September 3, 2010

Welcome New Faculty Medical Center, College of with an AAS from MontThe College of Nursing Nursing in Omaha, Negomery County Commuwelcomes new Faculty braska. During her post nity College in Blue Bell, member, Dr. Florence doctorate she studied under PA. in 1982, moved to Weierbach, to the GraduDr. Bernice Yates, her Richmond in 1986, and ate Program. scholarship was focused on finished her BSN from Flo Weierbach community dwelling eldwas raised in Hatfield, PA, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1988. ers, family caregivers, paa small town northeast of tients post cardiac rehabiliPhiladelphia, she moved to She then went back to tation, rural communities, school in the mid 1990’s Richmond, VA. in 1986 and lived there until a year and completed a MPH also and secondary data analysis. She has had many from VCU. The school ago when she moved to different experiences Omaha, NE. Henry, as a RN, from staff her dog, is her connurse to camp nurse, stant companion, home health nurse, and while he is apstaff nurse, team proximately 100 lbs, leader and director to she refers to him as faculty member. One her big baby. She of the highlights of bought Henry at a her career was a missilent auction, which sion trip to Haiti was a fund raiser for when she was an a Haiti mission trip. instructor in a RN Flo is single, her diploma program. brother and his wife She loves the elderly, live in the area visiting people in where she was their homes and loves raised, while her learning about the father, sister and her communities where sister’s family live they live and thrive. in the Saint Paul Flo has prearea of Minnesota. Florence Weierbach, PhD, MSN, RN sented at national Flo has many dear and regional profesfriends in Richmond sional conferences and is itch continued and she enand Charlottesville, VA published. She has articles rolled in the PhD program and is looking forward to in Public Health Nursing, being closer to them. Prior at the University of Virto entering a PhD program ginia (UVA) in Charlottes- Journal of Nursing Administration and her disville 2003, graduated from she had an exchange stusertation findings are curdent from Germany, which UVA in August 2008 with rently under review for a MSN and then defended she still keeps in contact Research in Gerontologiher dissertation the Friday with. before Thanksgiving 2008. cal Nursing. Flo submitted Flo took the message “you need to continue After defending her disser- an American Nurses Foundation (ANF) grant in May tation, she embarked on a your education”, from her Associate Degree program postdoctoral position at the and is waiting to hear from (Continued on page 2) University of Nebraska seriously. She graduated

Events Monday, September 6th is an ETSU Holiday. Have a safe Labor Day!

September Birthdays Please come to the Faculty/Staff Lounge, room 270, on Tuesday, September 7th at noon. We will have cake to celebrate the September birthdays!

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ETSU College of Nursing Friday Newsletter

Welcome New Faculty (Continued) (Continued from page 1)

them. She is looking forward to conducting the grant at ETSU. Flo is excited to be a part of ETSU College of Nursing and is looking forward to learning about the tricity area. She is also excited to be close to the Great Smoky Mountains and Asheville, NC. Prior to her move to Nebraska, she wanted to go to Asheville and the Biltmore but never had the chance. It is now close to the top of her “to do” list. Flo has varied interests and is looking forward to developing routines which involve walking Henry, swimming laps and getting involved with the Jonesborough community.

The College of Nursing also wishes to welcome Dr. Helene Holbrook to the Graduate Program. Helene began her nursing education at Maria College in Albany, NY where she earned an AAS in nursing. From there she earned a certificate from Albany Medical College in the Family Nursing Practitioner Certificate Program in 1976. Then in 2004 she earned a BSN from University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ; a MSN from Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, CA in 2006; and a DNP from University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA in 2010. Helene has a wide variety of nursing practice. She served as a Family Nursing Practitioner for the Contra Costa County Family Health Center, which supported a Family Practice residency teaching facility for the University of California, Davis. The NPs were primary providers in pediatrics, women’s health (OB and GYN) and assessment and management of chronic disease. Prevention and education were promoted

with interpreters in many languages and respectful of many cultural norms. She also practiced at Kaiser San Francisco, where she focused on primary care. She had a patient load of 2000 with responsibility for their health care and education. She shared responsibility for this outpatient population with a team of two other Nurse Practitioners, ten Internists, a Physical Therapist, a Diabetes Educator, a Behaviorist, and a Chronic Care Conditions Manager. In 2006-2007 she served as an Family Nursing Practitioner and was the sole primary care provider for a native Yupik Eskimo village in bush Alaska. She was responsible for managing chronic disease, OB, adult care, pediatrics, and trauma. She was the sole provider of health care in a small sub-Regional Health Center in St.

Helene Holbrook, DNP, MSN, RN

Mary's Alaska. There, she did everything from treating lacerations and setting fractures, to managing trauma patients and

stabilizing MI and Strokes until AeroMed-Evac arrived with paramedics. Helene also worked in the Dermatology Department in San Francisco where her responsibilities extended to minor procedures, biopsy of suspicious lesions, and management of chronic skin conditions. Her most recent experience is with Santa Teresa and San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Emergency/Minor Injury Department and the Minor Injury Center and ED Fast Track After Hours Medicine Clinic where her responsibilities included injury assessment and treatment, suturing, fractures, x-ray review, I&D of abscesses, general medical/surgical evaluation and treatment of family practice complaints, vaginal discharge, STD screening, pediatrics illness, adult and pediatric asthma, abdominal pain, joint pain, back pain, headache evaluation and treatment. Helene has submitted several articles for review including: “Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing Practice” to The Clinician in the Classroom; “The DNP experience of seeking guidance and experience as a novice interested in a faculty position”: published in the January 2010 Advances for Nurse Practitioners; and “Do Nurse Practitioners Practice as We Preach? Use of Open-ended Questions in Patient Centered History Taking.” On a personal note, Helen was born and raised in upstate New York, and from 1976 until now, lived in San Francisco, CA . She enjoys riding horses, gardening, and kayaking. She also owns Aussie dogs. Helene’s 23year-old daughter, Delaney is a graduate of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC and is currently in graduate studies to become a high school teacher and wishes to secure a position in the

'It is amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.' ~Charles Kettering US Inventor

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Faculty Accomplishments

ETSU “Welcome Back” picnic

Congratulations to Dr. Amy Swango-Wilson. This summer she has had three articles accepted for publication!

During the ETSU “Welcome Back” picnic the College of Nursing enjoyed the big red chair! Pictured from the Office of Student Services: left to right-Amy Bower, Natalie Honeycutt & Scott Vaughn, and from the Dean’s Office: back row right-Dr. Wendy Nehring, Dean and front-Teresa Feltner.

Swango-Wilson, A (2010). Meaningful sex education programs for individuals with intellectual / developmental disabilities. Sexuality and Disability. (in press) has been published in online format of journal Swango-Wilson, A (2010). Systems theory and the development of sexual identity for individuals with intellectual/developmental disability. Sexuality and Disability, 28, 157-164 Ferucci, E., Donnithorne, K., Koller, K., Swango-Wilson, A., Pflaum, J., Lanier, A. (2010). Performance on rheumatoid arthritis quality indicators in an Alaska healthcare system. Quality Safe Health Care, July 23, 20657010 Amy has also been appointed Vice President of the Board of Directors for ARC of Washington County.

Beyond the Basics 2010 Celebrating the 20th Annual Acute Care Nursing Conference October 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2010 Bristol Regional Medical Center Monarch Auditorium 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. each day

October 6 Keynote: Barbie Bancroft, RN., MSN. Living, Loving, and Laughing Through the Ages Afternoon Breakout Sessions Lora Cross, RN., BSN 1.1 “What’s Up with that ST Segment? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” Vanessa Fitsanakis. PhD 1.2 Parkinson's Disease: Understanding the Symptoms and the Neuroanatomy Judy Addington, LMT 1.3 Complementary Therapies and Their Healing Qualities

October 7 Keynote: Barbara Erickson, RN, PHD Heartsounds Through the Lifespan Afternoon Breakout Sessions Barbara Erickson, RN, PHD 2.1 The Digital Heart Attack Tony Sullivan, Chief of Police, Abingdon, Va. 2.2 Aggression in the Workplace Martin Eason, MD 2.3 Crisis Resource Management in the Acute Care Setting

October 8 Keynote: Tom Ahrens, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN Sepsis and Patient Assessment in the 21st Century Afternoon Breakout Sessions Tom Ahrens, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN 3.1 Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Georgita Washington, PhD, RN-BC, MSN 3.2 Women’s Cardiac Health Issues Frachesca Shoun, RN, MSN 3.3 The ABC's of Neuro Complications

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From the CON Testing Center ATI Faculty Training Instructions  Simply follow these steps to access the information:   

1.  Log into ATI account.  2.  Locate the News and Updates folder (see below) and click on “View Details” beneath the Complimentary Education Webi‐ nars Section.   

 

3.  You will then see the following on your screen.  Click on “View Webinars”. 

 

***Please note that our national webinars are set to begin in September.   Again, we are happy to schedule a time for ETSU to  have additional training and we are also checking to determine if we have a pre‐recorded training that I can send over.   

We want to hear from you! The Friday Newsletter reaches a wide variety of people including faculty, part-time faculty, and staff members in the ETSU College of Nursing in addition to our College of Nursing Advisory Board, donors who have requested to receive it, as well as Dr. Bishop, VP of Health Affairs. We would like to hear from you if you have an announcement, accomplishment, departmental happening, personal story, etc. This is a good way to get information to your colleagues. If you have items you would like to have published in the Friday Newsletter please send them to me by Wednesday for inclusion at [email protected].

Mailing Address: ETSU College of Nursing Box 70617 Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: 423-439-7051 Fax: 423-439-4543 Web: ETSU College of Nursing