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Utah Nurse • Page 6 August, September, October 2018 A Voice for Nursing UNA leaders represent your interests in a wide variety of meetings, coalitions, conferences and work groups throughout the year, anticipating and responding to the issues the membership has identified as priorities. In addition to many meetings with legislators, regulators, policy makers and leaders of other health care and nursing organizations, the following is a partial list of the many places and meetings where you were represented during the past three months.... UNA Board Meeting UNA Executive Director Committee Interim Health and Human Services Committee of Utah State Legislature Utah Nursing Consortium Utah State Board of Nursing Academic Leadership Council of UONL UNA Conference & Advocacy 2018 Planning Meeting WEX Meeting Utah Health Policy Roundtable Sigma Theta Tau Nu Nu Chapter Board Meeting Sigma Theta Tau Nu Nu Annual Chapter & Induction Dinner & Awards Poster Presentation TCM Enhancements to Patient Satisfaction Utah Board of Student Nursing Association Meeting Honors for Nursing GOVA National Meeting (Governmental Affairs of ANA) National Quarterly President’s Call (ANA) UACH (Utah Action Coalition for Health) Health Insights Falls Prevention Committee We Hire New Graduates! The Utah State Hospital, a cutting-edge 325 bed psychiatric inpatient treatment facility on a 300-acre campus in Provo, Utah located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, is seeking Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Psychiatric Technicians. Flexible schedules are available, with excellent benefits including medical, dental, life insurance, retirement, paid leave, etc. A sign on bonus is being offered to full time Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses, $4,000 to full time RN’s. Apply online at https://statejobs.utah.gov. Hover over Job Search and click on Job Listings. Under locations, select Provo, and then click Apply Search. You will then see the links to the job applications, click on the one you are interested in. If you have any questions contact Human Resource Office at 801-344-4271. Introducing...Liz Close, PhD, RN UNA's New Executive Director Liz’s journey to Utah and the UNA Executive Director position has been, well, unusual. After completing her Master’s degree in nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), she began working at the University of Utah College of Nursing as a nurse researcher and project director of federally and foundation funded grants and as a consultant on nurse recruitment information management and nursing staff position control at University Hospital (before the era of computerization!). During her time in Utah, she was an officer of the U of U Nursing Honor Society which she helped charter as the Gamma Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International in 1978. It was during this time her friends taught her to ski by convincing her to take the Snowbird tram for her first lessons! In 1982, Liz accepted an appointment to teach the BSN senior school health nursing lecture and clinical practicum and serve as the administrative coordinator of the RN-BSN program for the Pennsylvania State University in central Pennsylvania. She returned to California in 1987 and worked as the Special Projects Coordinator for the Vice President of Patient Care Services at Marin General Hospital before being appointed Associate Professor and Regional Coordinator for the northern California “campus” of the Statewide Nursing Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills. This was the first distance learning RN to BSN program in the nation and was delivered throughout the entire state of California. Liz was only responsible for program delivery north of San Francisco to the Oregon border! Liz began doctoral studies in sociology at UCSF in 1990 and completed her PhD with specialties in health care policy and aging in 1994. Her studies of unpaid labor (euphemistically known as “informal care”) in the delivery of home care suggested the structural mechanisms by which the tremendous outflux of hospital care to homes was achieved in the post-DRG era. In that same year, Liz was promoted to full professor and awarded tenure at CSUDH. In 1997, she accepted the permanent chair position of the Sonoma State University (SSU) nursing department in northern California. Liz retired from academia in 2015 and was awarded Professor Emeritus status at SSU where she had been Nursing Department Chair for 15 years. During that time, one of SSU nursing’s many achievements was development and implementation of the Collaborative Nursing Education Continuum Model for ADN-BSN (“RN-BSN”) education, in 2009, between SSU and five community colleges in the university’s 8,000 square mile service area. Liz’s statewide leadership facilitated an unprecedented level of cooperation and collaboration between community college and university nurse educators and practice partners in streamlining ADN-BSN education in California. She also served on the California Board of Registered Nursing Education Advisory Committee for three years and was elected to the Petaluma Health Care District Board of Directors where she served in multiple roles for eight years advocating for the nursing profession and patient safety and quality care. Liz has been a nurse expert consultant for the Center to Champion Nursing in America since 2011. In this capacity, she has provided expertise nationwide on the Shared Curriculum Model as well as other post-licensure BSN and MSN transformational pathways for increasing the educational level of the nursing workforce recommended in the 2011 IOM Future of Nursing Report. She has also provided service and consultation across the country on implementation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health. Liz is now a member of the Utah Association of Nurse Leaders and has had the great pleasure of working with the Utah Action Coalition for Health through her role with the Center to Champion Nursing in America’s Campaign for Action. She moved to Park City in April 2015 and has been consulting on educational transformation for state community college and university systems as well as private nursing schools, developing online graduate nursing coursework in health care finance and working at Deer Valley in the winter (yes, she did recover from her first tram experience and loves to downhill!). Liz has purposefully focused the last 25 years of her career on transforming nursing education and intends to bring the same level of experience, dedication, advocacy and enthusiasm to supporting the ongoing advancement of nursing in Utah in her new career chapter as UNA Executive Director. Her recent publications include: Close, L. & Orlowski, C. (2015, Dec). Advancing Associate Degree in Nursing-to- Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing academic progression: The California Collaborative Model for Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Education 54(12), 683-688. Close, L., Gorski, M.S., Sroczynski, M., Farmer, P., & Wartock, J. (2015, Dec). Shared Curriculum Model: A promising practice for education transformation. Journal of Nursing Education 54(12), 677-682. Jones, D., & Close, L. (Nov/Dec 2015). California Collaborative Model for Nursing Education: Building a higher educated nursing workforce. Nursing Economic$ 33(6), 335-341. Gorski, M.S., Farmer, P., Sroczynski, M., Close, L., & Wartock, J. (2015, Sep). Nursing education transformation: Promising practices in academic progression. Journal of Nursing Education 54(9), 509-515. We hire RNs who fit our culture, not a schedule. Learn how we can design a position just for you. “When HopeWest hires RNs, we look for confident, independent and critical thinkers to work alongside some of western Colorado’s best nurses.” - Gina, Clinical Director 11 Years of Service To apply visit HopeWestCO.org OR Call (970) 257-2364 Equal Opportunity Employer
August, September, October 2018 Utah Nurse • Page 7 American Nurses Association Announces National Awards Recipients 12 nurses will be honored for transforming health care The ANA awarded twelve nurses for transforming healthcare, including Utah’s own Alexandra L Wubbels, BSN, RN. SILVER SPRING, MD (April 30, 2018) – The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced its 2018 National Awards recipients. ANA’s National Awards honor outstanding nurses whose dedication and achievements have contributed significantly to the nursing profession. This year’s 12 honorees include two registered nurses who will be inducted into ANA’s Hall of Fame, and ten registered nurses who will receive Honorary Awards. A ceremony to honor the 12 award recipients will be held on Friday, June 22, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., during ANA’s Membership Assembly. ANA is honored to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of these nurses, who are exemplary leaders and advocates, and whose contributions have advanced nursing and demonstrated ANA’s impact on improving health care for all. Hall of Fame Award ANA established the nursing Hall of Fame Award to recognize individual nurses’ significant commitments to the nursing field and their impact on the health and social history of the United States. ANA first inducted recipients into the Hall of Fame in 1976. ANA is honored to induct two Hall of Fame Award recipients for 2018: • Barbara J. Drew, PhD, MS, RN, ANA\California • Marie Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Dr. Barbara Drew’s cardiovascular nursing research has brought valuable improvements to patient care and nursing scholarship. Her 30 years of research and publication work, focused on cardiac monitoring, has led to major changes in the clinical care of patients with heart disease. Dr. Drew has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to furthering excellence in nursing science. In her work with organizations, she has often moved them toward more productive interdisciplinary goals and to the adoption of clinical guidelines that reflect nursing research and the concerns of clinical nurses. The late Dr. Marie Louise Fitzpatrick was a visionary leader and champion for the nursing profession, international health care and nursing education. Dr. Fitzpatrick was the Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing at Villanova University – a position she held for nearly 40 years. Under her leadership, Villanova’s College of Nursing was created and developed into a premier nursing program. She expanded the college’s academic programs, including initiating the master’s and doctoral programs, as well as an accelerated BSN program for second-degree students. Dr. Fitzpatrick developed distance learning strategies and clinical simulation initiatives with a focus on scholarship and research. Honorary Award The Honorary Award recipients are highly accomplished registered nurse leaders and will be honored for their outstanding service to the profession in categories ranging from public health to patient advocacy to legislative successes. The Honorary Award recipients are: • Gale Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN North Carolina Nurses Association The Barbara Thoman Curtis Award recognizes significant contributions to nursing practice and health policy through political and legislative activity. • Valerie Aarne Grossman, MALS, BSN, RN, NE-BC ANA-New York The Honorary Nursing Practice Award acknowledges a registered nurse who is directly involved in patient care who receives recognition by peers for their contribution to the advancement of nursing through strength of character, commitment and competence. • Peggy L. Chinn, PhD, RN, FAAN ANA\California The Honorary Human Rights Award recognizes the outstanding commitment to human rights and exemplifying the essence of nursing’s philosophy about humanity. • Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP Ohio Nurses Association The Jessie M. Scott Award is named after the American nurse who served as the Assistant Surgeon General and directed the nursing division of the U.S. Public Health Service, which is now known as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The award recognizes a nurse who has made an outstanding accomplishment in a field of practice, education, or research and demonstrates the interdependence of these elements and their significance for the improvement of nursing and health care. • Richard Henker, PhD, RN, FAAN Pennsylvania State Nurses Association The Luther Christman Award recognizes the contributions that an individual man in nursing has made to the profession of nursing. • Paula K. Anderson, RN Ohio Nurses Association The Mary Ellen Patton Staff Nurse Leadership Award was established to recognize an individual staff nurse who has made significant contributions to the professional advancement of staff nurses and who has demonstrated leadership in the nursing profession. • Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN ANA Massachusetts The Mary Mahoney Award recognizes significant contributions, by an individual nurse or a group of nurses, to integration within the nursing profession. • Alexandra L. Wubbels, BSN, RN Utah Nurses Association The Staff Nurse Patient Advocacy Award recognizes staff nurse advocates— the heroines and heroes on the front lines— for providing direct patient care in all practice settings and who have advocated for their patients. # # # The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the premier organization representing the interests of the nation’s 4 million registered nurses. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting a safe and ethical work environment, bolstering the health and wellness of nurses, and advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public. ANA is at the forefront of improving the quality of health care for all. • Marilyn D. Harris, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Pennsylvania State Nurses Association The Distinguished Membership Award recognizes outstanding leadership and contributions to the mission of ANA. • Michael J. Rice, PhD, APN, RN, FAAN Colorado Nurses Association The Hildegard Peplau Award honors contributions to nursing practice through a lifetime of scholarly activities, clinical practice and policy development directed toward the psychosocial and psychiatric aspects of nursing care delivery. 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Applications are required and are available at the Page Administration site at 827 Vista Ave. or on line at www.canyonlandschc.org/. Resumes may be attached to the application, but will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. EOE. Successful completion of a background check and drug screen is a prerequisite to employment. Applications are accepted until position is filled. Relocation bonuses available | Excellent benefits IHS or NHSC loan repayment program eligible CONTACT: Michelle Beasley, BSN, RN Director of Nursing Recruitment Email: michelle.beasley@fdihb.org Phone: 928-729-8394 | 928-688-6220
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