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Dedication to Diversity: Dr. Tracey Motter Builds a Pathway to a Diverse Nursing Workforce
Although widely acknowledged that greater diversity among nurses reduces health disparities and improves quality of care, the U.S. nursing workforce does not mirror the nation’s increasingly diverse population.
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Nursing Student Reflects on Volunteer Experiences at Vaccine Clinics
Allie Rodriguez was a senior nursing student in her community rotation at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï College of Nursing when the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Field House was designated as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site clinic for Portage County and the surrounding areas. She and her classmates were among the first nursi…
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College of Nursing Faculty Creates Simulation Escape Room for Undergraduate Students
Janet Reed, MSN, RN, CMSRN, Associate Lecturer at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Stark, always enjoys incorporating new creative ideas in her classroom. After observing her undergraduate nursing students struggle with heightened anxiety during traditional simulations over the years, she desired a way to make the experience more fun and less stressful.
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Assistant Dean of Operations & Student Services Presented with Academic Advising Administrator of the Year Award
Two-time ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï alumni Curtis Good, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Operations & Student Services for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State College of Nursing, was presented with the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Academic Support and Advising Association (K.A.S.A.D.A.) Academic Advising Administrator of the Year Award on Friday, April 9. …
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Buzz Starner ’67 leaves lasting legacy supporting Senior Nursing Students
Buzz Starner ’67 was a Golden Flash through and through. As the second-generation in his family to attend ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, and having met the love of his live Marilyn Starner ‘71 on campus, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State held a very special place in his heart. Wanting to stay connected with the university after graduation, …
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Alumna Uses Social Media Influence to Share COVID story, Provide Encouragement to Others
Just before the start of the pandemic, alumna Jasmine Jones, BSN ‘17, RN, a med-surg nurse at a large hospital system in the greater Indianapolis area, was not in a good mental place. Pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, Jones had just learned her daughter would be born with Heterotaxy syndrome, w…
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Nurses on Boards Provide a Unique Perspective
Nurses should be everywhere decisions are being made, advocates Kimberly Cleveland, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï College of Nursing lecturer, who currently serves as the Chair-Elect on the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) Board of Directors. Cleveland has had the opportunity to sit on …
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The Hannah and Jan Kirkland Memorial Scholarship
The Hannah and Jan Kirkland Memorial Scholarship provides tuition relief to nursing students from Columbiana county. The scholarship was created by Sally Kirkland to honor the lives of her late daughter Jan, and her late granddaughter Hannah. This generous scholarship will provide students with the …
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Health Care at Home: Telehealth Research and Practice by Dr. Lisa Onesko, DNP, APRN-BC
Infrequently practiced just one year ago, the seemingly overnight implementation of telehealth (healthcare offered to patients remotely) during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of primary care delivery. An Associate Professor for the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï College of Nursing and Director …
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Graduating Senior Shares experience Adapting to Nursing School Changes During the Pandemic
Will Grayson, who will graduate with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in May 2021, was in his pediatric rotation at the hospital when his clinical group learned ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï would transition to remote learning last spring. Grayson said the switch to online courses was not overly stressful…
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