WHAT'S NEW
Faculty
Linda
Rose Named Director of Nursing Baccalaureate
Program
Associate Professor Linda Rose, PhD, RN
assumed this new position effective January 1,
2006.
Undergraduate Research Honors Program Names
First Cohort
Ten highly motivated undergraduate students have
been selected to engage in research with faculty
as part of the new Undergraduate Research Honors
Program.
Cheryl Dennison was featured in the “Up
& Comer” section of the April 2006 issue
of
Johns Hopkins Magazine. Quoted in
the article is Dean Martha Hill: “Cheryl is one
of those rare people who integrates theory,
research methods, and data analysis with a
passion for the clinical problem beings
addressed to improve patient care and outcomes.”
Nurse Researcher Receives $3.5 Million to Study
Intimate Partner Violence
A new National Institute of Nursing Research
(NINR) grant awarded to Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN,
FAAN, Associate Professor and Director of the
Master's Programs, will fund studies to help
pregnant women and their infants who are at risk
for intimate partner violence.
Three
Hopkins Nurses Among Health Care Heroes
Two Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
faculty members and one alumna have been
recognized as 2006 Health Care Heroes by The
Daily Record. Cynda Rushton, DNSc, RN, FAAN,
Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and
Dan Sheridan, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor at
the School of Nursing were named Nurse Heroes.
Alumna Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH, was named a
Volunteer Hero finalist.
School of Nursing Dean Named to Maryland's Top
100 Women
Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean of the Johns
Hopkins University School of Nursing, is among
The Daily Record 2006 Maryland's Top 100 Women,
an annual award program recognizing outstanding
professional women in Maryland who give back by
mentoring others and working in their
communities.
In the April issue of JHU Human Resources
Today, SON faculty members Hae-Ra Han ,
Cynda Rushton, Phyllis Sharps, and Dan Sheridan
were featured in the front page story “Nurses
at JHU, Expanding the Definition of Nursing.”
SON Leaders are featured in JHU
Knowledge for the World Tour--SON Dean
Martha Hill and faculty members Marguerite
Littleton-Kearney and Kathi White are among the
JHU faculty and leaders who served as expert
panelists at the six regional campaign events
this spring. The SON and its programs also were
featured in one of the new videos produced for
the events. Podcasts of the panels now available
at
http://www.johnshopkins.edu/tour/.
Students
Senior
Class Receives Nursing Pins
The Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association
(JHNAA) hosted a
Pinning Ceremony for the 2006
Traditional Class on May 2. The pins, which are
now purchased for all graduating classes by
JHNAA, commemorate a student's graduation and
entry into the field of nursing. The
Ceremony for the 2006 Accelerated Class will be
held on Friday, June 2.
Open Mic Night Raises Funds to Fight
Cancer
Stacia Potempa, a member of the accelerated
class of 2006, has been free of cancer for five
years. She is celebrating that anniversary
this May by participating in an Olympic Length
Triathlon to raise money for the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society. To help achieve her
fundraising minimum of $2,400, Potempa organized
an Open Mic Night at the SON in April with poets
from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City.
National
Student Nurses Association Conference
Held in Baltimore
Over 3,500 nursing students attended the
54th Annual
National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA)
Convention in Baltimore, April 5-9, 2006.
Baltimore’s harbor location is the ideal setting
in which to highlight the convention theme,
“Setting Sail for a World of Wellness.”
Read about the convention in the blog of
Mary Sullivan, President of the Hopkins chapter
of NSNA.
Students Help Seniors Achieve Mindfulness
Through Meditation
Through the SON community outreach program,
baccalaureate students Cambria Fast and
Teresa Gaul have been helping senior
citizens through the program Elder SHINE
(Support, Honor, Inspire, Nurture and
Encourage). Every Friday, the seniors
participate in guided meditation and discuss how
they are using mindfulness and meditation to
handle their health problems and to reduce the
stress in their lives. “This program has been a
great example of how meditation can improve
coping abilities for seniors,” says instructor
Carm Dorsey. “We would love to see this program
in every senior citizen building.”
Student-Created Mural Depicts Faces of Nursing
A blank wall adjacent to the Student Lounge in
the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
has been transformed into a 150-square foot
mural named "Faces of Nursing." The mural
consists of five panels - about 5'6" wide - that
show different "faces" of nursing.
The first scene depicts a nurse listening to
the heartbeat of a hospital patient, while
another features military nurses caring for a
patient in a field tent. The center panel shows
community health nurses visiting a family in a
neighborhood of East Baltimore rowhouses.
Another nurse is shown giving Reiki to a
patient, and the final image is that of a nurse
educator in front of a classroom.
Around
the School
75th Annual Johns Hopkins Turtle Derby
This year's turtle derby begins at 12:30pm
on Friday, May 19. Name a turtle for $8 and
cheer it on. Take home up to $100 if it’s a
winner. Proceeds benefit the Children’s Center
and the Perkins Day Care Center. Alumni: Do
you have turtle derby memorabilia?
Contact Andy Harrison at the Archives:
410-735-6788 or
aharriso@jhmi.edu.
University of Pennsylvania SON Dean
Speaks at Johns Hopkins University SON
Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN, Dean of
the University of Pennsylvania School of
Nursing, Counsel General of the International
Council on Women’s Health Issues, and a Board
Member of the Global Health Council and CARE,
presented the Dean's Lecture, Safe Womanhood in
an Unsafe World at the Johns Hopkins University
School of Nursing on March 23, 2006.
New on the SON Website
The website is continually growing with new
information and features. Don't miss these
new pages:
Faculty Research Project Websites,
Student Profiles
Peace
Corps Visits, Celebrates 45th
This spring, the U.S. Peace Corps visited the
SON and our community health nursing sites, met
our largest group ever of Peace Corps Fellows,
and joined in our celebration of the Corps’ 45th
anniversary.
Read our Peace Corps Fellows Newsletter
National Health Information Technology
Coordinator David Brailer Speaks at School
David Brailer, MD, PhD, National Coordinator of
Health Information Technology (HIT) for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services,
discussed national HIT initiatives at the school
on Tuesday, March 28 from 10:45 a.m. to noon.
