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Recent Grant AwardsNIH UG1 “Addressing Tobacco UseDisparities in Older AdultsThrough an Innovative MobilePhone Intervention: Testing theFeasibility of the Textto4gotobaccoIntervention”PI Devon Noonan,April 1-March 31, 2016 170,124COGAlex’s Lemonade Stand“Symptom Patterns duringPediatric Hematopoietic Stem CellTransplant”PI Cheryl Rogers,January 15, 2015-January 14, 2017 98,528American Association ofNurse Anesthetists“Postdoctoral Fellowship inHealth Services Research”PI Beth Merwin,May 1, 2015-August 31, 2017 140,000“Testosterone and CortisolLevels in Infant Health andDevelopment”PI June Cho,July 1, 2015-May 31, 2019 1,457,718NIHR15“Addressing Tobacco UseDisparities Through an InnovativeMobile Phone Intervention: thetexto4gosmokelesstobacco”PI Devon Noonan,August 1, 2015-July 31, 2018 477,000NIH Administrative SupplementAward to NIH P30“Stigma Experiences, AffectiveSymptoms, and Engagement inCare Among Women Agingwith HIV”PI Michael Relf, with SharronDocherty, and Chip Bailey,July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016 164,085Pfizer, Inc.“Reimagine End of Life: An Online,Personalized Coping and DecisionAid for Metastic Breast CancerPatients and Providers”PI Sophia SmithJanuary 1, 2016-December 31, 2017 339,389Awards and HonorsPromotionsRuth Anderson promoted toProfessor EmeritaPenny Cooper promoted toAssistant Clinical Professor EmeritaConstance Johnson awarded tenureas Associate ProfessorValerie Sabol promoted toClinical ProfessorPictured above, from left, Hendrix,Vorderstrasse and YapAmerican Academy of NursingChristina Hendrix, DNS, GNP-BC, FNP, FAANAllison Vorderstrasse, DNSc, APRN, CNE, FAANTracey Yap, PhD, RN, CNE, WCC, FAANAmerican Academy of Nurse PractitionersKathryn Trotter, DNP, CNM, FNP-C, FAANPAcademy of Emergency NursingMargaret Carmen, DNP, ACNP-BC, ENP-BC, FAENSigma Theta Tau Nurse Researcher Hall of FameDiane Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAANRuth Anderson, PhD, RN, FAANEndowed Professorship AppointmentMarion E. Broome, Ruby Wilson Professor of NursingJulia Walker promoted toClinical ProfessorTracey Yap promoted toAssociate ProfessorBrigit Carter promoted toAssociate Clinical ProfessorKarin Reuter-Rice promoted toAssociate Professor3 DUKENURSINGWINTER2016Ashley L. Schoenfisch, PhD, MSPH , is anassistant professor of nursing. She comes toDuke from the Department of Communityand Family Medicine at Duke UniversitySchool of Medicine, where she was an assistant professor. She holds a BS in biologyand a BA in economics from UNC-ChapelHill and an MS in public health fromEmory University. She completed her PhDin epidemiology at the Gillings School ofGlobal Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hillin 2012. She is a member of the AmericanPublic Health Association, the NorthCarolina Public Health Association, theSociety for the Advancement of Violenceand Injury Research, the Safe StatesAlliance, and the Delta Omega HonorarySociety in Public Health. In 2013 shebecame certified as an instructor in theCrisis Prevention Institute’s NonviolentCrisis Intervention Program. As anoccupational injury epidemiologist, herresearch interests include the surveillanceof work-related injuries and violence, workorganization, intervention, evaluation,and the use of quantitative and qualitativemethods. For nearly a decade, her focuson the nursing workforce has enhancedthe understanding of hospital workers’experiences with patient- and visitorperpetrated violence as well as the use ofpatient lift and transfer devices designed toprevent work-related injuries.(Children’s Oncology Group)Nursing Research TraineeshipPI Cheryl Rogers,April 11, 2014-February 28, 2015 189,000NIHRO1

newsCarter to DirectAcceleratedBSN ProgramU.S. News RanksOnline Program5th best in the U.S.5In January, U.S. News & WorldReport named the School ofNursing the 5th BestOnline GraduateNursing Programin the nation. Theranking is one step upfrom the 2015 rankingof 6th. Schools areranked in five categories—student engagement, facultycredentials and training, peerreputation, student servicesand technology, and admissions selectivity.TurnerthNIH RankingClimbs to 9thSchool of NursingAppoints Three toNew DivisionsCarterBrigit Carter, PhD, RN, CCRN,has been appointed program director of the School of Nursing’sAccelerated BSN Program, effective November 1, 2015.“Dr. Carter brings an impressive record of career andteaching experiences as well asa strong clinical background toNational Institutes ofHealth (NIH) Grant Rankings1st5th1010th15th919182225th4 DUKENURSINGWINTER2016101520th30th1130‘07‘08As the School of Nursingbegins a new strategic planning initiative, Dean Marion E.Broome has announced threemajor new divisions—HealthCare of Women and Children,to be led by Barbara Turner,PhD, RN, FAAN, professor ofnursing and director of theDoctor of Nursing Practice degree program; Health Care inAdult Populations, to be led byValerie K. Sabol, PhD, ACNPBC, GNP-BC, CNE, FAANP; andClinical Health Systems andAnalytics, to be led by TheresaValiga, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF,FAAN. All faculty in the schoolare organized under thesethree divisions.‘09‘10‘11Once again, the School ofNursing has climbed in itsranking of National Institutesof Health funding for research.For 2015, the school ranked9th. The 2015 ranking represents more than 4.8 million in funding and the work of11 principal investigators andfive PhD students.‘12‘13‘14‘15directing the work of the ABSNprogram,” said Dean Marion E.Broome.Carter currently serves as acommander in the U.S. NavyReserves and is a leader andmentor to junior officers andenlisted personnel. In her newrole, she will report to theassociate dean for academicaffairs and will join the school’sacademic team.HockenberryNamed AssociateDean for NursingResearch AffairsHockenberryMarilyn Hockenberry, PhD,RN, PNP-BC, FAAN, the BessieBaker Professor of Nursing, hasSabolValigabeen named associate deanfor research in the Center forNursing Research at the Schoolof Nursing. Hockenberry is anational leader in pediatriconcology and evidence-basedpractice and outcomes. Shealso teaches in the DNP degreeprogram and serves as oneof the 11 chairs of Duke’sInstitutional Review Board. TheCenter for Nursing Researchprovides the resources neededto support knowledge and discovery that further the scienceof nursing.“Dr. Hockenberry is a distinguished expert in her fieldof pediatric nursing, and she’smade an enormous impact onnursing and health sciences,especially in the care of childrenwith cancer,” said Dean MarionE. Broome. “She has been anasset to the school and to theresearch mission at Duke Healthfor several years, and I have fullconfidence that she will demonstrate exemplary leadership forour research mission.Hockenberry is an internationally known expert inpediatric oncology whosework focuses on the symptomsassociated with childhoodcancer treatments. Her latestNational Institutes of Healthfunded research grant involvesphenotypic and genotypiccharacteristics and their associations with symptom clustersexperienced during treatmentfor childhood leukemia.“This is an exciting timefor nursing science,” saidHockenberry. “This position willplay a key role in developing

newsSchool of NursingReceives Grantfor VA AcademyPartnershipThe School of Nursing, inpartnership with the DurhamVeterans Affairs Medical Center,is one of six nursing schoolsnationwide selected for a fiveyear VA Nursing PartnershipGraduate Education Program.The program will provide federalfunding to support new facultypositions and increase enrollment each year in the school’sadult-gerontology nurse practitioner major in the MSN degreeprogram.Thirty or more new studentswill enroll during the five-yearperiod and will complete mostof their clinical rotations at theDurham VA Medical Center.The grant will fund two tothree new faculty positions atthe School of Nursing, providestipends for trainees, and fundone to two faculty positions atthe VA to support the development of six post-master’s certified adult-gerontology nursepractitioner residents.First HIV/AIDSNurse PractitionerGraduatesAs a child, Amanda Paya, MSN,remembers being inundatedwith images in magazines andon television of people dyingfrom AIDS. She recalls the panicconveyed through the mediaabout the disease that was stillso new that no one understoodwhat caused it or how to treat it.“I’m a child of the ‘80s, so Iremember seeing those imagesand wanting to help and wanting to make a difference,” Payarecalls.After eight years as an emergency room nurse, Paya willfinally get a chance to workspecifically with patients—adolescents and adults diagnosedwith HIV/AIDS. In 2015, she became the first student to graduate from the MSN programas an adult-gerontology nursepractitioner-primary care majorwith a specialty concentrationin HIV/AIDS.The specialty concentrationis designed to fulfill the goals ofthe National HIV/AIDS Strategyto reduce the number of newinfections, help people with HIVstay healthy by increasing theiraccess to care, and reduce HIVrelated health disparities.Holditch-Davis LeavesLegacy of ResearchExcellenceDiane Holditch-Davis, PhD,RN, FAAN, stepped down asassociate dean for researchaffairs and transitioned to fullretirement in December. Theholder of the Marcus E. HobbsDistinguished Professorshipin Nursing, she came to theSchool of Nursing in 2006 fromher role as director of doctoraland post-doctoral programsat UNC-Chapel Hill School ofNursing. In 2007, she becameassociate dean for researchaffairs, with a vision to createthe infrastructure to supportfaculty research and developthe Office of Research Affairs.Adding staff and building capacity helped the school movefrom 30th to 9th in NationalInstitutes of Health funding.son-centered care for frail olderadults in residential long-termcare with assistive caregivers.The fellowship is one of themost prestigious and selectivescholarship programs operatingworldwide.Corazzini’s areas of expertiseinclude gerontology and nursingmanagement in long-term care,especially delegation and therole of professional nursingin nursing homes. As part ofher project, she spent time inmore than one EU country andreported her findings to theUnited States Mission to theEuropean Union as well as participated in the Belgian FulbrightCommission’s Annual EuropeanUnion-North Atlantic TreatyOrganization Seminar.ABSN StudentSelected as DukeUniversity ScholarSecond ExcellenceCorazziniin Nursing Education Receives FulbrightDesignation Received Commission AwardThe School of Nursing joinsIndiana University in being theonly two schools to receive twodesignations as National Leaguefor Nursing Centers of Excellencein Nursing Education. Dukewas recognized in the category“Creating Environments thatEnhance Student Learning andProfessional Development.”In 2013 Duke was the onlyschool selected for “CreatingEnvironments that Promote thePedagogical Expertise of Faculty.”FreeCorazziniKirsten Corazzini, PhD, FGSA, anassociate professor of nursingand senior fellow at the DukeCenter for the Study of Agingand Human Development,received a Fulbright-SchumanFellowship Award to researchhow registered nurses intwo European Union countries—Sweden and the UnitedKingdom—accomplish per-Sarah Free, a student in the 2015ABSN cohort at the School ofNursing, was selected to receivea full-tuition scholarship as the2015 Duke University Scholar.Students are selected annuallyfrom the ABSN, MSN, or DNPprograms by program directors.“Among a group of highly qualified and deserving nominees,Sarah stood out for her stronghistory of teamwork, leadership,creativity, problem solving, andcritical thinking,” said JaniceHumphreys, PhD, RN, FAAN,5 DUKENURSINGWINTER2016future nurse researchers andscientists at Duke. I have had arich career as a nurse scientistwith many mentors who havecoached me along the way, andI am looking forward to paying itforward in my new role.”

newsprofessor and associate dean foracademic affairs.Free began her health carecareer a decade ago in thebiopharmaceutical industry. Thedesire for more direct interactionwith patients led her to pursuea second career as a nurse.She has a passion for women’shealth care, particularly in underserved populations.As a University Scholar, she willhave the opportunity to representthe School of Nursing workingwith other scholars across DukeUniversity’s 10 schools.Free graduated summa cumlaude with a BS in biochemistry and minors in biology andchemistry from Virginia Tech.She worked as a senior associate in analytical technology at aResearch Triangle Park biopharmaceutical company, authoringseveral scientific publications,and also worked as a researchassistant at both Virginia Techand Duke.Two NursingStudents Receive6 DUKENURSINGWINTER2016ElmoreRWJF Scholars GrantsKristen Elmore, BSN, RN, andEthan Cicero, BSN, RN, are among46 nurses around the countryto receive the 2015 Future ofNursing Scholars program awardfrom the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation. The program is designed to increase the number ofPhD-prepared nurses.Elmore completed the ABSNdegree program at the MedicalUniversity of South Carolina(MUSC), where her passionfor neonatal global health wassparked. Her PhD study willfocus on thermoregulationof neonates in resource-limited countries. She currentlyworks as a clinical nurse withChildren’s National HealthSystem in Washington, D.C., andpreviously worked as a clinicalnurse in the neonatal intensivecare unit at MUSC.Cicero is a critical care nurseon the Medicine ProgressiveCare Unit at North CarolinaMemorial Hospital in ChapelHill. He also worked as a firefighter and emergency medicaltechnician and in health caremarketing and advertising. HisPhD focus reflects his passionfor creating health equity forall transgender patients. It willfocus on health disparities aswell as the variables associatedwith discrimination faced bytransgender patients when theyseek medical care.Cicero and Elmore will each receive 125,000 as well as mento-Ciceroring and leadership developmentduring the three-year program.Trotter Receives ONSAward of ExcellenceTrotterKathryn Trotter, DNP, CNM,FNP-C, FAANP, an assistantprofessor of nursing andthe lead faculty member forthe Women’s Health NursePractitioner major, recentlyreceived the 2016 OncologyNursing Society Excellence inCancer Prevention and EarlyDetection Award. She is beingrecognized for her contributions to the oncology nursingprofession and to the OncologyNursing Society.Faculty ReceiveHillman FoundationGrant forHomeless CareDonna Biederman, DrPh, MN, RN,an assistant professor of nursing; Julia Gamble, MSN, a nursepractitioner in Duke Clinic; andSally Wilson, executive director ofProject Access of Durham County,received the Rita and AlexHillman Foundation 2015 HillmanInnovations in Care ProgramGrant for their Durham HomelessTransitional Care Program inconjunction with Project Accessof Durham County.The nurse-led, community-based initiative provides safeand supportive respite housingto homeless persons following discharge from a hospital,behavioral health facility, or jailsetting. The group is one of twoHillman grantees chosen from afield of more than 130 applicants and will receive 600,000in funding for the project.“This grant will allow us toexpand our referral base andprovide more transitional careservices for persons experiencing homelessness,” saidBiederman. “It will also assist usin conducting annual workshopsfor health care professionalswho encounter housing instability and/or homeless people intheir clinical environments.”Short Selected forAACN Think TankShortNancy Short, DrPH, MBA,RN, an associate professor ofnursing, is one of 11 individuals selected for the AmericanAssociation of Colleges ofNursing (AACN) Faculty PolicyThink Tank initiative. The ThinkTank is one of three new initiatives created by the AACN topromote greater engagementof nurses in the health policyarena and develop new thoughtleaders for the profession.

REUNIONAPRILSAVETHEDATEDate:Place:Time:Friday, April 15, 2016Duke University School of Nursing8:30 am - 2:00 pmMake your hotel arrangements now.For more information and hotel accommodations inthe area see:nursing.duke.edu/alumni-giving/reunion7 DUKENURSINGWINTER2016Please join your classmates and renew old friendships!

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iPad “On a Stick”is the Future ofTelemedicineand TelehealthTo the casual observer, the device lookssimply like an iPad on amotorized stick. But toDuke University Schoolof Nursing educators,the robot fashioned bythe company DoubleRobotics is a majornext-generation stepin the evolution oftelemedicine and telehealth, in whichthe delivery of certain health servicesand information is conducted over anInternet feed.The Duke robot, nicknamed JaMMeR,consists of an iPad mounted on a tallmobile pedestal whose movementaround a room can be controlledfrom miles or even continents awayby a health care provider. The iPad isthe face of the robot, live streaminga two-way video feed of the provideras he or she has a conversation witha patient. The provider can raise andlower JaMMeR and turn and move itin any direction to get a full sense of apatient’s environment.For rural communities where access tohealth services and specialized expertiseis limited, this kind of Star Wars-like technology offers great potential.“Telehealth is very real in the 21stCentury,” said Jacqueline Vaughn, BSN,RN, CHSE, a clinical lab instructor in theSchool of Nursing’s Center for NursingDiscovery, one of the most sophisticatednursing education simulation centers inthe country. “Medicare is now reimbursing for telehealth visits for homemonitoring. Since this is being done inthe real world, we need to teach ourstudents how to use it. ”(See sidebar on page 12 for full description of telemedicine and telehealth.)EMBRACING TECHNOLOGYEmbracing the most innovative nursingeducation technology is a core beliefat Duke University School of Nursing.In 2010, the school won the nationalCampus Technology Innovators Awardfor embracing technology to explorenew ways of teaching and learning. Soit’s no surprise the school is adoptingthe Double Robotics platform and otherahead-of-the-curve technologies.Another recent acquisition by the schoolis a new high-fidelity CPR machine that,along with feeling more realistic to theuser, offers instant feedback on whether the user is correctly compressing thechest and ventilating.High-fidelity CPR machine gives instantfeedback to learners.“I’ve taken traditional CPR classes on aregular mannequin, and this is so muchbetter,” said Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) student MonicaDaeges. “The feedback is really focused.On low-fidelity mannequins you don’tget a realistic sense of how deep thecompression should be.”Duke’s all-in commitment to technologyis profoundly illustrated by recent changes in the school’s Master of Science inNursing (MSN) Program, which overthe past two years migrated all of itsDuke’s Center for Nursing Discovery is one of themost sophisticated simulation centers in the country.By Jim Rogalski

“We clearly heard that students wantedmore flexibility. They wanted the convenience of studying on their own time aroundwork and family,” said Michael E. Zychowicz,DNP, ANP, ONP, FAAN, FAANP, associateprofessor and director of the School of Nursing’s MSN Program.The move has allowed the School of Nursingto attract more students from around thecountry and even the world. Enrollment inDuke’s MSN degree program grew from 308in 2011 to 436 this year, with students hailingfrom Japan, Guam, Canada, Taiwan, andSouth Korea.But that doesn’t mean Duke will open thegates to unlimited enrollment. Marion E.Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and vice chancellor for nursing affairs, said it’s important tolimit enrollment to assure that students get thepersonalized attention that is the hallmark of aDuke nursing education.10 DUKENURSINGWINTER2016“Having the most students doesn’t automatically equate to having the best education,”she said.To be sure, the amount and sophistication o

Aliki Martin, DNP'13 President Joan M. Stanley, PhD, BSN'71 Past President Cheryl Brewer, MSN'94 Secretary Councilors Charis E. Ackerson, BSN'08 Bonnie C. Bauer, BSN'65 Meg Carman, MSN'98 , DNP'10 Sarah K. Donnellan Moon, BSN'09 Kaboni Gondwe, PhD student Ashley J. Hase, BSN'82 Leigh H. Holt, BSN'84 Sara Jordan, BSN'14