On Saturday, November 12, a group of approximately 109 middle, high school, and community college students, family members, Saint Peter’s undergraduate students and educators came to Saint Peter’s University to attend the second annual STEM event on campus: “The Path to the STEM Dream for Young Scholars.” This event is a collaborative effort between the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics, applied science and technology, nursing, LEEP, the SURGE Program, and student clubs. It is focused on promoting diversity in STEM fields.
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Students, friends, alumni and faculty gathered in The Duncan Family Sky Room for the inaugural Dr. Marylou Yam Distinguished Nursing Lecture Series on September 29. Diane J. Skiba, Ph.D., FACMI, ANEF, FAAN, professor at University of Colorado College of Nursing, option coordinator at Health Care Informatics and project director for I-Collaboratory: Partnerships for Learning, gave a talk on “Connected Care, What it Means for Nursing.”
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Congratulations to the junior, senior, RN and graduate nursing students who were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society, on Saturday, April 23 at the Bethwood in Totowa, N.J. Professor Sandra Horvat, Sigma Theta Tau faculty advisor, and Professors Lisa Garsman and Michelle Romano also attended the event in support of the students.
]]>Please be advised that the on-site evalsuation of Saint Peters University School of Nursing with the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) takes place on April 13 to 15, 2015. CCNE policy requires that institutions provide an opportunity for the program’s identified communities of interest (e.g., students, alumni, faculty, employers, etc.) to provide written input into the deliberations of the evalsuation team. Further, we must notify our communities of interest approximately three months before the evalsuation that an Accreditation review is scheduled and indicate that written and signed third-party comments will be accepted by CCNE until March 13, 2015.
Please direct all comments to:
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Attn: Third-Party Comments
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
1 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036
Please note that CCNE shares third-party comments only with members of the evalsuation team. The evalsuation team only considers third-party comments that relate to the program’s compliance with the accreditation standards. Please be aware that at no time during the review process are these comments shared with the program. However, all compliance concerns related to the accreditation standards will be identified in the Accreditation report and the program will have an opportunity to respond to those concerns as part of its response to that report.
Additionally, CCNE communicates directly with its communities of interest (e.g., state boards of nursing, healthcare facility licensing and certifying bodies,other accrediting bodies, etc.), and informs them of the opportunity to provide third-party comments up to 30 days prior to the start of the on-site evalsuation. These third-party comments are considered to be confidential and are only shared with the evalsuation team.
If you have any questions regarding the third-party comment process or any aspect of the accreditation process, please contact Lori Schroeder, Director of Accreditation Services at (202) 887-6791 x253 or at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Clementine Hinsperger-Rice, PhD., RN, CNS
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Florence Campbell (pictured first from right), a student of the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program at Saint Peter’s University, recently attended a policy conference in Washington, DC, to lobby for the Advanced Practice Nurses of New Jersey (APN-NJ) bill, which would allow nurses to prescribe medicine on their own without consulting physicians. She is pictured with the New Jersey group of advanced practice nurses and Senator Cory Booker. During the conference, Campbell visited the Capital and spoke with senators to ask them to co-sponsor the bill.
]]>Welcome to the Simulation Lab, the site of an innovative teaching and learning curriculum in the School of Nursing that replicates real life scenarioses allowing B.S.N. (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) students to learn, practice and apply skills in preparation for clinical practice. The scenario above is part of the fourth-year Community Health Nursing course that includes disaster nursing and an exercise replicating an explosion involving anthrax exposure.
Using mannequins and second-year B.S.N. students playing disaster victims, Romaniv, Saquique and other fourth-year students were tasked with assessing those who had been exposed to anthrax, referring those in need of immediate medical care and triaging patients in the manner of first responders at a disaster scene.
Simulation is integrated into a significant number of nursing courses. In Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, for instance, students encountered an assault victim suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and in Care for Adults and Aging, faculty designed a scenario involving older adults with depression and poor nutrition.
“Because we have incorporated simulation in all of our undergraduate clinical courses, our students are performing better on classroom exams and the NCLEX-RN licensing examination,” Dean of Nursing Ann Tritak, Ed.D., told Nurse.com, a leading source of nursing news. School of Nursing faculty also attended a recent roundtable with the online publication to discuss the University’s simulation curriculum.
The program also utilizes the latest practices in healthcare to better prepare graduates for clinical practice. Faculty have incorporated SimChart, an electronic health record system, into the lab and clinical rotations. Lisa Garsman, R.N., M.S., F.N.P.-B.C., director, B.S.N. program, said this provides students with practical experience in electronic documentation. “Students complete case studies, which allow them to document care as they make clinical judgments from one phase to the next,” she explained.
“Saint Peter’s School of Nursing faculty have taken the simulation laboratory setting beyond that of just ‘practice,’” Dr. Tritak added. “Our simulation laboratory is utilized for instruction, practice, remediation and evalsuation. Not only are physiological elements employed, but psycho-social and therapeutic communication concepts are woven throughout each clinical course for students to master.”
The expectation is that students will achieve a level of competence prior to interacting with actual patients. “The simulation scenarioses developed by faculty have engaged our students in such creative learning strategies,” Dr. Tritak continued. “They are well prepared not only for experiences while at Saint Peter’s, but for their professional careers as well.”
School of Nursing faculty members presented their Mental Health Sim curriculum at the 12th Annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Centers Conference in June. Assistant Professor Michelle Beckford, DMH, Patricia Ahearn, R.N., M.S.N., clinical lecturer and coordinator of the Simulation Lab, Michelle Morales, R.N.-B.C., clinical instructor, and Corinne Ellis, R.N., D.N.P., assistant professor, represented Saint Peter’s University.
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