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NURSING Student News JSN Students Selected for IBC Internship
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JSN Associate Deans Named AACN Leadership Fellows
Two JSN faculty members have been selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Leadership for Academic Nursing Program. Ann Phalen and Ksenia Zukowsky, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, associate dean of graduate programs, were both selected for the executive leadership fellowship program in June. AACN Leadership Fellows participate in professional development focused on leadership skills, are mentored by an experienced dean and establish and work to achieve specific personal goals during the 12-month fellowship over the past five years.
JSN Awarded Scholarships through RWJF New Careers in Nursing Program
JSN has once again been selected as a grant recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program (NCIN). During the 2012-2013 academic year, JSN is receiving $50,000 to support students in the school’s Facilitated Academic Coursework Track nursing program. The grant funds will assist students who are traditionally underrepresented in the field of nursing and are pursuing a second career in nursing. The NCIN Scholarship Program was launched in 2008 to expand enrollment in accelerated degree programs in schools of nursing while increasing diversity in the nursing
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workforce. At JSN, five students will be awarded NCIN scholarships. Jefferson has received $430,000 from the NCIN program.
School of Pharmacy Meyer Elected ASHP President
Gerald Meyer, MBA, PharmD, FASHP, director of experiential education at JSP, was elected president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the largest national organization of hospital and health-system pharmacists. Meyer recently completed his third term as chair of the ASHP House of Delegates and the ASHP Board of Directors.
Hess Elected ASHP Chair
Mary Hess, PharmD, FASHP, FCCM, associate dean for student affairs and associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at JSP, was elected chair of the ASHP Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists. In this role, Hess will identify additional educational and practice opportunities for the section membership and further ASHP’s overall organizational agenda. This continues Hess’s activity in the section; she twice previously served as facilitator for her practice specialty, critical care. Hess has also served as a member of ASHP’s Commission on Credentialing.
Six undergraduate JSN students were selected to participate in the Independence Blue Cross Nursing Internship Program this past summer. The 10-week program offered interns paid, temporary positions in a community clinic or a healthcare or insurance administration setting. The students and their internship locations were: Christine Black, CMC Pediatric Case Management at IBC; Carmen Low, Team 2 Utilization Management at IBC; Michelle Martin, Clinical Precertification at IBC; Marleina Pluguez, Clinical Precertification at IBC; Barbara Saba, Delaware Valley Community Health Inc., a clinic in North Philadelphia; Stephanie Okeke, Rising Sun Health Center, a clinic in Northeast Philadelphia.
PHARMACY Student News JSP Students Win Awards at National Conference At the 2012 American College of Clinical Pharmacy meeting in Hollywood, Fla., JSP fourth-year student Laura Williams received the award for Best Student Poster. Williams’ original research described the delivery of innovative clinical pharmacy services. In addition, a team of fourth-year students — QC Pham, Lauren Isaacs and Jennifer Naples — placed in the top eight of 90 schools competing in the conference’s Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. Finally, second-year student Kyle Strand was appointed to a national committee for ACCP; he will serve as a student member of the 2013 Task Force on Practice Innovation.