Kat Schleicher
Tab l e of C o nt e n t s 2 NEWS Partnerships on Milwaukee’s front lines • Educating the next generation to care for veterans • Bringing primary care to Milwaukee’s inner city neighborhoods Faculty retirees leave their mark
Contributing writers: Kurt Chandler, Chris Jenkins, Alexis Lozinak, Andrea Petrie, Alexa Porter, Lynn Sheka, Paula Wheeler and Carol Winkel Editorial team: Margaret Faut Callahan, Stephen Filmanowicz and Lynn Sheka
Student perspective: the reimagined curriculum Nursing alumna starts scholarship to increase diversity
6 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Graphic design: Joan Holcomb
New graduate programs respond to changing marketplace
Contact: Share comments or ideas for future issues with Lynn Sheka at lynn.sheka@marquette.edu.
Tipping the scales toward healthier body weight
College mission
Stronger together: faculty-student research collaboration
Through a transformational Catholic, Jesuit education, the mission of the Marquette University College of Nursing is to prepare nurse leaders to promote health, healing and social justice for all people through clinical practice and development of nursing knowledge. The faculty, students and staff of the college are committed to: • Providing high-quality, compassionate care focused on individuals, families and communities. • Advocating for social justice to eliminate health inequities. • Engaging community partners to promote health care for all. • Generating, evaluating and applying knowledge to improve health and education outcomes.
Global impact: patient safety culture in China
10 creating apps to aid patients Nursing faculty “go digital” to improve patient care
14 THE RIPPLE EFFECT The cutting-edge Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation has become an interdisciplinary hub
18 ALUMNI Perspectives Blazing a trail: Dorothy Klofta, Nurs ’59
• Creating a dynamic, innovative learning community.
Marquette nursing legacy families
• Leading change to improve the health care environment.
Staying connected
On the cover: Dr. Norah Johnson, assistant professor of nursing, demonstrates her iPad app, which helps put children with autism at ease before unfamiliar medical procedures.
Then and now: Class of 1963
20 NOTABLE SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Photograph by Aaron J. Ledesma
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