Graduate Admissions Decisions Update

After receiving a record number of applications this semester across all graduate programs, the review committees are busy reading and discussing the applications. The schedule for decisions is as follows:

All MSN decisions will be made by December 1.
Traditional DNP decisions will be made by December 8.
Executive DNP decisions will be made on December 20.

We know how hard the waiting is! Hang in there!

EL-DNP program starts February 2011!

Looking to enhance your leadership skills without pausing your career? Want to learn alongside other nurse executives in a challenging and innovative environment? If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to the inaugural cohort of the Executive Leadership Doctor of Nursing Practice (EL-DNP).

This dynamic six-semester doctoral program enhances the skill, knowledge, and performance of current healthcare systems leaders. The EL-DNP is an advanced-level practice degree that emphasizes application of research to clinical nursing practice at the highest administrative levels.

Our program provides hassle-free accommodations during teaching intensives. We know that our executive students lead very busy lives. So we’ve included a hotel guest room, most meals, books, and transportation from the hotel to the USF campus into the program cost. Be a part of a groundbreaking program, and apply today!

Nursing in the Jesuit Tradition

University of San Francisco (USF) freshman Tom* used to cross the street to avoid homeless people. That was before he started the school’s nursing program, which made him realize he never considered what circumstances brought them to be homeless in the first place, such as substance abuse or a mental illness.

Another freshman nursing student, Michelle, says that her nursing class opened her eyes to the plight of women in Africa and India, many of whom have little to no access to health care. Before she started the program, Michelle says, she wasn’t even aware of the issue, and now she is considering volunteering in Africa or India as part of her class work.

Both Tom and Michelle are part of an innovative new program at USF’s School of Nursing called Nursing in the Jesuit Tradition.

Read the full article...

Chronic Depression Skills Workshop

Are you or your staff frustrated working with depressed clients? Chronic Depression is a difficult, and often frustrating, treatment-resistant disorder that challenges the skills of many nurses and mental health providers.


Join us for a one day Chronic Depression Skills Workshop.
Registration Form

The workshop will introduce an evidence-based approach to the management of individuals with chronic depression and will focus on strategies to identify clients and apply innovative, evidence-based tools, in order to more effectively manage these challenging clients.

Learn real skills for real problems and earn CEU credits while learning to apply practical strategies to manage chronically depressed clients!

When: Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 (8:15 AM-5:00 PM)

Where: Cowell Hall rooms 211, 212, University of San Francisco, School of Nursing, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

Cost: $40 (advance, lunch included), $45 (day of event, if space available)

CEUs: 8 contact hours will be awarded to nurses (CA-BRN). Course meets the qualifications for 7 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Science. A brief 2 week follow-up survey must be completed to receive the CEUs (an active and current email and professional license # is also required with registration to obtain CE certificate).

The Answer is the School of Nursing, #6

Which group of students were diverted from their original program providing prenatal care to a disaster relief effort in Guatemala?

Could it be USF nursing students?? You bet!! Join us in congratulating our students who are being honored for their disaster relief efforts this past summer:

San Francisco County Heroes Breakfast
Join the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter and San Francisco County civic leaders in recognizing those in the community who have shown courage, dedication and character through acts of kindness and heroism. The San Francisco County Heroes Breakfast will be held on September. 23, 2010.

2010 community heroes:

Lifesaving Heroes
Paramedic Captains Bob Kuzman and Andy Zanoff, San Francisco Fire Department

Act of Courage Heroes, Individuals
Deputy Zaldy Ralleta, Deputy Robert Rood and Deputy Christopher Sheriff, San Francisco Sheriff's Department

Act of Courage Hero, Organization
USF School of Nursing Prenatal Care Program

Act of Kindness and Philanthropy Hero
Little Wishes

Public Safety Hero
Senior Deputy Fabian Brown, San Francisco Sheriff Department

Community Service Hero, Organization
Veterinary Street Outreach Services - Ilana Strubel, DVM

Animal Rescue Hero
Gabriel Johnson and Jennifer Tacy

Nursing Students Provide Disaster Assistance

A University of San Francisco School of Nursing immersion trip to San Lucas Mission in Guatemala to provide prenatal care quickly became a disaster relief effort after Tropical Storm Agatha came ashore May 29, turning roads into rivers, causing landslides, and killing dozens.

Read the full article here...

USF Named by High School Counselors Among Top Health Science Schools

No disrespect to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, but you don’t need to attend a fabled Ivy to get a big-league education. PARADE asked top high school counselors across the nation to recommend outstanding schools that often fly under the radar.




Read the Full Article at Parade.com

Upcoming Orientations

It's that time of year again! We are thrilled to welcome continuing students and faculty back to the foggy USF campus, and we extend a warm welcome to our new students.

New Undergraduate Student Orientation starts at move-in this weekend!

New MSN student orientation in Fresno is scheduled for August 17th at 5:30 pm.

New DNP student orientation is scheduled for August 20-21st.

New MSN student orientation in San Francisco is scheduled for August 24th at 3:00 pm.

New MSN student orientation is Santa Rosa is scheduled for August 24th at 3:00 pm.

Nursing in Belize

Project Learn Belize is excited to announce a new joint initiative with the School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco. The first phase of the SON Health Advocacy Program's participants traveled to Belize in May 2010, as part of a team to explore opportunities for ongoing collaboration between the community of Dangriga and the USF School of Nursing.

During this first trip, participants presented educational modules related to health and wellness to students, faculty, and families of Sacred Heart School in Dangriga. Outside of these presentations at the school, participants had several opportunities to engage in dialogue with health & civic leaders of the wider town community. As in all other ventures, reflective of its name, participants in programs sponsored by Project Learn Belize are exposed to, and hopefully transformed by, the realities of cultural diversity, tradition, and challenges of education, health, and governance in this developing country in the Caribbean Basin.

Contact Dr. Mary Lou De Natale for more information.

The Answer is the School of Nursing, #5

Which Bay Area nursing school is partnering with California Institute for Nursing & Healthcare to provide a program for newly licensed RNs who cannot find employment in our current economy? USF, of course.

New RNs are having a difficult time securing a job with the economic downturn. This new initiative at the USF SON gives new grads the opportunity to work as an RN to gain RN job experience. We start our first group on September 10th. RNs in the program will work as nurses with a preceptor in clinic and school settings with clinic and school nurses throughout the bay area. The RNs in the program will work
20 hours/week in the clinical agency and have 4 hours on Friday mornings at USF working on skills and simulation.

The is a processing fee of $30.00 for those who are accepted into the program. No other tuition or fees will be required. For more information about the program please visit our webpage New RN Transition Program for Professional Development.

Fresno Area Information Sessions

School of Nursing staff will be in the Fresno area between July 19 and 22 for information meetings at various locations. If you are interested in learning more about our programs, please contact Megan McDrew.

Fall 2010 Graduate Admissions Update

The Fall 2010 admissions committees are busy reviewing applications for the Fall 2010 Doctoral and Master's degree programs. We hope to decisions ready on or about July 19 for all applicants who applied by the priority deadline. Stay tuned!

Magnetism in Action: the 3rd Annual CNL Conference

Developed in 2004, the Clinical Nurse Leader is emerging as one of the most influential roles in the nursing profession. Whether creating education tools to teach patients how to self-administer injections, improving discharge methods for patients, or streamlining bedside reporting during change of shift, the CNL is a transformational leader, a patient’s voice, and a revolutionary addition to the clinical care arena.

On June 18^th, 2010, the University of San Francisco School of Nursing will host its 3^rd annual Clinical Nurse Leader conference. Through the narratives of CNLs and managers alike, this conference will focus on Clinical Nurse Leader practice within the microsystem and the potential that the CNL role has for enhancing the journey toward achieving Magnet Recognition.

SON Dean Heads State Nursing Advocacy Association

Judith Karshmer, dean of the University of San Francisco School of Nursing, has been elected president of the California Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Karshmer took the helm in early May and will head the resurgent industry advocacy group for the next two years. After new leadership took over in 2008, CACN began to rebuild. Karshmer plans to continue that trend as the organization revamps its Web presence, grows its nursing and health care policy advocacy efforts, and develops strategies for improving four-year and advanced-degree education in nursing.

“My goal is to put in place processes to leverage CACN as the voice for baccalaureate and higher nursing education in California – that speaks to legislators, policymakers, and educational entities about how to advance nursing education and form a stronger collaboration with our colleagues in practice and nursing service,” Karshmer said.

Written by Edward Carpenter »usfnews@usfca.edu

CCNE Accreditation of DNP program

We just received official word from CCNE that our DNP program received the
maximum 5 years accreditation allowed for a new program and that we had no
compliance concerns!

We are now able to boast that not only do we have the first DNP program in
California, but the first one accredited as well!  This is a wonderful reflection on the school, the faculty, staff and students, and on the university support that we receive for program development and pursuit of excellence.

Marjorie Godfrey, Keynote Speaker at the 3rd Annual CNL Conference

Marjorie M. Godfrey Instructor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Director, The Clinical Microsystem Resource Group

Marjorie M. Godfrey, MS, RN is Instructor for The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Marjorie is a national leader of designing and implementing improvement strategies targeting the place where patients, families and care teams meet-the clinical microsystem. She leads as the Associate Director of Improvement with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Improvement Leader with the Vermont Oxford Network.

Marjorie is Visiting Assistant Professor, Fairfield University School of Nursing in Fairfield, Connecticut for the 2008-2009 academic year. Her focus is in collaboration with Dean Novotny and the faculty to design and advance the graduate Clinical Nurse Leader program curriculum to include clinical microsystems, quality and safety in partnerships with local health care organizations to become the premier Clinical Nurse Leader program in the USA.

Marjorie has worked with health systems in the United States, Sweden, Canada, Norway, France, Kosovo, Tunisia, Chile and the United Kingdom. She collaborates with Qulturum in Jönköping, Sweden, senior leaders to support innovation and transformation of their health care system using clinical microsystem processes and frameworks. She co-leads the International Clinical Microsystem Network with Sweden.
Marjorie has consulted and collaborated with leading health care systems throughout the United States including Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Geisinger Health System, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Texas Health Resources, University California, Davis, and Exempla Health System in Denver, Colorado.

Marjorie is co-author of the textbook, Quality by Design, (Jossey-Bass) released March 2007, and the lead author and architect of the Clinical Microsystems "A Path to Healthcare Excellence" series. She is the developer of the Clinical Microsystem website, www.clinicalmicrosystem.org. Marjorie is currently collaborating with colleagues from The Dartmouth Institute writing a second clinical microsystem textbook scheduled for release in early 2010 (Jossey-Bass.)

Marjorie is a frequent contributor to improvement journals and presents widely nationally and internationally on microsystem fundamentals with a focus on development and advancement of front line staff and system outcomes. She is a member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement faculty and has advised improvement activities specific to Idealized Design of Clinical Office Practices. She is actively supporting the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Clinical Nurse Leader program through integration of clinical microsystem frameworks, quality and safety.

Marjorie has a M.S. from the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School, B.S.N. from Vermont College of Norwich University, and a diploma in nursing from Concord Hospital School of Nursing. She currently is a PhD candidate at Jönköping University, in Jönköping, Sweden researching the impact of coaching interdisciplinary healthcare teams to achieve strategic improvement goals.

Her interests include supporting and coaching healthcare leaders and clinicians, interdisciplinary teams, and young professionals in discovering ideal care delivery systems utilizing clinical microsystem methods and tools that uncover systems and identify opportunities for improvement at the clinical microsystem level to the macro-organization level.

Marjorie will be speaking at our 3rd annual CNL Conference on June 18: Magnetism in Action. To register for the conference, click here.

Funding for FNP Students

Loan Repayment

Now Accepting Applications: $200 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will double the NHSC field strength this year.

• Full-Time Service: Apply by July 29
• Part-Time Service: Apply by May 25
• Help with the Application Conference Call: May 20, 2:30 to 4:30 pm ET, 1-888-889-0974, passcode 8360318

The National Health Service Corps recruits primary care medical, dental and behavioral and mental health clinicians who are dedicated to providing care to the Nation's underserved people. In return, they can reduce or eliminate their health professions student debt by providing care at a National Health Service Corps-approved site.

The Full-Time Program starts with an initial award of $50,000 for 2 years of service. The new Half-Time Pilot Project starts with an initial award of $50,000 for 4 years of service. Participants may apply to extend their service until their debt is paid.

When you join the National Health Service Corps, you become part of a network of more than 10,000 dedicated clinicians and sites caring for the most medically underserved people in the U.S.

Am I Eligible?

• U.S. citizen or national [+]
• Trained and licensed in one of the following primary care disciplines:
• Allopathic (MD) or Osteopathic (DO) Physician [+]
• Primary Care Nurse Practitioner [+]
• Certified Nurse-Midwife [+]
• Primary Care Physician Assistant [+]
• Dentist [+]
• Dental Hygienist [+]
• Health Service Psychologist [+]
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker [+]
• Psychiatric Nurse Specialist [+]
• Marriage and Family Therapist [+]
• Licensed Professional Counselor [+]
• Working or applying to work at a site that is approved by or has applied to become approved by the NHSC
• Unpaid government of commercial loans for school tuition, reasonable educational and living expenses that are not consolidated with non-educational debts

What is the Service Commitment?

NHSC loan repayors are committed to serve 2 years (full time) or 4 years (part time) at an approved site in a designated Health Professional Shortage Area.

You can apply if you are already working at an approved site or seeking employment at a site that is either approved or meets site eligibility requirements and plans to become approved by applying for Recruitment and Retention Assistance (for more information, see Communities).

Many types of health care facilities are approved NHSC sites. About half of NHSC clinicians fulfill their service commitment at federally-supported health centers. Health center clinicians can be granted medical malpractice liability protection through the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Other types of NHSC approved sites include rural health clinics, Indian Health Service clinics, public health department clinics, hospital-affiliated primary care practices, managed care networks, prisons, and U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement sites.

Loan repayors negotiate their salaries with the employing site.

Questions: CallCenter@hrsa.gov or 1-800-221-9393 (TTY: 1-877-897-9910), Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), 9 am to 5:30 pm ET.

USF Haiti Teach-In on April 19

Complete Program: noon-7:00 pm in McLaren 250

12:00 – 12:05 p.m. Welcome, Dean Jeffrey S. Brand, USF School of Law

12:05 – 12:20 p.m. Welcome Address by USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. First-Hand Accounts

• Walter Riley, civil rights attorney and chair of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
• Doug Sovern, KCBS radio reporter
• Judith Faustin-Gabriel, Novato-Horeb Haitian Seventh Day Adventist Church

1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Cultural, Political, Religious and Historical Context

• Brian Concannon, director, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti and chair, Lawyer's Earthquake Response Network
• Pierre Labossiere, cofounder, Haiti Action Committee and boardmember, Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
• James Taylor, professor of politics, University of San Francisco

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break & dessert refreshments
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. The Response
Medical

• Dr. Barbara Newman, emergency medical physician
• Jeanne Krafft, registered nurse and activist with Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos
• Enna Trevathan, professor, USF School of Nursing and nurse manager, VA Palo Alto Hospital
• Especianise Loresca, Haitian medical student
  

Legal

• Brian Concannon, director, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti and chair, Lawyer's Earthquake Response Network
• Margaret O’Shea, senior associate, DPK Consulting
• Karen Musalo clinical professor and director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, UC Hastings College of the Law
• Richard Boswell, professor and director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, UC Hastings College of the Law
• Holly Cooper, lecturer and associate director of the Immigration Law Clinic, UC Davis School of Law
  

Humanitarian Aid

• Anne Bartlett, professor of sociology, University of San Francisco
• Annie Blackstone, U.S. director, Sion Fonds, an NGO working in Haiti
• Mariam Danielyan, USF law student
• Pamela Keenan, resource development coordinator, What If? Foundation
  

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Break
4:45 – 5:45 p.m. Student Projects
School of Law

Anthony Phillips on Haiti's debt to France
David Smart on Haiti's onerous debt to international financial institutions
Jeff Kaloustian on economic and social rights of Haitians in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Dana Isaac on her experience preparing Temporary Protected Status immigration applications for Haitians during a spring break project in Miami

Undergraduate Students

• Students Kalie Patterson, Anna Tull, Kelsey Jones, and Alia Al-Sharif on the Haiti relief bingo fundraiser, which raised $18,000 for relief efforts

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Reception and music: Kalbass Kreeyol

HRSA Nursing Scholarship Program

Accepting applications until Thursday, May 6, 5 pm ET. Don't wait until the last minute to:

• Read and save a copy of the Application and Program Guidance (PDF - 286 KB)
• Submit your On-line Application
• Download, complete and fax or mail your Supplemental Forms (PDF - 234 KB) and required documentation

Questions? CallCenter@hrsa.gov or 1-800-221-9393 (TTY: 1-877-897-9910) weekdays (except Federal holidays) 9 am to 5 pm ET.

Eligibility

1. To be eligible for a scholarship, by the application due date all NSP applicants must be:
   1. A U.S. citizen (either U.S. born or naturalized) or U.S. National; and Lawful Permanent Resident
   2. Enrolled or accepted as full or part time student in a nursing degree program from one of the following:
      1. An associate degree school of nursing – A department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior college, community college, college, or university which provides primarily or exclusively a two-year program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate degree in nursing or to an equivalent degree and is an accredited program;
      2. A collegiate school of nursing – A department, division, or other administrative unit in a college or university which provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing and related subjects leading to a degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, graduate degree in nursing, or to an equivalent degree, and including advanced training related to such program of education provided by such school and is an accredited program; or
      3. A diploma school of nursing – A school affiliated with a hospital or university, or an independent school, which provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to a diploma or to equivalent training and is an accredited program.
   3. Individuals in a Reserve component of the Armed Forces or National Guard are eligible to participate in the NSP.
   4. Attend a nursing school or program located in a State –
      The schools and educational programs for which scholarship support is requested must be in a State (includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Territory of Guam, the Territory of American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia). Students attending schools outside of these geographic areas are not eligible for Nursing Scholarships, even though they may be citizens of the United States.
   5. Starting the nursing degree program on or before September 30, 2010.

2. You are ineligible if you:
   1. Have any judgment liens against your property arising from a debt owed to the United Sates, and
   2. Have a breach of a prior service obligation, or
   3. Have judgment lien(s) arising from Federal debt, or
   4. Are excluded, debarred, suspended, or disqualified by a Federal Agency.

PLEASE NOTE: Students enrolled in LPN programs, self-paced study programs (online), bridge programs or dual degree programs are not eligible for a scholarship award.

3. NSP applicants who have a history of not honoring prior legal obligations, as evidenced by one or more of the following factors, may not be selected:
   1. Default on a prior service obligation to the Federal government, a State or local government, or other entity, even if the applicant subsequently satisfied that obligation through service, monetary payment or other means;
   2. Default on any Federal payment obligations (e.g., Health Education Assistance Loans, FHA Loans, Federal income tax liabilities, federally guaranteed/insured loans such as student or home mortgage loans, etc.) or non-Federal payment obligations (e.g., court-ordered child support payments); or
   3. Write off of any Federal or non-Federal debt as uncollectible.

Please be advised that a credit and excluded parties list system check will be performed as part of the application process.

CNL Conference Registration Now Open

Developed in 2004, the Clinical Nurse Leader is emerging as one of the most influential roles in the nursing profession. Whether creating education tools to teach patients how to self-administer injections, improving discharge methods for patients, or streamlining bedside reporting during change of shift, the CNL is a transformational leader, a patient’s voice, and a revolutionary addition to the clinical care arena.

On June 18th, 2010, the University of San Francisco School of Nursing will host its 3rd annual Clinical Nurse Leader conference. This conference will focus on Clinical Nurse Leader practice within the microsystem and the potential that the CNL role has for enhancing the journey toward achieving Magnet Recognition through the narratives of CNLs and managers alike.

Register Today!

CNL Conference 2010 Registration Form (.pdf)

March 29 Crawford Lecture features Loretta Sweet Jemmott

Loretta Sweet Jemmott, PhD., RN, FAAN
University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott is the van Ameringen Professor in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania - School of Nursing. Most recently, Dr. Jemmott received the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award.

She also holds secondary appointments in the University's School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education. In 2004, Dr. Jemmott was appointed Assistant Provost for Gender and Minority Equity Issues for the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Jemmott has been involved in a number of research projects focusing on designing and testing culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate, and theory-based strategies to reduce HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors among African American, South African, and Latino youth and adults.

Dr. Jemmott has received many awards for her research and community efforts, including the Congressional Merit Recognition Award, The Red Ribbon Award for outstanding service in the field of HIV/AIDS, and the Governor of New Jersey's Nurse Merit Award in Advanced Nursing Practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a member of the CDC's Division of HIV, STD & TB Advisory Council, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. Most recently Dr. Jemmott received the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Award and the Distinguished Daughter’s of Pennsylvania (Governor’s Award).

The Crawford Lecture is presented by the University of San Francisco School of Nursing in collaboration with the USF Alumni Association and the Beta Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.

The Crawford Lecture was endowed in the memory of Geraldine Crawford to provide education for the community.

Contact the School of Nursing at (415) 422-3691, tai@usfca.edu for more information about the March 29 event and/or to be on the event's invite list.

2010 Faculty Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle

The Health Resources and Services Administration announced the opening of the FY 2010 Faculty Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle on March 16, 2010. Applications will be accepted until 5 PM ET APRIL 22. If you know of a faculty member who is from a disadvantaged background, please forward this message.

The Faculty Loan Repayment Program is open to faculty members who are health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Individuals selected to participate in the program agree to serve on the faculty of an accredited health professions institution (college or university) for a minimum of two years. In exchange for that service, the Government pays up to $40,000 of the faculty’s student loans.

Please note this program, while open to individual nurse faculty, is not the Nurse Faculty Loan Program to which schools apply.

For more information about the program see:

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Government/opps.htm

http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/repayment/faculty/

Summer 2010 Admissions Update

Applications to the School of Nursing Graduate Programs are up 30% from last year, with over 300 applications to our Master's degree programs beginning in May 2010. Our admissions team has been busily reviewing applications and will be meeting early next week to finalize admissions decisions.

If you have an application in the system, please expect communication from us regarding our decision toward the end of next week, on or around March 26.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Open House and Information Session!

Save the Date!

USF School of Nursing will host a Doctor of Nursing Practice Open House and Information Session on March 27, 2010. Please email Graduate Recruiter, Megan McDrew, for an invitation and to RSVP. Email: msmcdrew@usfca.edu.

The open house will be tentatively held in McLaren 251 from 11-2:00 pm. From 11-12 pm, interested students will have a chance to experience a DNP class taught by chair, Dr. Susan Prion. At 12pm, we will have a light lunch for all participants followed by a program information session.

We invite all RN's to attend this event if interested in pursuing a DNP. We are now enrolling for Fall 2010.

Call for Abstracts for CNL Conference, June 18, 2010

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
3rd Annual CNL Conference
June 18, 2010
“Magnetism in Action”

We want to hear your CNL stories!

The University of San Francisco invites you to submit an abstract for a presentation that showcase a success story or unique aspect of Clinical Nurse Leader practice that characterizes or provides evidence of innovation and change in health care systems.

Abstracts must be emailed, faxed or mailed, postmarked no later than May 1, 2010. Electronic submissions preferred. Submit to: CNL2010@usfca.edu

Directions for Abstract Submission:

The proposal abstract should include background information and a description of methods,
programs or practices in your CNL practice along with recommendations for others who may be considering a similar approach. Abstracts should describe original, unpublished work and can include work in progress. Selected proposals will be presented at the conference for an audience of national speakers, chief nurse executives, nurses, faculty and students.

Abstract Format:

a) The abstract must be typed in Word in 12 point Times New Roman font. All text for
the abstract must fit on one page with one-inch boarders all around. The body of the
abstract should be single-spaced.
b) The following text should appear centered and single-spaced as the first lines on the
abstract:
Line 1: Title of your presentation (in all capital letters)
Line 2: The author and co-author names and credentials
Line 3: Institution/organization
Line 4: City and state
c) Leave one space between the city and state line and the body of the abstract.
d) Each abstract must be accompanied by the contact information form (see below).
Due Date: Abstracts must be emailed, faxed or mailed, postmarked no later than
May 1, 2010. Electronic submissions preferred: CNL2010@usfca.edu. You will
receive an email message confirming receipt of the abstract submission.

Acceptance Notification: Authors will be notified about the status of their submission(s)
via email no later than May 20, 2010. This will be sufficient time to meet the hotel cutoff
and the conference registration deadlines. All presenters must be registered for the
conference in order to present.

For more information, please contact: Megan McDrew - email: msmcdrew@usfca.edu

Upcoming Fair Schedule for the Graduate School of Nursing!

There is a lot of exciting events coming up this Spring where you will see USF School of Nursing providing information on our innovative Graduate and Doctoral Programs. For more information on any of the following events, please contact our Graduate Recruiter, Megan McDrew, at msmcdrew@usfca.edu.

On March 25th-27th, USF School of Nursing will head to Anaheim for the California Association for Nurse Practitioners Conference.
On March 27th, USF will host the Doctor of Nursing Practice Open House and Information Session from 11 - 2 pm in McLaren 251.
Last but not least in March, USF hosts the Crawford Lecture on Monday, March 29th from 4:30-7:30 pm. Renowned scholar, Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott will be speaking at this engagement.

Starting off in April, USF will collaborate with other schools to host the Med-Surg Conference on April 8th and 9th in South San Francisco.
April 14th will take our recruiter to UCSD for the San Diego Health Professionals Fair.
On April 15th and 16th, USF School of Nursing will exhibit at the California Dietetic Association Conference at the Oakland Marriott.

Keep up to date on all events by contacting Megan McDrew. There will be lots going on in May also! We look forward to seeing you at the Spring health care events!

Health Professions Education Foundation

The Health Professions Education Foundation is pleased to announce the
next application deadline - March 24, 2010 - for its scholarships and
loan repayments. Eligible professions include allied health, vocational
and registered nurses, mental health providers, physicians and other
health professions.

Scholarships (awarded to current students) range from $4,000 to $13,000
and loan repayments (awarded to current health professionals) range from
$8,000 to $105,000. Applicants awarded a scholarship or loan repayments
are required to provide direct patient care in a medically underserved
area for a specified period of time.

For more information, please visit our website at
www.healthprofessions.ca.gov.

We also encourage you to participate in one of our upcoming Technical
Assistance Calls (TAC). During these calls, Program Officers will
review the Do¹s and Don¹ts of applying and you will also be able to
ask questions on how to complete a successful application. Program
Officers will also be available to answer all other questions regarding
these. programs and their eligibility.

The schedule for the TACs is:

All calls will be from 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.

Feb. 11 and Mar. 1
Scholarships:

**Bachelor of Science Nursing

Feb. 8 & Mar. 4
Loan Repayments
**B.S.N.


Space is limited so please RSVP early to calmazan@oshpd.ca.gov or by
calling 1-800-773-1669 or 916-326-3640.

*Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program Now Accepting Applications*

The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now accepting applications for the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program, which helps alleviate the critical shortage of registered nurses. Registered nurses (who have completed training) working at least 32 hours a week at certain non-profit health care facilities may be eligible to have some of their qualifying student loans repaid in exchange for service. The deadline is 5:30 PM ET, March 4, 2010. More information, as well as the application instructions, are available at http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/repayment/nursing/

The Crawford Lecture at USF on March 29th, 2010!

Once again, USF will host the Crawford Lecture series on March 29, 2010. This year’s theme, “Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities in Research and Practice Among Venerable Populations,” will be presented by Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott of the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing.

Dr. Lemmott is the van Ameringen Professor in Psychiatric Nursing as well as director of the Center for Health Equity Research. She has spent most of her life researching and testing culturally sensitive programs to reduce HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors among African American, South African, and Latino populations. She has a consistent track record of evidence-based HIV risk-reduction interventions across various populations.

She is renowned in the medical, nursing, and academic communities for her research and dedicated work to reduce health disparities among venerable populations. We are honored to have such a distinguished person on our campus and invite you to register for this event. The Crawford Lecture is an event put on by the School of Nursing, USF Alumni Association, and the Beta Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.

The event will be held in Fromm Hall on March 29, 2010. We will have a reception and buffet from 4:30-6:00 pm followed by Dr. Jemmott’s lecture from 6:15-7:30 pm. Please contact Christina Tai at tai@usfca.edu for registration instructions. The cost is $15 per person.

USF CNL Students Chat with Mary Wakefield of HRSA

Clay Hooper, RN, MSN(c), CNL(c), University of San Francisco, School of Nursing
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, HRSA Administrator, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Lilly Fung, RN, MSN(c), CNL(c), University of San Francisco, School of Nursing
January 23, 2010 at the San Diego, CA, CNL 2010 Summit

The University of San Francisco had a very strong presence at the National Clinical Nurse Leader Summit in San Diego last week, with close to 20 CNL faculty and students in attendance at the conference.

Students Clay Hooper and Lilly Fung had a chance to meet Mary Wakefield after her keynote address at the Summit.

According to the HRSA website, Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., was named administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) by President Barack Obama on February 20, 2009. HRSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

HRSA works to fill in the health care gaps for people who live outside the economic and medical mainstream. The agency uses its $7 billion annual budget (FY 2008) to expand access to quality health care in partnership with health care providers and health professions training programs.

Orientation Week at SON

This week at the School of Nursing is seeing various orientation programs under way. Our first orientation for new students in Spring took place on Friday, January 15, and approximately 40 graduate-level students were in attendance to meet their faculty and register for classes. The 3-day weekend was followed by orientations for new RN-MSN students at the Santa Rosa, Cupertino, and San Ramon campuses. New faculty are in Cowell Hall for orientation to the School on January 21, as are incoming BSN transfer students, and the week wraps up with the 2-day intensive orientation program for new doctoral students on Friday and Saturday.

Many thanks to all who participate in our orientation programs!

Upcoming Events for 2010

Don't miss upcoming professional development events with the USF School of Nursing!

Monday, March 29, 2010, Fromm Hall, USF: The Spring 2010 Crawford Lecture Series: "Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities in Research and Practice Among Vulnerable Generations" Loretta Sweet Jemmott, PhD., RN, FAAN from the University of Pennsylvania will be the presenter.


Thursday, April 8th & Friday, April 9th, 2010, South San Francisco Conference Center: 20th Annual Medical-Surgical Nursing Conference.


Friday, June 18, 2010: Fromm Hall, USF: 3rd Annual Clinical Nurse Leader Role Conference and Workshops.



Volunteers are always welcome! Please contact the Dean's Office at nursing@usfca.edu if you are interested in volunteering for any of these events.

Student Actors Play Standardized Patients for Nursing School

Mr. Smith, 78, sat on his hospital bed, but he didn’t want to be there. He didn’t know where he was, no one was answering his questions, and he didn’t understand why nurses were examining him. Determined to get out of bed, he got himself to the edge of the bed and promptly fell to the floor. The nurses—USF nursing students—were stunned.

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