Message of the Week
| TO: | All Nursing Students |
| FROM: | School of Nursing Office of Student Services |
| DATE: | 10/15/03 |
| SUBJECT: | Message of the Week/ #84 |
CONGRATULATIONS:
To Dr. Cyndi Persily, Associate Dean, Southern Region Academic Affairs and Chair, Charleston Division on publication of her article “Lay Home Visiting may make a difference in pregnancy outcomes” in the September/October issue of Holistic Nursing Practice. This is the “state of the science” article for her study of lay home visiting and community empowerment.
To Dr. June Larrabee, Associate Professor, on poster presentations of research on 10/9/03 at the 10th National Nursing Administration Research Conference sponsored by University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The first presentation was: “Relationships among RN stress resiliency, psychological empowerment, job stress, and job satisfaction” by Larrabee, J.H., Simoni, P. S., Birkhimer, T., Mott, C., and Gladden, S. Terri Birkhimer, Christine Mott, and Stephanie Gladden are students in the MSN program.
To Mary Lynne Withrow, Ruby Hospital director and recent MSN grad, who presented the second poster “Evaluation of the effectiveness of a research utilization program to change practice” by Larrabee, J. H., Fanning, M., Ferretti, A., Sions, J., and Withrow, M. L.
BLOOD DRIVE 10/16/03:
Save a life and earn community service hours by giving blood at John Jones Conference Center Thursday, Oct. 16. Call 598-4095 for appointment.
CONDOLENCES TO DR. IMOGENE FOSTER AND FAMILY:
Students, faculty, and staff extend heartfelt sympathy and prayers for comfort to Dr. Foster and family on the death of Dr. Foster’s mother, Ima L. Peer, on Friday, Oct. 10.
UNDERGRADUATE SPRING REGISTRATION:
Sophomore, Junior, and Senior nursing class sections are posted on the Student Services bulletin board. See your academic advisor for pin number and assistance in registration planning for non-nursing courses. Contact Mrs. Lisa Vidovich at 293-1384 or lvidovich@hsc.wvu.edu if you have questions.
Freshmen - your schedules have been submitted to Admission and Records for registration. Contact Mrs. Lisa Vidovich if you have questions.
DECEMBER GRADUATES AND GRADUATION CONVOCATION 12/7/03:
Plans are being finalized for the School of Nursing convocation the morning of Sunday, Dec. 7. You will soon receive information and invitations you can use to invite family and friends to the event. You will need to wear academic gowns for this so order them from the bookstore now. At the University convocation that same day in the afternoon, you will each be called to the stage by name and probably have your picture taken with President Hardesty. Both of these events are important and proud moments for your family and we urge you to attend both of them.
CAN I WEAR JEANS TO CLASS?
The policy for professional appearance for nursing students does permit jeans to be worn to class; however, jeans are not permitted in the hospital setting. Thus, if you are going directly from class to the hospital to gather patient data and to plan for your assignment, you can’t wear jeans to class that day.
NEW LIBRARY RESOURCES:
Nine databases have been added to the EBSCOhost service. These are: Applied Science and Technology Abstracts; Art Abstracts; CINAHL, the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature; Humanities Abstracts; International Pharmaceutical Abstracts; PsyARTICLES; PsycINFO; Social Sciences Abstracts; and SPORTDiscus. For questions about Library databases contact Penny Pugh, Head, Reference Department 293-4040 ext. 4043 or penny.pugh@mail.wvu.edu
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Last Call - Seniors Michelle Byerley and Jill Looney need help with Health Fair Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Tera Alta East Preston school in Tera Alta from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Provide a great community service, help your classmates, and earn community service hours. Booths that need to be filled with two volunteers each are: childhood depression; head lice and prevention; help with the common cold; acute and chronic asthma. Students will meet to go to Kingwood in the morning at a designated area so may all car pool and travel together. Travel directions will be provided. Let Michelle or Jill know you are interested immediately so free T-shirts can be ordered for you. For more information and to volunteer contact Michelle Byerley, bbdoll117@cs.com phone 304-629-6051 or Jill Looney, Jillnicole109@aol.com phone 304-685-5443.
Help with blood pressure screening at BOPARC Senior Recreation Center at the Sabraton School on Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm. Contact Barbara Ferrell 296-7002.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Repeat notice - Student worker needed to assist research utilization project leaders primarily by reference retrieval. Work hours negotiated. Earn $5.50 per hour starting November 2003. For information contact Dr. June Larrabee, WVU School of Nursing, 293-1405 or jlarrabee@hsc.wvu.edu .
ALUMNI NEWS:
Reservations are still being accepted for the Alumni tour, reception, and banquet Friday, October 31. Contact Judy Turner at 293-0761.
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Office of Student Services
School of Nursing
West Virginia University
304-293-1386 or (toll-free) 1-866-988-6877