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Global Study Award Helps Students Gain World Experiences

Linda H. Cronenwett (center) with Tina Evans (left) and Rebeca Moretto (right), the 2011 recipients of the Cronenwett Global Study Award.

The Cronenwett Global Study Award was created by a private gift from a SON alumna and her husband to honor the leadership of Linda H. Cronenwett, immediate past dean of the SON, and her passion for improving quality and safety in health care. This year’s recipients are BSN students Tina Evans and Rebeca Moretto. They will both be traveling internationally this summer as part of N489, SON’s Practicum in Nursing Global Health Experience.

Evans will spend four to five weeks in Antigua, Guatemala volunteering at Casa Jackson, an inpatient center for malnourished children. She then plans to spend six to seven weeks in Jutiapa, Guatemala, where she will work on the nursing staff in the maternity department of the Hospital Nacional de Jutiapa. She will also introduce the work of doulas to their maternity care in an effort to increase natural comfort measures in laboring women.

Moretto will be collaborating with two obstetric attending physicians in the high-risk OB/GYN department at the Antigua, Guatemala/Hospital Nacional. She will be assisting them by acting as a doula to the women and helping with deliveries. In addition, she will conduct public health education outreach for the traditional midwives in the area regarding topics including sterile technique and postpartum care of mother and newborn.

You can contribute to the Cronenwett Global Study Award at http://giving.unc.edu/gift/son.

LeVine Wellness Spot Opens at SON

Melissa LeVine and Gail Johnson in the LeVine Wellness Spot

School of Nursing employees now have a dedicated room in which to exercise and learn healthy habits. The LeVine Wellness Spot on the third floor of Carrington Hall officially opened with a kick-off luncheon and ribbon cutting on January 4.

Thirty-three Years Later: The Martha Holt Windham BSN`77 Memorial Scholarship

We recently visited JR and Eleanor Holt at their home in a rural hamlet a few miles outside of Sanford, NC. It has been thirty-three years since their twenty-three year old daughter Martha was killed in an automobile crash on her way to visit them one Sunday afternoon.

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Professor Oermann’s Nursing Study Points to Changing the Way We Teach CPR

National League for Nursing: The chances for patient survival are improved with immediate and high quality CPR, making it an especially important skill for nurses, who are often the first responders to cardiac arrests in hospitals.

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SON Graduates 33 Students Plus Recognizes Achievements, Contributions

Thank you to everyone who attended graduation on Saturday, July 22, 2010 at Gerrard Hall.

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Rumay Alexander Receives AONE Prism Award

Chicago, IL (February 26, 2010) —The AONE Institute, an activity of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and a 501(c)(3) unit of the Health Research and Educational Trust, has announced the recipients of its 2010 recognition awards, which highlight AONE members and an AONE chapter who have demonstrated the “best of the best” in leadership practice, and whose work sets an example for every nurse leader.

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Examining Social Determinants of Health: A Student Project

by Colette Allen, SON student, published in “Insight Out” http://bios.unc.edu/~ebutter/IOspring10.pdf

Health Professions Faculty Gather to Discuss Patient Safety in Telluride, CO

Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kenya Receive SON Student Volunteers

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Susy Koruth Becomes First SON Clinical Nurse Leader Certified Graduate

Clinical Assistant Professor Meg Zomorodi, RN, CNL, PhD, tells us that we have our first Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) certified graduate—Susy Koruth.

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