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1 University of Southern Indiana College of Nursing & Health Professions L ea r n in g Ca r in g Co mmu n it y Volume 15, No 5 Dr. Nadine Coudret Diane Utley SEPTEMBER 2007 Dean Editor GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS elcome back to returning students and a special welcome to our new students. I hope your summer was enjoyable and that you are looking forward to this year and preparing for your health care career. Faculty and staff have been busy these past several months preparing for your return. A Clinical Simulation Center has been equipped and houses a SimBaby and four adult SimMan computerized patient simulators. A new skills lab is available for students in HP0060. New teaching equipment has been added to classrooms and additional monitors have been hung for college information sharing. A new interactive classroom is located in HP2022. Cushioned benches have been placed in the halls for your use between classes. In addition to welcoming you, we are pleased to have two new faculty and two new administrative assistants join our college. They are introduced in this newsletter and you are encouraged to stop by their offices and introduce yourselves to them. They will welcome the opportunity to meet you. The reason that the faculty, staff and I are here is to teach and assist you during the time you are in our college and as you move forward in your careers. One way that you can make this coming semester more productive is to take advantage of the support that is available to you. Get together with your classmates to share lecture notes, practice new skills and enjoy each other. Call on your faculty for help and ask for their assistance. The faculty, staff and I want to help you in any way that we can. By working together we can make this a successful and enjoyable year that prepares you for your health care career. Dr. Nadine Coudret, Dean Meet the new faculty in the college of nursing and health professions Sherri Mathis has accepted a position as instructor in occupational therapy. She is a graduate of USI occupational therapy program. Mathis was formerly an occupational therapist at Wabash and Ohio Valley Special Education District in Norris City IL. She has two adult children, Amber and Randy, and a son, Dylan, who is a high school sophomore in Carmi. She is an active member of her church and a teacher in adult classes. Her office is in HP Melissa Warthen has recently joined the Nursing faculty. A native of northern Illinois, she taught at Emory University School of Nursing; she most recently has been employed at St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Carmel IN. She and her husband, are avid sportspersons they sail, bike, rollerblade, play tennis and golf. Their son, Michael, lives and works in Utah. Rudder and Tiller, their two standard poodles, keep them entertained. Her office is in HP

2 major changes for college laboratories this fall Kathy Phillips, clinical labs coordinator, reports that students are in store for some re-vamping of the student labs this semester. HP 2036, the skills lab inside the Day Learning Resource Center, has been re-named and re-organized; it is now the Clinical Simulation Center (CSC). The Clinical Simulation Center will house four SimMan models and the new SimBaby. A virtual IV arm, an IV infusion pump, and a syringe pump are also new additions to the CSC. Wall units with suction and oxygen, patient transfer boards, privacy screens, and new visual and audio cameras have been added. The Clinical Skills Laboratory has been relocated to the lower level of the Health Professions Center in HP In this facility, students will continue to practice skills like bed making, bathing, and patient transfer. All the laboratories will be in use every day by students from all the health care programs. Each of the CSC units will be outfitted with oxygen and suction. Welcome, SimBaby A Friend In the Midst of Chaos Ms. Phillips is excited about the prospects of creating a hospital setting in the new Clinical Simulation Center. A nurse s station will be established in the middle of the patient units. Representatives of Laerdal Company will be on site to demonstrate advanced patient simulation cases and the use of SimBaby. Ms. Phillips will be scheduling the use of both labs for all health professions classes. Installing Oxygen, Suction Dental Programs Welcome New Students The new Dental Hygiene class attended an Orientation on August 23 with a luncheon hosted by second year students. Orientation for new Dental Assisting students was held on August 24. Monthly meetings for SADHA (Student American Dental Hygienists Association) have been set for Tuesdays, with the dates to be announced soon. Accreditation Site Visit Approaching Occupational Therapy Assistant Program will have its on-site accreditation visit September 24-26, Day Learning Resource Center Receives Facelift During the summer, the Day Learning Resource Center s décor has been updated. The walls were freshly painted, the carpet was replaced, furnishings have been rearranged, and the computers have been upgraded. Lockers are also being installed near the door in the LRC to provide some security for students belongings. A fresh environment for a new academic year!! Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them. Henry Steele Commager 2

3 Faculty & Staff News Claudine Fairchild, Radiologic and Imaging Sciences, served as a member of the ASRT House of Delegates at the American Society of Radiologic Technologists Annual Conference in early June in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She s in a photograph taken at the conference that appears in the August 2007 issue of the newsmagazine, Scanner. Disaster Ready! Kathy Phillips, clinical lab coordinator, completed a 21 hour training program for members of the Community Emergency Response Team. The course is sponsored by Indiana s Department of Homeland Security. She is pictured here in her gear along with her 20 pound back pack. Student-faculty interaction room available HP 0110 located in the lower level of the Health Professions Center is always available for students and faculty. It s a great place to meet, share food, read and study. The area is equipped with a soft drink machine, an station, a refrigerator, and two microwaves. Lesa Cagle, Food and Nutrition, was reelected to the American Dietetic Association s House of Delegates as an Indiana Delegate. Nursing alumni dinner planned Victoria Pigott, Special Projects Director, has announced that the Annual Nursing Alumni Dinner will be held on October 16, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. in Carter Hall. STAFF UPDATES Kim Shelton and Diane Utley, support staff, were among eleven employees nominated to receive a new Support Staff Award presented by the USI Staff Council at the Support Staff annual luncheon on August 14. A traveling trophy and a $500 cash award was presented to Kim Schauss, a former administrative clerk in the Registrar s Office. NEW FACES IN CHNP Welcome Jalane Webber and Jackie Spainhour, CNHP s new administrative assistants. Jalane is working with the Student Advising Center, HP Jackie is support staff for Occupational Therapy Assistant and Food and Nutrition. University of southern Indiana s class of 2029 now forming Beginning in March and ending in June, CNHP faculty have contributed four members to the USI Class of William Benjamin Cook is the son of Joy McBride, Radiologic Technology, and John Cook. He was born on March 27. Katherine Rose and Colin Conrad are the children of Lesa Cagle, Food and Nutrition, and Conrad Cagle. They were born on June 5. Ruth Emanuelle Valadares is the daughter of Dr. Kevin Valadares and Katie Elhman, Health Services. She was born on June 21. Kate & Colin will ruth 3

4 OB PATIENTS NEEDED!! In October, Diagnostic Medical Sonography students will be performing ultrasound scans for obstetric patients. Written permission from the patients physician is required. Contact Amy Wilson at or Diane Utley at for more information or to schedule an appointment in the student Sonography Lab. Nursing 467, Nursing and Health Care Issues, Nursing 614, Graduate Nursing and Health Care Issues, and HP 498, Current Concepts in the Health Professions will be offered at Harlaxton June 1-14, 2008 at Harlaxton Manor in Grantham England. Program fees are estimated to be $2500-$2700 in addition to airfare to London, cost of independent travel, and lunch and dinner in London. Travel & Learn in Europe next Summer! Save your Christmas and birthday money and consider this adventure; you can earn 3 hours of core curriculum credit and spend two weeks experiencing Great Britain! Harlaxton campus JOIN A STUDENT ORGANIZATION TODAY! STAND UP AND BE HEARD! September Birthdays Jane Layer 9/1 Amy Wilson 9/4 Victoria Pigott 9/8 Mary Ann Wehmer 9/17 USI Dental Clinic is open and receiving patients. To schedule an appointment, call LEARNING CARING COMMUNITY is a monthly publication of the University of Southern Indiana, College of Nursing and Health Professions, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN Report news, updates, birth announcements, and obituaries to Diane Utley at or dgutley@usi.edu. This newsletter and prior newsletter issues can be read on the website of the CNHP at INPUT FOR EXCELLENCE offers students and staff an opportunity to make suggestions, offer praise, etc. INPUT FOR EXCELLENCE boxes are located in the School Community Lounge HP 110, the Charles Day Learning Resource Center, and the Reception Desk in HP Use this handy tear-off to share your thoughts with us or your comments to dgutley@usi.edu. 4

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