Annual Report - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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Graduate School of NursingThe USU Graduate School of Nursing (GSN)provides the nation with highly skilled advancedpractice nursing professionals pursuing careers in thefederal and military health care systems.Signature CurriculumThe GSN’s curriculum is designed to provide acomprehensive education that prepares studentsto deliver the highest quality care and services in abroad range of settings, from the clinic to the battlefield.The areas of focus encompass OperationalReadiness in Changing Environments; PopulationHealth and Outcomes; and Clinical Decision-MakingGSN faculty members are dedicated to educatingand mentoring the next generation of clinicalexperts, leaders, scholars and researchers in nursing.in the Federal Healthcare System which are woventhroughout all programs within the school.In this way, graduates of the GSN are uniquelyequipped to become not only outstanding nurses, butalso leaders in their fields, ready to take on a diverserange of challenges and succeed in any environment.Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) ProgramMasters students take part in a program thatprovides education and training to equip them foradvanced roles in both acute and primary care settings.The program emphasizes health promotion,disease prevention, case management, emergencypreparedness, patient safety, administration andperioperative and anesthesia services.Ph.D. ProgramUSU’s Ph.D. program in nursing emphasizes theconduct of nursing research significant to thefederal sector. The distinctive curriculum encompassesareas of basic, applied and translationalnursing sciences that form the scientific underpinningsof military operational readiness and forceprotection. It also addresses issues surroundingthe sequelae of military service and populationhealth issues within the federal and militaryhealth sectors. The program prepares students asresearch scientists, scholars, leaders and educators.Practicum opportunities include research atthe university and federal or military agencies.Ph.D. areas of concentration are nursing science;research; statistics and designs; and federal andmilitary health care policy and issues.8Program options include Perioperative ClinicalNurse Specialist (CNS), Family Nurse Practitionerand Nurse Anesthetist.The GSN has a wealth of military and civilianaccredited clinical practice sites for each of itsmasters program options.
“I did an MPH here in 1987 because I was ready to ‘stretch’ out of my role as an ICU nurse.That degree gave me the opportunity to work in HIV clinical research at NIH during thechallenging early years of the epidemic. Now I work in an equally challenging arena—publichealth policy and program development for the Department of Veterans Affairs. It becametime to stretch again, and now I’m back, working on my Ph.D!”Victoria Davey, R.N., M.P.H., classes of 1987 and 2009, Deputy Chief Officer,Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Department of Veterans AffairsNurse Anesthesia Program Sixth in the NationIn 2007, U.S. News and World Report ranked the USU GraduateSchool of Nursing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA)program sixth out of 106 national programs. USU’s CRNA graduatespractice anesthesia at state-of-the-art medical centers, in thefield with Special Operations teams and ground forces, on boardships, in the air and at remote locations around the world.“Although I had the opportunityto attend a civilian university,USU was my first choice. I’mcertain the camaraderie andfaculty support I’ve encounteredin the GSN is unmatched by anyother university.”Lieutenant Lina Badura,class of 2007MEDMARXUSU’s Graduate School of Nursing wasapproached by the U.S. Pharmacopeia—the officialpublic standards-setting authority for all prescriptionand over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplementsand other health care products manufacturedand sold in the United States—to collaborate on amedication error reporting system. Students fromthree consecutive years of USU’s PerioperativeCNS classes were asked to utilize their clinicalexpertise and critical thinking skills to analyze asix-year data set from MEDMARX—the world’slargest error reporting program. The studentsprovided analysis and interpretation, and alsomade recommendations to improve the quality andsafety of perioperative patient care.The students’ findings and recommendationswere published nationally as a white paper, andhave garnered significant attention. This work hasimpacted perioperative standards and medicationsafety guidelines, and has shaped material in aperioperative drug reference manual.Colonel Linda Wanzer (right), Assistant Professorand Program Director of the Perioperative ClinicalNurse Specialist Masters program, and PerioperativeNursing Consultant to the Army Surgeon General,provided primary oversight for the students duringtheir work on the MEDMARX project.“USU’s GSN exposes students to once-ina-lifetimecollaboration opportunities andexceptional learning experiences.”9
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