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