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Caring Nursing Skills Develop in Newly Renovated Fortune Sim Labwritten by rebecca whitesel

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4 NSO Minute to Win It | new student ori-entation took on a new twist for this years incoming pre-licensure nursing students. written by sarah greentree

Association Spotlight: Men in Nursing at IWU | male nurses are increasing in number and impact, and the son is committed to their success.written by dot clark-ott

In Memory: Connie Nave | son clinical instructor connie nave is remembered. written by sarah greentree

IWU Cleveland Education Centers Reach Out to Nurses | iwu is uniquely serving healthcare system needs in ohio. written by terry gunter

From the Alumni Blog | alumna billy Jo Fritch is making a difference in linton, indiana.

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Mustard-SeedNursing:Lessons from Haitiwritten by ryan mallo

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Multigenerational Nursing in Africaalesha wellings african travels followed in her mothers and aunts footsteps. written by sarah greentree

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DNP Cohort Travels to Chinawritten by beth deKoninck

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Dr. Barbara Ihrke, PhD, RNVPAA, IWU School of Nursing

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School of Nursing SPRING 2015

This year New Student Orientation (NSO) at Indiana Wesleyan University was much different than what it has been in the past. Instead of one busy weekend for orientation, the new students came a week early and spent a whole week doing various NSO events. The Division of Pre-licensure Nursing decided to make one of their events a little more interesting.

Many people have seen the game show Minute to Win It. The premise of the show is that there are various tasks that need to be completed in one minute. These tasks can range from stacking golf balls to pulling every single tissue out of a new box of tissues, one at a time. This is what the students attending this

NSO event had to do. As seen in the pictures, the various faculty and staff of the Division of Pre-licensure Nursing split up into teams, coordinating with colored bandanas, to compete against each other in these games. The premise of this time was to get students to bond with other incoming nursing students to make the transition to college life just a little bit easier. +

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written by Dot Clark-Ott, PhD, RN

Association Spotlight: Men in Nursing at IWU

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported in 2011 that 11.4% of baccalaureate nursing students were men, while the National League for Nursing reported the number at 14% in 2012. Although the numbers of men in nursing have increased consistently, the pace has been slow. Indiana Wesleyan University men in nursing have played a part in this increase on multiple levels.

First and foremost, men have chosen to enroll in IWU School of Nursing programs in increasing numbers, due in part to the image IWU presents as a wel-coming place for men to study nursing. From their first campus visit tour of the Fortune Patient Care Skills Lab, potential young men in nursing observe and hear from other young male nursing student tour guides that both men and women have important roles in nursing. Faculty advisors support this realization through individualized attention and personal interactions with both potential and registered nursing students. Once en-rolled at IWU, students are mentored and supported in professional development through frequent faculty contact, as well as interaction with student-led organiza-tions such as IWU Men in Nursing, the Student Nurse Association, and Nurses Christian Fellowship.

Another significant way that IWU men in nursing have helped to increase the number of men in nursing is through their willingness to mentor other nursing students, especially young men. The greater the number of men who are inter-ested in serving as adjunct faculty or clin-ical mentors for students, the more other students, nurses, and educators are able to recognize the distinctive strengths that men bring to their nursing practices. Rob Dawson, DNP; Craig Peel, MSN; Corey Sizelove, MSN; Scott Showen, BSN; and Dustin Diller, MSN are some of the most recent examples of IWU men in nursing who enjoy interacting with students and/or serving in faculty roles.

Focusing on Pre-licensure Nursing

A third important way that IWU men in nursing have impacted the number of men in nursing is through their personal recommendations of nursing as a great career option to their friends, families, and patients. According to Okrainec (1996), more men than women would choose nursing as a career again or rec-ommend it as a career for men. Roth and Coleman (2008) found that men per-ceived their nursing careers to be better than anticipated. Dr. Dot Clark-Ott, the faculty advisor for IWU Men in Nursing, recently completed doctoral research about what helps men succeed during nursing education. Her research, which includ-ed many respondents from among IWU Men in Nursing alumni, indicated that 80% of survey participants described their level of nursing success as a 9 or 10 on a scale of 1 through 10. Some students even rated it as an 11.

So what is IWU SON doing to help men succeed in the challenging and exciting field of nursing? A multifaceted approach is required. The ef-forts include helping students to visualize themselves as practicing nurses, while expanding their knowledge and skills through exciting opportunities. A transcultural adventure may be just the ticket for a young man to comprehend how his future as a nurse can help to change the world. Other stu-dents may respond to an exciting simula-tion, such as the realistic combat medical training scenario that Prof. Dustin Diller and a group of male students attended last year at Camp Atterbury Indiana National Guard facility.

iWu Men in nursing alumni have a history of

involvement that echoes their commitment to be

world-changers for Christ.

Alumni who participated in Dr. Clark-Otts study will not be surprised to learn that male nursing students who devel-oped personal connections with faculty and who maintained a long-range view of their individual goals as nurses consid-ered themselves to be the most successful in their nursing careers. Their perception of success was strengthened by achieving an MSN and having sufficient income. Alumni who are interested in learning more about the results of Dr. Clark-Otts research should email her directly at dot.clark@indwes.edu.

One idea that IWU Men in Nursing is currently considering is hosting a tri-weekly mentoring, service, or social event targeted primarily to men in nursing. A second idea is developing an online mentoring program, similar to what has been initiated by the American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN). A third proposal is the establishment of a recognized chapter of AAMN at IWU to provide better resources and structuring for the existent organization. If you are a male IWU student or alumnus in nursing with interest in helping to implement any of these options, please contact Dr. Rob Dawson (rob.dawson@indwes.edu) or Dr. Dot Clark-Ott. IWU men in nursing are changing the world! +

Corey Sizelove, MSN is a member of IWU Men in Nursing. Hes pic-tured here on a transcultural trip to Haiti with the School of Nursing.

Connie NaveConnie Ladea Nave was more than just another employee at Indiana Wesleyan; she was a friend.

Connie was employed by IWU for seven years, and she worked at Marion General Hospital for 20 years. Connie touched countless lives as a clinical instructor for the School of Nursing. Connie was known for her servant heart, as she also served as an active member of Pioneer Faith Evangelical Church, where she taught chil-drens Sunday School and Kids Club. Her countless hours encouraging, pushing, and praying for her students has been greatly appreciated by her former students. Even while she was sick, her determination and strong faith were an example to all who came in contact with her. Connie was not simply just an instructor or co-worker, but she was a friend to all. Connie will be greatly missed by both her IWU family and her Marion General Hospital family. +

written by Sarah Greentree

December 18, 1954 - December 22, 2014In Memory

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written by Terry Gunter, EdD

IWU Cleveland Education Centers Reach Out to Nurses

Did you know that Cleveland, Ohio, is home to three large, nationally ranked healthcare systems? The Cleveland Clinic Health System, University Hospitals, and MetroHealth all make their home in the thriving metropolis on the lake! These three healthcare systems employ over 7,000 registered nurses caring for patients who fill over 3,300 hospital beds on a daily basis. Healthcare professionals at these three systems treated over 7 million patients in 2013. Some notable personalities treated at one of these three healthcare giants include Bob Dole, Scott Hamilton, Jack Nicklaus, Rick Pittino, Liza Minelli, Oprah Winfrey, Robin Williams, and Christopher Reeve.

IWU is doing its part to help the nurses at these facilities achieve their degrees and continue their professional development. IWU is one of only a few regionally accredited institutions in the area that offer a nursing program that is at least par-tially onsite. Consequently, many nurses are choosing IWU to complete their BSN through the RNBS program offered onsite at both the Cleveland Education Center (Independence, OH) and the Cleveland East Education Center (Mayfield Heights, OH). This is even more critical as these healthcare systems seek to achieve and/or maintain Magnet status!

The IWU staff in Cleveland is also working with these healthcare systems to provide continuing education to nursing professionals. Full-time nursing instructor Liz Wright and Dr. Terry Gunter, Regional Dean, are seeking to build relationships within these systems and with professional nursing organizations in the area to determine training needs and to develop IWU faculty-led workshops and seminars to meet those needs. This will not only help the professional development of nurses in the Cleveland metropolitan area, but will also increase awareness of the quality programs offered through IWU at its Cleveland Education Centers.

Be watching for more news from IWU Cleveland! We are committed to serving our nurses who will then go forward and change the world (at least the world here in northeast Ohio)! +

IWU is one of only a few regionally accredited institutions in the area that offer a nursing

program that is at least partially onsite.

Connie Nave

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Caring Nursing Skills Develop in Newly Renovated Fortune Sim Lab

written by Rebecca Whiteselphotos by Jer Nelsen

Everything students need to learn hands-on nursing skills is at their fingertips in the Fortune Simulation Lab. Located on the first floor of Burns Hall of Science and Nursing, the simulation lab complements Indiana Wesley-an University School of Nursings modernized curriculum in preparing nurses for healthcare delivery in the twen-ty-first century.

Burns Hall was built in 1969 for pre-licensure nurse edu-cation, and its space more than doubled in 2000. Even so, SON classes and offices were scattered among four differ-ent buildings across the Marion campus prior to the halls recent renovation. Completed in the fall of 2014, this renovation was part of the Ott Hall of Sciences and Nurs-ing building project. Again space doubledfrom 6,000 to 12,000 square feet. The building now connects to Ott Hall by a three-story atrium.

All nursing students use the lab for various clinical hours and training. That is approximately 400 students, ranging from traditional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing to Doctorate of Nursing Practice students.

Moving nursing faculty offices from the lab area to the fifth floor of Ott Hall allowed dedicated space for gradu-ate nursing in Burns Hall. Prior to the renovation, they didnt have a presence on campus because we didnt have the space, explained Wanda Lewis, MSN, RN, director of Fortune Simulation Lab. While most DNP students work is online, three onsite residencies are required during their program. This gives them a home to come to, not just a random classroom, Lewis noted. There are current-ly 44 Doctor of Nursing Practice students in four different cohorts. The first DNP cohort started in January 2013 and will graduate this April.

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Some have said, You could be a real hospital.

Across the hall from the DNP room, also in remodeled space, is a new skills conference room, which is largely used for orientation and debriefing. A class will meet in this room to watch faculty demonstrate a procedure, then students split into groups to practice their skills in lab rooms. Simulations are replayed in the conference room to debrief students on their progress.

Exam rooms for physical assessment courses increased from nine to twelve as lab space increased. Sophomore nursing students are required to take NUR260 Physical Assessment. They must recruit a friend and give the person a thorough head-to-toe physical exam as part of the class. Three observation rooms with one-way mirrors enable instructors to see and re-cord simulation sessions. Wearing headphones, an instructor can interact with students in the exam rooms. Sixteen views are displayed at once in the EMS Control Room, which features a stellar audiovisual system.

Thirty-three headwall units are the hallmark of the patient care simulation lab. Some have said, You could be a real hospital, but it is not staffed 24/7, and all patient care activities are simulat-ed, Lewis said with a chuckle. But here is where students practice clinical skills and critical thinking. Their patients are high-, medium- and low-fidelity patient simulators, amazingly realistic men, women, and baby manikins with life-like anatomy and clinical functionality. De-pending on the model, they demonstrate vital signs, display symptoms of illness, or talk; one even gives birth! Students also learn how to give medications and keep records.

We change what we do in here every week, Lewis said. Sim lab secretary Marlene Overmyer keeps track of the schedule and equipment.

Lewis supervises Overmyer and a staff of ten registered nurses, in addition to teaching several classes. I like to be hands-on with the students and see the light bulbs coming on We are just really thrilled with our space; we use every inch of it! she exclaimed. +

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written by Ryan Mallo, DNP, FNP-C, RN

Mustard-Seed Nursing

As one of the newest faculty members in the Graduate Division of the School of Nursing, I felt it a great honor to be selected as a faculty member to lead five of our Graduate Nursing students as we traveled to La Gonave, Haiti, last fall. I spent many weeks working with our students and other seasoned faculty prepar-ing for medical and nursing lectures for the staff at the local hospital and nursing school.

There are several areas of family practice of which God has granted me an in-depth knowledge, and there are a number that He has not. I remember even as a new graduate, sitting for my RN boards, whispering a quick prayer before taking the exam, Lord, please help me as I take this test, and please dont allow me to have many OB or psych questions. The first question on my board exam was about how to care for a psychiatric condition in a pregnant woman! So, imagine my surprise when I was asked to help improve care for the pregnant women in a third-world country! My prayers have changed since the days of RN boards, and I simply whispered, Alright, Lord! Please guide me in what it is you would have me do to help these Hai-tian men and women as they provide care to pregnant women.

In 2012 the Dean of the Wesleyan University of Haiti, an IWU alum and current DNP student, received a re-port highlighting the maternal/fetal practices on the island of La Gonave, and she prayed, Lord, what is it you would have me to do with this information? On an island that is 36 miles long with terrain so rough that, in some instances, it takes about one hour to travel one mile, how could one person possibly tackle the education needs of midwives on the entire island? She laid it before the Lord and gave that information to Dr. Ihrke, the VP of Academic Affairs in the School of Nursing, who proposed that this become an on-going project for IWUs DNP students.

I was one of the faculty mentors for DNP 01, the first group to help empower Haitian nurses and doctors to improve their perinatal practices. DNP 01 interviewed four villages and sev-eral key individuals within the healthcare system on the island of La Gonave. Our students even had the high privilege of

Lessons from Haiti

talking with the Minister of Health on La Gonave. After several evaluations of current healthcare practices, the team dissemi-nated their findings to pass the torch to DNP 02 students, who traveled to Haiti in February 2015. DNP 01 established an end goal to develop a certificate of education for local lay midwives and update their practices with more effective ones. Further, the team identified the specific educational and clinical skills in which local midwives would like more education and training.

God has opened my eyes to the practice of third-world health-care and made me ever thankful for the resources that I have

at my disposal stateside. In one rural village there is only one local lay mid-wife; the village has approximately 200 people and the village frequently floods to the point that all individuals must leave. The midwife there has no resources at all. She has her hands and the little training she received 20+ years ago. During an interview she said, Ive delivered all of the peo-ple you see here right now. She utiliz-es whatever twine, rope, or material she can find to tie off the umbilical cord. These are Gods people we are trying to partner with and empower

on the island of La Gonave.

For those who are able to afford the services of a midwife, are identified as high-risk, and are able to make the journey to the hospital, there is the opportunity to deliver with nursing and medical staff. While I was working with the nurses and physi-cians, God was stretching and growing me in both a profes-sional and spiritual sense. I have not assisted in the delivery of a baby or served as the primary care provider of a neonate since my training in family practice several years ago.

Second Timothy 3:17, the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work (NET), could not be more applicable while I stood in the operating theater awaiting the OB/GYN to hand off the infant to me for initial

God hears our prayers long before we ask; He even far exceeds our expectations.

We only need to have faith the size of a mustard seed.

assessment. Assessment skills, textbook passages, and skills I had learned from pediatricians several years prior came rushing back at the moment they were needed.

God grew my faith as I looked around and saw harsh conditions. I saw patients who by all accounts should not survive, given the lack of resources to treat the illness and medical conditions that the medical and nursing staff encounter. Despite all of the aforementioned, I was seeing miracle after miracle; one night I shared with the students a devotional about how God knows our needs long before we even ask. Look it up, in Isaiah 65:24: Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear (NIV).

Early one morning, there was a knock on the door. At the door were missionar-ies with a little Haitian baby. Can you help her? Something is wrong with her arm, they said. I stated I was more than happy to look at it. As they undressed her, a weeping ulceration that was raw and tender was revealed. I admit my mind started racing: Im in a foreign country with little-to-no resources and no real clue what I may be up against. The mother stated the sore began two days ago, and I honestly had never seen such a rapid onset ulceration; not being from the country, I wasnt sure what the common microbes were in that region. Further, I wasnt even sure what RXs were most effective against those microbes or if they were available. Id been in the pharmacy earlier; resources were scarce. The missionary MD had gone to the mainland for the day, and I couldnt ask those simple, but necessary questions: What are the main microbes here, and what RXs are most effective? I prayed, Lord, please help guide my thoughts and plan of care for this patient. From the motherwith very broken English and the help of a translatorI received a brief history and went to our very limited arsenal. One of our students had brought with her a new tube of Bactroban, and pathophysiology kicked back in from undergraduate and graduate schools

over ten years ago. Staph is the most prevalent microbe on our skin. I gently washed the area and then showed the mother how to use the medicine. I re-ceived notice from the missionary three days later that the lesion had healed. God is good! I had no idea that ten or so years ago, He would be equipping me for work on a mission field. Its a blessing to me to see how God will use and honor hours of endless studying when you may think, When in the world will I ever use this...?

God was not only prevalent in the healing of patients, but in helping to orchestrate a move to a much-needed new hospital facility! While our DNP 01 team was on the island, the new hospital received the gift of a generator from the government, and a skilled electrician serving there was willing to help hook it up. Money was donated to help buy wire to hook up the generator, and an order was sent to the mainland for 145 feet of aluminum wire. Somewhere in transla-tion that was lost, and what came over from the mainland was 40 feet of copper wire. Copper wire is actually better than aluminum, but it costs three times the amount, and all the funds were used up in the purchase of the 40 feet. The problem: there was not enough wire to hook up the generator, and with no generator, the medical staff could not occupy the new building. After some frustration and tears, the staff went about their week. While working on another project, a tradesman moved a tarp to look for a tool in an old shed. Guess what he found? Over 100 feet of the same exact gauge copper wire that was sent from the mainland! This high-

er-gauge copper wiring equated to the ability to not only hook up the generator for the hospital, but to load the mission and nursing school onto the generator as well.

God hears our prayers long before we ask; He even far exceeds our expecta-tions. We only need to have faith the size of a mustard seed. Faith is not a substitute for hard work and thorough preparation; it goes hand-in-hand with hard work and preparation. Faith is knowing that God will honor endless hours of studying and help you remem-ber the minute details of that studying ten years later in a third-world country. It is not only knowing that God will supply the tools you need to complete the task at hand, but also knowing that He has already supplied those tools. You need only to be still.

P.S.: Go and look under that old tarp in the shedthe tool may be right there while youre sitting there stewing about your lack of resources. +

Ryan Mallo, DNP, FNP-C, RN holds a newborn after initial assess-ment on a fall 2014 trip to Haiti.

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DNP Cohort Travels to Chinawritten by Beth DeKoninck, DNP, APRN-BC, NP-C

In October I traveled with Dr. Terry Neal to Shenyang, China, as she led the first DNP cohort on their global healthcare trip. This cohort had the unique challenge of identifying initial project partnerships with both Shenyang Medical University and HImage Clinic for future DNP cohorts. These amazing students spent a significant amount of time listening to both organiza-tions and identified twelve projects. A few of these will be completed by this initial cohort, but most are long-term and will provide a fertile ground for partnership in years to come.

The DNP students gave several lectures at Shenyang Medical University and HImage Clinic, most on very short notice. Dr. Neal and I knew this would happen as we had experienced it ourselves on previous trips and breathed a sigh of relief that we had students with us for these impromptu lectures. We greatly enjoyed listen-ing to their lectures/demonstrations as we watched the Chinese students interact.

While we all had busy days working, we also enjoyed the opportunity to experience China by touring some local historical sites, and our students positively impacted the Shenyang economy with their shopping spree. One of the more notable experiences of the trip is always the food. Our hosts made sure we had three meals per day, and I believe we all found one or two favorites among the many dishes presented to us. We had the opportunity to burn off some of those calories by exercising with a group of people in a park near our hotel, and it was a wonderful experience for all. Of course, just climbing the Great Wall had to make up for all of the calories taken in during the previous days.

Dr. Neal and I enjoyed the opportunity to visit with col-leagues from previous trips and practice our hello and thank you in Chinese. There are many more wonderful memories to share, but for now you will have to visit with us personally or attend our DNP residency to hear more.

May the Lord continue to bless the work and relationships with our friends across the world. +

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Multigenerational Nursing in Africa

written by Sarah Greentree

Transcultural Nursing, as a nursing requirement, began in 1975 at Indiana Wesleyan University, making IWU the first school to institute such a requirement. The class is designed to give students experience in working with other cultures. Since then, nursing students have travelled all over the world to obtain their transcultural nursing credit. For one particular family, several members have decided to go to Africa to get their credit.

In the senior year of her nursing program in 1989, Shellee (Kuhn) Welling went to Sierra Leone with Dr. Lois Ellis and three other students, one of them her twin sister, Sharee (Kuhn) Strand. They went to Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital, where they worked to gain more nurse clinical experience and got the opportunity to experience what was to them a whole new culture. We had opportuni-ties to work in the hospital wards, the clinic, laboratory, and pharmacy. We gave many vaccines, worked with the TB patients, and assisted in the operating rooms and in

the delivery of many babies, says Shellee. I believe IWU gave me the most well-round-ed, God-centered edu-cation, [which] I could not have gotten at any other university.

Shellees sister, Sharee, agrees. Nursing gives us the unique oppor-tunity to minister to many different people in different cultures. I am thankful for this and the opportunity IWU gave me 26 years ago. The blessing of seeing God provide

the funds, traveling mercies, safety, protection, and the people we were able to help, was a testament to when we

I remember going through my moms

photo album of her trip when I was a young girl

and saying to myself, I want to go there.

are willing, God will make a way! I believe our faith is carried out in helping other people, especially those in their most desperate time, and nursing has given me this opportunity.

Now, 26 years later, Shellees daughter, Alesha Welling, has traveled to Zambia, Africa, with IWU for her transcultural nursing experience. Since I was a young girl I have always been interested in doing missions and nursing. Zambia was one of the main reasons why I chose Indiana Wesleyan University, says Alesha. I have heard many exciting stories of my mom and aunts experiences in Africa. I also remem-ber going through my moms photo album of her trip when I was a young girl and saying to myself, I want to go there. Hearing their stories and seeing the pictures sparked my interest and fueled this desire to go to Africa. +

The Kuhn sisters, Shellee (above top) and Sharee (above bottom), studied nurs-ing in Africa in the 1980s with IWU; Shellees daughter, Alesha Welling (below left), traveled to Zambia with IWU in 2014.

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Publications + Presentations

+ Meg Barnes, msn, rn wrote chapter 15, care of the patient with an immune disorder, in Adult Health Nursing (pp. 737-750). she also wrote chap-ter 32, health promotion and care of the older adult, in Foundations in Nursing (pp. 1068-1110).

+ Rosemary Fromer, phd, rn, cne presented theory-driven integrative/process evaluation of a concept-based curriculum at the national league for nursing 2014 education summit.

+ Barbara Ihrke, phd, rn presented cross-cultur-al nursing assessment and nursing and mis-sions at the 2014 global missions health confer-ence in louisville, Kentucky.

+ Rhonda Oldham, dnp, rn presented using in-tegrative research review (irr) process to impact health care delivery at the seventh national dnp conference in nashville, tennessee.

+ Lee Ann Hawkins, phd, rn co-authored testing a novel pictorial medication sheet to improve ad-herence in veterans with heart Failure and cogni-tive impairment in Heart & Lung.

Upcoming Events + Upcoming Events + Upcoming Events + Upcoming Events

2015 Graduation Datesapril 25, 2015august 8, 2015december 19, 2015

Zambia Study Abroadnursing students will be travelling to Zambia in fall 2015. please keep them in your prayers.

Hope in the Midst of Suffering: Christ Church Communityoctober 16-17, 2015, in marion, indiana

this event is co-spon-sored by the school of nursing and Joni and FriendsJoni Eareckson Tada will be on campus for this conference.

Health and Human Trafficking Conferencemay 20-21, 2015, at indi-ana wesleyan university, marion campus

For information and registration, visit www.indwes.edu/hhtc

Homecomingoctober 2-4, 2015

celebrating 40 years of nursing education at iwu

special events will be planned and celebratedstay tuned. check out the school of nursing Face-book page at facebook.com/iwusofn

We see patients from all agesfrom birth through the lifespan. Patients are treated

with high quality, personalized care in a warm and

compassionate atmosphere.

The Greene County Health-Shakamak Clinic in Linton, Indiana, is staffed by Board Certified Family Nurse Prac-titioner Billie Jo Fritch, who attended Indiana Wesleyan University for her masters-level nurse practitioner studies.

From the alumni blog

iwualumniblog.com

Find more online.

Read more about Billie Jos clinic workand about other IWU alumnion the IWU Alumni Blog. +

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Achievements+ Deb Bohlender, phd, rn received her phd from capella university this past october.

+ Dot Clark-Ott, phd, rn received her phd from indiana university this past december.

helloNEW FACULTY + STAFF

+ Sandy Horton (Division of Graduate Nursing)

+ Tyra Ousley (Division of Graduate Nursing)

+ Lisa Wallace (Division of Graduate Nursing)

goodbyeYOULL BE MISSED!

+ Priscilla Coe, Program Assistant, Division of Graduate Nursing

+ Joy Reed, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Division of Pre-licensure Nursing

+ Allison Sabin, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Division of Post-licensure Nursing

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+ Angela Bailey, msn, rn is pursuing a phd from capella university.

+ Meg Barnes, msn, rn is part of the first cohort to attain a dnp at indiana wesleyan university. she plans to graduate in april.

+ Ruth Eby, msn, rnc is pursuing her dnp at purdue.

+ Shirlene Newbanks, msn, rn is pursuing her dnp at indi-ana wesleyan university.

+ Deb Parker, msn, rn is pursuing her dnp at indiana wes-leyan university.

+ Barbara Wise, phd(c), msn, rn is pursuing her phd from ohio state university.

CORRECTION: The spring 2014 issue incorrectly listed Susan Bray, DNP, RN as having her MSN. However, she completed her DNP at the University of Alabama in De-cember 2013.

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