UIowa College of Nursing Annual Report 2016-2017
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undergraduate Programs<br />
rn to BSn<br />
rn to BSn Student Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />
Daniel Touney, a nurse in the Emergency Department at UnityPoint<br />
Health – Trinity hospital in Fort Dodge, received his associate degree<br />
at Iowa Central Community <strong>College</strong> and enrolled in the <strong>College</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong>’s RN-BSN program to complete his BSN degree while<br />
employed full-time.<br />
Daniel credited the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong>’s rigorous curriculum, especially<br />
Community and Public Health <strong>Nursing</strong> Practicum and Leadership<br />
Quality Improvement projects, and the support he received from faculty<br />
as highlights <strong>of</strong> the RN-BSN experience. He continues by saying the<br />
projects were essential to providing opportunities to apply theory<br />
to practice. Daniel and his classmate’s leadership project, “Safety<br />
Huddles,” has been implemented at UnityPoint Health in Fort Dodge.<br />
Daniel shared, “Safety Huddles involve a daily short meeting <strong>of</strong> hospital<br />
leaders and key team members at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the day to share<br />
hospital updates, census on the units, quality and safety concerns,<br />
patient satisfaction, and more. The purpose is to promote team building<br />
and improve communication and problem solving in the organization.<br />
The information discussed is then disseminated to all employees<br />
throughout the hospital.” He is planning to obtain additional education<br />
and training to become certified as a family nurse practitioner to meet<br />
the health care needs <strong>of</strong> the Fort Dodge community.<br />
Our rn-bsn students live and work in 66 <strong>of</strong> 99 Iowa’s counties<br />
LYON OSCEOLA DICKINSON<br />
EMMET<br />
WINNEBAGO WORTH MITCHELL HOWARD WINNESHIEK<br />
ALLAMAKEE<br />
KOSSUTH<br />
SIOUX<br />
OBRIEN<br />
CLAY<br />
PALO<br />
ALTO<br />
HANCOCK<br />
CERRO<br />
GORDO<br />
FLOYD<br />
CHICKASAW<br />
FAYETTE<br />
CLAYTON<br />
PLYMOUTH CHEROKEE BUENA<br />
VISTA<br />
POCAHONTAS HUMBOLDT WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER<br />
BREMER<br />
WOODBURY<br />
IDA<br />
SAC<br />
CALHOUN<br />
WEBSTER<br />
HAMILTON<br />
HARDIN<br />
GRUNDY<br />
BLACK<br />
HAWK<br />
BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE<br />
MONONA<br />
CRAWFORD<br />
CARROLL<br />
GREENE<br />
BOONE<br />
STORY<br />
MARSHALL<br />
TAMA<br />
BENTON<br />
LINN<br />
JONES<br />
JACKSON<br />
CLINTON<br />
CEDAR<br />
HARRISON SHELBY AUDUBON GUTHRIE DALLAS POLK JASPER POWESHIEK IOWA JOHNSON<br />
SCOTT<br />
MUSCATINE<br />
POTTAWATTAMIE<br />
CASS<br />
ADAIR<br />
MADISON<br />
WARREN<br />
MARION<br />
MAHASKA<br />
KEOKUK<br />
WASHINGTON<br />
LOUISA<br />
MILLS<br />
MONTGOMERY ADAMS UNION CLARKE LUCAS MONROE WAPELLO JEFFERSON HENRY<br />
DES MOINES<br />
FREMONT PAGE TAYLOR RINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN<br />
LEE<br />
In <strong>2016</strong>-<strong>2017</strong>, we also had 11 students enrolled in the RN-BSN<br />
program working and living in the following states: Illinois,<br />
Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin.<br />
13 STUDENT SUCCESS
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