Maine Journal - January 2022

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The Many Roles of the Registered Nurse
Education Program
Deb Gillespie, Ph.D.,R.N. and
Juliana L’Heuerux, B.S. M.H.S.A. R.N.
PORTLAND - A jointly
sponsored educational video
program sponsored by
the University of Southern
Maine School of Nursing
and the American Nurses
Association of Maine (ANA-
Maine), about “The Many
Roles of the Registered
Nurse,” will be available in
February 2022 for students
and professional nurses
to view and learn about
nursing as a career or
opportunities to change
their career paths.
Registered nurse
shortages are reported
throughout the U.S. Caring
for the health and wellbeing
of an aging Baby
Boomer generation is
compounding the need for
nurses, especially during the
COVID pandemic with its
variant mutations. Nursing
Deb Gillespie
Juliana L’Heuerux
recruitment and retention are the focus of the February
video program. Prospective students as well as those
who are already licensed will hear from the nurses who
discuss their diverse experiences serving in a variety of
interesting health care organizations specialties.
Nurses who contributed to “The Many Roles of the
Registered Nurse,” edited by USM Assistant Professor
Deb Gillespie, are the program presenters. Dr. Gillespie
edited the academic anthology, written by nurses
who are accomplished in their particular specialties.
A collection of first person experiences are written by
nurses who are specialists in particular areas of clinical
practice..
This program will be video-taped, at the University
of Southern Maine, on the Portland Campus on
Monday, February 21, 2022 in room 204, Payson Smith
Hall beginning at 10 AM until 11:30 AM. The video
will be available for free viewing on the USM YouTube
channel. The public is invited to attend the program
live, while it is being video-taped in Payson Smith
Hall on the Portland campus. Masks are required to
be worn by all participants and guests. Strict COVID
prevention protocols will be followed.
This timely program will provide information to
students who are considering nursing as a career, but
want to know more about the profession. Moreover,
experienced nurses will be able to provide information
to those who are considering a career change, but who
want to remain in the profession.
“Nurses who may consider leaving the profession
will learn about the many roles in health care where
they can find professional support, and therefore, apply
their experience to a different specialty,” said Professor
Gillespie. Students who will benefit from hearing the
presentations are freshman nursing students and
undergraduates with an undeclared major.
Nurses who contributed to “The Many Roles of the
Registered Nurse” anthology and who volunteered to
present on video about their experiences are:
Polly Campbell, B.S., is a registered nurse with
over three decades in the field of violence and abuse
prevention working with victims of trauma, and
teaching health care providers and others on care and
treatment of survivors.
Sarah DeCato, MSN, a registered nurse with two
decades of experience in public health.
Jan Fogel, MSN, a registered nurse and vice
president informatics officer at Northern Light Health in
Brewer, Maine.
Tricia Foley, BSN, registered nurse at Maine Medical
Center, in Portland.
Deb Gillespie, PhD., registered nurse, and assistant
professor and assistant director of research and
resourses at the University of Southern Maine.
Debra Kramlich, PhD, a registered nurse who is an
associate professor of nursing at the University of New
England, and has five years of experience in school
nursing.
Juliana L’Heureux, B.S., M.H.S.A., a registered
nurse with twenty years of experience as a health
care administrator including six years as the executive
director of Southern Maine Emergency Medical
Services and is the president-elect of the American
Nurses Association of Maine (ANA-Maine).
Jan Morrissette, MSN, is a board certified advanced
public health nurse with 26 years of experience in
Maine Public Health and is a Robert Wood Johnson
Executive Nurse Fellow.
Rebecca Quirk, MSN, is a registered nurse who
worked at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
Inpatient Unit at Maine Medical Center for almost 30
years.
Linda Samia, PhD., is a registered nurse who has
practiced for 45 years in acute care, home care, and
hospice. Her specialty areas include gerontology,
community heath, and health policy. Dr. Samia has
taught at the University of Southern Maine since 2007,
primarily at the graduate level.
Bonnie Smith, MFA, BSN, is a registered nurse who
has worked at Maine Medical Center in Portland,
Maine in the level I Trauma Center and as an
Emergency Department nurse.
Hilary Speare, B.A., is a registered nurse who
has 25 years of experience in neonatal nursing and
transitioned to home infusion nursing.
More information about this free program
is available by contacting Debra Gillespie at
debra.j.gillespie@maine.edu or Juliana L’Heureux at
Juliana.lheureux@anamaine.org.
This program is applying for 1.5 Continuing
Education Units from the American Nurses Association
of Maine. More information will be made available on
the ANA-Maine website at www.anamaine.org and
on the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing
website at https://usm.maine.edu/nursing.
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Volume 18 • Number 1
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AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION-MAINE
a constituent member association of the
American Nurses Association
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Robert Abel, MSN, RN, CHPH, CCM, CMC
President, Portland
robert.abel@anamaine.org
Juliana L’Heureux, BS, MHSA, RN
President-Elect, Topsham
Cynthia Randall, DNP, RN, CHSE
Treasurer, Gray
Carla Randall, PhD, RN, CNE
Secretary, Auburn
Mary Therese Cully-Onoshko, RN, CHPN
Director, Union
Patricia Eldershaw, PhD (Soc), MSN, RN
Director, Mapleton
Samantha Foss, MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Director, Medford
Debra Gillespie, PhD, RN
Director, Cape Elizabeth
Amanda Savage, DNP, MEd, BSN, RN
Director, Hampden
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