a core
focus to transform health and health care delivery to the people
and communities in Minnesota.
The sessions focused on: creating a competent workforce; how
nursing addresses the diverse communities of Minnesota, as well as
the diversity of student and faculty body; and nursing leadership in
Minnesota.
These discussions will generate next steps for nursing and
non-nursing partnership in Minnesota to move forward in
implementing the objectives of the Institute of Medicine report,
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The report
explores how nurses’ roles, responsibilities, and education should
change significantly to meet the increased demand for care and to
advance improvements in America’s increasingly complex health
system.
Throughout the day, Dr. Bleich shared key ideas that stimulated
discussion in the writing of the groundbreaking IOM report. Bleich,
“Great things can happen when you bring great minds together.”--Dr. Michael
Bleich at the “IOM and the Future of Minnesota Nursing: A Call to Meet
Expanding Public Need” conference held May 12, 2011 at the College of St.
Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota.
a 1987 alumni of the U of M School of Nursing, was a member of
the IOM commission that produced the Future of Nursing report.
The event concluded with his public lecture entitled “Nursing
and the IOM: Can We, Will We Lead Change to Advance Health in
Minnesota... in America?” where he charged those in attendance to
use their voice to help move this critical agenda ahead.
This conference was sponsored by the Minnesota Association of
Colleges of Nursing (MACN) and cosponsored by the AD/PN Directors
Association, Center for Nursing, HealthForce Minnesota, Minnesota
Board of Nursing, and the Minnesota Hospital Association.
Watch video of the sessions at
nursing.umn.edu/IOMConference
Minnesota Joins 15 states to
become an IOM Action Coalition
Minnesota has been awarded national recognition by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP Foundation to join
15 states in becoming an Action Coalition. “This is a clear sign
that Minnesota’s nurses are working together and working in
collaboration with non-nursing partners in teams that work and
make strategic sense,” says Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN,
FACMI. Dean Delaney and Clinical Professor Joanne Disch, PhD, RN,
FAAN, are members of the steering committee formed to support
the Minnesota Action Coalition. Other key stakeholders include
Minnesota Center for Nursing, HealthForce Minnesota, Minnesota
Board of Nursing, Minnesota Association of College of Nursing
(MACN) and the Minnesota Hospital Association.
Action Coalitions are being launched throughout the U.S. to
continue the conversations with nursing and non-nursing leaders
about the opportunities to transform health care through nursing
as brought forth in the IOM report Future of Nursing: Leading
Change, Advancing Health. These coalitions are the driving force of
the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and will effect longterm
sustainable change at the local, state, and regional levels.
The statewide goals of the Minnesota’ Action Coalition include:
• Improving leadership capacity and the influence of nursing.
• Creating and delivering clear messages on the IOM
recommendations.
• Expanding the ability of nurses to come together and create
needed change by creating a sustainable fiscal model with new
stakeholders.
• Collaborating with diverse constituencies for the purpose of
identifying innovative health optimizing initiatives.
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we are committed to leadership.
Leadership has always been a core value of the University
of Minnesota School of Nursing; our faculty exemplifies the
Academy’s vision of leaders in the profession and influencers
of the future of health care. We are proud to congratulate
our faculty on their induction as Fellows into the American
Academy of Nursing:
Thomas Clancy, PhD, MBA, RN
Merrie Kaas, DNSc, RN, CNS-BC
Karen Monsen, PhD, RN
We also congratulate Distinguished Alumna
Hyeoun-Ae Park, PhD, MS, on her induction
as an International Fellow.
And we celebrate Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, on
her presidency of the American Academy of Nursing.
They now join our Faculty and Emeritus Faculty Fellows including Dean Connie Delaney, Melissa Avery, Linda Bearinger, Donna Bliss,
Sheila Corcoron-Perry, Joanne Disch, Sandra Edwardson, Ann Garwick, Mary Jo Kreitzer, Barbara Leonard, Joan Liaschenko,
Linda Lindeke, Ruth Lindquist, Elaine Mansfield, Marie Manthey, Christine Mueller, Margaret Newman, Carol O’Boyle, Linda Olson
Keller, Cheryl Robertson, Mary Fran Tracy, Mariah Snyder, Diane Treat-Jacobson, Bonnie Westra, Jean Wyman.
Pictured l-r: Karen Monsen, Merrie Kaas, Joanne Disch, Thomas Clancy.
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Honors & Awards L-R:
Karin Alaniz, Linda Chlan, Ruth Lindquist, Diane Treat-Jacobson, Fang Yu.
faculty
American Academy of Nursing
inducts four faculty, Joanne
Disch assumes presidency
On October 15, 2011, at the Academy
of Nursing’s 38th annual meeting and
conference, four School of Nursing faculty
were inducted as fellows and Clinical
Professor Joanne Disch was inducted as
President of the organization’s Board
of Directors. Fellowship in the Academy
represents the nation’s top nurse
researchers, policymakers, scholars,
executives, educators, and practitioners.
Thomas Clancy, PhD, MBA, RN, was
selected by the Academy for transforming
theories of complex adaptive systems
into tools to support nursing practice.
Clancy developed computer simulation
models (CSM) that are used to aid
decision making when implementing
information technology, faculty redesign,
or practice change. This development
has enabled commercial businesses
and health care systems to successfully
implement electronic medical records or
new equipment; and has been used as an
innovative tool by academic institutions to
educate students and test theories.
Merrie J. Kaas, DNSc, RN, PMHCNS-
BC, was selected by the Academy for her
contributions in effecting change in the
health care of one of the country’s most
underserved and underrepresented
populations - older adults with emotional
disorders. As a nationally recognized
educator in psychiatric/mental health
nursing and a geropsychiatric nurse
clinician, Kaas has improved access and
treatment for older adults with emotional
disorders by working with colleagues to
develop innovative models of care such
as an in-home volunteer professional
counseling program for home-bound
elders, a model for geriatric depression
screening and management used in
rural primary care clinics, and a statewide
interprofessional public awareness
campaign about geriatric depression.
Karen Monsen, PhD, RN, was selected for
her national and international leadership
in improving the quality of nursing practice
and related population health outcomes
through nursing informatics. She has
developed new metrics, methods, and
models that use and analyze standardized
nursing data. Monsen is the founder of an
international nurse-led organization that
enables the advancement of data-and
practice- quality innovations, including
Omaha System Users Groups and the
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Center for Nursing Informatics Research
based Omaha System Partnership for
Knowledge Discovery and Health
Care Quality.
Hyeoun Ae Park, PhD, MS, School of
Nursing Distinguished Alumna, was
inducted as an International Fellow for
the advancement of nursing science in the
area of nursing informatics. Her expertise
in informatics has revolutionized nursing
education in Korea. She introduced the first
statistical consulting lab and computer
lab in a Korean nursing school and
established the first nursing informatics
major in graduate studies in Korea. Park
also developed an electronic nursing
records system that improved sharing and
exchanging accurate delivery of information
between health care facilities in Korea.
This work led to the development and
publication of a national standardized
nursing terminology.
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, was inducted
as President after two years as Presidentelect
and board member of the American
Academy of Nursing. “The Academy is
well positioned to advance nursing’s voice
to positively enhance health outcomes,”
says Disch. “I look forward to ensuring
the Academy is at the forefront of these
conversations.” Disch has extensive
experience as an educator, chief nurse
executive, leader, researcher, policy-maker,
and spokesperson. She served as board
member and Chairman of the National
Board of AARP; as President of the American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN),
and President of the AACN Certification
Board. Disch is also a contributing editor for
the American Journal of Nursing.
Five School of Nursing Faculty
Receive the DAISY Award
School of Nursing faculty Karin Alaniz,
PhD, RN, Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, Ruth
Lindquist, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FAAN,
Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FAAN,
and Fang Yu, PhD, GNP-BC, RN, were
presented with the DAISY award for their
commitment to the nursing profession and
inspirational influence on their students.
Given in collaboration with the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN),
the award recognizes school of nursing
faculty who have a profound impact on the
future practice patterns of their students.
The DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune
System) Foundation was formed in 2000,
by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died
at age 33 of complications of Idiopathic
Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) in honor
of the excellent and compassionate care he
received from nurses.
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Melissa Avery, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN,
received the 2011 Graduate Professional
Teaching Award for outstanding
contributions to post-baccalaureate,
graduate and professional education.
This is the University of Minnesota’s most
prestigious award for excellence in teaching.
Avery was also promoted to full professor by
the University’s Board of Regents.
Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN,
FACMI, was named one of 25 Women
Industry Leaders in the Twin Cities by the
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Melissa Frisvold, PhD, RN, CNM, RN, was
elected to the Accreditation Commission for
Midwifery Education Board of Review.
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LMFT, LP, FAAN,
was elected to the Board of Directors for
Minnesota Visiting Nurses Agency (MVNA).
Susan Henly, PhD, RN, was appointed as a
Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor in
Aging at the University of Oklahoma College
of Nursing (OUCN).
Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, FAAN,
was promoted to Associate Professor
with tenure by the University of Minnesota
Board of Regents. She was also inducted as
a Fellow in the American College of Medical
Informatics (ACMI), an honorary society
of elected fellows from the United States
and abroad who have made significant
and sustained contributions to the field of
medical informatics.
Kathryn White, DNP, RN, CRNA, was
elected to the Board of Directors for
the Minnesota Association of Nurse
Anesthetists. Her two year term will begin
October 7, 2011
New Appointments
Ulf Bronas, PhD, ATC, ATR, Assistant Professor and Director of the School of Nursing
Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, received his PhD in exercise/applied physiology from
the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on the efficacy of exercise therapy in
the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic
disease. Watch a video of Dr. Bronas discussing his research at www.nursing.umn.edu/
FacultyStaffandPreceptors/BronasUlf/home.html
Alison Frank-Quick joined the school’s Office of Student Career and Advancement
Services as the Admissions and Enrollment Coordinator for the BSN and PhD programs.
She also serves at the Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Linda Lindeke.
Frank-Quick has worked at the University of Minnesota since 2003, previously with the
Office of Student Finance, One Stop Student Services, and the School of Social Work. She
completed her B.A. in Art History at the University of Minnesota.
Kari Moeller joined the School of Nursing as the development administrator; she will
be working with members from both the school’s Development and Alumni Offices.
Moeller has a full and varied background including work as a development officer in
the San Francisco Bay area, experience as an executive administrator and campaign
manager in the Washington D.C. area, and as the manager of leadership and education
with the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce.
Teddy Potter, PhD, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, received her master of science with
a concentration in nursing higher education from the University of Minnesota and her
PhD from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her dissertation, Reconstructing
a New Story of Nursing: Critical Analysis of Nursing Textbooks Using Riane Eisler’s
Partnership Paradigm, challenges the current story which minimizes the contributions
of nursing care and limits the full potential of nurses. Potter has been a practicing nurse
for more than 30 years specializing in home care, AIDS care, and infusion therapy. Her
clinical expertise also includes rehabilitation and transitional care.
Claudia Schmidt joined the School of Nursing as the administrative assistant for the
Dean’s Office. Schmidt enjoyed working many years for the University of Minnesota
Mankato in Financial Aid, Alumni Affairs and The Computer Science Department.
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education
Heart to Heart
by eunice areba
For Dawn Witt, earning a PhD in nursing at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing offered her an opportunity to combine her
love for research with the practice of community and public health—especially as it relates to women’s health. Currently in her second year
of the PhD program, Witt, MPH, is helping women cope with heart disease under the guidance of her academic advisor Ruth Lindquist, PhD,
RN, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FAAN. Witt co-facilitates the Women’s Only Cardiac Support Group at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the Women’s Health Program. She leads discussions with members of
the support group on featured topics and hosts guest speakers who are health experts in the cardiovascular field. She is also implementing
“Embrace,” an amenity program which informs female cardiac patients at Abbott Northwestern Hospital about the Women’s Program and
how to find educational and social support after they are discharged from the hospital. Witt was recently interviewed by fellow graduate
student Eunice Areba about her research interest and what led her to the School of Nursing’s PhD program.
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Eunice Areba: What motivated you to embark on a doctoral degree with a concentration on
heart disease among women?
Dawn Witt: I have always had an interest in issues that affect women; I have a BA in Global
Studies, with a minor in Women’s Studies. I completed my MPH in Community Health
Education at the U of M, and my Plan B advisor was Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN.
I realized that I wanted to explore the aspect of women’s health more through research
and with her encouragement, and the encouragement of Dr. Lindquist, I applied for the PhD
program in nursing. I am not a nurse, but the School of Nursing PhD program matched my
goals to develop my research career.
E. A.: How are you using your previous graduate work in public health to further your
current studies?
D.W.: I’ve been able to use my experience and expertise in community health education to
connect with a group of women in the cardiac support group who share concerns and fears
about their heart disease, and who seek health education for self care to improve their
emotional and physical health. The experience thus far has been very stimulating, and my
previous background very beneficial.
E. A.: Tell me more about your interest in heart disease among women.
D. W.: In the general population, there is a lack of awareness that still exists about the
prevalence of heart disease and its risk factors among women —especially among
populations of disadvantaged women. The needs in this area have drawn me to focus my
dissertation to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors within this population of women.
In my dissertational research, I will be analyzing data from the Minnesota Women’s Healthy
Heart Program of the Women’s Center of Excellence.
E. A.: Are you involved in other research activities or projects?
D. W.: I am a graduate research assistant for Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FAAN,
on her NIH funded grant, EXERT: Exercise Training to Reduce Claudication
(www.nursing.umn.edu/EXERT). This experience has given me an opportunity to
develop my research and publication skills. I have also been involved in the evaluation
of the cardiac support group at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
E. A.: How has the PhD program prepared you for a possible career in research or academia?
D. W.: To date, the quality of the program has exceeded my expectations. The program
has prepared me to further my research career, to develop my skills as an independent
researcher and to contribute to the body of knowledge of cardiovascular disease prevention
among underserved populations of women.
Learn more about the School of Nursing’s PhD program, at www.nursing.umn.edu/PhD.
Eunice Areba, (bottom photo) currently in her
third year of the school’s PhD program, is working
with School of Nursing Associate Professor Dr.
Cheryl Robertson on her project, “Community
Coping Intervention for Somali Refugee Women”
which aims to decrease stress and teach new
coping skills to Somali refugee women who
have experienced war trauma and associated
psychosocial problems. Areba credits school’s
PhD program with helping her fulfill a desire to
combine research and an interest in the complex
public health issues of refugees and immigrants.
Read more about Eunice at
www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine.
aneisha tucker
fall/winter 2011 11
education
Continuing Professional Education
Continuing Professional Development at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing
is an ANCC-accredited provider of lifelong learning that meets the educational needs
of its customers and reflects the excellence of the School’s research and mission. This is
accomplished through online course development, web-based modules, and partnership in
educational onsite seminars
and events.
More than a dozen onsite presentations are planned for fall 2011, including co-providing
with Minnesota Organization for Leaders in Nursing (MOLN) on their fall conference
(School of Nursing faculty Drs. Joanne Disch and Mary Chesney were featured speakers);
the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities annual conference which is part of the
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center interprofessional initiative; and a new inhouse
project—Visibility and Voice in Public Health Nursing, the second annual international
public health nursing conference (October 9-11, 2011).
Online course leaders for the fall include:
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA 10x10)
The 13-module course examines the implications of informatics for practice in nursing and
health care, including electronic health records, safe exchange of patient data, and ethical
and global issues and challenges. The course launched this fall with fully updated content,
a new course interactive feature that connects students online with expert faculty, and an
onsite workshop in the fall at the AMIA annual meeting.
Telehealth Nurse Presenter
This course teaches essential knowledge about the role of the telehealth nurse presenter. It
includes information about telehealth practice, equipment, visits, and continuity of care, as
well as future directions. It is co-provided with the support of the Great Plains Telehealth
Resource and Assistance Center (TRAC).
Children with Special Health Care Needs
These modules are produced through grant funding from the Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, Dept. of Health and Human Services, and provide self-paced, accredited learning
about maternal and child health at no cost. Two new topics are posted this fall.
While Professional Education continues to focus on key conferences and online courses
and seminars, the Office of Practice, Partnership, and Professional Development has added
additional opportunity. For example, a partnership with VitalSims and local hospital groups
will use serious gaming technology (See “Playing to Learn” in the spring/summer issue of
Minnesota Nursing) as a way to deliver essential training to the health care industry in a
way that is cost-effective and learner-friendly. Partnership grants are also a future prospect
for content and course development.
Discover more at www.nursing.umn.edu/ContinuingEd.
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nursing research
Effects of deportation,
including child and parent
separation, were captured in
the photographs and words of
participants in Minnesota.
Strengthening
the bond
Arts-based program helps improve communication between Latino
adolescents and their families u
by darlene gorrill
fall/winter 2011 13
health promotion
Every Saturday for eight weeks, 12-year-old Kaily Ceballos and
her mother Norma Gaona, along with four other parent-adolescent
pairs, gathered at the El Colegio Charter School in
south Minneapolis where they reviewed and discussed their
assignments to document, through photos, the impact of
immigration on their lives.
Increasingly, their brother and son Jonathan Ceballos, who works
at El Colegio, began to notice changes in the mother-daughter
relationship. “They both put aside time for this,” he says. “It was a
good opportunity for them to work together, and I could see my
sister and mother getting closer.”
Strengthening the bonds between Latina mothers and
daughters is the kind of outcome that helps demonstrate
the benefits of Project Wings programs, currently involving
communities in Minnesota and Mexico. Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH,
RN, assistant professor, at the University of Minnesota School of
Nursing, and Rosa Maria Aguilera, researcher from the National
Institute of Psychiatry in Mexico serve as co-principal investigators
for the bi-national project.
the power of voice
Through Project Wings, Garcia and Aguilera are applying an artsbased
program to address some age-old dilemmas—improving the
connections among adolescents and family members and offering
community members who may lack other such channels a new way
to voice their concerns.
For several years, Garcia had looked to develop a project with
photovoice, a process where a group uses photography in a
structured way to express their voice on an issue of concern and in
some cases influence policy. In 2009, after building a relationship
with El Colegio, she launched a pilot photovoice project at the
school with the goal of promoting healthier relationships between
Latina mothers and daughters. Those stronger bonds, in turn,
help enhance the overall health of Latina girls, a population
disproportionately at risk for serious mental health issues, including
depression and suicide.
“Photovoice offers an opportunity not only to focus on
relationships with families, but also with other people in the
community,” says Garcia. “You can see changes at the individual
level and changes between family members. At another level,
it can inform policy.”
Blanca Raniolo-Olivares, director of community outreach
and parent engagement at El Colegio, helped recruit families
for the pilot and for Project Wings. An enthusiastic supporter of
Kally Ceballos (right) and her mother Norma Gaona work on their poster entitled
“Anoranza” which means a sense of nostalgia missing their home country and
family members, for a photovoice exhibit held at El Colegio Charter School.
photovoice, she was co-facilitator for the Project Wings sessions and
saw firsthand the powerful discussions that took place.
“When one of the parents described emotional memories, it was
sad and happy at the same time,” she says. “Everyone was learning
from each other.”
expression in minnesota & mexico
In the fall 2010 Project Wings group, the five adolescent-parent
pairs shared their experiences as Latino immigrants through the
photos that they took. Their photos revealed several themes. The
importance of family values and education were emphasized.
Families also shared a desire to keep their traditions, culture, beliefs,
and customs alive. The group presented their photos during a
public exhibition at the school that attracted more than 50 families,
community members, and the Spanish-speaking media.
Photovoice participants in Mexico documented the struggles
of families with members who emigrate to the U.S., including
the “feelings of loneliness, nostalgia, and the fear of family
disintegration,” says Aguilera. “The project both helps define the
main problems of the community, including generational conflicts
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Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN
garcia@umn.edu
• Latino adolescent health trajectories, mental well-being, family and school connectedness
• Access to quality health care, health care reform implications
• Asset-based health promotion interventions grounded in a socio-ecological framework
• Mixed methods, photovoice, community-based participatory methods
research
and lack of government support,” she says, “while at the same time
identifying some of its strengths, such as festivals and traditions.
Emigration can place a strain on the family relationships.
“Family disintegration caused by emigration to the U.S. produces
homes where grandmothers are left with the responsibility
of raising grandchildren,” she says. “The relationship between
grandparents and grandchildren is often complicated because the
generational perspectives are not mediated by the parents, who are
now in the U.S.”
Photovoice helped the participants express their feelings.
“The project allowed them to share their experiences related
to emigration of family members within their community and
also helped increase interest in activities that encourage youth
participation,” Aguilera says.
next steps: connecting fathers & sons
Project Wings will continue this fall with an additional group in
both countries. In Minnesota, the project team heard from Latino
fathers, who saw the positive impacts from the first group of
mothers and daughters and wanted also to participate. As a result,
the next Minnesota group will involve Latino fathers and their
teens. In addition, Garcia recently submitted a proposal to fund a
larger photovoice program for Minnesota high school Latina girls.
For participants, the benefits of photovoice projects continue. “The
whole family learned more about their history, their traditions, and
culture through the story that they and their photos told,” says
Jonathan Ceballos. His mother and sister are still taking photos.
“Not only is there the opportunity to grow as a family, there is the
opportunity to grow as themselves,” he says.
Jonathan Ceballos will be a co-facilitator with Raniolo-Olivares
for the father-and-son photovoice group in the fall. “It’s really hard
for dads to communicate with boys in the family,” says Ceballos.
“Just seeing the way my mother and sister came together is an
example I can share with this new group.”
Grandmother and granddaughter working together in a garden in Mexico. When
parents immigrate to the U.S., the relationships between these family members
often change and generational differences contribute to intra-familial conflict.
Pictured l-r: School of Nursing Assistant Professor Carolyn Garcia, Therese Genis,
School of Nursing graduate assistant, Blanca Ranlolo-Olivares, El Colegio Charter
School, and Grecia Camarillo, School of Nursing undergraduate assistant.
photos courtesy of therese genis
Read more about Dr. Garcia’s research and see additional photos
from the photovoice exhibits in the U.S. and Mexico at
www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine.
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esearch
chronic conditions management
exercise
matters
Aerobic exercise improves
quality of life for people
with Alzheimer’s disease
by nancy giguere
istockphoto/bowdenimages
As a young nurse in her native China,
Fang Yu, PhD, GNP-BC, RN, noticed that
care for patients with dementia was often
ineffective. “People didn’t know what to do
with them,” she says. “Once they were in the
hospital, they went downhill fast.”
Yu wanted to learn how to care for
these patients, and that desire led her to
the United States, and eventually to the
University of Minnesota, where she is
currently an assistant professor in the
School of Nursing.
Since 2005, she has been testing the
hypothesis that aerobic exercise can
improve function in older adults with
Alzheimer’s disease (AD). “We know from
studies of patients without dementia that
aerobic exercise improves cognition and
executive function, so it’s logical to think
that it could work the same way for
patients with dementia,” Yu says.
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Fang Yu, PhD, GNP-BC, RN
yuxx244@umn.edu
• Non-pharmacological interventions for improving cognition and function in older adults
• Aerobic exercise in older adults with dementia
research
testing feasibility
Because people with AD have difficulty with communication as well
as cognition, Yu first worked with two individuals to see whether
they could follow an exercise program using recumbent exercise
bikes. As a second step, she did a small study with four participants
to test the feasibility of using objective measures of intensity,
frequency, and duration.
When the baseline data from that study proved unreliable, she
switched to subjective measures in the third phase of her feasibility
research, which she conducted at Lyngblomsten, a continuing
care community in St. Paul. The eight participants, who included
both elders from the community and residents of Lyngblomsten’s
Heritage apartments, were asked to rate their effort from easy to
hard on a 1-to-5 scale.
During the six-month study, the elders exercised three times a
week, gradually working up to 45 minutes at moderate intensity.
Sessions also included a short warm-up and cool-down.
“After six months, participants had greater stamina and were
in better physical shape,” Yu says. “We also saw a trend toward
cognitive improvement and better executive function, but because
the sample was so small, we couldn’t draw definitive conclusions.”
a definite difference
Jennifer Veitenheimer, housing manager for the Heritage, says
she noticed a definite difference in residents who participated in
the study: “They were more energetic, more social, and more alert
and happier.”
They looked forward to exercise sessions. “It was a social event
for my mother,” says Rick Kringle, son of a Heritage resident.
“She always mentioned it when I came to visit.” And Mary Kay
Schneider, daughter of another resident, says her dad liked to brag
about his progress.
As a result of the study at the Heritage, Lyngblomsten has added
an exercise class. “Our goal is to have a dedicated fitness room,”
Veitenheimer says.
a fascinating study
Yu is now conducting the fourth phase of feasibility testing at
Lyngblomsten and the Southdale YMCA in Edina. This time she
is using objective measurements except when conditions like
heart arrhythmia or medications like beta-blockers make this
method unreliable. “For these participants, we use subjective
measurements, and for some people, we use both,” she says.
Dr. Yu monitors the progress of a study participant during an excercise session at
at Lyngblomsten Care facility.
This study includes three groups of about 10 participants each.
Assisting Yu in this phase is Christine Peterson, OTR/L, CES, an
occupational therapist with 20 years experience in cardiac
rehabilitation. “I have firsthand experience with the benefits of
exercise,” she says. “But this is my first research study, and I find it
fascinating.”
looking ahead
Yu will conclude the last phase of her feasibility studies in January
2012. After that, she plans to apply for funding for a larger, more
definitive study. The results could have a big impact. That’s because
anything that improves quality of life and delays cognitive decline
in people with AD could postpone nursing home admissions. Since
the annual cost of nursing home care averages $75,000 per person,
any delay means real savings to families, government programs,
and businesses.
Yu’s research is also benefitting nursing students. “The students
who have worked on these studies have learned how to talk with
people who have dementia, how to assess them, how to advocate
for them,” she says. “This is a real opportunity to educate the next
generation of nurses.”
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Z., Sun, F., Berriman, S., et al. (2010). Effects
of combined behavioral intervention and
tolterodine on patient-reported outcomes. The
Canadian Journal of Urology, 17(4), 5283-5290.
Yu, F. (2011). Guiding research and practice: A
conceptual model for aerobic exercise training
in Alzheimer’s disease. American Journal of
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 26(3),
184-194.
Yu, F., & Bil, K. (2010). Correlating heart rate
and perceived exertion during aerobic exercise
in Alzheimer’s disease. Nursing & Health
Sciences, 12(3), 375-380.
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grant awards
Faculty Principal & Co-Principal Investigators
July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
Adwan, Jehad
Pediatric Nurses’ Grief Experience Over the Death
of Their Patients: Its Relationship with Burnout
and Job Satisfaction
Sigma Theta Tau International—
Zeta Chapter
Avery, Melissa
Exercise for American Indian Women with
Gestational Diabetes (P20)
Center for Health Trajectory Research; National Institute
of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health
Avery, Melissa (C0-PI)
Prevention of Gestational Diabetes in American
Indian Women
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Bearinger, Linda
Adolescent Health Protection Research Training
Program (T01)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Bearinger, Linda
Center for Adolescent Nursing (T80)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and
Services Administration/U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
Bliss, Donna
Disparities in Incontinence and Perineal Skin
Damage in Nursing Home Elders (R01)
National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health
Bliss, Donna
Raising Literacy and Capacity for Incontinence
and Skin Care in Dementia (R03)
National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health
Bliss, Donna
Self-Healing Therapy Ostomy Pouch (STOP)
System (SBIR)
Eden Medical; National Center for Research Resources/
National Institutes of Health (Prime)
Bronas, Ulf
Claudication: Exercise Versus Endoluminal
Revascularization
Rhode Island Hospital; National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute/National Institutes of Health (Prime)
Bronas, Ulf
Diabetic Kidney Disease: Influence of Exercise on
Physical and Vascular Function (K23)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases/National Institutes of Health
Chesney, Mary
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT)
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Chlan, Linda
Anxiety Self-Management for Patients Receiving
Mechanical Ventilatory Support (R01)
National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health
Chlan, Linda
Bioeletric Impedance as a Measure of Muscle
Mass in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients
Center for Excellence in Critical Care/UMN Academic
Health Center
Delaney, Connie
Advancing the Nursing PhD in Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma; Health Resources and Services
Administration/U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (Prime)
Delaney, Connie
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science
Award (U54)
National Center for Research Resources/National
Institutes of Health
Disch, Joanne
Quality Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN):
Phase 3
American Association of Colleges of Nursing/Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation (Prime)
Disch, Joanne
Transforming Organizational Culture and
Performance by Improving Senior Leadership
Team Effectiveness
National Center for Healthcare Leadership and Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Edwardson, Sandra
Addressing Health Disparities Through DNP
Preparation
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Edwardson, Sandra
Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Edwardson, Sandra
Scholarships for Minnesota and Advanced
Practice American Indian Students
Minnesota Department of Health; Office of Minority
Health/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(Prime)
Fulkerson, Jayne
Healthy Home Offerings Via the Mealtime
Environment (HOME) (R01)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases/
National Institutes of Health
Fulkerson, Jayne
Observational Ratings of Child Feeding Practices
Among Preschoolers
UMN Obesity Prevention Center
Garcia, Carolyn
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Program Scholar (K12)
UMN Deborah E. Powell Center for Women’s Health;
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development/National Institutes of Health (Prime)
Garcia, Carolyn
Dissemination of Photovoice Study via
Community Forums
School of Nursing Foundation
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Garcia, Carolyn
Engaging Latino Adolescents Boys and Their
Parents in a Photovoice Project: A Pilot Project
Sigma Theta Tau International—Zeta Chapter
Garcia, Carolyn
Linking Latino Families to Mental Health Services
Using a Community Health Worker Based Multi-
Agency Collaborative Model: A Development and
Feasibility Study
Medica Foundation
Garcia, Carolyn
Pilot of a Latina Mother–Daughter Photovoice
Intervention to Promote Connectedness
Sigma Theta Tau International—Zeta Chapter
Garcia, Carolyn
Project Wings: Exploring Migration Effects on
Mexican Adolescent–Parent Communication and
Connectedness Using Photovoice
University of California; Health Initiative of the Americas
Garwick, Ann
Center for Children with Special Health Care
Needs (T80)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/Health Resources and
Services Administration/U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
Gaugler, Joseph
Adult Day Service Utilization and Outcomes: A
Mixed Methods Approach (K02)
National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
Gaugler, Joseph
Caregiver Outcomes Post Nursing Home
Placement of a Family Member (R21)
National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
Gaugler, Joseph
Comprehensive Support for Alzheimer’s Disease
Caregivers (R01)
National Institute on Aging/
National Institutes of Health
Gaugler, Joseph
Minnesota Community Living Program
Minnesota Board on Aging/
State of Minnesota
Gaugler, Joseph
Project ROSE
Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging; Minnesota Board
on Aging/State of Minnesota (Prime)
Gross, Cynthia
Mindfulness for Symptom Reduction: A
Transplant Candidate Study (R01)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases/National Institutes of Health
Hadidi, Niloufar
A Feasibility Study of Problem Solving Therapy for
Treatment of Poststroke Depressive Symptoms
and Enhancement of Quality of Life Outcomes
UMN Graduate School
Hadidi, Niloufar
Establishing Types of Depression in Stroke
Patients
Midwest Nursing Research Society
Hadidi, Niloufar
Problem-Solving Therapy for Treatment
of Poststroke Depressive Symptoms and
Enhancement of Quality of Life Outcomes
The John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic
Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Post-Doctoral
Fellowship/American Academy of Nursing
Herrick, Linda
Educational Needs Survey of Ostomates with
Shortened Lengths of Stay
Sigma Theta Tau International—
Zeta Chapter
Kaas, Merrie
Training to Improve Late-Stage Dementia (SBIR):
Phase 2
HealthCare Interactive; National Institute on Aging/
National Institutes of Health
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
CAM Research Education Partnership Project (R25)
Northwestern Health Sciences University; National
Institutes of Health (Prime)
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
Impact of Meditative Movement on Health
Outcomes of Older Adults in Long-Term Care
Facilities
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
Stress Reduction for Caregivers: A Randomized
Controlled Pilot Study (R21)
HealthPartners Research Foundation; National Institutes
of Health (Prime)
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
Whole Systems Healing Curriculum Development
Grant
Life Science Foundation
Krichbaum, Kathleen
Cultural Immersion Service Learning in Public
Health Nursing
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education/
U.S. Department of Education
Kubik, Martha
Development and Pilot Testing of a Youth-
Focused Community Assessment Tool for Use in
Rural Honduras
UMN Academic Health Center Seed Grant
Lindquist, Ruth
Lite-HEARTEN
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Lindquist, Ruth
Systems Change: Integrating Positive Lifestyle
Behaviors Into Daily Life
Center for Spirituality and Healing/
UMN Academic Health Center
McMorris, Barbara
Evaluation of a Restorative Justice Program for
Youth
Legal Rights Center; Minnesota Department of Public
Safety (Prime)
Mueller, Christine
Building Faculty Capacity in Geriatric Nursing for
Central Minnesota
West Central Initiative; Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (Prime)
Mueller, Christine
Developing Comprehensive Dementia-Specific
Nursing Home Quality Indicators
Indiana University; Alzheimer’s Association (Prime)
Mueller, Christine
Developing Exemplary Clinical Education
Partnerships and Learning in Nursing Homes
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Mueller, Christine
Evaluation of Minnesota Consortium Projects
Minnesota Department of Human Services
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Mueller, Christine
Evaluation of a State-Level Model for Promoting
Nursing Home Quality
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Indiana
University (Prime)
Mueller, Christine
Nursing Home Incentive Payment Program
for the Texas Department of Aging and
Disability Services
Myers and Stauffer; Texas Department of Aging
and Disability Services
Mueller, Christine
Regulating Licensed Nursing Practice in Nursing
Homes: RN Delegation, the Role of the LPN, and
Outcomes of Nursing Care
Duke University Medical Center;
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (Prime)
Olson Keller, Linda
A Culture of Excellence: Evidence-Based Public
Health Nursing Practice
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Olson Keller, Linda
Carrying the Black Bag: The History of Public
Health Nursing in Minnesota
School of Nursing Foundation
Painter, Patricia
Shared Equipment for Near Infrared Spectroscopy
UMN Graduate School
Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
The Experience of Community-Living Men with
Fecal Incontinence
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
Robertson, Cheryl
Community Coping Intervention for Somali
Refugee Women (R21)
National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health
Robertson, Cheryl
Understanding Somali Refugees’ Perceptions of
Mental Health Care: A Focused Ethnography
Program in Health Disparities Research/UMN Academic
Health Center (AHC)
Savik, Kay
Improving Dementia Care at Home and Reducing
Burden for Family Caregivers (SBIR)
HealthCare Interactive; National Institutes of Health
Sieving, Renee
Encuentro! Community Partnerships for Healthy
Youth Development
UMN Prevention Research Center; Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention/U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
Sieving, Renee
Lead Peace Collaborative Middle Grades Service
Learning Program
UMN Prevention Research Center; Best Buy Children’s
Foundation
Sieving, Renee
Prime Time: Health Promotion for Multiple Risk
Behaviors (R01)
National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health
Talley, Kristine
Preventing Disability in Frail Older Women
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s
Health (BIRCWH) Grant/Office of Research on Women’s
Health/National Institutes of Health
Talley, Kristine
The Effect of Restorative Care Nursing on
Patterns of Disability in Long-Stay Nursing Home
Residents
The John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin
Fellowship Award/American Academy of Nursing
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Claudication: Exercise Versus Endoluminal
Revascularization
Rhode Island Hospital; National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute/National Institutes of Health (Prime)
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Exercise Training to Reduce Claudication: Arm
Ergometry Versus Treadmill Walking (R01)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National
Institutes of Health
Westra, Bonnie
Development of a Consumer Research Network
for Studying Obesity (T15)
Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of
Health
Westra, Bonnie
The Impact of a Certified Wound, Ostomy,
Continence Nurse on Wounds and Incontinence
Outcomes for Home Health Care Patients
Wound, Ostomy and Continence
Nurses Society
Westra, Bonnie (Co-PI)
University Partnership for Health Informatics
Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
White, Kathryn
Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Human Services
Wyman, Jean
Center for Health Trajectories Research (P20)
National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health
Wyman, Jean
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Wyman, Jean
Developing a Model of Excellence for Community-
Based Teaching and Research to Improve the Care
of Vulnerable Older Adults
UMN Engaged Department Grant Program
Wyman, Jean
MAGEC Mentorship/
FLAG Expansion
Health Resources and Services Administration/U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Wyman, Jean
Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Alzheimer’s
Disease
Pfizer
Yu, Fang
Feasibility and Impact of Aerobic Exercise in
Alzheimer’s Disease
American Health Assistance Foundation
Yu, Fang
Validating Clinical Measures of Executive
Function in U.S. Veterans with Dementia
Faculty Seed Grant Program/UMN Academic
Health Center
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Student Principal &
Co-Principal Investigators
July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
Graduate
Dierich, Mary
John A. Hartford Foundation
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing
Capacity (BAGNC) Pre-Doctoral
Scholar Award
American Academy of Nursing
Dickerman, Jolene
Graduate Scholarship in Cancer
Nursing Practice
American Cancer Society, Inc.
Guttormson, Jill
Patients’ Recall and Assessment of
Mechanical Ventilation: Impact of
Sedation
American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses
Guttormson, Jill
Patients’ Recall and Assessment of
Mechanical Ventilation: Impact of
Sedation (F31)
National Institute of Nursing Research/
National Institutes of Health
Schorr, Erica
Characterization of the PAD
Symptom Experience (NRSA)
National Institute of Nursing Research/
National Institutes of Health
Schorr, Erica
Jonas Nursing Scholars Program
American Academy of Nursing
Uban, Nicolle
Low-Income Women’s Expectations,
Needs, and Desires for Social
Support in the Postpartum Period
Sigma Theta Tau International—
Zeta Chapter
Undergraduate
Bless, Kaitlan
The Effect of Exercise on Social
Functioning in Older Adults with
Alzheimer’s Disease
UMN UROP
Fields, Caitlyn
Relationships Between Parents’
Control of Preschool-Aged Children’s
Eating Behaviors and Parental
Perceptions of Their Child’s Weight
UMN UROP
Natalia Olivier
Assessing Youth Development:
Focus Groups with Youth and
Parents in Rural Honduras
UMN UROP
Larson, Reed
Disparities in Nursing Staffing in
Nursing Homes
UMN UROP
Wiltzen, Kjerstie
The Time to the Development
of Dual Incontinence in Elderly
Residents Who Have Either Fecal
or Urinary Incontinence at Nursing
Home Admission
UMN UROP
$71.3 Million in Federal
Funding to Expand
Nursing Education
minnesota schools awarded
nearly $830,000 to enhance
their nursing programs
The latest round of funding comes from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services through
the federal health care law, aimed to strengthen
nursing education and practice.
Programs benefitting range from baccalaureate
nursing education to support for advancedpractice
nurses. The money also goes to help
registered nurses complete their graduate
education to become nurse faculty, and increases
nursing education opportunities for people from
disadvantaged backgrounds.
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: $90,688;
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth: $41,679;
Winona State University, Winona: $33,279;
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul: $32,337;
Minnesota State University, Mankato: $26,956;
Augsburg College, Minneapolis: $22,891;
Minnesota State University, Moorhead: $16,658;
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona: $11,924.
Advanced Nursing Education:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: $280,853.
Nurse Anesthetist Training:
Minneapolis School of Anesthesia, Minneapolis:
$10,231; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis:
$2,154; St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona:
$6,463.
Nurse Faculty Loan Program:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: $250,000.
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Nursing Research is the official journal of the Eastern Nursing
Research Society and the Western Institute of Nursing. The
mission of Nursing Research is to report empirical findings
from the highest quality basic and clinical research focused on
understanding health and illness experiences, and to estimate
the impact of therapeutic actions and nursing systems.
Learn more at www.nursingresearchonline.com
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center director:
Jean Wyman, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FAAN
mission:
To develop and test innovative
interventions that help individuals
and families create optimal pathways
to health.
for more information:
Phone: 612-626-9443
E-mail: chtr@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CHTR
center minnesota forcenter for
adolescent health trajectory nursingresearch
A Call for New Strategies
to Develop Person-
Centered Science
To provide a new vision for nursing science, investigators from
the Minnesota Center for Health Trajectory Research recently
published a collection of articles in a special issue of Nursing
Research published in May/June 2011. Articles in this supplement,
Health Trajectory Research: Advancing Person-centered Nursing
Science, present the nursing science perspective on health trajectory
research and important theoretical considerations in studying
health and illness over time (trajectory)—including advances in
statistical modeling that support this area of research. Studying
the pattern of health of individuals can lead to the development of
strategies aimed at influencing health over time rather than at a
single point in time.
The supplement includes exemplar papers from original studies
applying the trajectory perspective in different conditions, settings,
and populations, and time scales ranging from seconds to years.
Topics include:
• Changes in anxiety related to mechanical ventilation in critically
ill patients (Dr. Linda Chlan and Kay Savik)
• Changes in patterns of pain (claudication) during treadmill
testing in patients with peripheral artery disease (Drs. Diane
Treat-Jacobson, Susan Henly, Ulf Bronas, Arthur Leon, and
George Henly)
• Changes in gastrointestinal symptoms in incontinent patients
being treated with fiber supplements (Dr. Donna Bliss, Kay Savik,
Drs. Hans-Joachim Jung, Robin Whitebird, and Ann Lowry)
• Changes in burden and depression in caregivers of spouses
with dementia as they transition to long-term care (Drs. Joseph
Gaugler, David Roth, William Haley, and Mary Mittelman)
• Changes in functioning of the parasympathetic nervous system
related to feeding in newborns after surgery for major congenital
heart abnormalities (Dr. Tondi Harrison)
• Changes in patterns of condom use by sexually active teens
participating in a pregnancy prevention program (Drs. Linda
Bearinger, Renee Sieving, Naomi Duke, Barbara McMorris,
Sarah Stoddard, and Sandra Pettingell)
The supplement concludes with a research agenda that lists
priorities for health trajectory research in nursing science, including
preparation of nurse scientists. According to the guest editors,
Drs. Susan Henly, Professor and Methods Director of the center
and Jean Wyman, Professor and Cora Meidl Siehl Chair of Nursing
Research and center director, the goal for this special issue was
to provide nurse researchers with ideas on how to incorporate a
health trajectory perspective into nursing intervention studies in
order to determine how interventions affect the course of health
for individuals. Knowledge generated from this type of personcentered
science can lead to interventions tailored to the individual,
improved clinical care, and optimal patient outcomes.
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center directors:
L) Jean Wyman, PhD, RN,
GNP-BC, FAAN
R) Christine Muller, PhD, RN, 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
or to subscribe to SageNews, the
center’s e-newsletter:
E-mail: mnhcgne@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/Hartford
minnesota hartford center of
geriatric nursing excellence
Center Hosts Two National
Nurse Leaders
On April 13-15, 2011, the Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric
Nursing Excellence hosted Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN, as
the Pfizer Visiting Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Buckwalter
is Professor Emeriti at the University of Iowa, Professor of Research
and Distinguished Nurse Scientist in Aging at Oklahoma University
College of Nursing and the Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing
Excellence.
During her visit, Buckwalter offered her expertise to faculty,
students, and clinicians and the opportunity to discuss mutual
research interests in behavioral management strategies for patients
with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. She presented
two lectures, “Beyond Bingo: Training Interdisciplinary Staff to
Enhance Activities for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia,”
and “Progressive Lowered Stress Threshold Model for Care of
Alzheimer’s Patients: Research into Practice” which coincided with
National Careers in Aging week.
Pictured left to right:
School of Nursing
Professor Christine
Mueller, Susan Reinhard,
Dean Connie Delaney,
and Professor Jean
Wyman.
Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President for the
AARP’s Public Policy Institute and Chief Strategist for the Center to
Champion Nursing was the featured speaker for the 4th Annual
Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Education Alliance meeting. Held
June 8-9, 2011, the theme for the Alliance meeting and Reinhard’s
presentations were based on the landmark report published by the
Institute of Medicine last fall on the Future of Nursing. On June 8th,
Reinhard gave a special address to the public entitled “The Future of
Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” where she discussed
the breakthrough report and the national campaign, Campaign
for Action, underway to ensure the report recommendations are
implemented. The following morning, she expanded on her public
presentation to address Alliance members where she shared ways
for members to analyze the report and find solutions to incorporate
or apply the suggestions in the report to their educational
institution’s curriculum. The event was co-sponsored by the
Minnesota Hospital Association and the U of M School of Nursing.
The Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Education Alliance is one
of four main initiatives of the MnHCGNE, and was established to
promote excellence in geriatric nursing education in associate and
higher degree programs in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin, including all Tribal Colleges.
Dr. Kathleen Buckwalter (left center) during session with School of
Nursing faculty.
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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:
Phone: 612-625-1187
E-mail: densford@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/Densford
katharine j. densford international center for
nursing leadership
Accountable Care
Organizations and Health
Care Homes:
Can Minnesota Make These Work?
Accountable care organizations are groups of health care providers
joining together to agree to be accountable for the quality, cost
and overall care of a population of patients across settings, e.g.,
community, hospital, rehab. Health care homes, often called medical
homes in other states, are models of primary care that link a patient
to a provider or practice, and are also accountable for providing
high quality, cost-effective and personalized care to that individual.
These care innovations share many similarities. Both are highly
touted as solutions for the health care crisis, and Minnesota has
been on the leading edge nationally in adopting these forms of
care delivery.
Yet there are many issues with both ACOs and HCHs, not the
least of which is the role of nurses in either of these models. On
November 9, 2011 the Densford Center hosted a Community Policy
Forum where a panel of experts reflected on care innovations and
comment on:
• What are the pros and the cons of the ACO and HCH?
• What role should nurses play?
• Can Minnesota make these work?
As with other Community Policy Forums, the provocative group of
speakers shared their thoughts, followed by audience discussion.
Forum speakers included Dave Moen, MD, President of Fairview
Physician Associates, Lawrence Massa, MSBAS, President and CEO
of the Minnesota Hospital Association, and Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD,
RN, FAAN, Professor and Director of the Center for Spirituality &
Healing.
As many thought leaders have noted over the years, change will
only come if each one of us, individually and collectively, works to
make not only change—but the right changes happen.
Speakers from the April 2011 Community Forum on the Future of Nursing report
and related initiatives nationally and in Minnesota. Pictured from left to right
are: Ellen Benavides, assistant commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health;
Erin Murphy, Representative, Minnesota House of Representatives; Linda Lindeke,
associate professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; and
Marla Weston, Executive Director of the American Nurses Association.
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center director:
Linda H. Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN, FSAHM
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:
Phone: 612-624-5157
Fax: 612-626-3467
E-mail: beari001@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CAN
center for
adolescent nursing
Crossing Boundaries:
Global Learning at Home
and Abroad
Like others focused on the health of young people, the Center for
Adolescent Nursing recognizes that distance isn’t as important as it
once was.
During a post-doctoral fellowship in the Center, Molly Secor-
Turner, PhD, RN, worked in several refugee and immigrant
communities of the Twin Cities—Latino/a, African American, Somali,
Hmong, and Liberian. Now an assistant professor at North Dakota
State University, Dr. Secor-Turner reflects, “During my post-doc work,
I came to realize that health issues of refugees and immigrants
from various corners of the globe could be the same or wildly
different from those of young people raised in the Midwest.”
Secor-Turner is one of a number of students, fellows, and faculty
in the Center taking advantage of opportunities to gain a global
perspective on health—even while working in communities
surrounding the University campus.
Minnesota and Morelos: Mexican Families in
Two Places
Like Secor-Turner, Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant professor
in the Center, has gained a global perspective through her
work with adolescent immigrants. Focused primarily on Latina
adolescents, she has found their issues mirror those of other
immigrants. “Health needs are exacerbated by language barriers
and the difficulties of negotiating two cultures,” she says. “The
resulting stress can increase risky behaviors such as smoking, drug
use, and unprotected sex, and could trigger underlying physical or
mental health problems such as diabetes or depression.”
Recently Garcia collaborated with a colleague at the National
Institute of Psychiatry in Mexico City. Their “photo-voice” study
gives expression to the attitudes, values, and challenges of migrant
families on both sides of the US–Mexican border. Two groups of
families participated – Mexican immigrants and their children now
living in Minnesota and Mexican families considered “left behind”
in Morelos, a small city about 40 miles northwest of Mexico City.
Interestingly, a high proportion of Morelos citizens immigrate to
Minnesota.
For two months, researchers gave digital cameras to families in
Morelos and Minnesota with instructions to photograph what’s
important to them and “tells their story.” Together parents and
children captioned their photographs. “Their photos painted a
picture of their life today,” says Garcia. “For immigrants in the US,
it was a story of leaving behind a family and trying to honor their
culture. For those in Mexico, it was a story of longing for those who
left.”
“We designed this purposefully to include parents and teens
together—using this intervention to promote family connectedness
– a key protective factor for all adolescents,” says Garcia. “Though
sometimes reluctant to enter counseling to address family health,
they relished the chance to be together, discussing their lives
through their photos.”
Global Trends, Local Impact
“Whether abroad or at home, we can’t escape global health trends,”
Secor-Turner says. The Midwest is experiencing an influx of people
from around the globe, each with their own health needs and
perhaps struggling with the challenge of straddling two cultures.
“To be attuned to the needs of adolescents in the US, we must pay
attention to global patterns. It has direct and indirect influences
on health and well-being of young people everywhere,”
says Secor-Turner.
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center director:
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 evidencebased
interventions and best
practices in primary and secondary
prevention.
for more information:
E-mail: CCFHPR@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCFHPR
center for
child and family health
promotion research
Research with a community-engaged focus is one of the prominent
hallmarks of the Center for Child and Family Health Promotion
Research. Center faculty regularly engages with domestic, national,
and international health care communities in their research.
Melissa Avery, PhD, RN, CNM,
FACNM, FAAN, Professor and
chair of the School of Nursing
Child and Family Health
Cooperative, is engaged with
several American Indian
communities in relation
to her research regarding
gestational diabetes. Avery
recently concluded a project
to develop and test the
feasibility of promoting exercise for American Indian women with
gestational diabetes. Funded by the School of Nursing’s Center for
Health Trajectory Research, the study included focus groups, key
informant interviews, and a pilot randomized controlled trial with
American Indian women in urban communities and on reservations.
She successfully collaborated with community clinics such as the
Native American Community Clinic, Community University Health
Care Center, Indian Health Board Clinic, American Indian Family
Center and Hennepin County Medical Center in program planning
and recruitment. Currently, she is collaborating with Dr. Jamie
Stang from the U of M School of Public Health to examine the
feasibility of a 24-week intensive lifestyle intervention focusing on
enhancements in diet and exercise for the prevention of gestational
diabetes among American Indian Women. This project is funded by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services; DHHS.
Mary Benbenek, PhD, RN, FNP, PNP, clinical associate professor,
helps promote the health of East African mothers with small
children, pre-teen and teenage girls, and elder women as an
Advisory Council member for the East African Women’s Center. Dr.
Benbenek’s research is also focused on health promotion of women
and girls from East Africa. Her dissertation addressed sunlight
exposure, dietary, and dress habits of Somali girls to promote
adolescent bone health. Most recently, Benbenek and her colleague,
Doroth Mayer from the East African Women’s Center, received
funding to conduct a project entitled “Developing a culturally
appropriate community-based pre and post natal education
program for East African Women.” Grant funding was awarded
by the Office of Community Engagement for Health within the
University of Minnesota’s Clinical and Translational Science
Institute which funds pilot grants designed to foster research,
build collaboration, and strengthen existing research relationships
between the University and the community.
Karen Johnson awarded a Theresa V. James Fellowship
Doctoral candidate Karen Johnson, BSN, BA, RN, received the 2011
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. Johnson’s research focuses
on adolescent sports team participation and health risk behaviors
such as sexual risk taking, violence involvement, substance use,
depressive symptoms, among alternative and traditional high
school students. Linda Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN, FSAHM is her
advisor.
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center director:
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, FAAN
mission:
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
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:
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCSHCN
E-mail: CSHCN@umn.edu
center for
children with special
health care needs
Leadership through
Community Engagement
Center faculty and students are committed to enhancing the quality of care for children
and youth with special health care needs (CYSCHN) through advocacy, education, evidencebased
practice, research and health care reform. Collaborations with key stakeholders and
partnerships at the local, state, and national level are key to preparing future pediatric
nursing leaders and achieving quality outcomes for CYSCHN.
Engagement through Community-based Research Partnerships
Jehad Adwan, PhD, RN is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing whose
dissertation focused on Pediatric Nurses’ Grief Experience: Its Relationship with Burnout
and Job Satisfaction. Jehad is able to integrate his research findings into his clinical practice
and teaching roles and plans to develop interventions for nurses experiencing the loss of
pediatric patients in hospital settings.
Mary Mescher Benbenek, PhD, RN, FNP, PNP is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the
new coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner specialty in the School of Nursing. Her
dissertation focused on Enablers and Barriers to Factors Contributing to Bone Health
Among Early Adolescent Somali Girls. Mary continues her community-based connections
to improve the health of Somali girls and their families through her clinical practice and
community-based research.
Community Engagement: Head Start Partnership
Center faculty Cheri L. Friedrich, DNP, RN, CNP serves on the Ramsey County Community
Action Partnership-Head Start/Early Head Start Health Services Advisory Committee in St.
Paul, MN. This partnership provides an opportunity to share health information with Head
Start, opens doors for research and has the potential to provide learning venues for our
students. This community-based partnership has also resulted in the development of web
based asthma education and resources through the Get a Head Start on Asthma Project
(Ann Garwick, PI). http://www.nursing.umn.edu/GetaHeadStartonAsthma/
L-R: Jehad Adwan, May M. Benbenek,
Cheri L. Friedrich
Community Outreach through
Continuing Education
Be the Change: A parent’s perspective on
family-centered care by Theresa Zimanske
Theresa Zimanske, founder of Be the
Change, LLC, shares the patient and
family perspective in health care and her
family’s real life experiences to strengthen
relationships and create partnerships with
health care providers. She eloquently shares
her story of a family’s journey with a son
who died from a complicated rare disease.
The Be the Change module will be available
online fall 2011.
Eight self-paced CSHCN continuing
education modules with Minnesota Board
of Nursing or ANCC contact hours available
at no cost on our center’s Continuing
Education page at
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCSHCN.
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center director:
Jean Wyman, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, 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
center for
gerontological nursing
Center Faculty Receive
Research Awards
Hadidi Receives GAPNA Excellence in Research Award
Depression affects almost 20 percent of stroke survivors in acute
rehabilitation settings leading to greater disability, impaired
quality of life, and worse health outcomes. Niloufar Hadidi, PhD,
CNS, APRN, BC, assistant professor and Claire M. Fagin Scholar,
has been studying the effect of problem-solving therapy to
reduce depression in older stroke survivors. According to Hadidi,
this innovative therapy shows much promise to improve health
outcomes of older stroke patients. Since the start of her study,
supported with funds from the University of Minnesota’s Grant-In-
Aid Program and the John A. Hartford Foundation, she has received
positive reports from patients and clinicians about how helpful
the therapy has been in improving patients’ depressive symptoms.
Based on her pioneering work and commitment to nursing research
that benefits older adults, Hadidi was awarded the Gerontological
Advanced Practice Nursing Association’s (GAPNA) Excellence in
Research Award on September 16, 2011 during their annual meeting
held in Washington D.C.
Talley Named 2011
BIRCWH Scholar
The University of Minnesota’s
Deborah E. Powell Center
for Women’s Health named
Kristine Talley, PhD, GNP-BC,
assistant professor, a 2011
Building Interdisciplinary
Research Career in Women’s
Health (BIRCWH) Scholar. Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and
Office of Research on Women’s Health, this faculty-mentored
development program supports Talley’s research focused on
preventing and delaying disability in older women. According to Dr.
Talley, “Many people do not realize that disability is a costly health
concern for older women, as they account for the majority of people
living with disabilities and for the majority of Medicaid costs when
their disability triggers nursing home placement.”
One of the greatest risk factors for nursing home placement is
the inability to self-manage toileting. Toileting disabilities result
when difficulties with walking, transferring, and dressing occur
with urinary incontinence. Talley is working with multidisciplinary
gerontological experts to design a program that combines
physical activity, non-pharmacological continence strategies, and
environmental modification to prevent or delay toileting disabilities
in frail older women living in assisted living facilities. The ultimate
goal is to prevent or delay nursing home placements and allow
older women to live as independently as possible. She recently
received a highly competitive Academic Health Science Center
Seed Grant to support the development of her intervention. Tally
is mentored by School of Nursing Professor Jean Wyman, PhD, RN,
FAAN and James Neaton, PhD, from the U of M Biostatistics, School
of Public Health.
Dr. Niloufar Hadidi and with stroke survivor Susan B. Bardill.
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A Letter from the
President
Dear Alumni and Friends of the School of Nursing,
As I assume the presidency of the Nursing Alumni Society Board for the 2011-12 academic
year, our number one goal is to increase participation of alumni old and new in our Society.
I am not referring to age when I think of “old and new,” but to those who have and will continue to participate in alumni activities, and
those who haven’t yet taken the opportunity to do so. Since my election to the Board approximately three years ago, I have worked with a
talented and
very dedicated group of alumni who strive to create a program of activities rich in content, but we have still not hit our stride.
This year will be focused on the engagement of alumni who have graduated from all of our programs —bachelor’s through doctoral,
including those holding certificates, and from those across the U.S. and throughout the world. We want to hear from you, your ideas
about what we, as a Society, can do to make your alumni experience a more involved and rewarding with the School of Nursing and the
University of Minnesota.
Tell me what we’re doing well, and where we need to do better. Tell me how you want to be connected to the growth of the School—
and I promise to listen and to represent your views to our Board, which includes the Dean. Let’s make this new academic year one of
engagement and renewed commitment to celebrating the diversity and strength of our alumni. You may reach me at graha052@umn.edu.
If you’d like to have a virtual or real cup of coffee and talk, I’m always available.
Yours in service,
Michael Graham, PhD, RN, PHN, (MN ’08)
President, Nursing Alumni Society Board
Upcoming Alumni Events
2011
December 7-8
December 16
Scholarship Jewelry Sale
President’s Club Holiday Celebration
Fall Commencement Ceremony
2012
January 14
January 21
February 25
April 27
May 11
Minne-College (Surprise, Arizona)
Minne-College (Naples, Florida)
Dean’s Alumni Gathering (Albuquerque,
New Mexico)
Nursing Research Day: Community Engaged
Research & Practice
“Salute to Seniors” Luncheon
Spring Commencement Ceremony
Learn more about these and other School of Nursing Alumni events
at www.nursing.umn.edu
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Nursing Alumni Spring Celebration and
Reunion 2011
Alumni, faculty, and students gathered for a lively reunion at McNamara
Alumni Center on April 30, 2011. Minnesota Senator Kathy Sheran gave the
keynote address, “Quality Health Care for All: A Call to Social Action,
alumni awards were presented, and reunion classes honored.
Excellence in Nursing Education Award
Georgia Nygaard DNP, RN, CNP, BSN ‘85. Conscientious instructor and
influential role model, whose creative teaching methods and passion for
patient care inspire students to navigate the arena of advanced practice
nursing with pride and purpose.
1
Excellence in Nursing Education Award
Linda Herrick, PhD ‘98, MSN ’91, RN. Admired advisor, mentor, and educator,
whose sincere interest in students and passion for health care education and
research provide meaningful learning opportunities for students, nurturing
their journey into the professional world of nursing.
Rising Star Award
Janet Dutcher, DNP ’09, RN, NNP. Exemplary graduate of the School of
Nursing and health care advocate, whose devoted service and professional
accomplishments as a neonatal nurse practitioner include facilitation of an
innovative neonatal advance care plan to meet the needs of infants.
(Read more about Dr. Dutcher on page 40.)
2
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Dawn Petroskas, RN, PhD(c). Recognized for committed service to
underrepresented and underserved populations, contributions to the
profession of nursing through research, and tireless local and national
advocacy for responding to the health concerns of persons experiencing
homelessness.
3
Outstanding Undergraduate Nursing Student Award
Michaella Murphy, BSN ‘11, RN. Recognized for energetic leadership on
the Nursing College Board, compassionate commitment to service and
demonstrated competence in the delivery of nursing care.
Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Award
Michael Bleich, PhD, MPH ’87, RN, FAAN. Honored at the school’s May
commencement ceremony for courageous leadership, compassionate
commitment to service, and dynamic contributions to shaping the future
of the nursing profession and nursing education for the ultimate benefit of
health care.
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aneisha tucker
1) Minnesota State Senator Kathy Sheran discusses with guests the successes and challenges
in providing health care for underserved populations. 2) Dean Connie Delaney (center)
pictured with award winners (left to right) Linda Herrick, Michaella Murphy, Dawn Petroskas,
and Georgia Nygaard. 3) Class of 1971 pictured from left to right are Peck Salmen Tierney,
Jeanine Emmons, Marth Perry Bolton, and Jane Howe Tripple. 4) Georgia Nygaard pictured
with NP students. 5) 2011 School of Nursing Alumni Society President Cheryl Lanigan presents
Dr. Michael Bleich with the Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Award at the School of
Nursing’s commencement ceremony on May 13, 2011.
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alumni news
Janet
Dutcher
School of Nursing’s DNP program
helps alumna to transform ideas
into innovative programs
by darlene gorrill
Janet Dutcher, DNP ‘09, RN, NNP-BC, has spent much of her nursing
career working with the tiniest and most vulnerable of patients –
babies who are born too early. She entered the Doctor of Nursing
Practice (DNP) program at the University’s School of Nursing with a
commitment to improve care for neonates and their families.
She more than made good on that commitment: She succeeded
in turning her DNP project into a new program for her organization,
the Avera Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. As a result,
when family members initially learn the devastating news that
their baby may die or face life-limiting conditions, they receive the
support of an interdisciplinary team who helps guide them through
the challenging days ahead.
In recognition of her work, Dutcher received the inaugural Rising
Star Award from the School of Nursing Alumni Society in April 2011.
She also has coauthored an article for the Journal of Perinatal and
Neonatal Nursing on the development of palliative care program,
known as Embrace.
Her DNP experience not only helped turn her idea into an
innovative program to bring care to families, it prepared her for
promotion to nurse manager of the health center’s Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
“It really gave me the tools and confidence just to take my
thinking to a whole new level,” says Dutcher. “
The program offers a wide variety of courses that are not found in
general nursing. It gave me the skills to be able to move forward
with the project.”
Dutcher knew that developing a standard program to bring
palliative care required hospital-wide change. As one of her first
steps, she met and joined forces with the physician in charge of
adult palliative care. They also involved representatives from other
disciplines to support families. “My University courses helped me
Janet Dutcher at School of Nursing Research Day last spring after receiving the
Rising Star Award.
think through program development and the value of involving key
stakeholders early,” she says.
The hospital launched a pilot in 2009, a precursor of its current
program that now provides both adult and children’s palliative care.
The core palliative care team, which includes a nurse practitioner,
physician, chaplain, geneticist, and social worker, works with family
to develop a birth plan and stays with the family before and after
birth. Other hospitals in the Avera system have indicated an interest
in using the program as a model for their own efforts.
For Dutcher, satisfaction comes from knowing the important
impact of these efforts on families during a painful and stressful
time in their lives. “You share the most sacred time in their lives,”
she says. “You are enriched so deeply by the time you spend with
them.”
Dutcher also enhances the larger nursing community through
her volunteer efforts. She helping the University of South Dakota
develop an online program in palliative care and serving on the
Governor’s Task Force on Infant Mortality.
Bolstered by her DNP education, she looks forward to making
greater contributions. “The DNP helps you to learn how to take
evidence-based practice and nursing excellence to the bedside.”
Learn more about the School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice
(DNP) program at www.nursing.umn.edu/DNP.
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Hyeoun Ae
Park
Alumna’s innovations in informatics
revolutionizes nursing education
and health care in Korea
Hyeoun Ae Park (second from the left) during a visit to the School of Nursing
to learn more about the school’s Center for Nursing Informatics. She is pictured
with Clinical Professor Thomas Clancy, Dean Connie Delaney, and Associate
Professor Bonnie Westra.
aneisha tucker
by aneisha tucker
Hyeoun Ae Park, PhD, MS, has devoted much of her career to
advancing nursing science, especially in the area of nursing
informatics. Her legacy includes achievements such as establishing
the first nursing informatics major in graduate studies and
introducing the first statistics consulting lab and computer lab in a
Korean nursing school.
Park, a Professor in the College of Nursing at Seoul National
University (SNU), Seoul, Republic of Korea, is a Distinguished
Alumna of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the
School of Public Health, where she earned a master’s degree in
nursing in 1983, a master’s in Biometry and Health Information
Systems in 1986, followed by her PhD in 1987.
When Park returned to Korea in 1987 she was one of very few
nursing educators with a PhD. She used her doctorate experience
and expertise in informatics to revolutionize nursing education by
integrating nursing informatics and creating health informatics
courses for SNU’s undergraduate curriculum and developing a
graduate program for nursing informatics. “Leading the Korean
nursing community in the advancement of nursing science is an
area of my work I am most proud,” says Dr. Park. “It has grown from
a conceptual level to a systematic structural level – that has been
exciting to witness.” Park also assisted her fellow SNU colleagues
in pursing higher education by offering her skills in research
methodology, statistical analysis, and information technology and
later developed courses in writing research proposals, data analysis
and the use of computer and IT.
Her expertise in informatics has been a great benefit not only to
the Seoul National University, but has impacted the entire Korean
and international nursing community. Park was asked to work with
the Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs to further research
regarding national healthcare systems where she developed the
first standardized terminology-based electronic nursing record
system. The system directly affected the daily practices of health
care providers in Korea including the entire nursing population.
This system improved the sharing and exchange of information
between health care facilities and led to the development and
publication of national standardized nursing terminology which
ultimately resulted in the adoption of national guidelines. It has
been made available to all hospitals in Korea to standardize their
information systems.
Park feels her University doctoral experience taught her
the importance of a successful professional career: leadership,
communicative abilities, collaboration, and networking. Since
returning from the states after earning her PhD, assuming
leadership roles in nursing and health informatics was natural.
Park has authored numerous books, written in both Korean
and English, focusing on nursing informatics, biostatistics, and
research methodology, as wells as hundreds of articles with a
focus of nursing informatics. She has also received national and
international honors and awards from the nursing and informatics
communities including the Korean Society of Medical Informatics
Award, Award for the Best Article in Science and Technology from
the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, and
the University of Minnesota Distinguished Leadership Award for
Internationals. Park has served on various committees and boards
(International Medical Informatics Association, Korean Society of
Medical Informatics) and organized national and international
conferences (9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics);
these activities demonstrate that her leadership is not just confined
to her home country but includes the global scientific community.
“I was able to promote nursing to the outside world and bring in
other types of knowledge to improve nursing science. This was
only possible through the abilities I gained during my time at the
University of Minnesota.”
In recognition of her transformative work, Park was inducted as
an International Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the
highest honor in the nursing profession.
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Class Notes
Gayle Hallin Receives Alumni
Service Award
Gayle Hallin (MPH ’77, BSN ’70) received the prestigious 2011
Alumni Service Award from the University of Minnesota for her
long-time service, advocacy, and support of the School of Nursing.
For more than 30 year Hallin has served as a powerful advocate
for the School of Nursing and a leader in public health. During her
time as an undergraduate student in the nursing program, she
played an influential role in the redesign of the school’s programs
and classes. That leadership, influence, and connection continued
in her many years of service as the Alumni Society Board as president (2006), Secretary/
Treasurer (2011), representative to the University of Minnesota Alumni Association National
Board, and as the chair of the Densford Board of Advisors. During her time of service with
the Nursing Alumni Society Board, the society was named Outstanding Alumni Society
in 2006 and 2010 and received the Program Extraordinaire Award in 2009 for its Speed
Mentoring Program.
In 2009, Hallin was nominated by her fellow alumni and named one of the School of
Nursing’s 100 Distinguished Alumni. She was recognized for her contributions to improve
access and quality of healthcare for communities and the people of Minnesota.
Hallin’s impressive career combines nursing, health care administration, and public
health. She’s held positions with the Bloomington Health Department as director of public
health; Minnesota Department of Health as the Assistant Commissioner of Health; and
United Health. Her advocacy has changed the way community leaders view problems and
how they approach problem-solving. She is described by colleagues as a public health
ambassador who is always available to offer a good voice on critical issues; connecting the
School of Nursing (and the University) to state leaders and the broader community for the
advancement of the health of our state. “Gayle has always been a creative problem-solver,”
says Commissioner Edward P. Ehlinger of the Minnesota Department of Health. “She has
had major impact on the University, its schools of Nursing and Public Health, the Alumni
Association, and the community… She has also been a great ambassador for the University
of Minnesota.”
Hallin received the Alumni Service Award at a celebration hosted by the University of
Minnesota Alumni Association on October 20, 2011. The ceremony, part of Homecoming
2011, was held at the University’s McNamara Alumni Center.
1970s
Mary A. Rossi ( BSN ‘70, MSN ’75, CNM) was awarded the 2011 Public Policy Award from the
American College of Nurse Midwives. This award recognizes legislative, regulatory, and
health policy efforts that furthered the profession of midwifery or that had a significant
impact on the practice of midwifery nationally or internationally.
L-R: Margo Karsten, Sharon Pontious
Sharon Pontious (PhD, MS ’72, psychiatric
nursing) was appointed to the Board of
Directors for the Miami Jewish Health
Systems (MJHS), one of South Florida’s
largest healthcare organizations and the
nation’s leading providers of comprehensive
healthcare for people of all ages. Pontious
is interim dean and professor of Florida
International University’s College of Nursing
and Health Services, a member of the board
of directors of the United Home Care and
the advisory board for the Haitian-American
Nurses Association, and a board member of
the South Florida Nursing Consortium.
1980s
Margo Karsten (PhD, MS, BSN ‘84), was
named Chief Executive Officer of Creative
Health Care Management (CHCM), an
international health care consultation,
education and products company.
In her new role as CEO, Karsten will
represent CHCM to the world of health
care executives, researchers, educators,
physicians, clinical professionals and service
support leaders.
1990s
Robin Lally (PhD ’06; MS ’99; BSN ‘91),
received funding from the American Cancer
Society which will provide more than
$700,000 over the next five years to fund
her research and training pertaining to the
psychological adjustment of women to
breast cancer. Lally is an Assistant Professor
at the State University of New York at
Buffalo School of Nursing and an Adjunct
Assistant Professor at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute in Buffalo, New York.
2000s
Judy Pechacek (DNP ’09; RN) was named
2011 Outstanding Alumni of Inver Hills
Community College. Pechacek is vice
president of patient care services and chief
nursing officer at Fairview Southdale.
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In Memory
1943
Mercedes D. Smith (certificate, public health nursing) of
Columbia, Missouri died on June 16, 2011 at the age of 98. Smith
had a long career in public health nursing working in both
Indiana and Kansas City. She was also an instructor of public
health nursing at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of
Nursing from 1952 to 1960 until she retired.
1945
Eileen F. Dzubay (BSN) of Golden Valley, Minnesota passed away
May 2011. She worked in several area hospitals for more than
20 years. In 1968 she transitioned from nursing to teaching
licensed practical nursing at Hennepin County Vocational
Center. In 1987 she retired from teaching but continued working
part-time at Dayton’s department store well into her 70’s. She
was active in several community organizations including the
Golden Valley Historical Society and Friends of the Golden
Valley Library.
Marguerite Florence Wagenbach (BSN) of Barron, Wisconsin
passed away at her home on August 11, 2011. Her nursing career
spanning more than 40 year included working as an RN at
Miller Hospital (St. Paul, Minnesota), St. Joseph’s Hospital, and
Rydell Clinic, which later became part of Indianhead Clinic (both
located Rice Lake, Wisconsin.) She was respected for her skill,
dedication and caring manner and worked countless hours at
the Barron Thrift Store and Food Pantry, Gifts from the Heart,
and with Meals on Wheels.
1946
Lucy DeReid Enos (BSN; MA ‘54) of Oakmont, California passed
away on January 26, 2011 from lung cancer. She was a Professor
Emeritus of nursing at San Francisco State University.
1947
Patricia M. Reedy (BSN) of LaJolla, California passed away
on July 2, 2010 after a long and courageous struggle with
complications from Parkinson’s disease.
1948
Phyllis Elaine (Lillegren) Johnson (BSN) of Maple Grove,
Minnesota died on May 18, 2011. During her nursing career, she
held positions at Miller Hospital, Golden Valley Lutheran College
and in several long term care facilities as an infection control
nurse. She was also an accomplished pianist and served as a
Sunday School and Midweek School teacher at her church.
Zorada Hoge:
A Pioneer in School Nursing
The School of Nursing community
mourns the loss of Zorada Esther Hoge
(BS, public health nursing ’62), a pioneer
for her contributions to school nursing.
Hoge died on March 28, 2011 at the age
of 95.
She graduated in 1937 from the Kahler
School of Nursing associated with the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The
Mayo brothers – Will and Charlie – were
still practicing when she was a student.
In 1962 she earned a BS degree in public
health nursing from the School of Public Health at the University
of Minnesota. A major part of Hoge’s nursing career was spent as a
school nurse for the city of Saint Paul where she built a reputation
as a compassionate leader. She developed the Department of
School Nurses in the early 1970’s, and was part of a group of
professionals selected to create the first official standards for school
nurses in the U.S. Hoge organized the School Nurse Organization of
Minnesota and in 2003 was granted Honorary
Life- Time membership. She also established the student health
records and the Kindergarten Round Up program that led to
the creation of the national Head Start program. It was for
these contributions that she was named one of the school’s 100
Distinguished Alumni in 2009.
Hoge’s inadvertent exposure to formaldehyde and subsequent
development of multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS) disorder
led her to establish the Zorada Hoge Research Fund in Multiple
Chemical Sensitivity at the U of M School of Nursing. The purpose
of the fund is to engage graduate nursing students and faculty in
research to raise awareness about MCS. Later, her experiences in
senior living environments inspired her to create the Zorada Hoge
Gerontology Nursing Fund at the School of Nursing. With the goal
of improving the environment and care of patients in nursing
home facilities, she founded this fund to provide program support
for faculty, students, and staff who are studying or teaching
geriatric nursing.
Hoge’s philanthropic interests also extended to the End-of-the-
Line Park and Museum in her home town of Currie, Minnesota,
which built a replica of the mill owned and operated by her late
father and grandfather. The park also reclaimed the first general
store which her grandfather had also purchased. To complete the
family legacy, Hoge sponsored the Currie Presbyterian Church
(founded in 1871) move to the park in 2005.
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1948 (continued)
Barbara Frances (Beatty) McKie (Graduate
in Nursing, BS public health) of Hibbing,
Minnesota, died on June 17, 2011 at the age
of 85. She joined the Cadet Nurses Corp and
graduated with honors from the School
of Public Health with a degree in nursing.
In the mid 60’s McKie worked as a public
health nurse assisting with tuberculin
testing and working as the Head Start
nurse when the program was just being
introduced nationwide.
Kristy Louise (Olsen) Juergens (BS,
nursing) of Rochester, Minnesota, passed
away on June 12, 2011. She was known
for her caring, insightful heart, and her
steadfast spirit. As a busy and beloved
wife and mother of four daughters, she
still found time to serve on the Civic
League Board from 1958 to 1966, including
becoming its president. In 1966 Juergens
began teaching at the newly organized
school of nursing at Rochester Community
College, where she taught for 13 years.
1950
Katherine “Katy” Ness (BSN; MS ‘58) of
Canton, South Dakota, passed away on
July 19, 2011 after a lengthy battle with
Alzheimer’s. She was 92 years old. She
graduated from Augustana Academy in
1938 and earned a diploma in surgical
and obstetrical nursing from St. Barnabas
Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis.
In 1950 she received a BSN with distinction
from the University of Minnesota School of
Nursing and a Master of Education in 1958.
Ness resided in the Minneapolis area most
of her life where she taught nursing at St.
Olaf College until retirement.
1955
Alys A. DuCharme (BSN) of Maplewood,
Minnesota died on February 28, 2011. She
was 79 years old. She devoted her life to
helping others and is survived by her
loving husband Fred of 54 years and their
five children.
Geraldine K. (Knott) Jackson (BSN) of
Spring Valley, New York, passed away on
May 12, 2011 at age 80. After a successful
career of nursing and care giving that
spanned 50 years, she retired as a nursing
instructor from Rockland Community
College (RCC) in 2003. Her legacy continues
through the Enthusiasm and Caring Award
presented each year to a graduating RCC
nursing student.
Ann Moorhous (BS, in nursing) of
Sioux Falls, South Dakota passed away on
August 4, 2010. She attended Northwestern
Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and later earned her bachelor’s
degree in public health nursing from the U
of M School of Nursing. Moorhous worked
as a public health nursing for many years
and retired as the Administrative Supervisor
for the Minnesota Department of Health,
Section of Public Health Nursing.
1956
Loretta Birdelle Roberts (MPH) of Duluth,
Minnesota died on May 16, 2011 at the age
of 97. A career nurse and civic leader, she
earned nursing degrees from Piedmont
Hospital, Vanderbilt University, and the U
of M School of Public Health. She served
as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army
Nurse Corps during World War II, worked
for the American Red Cross on disaster
teams, taught at the School of Nursing at
University of Texas and Emory University,
and was the executive director of the
Visiting Nurse Association’s Atlanta chapter
for 10 years before she retired in 1979. In
1981 she became the first woman elected to
the Suwanee City Council and played a role
in starting the Suwanee Day festival.
1958
Jean Anita Gangloff Huff Gala (BS, public
health) of Lincoln, Illinois passed away
on July 22, 2011. She met and married her
husband of more than 30 years while she
was stationed in Ethiopia with the World
Health Organization. Gala graduated from
St. John’s School of Nursing as a registered
nurse; received her BSN from University
of Minnesota; a MSN from the Catholic
University of America in Washington, D.C.;
and a PhD in education from Illinois State
University. She was an instructor of Public
Health Nursing at University of Illinois
College of Medicine in Peoria, Illinois until
1992, and taught at Illinois Wesleyan
University in Bloomington, Illinois.
1966
Ruth Proft Dannehl (MA, nursing education)
of Saint Paul, Minnesota died on September
21, 2010 at age 92. She was a Professor
Emeritus at Gustavus Adolphus School of
Nursing, spending most of her life caring
for and nurturing others. She served as
medical missionary in Hong Kong, and
volunteered for local organizations and
university boards.
1974
Donna K. Franck (BSN) of Faribault,
Minnesota, died on March 22, 2011 at the
age of 66. She and her husband William
raised their four children in Prior Lake,
Minnesota. She worked as a full time nurse
for more than 40 years and held positions
at the University of Minnesota Hospital,
Minnesota Children’s Hospital, and most
recently at District One Hospital in Faribault,
where she passed away after spending a
short time under home hospice care. Franck
enjoyed golfing, the outdoors, and was an
avid camper and Master Gardener.
1978
MaryAnn Miller (BSN; MS, public health),
former University of Minnesota School
of Nursing adjunct faculty member from
1993-1997, died peacefully surrounded by
family on May 12, 2011 in Sun City, Arizona.
Miller had a rewarding nursing career that
spanned 43 years. She graduated from
St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester,
Minnesota in 1962, and continued her
nursing education at the U of M School
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of Nursing, earning a bachelor’s of nursing degree in 1978,
completed the adult nurse practitioner program in 1980, and
received a master’s of public health in 1985. She touched many
lives and continued to practice nursing in many different
capacities until her death.
1992
Candy J. Nistler (MS) of Paynesville, Minnesota passed away
on May 22, 2011. In 1980 she enlisted in the United States Air
Force and served her country in operation Desert Storm and
Desert Shield, earning seven commendations. In 1996 she was
honorably discharged from the Air Force at the rank of Major.
Nistler worked as a nurse for the Good Samaritan Home from
1996-2004, then went to work for Koronis Manor where she
worked until her death. She was a role model in the nursing
profession; she loved her patients and was a constant advocate.
2010
Benjamin Gidmark (BSN), of Minneapolis, Minnesota, passed
away on August 5, 2011 peacefully in his home of heart-related
causes. He was a remarkably talented poet and musician,
and was a profoundly embraced friend and counselor to
countless people. He worked as a registered nurse in the field
of adolescent psychiatry, in which he rose quickly to the level
of charge nurse, in evident respect for his truly unique and
beautiful talent in relating to very troubled kids.
We also remember…
Hazel Clarice (Carvelli) Gray of Spokane, Washington passed
away May 2011. She was 73.
Irene E. (Bjerknes) Heisey of Millersville, Pennsylvania passed
away on August 26, 2011 surrounded by family; she was 91.
Upon completing her nursing degree, Heisey joined the United
States Army. As a registered nurse and 1st lieutenant in the
U.S. Army, she helped to establish a psychiatric hospital near
Herefordshire, England. When she returned to the U.S. in 1945,
she worked as a stewardess for Northwest Airlines. After raising
five children, Heisey returned to nursing, serving as a college
nurse at Millersville University.
Isabelle (Mason) Walker (BS, nursing education) of Carlsbad,
California passed away on May 12, 2011. A pioneer among
Army nurses, she joined in 1940 with a steady rise in rank and
assignments including Germany and Iran. She retired as a
lieutenant colonel, one of the few Army nurses to reach that
rank in her day. After retirement she became a legend as a
volunteer in San Diego County and was named state
Volunteer of the Year by the California Federation of
Women’s Clubs in 1988.
Florence Kahn
Of Incredible Strength &
Courage
The school mourns the loss of Florence
Anna Stroebel Kahn (BSN ’63) who
passed away at the age of 72 on May
2, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Stroebel Kahn received a bachelor’s
degree in Biology Education from St.
Olaf College, and went on to earn a
Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Minnesota School of
Nursing. She worked in intensive care at the University, then
as a public health nurse in Madison, Wisconsin. After one year
in graduate school in pediatrics, she worked as a pediatric
clinician at the U of M Hospital. She was nursing educator at
St. Olaf and Bethel colleges, College of St. Catherine, and the
University of Minnesota. She also gave talks on attitude and
awareness at schools in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
She married Alan Kahn in 1970 and in 1973 her life changed
dramatically at age 35 when she was involved in a care accident
leaving her paralyzed as a quadriplegic. The catastrophe not
only cost her mobility; she lost her three day old daughter,
a successful singing career, and later her husband through
divorce. With the help of her family friends, she emerged from
her grief with an illuminated spirit and stronger faith.
Laurie Kuehn was her caregiver, confidant, and surrogate
daughter for the last 32 years. Stroebel Kahn lived in Plymouth,
Minnesota for 18 years, where she worked as a frequent
volunteer at Courage Center and the Sister Kenny Institute. In
2009 the U of M School of Nursing recognized Stroebel Kahn
as one of its 100 Distinguished Alumni for sharing personal
insights on spinal cord injury through teaching and speaking in
the health care community and her extensive volunteer work
with the Courage Center and Sister Kenny Institute which has
helped women struggling with disabilities adjust to life.
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a message from the director of development
Engaging Alumni and
Friends
To learn about making a gift of
cash, stock or other securities or
if interested in learning about
naming the School of Nursing in
your will, please contact Gigi Fourré
Schumacher at (612) 625-1365 or
gschumac@umn.edu.
Many of us have heard the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child”. While
childrearing is chiefly a parental or primary caregiver responsibility, many community
members assist in the creative and challenging process of raising children. Family members,
teachers, neighbors, and others play an important role in shaping children’s lives. The
wonderful result of this focused dedication is a new generation of happy and productive
members of society.
Similarly, it takes a village to create success at the School of Nursing. Daily, the school’s
outstanding faculty and staff work together to create extraordinary opportunities for our
students. Our partners in research are discovering significant ways to improve health and
well being. While those leading innovative ventures create new partnerships that promise
to improve lives in our local, national, and global communities. Without the engagement
and commitment of alumni and friends of the School of Nursing these landmark
achievements would not be possible. The generous support of our benefactors is core to the
school realizing its mission and vision. Each relationship shaped and sustained the first 100
years and helped position us for a remarkable second century of learning and discovery.
As you consider where and how you might invest a portion of your time, expertise, and
money please know we are honored and grateful when you select the School of Nursing.
Dedicated volunteers enable us to host events and strengthen important relationships. Our
volunteer’s introductions to new prospective partners - whose priorities align closely with
the School of Nursing - are making a vital difference. It has always taken a village to realize
the dreams of the school and I thank each member of our broader community for their
unique and important contribution.
As you reflect upon the method of engagement that’s right for you this year, please
consider being a member of the Dean’s Circle. If you’re looking for a good investment in
these turbulent economic times, your gift of $1,000 or more will automatically enroll you
to the Dean’s Circle and yield invaluable dividends. What’s the dividend, you may ask? It
is the knowledge and satisfaction of knowing your gift will change and improve lives.
Dean’s Circle members will receive periodic updates and be invited to an annual reception
recognizing our benefactors. We hope you can join us.
Gratefully,
Gigi Fourre Schumacher
Director of Development
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Learning is
Forever
Emily Carol Hennings Anderson
establishes endowed scholarship
for undergraduate nursing students
by aneisha tucker
Emily Carol Hennings Anderson didn’t graduate from the University
of Minnesota School of Nursing, nor did she make millions in the
stock market, but through thoughtful financial planning and a final
nudge from a television commercial, Emily’s generous financial
support will have a lasting impact on future nursing students.
“For many years I had been thinking about creating a scholarship
but thought I would have to do this in my will and not necessarily
during my lifetime” says Emily. “Ironically it was while watching
television I saw a Johnson & Johnson commercial about recruiting
nurse educators, and I became inspired me to do something now.”
Her gift established the Emily Carol Hennings Anderson
Endowed Scholarship which will fund scholarships for students
pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
Emily, who received a scholarship to attend Methodist-Kahler
School of Nursing located in Rochester, Minnesota until closing in
1970,) earned her RN degree there and, particularly wanted to help
students from the five-state area fulfill their dream of becoming
a nurse. She wanted to support students who needed financial
assistance, as she had, and may not have had the opportunity to
become a nurse without assistance. She envisioned s that this
scholarship would also provide students a solid foundation to
give back in to their communities in one way or another when the
time was right. Emily earned a BS in nursing education from the
University of Minnesota College of Education and received her
public health nursing certification from the U of M. The long-time
resident of Rochester, Minnesota taught for four years at Kahler
School of Nursing, then went on to work as a public health nurse
for 28 years for Olmsted County Public Health Department where
she formerly retired in 1994. Emily has always been proud of her
nursing career, and through her teaching role at Kahler and as a
public health nurse, understands the importance of a well-prepared
nurse. “Students need a good baccalaureate education to be leaders
in helping people learn how to live healthier lives or assist others
through the various stages of their life”, says Emily “With our aging
population, I feel we need to have nurses that are ready to enter the
Emily Carol Hennings Anderson (left) pictured with Dean Connie Delaney
during the signing ceremony to establish an endowed scholarship to support
undergraduate scholarships.
profession, whether it’s in rural areas, hospitals, nursing homes, or
public health.”
It was after leaving a Learning is Forever class, an enrichment
course for people 50 and over, held in a U of M Rochester campus
classroom that Emily walked in the office at the School of Nursing
and shared that she wanted to start a nursing scholarship. “I
was surprised and of course delighted when I received the call
about Emily’s interest in making a contribution,” said Gigi Fourré
Schumacher, development director of the School of Nursing. “It was
a welcomed opportunity to assist Emily in realizing her dream...”
The two met over lunch to discuss the details and Emily realized
what she really wanted was to create a named endowed fund. “I’m
going to do it! This is something I’ve really, really wanted to do
for a long time.” After the initial meeting, things moved forward
fairly quickly. Emily had made up her mind, received whole hearted
support from her spouse, made arrangements with her financial
advisor to fund the scholarship and also adjusted her will in
order to provide future support through estate. Emily signed the
appropriate paperwork and the endowed fund was established.
“I’m not a millionaire. I was just an ordinary working nurse,”
said Emily. “I’ve donated too many worthwhile organizations
over the years and I’ve always had a good sense of my budget. It’s
structured to allow me to save for retirement, give to charity, meet
my expenses, and still have a little fun travelling which is a great
passion of mine.” She has set and nearly met her personal challenge
for giving in 2012 and admits it’s been fun meeting her goals for
next year.
Even though the endowment will not be distributed until
next fall Emily is excited to share her story and looks forward to
meeting the deserving students - knowing who they are and where
they came from. “I have really experienced great joy in doing this
now and not waiting until I passed away, said Emily. “It’s been a
good feeling. I’m meeting a lifetime goal on something I’ve been
planning but doing it in an earlier cycle of my life.
For more information about making a contribution or establishing
a new scholarship that will benefit nursing students, please contact
the Director of Development, Gigi Fourré Schumacher at
612-625-1365 or gschumac@umn.edu.
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Planned Giving
Matters
School of Nursing alumna
Susan Forstrom helps shape
the future of health care
by aneisha tucker
For Susan Forstrom, BSN ’65, MS ’79, the call to philanthropy came
later in life. The “call” was an invitation from Christine Sietz and
Carol Kelsey to take the lead in fundraising efforts to establish a
professorship in nursing innovation and entrepreneurship. “My
initial thought was asking a person for money is not something I
would enjoy,” says Forstrom “But then, I thought about how the
education I received from the School of Nursing really prepared
me for my nursing career and this would be a way for me to give
back.” Forstrom accepted the invitation and her initial reluctance
ultimately led to her creating a planned gift to support a priority
initiative for the School of Nursing.
Forstrom, who received her BSN in 1965 and her MS in 1979 from
the School of Nursing, fondly remembers her time on campus as
an undergraduate student living in Powell Hall and several years
later while earning her master’s in psych-mental health nursing.
Since then she’s experienced a varied and successful nursing career
spanning more than 30 years, beginning as a U.S. Army nurse
stationed in Germany, to a nurse consultant with Creative Health
Care Management (CHCM) where she formerly retired in 2001 and
periodically returns to do consulting work.
Health care in the U.S. is experiencing unprecedented systemic
and technological changes that have expanded the role for the
nursing profession. Forstrom recognizes the need for students
to be prepared to meet the demands of the evolving health care
environment and is impressed by the quality of students she’s met
while serving on the School of Nursing Foundation Board and the
Board of Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Chapter. “These are
really bright nurses and I’m encouraged for the field of nursing
and health care,“ she says. “I’ve been quite amazed at the diversity
of the research and interests and what’s been accomplished. The
research is directly benefiting the students and the public through
the education they are receiving. It’s been wonderful to see how we
[School of Nursing] are preparing today’s nurses.” Forstrom is also
pleased to know her gift and fundraising efforts will help support
top: Susan Forstrom (center) pictured with SoN Foundation Board members
Patricia Robertson, ‘68 (left) and Susan Lampe ‘77 (right). left: Susan Forstrom
pictured with Marie Manthy ‘64, ‘62. right: Susan Forstrom in 1963.
scholarships and fellowships to supplement the cost of students’
education.
Although retired, the planned giving opportunity enabled
Forstrom to make a significant provision to support a professorship
in nursing innovation and entrepreneurship, which she feels is
knowledge strongly needed for nursing and health care profession
today. And, in a time where state support will continue to diminish,
she knows the importance for a school to be able to recruit and
retain the top faculty and researchers. “How we do this is by raising
private funds to support initiatives like student scholarships,
professorships, and chairs,” she says. “I hope the Marie Manthey
Professorship in Innovation will enable future nurses and faculty to
strike out against old trends and be innovative, take risks, and feel
the safety in doing so.” The experience she gained while interacting
with potential donors, uncovered something unexpected, “I found
that I didn’t mind doing the asking,” says Forstrom. “Had I not been
asked, I never would have thought to be involved in fundraising. I
would definitely do this again.” She also learned that finding a topic
that someone is passionate about and linking that connection to
the school made the ‘ask’ much easier.
“The efforts of Susan Forstrom, like many alumni and friends of
the school, make a significant impact on the ability of the School
of Nursing to stay on the forefront of innovation.” says Gigi Fourre
Schumacher, development director of the School of Nursing. “Her
commitment makes a significant difference in moving the school
forward to meet the demands of our changing health care climate.”
For more information about making a contribution or establishing
a new scholarship that will benefit nursing students, please contact
the Director of Development, Gigi Fourré Schumacher at 612-625-
1365 or gschumac@umn.edu.
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an invitation to
Join the Dean’s Circle
Launched in 2011, the Dean’s Circle recognizes generous donors to the School of Nursing who make an
annual gift of $1,000 or more. I am pleased to share that 58 people have already joined me by becoming
members of the Dean’s Council. Please consider joining us.
As a donor, you may designate your gift for a specific purpose or choose to make an unrestricted
contribution to support the areas of greatest priority. These pivotal resources will provide student
scholarships, foster evidence-based research, and prepare graduates for the full scope of nursing practice.
Dean’s Circle members will be invited to an annual appreciation event and receive periodic updates on the important work at the
school. Members will also be recognized in Minnesota Nursing magazine, the school’s donor wall, and in the Dean’s Circle honor roll online.
You may join the Dean’s Council with a gift or pledge of $1,000 or more. Simply enclose your gift in the enclosed response envelope or
visit www.nursing.umn to make a qualifying contribution. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
John Reiling
Chair, School of Nursing Foundation
Shareholders Report
We gratefully acknowledge the generous benefactors who stepped forward to support
nursing education, research and practice from July 2010 through June 2011. These pivotal
gifts support emerging needs at the School of Nursing and respond to the rapid growth
and changes within the nursing profession. Thank you for helping to change the lives of
our nursing students, faculty members, alumni, and the patients for whom our nursing
community cares.
Some of this year’s giving highlights include: Emily Carol Hennings Anderson and Sheila
and David Lein established named endowed scholarships. The newly launched Dean’s Circle
welcomed 64 founding members. Barbara ’61 and Bruce Hiller made a generous estate
provision to provide scholarship support for future students. Harry Lefto joined the Heritage
Society with an estate provision that will strengthen the Tanya V. Ash Memorial Scholarship
and future initiatives. Distributions received from the estate of David C. McFarland, husband
of deceased alumna Dorothy ’45, will support the renovation of the school’s simulation
innovation center. Professor Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, was named the inaugural recipient of
the newly established School of Nursing Foundation Research Professorship funded through
philanthropic support.
To learn more about how you can make a gift to advance nursing education, please contact
Gigi Fourré Schumacher at 612-625-1365 or visit www.nursing.umn.edu.
Pictured left to right: John Reiling, Professor Donna
Bliss, Carol Kelsey, Dean Delaney at Andrea Printy
Memorial Lecture announcing the inaugural
recipient of the School of Nursing Foundation
Research Professorship.
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Key
Bold Presidents Club
Members are honored for lifetime
giving to the School of Nursing and
include the following recognition levels:
(B) Builders Society
Lifetime gifts or pledges of $1 million +
(R) Regents Society
Lifetime gifts or pledges of $250,000 +
(T) Trustees Society
Lifetime gifts or pledges of $100,000+
(C) Chancellors Society
Lifetime gifts or pledges of $25,000+
(H) Heritage Society
Recognizing future gifts of any size
(Ch) Charter Members
Donors who joined the Presidents Club
at the $10,000 - $25,000 level prior to
its reorganization July 1, 1998.
*Deceased
Every gift is important, although space
limitations only allow us to list donors
who have made gifts of $100 or more
between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
Please be sure to let us know if we have
inadvertently omitted your name or
misrepresented your contribution.
Contact:
Gigi Fourre Schumacher
Director of Development
612-625-1365
gschumac@umn.edu
$100,000 - $999,999
Katherine R. Lillehei (B, H)
David C. McFarland Jr. * (R)
$10,000 - $99,999
Emily Carol Hennings Anderson (C, H)
Ethel Bernitt*
Helen Donatsch Ditmer*
Margaret H. & James E. Kelley
Foundation Inc. (R)
David A. & Sheila F. Lein (C)
Marilee A. & John W. Miller (T, H)
Patricia A. Robertson (T, H)
Irmagene S. Stark*
Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses
Society (R)
$1,000 - $9,999
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Allina Health System (T)
Melissa Avery & Andrew Schnoes
Barbara and Don Balik (H)
Karl E. & Kristin A. Bennett
John R. Brand (Ch)
Mary E. & Frank D. Broderick
Cynthia L. Bultena (Ch)
Martha M. Carroll
Children’s Hospitals & Clinics of
Minnesota
Mary Lou Christensen (C, H)
Connie White Delaney (C, H)
Joanne M. Disch
Mary C. Dolan
Dolan Family Fund, Minneapolis
Foundation
Fairview Health Services (R)
Bruce A. Finger (Ch)
Bradley A. & Arlene T. Forrest
George D. Gackle
Ann E. Garwick
Donald E. & Judith M. Gerhardt
Sarah M. Gutknecht
Judith Komives Harris (C)
Margaret R. Herndon
Margaret D. Horton-Davis
Elizabeth M. Johnson
J. Stanley & Mary W. Johnson Family
Foundation
Patricia S. Kane (B)
Carol Jo & Donald G.
Kelsey (Ch)
Mary N. & James Koons
Koons Family Fund of the Oregon
Community Foundation
G. Anne LaBree (H)
Harry C. Lefto (C, H)
Sadie A. Lefto
Kathleen M. Johnson Lucas
Laurel Gackle Mallon
Marie E. Manthey (C, H)
Barbara J. Merrill
Minnesota Hospital Association
Robert G. Mitchell Jr.
Thomas D. Moberg (C)
M. Ann Moser
“Thank you for your generous award from the Rahr Fellowship in Nursing
Research. Your support has been essential to realizing my goal of
graduating from the Doctorate of Nursing Program (DNP) in May 2015
after earning a PhD in Nursing.”
-Marjorie G. Webb, RN (DNP program)
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Claire C. Nelson
Sadie Vannier
Marla E. Salmon
Nancy A. Gross
Barbara V. O’Grady (C)
Nancy G. & David W. Olson (Ch)
Barbara A. Pearce
Bonnie Christoffersen Pearson
Mary Ann A. & James P. White
(Ch)
Eleanor C. & Frederick Winston
Billie Woehning (C,H)
Nancy L. Schamber
Robert A. Schuette
Verna M. Simeral
Diane Klein Smith
Kathryn D. Hathaway
Jan K. Haugland
Miriam R. Hazzard
IBM International Foundation
“Thank you for the generous scholarship from the
Nottage Fund for Graduate Nursing Education. It will
help me complete my goal of obtaining a post-master’s
certificate as an adult nurse practitioner.”
-Mandy Rae Blume, RN (Post-Master’s Certificate Adult Nurse
Practitioner program, 2012)
Judith M. Pechacek
Grace G Peterson*
Christine R. & Thomas E. Poe
Rahr Foundation (T)
John G. Reiling
Jeannine M. Rivet (C)
Caroline B. Rosdahl
Gary L. and Constance E. Saltus
Beth K. & Robert P.
Schafer Jr.
Joyce M. Schowalter
Carolyn I. & Clinton A. Schroeder
(T, H)
Gigi Fourré Schumacher
Christine H. & Michael J. Seitz
(Ch)
Carol J. Shropshire
Sigma Theta Tau International
(C)
St. Cloud Hospital & CentraCare
Health System
Branislav R. Stankovsky
Virginia C. Syring
Lynette J. & Theodore R.
Thompson (C)
University of Minnesota
Medical Center, Fairview
Steve A. & Julie L. Vanderboom
Julianna O. Wright
Rufus Wright Trust
$500 - $999
Mary B. & John Barkman
Lorna Mill Barrell
Kathleen H. Chafey
Mark D. Dixon
Susan G. Forneris
Susan J. Forstrom (H)
Gillette Children’s Specialty
Healthcare
Mary McDonald Hand (H)
Harry Lefto Software
Meri E. & Donald V. Hauge
Hennepin County
Medical Center
LaVohn E. Josten (Ch, H)
Ruth C. Kahn
Seth M. & Laura Kirk
Rosemary T. McCarthy
3M Foundation Inc (C)
Lisa A. Motz
Christine A. Mueller (H)
Mary H. Murai
Stella S. Peterson
Sharon A. Ridgeway
Mary A. Rossi
Janet L. & William E. Stacey
Hope B. Thornberg
Robert & Lois Troemel
United Hospital (T)
Mary A. Warne
$250 - $499
Katherine Jacobson Akre
Candace D. Allender-Kropf
Linda J. W. Anderson
Beckman Coulter Foundation
Helen R. & Paul F. Bowlin
William C. & Julie M. Brown
Brown Family Foundation
Mary L. Chesney
Raul F. Cifuentes
Helen E. Hansen & Robert E.
Collier
Carol A. Delage
Kathleen A. & Edward A.
Fagerlund
Jayne A. Felgen
Sandra F. Fonkert
Jane A. Gisslen
Molly M. Goodyear
“Thank you for your generous award from the Katherine
Densford Dreves Scholarship Program. Your Scholarship has
allowed me extra time for my studies and to volunteer my
time at a local hospital all the while reducing the burden of
student loans.”
-Megan Donnelly (MN program)
Helen M. Jameson
Shirley E. Jesberg
Katherine J. Justus
Kristen A. Keirsey
Linda G. Klammer
Sandra & Charles Mac Kenzie
Chris Anne McDonald
David K. & Julie K. Moe
Ruth Morehead
Joanne M. Pedersen
Monica J. Perme
Jane M. Persoon
Elizabeth I. Polcyn
Jody Bauman Portu
Mary A. Rapacz
Carole A. Reid
William J. & Suzanne Rodgers
Rosemarie Reger-Rumsey &
Timothy J. Rumsey
Dorine R. Seaquist
Phyllis M. Smith
Frances M. Sullivan
Renee R. Tasaka
Jennifer Brand &
Nicholas J. Webb
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“My family fled Cambodia 20 years ago to seek refuge in
America. Neither of my parents spoke English nor had a
formal education; yet, they managed to raise their children
with the hope that they could construct a better life for
themselves. I feel that it is my duty to fulfill the wish of
my family and graduate with a degree in nursing. I cannot
emphasize enough what awarded from the Danielson
Scholarship Fund means to me and how much it helps. I hope
to one day make such a significant contribution to others.”
-Monica Luu (BSN, 2012)
Jane H. & Dobson West
Donna Z. & Thomas C. Bliss
Joshua D. & Tressa K. Wiltsie Shirley A. Brekken
Beverly A. Bridges
$100 - $249
Deidre A. Brossard
Vivian I. Aarestad
Betty Ann S. Brown
Priscilla Abercrombie
Carol S. Brown
Mary G. Alberts
Terry J. Burrell
Lynn A. Almquist
Margaret L. Carlson
Marilynn & Charles Amann
Luz L. Carpina
Ameriprise Financial Inc.
Jean A. Carraher
Harriet H. Anderson
Patricia M. Carte
Jean K. Andrews
Debra E. Cathcart
Norma S. Artman
Linda L. Chlan
Dawn R. Atchison
Beverly A. Christie
Gretchen H. Atkinson
Margaret L. Cleveland
Marianne E. Baez
Virginia B. Clifford
Annie J. Bailey
Charles A. & Roberta J. Collins
Sandra L. & Barry K. Baines
Patricia. Conteh
Joseph G. Balberan
Jill E. Cordes
Roberta J. Ballot
Elizabeth A. Counsell
Patricia A. Barnes
M. Jean Craemer
Dianne M. Bartels
Elizabeth A. Croonquist
Mary L. Bassett
Jodell E. Dahl
Linda K. Bauck
Phyllis M. Dahl
Lorraine Baumgardner
Hans-Peter de Ruiter
Judith A. Beniak
Sue & Amos S. Deinard
Judith G. & Douglas M. Berg
Lorraine Bradt Dennis
Dorothy C. Bevis
Susan K. Dewey-Hammer
Michael R. Bleich
Jo Anne Judge-Dietz &
Christopher Dietz
Julie L. Ditzler
Lois K. Doran
Josefina H. Duga
John & Jodie Duntley Jr.
Ruth A. M. Dyer
Lou Ann & Robert Dykstra
Eileen F. Dzubay
Jane & Peter Eichten
Marlene R. Ellis
Phyllis R. Engstrom
Carley J. Engwall
Evelyn K. Ewing
Charles and Joyce Farho
Kathryn L. Faville
Jane K. Filerman
Jane E. Flickinger
Winifred D. Fossum
Ruth King Freymann &
John Freymann
Susan G. Fritze
Sandra F. Fritz-Kelly
“Thank you very much for awarding me the Class of 1961
Scholarship. For the past year I have worked as a research
assistant for Dr. Joseph Gaugler here at the University in
his research with cancer and Alzheimer’s caregivers. The
scholarship you have awarded, allows me to continue and
seek these experiences, while continuing to focus on my
academic studies.”
-Katie Wocken (BSN, 2013)
Jayne A. Fulkerson
Margaret H. Fullinwider
Gannett Foundation Inc
Irene E. Garcia
Kathy S. Gatzlaff
General Mills Foundation
Stephanie R. Genz
Niki A. Gjere
Mary M. Grado
Carrie A. Grafstrom
Nancy J. Greenwood
Elaine R. Greiner
Peggy L. & Michael Griffin
Lori J. Groenke
Marilyn & Thomas Hady
Gayle S. Hallin
Barbara J. Hanks
Margaret E. Harris
Judith A. Haviland
Annette Vigil Hayden
Phyllis H. Hegland
Susan M. & Michael R. Heller
Avis M. High
Tom & Debbie Hiltner
Dennis H. Hochsprung
Frances M. Hoffman
Mary C. M. Hooke
Rosemary M. & Daniel D.
Hoolihan
Jeanne M. Howell
Gladys W. Hughes
Linda M. Hussey
Nancy J. Irvin
Florence M. Jacob
Cynthia A. Jacobson
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Cecelia B. Jennewein
Adeline C. Leraas
Mary M. Jewison
Betty Lia-Hoagberg
Coral S. Joffer
Marguerite T. Lincoln
Donald L. Johnson
Elizabeth C. Lines
Joanne L. Johnson
Lorraine J. Louder
Mary T. Johnson
Elizabeth C. Lundeen
Phyllis L. Johnson
Norma J. Lyslo
Ruth E. Johnson
Mary E. Madda
Elizabeth B. Johnston
Patricia Madden
“It is a privilege and an honor to receive an award from
the Grace B. Dayton Scholarship Fund. I will be complete my
final clinical immersion this fall semester in the cardiac unit
at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and I can’t wait to apply
everything that I’ve learned.”
-Rachel Buchberger (MN program, 2011)
Anne C. Jones
Carole & Paul Maltrud
Martha A. Jones
Ruth G. Manchester
Florence A. Kahn*
Rosemary V. Manion
Carol D. Nordgaard
Stephen J. O’Connor
Claire O’Connor Frisch
Delila C. Ojeda
Marie L. O’Koren
Alvhild M. Olander
Debra K. Olson
Jacquelyn & Theodore Olson Jr.
M. Kristine Oppegaard
Alison H. Page
Lucy A. Paquin
Sarah E. Parsons
Kathy L. Pass
Anne L. Pavlich
Louis H. & Ruth A. Peters
Nancy J. Peterson
C. Suzanne Pfau
Cathy L Pfeil
Kathleen McDonough &
Melanie Ruda
La Vonne J. Russell Hootman
Grace M. Sarosi
Laura Schmid
Alice J. Schmidt
Muriel Schoon
Ellen D. Schultz
Lori A. Schutte
Helen E. Sell
Laura A. Senn
Gretchen Birkholz Short
Marilyn J. Simonds
Daniel Simundson
Jeffrey D. Sliper
Shirley J. Small
Elizabeth M. Smieja
Hisako U. Smith
Kathleen L. Kelm
Colette B. Kerlin
Barbara L. Kern-Pieh
Ruth C. Kingsley
Margaret L. Kirkpatrick
Miriam S. Kiser
Susan Maples
Cary L. Martinson
Trena S. Martinson
Mary Ann Mc Guire
Cheryl L. Mc Kane
Janet M. Mc Martin
“Thank you for your generous support from the Mary K.
Field & Cyrus A. Field Scholarship program. Due to your
gracious support, I feel I will be able to positively impact
the profession and I hope to one day help others, as you
have helped me when I needed your financial support.”
-Tanya Burks, RN (DNP program)
Cami Sue Knapkewicz
Stephanie J. Knobloch
Carolyn A. Kochel
Helen R. Kohler
Barbara A. Kyle
Ann M. Larson
Laura Lathrop
Lenora Y. & Chak Chi Lau
Rebecca H. Leach
Lorraine A. Leas
Sonia Aiok Lee
Ruth E. Leo
Carin Weiss McClelland
Sara A. McCumber
Isabel T. McGarry
Jeanette A. Mefford
William R. Miller
Gretchen G. Musicant
Diane Naas
Betsy Neff
Judith K Nemecek
Nancy J. Ng
Nedra A. Nicholls
Susan L. Noel
Pfizer Foundation
Joyce G. Plumb
Leticia N. Ramos
Sandra A. Rasmussen
Bonnie Westra & John
Reidenbach
Marcia A. Renaux
Michael J. Ringhand
Linda M. Robertson
Judith F. Rogers
Diane K Rose
Phyllis M. Roseberry
Marcella K. Smith
Marjorie & Myron Smith
Judith J. Snow
Delphie J. Sorenson
Justine J. Speer
Elizabeth Spooner-Falde &
David Falde
Karen K. Stanley
Joan D. Stenberg
Mary O. Stephens
Joyce Stevens
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Philomena M. Stewart
Linda R. Stodghill
Linda C. Stover
Brielle J. Stoyke
Kathryn Strony
Maureen T. Sullivan-Spano
Mary J. Sumpmann
Kathryn L. Swanson
Barbara J. Swanstrom
Connie Swenson
Karen P. Swenson
Judith M. Szalapski
Kiyomi K. Takekawa
C. D. Tan
Wen-Na E. Tan
Lucille S. Tellett
Sonia A. Thoreson
Mary M. Tomes
Mary F. Tracy
Travelers Foundation
Kristine R. Tromiczak
Virginia B. Turba
Bonnie Underdahl
Elizabeth A. Vance
Shirley Veith
Cynthia A. Verhey
Kathleen C. & Philip M. Vukovic
Christine M. Walsh
Verle H. Waters
Susan M. Weisbrich
Ruth D. Weise (Ch, H)
Mary L. Welz
Dianne E. Werger
Elizabeth A. Wiborg
Betty & Cornelius Wiens
Joan M. Wilcox
Sharon R. & Preston P. Williams
Ellen Wolfson
Diane M. Wrobleski
Irma M. Wyman
Xcel Energy Foundation
Diane M. Zempel
Turn your jewelry into scholarships
The School of Nursing Foundation wants your costume, estate, and collectible jewelry to support the School
of Nursing Scholarship Program. Your jewelry will be recycled and sold at the annual sale, which has raised
more than $145,000 (including $8,500 raised in 2010) since 1992.
Our next sale will be held December 7-8, 2011 from 7;30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on the second floor of Phillips-
Wangensteen in the Academic Health Center on the Twin Cities campus. Please stop by.
All donations are acknowledged for tax deduction purposes. For more information contact
Laurel Mallon at the School of Nursing, 612-624-2490.
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events
2011
December 16
school of nursing
fall commencement ceremony
2 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128-4th St. S. Minneapolis
We invite you to join us in celebrating our fall 2011 MS, MN,
PhD, and DNP graduates. Commencement speaker:
Alumnus Craig Luzinski, MSN, RN ‘85, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, Director
of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Magnet Recognition Program.
2012
April 26
school of nursing
alumni spring celebration
The Power of Nursing
Plan now to attend our annual get together of nursing alumni and
students. Enjoy networking and reconnecting. Focusing on how
nurses are changing health care.
April 27, 2012
school of nursing
research day
Transforming Health through Community Engaged
Research and Practice
School of Nursing faculty, students, and our community partners
will showcase research studies and evidence-based clinical
innovations for ways to improve health outcomes and foster
systems change. Poster displays including student posters,
throughout the day
Keynote speaker: Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate
Dean for Research and Global Affiars, University of Michigan School
of Nursing.
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak St. SE, Minneapolis, MN
Town and Country Club
300 Mississippi Blvd., St. Paul, MN
5:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner
For more information about these and other School of Nursing
event, go to www.nursing.umn.edu or connect with us on
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and the Nurses Lounge!
7:00 p.m. Program
For more information or assistance with class reunion planning,
please contact Laurel Mallon, Director of Alumni and Donor
Relations, at 612-624-2490 or MALLO001@umn.edu.
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less of a fiber in our cultural fabric. School of Nursing researcher
Jayne Fulkerson’s “HOME Plus” program teaches families
how to create nutritious meals and snacks… together. And
there’s no place like home for learning healthy new habits.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
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