Message of the Week
March 04, 2009

• DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS SUNDAY!!
• Countdown to Spring (and Spring Break)
• Children'S Health Fair is Coming!
• Fall Registration is coming!
• MountainEAR 5K Race to benefit speech, hearing impaired
• Nursing Students make a difference at Unity Day at the Capitol
• Graduating Seniors welcome to submit photos
• The Mushroom Project needs your help
• Blood Drive Scheduled TOMORROW
• The Cinderella Project Needs your help
• Tender Loving Care Hospice holding Health Fair
• 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Bartlett House
• Summer Nursing Externships Available
• Educational Opportunities Offered
• Summer Courses Offered in Vietnam and Cambodia
• TIPS Schedule for Spring
• Employment, Scholarships, Community Service, Volunteer Opportunities
• Saving ink cartridges to save the dogs and cats

DON'T FORGET!


SPRING FORWARD! DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS AT 2AM SUNDAY MORNING!
Remember to advance your clocks and watches one hour March 8. You can make up that hour of sleep you're going to lose when Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 1.
Spring is coming!



COUNTDOWN TO SPRING:
16 DAYS until Spring arrives on March 20.
10 DAYS until your Spring Break (officially) arrives!




CHILDREN'S HEALTH FAIR IS COMING! SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 10a - 5p
This is the fun health fair! Thousands of kids will visit the Morgantown Mall to participate in all the fun and healthy activities. The School of Nursing will be having nutrition and safety quizzes, blood pressures for the kids (and parents if they want) and our famous low-tech tic-tac-toe game for the kids, along with prizes for our winners. Our main goal is for kids to see nurses in a happy setting. Too often kids see nurses when they are getting shots or are sick. We all know nurses can be fun! We will have 2 shifts, from 9:30a - 1:30p and 1:30p - 5:30p. You are welcome to work the entire shift if you would like. Dress code will be scrubs. Since this Health Fair is on Saturday, you will receive double community service hours. Please email bjurick@hsc.wvu.edu to sign up for the Children's Health Fair. Additionally, we have always helped other booths with their displays and many of our students have appeared as costumed characters. It's just a fun day and a great way to practice your patient skills with the little ones!

FALL REGISTRATION IS COMING! HOW CAN THAT BE?
Fall 2009 registration begins on March 24, the Tuesday after Spring Break Week. Students can pick up information on the Fall registration process in the Office of Student Services. The information will also be available online as of February 23. Clinical request forms will also be available online beginning February 23, with a March 23 deadline.


MountainEAR 5K RACE TO BENEFIT SPEECH, HEARING IMPAIRED
The first MountainEAR 5K run/walk to benefit local residents with speech or hearing difficulties and WVU clinics that provide services for these problems will be March 22 at Hazel Ruby-McQuain Park. The event will begin at 3 pm, with registration that day from 1-2:45 pm. The cost to participate is $15 for those who register by March 18 and $20 thereafter. Three-fourths of the proceeds from the race will benefit WVU Speech and Hearing Center patients who cannot afford services or hearing aids. The Student Academy of Audiology at WVU is sponsoring the event. For more information, contact Lily Hughes, SAA president, at 802-578-5140

STUDENT NURSES MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT UNITY DAY AT THE CAPITOL!
Representatives from the Legislature included Delegate Don Purdue, Chair of the Committee on Health and Human Resources, and Senator Roman Prezioso and Delegate Barbara Hatfield, the only RN in the legislature. The President of the WV Board of Examiners for RNs spoke on decision making as it relates to Delegation. Innovation and Leadership were also themes of the day and a panel of nurse leaders from various backgrounds spoke on their experiences, opinions about reform, and how they reached where they are today.

(l)Students, Julie Moore, Traci Keck and Stephanie Ehland pose with faculty members, Gail VanVoorhis and Patty Hermosilla during their trip to Unity Day, February 25. Unity Day is dedicated to the nursing profession in West Virginia.
(r) Graduate student Beth Baldwin joins Julie, Traci, Stephanie, Patty and Gail in Capitol.
   

A GREAT IDEA! YOUR NURSING SCHOOL JOURNEY IN 3 PHOTOGRAPHS!
Graduating Seniors are invited to submit up to 3 photos to be incorporated into a slideshow for commencement in May. Please click on the link to learn more about this fun idea. After all this time of studying your powerpoint slides, here's your opportunity to be part of one!


THE MUSHROOM PROJECT NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Two of our nursing students, Bill Grieb and Macy Miller are involved with the MUSHROOM Project, a medical outreach for the homeless population of Morgantown. They have been collecting clothing for the homeless and want to get the SON involved. Collection boxes are located in Health Promotion and Restoration. The collection needs at this time are socks for men/women, boxers, women's underwear, hair conditioner and deodorant. Please contact Macy, mmille22@mix.wvu.edu for more details or to get involved. You can purchase 10 pair of socks at the local dollar stores for $5. These needs are so basic - can you help?

BLOOD DRIVE
There will be a Blood Drive on Thursday, March 5, 2009, in the John Jones Conference Center. Appointments can be made online at www.redcrosslife.org. Thank you for giving the gift of life.




PLEASE HELP WITH THE CINDERELLA PROJECT
The School of Nursing will again host the Cinderella Project over the next couple of weeks to help Hospice Care earn money and young women get their prom dresses for very little. The School of Nursing will be collecting dresses in front of the HSC Bookstore on the ground level March 9th 11AM- 1PM. Dresses can also be dropped off to the office of Gail VanVoorhis Rm #3015 (Across from the Nursing Skills Lab) Help with the Cinderella project prom fashion show on April 4th at the Middletown Mall, Fairmont is needed. Contact Stephanie Williams swilli31@mix.wvu.edu





TENDER LOVING CARE HOSPICE IS PRESENTING A HEALTH FAIR
at Unity Apartments, Willey Street on Friday, March 6 from 11:30a - 2:30 p. Unity houses an elderly population of approximately 200 including staff. Many of these residents are unable to attend health fairs at local malls, so Tender Loving Care is bringing a health fair to them! Nursing students are welcome to volunteer to help with the Fair and also to present educational material to the residents. Please contact Angel Smothers, asmothers@hsc.wvu.edu if you would like to help.

5K RUN/WALK TO BENEFIT THE BARTLETT HOUSE
Saturday, March 28 - 2p,, Star City Park on the Rail Trail.
Online registration: $15 by Thursday, March 12 guarantees a free T-shirt.
www.runforcover5k.net Sponsored by the WVU School of Medicine, American Medication Association and American Medical Women's Association.





SUMMER NURSING EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE
at Garrett County Memorial Hospital, Oakland MD. Click here for more information and directions to request an application packet. Application deadline: April 30.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Two seminars have been scheduled in Morgantown, one sponsored by the Oncology Nursing Society and the other sponsored by IMER and are open to nursing students at little or no cost: "Targeted Therapy for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma" and "Colorectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Course of Nurse-Centric Case Disccussion". Please click on the link to learn more about these educational opportunities.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY VIETNAM & CAMBODIA SUMMER COURSE
If you are thinking about international travel this summer, now is the time to begin planning, hence the reason for this travel update.
Travel plans are approved by the Office of International Programs at WVU. Students from West Virginia University and students from other universities who want to enroll in this travel course at WVU will spend three weeks at An Giang University in Southern Vietnam and a week touring in Cambodia as well. It is anticipated that the course will be one month in length.
You will spend three weeks in Vietnam focusing on issues of community health for social workers. Classes will be populated both with US, Vietnamese, and Cambodian students giving you the opportunity to exchange ideas and interact with your peers from another country. A good portion of your time will be spent outside of the classroom using the country as your classroom, visiting social service agencies and engaging with the culture of Vietnam. Trips are being planned to the southern provinces, Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Long Xuyen and Ha Tien in extreme southern Vietnam.

Not only will you learn about social work in Vietnam and Cambodia but you will also learn informally about Vietnamese and Camodian culture, history, and politics. Weekends and some weekdays will be spent exploring markets, going to festivals, and visiting museums and places of historical interest.

Your last week will be spent in Cambodia and culminate with a visit to Angkor Wat. This temple complex has been described as one of the Seven Wonders of the World and will be an unforgettable experience.

Faculty for this course will include Jim Keim, MSW, of the Southeast Asia Children's Project; Susan Newfield, PhD, RN, of the School of Nursing; Neal Newfield, PhD, ACSW, and Chatman Neely, MSW, LICSW, of the Division of Social Work; James Keresztury, MSW, MPA, of the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center; and faculty and staff from An Giang University. The ratio of students to instructors will be low and no more than twelve US students will be enrolled in this course.

Undergraduates will be awarded six credits of electives in social work for this course. Graduates students can earn three credits. You do not have to be a social work major to apply for admission to this course. Since this is an extended learning course, tuition is $50.00 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students.

The estimated cost of this course excluding meals and travel medicine costs is $5100.00. This price will pay for all of your airfare, in-country travel, including taxis and lodging, and WVU tuition. Meals will be out-of-pocket and should cost less than $6.00 a day. A month abroad for this price is remarkable. Student loans and a limited number of scholarships are available for this course.

Are you interested in this opportunity? Please e-mail me at nnewfiel@wvu.edu You can register for this course with the Office of International Programs at: http://www.wvu.edu/~intlprog/faculty_led/facultyled.htm Applications can be filled out on line.
If you are a graduate student who is interested and have particular academic interests let me know and these may be accommodated.
Not sure if you are ready for this type of travel? Stay in touch with us through the Vietnam Initiative Club and get to know Vietnamese students on campus and students who have traveled to Vietnam and Cambodia. Come to our Tet party January 31st (RSVP at 288-4419 or e-mail me at nnewfiel@wvu.edu). Keep in touch by going to my web page at http://web.mac.com/nealnewfield/ See photos of Vietnam and Cambodia and read the student blog.

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