Purdue Nurse - Summer 2001 - School of Nursing - Purdue University

PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCES
Pamela Aaltonen, MS, RN, presented “Adoption and
Use of Information Systems by Community/Public
Health Organizations” at the Eliminating Health
Disparities annual meeting of the American Public
Health Association, Boston, November 2000.
Nancy Crigger, PhD, RN, participated in the End-of-
Life Nursing Education Consortium Training Course,
funded by the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing, Pasadena, CA, January 2001.
Nancy Crigger, PhD, RN, presented “Peeking Through
the Door: A View of Women in Honduras” at the
Southeastern Women’s Studies Association Regional
Conference, Boca Raton, FL, March 2001.
Alan Beck, Sc.D., and Nancy Edwards, PhD, RN, C,
presented “The Role of Animals in the Lives of Older
Adults.” Fifth International Conference: Companion
Animals as a Source of Health, Madrid, Spain, May 2001.
D. Elizabeth Jesse, PhD, MSN, CNM, presented “Low
Self-esteem and Negative Perception of Pregnancy:
Determinants of Preterm Birth in an Appalachian
Group,” at the 12th International Interdisciplinary
Congress on Women’s Health Issues, Wilmington, NC,
June 2001.
Jane Kirkpatrick, MSN, RN, C, presented “Rethinking
Assessment: Strategies for Evaluating Learning Outcomes”
at the Creative Teaching for Nursing Educators
Conference, Memphis, TN, with Diann De-Witt
Weaver, RN, DNS (from St. John’s College, Springfield,
IL). March 2001.
Jane Kirkpatrick, MSN, RN, C, and Juanita Valley,
MSN, RN, presented “Building a Case for Faculty
Promotion: Excellence in Teaching” at the Creative
Teaching for Nursing Educators Conference, Memphis,
TN, March 2001.
Jacqueline Walcott-McQuigg, PhD, RN, presented
“Eating Disorders Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities:
Status of the Research” at the Women’s Studies Brown
Bag Series at Purdue, West Lafayette, IN. She also
presented “Research in the Health Professions” to
ethnic minority high school students at the Explore
Purdue program.
Jacqueline Walcott-McQuigg, PhD, RN, presented a
poster, “An Ecological Approach to Physical Activity
Among African-American Women,” at the Illuminating
Practice Through Research conference of the Midwest
Nursing Research Society, Cleveland, OH, March 2001.
At the same conference, she co-presented “Teacher
Assaults: Risk Factors and Compensation Costs.”
Jacqueline Walcott-McQuigg, PhD, RN, and J. Bigby
presented a paper, “Women’s Health Policies: Meeting
the Needs of Minority Women,” at the Eliminating
Health Disparities annual meeting of the American
Public Health Association, Boston, November 2000.
Julie Cowan Novak, DNSc, CPNP, RN, presented “The
Nursing Shortage: Recommendations for Congress” to
the National Advisory Council for Nurses in Education
and Practice, Washington, D.C., April 2001.
Julie Cowan Novak, DNSc, CPNP, RN, presented “The
Patient Bill of Rights: Promoting Access to Healthcare” at
the White House, Washington, D.C., April 2001.
Julie Cowan Novak, DNSc, CPNP, RN, presented
“Building Collaboratives in the Second and Third
World” at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
conference, Orlando, FL, June 2001.
Patricia Coyle-Rogers, PhD, RN, C, presented a poster
“Adaptive Competency Acquisition: LPN to ADN
Career Mobility Educational Programs Work” at the
Isabel Stewart Research Conference on Nursing Research
at Teachers’ College, Columbia University, NY,
April 2001.
Eileen R. Rossen, PhD, RN, presented a paper “Undergraduate
Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Illness:
Pre and Post Psychiatric Nursing Education” at the
Illuminating Practice Through Research 25 th annual
conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society,
Cleveland, OH, March 2001.
Donna Schmeiser, MSN, RN, C, and Karen Yehle,
MS, CS, RN, presented a paper, “Decreasing Anxiety
for the Nursing Student Entering the Acute-Care
Clinical Setting,” at the AACN third annual Baccalaureate
Education Conference, Chicago, December 2000.
Linda A. Simunek, PhD, JD, ARNP, RN, was a panelist
for “Globalization and Diversity as Factors in Evaluating
Nursing Faculty for Tenure and Promotion,” CIC
Dean’s Panel Presentation, MNRS, Cleveland, OH,
March 2001.
Linda A. Simunek, PhD, JD, ARNP, RN, hosted a
worldwide web chat on nursing liability and licensure
issues at Greatnurse.com, April 2001.
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