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NEWSLETTER 2011 NCONL Membership Meeting/Conference, Asheville, June 2-3
Announcement
Duke University School of Nursing Informatics Scholarships
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) now offers Informatics Scholarships that cover up to 100% of tuition!
DUSON offers both a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) – Nursing Informatics and a Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics (open to nurses or those with a healthcare background). It is a distance-based program with an online curriculum and requires just three days on campus each semester. There is no residency requirement.
Eligible students must be accepted to the Duke University School of Nursing MSN in Informatics Program or Health Informatics Certificate Program in Fall, 2011 or Spring, 2012 Semesters.
• These competitive scholarships cover up to 100% of tuition for completion of the MSN-Informatics or Certificate in Informatics
• Students may apply for this scholarship one time only, prior to or during the first semester in which they are enrolled.
More Information…
Prospective students who would like to review additional information and apply for this scholarship, please visit our website at: http://nursing.duke.edu/modules/son_financial/index.php?id=74
For more information about the Duke University School of Nursing –Informatics Specialty Program and Curriculum, please visit our website at http://nursing.duke.edu/modules/son_academic/index.php?id=101
For more information about Health Informatics at Duke, please visit www.dchi.duke.edu
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Sandi Jarr, Supportive Care Nurse Consultant with the North Carolina Clincal Cancer Center, and Program Chair for NCONL, was an invitational speaker at the 2009 AACN National Teaching Institute in New Orleans where her oral presentation summarized a study funded by a $10,000 grant from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and Phillips Medical Systems. The study examined the effects of a virtual reality distraction intervention on chemotherapy-related symptom distress levels in women aged 18 and older who were receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. Results of the study lend support for the premise that distraction mitigates symptoms and makes chemotherapy treatments more tolerable.
Dr. Cheryl Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and co-chair and organizer of the NCONL Research Committee, in conjunction with AONE Chief Executive Officer, Pamela A. Thompson, MS, RN, FAAN and Donna Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, received the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE) 2009 Edgar C. Hayhow Award.
ACHE grants the Hayhow Award annually to the author(s) of an article judged as the best from among those published in ACHE’s official journal, the Journal of Healthcare Management. Named in honor of ACHE’s 14th chairman, the Edgar C. Hayhow Award recognizes outstanding contributions to health care management literature.
The authors received the award for their article “Chief Nursing Officer Retention and Turnover: A Crisis Brewing? Results of a National Survey”. In the article, which appeared in the March/April 2008 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management, the authors present findings from their study on chief nursing officer (CNO) turnover and retention in U.S. hospitals. One of the major study findings is that approximately 62% of respondents plan to make a job change in the next five years, with about one-quarter of those set to retire. These results can be used by health care leaders to develop strategies and policies for recruiting and retaining CNOs.
Dr. Jones received the award during the ACHE 52nd Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago.
Pamela Rudisill, MSN, M.Ed,RN, NEA-BC, CCRN, Vice President Nursing/Patient Safety-HMA and immediate Past President of NCONL is currently serving as President of AONE.
Brenda Gail Summers, MBA/MHA, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC, Senior Consultant with the Greely Company and treasurer for NCONL has been recently elected as AONE Treasurer for 2010.
PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NAMES LINDA HOFLER CHIEF NURSING OFFICER
GREENVILLE - Pitt County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) has named Linda D. Hofler, Ph.D., its new chief nursing officer. Hofler, who has worked in University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina (UHS) hospitals for nearly 30 years, has held the position on an interim basis for the last year. For the last five years, she has served as PCMH vice president for the office of quality. “Linda has experienced every level of nursing during her career,” said PCMH President Steve Lawler. “I can’t think of anyone better equipped to lead our nursing professionals." The chief nursing officer is responsible for leading nursing practice to ensure the hospital nursing staff provides safe, high-quality care. The chief nursing officer coordinates nursing activities at PCMH, including patient care, professional development, education and research. Hofler also serves as a liaison to the hospital’s physician staff, other leaders throughout the organization and community agencies outside the hospital. “Being a nurse is the core of who I am,” Hofler said. “I feel privileged to be selected to lead such an amazing nursing team. The nursing staff at PCMH is among the best in the country. Our nurses are all about delivering incredible nursing care to the citizens of eastern North Carolina. I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as the chief nursing officer and lead nursing practice at PCMH.” Hofler’s roots run deep at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina. She joined PCMH as a clinical instructor in 1983. Over the next nine years, she served in several bedside and managerial capacities at PCMH. For most of the 1990s, Hofler was an executive at Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, eventually becoming vice president of patient services. From 2000 to 2005, Hofler was an administrator for the UHS legal affairs office and served as privacy officer for UHS and PCMH. For the last five years, she has been vice president for the PCMH office of quality. Hofler began her health care career as a staff nurse at LaCrosse Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wis. She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and she earned a doctorate in nursing from East Carolina University in 2007. She is the current board chairman for the United Way of Pitt County.
Linda is a member is District 6, NCONL.