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California State University, ChicoSchool of NursingApril 2019 Volume VII, Issue IIFrom the DirectorWelcome Spring! Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina proclaimed,“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Here at theSchool of Nursing, we welcome spring with new projectsand ideas for other future projects.Karin Lightfoot,DirectorWe are excited to a launch pilot project of ourInternational Nurse Remediation Program (INPR). Thisprogram will help internationally-trained nurses qualifyto sit for the California NCLEX exam. As a Scholar in theSigma Theta Tau International (STTI) ExperiencedNurse Faculty Leadership Academy, Dr. Gayle Kipnis,SON Assistant Director, identified a need to providecourses specifically designed to meet the needs of internationally-trainednurses. Our first cohort of six students will enroll in obstetrics theory andclinical courses this summer. We hope to grow INPR for other specialtycourse needs in the future.Dr. Paul Herman, SON Assistant Director, is also engaged in a STTILeadership Academy. As a Scholar in the Emerging Education AdministratorInstitute, Dr. Herman plans to create an environment of shared support andcaring to help endear community, preserve scholarship, and cultivateteaching practices at the School of Nursing and is developing a mentoringmodel.The School of Nursing is collaborating with community colleges in ourservice area to explore the idea of adding a Concurrent Enrollment track toour RN to BSN program. This plan was borne out of a joint meeting ofnursing directors at community colleges and universities where we discussedbenefits of a streamline approach for associate degree nursing students toobtain a bachelor’s degree by working on both degrees concurrently. JanEllis, RN to BSN Coordinator, the CSU Chico Research and SponsoredPrograms, and I coordinated with nursing directors at College of theSiskiyous, Mendocino College, Shasta College, and Yuba College to submit agrant to explore this option for the north state. Stay tuned for updates!1 ǯ ǥ Welcome NewFacultyAlumni StoryFire StoriesSenior NursingProjectFaculty TravelsWhat’s New in PreNursingThe ProvidersChico State TopNursing School
From the Director Continued passion for engaging students locally and globally,including focusing on health challenges in Ghana,teaching a Global Health and Culture class in CostaRica, and using digital storytelling as an innovativeway to engage Chico State nursing students.*****Spring is also a time to welcome new life and new lifeadventures.We recognize ourretirees for theircontributions to theSchool of Nursing andto the nursingprofession. Alice“Jean” Shackelfordretired from herfaculty position lastfall, but continues tocoordinate the RNRefresher program atRe ree Alice “Jean” Shackelfordthe Rural SimCenter.During her time at theSchool of Nursing, she served as our Assessment andEvaluation Coordinator where she gathered andinterpreted data from students, employers, andfaculty to assess and evaluate the quality of ourcourses and our programs. We appreciate yourcommitment to quality assurance.Congratulations to CandiceSawyer, Administrative SupportAssistant, on the birth of herdaughter, Willow Rose, whowas born of February 13th.Welcome to the School ofNursing family, baby girl!While Candice has been onleave, we have been fortunate tohave Chloe Maday step in.Having worked at the CSUChico MathematicsDepartment, Ms. Maday hasWillow Rosebrought a wealth of knowledgeand skill to help us this spring semester.Kappa Omicron Chapter of Sigma Theta TauInternational (STTI)will induct newmembers on May 4th atthe Enloe ConferenceRoom. If you are anurse leader andinterested in becominga member of STTI as acommunity leader,please contact mebefore April 19th.Dr. Irene Morgan and Mr. Carl Pittman will beretiring as tenured faculty but both will remain withthe School of Nursing part-time through theUniversity’s Faculty Early Retirement Program(FERP).Dr. Fay Mitchell-Brown, Associate Professor, will betaking sabbatical next year toconduct research in OaxacaMexico. She will create atoolkit for faculty andstudents to use for diabetesself-management in diversepopulations. Congratulationsare also in order for Dr.Mitchell-Brown for receivingthe University’s ProfessionalAchievement Honor.President Hutchinson notedDr. Fay Mitchell Brownthat this honor “recognizesexemplary teacher-scholar achievements on ourcampus.” Dr. Mitchell-Brown was recognized for herDr. Irene Morgan2Dr. Morgan,Professor, has beenteaching at CSU Chicosince 1988. Dr.Morgan serves as theGraduate ProgramCoordinator and wasthe honorarycommencementMarshall in 2016. Shehas taught graduatecourses includingnursing research andtheory, advancednursing role,instructional processin nursing, andresearch thesisproposal, as well as
served on many graduate thesis committees aschair and as second reader. She has also taughtpediatrics, family nursing, and community healthnursing for our undergraduate students. Inaddition, Dr. Morgan also serves on the College ofNatural Sciences Personnel Committee.WelcomeKären Embrey EdwardsCRNA, MS, EdD.Dr. Embrey Edwards joined theCSU Chico Nursing faculty parttime in January 2019 where sheis co-teaching section 2 ofNursing 400 with Dr. SherryFox.Before joining CSU Chico, Dr. Ewas an associate program director and assistantprofessor of clinical anesthesiology in the Doctor ofNurse Anesthesia Practice Program of NurseAnesthesia in the Keck School of Medicine of theUniversity of Southern California where she was onfaculty from 2006 to 2019. She has recentlyrelocated to the Chico area after her husbandretired from a long career in automotive design.Carl Pi man and his studentsCarl Pittman, Associate Professor, has taught avariety of medical-surgical nursing courses andserves as the advisor for the Men in Nursing club.He is active in the University’s California FacultyAssociation as the representative for the School ofNursing, and has taken on the role of FacultyRights Chair. In addition, Mr. Pittman is also amember of the Senate and serves as Chair of theFaculty and Student Policies(FASP) Committee.Deanna Persaud will bewrapping up her 5th year ofFERP status and will be fulltime retired after this springsemester. We appreciate Ms.Persaud for her expertise inmedical-surgical nursing andher commitment to excellencein nursing education.Dr. E is a prior graduate of the USC Program ofNurse Anesthesia Master’s Program in 2006. Shereceived her Doctor of Education from the USCRossier School of Education in 2012.From 2006 to 2017 she enjoyed full time clinicalpractice as a faculty CRNA (certified registerednurse anesthetist) at the Los Angeles CountyLAC USC Medical Center, where she providedinstruction for anesthesia trainees (paramedics,graduate nurse anesthesia students, medicalstudents and oral surgeons) as well as directclinical services for a wide range of patientpopulations including emergency and traumasurgical cases. Prior to this she was a TraumaNurse Specialist, Mobile Intensive Care Nurse andemergency department nurse manager.Deanna PersaudWe are fortunate to have theopportunity to hire two new tenure-track facultywho will join our outstanding team in the fall. Weare currently conducting interviews and willannounce our decision later in the spring.Dr. E’s research interests involved cognitive taskanalysis to inform instructional design of ananesthesia practice skill, tracheal extubation, andapplication of this instruction in the simulationlaboratory with anesthesia trainees. Her clinicalinterests include trauma and neurosurgicalThank you for all you do to support studentlearning and excellence in health care.In health,Karin L. Lightfoot3
When not teaching or with her horse, she workspart time at Enloe in Case management. Due tothe Campfire Sherron and her husband haverelocated from Magalia to an apartment in RedBluff. They are enjoying driving around anddiscovering the area.Karen Embrey Edwards Continued anesthesia. Her academic interests include studentmentorship, student diversity, health, wellness andmotivation, and faculty development.Dr. E has recently chaired a nurse anesthesiadoctoral capstone project addressing culturallysensitive perioperative care for the transgenderpatient. She is an avid trail runner, competitivecyclist and a former ironman world championshiptop finisher. She has a special interest ininternational disaster relief and has participated onsurgical relief team efforts abroad following theearthquakes in Haiti (2010) and Nepal (2015).She has worked in various capacities as a nurse:hospital, private duty, skilled nursing facility,hospice nurse, Hospice Director, Clinic Nurse,Conference Presenter, Public Health Nurse CCSCase manager, and 15 years working for varioustribal entities in Butte County as a PHN/OutreachDirector/Emergency Preparedness Coordinator inthe Native American Health Clinics within thecommunity.Sherron ProsserShe is a member of Sigma Theta Tau/KappaOmicron, speak sign language and a bit of mynative Cherokee and Choctaw. She is also learningto sing in Cherokee. Since 1996 she has been thechair of the annual Paradise Pow Wow.Unfortunately with the fire that is on hiatus for thetime being.MSN, RN, PHNSherron Prosser is one of thenewest faculty here at theSON. She is co-teaching N283and team teaching N284- bothSemester 1 NursingFundamentals. She is also cocoordinator for the Skills Lab.Sherron is honored and blessed to be here. Hernursing education / career is a rather long & windingroad. After earning her LVN and ADN-RN at ButteCollege she entered the BSN program here at ChicoState, and finally earned her MSN.She looks forward to meeting each of you &learning about you all.Rich Burton RN, BSNAs an Alumni of CSUC nursing program (Dec 2013),Rich is thrilled to begin his teaching career at hisalma mater. After graduation, he has worked forSherron has been married to her wonderfulhusband, John, for 44 years. They have 4 children(2 boys/2 girls) their oldest daughter, Katie, passedaway in 2006. Their sons, Thomas & James, are bothChico State alum (one English major, the otherComputer Science). Their youngest daughter,Melodie, graduated from Sac State with a BS inSocial Work.Enloe Hospital. Most of his time has been spent onthe Surgical Unit, but his last stop was at EnloeRehabilitation center, which he enjoyed very much.Rich graduated in December 2019 with his MSN inNursing Education from Capella University.Currently he is a part-time faculty member teachingSherron was born in Nashville Tennessee. She lovesanimals, music, and crafting (mostly stamping &scrapbooking). Her horse, Tobias, is her self-care!She is a vocalist and loves to sing! In fact she earneda full ride scholarship to San Jose State for music asa senior in High School- but I wanted to be a nurse(that was a very difficult conversation to have withmy parents, turning down that scholarship). Herhusband is a musician and they have had severalbands over the years.N284 Nursing Fundamentals. He is excited toadvance his career in nursing education, so far it hasbeen a wonderful experience. Teaching is somethinghe has always saw himself doing later in life, but hevery glad he made the transition into educationearlier in his career than anticipated.4
wondering why people were coming to the hospitalin the first place. How could I prevent this fromoccurring? When I asked my nursing instructorthese questions, she encouraged me to look intopublic health. After graduating from Chico State’snursing program, I decided to take a leap of faithand pursue a Master of Public Heath degree atDrexel University. During my time in graduateschool, I found that having a nursing backgroundreally placed me at an advantage for opportunitiesover other students. I had an internship at achildren’s hospital to assist the quality improvementdepartment in understanding their readmissionrates. I spoke directly with families about theirneeds and concerns regarding their child’sreadmission and many spoke about feeling unheardor dismissed for their concerns during discharge.This internship led me to helping a managed careorganization, Camden Coalition of HealthcareProviders, with their readmission rates amongmedically complex children. I think it’s important tonote that as you continue in your educationaljourney your previous work experience sets theprecedent for other opportunities.Alumni StoryLaTiana RidgellWhat am I doing now?I am a Public Health Nurse Home Visitor for NurseFamily Partnership. Our clients are low-income first-time mothers, who enroll in the program duringtheir pregnancy and are assigned a nurse, likemyself, to visit them in their homes and providehealth, wellness and social services until their childturns two. During this time, I screen children fordevelopmental delays and provide parents withinformation to support their child meeting thesedevelopmental milestones. My job is flexible in whatwe are able to do for our clients. We have a numberof established committees dedicated to addressingissues that arise in the population we serve. I serveon the policy committee which examines systemwide issues that our clients encounter. Mostrecently, I agreed to testify on behalf of childrenexposed to lead-based paint and contaminated dustduring Philadelphia City Council hearing.I remember being in middle school telling myfriends that one day I was going to go to Chico State.I had chosen the school because it was far enoughaway from home and it had a beautiful campus. Iguess you could say that I was one of those childrenthat liked to plan. It made my life much more stableknowing what would happen next. I wish someonewould have told me to relax. When I transferred toChico State from a community college, I was reallyexcited to finally attend the school I had dreamed ofand get accepted into the nursing program. My firstsemester of applying to the nursing program was adud. I got rejected or maybe not rejected justencouraged to apply again the following semester.So I did. I was ready to begin this new adventureand to check off another dream off my list. However,life has a way of showing you that rigidity can pushyou to the point of breaking.Over time, I realized that nurses have incredibleinsight into what happens on the ground whetherthat is in the homes, in the hospital or in communitycenters. Leveraging our knowledge to impact policylegislation has been an interest of mine along mycareer journey. Prior to my time at Nurse FamilyDuring my years in the nursing program, I suddenlyfelt my career path shifting. I spent most of my time5
LaTiana Ridgell Continued discuss our support for amendments to the EPA’sClean Air Act. As nurses, we understand that theissues we see in individual patients or even in thecommunity setting often turns into patterns for longterm problems. These patterns alert us to seriouspublic health concerns that place nurses in a uniqueposition to advocate on behalf of the public’s interest.Partnership, I lobbied with Alliance of Nurses forHealthy Environments. The organization fundednurses to receive training in policy advocacy. Then wewere scheduled to meet with various staterepresentatives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania andNursing Students Volunteer at Evacuation CenterPAUL C. HERMAN18,804 structures, with most of the damageoccurring within the first two days.People choose to volunteer for a variety ofreasons. For some it offers the chance to givesomething back to the community or make adifference to the people around them. For othersit provides an opportunity to develop new skillsor build on existing experience and knowledge.What is so great about volunteering?In our professional life, volunteering many timesprovides a means of networking, collaboration,and even resume building with those in thecommunities in which we live. In our profession,it is often said that nurses like to take charge andNursing student Isaac Padilla (center) places socks on anevacuee pa ent as they work in the clinic set up at the evacu- get things done! Nurses develop leadership anda on center at Neighborhood Church, as the Camp Fire con- managerial skills in volunteer positions theynues to impact the air quality and community on Saturday, commit to. Student nurses find that many skillslearned “on the job” as a volunteer to be directlyNovember 10, 2018 in Chico, Calif.transferable to nursing and healthcare in the(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU Chico)future. These experiences may profoundly altertheir nursing practice in ways that cannot bepredicted. However, more than all else,California State University, Chico Nursingvolunteering touches our hearts and drives us tostudents offer volunteer aide and assistance todisplaced people in one of the Nation’s largestwildfires in modern time. The Camp Fire wasthe deadliest and most destructive wildfire inCalifornia history to date. It was also thedeadliest wildfire in the United States since theCloquet fire in 1918, and among deadliest“The Camp Fire was the deadliestwildfires it was the fifth-deadliest U.S. wildfireand most destructive wildfire inoverall. Named after Camp Creek Road, itsplace of origin, [the fire started on November 8,California history to date”2018, in Butte County, in Northern California.The fire caused at least 88 civilian fatalities,injured 12 civilians and five firefighters, coveredan area of about 153,336 acres, and destroyed6
make a difference in the lives of those in need. Wesimply find meaning in volunteering. Findingmeaning in life is a reason that cannot beoverstated. As healthcare providers, educatorsand leaders, we nurses see and learn so much inthe course of schooling and careers. While, wecan, find meaning in nursing, it is also importantto seek meaning outside of the workplace, andvolunteerism is a powerful avenue for such apurpose. From assisting at the shelter or servingmeals in the local soup kitchen or food pantry,volunteerism feeds our souls.hours by the school of nursing staff made thiseffort a truly selfless and giving time in ourcommunity’s greatest hours of need.On November 30th, The School of Nursinghosted a Post-Shelter volunteer gathering toexpress our gratitude for the generous gift oftime and talent. This allowed students todebrief, share thoughts, and provide support toeach other. Dr. Gayle Hutchinson, President,California State University, Chico addressed thestudents and faculty and expressed her thanksand gratitude. She expressed in her commentsshe couldn’t be more proud of the students, theSchool of Nursing, and the University as wetruly exemplified the meaning of communityand the spirit of the nursing profession duringthis terrible time.“24 hours around the clock, 79student-nursing volunteers and 20faculty logged more than 985student hours and 200 facultyhours”Nursing student Lindsey Fenton (le ) and Jennifer Lefort(right) change the oxygen tank of an evacuee pa ent as theywork in the clinic set up at the evacua on center at Neighborhood Church, as the Camp Fire con nues to impact theair quality and community on Saturday, November 10, 2018in Chico, Calif.(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU Chico)In a letter to the students and faculty whovolunteered at the Neighborhood Churchevacuation center, Dr. Karin Lightfoot, Director ofthe School of Nursing at California StateUniversity, Chico recently wrote:The faculty and staff of the School of Nursingwould also like to extend to you our personalthanks, appreciation, and gratitude for yourservice beyond yourself. You are truly amazingyoung men and women and we know you willcontinue to make a difference in our world.I want to thank you again for all that you did atthe shelter in response to the Camp Fireevacuation. I am so proud to have each of yourepresent the CSU Chico School of Nursing! Thework you did provided much needed care andsupport during such a difficult time in the lives ofour friends and neighbors.Respectfully Submitted,Paul C. HermanFrom the first day of the shelter and all throughthe first w
Chico State alum (one English major, the other Computer Science). Their youngest daughter, Melodie, graduated from Sac State with a BS in Social Work. Sherron was born in Nashville Tennessee. She loves animals, music, and crafting (mostly stamping & scrapbooking). Her horse, Tobia
