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History Beneath the Surface For nearly a century, an underground passageway has shielded pedestrians from the elements as they made their way between Strong Memorial Hospital and Helen Wood Hall.

A tunnel, running below Crittenden Boulevard, was included in the original construction of the buildings in the 1920s (below) and to this day remains a popular route for nursing students passing between destinations, particularly on the harshest winter days.

Unlike the art-filled system of tunnels adorned with graffiti and flyers connecting various locations on River Campus, the tunnel connecting Helen Wood Hall to Strong is a stark white all over – even the rows of pipes lining the concrete walls are devoid of any color. It, too, was once filled with graffiti but it has long since been covered with paint. Now, the only splash of color is tucked away in a corner by the stairway leading up into the hospital’s ground floor.

The brightly colored mural (far left) was painted several years ago in memory of Hong Li, an associate professor of nursing, who died in 2006 at age 47 after a battle with cancer. In her eight years at the School of Nursing, Li – a native of China – was known as a respected teacher and a nationally recognized researcher in the field of family care for frail older adults.

Have a memory of the tunnel you’d like to share?

Post it on our Facebook page: facebook.com/ UofRSchoolofNursing.

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A Message from the Dean

Dear Friends, This year’s Commencement ceremony (see story, page 24) was a very special one for me. As always, I saw the joy and excitement in the beaming faces of our graduates who worked so very hard to earn their second, third, or even their fourth or fifth college degree, and I was overwhelmed with feelings of pride. But this ceremony also meant a lot to me because it marked 40 years since I first earned my nursing degree. It was 1979 when I graduated with my baccalaureate degree in nursing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Kathy H. Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP Vice President, University of Rochester Medical Center Dean and Professor of Clinical Nursing and Pediatrics, University of Rochester

I’ve been blessed to have experienced a number of formative moments since then. One of them came in 1986, when I first met Loretta Ford. A lifelong Pittsburgh native, I moved to Rochester with my then fiancé and my now husband of 32 years, Jeff, who had taken a job here. All I knew about Rochester was that it was home to the UR School of Nursing and Lee Ford, whom we had learned about during my nurse practitioner education at the University of Pittsburgh. When I interviewed at the School of Nursing, part of the process of learning about the school involved meeting directly with its founding dean, who had already established herself as a living legend for her role in the development and implementation of the NP model.

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I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Ford again this summer at her home in Florida. It was an amazing experience to sit and chat with this incredible pioneer, now 98 years young and as quick-witted as always. Being in her presence is a powerful reminder of how far we have come in our profession and the yet-to-be uncovered possibilities that lie ahead. As Innovation Chair of Health Care Jim McMahon, PhD, concluded in his installation speech (see story, page 22), nurses are uniquely positioned to lead the next transformation in health care, and with each new class of leaders that we graduate and unleash out into the world, we see the evolution, growth, and progress of the groundwork laid by previous generations.

As a nurse, educator, and dean, I’m proud to have followed in such wonderful footsteps and to have played some small part in extending a pathway that others will follow and continue to build upon.

On the Cover…

Thank you for doing the same and for your continued interest and support of our school!

Amanda Hyman ’17N overlooking the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu.

Meliora!

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FEATURES

22 ‘Radical’ Transformation

Building on work done in HIV/ AIDS, Chair for Innovation in Health Care Jim McMahon explains why nursing is uniquely positioned to lead a disruptive revolution throughout health care

24 Commencement 2019

Celebrating the next generation of nursing leaders 28 Flower City to the Sacred Valley

How the UR School of Nursing and a volunteer trip to southern Peru helped prepare Amanda Hyman ’17N for her nursing career

DEPARTMENTS 4 Nursing News 36 Alumni Relations

& Advancement 40 Class Notes

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NURSING Magazine Credits University of Rochester School of Nursing Kathy H. Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP Vice President, University of Rochester Medical Center Dean and Professor of Clinical Nursing and Pediatrics

University of Rochester Medical Center B. Chip Partner Associate Vice President Director of External Communications Public Relations and Communications University of Rochester Medical Center

Melissa L. Head ’99W (MS) Executive Director of URMC Academic Programs and Alumni Relations Advancement

Jolie R. Spiers ’17S (MBA) Senior Director of Alumni Engagement URMC Academic Programs

Andrea J. Allen Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations University of Rochester School of Nursing

Editor Patrick Broadwater Senior Associate, Public Relations

Contributing Writer Reagan McNameeKing Associate, Public Relations

Art Director/Designer Kara Austin Design Manager Public Relations and Communications

NURSING Magazine is a biannual publication of the University of Rochester School of Nursing in conjunction with the University of Rochester Medical Center Departments of Nursing, Alumni Relations, Advancement, and Public Relations and Communications.

We welcome your letters and feedback concerning stories in the magazine or issues related to the University of Rochester School of Nursing. Send your comments to Editor, NURSING Magazine, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box SON, Rochester, NY 14642 or via email to Patrick_Broadwater@urmc.rochester.edu. www.son.rochester.edu  facebook.com/UofRSchoolofNursing  twitter.com/UofRSON  instagram.com/urnursing  linkedin.com/school/urnursing

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NEWS

UR Nursing in the News What’s new in the School of Nursing? Here are some recent media reports involving UR Nursing faculty, staff, and students.

Kim Arcoleo, associate professor of nursing, was featured in several articles relating to her research study on disparities in asthma medication adherence among Latino youth. Her work was profiled in MD Magazine, RT Magazine, and Reuters Health, which syndicated its story in dozens more newspapers worldwide. (See page 9 for a more in-depth look at the study’s findings.)

Mary Tantillo, professor of clinical nursing, was a guest on Connections, a radio show on WXXI hosted

by Evan Dawson. The hourlong segment during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week looked at how eating disorders affect diverse groups of people, paying no attention to class, color, age, sex, or sexual orientation.

Tantillo also appeared on News8 at Sunrise, the WROC-TV morning show with international eating disorder expert Jennifer Gaudiani to promote a lecture by Gaudiani hosted by the School of Nursing.

Sue Groth, associate professor of nursing, was quoted in an article on the Ying Xue, National Public associate Radio website professor of that examined nursing, was the long-term interviewed effects pregby Reuters nancy can have about her study on a woman’s body. The story showing that a notes that Groth’s NIH study of growing nummothers’ health over three years ber of nurse will help to fill gaps in research that in the past has focused only practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income on the first few months postcommunities where the physibirth. cian workforce is shrinking. The Adam story was syndicated to more Schulenberg, than 40 newspapers worldwide. a pediatric (See page 15 for a more in-depth nurse look at the study’s findings.) practitioner Sarah Goodenough, a URat Golisano SON alumna and owner of Children’s Kitchen Verde and Verde Mind Hospital and Body Health in Rochester, was 2003 APNN profiled in Community Health and 2005 Magazine about how her plantPNP grad, was highlighted in based diet helped her lose more a Democrat & Chronicle story than 150 pounds. on the growth of health care careers in the Rochester area.

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RN to BS Program Now Fully Online Recognizing the importance of baccalaureate-level education for all nurses, the University of Rochester School of Nursing took another step to expand access to its RN to BS completion program.

After gaining approval from the New York State Education Department, the UR School of Nursing now offers its RN to BS program fully online for newly enrolled students. The entire program can be completed virtually in as little as 16 months of part-time study. Previously offered as a hybrid-online program, all the courses in the RN to BS curriculum will be online for students starting in the fall 2019 semester.

The online component accentuates the power of technology used to deliver interactive and hands-on learning experiences enhanced by the use of iPads for students.

It also provides an additional avenue to advanced education by opening up the program to a greater number of associate-prepared nurses.

“We are very excited to be able to offer this program to nurses beyond our traditional geographic area,” said Dean Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP. “We know there is significant demand for bachelor’s completion programs throughout New York state and we are well-equipped to provide online students with the same rigorous instruction and unparalleled support as our on-campus students receive.”

In December 2017, New York became the first state to enact legislation requiring future RNs who graduate from an associate degree or nursing diploma program to complete a baccalaureate degree program within 10 years after being licensed to practice. In response to the landmark “BS in 10” legislation, the school had previously announced that it was cutting tuition for the program and also included the RN to BS program among the academic offerings included in the SON Tuition Grant, which covered the full cost of tuition for University of Rochester employees.

To learn more about the RN to BS and other UR Nursing advanced education programs, visit son.rochester. edu/academics.

Clinical, Educational Partnership Offers Full Tuition for Select Programs The School of Nursing unveiled a popular new pilot program in December that supports the ongoing education of University of Rochester employees.

The UR School of Nursing Tuition Grant supplements the University’s existing employee tuition benefits to cover the full cost of tuition for UR employees who apply and enroll as new students in select degree programs between the spring 2019 and summer 2020 semesters.

The grant, developed in partnership with nursing practice at the University of Rochester Medical Center, supports eligible UR employees pursuing the following programs: • • • •

“We are committed to supporting University of Rochester nurses and health care professionals,” said Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, dean of the UR School of Nursing.

“Education is a vital component to their career success, so we are opening this window of opportunity to ensure that all of our employees have access to these emerging programs regardless of their ability to pay.”

Full-time UR employees eligible for University tuition benefits must be accepted and enrolled in classes no later than the start of the Summer 2020 semester to receive the grant, which is equal to 5 to 15 percent of tuition for two courses per semester. Part-time employees eligible for tuition benefits can receive the grant for one course per semester.

New full-time hires who enroll in a program will receive a 100 percent grant from the School of Nursing for one course per semester until they become eligible for tuition benefits. The limited-time grant will be applied only to

RN to BS program (BS) Clinical Nurse Leader (MS, Post-MS) Nursing Education (MS, Post-MS, and RN to BS to MS entry points) Health Care Management Organization and Leadership (MS)

coursework taken at the UR School of Nursing.

In addition to supporting the academic journeys of individual nurses, the grant was devised to bolster the strength of the workforce as a whole at Strong Memorial Hospital and other UR facilities. By removing the financial barriers to degree programs, the grant aims to encourage more nurses to pursue additional education to enhance their clinical practice, as well as prepare themselves for career advancement and positions of leadership.

“This is a win-win for our employees and for the University,” said Karen Davis, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, associate vice president and chief nursing executive of URMC. “As we’ve seen with the recent BS in 10 legislation and the need for more master’s-prepared nurses, there are increasing educational demands on both nurses and hospitals.

I am excited that this academic-clinical partnership with the School of Nursing will help us address that.”

SON TUITION GRANT DRIVES SPIKE IN APPLICATIONS

SON Tuition Grant Drives Spike In Applications The SON Tuition Grant debuted in mid-December for UR employees pursing select programs: RN to BS, TUITION SPIKE INOrganization APPLICATIONS Clinical Nurse Leader,SON Nursing Education,GRANT and HealthDRIVES Care Management and Leadership.

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Before announcing the tuition grant, the four eligible programs combined received an average of 8.8 applications each month.

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NEWS

Yvette Conyers Honored with Health Care Achievement Award Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, an assistant professor of clinical nursing, was presented with a 2019 Health Care Achievement Award by the Rochester Business Journal.

Conyers was one of three individuals honored in the Medical Professional category at the recognition ceremony in March.

A faculty member at the UR School of Nursing since 2013 and a family nurse practitioner active in the community, Conyers has rapidly ascended to several key leadership positions at the School of Nursing, serving as co-director of the Accelerated Programs for Non-Nurses (APNN) and elected president of the new Rochester chapter of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA).

As APNN co-director, she helps shape academic programs that consistently attract underrepresented students in quantities far above the national average and focuses their curriculum on providing culturally sensitive care for all patients, regardless of their background, income, religion, age, and sexual orientation. This dovetails with Conyers’ own research interest, which focuses on developing cultural competency in health care providers in order to ensure the equal treatment of all patients.

A well-respected educator who is an active and committed leader on issues relating to race, diversity, and inclusion, Conyers is particularly dedicated to creating and expanding access and opportunities for members of underrepresented groups. She has been instrumental from the start in launching the Rochester chapter of the NBNA, which aims to create additional opportunities for student and licensed nurses from various backgrounds to come together for a common goal: to impact the community of color and address

health care disparities (see story opposite page).

Conyers has also been an active member of the Dean’s Council for Diversity and Inclusiveness (CoDI), and has served as faculty advisor for the student organization LIFT (Leading with Integrity For Tomorrow). She was honored with the Mary Dombeck Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award in 2017 for her contributions to diversity at the School of Nursing, and was recognized with the Outstanding Faculty Colleague Award in 2014.

Professionally, she has worked as a nurse for a number of community organizations, including the Anthony Jordan Health Center and Highland Hospital. She has worked as a family nurse practitioner in adolescent health for the Hillside Family of Agencies, and the Jordan Health Center, and also provides Medicare wellness visits for Matrix Medical. She previously served as nursing director for Home Care of Rochester’s African American Initiative, where she became a certified transcultural nurse. Her leadership in this role and community work preventing hospitalizations among older adult African Americans was recognized with a Greater Rochester 40 under 40 African American Leaders award in 2011.

Outside of the University, Conyers is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Common Ground Health, and the Transcultural Nursing Society. She has also volunteered with the American Diabetes Association.

URMC Nurses Make Annual Trip to India Two University of Rochester Medical Center nurses traveled abroad to India this spring to continue a collaborative training program with the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI).

Bob Dorman, DNP, RN-BC, CCRN, C-NPT, CNL, a pediatric trauma manager and an assistant professor of clinical nursing at the UR School of Nursing, and Terry Meacham, RN, CRNO, a retired nurse with the Flaum Eye Institute, visited LVPEI as adjunct instructors. They assisted with the LVPEI Ophthalmic Nurse Assistant (ONA) training program and participated in the felicitation ceremony of new ONA trainees.

India has one of the highest populations of blindness in the world, and the LVPEI has been a major player in providing comprehensive patient care for economically disadvantaged residents.

The UR School of Nursing, UR Medical Center, and the Flaum Institute began partnering with the LVPEI five years ago to help bolster the ONA training program as a means of addressing the vast amount of services needed among a population of more than one billion people.

Dorman and Meacham have been regular participants in the program, making annual trips to the clinic in Hyderabad.

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UR Nursing Faculty Take Lead in Launching Rochester Chapter of Black Nurses Association

The Rochester chapter of the National Black Nurses Association elected its first slate of officers last November. From left to right: Ja’Mia Hewitt (parliamentarian), Brandi Henderson (corresponding secretary), Mary Starks (vice president), Linda Collins (treasurer), Yvette Conyers (president), Yachica Johnson (historian), and Wilhelmina Sizer (recording secretary).

Faculty from the University of Rochester School of Nursing played an instrumental role in organizing a Rochester chapter of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA).

The NBNA, open to nurses and nursing students at all levels, launched in 1971 and now has more than 90 chapters representing over 150,000 nurses across the U.S., Caribbean, and Africa. Discussions centering on the desire for a local Rochester chapter of the NBNA ignited in the summer of 2018, with an initial organizational meeting held on July 31. Led by Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, and former Associate Professor LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN, dozens of local nurses quickly formed committees and outlined the chapter’s bylaws and finances.

The chapter held its first elections on Nov. 28 and in December was incorporated as a 501(c )(3) nonprofit.

Conyers was elected to a two-year term as the chapter’s president.

Former UR professor Sheldon Fields, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the NYIT School of Health Professions and NBNA board member, also provided guidance to the group as it formed, and Dean Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, offered financial support allowing the chapter to officially be sponsored by the UR School of Nursing.

As of April, the chapter had added more than 30 founding members, who will be recognized in July at the National Black Nurses Association conference in New Orleans.

UR School of Nursing Improves in Prestigious Rankings

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NEWS

Norton Named to Lead SON Research Mission Nationally recognized expert in palliative care research Sally A. Norton, PhD, RN, FNAP, FPCN, FAAN has been named the new associate dean for research at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

A longtime faculty member at the school, Norton assumed her new duties overseeing the School of Nursing’s research mission on April 1.

In a career dedicated to improving the care of patients with advanced illness, Norton’s research has focused on palliative care and end-of-life decision-making with emphases on the communication processes and practice patterns of care delivery in acute and long-term care settings. She has also worked successfully across professions to improve communication and understanding surrounding systems of palliative care and hospice delivery, and to pinpoint the approaches most meaningful to patients and families that lead to the highest quality outcomes.

Over the past two decades, she has been a principal or co-investigator in dozens of funded research studies on palliative care and has authored or co-authored nearly 100 papers. In 2017, Norton, who holds a secondary appointment in the Division of Palliative Care in the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester, was honored with the Distinguished Researcher Award by the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).

“I’m excited and grateful for the opportunity to lead such a terrific team of researchers.”

– Sally Norton “I’m thrilled that Sally has agreed to take on this critical leadership position at the school,” said Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, the dean of the UR School of Nursing.

“Sally’s impressive body of work in the areas of palliative care and research design is well respected by her peers on the faculty, and her intimate knowledge of research funding and how scientific discovery today translates to better, more efficient health care for patients tomorrow makes her an ideal choice to build on our history of innovative and transformative research.”

Norton replaced Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH, who stepped down from the role after three years this past January to devote more time to her research activities.

“I’m excited and grateful for the opportunity to lead such a terrific team of researchers,” Norton said at the time of her appointment. “I appreciate the indelible contributions of Dr. Arcoleo which have helped leave the School of Nursing well-positioned to move to the next level, and I look forward to guiding our research mission to new heights.”

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The Norton File

Sally Norton, PhD, RN, FNAP, FPCN, FAAN •

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Lynne Massaro Inducted as AANP Fellow Lynne Massaro, DNP, RN, FNP-C, ANP-BC, who helped launch the first nurse practitioner residency program in New York state, has been accepted as a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

The AANP fellowship program is dedicated to advancing the nurse practitioner profession and recognizes nurse practitioner leaders who make outstanding contributions to clinical practice, research, education, or policy. Massaro was among those formally inducted at the AANP national confer¬ence June 20 in Indianapolis.

“This is a great accomplishment and wonderful recognition for the tremendous work Lynne has done in her career,” said Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, dean of the UR School of Nursing.

A global health advocate and dedicated volunteer, Massaro has made an impact as a well-respected clinician and educa¬tor. She joined the UR Nursing faculty in 2008 and instructs students in the accelerated master’s and doctoral programs, focusing on clinical nursing and primary care. The school’s specialty director of the Family Nurse Practitioner program, she developed and led the nurse practitioner residency program at Highland Family Medicine. This groundbreaking 12-month pro¬gram, one of just 40 in the United States, gives family nurse practitioner graduates an opportunity to improve their clinical confidence and devel¬op skills to care for culturally diverse and high-risk patients, preparing them for leadership roles in primary care.

Massaro developed an international capstone opportunity with the nonprofit Sacred Valley Health Foundation in Ollantaytambo, Peru. Students provided well child exams and focused health education to children of all ages in the Andes mountainous communities. Massaro also participates on a URMC interdisciplinary medical team, traveling to Yantalo Foundation in northern Peru to provide comprehensive care to community residents. Creating sustainable global health service opportunities remains a priority for her, as these experiences help students improve critical thinking, increase medical assessment, and diagnostic reasoning skills while improving cross-cultural communication sensitivity.

Massaro is a member of the state’s Nurse Practitioner Association and serves on its clinical editorial advisory committee for the journal, JNPA. In 2014, she was named Outstanding Scholarly Practitioner by the School of Nursing.

She received her master’s degree in family practice nursing from St. John Fisher in 2000 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Chatham University in 2012.

Puerto Rican Children with Asthma Less Likely to Use Inhalers Puerto Rican children were more likely to have poor or decreasing use of inhaled medication needed to control their asthma than Mexican American children, according to a new study led by Associate Professor of Nursing Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH. The study, published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, also found that girls of both ethnic groups were more likely than boys to have poor or decreasing use of the asthma control medications.

Patients with chronic asthma often require consistent use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) even when their symptoms aren’t present in order to prevent exacerbations. This study is the first to show that unique ethnicities within Latino communities may be associated with difference levels of ICS adherence.

“Researchers tend to study Latinos as a single group, but we have seen that variations in controller medication adherence may be a factor in observed health disparities between Mexican and Puerto Rican children,” said Arcoleo. “Gaining a better insight into factors affecting medication adherence will provide evidence needed to identify children at the highest risk for acute episodes so that providers can offer more inten-

sive interventions.”

The study followed 123 children, ages 5-12, with persistent asthma living in Phoenix, Arizona, and Bronx, New York, for one year. A device attached to their inhalers monitored their inhaler use, and the researchers categorized use as poor, moderate, declining adherence or increasing adherence. All of the children received their medication for free.

Puerto Rican children were more than five times as likely as Mexican American children to have their ICS use described as poor and nearly three times as likely to have their ICS use described as decreasing.

Girls were five times as likely as boys to have their ICS use described as poor or decreasing. Children with poor adherence were more likely to go to the ER or be hospitalized for an asthma attack throughout the study period.

Co-authors on the manuscript include Jill Halterman, MD, MPH, professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Hugh Crean, PhD, assistant professor of clinical nursing at the UR School of Nursing.

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FACULTY PROFILE

Erin Baylor, DNP, RN, PNP-BC, ONP Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing Specialty Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Director of Simulation and Experiential Learning

Pediatrics and Pedagogy Fueled by her clinical practice and doctoral work, Erin Baylor helps drive educational innovation A pediatric nurse practitioner with more than a quarter century of clinical experience, Erin Baylor has long advocated for using experiential learning techniques to sharpen critical-thinking skills among students. In her new role as director of simulation and as a member of the Educational Innovation Team, she is helping to lead the school’s efforts to facilitate more active learning across the curriculum.

Read the highlights of our interview with her to see what makes simulation such a powerful learning tool, the connection between evidence-based practice and teaching, and why she let her students name her third child.

Photo by John Schlia Photography

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“Providing opportunities for students to learn critical thinking, communication, and team collaboration skills in a safe learning environment, such as in simulation, is a powerful experience.

What better way to learn how to be a nurse practitioner than actually getting to practice these crucial skills in the safe environment of simulation?

Students gain valuable insight on solving clinical problems through deliberate practice and rigorous self-reflection during and after simulations. “My doctoral work focused on using simulation to facilitate critical thinking at the bedside to improve patient safety, and now I will have the opportunity to assist my colleagues in transforming their own teaching practices to include greater application of clinical decision-making skills within real-life scenarios. “The Education Innovation Team’s mission is really about empowering all members of our school’s community with the tools to deliver the best practices in teaching and learning. Part of our vision is to energize a culture of supportive and innovative approaches to help educate a diverse group of learners. “As nurses, we have always embraced evidencebased practice, and one of my goals is to help foster more evidence-based teaching. What we have learned from our students is they learn so much more from engaged, active participation in hands-on learning then passively listening to a lecture. “After losing both my dad and grandmother to heart disease when I was a child, I witnessed firsthand the impact a nurse can have not only on patients, but on the entire family. My calling for pediatrics came during nursing school, where I became passionate about advocating for our most vulnerable population – those who cannot advocate yet for themselves. “My four daughters have taught me the importance of perspective and have challenged me to learn the value of balance. My teenagers provide humble reminders that perhaps I’m not the expert in technology that my colleagues at work seem to think I am!

“My youngest daughter, who has significant special needs, reminds me gently that all of us have the capacity to learn given the right circumstances, and from educators who can see your potential. Although I am preparing her for kindergarten, my daughter has also helped me to realize that the concept of assuming a person’s success can also be applied to my graduate students. I make the assumption with each of my students that they are here because they want to learn and do their best. If as educators we can find creative approaches to inspire a passion for knowledge and foster their success then we, too, are successful.�

Coffee or Tea? Hot cocoa!

Netflix or Hulu? Hmmm‌ my current choices are between Sesame Street or Thomas and Friends, so I have to go with Hulu on this one.

Phone call or text? Phone call for sure, although I am not sure my teenagers have phones that can still do this?

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Work hard or play hard? BOTH!!!

My favorite nursing moment was‌ when I let my students name our third daughter, Teagan. You see, I was convinced I was having a boy, and they took it upon themselves to meet outside of class to pick a good Irish girl name just in case I was wrong.

The most meaningful item on my desk‌ is a basket of notes I have gotten from students over the years, most about some small difference I made along their journey.

I can’t live without‌ Bruce Springsteen.

If I could go anywhere right now, I would go‌ back to Ireland with my children, so they could “experienceâ€? their heritage in active, experiential learning, as opposed to just looking at pictures and reading about it in books. See‌ once a Sim girl, always a Sim girl.

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DeMott Named Director of Passport Health Amy DeMott, RN, MBA, an experienced clinical program manager and health care administrator, was named director of Passport Health at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

DeMott oversees the administrative and clinical operations of the UR clinic, one of more than 250 Passport Health locations across North American that provides pre-travel physicals, vaccinations, access to travel health insurance, and prescriptions

for avoiding travel-related illnesses.

The UR Passport Health clinic specializes in yellow fever, typhoid, malaria, and meningitis vaccinations, and provides expertise on health alerts and Centers for Disease Control recommendations.

In addition to travel medicine services, Passport Health also responds to the area’s need for other vaccines, such as those for shingles, HPV, influenza, and hepatitis A and B, and provides other health-re-

lated educational and safety resources.

DeMott, who took over the role in October, is a 2018 graduate of the Executive MBA program from the University of Rochester Simon Business School. She spent the previous nine years building a resume of progressive responsibility at Lifetime Care Home Health Care and Hospice. Most recently, she served as assistant director of palliative care and hospice.

An RN who earned her

nursing degree from Roberts Wesleyan College, DeMott began her career as a medsurg nurse at Unity Health.

Kristin Hocker, Irene Garrick Join Education Leadership Team The University of Rochester School of Nursing has bolstered its education leadership team with the addition of two new full-time hires.

Kristin Hocker, EdD, has been named co-specialty director of the Health Care Management and Leadership (HCM) program, while Irene Garrick, PhD, MBA, PMP, NCC, LMHC-NY, LPC-CT, joined the staff as project coordinator for educational initiatives.

Hocker is widely recognized as one of the University’s top voices in matters of diversity and inclusion, leadership, and professional development. She spent the previous 13 years as an organizational development specialist in the UR Department of Human Resources, where she coordinated the UR Safe Space program and taught part-time in the HCM program.

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At the School of Nursing, she co-directs the HCM master’s program, teaching courses and mentoring students. An assistant professor of clinical nursing, Hocker has also been tapped to serve as deputy Title IX coordinator for the school, undertaking responsibility for the prompt and fair handling of any complaints pertaining to sex-based harassment or misconduct.

Garrick joined the faculty in August of 2018 as an assistant professor in the Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program. She added administrative duties in January, when she was named education project coordinator. In that role, she helps to lead and manage educational initiatives with Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Education Lydia Rotondo, DNP, RN, CNS.

Hocker

Garrick

Garrick is a licensed mental health counselor and project management professional with a background in psychology and human behavior, as well as data analysis and financial accounting. She is also wellversed in research design, executive coaching, and quality improvement.

She most recently worked as an independent consultant and as a clinical assistant professor in the

Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Medaille College. She previously served as an adjunct faculty member and research project coordinator at the University’s Warner School of Education. She began her career as a financial analyst and accountant for Eastman Kodak.

Reifenstein Appointed to New Diversity Education Role Karen Reifenstein, PhD, RN, a prominent leader in the School of Nursing’s diversity efforts, has been appointed to a new role linking diversity and inclusion initiatives across the Medical Center.

Reifenstein, an assistant professor of clinical nursing, has been appointed Director of School of Nursing Education for Diversity and Inclusion. She joined the Office for Inclusion and Culture Development on a part-time basis to strengthen the cohesiveness of diversity-related efforts and expand the support for diversity across the Medical Center.

“Karen’s role is really to help facilitate and coordinate the exchange of information and be a resource for nursing to others, linking educational initiatives between the School of Nursing and the

Medical Center,” said School of Nursing Dean Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, who announced the appointment last year.

A faculty diversity officer and member of the URMC Executive Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Reifenstein joins a growing team in the Office for Inclusion and Culture Development, headed by Associate Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Inclusion and Culture Development Linda Chaudron, MD, MS. The office already includes Adrienne Morgan, PhD, an assistant dean for medical education, diversity and inclusion; John Cullen, PhD, director of diversity and inclusion at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute; and Evelyn Parker, MS, CDP, CAPM, LSSWB, who joined the office as a

program administrator.

“The growth of the Office for Inclusion and Culture Development team reflects the Medical Center’s commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion across our missions,” Chaudron said. “I have had the pleasure of working with Karen over the past few years and am excited to welcome her formally to our expanding team as her role will assure the coordination of efforts across the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, and the Medical Center.”

A former pediatric nurse and director of nursing for a home health agency, Reifenstein obtained her PhD in nursing research from the UR School of Nursing and joined the SON faculty in 2011. Her research focuses on care-seeking behaviors of African-American women

with breast cancer symptoms and was funded by a Sigma Theta Tau International Small Grant, a Susan B. Anthony Institute Graduate Student Research Grant, and an American Nurses Foundation Grant. Reifenstein also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing focused on research in individual and family symptom management.

UR Nursing Teaching Associate Participates in Innovation Bootcamp Tara Serwetnyk, MS, RN-BC, a teaching associate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was one of 35 nursing faculty from across the country chosen to participate in the 2019 Digital Innovation Bootcamp sponsored by Apple and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

The three-day conference, titled “From Content to Action,” is a unique opportunity to help nurse educators create and curate digital content to enhance learning in classroom, online, laboratory,

and clinical settings. It was held June 24-27 at Apple’s Austin, Texas, campus.

Participants in the program attended highly interactive sessions with Apple development executives and distinguished educators and gained hands-on experience preparing digital content and developing iOS mobile apps to create an engaging learning environment. They completed a digital project and will be given an opportunity to present at an upcoming AACN conference.

“I’m honored to represent

the UR School of Nursing at this event, where I’ll have the opportunity to learn best practices and collaborate with other nursing faculty from across the country,” Serwetnyk said upon learning of the invitation. “These strategies can help inform our practice as educators and provide our learners with the best educational experience.”

Serwetnyk was among the faculty and staff chosen from a pool of more than 130 applicants nationwide.

Program participants were chosen from 21 states plus

the District of Columbia and represent an array of institution types, including small liberal arts college, public and private schools, and large academic medical centers.

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Study Examines Effective Threshold of Home Health Care Services to Avoid Re-Hospitalization in Older Adults An average of one to two home health physical therapy sessions per week can help lower the risk of re-hospitalization by up to 82 percent in older adults during a 60-day period, according to research findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.

The study, led by Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, an assistant professor in the University of Rochester School of Nursing, examined the impact of specific services in Medicare-certified home health care (HHC) programs, such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and skilled nursing, on subsequent re-hospitalization among older patients.

Each year, more than 3.3 million re-hospitalizations occur in the United States, costing more than $41 billion.

Older patients are particularly at risk for post-discharge functional decline and re-hospitalization, which occur in onethird of Medicare patients within 90 days of hospital discharge. To prevent unplanned re-hospitalization, older patients with high medical complexity are referred to post-acute services, such as HHC.

Previous research has demonstrated that HHC is effective in improving physical function and reducing health care costs, but this study is the first to systematically examine the relationships between specific services to find the threshold, or minimally effective, “dose” to avoid re-hospitalization.

“This finding highlights the complex medical and functional conditions in HHC patients, thus the need of ‘precision HHC,’” said Wang. “Currently, the dose of HHC is primarily determined based on personal experience and agency protocols. In light of the recent Medicare value-based purchasing model that penalizes HHC agencies with above-average re-hospitalization rates, a systematic approach should be developed to individualize HHC intensity and ensure that enough HHC services are provided for persons at risk for re-hospitalization.”

The study examined more than 1,300 patients age 65 or older who were admitted into an HHC program within 48 hours of hospital discharge. Among them, 11.5 percent were re-admitted during 60 days. However, both physical

Wang Selected for Provost’s Furth Fund Award Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, was one of three promising scientists recently selected by Provost Rob Clark to receive the Valerie and Frank Furth Fund Award.

Wang joins Martina Anto-Ocrah, an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Mauricio Ibanez-Majia, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, as tenure-track, junior faculty in the natural and biological sciences to receive the award in 2019.

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career scientists with funds to promote faculty research activities.

The $9,000 award will support Wang’s research proposal to employ the principles of behavioral economics in the development of a patient-centered adherence enhancement intervention for underserved homebound older adults who have heart failure and co-morbid depression, physical frailty, and/or cognitive impairment.

She is the second UR Nursing researcher to receive the Furth Fund Award. Feng (Vankee) Lin, PhD, RN, received the award in 2016.

therapy and skilled nursing were effective in avoiding re-hospitalization. During the 60 days’ post-hospitalization period, a threshold of one physical therapy visit per week, HHC lowered the risk of hospitalization by 82 percent, meanwhile an average dose of two skilled nursing visits per week lowered the patients’ risk by 48 percent.

Among the co-investigators on the study were Dianne Liebel, PhD, RN, associate professor of clinical nursing at the UR School of Nursing, and Thomas Caprio, MD, associate professor at the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Growing Number of Nurse Practitioners Providing Primary Care A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in low-income and rural areas where physician supply is low, according to findings from a study led by University of Rochester School of Nursing researchers.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined data trends in 50 states and Washington, D.C., from 2010 to 2016 and charted a narrowing gap between the supply of primary care nurse practitioners and physicians, particularly in low-income and rural communities.

“The growing NP supply in these areas is offsetting low physician supply and thus may increase primary care capacity in underserved communities,” said Ying Xue, DNSc, RN, associate professor at the UR School of Nursing, who was the paper’s lead author.

Nurse practitioners (NPs) constitute the largest and fastest growing group of non-physician primary care providers. The number of NPs who provide

primary care jumped to 123,316 in 2016, up from 59,442 six years earlier. Though primary care physicians outnumber NPs by nearly 2 to 1, studies have forecast a shortage of primary care physicians lasting through at least 2025. The shortfall of primary care physicians is seen as particularly severe in rural and other underserved communities.

While previous research has shown that primary care NPs have a higher propensity to practice in low-income and rural areas than primary care physicians, the UR Nursing study is the first to examine the breakdown and distribution of the supply of primary care clinicians in relation to income and population density.

“The demand for care is not exactly the same across areas. Some areas have high demand, and some have low demand,” Xue said. “Low-income and rural areas have higher demand and greater health disparities. Increasing the number of primary care clinicians in those areas would help to increase

access and help reduce health disparities. That’s the ultimate goal: To have sufficient clinicians to provide care in those areas.”

The study reported that from 2010 to 2016, the average number of nurse practitioners in communities with the highest proportion of low-income residents jumped from 19.8 to 41.1 for every 100,000 people, while the average number of physicians dropped slightly from 52.9 to 52 per 100,000 people. In the same time period, the average number of nurse practitioners serving rural communities rose from 25.2 to 41.3 for every 100,000 people, while the average number of physicians fell from 59.5 to 47.8.

The study’s co-authors were Joyce Smith, PhD, RN, ANP, assistant professor of clinical nursing at the UR School of Nursing, and Joanne Spetz, PhD, professor and associate director of research at Healthforce Center at the University of California, San Francisco.

Family Stories Helps Cancer Researchers Identify Gaps in Care Families of cancer patients described three distinct experiences – “We Pretty Much Knew,” “Beating the Odds,” and “Left to Die” – in the final weeks of their loved one’s life. Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers gathered these valuable perspectives, identified the problems, and say they plan to use the data for improving care at this difficult and emotionally charged time.

“All of the families in this study are telling us how we can be more helpful,” said the lead author, Sally Norton, PhD, RN, a palliative care expert and associate professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. “We are listening and working to do a better job.”

The study was published recently in the journal Supportive Care in Cancer.

Investigators recorded and analyzed

stories from 92 families and caregivers, looking for common threads about their loved one’s final transition from active treatment to death.

The first group, categorized as “We Pretty Much Knew,” was the largest. The health care system worked for them as it is designed to do. For example, a patient might say “I’ve had it, I’m done,” according to one example, and then move into comfort care after having open discussions with their loved ones and physicians about what to expect at the end of life.

The second group, which included people who described themselves as “fighters” and believed the patient would beat the odds of a poor prognosis, said they had good communication with their medical team. The patients’

wishes to continually try new treatments were honored, but they also experienced chaos at the end of the life because they were unprepared for the nearness of death.

The families in the third group – “Left to Die” – described a crisis in the final weeks. They had no memories of explicit end-of-life care discussions with doctors, and the patients spiraled into frightening and distressing emergency health situations. These families felt abandoned.

Most problems arose when families did not understand how the cancer was likely to progress, when deliberations with doctors and nurses were ineffective, and when medical decisions did not reflect a shared understanding between the family and the treatment team.

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SON Faculty, Staff Celebrated at Year-End Events In what has become an annual tradition toward the close of each academic year, the School of Nursing held a few events to formally recognize the contributions of its faculty and staff. The annual year-end luncheon was held May 14 in Evarts Lounge.

The event featured a buffet lunch, the presentation of the school’s awards for faculty and staff, and honored Margaret Kearney, PhD, RN, FAAN, who retired in June. A separate retirement celebration was held for Research Administrator Pamela Sawdey on April 29. She retired in May after a 43-year career at the University.

Year-end award winners included: Associate Professor Mary Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, who received the Professional Advancement Award in part for her work helping to educate nurses about the implications of pending “safe staffing” legislation in New York state.

Assistant Professor Natalie Leblanc, PhD, MPH, RN, BSN, and Deborah Thayer, web developer/designer, who were awarded the Mary Dombeck Faculty and Staff Diversity Awards, respectively, for their roles helping to advance diversity and inclusion efforts among the School of Nursing community and beyond.

Professor of Clinical Nursing Mary Tantillo, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAED, CGP, who was named Most Outstanding Scholarly Practitioner for her nationally recognized work treating, studying and advocating for individuals with eating disorders.

Associate Professor Jim McMahon, PhD, and Administrative Assistant Karen Cokeley, who were named Outstanding Faculty and Staff Colleague, respectively, and Dana St. Aubin, a pre-award

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administrative assistant in the Center for Research Support, who was honored with the Outstanding Staff Member of the Year Award.

Assistant Professor Ying Meng, PhD, RN, ACNP, who was named Most Promising New Investigator.

Marie Flannery, PhD, RN, AOCN, assistant professor, and Marianne Chiafery, DNP, PNP-BC, associate professor of clinical nursing, who were awarded the Josephine Craytor Nursing Faculty Award.

The School of Nursing recognized faculty and staff at its year-end luncheon on May 14. Among the winners were (left to right): Lydia Rotondo, Jim McMahon, Allie Duffney, Natalie Leblanc, Mary Carey, Karen Cokeley, Ying Meng, Marie Flannery, Deb Thayer, Joanne Clements, and Dana St. Aubin.

Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs Lydia Rotondo, DNP, RN, CNS, and Alexandria Duffney, director of enrollment management, who were awarded the Drs. Jeremy A. Klainer and Pamela York Klainer Endowed Dean's Discretionary Award in Nursing to help pilot a holistic admissions program.

And Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing Joanne Clements, MS, RN, ACNP, who received the Dean’s Appreciation Award for her work serving as interim director of admissions for the past year after the death of Elaine Andolina.

Several UR Nursing staff members were also recognized for their longtime commitment to the school. Among those marking 10 or more years of service were: Kelly Talarczyk (30 years), Jonathan Wetherbee (10 years), Lucy Carroll (40 years), Denise Wofford (15 years), and Jason Devoe (15 years).

Maggie Kearney: Professor, Vice Provost and University Dean of Graduate Studies Throughout her brilliant 30-year career in education, Maggie Kearney, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been a remarkable champion of nursing research.

A respected scholar and mentor, she has dedicated much of her career to rigorous scholarship and helping the nursing profession present itself well in print. She has published more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters and served for seven years as editor of the peer-reviewed research journal, Research in Nursing & Health.

Kearney joined the UR School in Nursing in 2005 as director of the PhD programs and became the go-to faculty expert on all things research. She fulfilled many important roles at the school, serving on numerous committees, councils, and commissions, forging an important link between the school and the River Campus.

That link was solidified in 2011, when she was named Vice Provost and University Dean of Graduate Studies, overseeing doctoral studies across the University. She was just the 14th individual to hold that post at the University since 1924, and the first nurse to be elevated to that role.

Kearney began her career as a maternity nurse and women’s health nurse practitioner before transitioning into research. She held faculty roles at the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth, University of California-San Francisco, Boston College, and Yale before coming to Rochester. She was named a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2003.

Upon her retirement, Kearney was appointed as Professor Emerita by the UR Board of Trustees.

Pam Sawdey: Research Administrator Her name may not have been at the forefront of any studies, but Pamela Sawdey has been the backbone of the University of Rochester School of Nursing’s research enterprise for nearly a quarter of a century.

As administrator of the Administrative, Proposal and Financial Support Group in the Center for Research Support, Sawdey led a team that works closely with faculty on the preparation of grant proposals, provides oversight of post-award financial management, and assists with the dissemination of their research findings. Since joining the staff in 1995, Sawdey has made numerous significant contributions to enhance the school’s reputation for impactful, high-quality research. And she proved to be an exceptional role model, leader, and a fountain of knowledge that was invaluable to many researchers and colleagues.

“She created an environment where she not only provides research services around applications and post-award management, but she also engages graduate students and early-career researchers, leading to high-quality applications and successful completion of funded projects,” said Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH, who served as associate dean for research from 2016-2018.

In all, Sawdey served the University of Rochester for more than 43 years.

She started at Strong Memorial Hospital as a pharmacy technician in 1976 and then served five years as secretary. She joined the Department of Pharmacy in 1982 as an administrator, and in 1988 moved to the Department of Psychology, where she stayed until joining the School of Nursing in the then-Center for Nursing Science and Scholarly Practice.

Pam Sawdey (second from left) retired in May after 43 years with the University of Rochester, including 23 years with the School of Nursing.

In her retirement ceremony, she praised her colleagues in the Center for Research Support: (left to right): Jeffrey Sheridan, Dana St. Aubin, Rachel Bryant, Kyle Dembrow, and Anne Woodruff.

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UR Nursing CNLs Make Their Mark on the National Stage

ABPNN Student Charlotte Pillow Awarded Susan B. Anthony Prize

A group of five UR Nursing faculty and alumni (from left to right: Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing Luis Rosario-McCabe, 2018 CNL grads Rachel Steffen, Kerry McLaughlin, Janine Merville, and Professor of Clinical Nursing Tobie Olsan) led a whopping eight sessions at the Clinical Nurse Leader national meetings Feb. 20-23 in Tampa, Florida. Each gave a podium presentation at the CNL Summit, while Rosario-McCabe and Steffen presented at the CNL Research Symposium, and McLaughlin presented a research poster. “This is a milestone for our partnership that speaks to the high quality of work students did in their final capstones and all that Strong Memorial Hospital leadership is doing to support and advance the CNL and integrate it into practice,” said Olsan.

Charlotte Pillow ’19, a student in the Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses (ABPNN), was among a group of seven female undergraduates honored in January at the Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards, a 62-year tradition sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Center at the University of Rochester.

Pillow, a Ridgewood, New Jersey native, was awarded the Susan B. Anthony Prize, which is given to students enrolled in a five-year program who have shown exceptional leadership, academic excellence, and involvement in student life.

Pillow graduated from the University in December with bachelor’s degrees in public and health and interdisciplinary dance studies and enrolled in the ABPNN program in January as part of the UR Dual Degree nursing program.

Through her two years of work with the University Health Service’s health promotion office, she became interested in adolescent health and sexual health promotion. Her career goal is to be a family nurse practitioner specializing in sexual and reproductive health.

HCM Alumnus Dwight Hettler Honored by Oncology Nursing Society Dwight Hettler, MS, RN, OC, NE-BC, a graduate of the UR School of Nursing’s Health Care Organization Management and Leadership program, received the Linda Arenth Excellence in Cancer Nursing Management Award from the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).

He was presented with the honor at the ONS 44th Annual Congress, April 11-14 in Anaheim, California.

The award recognizes registered nurses who have demonstrated excellence in cancer nursing management and administration.

Hettler is the director of nursing at Wilmot Cancer Institute.

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Interdisciplinary Research Group Pools Forces in Fight against HIV/AIDS The Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research group (INSHHR) at the School of Nursing pools together and leverages the diversity, creativity, experience, and skills of investigators across disciplines to conduct research aimed at improving sexual health and HIV-related outcomes. Founded in 2015, the group grew to nine members in 2019, including postdocs Chen Zhang and Amy Braksmajer, associate professor Jim McMahon, and assistant professor Natalie Leblanc.

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he University of Rochester has long been on the front lines of the fight against HIV/AIDS, dating back to the earliest days of the epidemic. Michael Gottlieb ’73M, identified the first cases of AIDS in 1981, and within six years of that discovery Rochester’s first HIV clinic was established at the UR Medical Center (URMC).

Today, the University of Rochester’s Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is one of only 19 such centers established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and attracts more than $10 million annually in NIH funding. Designated one of URMC’s Areas of Excellence, the CFAR has more than 120 members across six schools and institutes and serves as an anchor for HIV/AIDS researchers, providing leadership and

infrastructure within the University to create interdisciplinary collaborations to foster high-impact research results.

On a smaller scale, the same thing is happening at the School of Nursing.

Its Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research (INSHHR) group pulls together investigators from across the school, leveraging their varied experiences, backgrounds, and skills to boost the impact of research aimed at improving sexual health and HIV-related outcomes. In just a few short years, membership in the group has grown to nine members – the largest group of HIV investigators working in behavioral or population health – and it accounts for approximately 15 percent of all HIV-related funding at the University.

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investment from Dean Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, aimed at hiring some additional investigators and cultivating collaboration.

“When you invest in passion and people who have a purpose, you can see that the outcome is extraordinary,” said Rideout.

While the total number of AIDS diagnoses and deaths from the disease have dropped precipitously since the peak years of the early 1990s, the HIV epidemic is far from eradicated in the U.S. Pockets of the population – such as men who have sex with men, and black women – are affected at disproportionately high rates (see infographic).

Thanks to more widespread testing and education, the number of people living

with HIV and AIDS has doubled in the past 20 years, which presents its own challenges as both individuals and health care systems continue to grapple with what it means to live with HIV and how to prevent exposure to their loved ones.

Recognizing an opportunity to capitalize on the shift from HIV treatment to prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has laid out an ambitious 10-year plan to reduce the number of new HIV infections by 90 percent.

The University of Rochester’s CFAR program features many researchers working to that end, but the INSHHR group at the School of Nursing is particularly well-poised to advance the science and produce new knowledge that

has an impact on ending the epidemic nationally, as well as globally, said the group’s chair, Jim McMahon, PhD. McMahon was one of the founders of the INSHHR group in 2015. The original small team of faculty members shared a research interest in HIV/AIDS but each came from a different background and focused their work in different areas. They were connected loosely by subject matter, but in practice, their work rarely intersected.

The idea behind INSHHR was to add some postdocs and bring together investigators and PhD students who not only came from different disciplines but had different specializations and research skills. For instance, among the tenure-track faculty members,

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McMahon comes from an anthropology and social epidemiology background, focuses on HIV prevention and intervention with heterosexual couples, and specializes in mixed methods and quantitative analysis. Natalie Leblanc, PhD, MPH, RN, BSN, however, comes from a nursing and public health background, focuses on health and couple-based services, and specializes in qualitative analysis and community-based participatory research.

Combining the strengths of each individual through regular meetings, other structured exercises, and the organic collaborations that stem from having offices in close proximity with one another, created a cross-fertilization effect that introduced new thinking and

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differing perspectives, which in turn helped foster more collaboration and sparked more innovation.

The multi-investigator approach has resulted in a huge spike in both productivity – measured in terms of peer-reviewed publications by INSHHR members – as well as the number of collaborative projects carried out by INSHHR researchers. The collaboration extends not only to other members of the group, but with other members of the School of Nursing and investigators across the UR campus. In 2017-18, INSHHR team members published 47 peer-reviewed articles, of which 16 featured collaboration among group members and 21 involved co-authoring with any UR colleague. Only 22 were

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created independently. Four years earlier, before the advent of the group, members published 21 articles, 15 of which were done independently.

The numbers have also been boosted by a number of small pilot grants awarded to some of the group’s junior investigators, McMahon said. This microfunding is a crucial piece in terms of laying the groundwork for future NIH funding and preparing those investigators for larger, more impactful research projects aimed at meeting the HHS goal of eliminating the HIV epidemic.

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'Radical' Transformation Innovation chair Jim McMahon views nursing as uniquely positioned to lead a disruptive revolution in health care The following is an excerpt of Jim McMahon’s speech delivered Oct. 15 at his installation as Chair for Innovation in Health Care.

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“ Should we, as a nation, be doing more to prevent people from getting sick in the first place, rather than waiting until they get sick to treat them?”

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’d like to thank Dean [Kathy] Rideout for supporting me as the inaugural Chair for Innovation in Health Care. It’s such a great honor. And I’d especially like to thank Marilyn Fiske for her generous donation that made the chair possible. The endowment has had a huge impact on how I am able to conduct my research, and especially the ability to devote more time to mentor junior investigators in the school.

In thinking about delivering this speech tonight, and what I would say about innovation in health care, I thought, why stop at innovation? Why not go bold, why not talk about something even more radical than innovation – the health care equivalent to a Mars landing or reversing global warming?

As some of you know, I earned my doctorate in biological and medical anthropology from the City University of New York, where I completed my dissertation and began working in the field of bone biology. Then a somewhat fortuitous event changed the course of my career.

In order to make ends meet, I took a job as a data analyst for a study investigating the spread of HIV among women in East Harlem. I spent time working in affected communities doing community outreach and interviews, and I began to see firsthand how forces like discrimination, violence, and poverty restricted and shaped people’s choices and behaviors leading to increased exposure to HIV and other diseases.

I found this work so eye-opening, so compelling, that I decided to switch my area of research to HIV prevention and epidemiology.

Like HIV/AIDS, the diseases that account for the vast majority of premature morbidity and mortality in the U.S. – such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and even some cancers – are preventable through behavioral, social and environmental changes, such as improved diet and nutrition, adequate exercise, high quality sleep, social integration, safe sex and healthy relationships, and reduced exposure to addictive or toxic substances. But we also know that these factors are shaped by more distal structural factors like discrimination, violence, and poverty.

Given this evidence, the “radical” question is: Should we, as a nation, be doing more to prevent people from getting sick in the first place, rather than waiting until they get sick to treat them? This is not an

Jim McMahon, center, celebrated his installation as Chair for Innovation in Health Care with some of his colleagues from the School of Nursing Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research group (from left to right): LaRon Nelson, Chen Zhang, Amy Braksmajer, and Natalie Leblanc.

innovative idea. Right here at the UR, we have the Center for Community Health and Prevention, whose mission and programs emphasize disease prevention, health equity, and community engagement. Yet, recent reports estimate that only about 3 percent of total health care spending is devoted to community health and prevention, and only 7 to 9 percent of NIH spending is devoted to research to prevent chronic illness.

I‘ve witnessed firsthand how medication, surgery, medical devices and other treatments can not only improve quality of life but save the lives of those who are sick. So, I understand on a personal level the importance of treatment. But to me that doesn’t diminish the question: Can we do better?

Can we envision more than just innovation, but a “disruptive transformation” in health care? A national, coordinated plan to gradually and strategically shift resources to health promotion and disease prevention?

This is already happening in my field of HIV/AIDS, with a massive investment and prioritization of prevention. In fact, New York state leads the nation with its campaign to End the Epidemic. This is a strategic plan to reduce the number of new HIV cases to sub-epidemic levels. So, if this can not only be envisioned, but strategically planned and implemented for one chronic condition, it can be done for others.

Such a transformation will not be without challenges.

It’s not easy to change health behaviors, social norms, and environments, not to mention things like poverty. It will mean working more closely with professions traditionally not included in the medical model of health care, such as elected officials, city planners, the business community, and community organizations.

My colleagues and I in the School of Nursing Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research group just published an article in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, in which we argued that key historical trends and characteristics of the nursing profession ideally position nurses to play a leading role in HIV prevention efforts to end the epidemic.

Jim McMahon poses with Marilyn Fiske, whose support helped to make possible McMahon’s appointment as Chair for Innovation in Health Care at the School of Nursing.

In our article, we note that, historically, nurses have been on the frontlines of caring for vulnerable and marginalized populations; nurses have placed more emphasis on health education, prevention and community engagement; the nursing profession has embraced a holistic approach, integrating clinical, biopsychosocial and ecological methods; nurses also have unique skills in leading care coordination; and as often the first to encounter health care delivery gaps and problems, nurses have also been at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurship; and finally, I would argue that nursing is more flexible, adaptive, and able to respond to change more readily than most other health professions.

For these reasons, I believe that nursing is uniquely positioned to take a leading role in transforming health care.

Indeed, our own School of Nursing is already leading the way, with its Center for Employee Wellness and Passport Health programs, school-based prevention initiatives, and educational programs that emphasize health promotion and prevention.

In closing, I’d like to reference another major event that had a profound impact on my career. Eleven years ago, I joined the School of Nursing family. That turned out to be a smart decision. I could have increased my clinical knowledge by joining a school of medicine; I could have improved my understanding of community health and engagement by joining a school of public health; or stimulated my sense of caring and compassion in a school of social work; or even advanced my methodological skills by going into epidemiology. But what I’ve come to realize is that there’s only one place that combines all of these attributes under a single academic home, and that’s our School of Nursing. And my decision to join the school has greatly accelerated my growth both as a scholar and as a person. I only hope I’ve contributed and given back to the school even a small part of what I’ve received.

James M. McMahon, PhD, is an associate professor, Chair for Innovation in Health Care, and co-founder and chair of the SON Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research group at the School of Nursing.

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Celebrating the Next Generation of Nursing Leaders The University of Rochester School of Nursing and hundreds of proud family and friends celebrated the academic successes of nearly 300 graduates at the school’s annual Commencement ceremony on May 17 at Eastman Theatre. Check out the following pages to see highlights from the 2019 event. To see more images, visit the full photo gallery at urson.us/Commencement2019

Photos by Jim Dolan and Adam Fenster

URMC’s Chief Nursing Executive Karen Davis delivered the Commencement address, reminding graduates not to fear failure and that allowing themselves to be vulnerable may be their biggest strength. Michael Yassick celebrated with his twin daughters, Lia, left and Fae (2), after the ceremony. APNN graduate Sterling Garza, who was awarded the Student Nursing Association Recognition Award.

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Undergraduate speaker and APNN graduate Celia Frieda.

Alexandria Kelley celebrated with friends Ana Maneiro, left and Faybian Robert William Byrd after the ceremony.

Dean Kathy Rideout addressed the graduates and their families.

Graduate student speaker Susan Murray, who paid tribute to two SON beloved faculty members – Amy Karch and Elaine Andolina – and called on the graduates to emerge as the next generation of nursing leaders.

Corey Parker (C) took a selfie with Lauren Gotsch and Michael Massina as graduates got ready in Lowry Hall before the ceremony.

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Commencement 2019:

By The Numbers 1

Alison Simpson, PhD, WHNP-BC, RN

Faculty Award presented

2019 Graduate PhD Program

Lisa Brophy, an assistant professor of clinical nursing and co-director of the Accelerated Program for Non-Nurses (APNN), was honored with the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Assistant Professor at the Wegmans School of Nursing, St. John Fisher College

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DNP graduates

3

APNN cohorts invited to attend the ceremony The two previous cohorts of this academic year held separate pinning ceremonies in August and December of 2018.

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Master’s degree programs awarding degrees (Nurse practitioner, Health Care Organization Management and Leadership (HCM), Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL), and Nursing Education)

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CNL graduates

7

HCM graduates

12

Nursing education grads

13

Post-Master’s Certificates awarded

23

RN to BS graduates

46

Nurse Practitioner graduates

187

APNN graduates

296

Total grads across all programs

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Alison Simpson was the 150th graduate of the UR School of Nursing’s PhD program.

One of the oldest programs of its kind in the country, the program launched in 1979 and multiple schools of nursing have patterned their programs after Rochester's highly focused and rigorous curriculum.

Dissertation: “Physical Activity During Pregnancy: An Examination of Women’s Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Intention” Background: My background is women’s health nursing. I worked at Highland Hospital on the maternity unit and I am a board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner. I have worked outpatient in private OB/GYN offices as well as clinics.

What made you want to pursue your PhD? I was more interested in working in academia than clinical practice, so I decided a PhD was a more appropriate degree for my future goal of staying in academia. I am personally interested in nutrition and physical activity. Combining these interests with my background in women’s health seemed to make sense. Fortunately, these topics were also a good match with the interests and background of my advisor, Sue Groth, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP. What’s the value that the nursing perspective brings to research?

Compared with other health care providers, nurses spend such a large amount of time working directly with patients, they are in a unique position to see what the real challenges and problems are that impact

patient outcomes. Nurses have the ability to thoroughly assess what patient needs are, which in turn helps guide research to examine significant patient issues.

How did mentorship help you succeed in the program?

Sue was an amazing mentor. She was a constant source of encouragement, guidance and support. I always felt that she was looking out for me when guiding me to make certain decisions or take next steps. Sue was very approachable and available whenever I needed advice or help. She included me in her research and projects which provided me the opportunity to work with other wonderful professionals who I learned from as well.

What’s next for you after graduation?

I will continue to work as an assistant professor at the Wegmans School of Nursing. I hope to collaborate with my colleagues at St. John Fisher College (who are also interested in and have backgrounds in women’s health) and work on projects that will positively impact women and their children right here in the Rochester community.

What will you carry forward with you?

This experience was more difficult than I thought it was going to be but was also more rewarding than I imagined. I obviously learned about the research process but more importantly I learned a great deal about myself and formed some great relationships that will continue in the future as friendships and professional collaborations.

APNN Grads Embrace New Career Maria Kozma (above) and Yohann Gaim (below) share emotional hugs with their loved ones upon receiving their UR Nursing pins. Kozma and Gaim were two in a cohort of 60 who were celebrated in December for graduating from the yearlong Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses. For more photos from the December 2018 pinning ceremony, visit the UR School of Nursing Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ UofRSchoolofNursing.

De’Edda Powell walks across the stage to receive her pin. Ijaz Ahmad, Jared Carlson, Melissa Laventure, Anish Bassi were all smiles after the ceremony. Anne-Marie Levstek receives her diploma from Associate Dean Lydia Rotondo. Class speaker Travis Miller

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By Amanda Hyman ’17N

How the UR School of Nursing and a volunteer trip to southern Peru helped prepare me for my nursing career.

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fter I graduated nursing school, I took a three-month break to volunteer in Peru before starting my first nursing job. This decision did not come out of nowhere. In fact, I planned on joining the Peace Corps after nursing school as a public health worker in Tanzania.

But during my third semester of the Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses (APNN) I got sick and was disqualified from being in the Peace Corps.

I was very disappointed, and I turned to my nursing instructors for support. I spoke to Elaine Andolina, then the co-director of the APNN program, who reminded me about a clinic that was started by a School of Nursing alumna named Keri Baker ’11N. It was called Ayni Wasi and located in Ollantaytambo, an ancient village set between the Urubamba River and the Andes Mountains in the Sacred Valley of south Peru.

I spoke to Elaine and my med-surg instructors – Valerie Fitzgerald, Carolanne Bianchi, and Pam Brady – about the opportunity. Volunteering in Peru meant turning down job offers and taking a gamble that I could interview and get hired for a job that was a full six months away. All of my instructors and Elaine encouraged me to go to Peru. The right fit of a nursing job will come along, they assured me. And they were right. I found a job two weeks before departure at Duke University Health System that would accept me for a new grad residency program.

But first, Peru.

I boarded the plane and headed down to South America. At Ayni Wasi, they work with women who live in the high-altitude communities of the Andes. The ladies that come to Ayni Wasi speak the indigenous language of Quechua, make their own clothes by hand, and learn mainly by visual

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“With my UR School of Nursing education, I was wellprepared to bring my knowledge and skills to Peru.” teachings. The communities have very little access to clinics or medical care, so the women come to Anyi Wasi to become promatoras, or health workers. Ayni Wasi teaches them important lessons on topics such as wound care, sex education, birth control options, and nutrition. A few weeks into my trip, Keri and her staff came to Ollantaytambo to teach the ladies about wilderness first aid. This included disaster training, how to make a stretcher or carry a sick person out, hypo/hyperthermia treatments, and lightning safety.

With my UR School of Nursing education, I was well-prepared to bring my knowledge and skills to Peru. I saw a lot of the public health issues that we discussed in class, such as literacy and barriers to education. The promatoras have about a third-grade education, and thus the lessons were done via pictures and hands-on activities. The ladies learned very quickly, and it was similar to the “teach-back” method from school.

For bathrooms, the community members use the stream that runs all over the city, however people also drink from the same stream. A lot of community members have parasites, and Ayni Wasi holds vitamin and anti-parasite clinics in addition to teaching about hand-washing and hygiene. For the parasite clinics, we gave vitamin A and a broad-spectrum anti-parasite medicine to children. Previously, the kids were given the medicine plain, and they did not like the taste of it. I used my nursing knowledge to research the medicine and see if it had any interactions with food. It did not, so for future vitamin and anti-parasite clinics, Ayni Wasi could instead mix the medicine with yogurt or applesauce to make the experience more pleasant for the kids.

After my three months in Peru had ended, it was time to come back home to the states. I started my job as an emergency room nurse at Duke in February 2018. Looking back now, I have great appreciation for the resources we have at our access, and the education I received, both formally in school and informally in Peru. And I maintain a great admiration and respect for Ayni Wasi and the promatoras that live in the Andes mountain communities.

Top: Villagers dressed in traditional clothing take to the streets of Ollantaytambo for an all-day festival. The small village in the Sacred Valley of southern Peru dates back to the 15th century but due to its altitude and remoteness, residents have little access to clinics or formal health care.

Inset: Amanda Hyman, a 2017 ABPNN grad, volunteered at the Ayni Wasi clinic in Ollantaytambo for three months, helping to instruct women on how to serve as health care workers or promatoras for their community.

Amanda Hyman is a graduate of the UR School of Nursing Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses and now works as an emergency room registered nurse at Duke University Health System.

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PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

Scholarly Publications The following is a listing of research findings published by School of Nursing faculty from June 2018 to May 2019.

Kimberly J. Arcoleo, PhD, MPH Arcoleo, K. (2018). Protection of human subjects. In Guidelines for Scientific Integrity: A Handbook for Research 3rd Edition (pp. 18-21).

Brentwood, TN: Midwest Nursing Research Society.

Arcoleo, K. & Frick, K. (2019).

Cost-effectiveness analyses for intervention studies. In Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement, Second Edition: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Funding. (pp.363-376). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Mammen, J.R., Java, J.J., Rhee, H., Butz, A.M., Halterman, J.S., & Arcoleo, K. (2018). Mixed-methods content and sentiment analysis of adolescents’ voice-diaries describing daily experiences with asthma and self-management decision-making.

Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 49, 299-307.

Mammen, J., Arcoleo, K.J., Berliant, M., Costello, A., & Bartock, B. (2018). Process and product: Development of a technology enabled asthma management system (TEAMS) integrating with the EPIC electronic medical record and real-world clinical practice. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197, A7809.

Allen, E.D., Arcoleo, K., Rowe, C., & Long, W.W. (2018). Implementation of a “real world” school-based asthma therapy program targeting urban children with poorly controlled asthma. Journal of Asthma, 55, 1122-1130.

Soltero, E.G., Olson, M.L., Williams, A.N., Konopken, Y.P., Castro, F.G., Arcoleo, K.J., ... & Shaibi, G.Q. (2018). Effects of a community-based diabetes prevention program for Latino youth with obesity: A randomized controlled trial. Obesity, 26, 1856-1865.

Mammen, J., Rhee, H., Norton, S.

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A., Butz, A. M., Halterman, J. S., & Arcoleo, K. (2018). An integrated operational definition and conceptual model of asthma self-management in teens. Journal of Asthma, 55, 1315-1327.

Susan W. Blaakman, PhD, RN, NPP-BC Shankar, M., Fagnano, M., Blaakman, S.W., Rhee, H., & Halterman, J.S. (2018). Depressive symptoms among urban adolescents with asthma: A focus for providers.

Academic Pediatrics, S1876-2859, 30800-30803.

Amy Braksmajer, PhD Braksmajer, A., Simmons, J., Aidala, A., & McMahon, J.M. (2018).

Effects of discrimination on HIVrelated symptoms in heterosexual men of color. American Journal of Men’s Health, 12, 1855-1863.

Nelson, L.E., McMahon, J.M., Leblanc, N.M., Braksmajer, A., Crean, H.F., Smith, K., & Xue, Y. (2019). Advancing the case for nurse practitioner-based models to accelerate scale-up of HIV preexposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 351-361.

Braksmajer, A., Leblanc, N.M., El-Bassel, N., Urban, M.A., & McMahon, J.M. (2019). Feasibility and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis use among women in violent relationships. Aids Care: Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 31, 475-480.

Lambert, F., Zhang, C., Braksmajer, A., & McMahon, J. (2019). Childhood trauma experiences and HIV-related symptoms in HIV-positive heterosexual men. Nursing Research, 68, E133.

Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Shields, A., Al-Zaiti, S.S., Kozik, T.M., Pelter, M.M., & Carey, M.G. (2018). Cardiac dysrhythmia during pacing in an infant. American Journal of Critical Care, 27, 519-520.

Kozik, T.M., Carey, M.G., Bhattacharyya, M., Chien, W., Charos, G.S., Connolly, T.F., ... & Pelter, M.M. (2018). Cardiovascular responses to ENERGY drinks in a healthy population during eXercise: The CEnergy-X Study. Journal of Electrocardiology, 51, S1-S5.

Al-Zaiti, S.S., Pietrasik, G., Carey, M.G., Alhamaydeh, M., Canty, J.M., & Fallavollita, J.A. (2018). The role of heart rate variability, heart rate turbulence, and deceleration capacity in predicting cause-specific mortality in chronic heart failure.

Journal of Electrocardiology, 52, 70-74.

Hess, H.W., Schlader, Z.J., Russo, L.N., Stansbery, R.N., Carey, M.G., Pendergast, D.R., & Hostler, D. (2018). Effect of rehydration schedule after four-hour head-out water immersion on running performance and recovery. Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine, 45, 495-503.

Dzikowicz, D.J., & Carey, M.G. (2018). Widened QRS-T angle may be a measure of poor ventricular stretch during exercise among on-duty firefighters. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 34, 201-207.

Al-Zaiti, S.S., Faramand, Z., Kozik, T.M., Pelter, M.M., & Carey, M.G. (2019). Electrocardiographic changes associated with a life-threatening condition. American Journal of Critical Care, 28, 85-86.

Carey, M.G., Qualls, B.W., & Burgoyne, C. (2019). Patients’ perception of stressful events in the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery. American Journal of Critical Care, 28, 149-151.

Pelter, M.M., Kozik, T.M., Al-Zaiti, S.S., & Carey, M.G. (2019). Importance of evaluating prior electrocardiograms. American Journal of Critical Care, 28, 157-158.

Fearrington, M., Carey, M., & Qualls, B. (2019). Essential oils to reduce post-operative nausea and vomiting.

Nursing Research, 68, E110-E111.

Marianne C. Chiafery, DNP, PNP-BC Chiafery, M.C., Hopkins, P., Norton, S.A., & Shaw, M.H. (2018). Nursing ethics huddles to decrease moral distress among nurses in the intensive care unit. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 29, 217-226.

Hugh F. Crean, PhD Nelson, L.E., McMahon, J.M., Leblanc, N.M., Braksmajer, A., Crean, H.F., Smith, K., & Xue, Y. (2019). Advancing the case for nurse practitioner-based models to accelerate scale-up of HIV

pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 351-361.

Katz, J., Crean, H.F., Cerulli, C., & Poleshuck, E.L. (2018). Material hardship and mental health symptoms among a predominantly low income sample of pregnant women seeking prenatal care. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22, 1360-1367.

Kopacz, M.S., Crean, H.F., Park, C.L., & Hoff, R.A. (2018). Religious coping and suicide risk in a sample of recently returned veterans.

Archives of Suicide Research, 22, 615-627.

Cross, W.F., West, J.C., Pisani, A.R., Crean, H.F., Nielsen, J.L., Kay, A.H., & Caine, E.D. (2019). A randomized controlled trial of suicide prevention training for primary care providers: A study protocol. BMC Medical Education, 19, 58.

Marie A. Flannery, PhD, RN, AOCN Flannery, M., Stein, K.F., Dougherty, D.W., Mohile, S., Guido, J., & Wells, N. (2018). Nurse-delivered symptom assessment for individuals with advanced lung cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 45, 619-630.

Loh, K.P., Zittel, J., Kadambi, S., Pandya, C., Xu, H.W., Flannery, M., … & Mohile, S.G. (2018). Elucidating the associations between sleep disturbance and depression, fatigue, and pain in older adults with cancer.

Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 9, 464-468.

Dougoud, N., Norton, S., Flannery, M., & Quill, T. (2019). Family member contributions in palliative care consultations among patients with advanced cancer. Nursing Research, 68, E120.

Dzikowicz, D., Yang, Y.C., & Flannery, M. (2019). The scaffolding theory of aging and cognition: A theory analysis focused on cardiovascular disease and level of cognitive function. Nursing Research, 68, E26.

Flannery, M., Culakova, E., Loh, K.P., Liu, J.J., Melynk, N., & Mohile, S. (2019). Factors associated with symptom burden in older adults with age related conditions: A University of Rochester (UR) NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Study. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46, 255.

Kehoe, L.A., Xu, H., Duberstein, P., Loh, K.P., Culakova, E., Canin, B., Hurrian, A., Wells, M., Gilmore, N., Kleckner, A.S., Lund, J., Kamen, C., Flannery, M., … & Mohile, S.G. (2019). Quality of life of caregivers of older patients with advanced cancer. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67, 969-977.

Patrick J. Hopkins, DNP, APRN, C-PNP, NNP Chiafery, M.C., Hopkins, P., Norton, S.A., & Shaw, M.H. (2018).

Nursing ethics huddles to decrease moral distress among nurses in the intensive care unit. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 29, 217-226.

Leblanc, N.M., & McMahon, J. (2019). Perceived facilitators and barriers to couples’ HIV testing and counseling in U.S. clinical settings: Perspectives from U.S. health providers. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30, 279-291.

Dianne V. Liebel, PhD, MSED, RN

Pandya, C., Magnuson, A., Flannery, M., Zittel, J., Duberstein, P., Loh, K.P., Ramsdale, E., Gilmore, N., Dale, W., & Mohile, S.G. (2019).

Association between symptom burden and physical function in older patients with cancer. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67, 998-1004.

Susan W. Groth, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAANP Holland, M.L., Groth, S.W., Smith, J.A., Meng, Y., & Kitzman, H. (2018). Low birthweight in second children after nurse home visiting.

Journal of Perinatology, 38, 16101619.

Steinl, G.K., Whisner, C.M., Pressman, E.K., Cooper, E.M., Groth, S.W., & O’Brien, K.O. (2018). Patterns and correlates of self-reported physical activity in a cohort of racially diverse pregnant adolescents.

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 32, 51-56.

Kathi L. Heffner, PhD Elliot, A.J., Heffner, K.L., Mooney, C.J., Moynihan, J.A., & Chapman, B.P. (2018). Social relationships and inflammatory markers in the MIDUS cohort: The role of age and gender differences. Journal of Aging and Health, 30, 904-923.

Heffner, K.L., France, C.R., Ashrafioun, L., Quinones, M., Walsh, P., Maloney, M.D., ... Pigeon, W.R. (2018). Clinical pain-related outcomes and inflammatory cytokine response to pain following insomnia improvement in adults with knee osteoarthritis. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 34, 1133-1140.

Peoples, A.R., Garland, S.N., Pigeon, W.R., Perlis, M.L., Wolf, J.R., Heffner, K.L., … Roscoe, J.A. (2019). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia reduces depression in cancer survivors. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 15, 129-137.

Margaret H. Kearney, PhD, RN, FAAN Seshadri, S., Sellers, C.R., & Kearney, M.H. (2018). Balancing eating with breathing: Community-dwelling older adults’ experiences of dysphagia and texture-modified diets.

The Gerontologist, 58, 749-758.

Kearney, M.H. (2019). Intervention research is hard to find: Reflections on RINAH’s history and future. Research in Nursing & Health, 42, 2-4.

Harriet J. Kitzman, PhD, RN, FAAN Holland, M.L., Groth, S.W., Smith, J.A., Meng, Y., & Kitzman, H. (2018).

Low birthweight in second children after nurse home visiting. Journal of Perinatology, 38, 1610-1619.

Natalie M. Leblanc, PhD, MPH, RN, BSN Nelson, L.E., McMahon, J.M., Leblanc, N.M., Braksmajer, A., Crean, H.F., Smith, K., & Xue, Y. (2019).

Advancing the case for nurse practitioner-based models to accelerate scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 351-361.

Braksmajer, A., Leblanc, N.M., El-Bassel, N., Urban, M.A., & McMahon, J.M. (2019). Feasibility and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis use among women in violent relationships. Aids Care: Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 31, 475-480.

Leblanc, N.M., & Mitchell, J.W. (2018). Providers’ perceptions of couples’ HIV testing and counseling (CHTC): Perspectives from a U.S. HIV epicenter. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 7, 22-33.

Leblanc, N.M., Albuja, L., & DeSantis, J. (2018). The uses of self and space: Health providers’ approaches to engaging patients into the HIV care continuum. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 32, 321-329.

Miner, S., Liebel, D.V., Wilde, M.H., Carroll, J.K., & Omar, S. (2018).

Somali older adults and their families’ perceptions of adult home health services. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20, 1215-1221.

Wang, J., Liebel, D.V., Yu, F., Caprio, T.V., & Shang, J. (2018).

Inverse dose-response relationship between home health care services and rehospitalization in older adults.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, S1525-8610, 30601-30607.

F. Vankee Lin, PhD, RN Victoroff, J., Lin, F.V., Coburn, K.L., Shillcutt, S.D., Voon, V., & Ducharme, S. (2018). Noncognitive behavioral changes associated with Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications of neuroimaging findings. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 30, 14-21.

Baran, T.M., & Lin, F. V. (2018).

Amyloid and FDG PET of successful cognitive aging: Global and cingulate-specific differences. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 66, 307-318.

Yu, F., Lin, F.V., Salisbury, D.L., Shah, K.N., Chow, L., Vock, D., ... & Jack, C., Jr. (2018). Efficacy and mechanisms of combined aerobic exercise and cognitive training in mild cognitive impairment: Study protocol of the ACT trial. Trials, 19, 700.

Chapman, B.P., Lin, F., Roy, S., Benedict, R.H.B., & Lyness, J.M. (2019). Health risk prediction models incorporating personality data: Motivation, challenges, and illustration. Personality Disorders-Theory Research and Treatment, 10, 46-58.

Ren, P., Chapman, B., Zhang, Z.W., Schifitto, G., & Lin, F. (2018).

Functional and structural connectivity of the amygdala underpins locus of control in mild cognitive impairment. Neuroimage: Clinical, 20, 297-304.

Anthony, M., & Lin, F. (2018). A systematic review for functional

neuroimaging studies of cognitive reserve across the cognitive aging spectrum. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 33, 937-948.

Chapman, B.P., Benedict, R.H.B., Lin, F., Roy, S., Porteinsson, A., Szigeti, K., ... & Mapstone, M. (2018). Apolipoprotein E genotype impact on memory and attention in older persons: The moderating role of personality phenotype. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33, 332-339.

Wang, X.X., Ren, P., Baran, T.M., Raizada, R.D.S., Mapstone, M., Lin, F., ... & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2019). Longitudinal functional brain mapping in supernormals. Cerebral Cortex, 29, 242-252.

Yu, F., Chen, Y., Mathiason, M.A., Wan, Q., & Lin, F.V. (2019). Cognitive and physical factors affecting daily function in Alzheimer’s Disease: A cross-sectional analysis. Nursing Health and Sciences, 21, 14-20.

Wang, X., Ren, P., Mapstone, M., Conwell, Y., Porsteinsson, A.P., Foxe, J.J., ... & Lin, F. (2019). Identify a shared neural circuit linking multiple neuropsychiatric symptoms with Alzheimer’s pathology. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 13, 53-64.

James M. McMahon, PhD Braksmajer, A., Simmons, J., Aidala, A., & McMahon, J.M. (2018). Effects of discrimination on HIV-related symptoms in heterosexual men of color. American Journal of Men’s Health, 12, 1855-1863.

Nelson, L.E., McMahon, J.M., Leblanc, N.M., Braksmajer, A., Crean, H.F., Smith, K., & Xue, Y. (2019).

Advancing the case for nurse practitioner-based models to accelerate scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 351-361.

Braksmajer, A., Leblanc, N.M., El-Bassel, N., Urban, M.A., & McMahon, J.M. (2019). Feasibility and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis use among women in violent relationships. Aids Care: Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 31, 475-480.

Lambert, F., Zhang, C., Braksmajer, A., & McMahon, J. (2019).

Childhood trauma experiences and HIV-related symptoms in HIV-positive heterosexual men. Nursing Research, 68, E133.

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PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS Leblanc, N.M., & McMahon, J. (2019). Perceived facilitators and barriers to couples’ HIV testing and counseling in U.S. clinical settings: Perspectives from U.S. health providers. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30, 279-291.

Ying Meng, PhD, RN, ACNP

and conceptual model of asthma self-management in teens. Journal of Asthma, 55, 1315-1327.

Chiafery, M.C., Hopkins, P., Norton, S.A., & Shaw, M.H. (2018).

Nursing ethics huddles to decrease moral distress among nurses in the intensive care unit. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 29, 217-226.

Holland, M.L., Groth, S.W., Smith, J.A., Meng, Y., & Kitzman, H. (2018).

Low birthweight in second children after nurse home visiting. Journal of Perinatology, 38, 1610-1619.

Dougoud, N., Norton, S., Flannery, M., & Quill, T. (2019). Family member contributions in palliative care consultations among patients with advanced cancer. Nursing Research, 68, E120.

Jacqueline T. Nasso, DNP, MS, CNM

Saeed, F., Hoerger, M., Norton, S.A., Guancial, E., Epstein, R.M., & Duberstein, P.R. (2018). Preference for palliative care in cancer patients: Are men and women alike? Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 56, 1-6.

Jacobson, J., Nasso, J., & Glantz, J.C. (2018). Use of an evidencebased guideline for management of side effects from long-acting reversible contraceptives: A quality improvement report. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 64, 225-229.

LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN Nelson, L.E., McMahon, J.M., Leblanc, N.M., Braksmajer, A., Crean, H.F., Smith, K., & Xue, Y. (2019).

Advancing the case for nurse practitioner-based models to accelerate scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 351-361.

Wheeler, D.P., Lucas, J., Wilton, L., Nelson, L.E., Hucks-Ortiz, C., Watson, C.C., ... & Fields, S.D. (2018).

Building effective multilevel HIV prevention partnerships with Black men who have sex with men: Experience from HPTN 073, a pre-exposure prophylaxis study in three US cities. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21, e25180.

Djiadeu, P., Nguemo, J., Mukandoli, C., Odhiambo, A.J., Lightfoot, D., Mbuagbaw, L., & Nelson, L.E. (2019). Barriers to HIV care among Francophone African, Caribbean and Black immigrant people living with HIV in Canada: A protocol for a scoping systematic review. BMJ Open, 9, e027440.

Sally A. Norton, PhD, RN, FNAP, FPCN, FAAN Mammen, J., Rhee, H., Norton, S. A., Butz, A. M., Halterman, J. S., & Arcoleo, K. (2018). An integrated operational definition 32 NURSING 2019 Volume 1

Ingersoll, L.T., Saeed, F., Ladwig, S., Norton, S.A., Anderson, W., Alexander, S.C., & Gramling, R. (2018). Feeling heard and understood in the hospital environment: Benchmarking communication quality among patients with advanced cancer before and after palliative care consultation. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 56, 239-244.

Norton, S.A., Wittink, M.N., Duberstein, P.R., Prigerson, H.G., Stanek, S., & Epstein, R.M. (2019). Family caregiver descriptions of stopping chemotherapy and end-of-life transitions. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27, 669-675.

Norton, S.A., Ladwig, S., Caprio, T.V., Quill, T.E., & Temkin-Greener, H. (2018). Staff experiences forming and sustaining palliative care teams in nursing homes. The Gerontologist, 58, E218-E225.

Darlington, A.S.E., Korones, D.N., & Norton, S.A. (2018). Parental coping in the context of having a child who is facing death: A theoretical framework. Palliative & Supportive Care, 16, 432-441.

Saeed, F., Xing, G., Tancredi, D.J., Epstein, R.M., Fiscella, K.A., Norton, S.A., & Duberstein, P.R. (2018). Is annual income a predictor of completion of advance directives (ADs) in patients with cancer. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 36, 402-407.

Gramling, R., Ingersoll, L.T., Anderson, W., Priest, J., Berns, S.,

Cheung, K., Norton, S.A., Alexander, S.C. (2019) End-of-life preferences, length-of-life conversations, and hospice enrollment in palliative care: A direct observation cohort study among people with advanced cancer. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22, 152-156.

Rodenbach, R.A., Norton, S.A., Wittink, M.N., Mohile, S., Prigerson, H.G., Duberstein, P.R., & Epstein, R.M. (2019). When chemotherapy fails: Emotionally charged experiences faced by family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. Patient Education and Counseling, 102, 909-915.

Gramling, R., Gajary-Coots, E., Cimino, J., Fiscella, K., Epstein, R., Ladwig, S., … & Norton, S.A. (2019).

Palliative care clinician overestimation of survival in advanced cancer: Disparities and association with end-of-life care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 57, 233-240.

Duberstein, P.R., Kravitz, R.L., Fenton, J.J., Xing, G., Tancredi, D.J., Hoerger, M., Mohile, S.G., Norton, S.A., Prigerson, H.G., & Epstein, R.M. (2019). Physician and patient characteristics associated with more intensive end-of-life care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, S0885-3924, 30182-30184.

Tobie H. Olsan, PhD, RN, CNL, FNAP Gillespie, S.M., Manheim, C., Gilman, C., Karuza, J., Olsan, T.H., Edwards, S.T., ... & Haverhals, L. (2018). Interdisciplinary team perspectives on mental health care in VA home-based primary care: A qualitative study. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27, 128-137.

McLaughlin, K., Olsan, T., Hettler, D., & Davey, A. (2019). Utilizing the SMART discharge protocol to promote surgical oncology patients’ readiness for discharge: A nurse-led initiative. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46, 148-149.

Maria Quinones-Cordero, PhD Heffner, K.L., France, C.R., Ashrafioun, L., Quinones, M., Walsh, P., Maloney, M.D., ... Pigeon, W.R. (2018). Clinical pain-related outcomes and inflammatory cytokine response to pain following insomnia improvement in adults with knee osteoarthritis. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 34, 1133-1140.

Karen A. Reifenstein, PhD, RN Reifenstein, K., & Asare, M. (2018).

A commentary: Will we ever get enough? Strategies to enhance minority participation in research.

The ABNF Journal, 29, 17-26.

Reifenstein, K., & Lucas, C. (2018).

October is breast cancer awareness month: Let’s talk. The Minority Reporter, 4.

Hyekyun Rhee, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN Mammen, J.R., Java, J.J., Rhee, H., Butz, A.M., Halterman, J.S., & Arcoleo, K. (2018). Mixed-methods content and sentiment analysis of adolescents’ voice-diaries describing daily experiences with asthma and self-management decision-making. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 49, 299-307.

Mammen, J., Arcoleo, K.J., Berliant, M., Costello, A., & Bartock, B. (2018). Process and product: Development of a technology enabled asthma management system (TEAMS) integrating with the EPIC electronic medical record and real-world clinical practice. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197, A7809.

Shankar, M., Fagnano, M., Blaakman, S.W., Rhee, H., & Halterman, J.S. (2018). Depressive symptoms among urban adolescents with asthma: A focus for providers.

Academic Pediatrics, S1876-2859, 30800-30803.

Mammen, J., Rhee, H., Norton, S. A., Butz, A. M., Halterman, J. S., & Arcoleo, K. (2018). An integrated operational definition and conceptual model of asthma self-management in teens. Journal of Asthma, 55, 1315-1327.

Rhee, H., Love, T., Harrington, D., & Grape, A. (2018). Common allergies in urban adolescents and their relationships with asthma control and healthcare utilization. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 14, 33.

Rhee, H., Love, T., & Mammen, J. (2019). Comparing asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) and national asthma education and prevention program (NAEPP) asthma control criteria. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 122, 58-64.

Grape, A., Rhee, H., & Sanchez, P. (2018). Evaluation of a peer-led asthma self-management group

intervention for urban adolescents.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 45, 1-6.

Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP Peyre, S., Lambert, D., Rideout, K., Hartmann, D., & Taubman, M. (2018). The University of Rochester Medical Center Institute for Innovative Education: Reimagining the architecture of our learning environment. Proceedings from the Improving Environment for Learning in the Health Professions, Atlanta, GA. Craig R. Sellers, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP Seshadri, S., Sellers, C.R., & Kearney, M.H. (2018). Balancing eating with breathing: Community-dwelling older adults’ experiences of dysphagia and texture-modified diets.

The Gerontologist, 58, 749-758.

Sandhya Seshadri, PhD, MS, MA Seshadri, S., Sellers, C.R., & Kearney, M.H. (2018). Balancing eating with breathing: Community-dwelling older adults’ experiences of dysphagia and texture-modified diets.

The Gerontologist, 58, 749-758.

Joyce A. Smith, PhD, RN, ANP Holland, M.L., Groth, S.W., Smith, J.A., Meng, Y., & Kitzman, H. (2018).

Low birthweight in second children after nurse home visiting. Journal of Perinatology, 38, 1610-1619.

Nursing Forum, 45, 619-630.

Lee, C.K., Stein, K.F., Corte, C., & Steffen, A. (2018). Self-schema as a non-drinker: A protective resource against heavy drinking in Mexican-American college women.

Health Promotion International, 33, 676-685.

Yang, Y.C., & Stein, K. (2019). A systematic review on determinants and outcomes of the concept of intuition. Nursing Research, 68, E109.

Jinjiao J. Wang, PhD, RN Wang, J., Liebel, D.V., Yu, F., Caprio, T.V., & Shang, J. (2018).

Inverse dose-response relationship between home health care services and rehospitalization in older adults.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, S1525-8610, 30601-30607.

Wang, J.J., Simmons, S.F., Maxwell, C.A., Schlundt, D.G., & Mion, L.C. (2018). Home health nurses’ perspectives and care processes related to older persons with frailty and depression: A mixed method pilot study. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 35, 118-136.

Ge, S., Wei, Z., Liu, T.T., Wang, J.J., Li, H.J., Feng, J., & Li, C.W. (2018). Alcohol use and cognitive functioning among middle-aged and older adults in China: Findings of the China health and retirement longitudinal study baseline survey.

Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research, 42, 2054-2060.

Xue, Y., Smith, J.A., & Spetz, J. (2019). Primary care nurse practitioners and physicians in lowincome and rural areas, 2010-2016.

JAMA, 321, 102-105.

Wang, J.J., Maxwell, C.A., & Yu, F. (2019). Biological processes and biomarkers related to frailty in older adults: A state-of-the-science literature review. Biological Research for Nursing, 21, 80-106.

Susan Stanek, MS, RN

Wang, J., Dietrich, M.S., Bell, S.P., Maxwell, C.A., Simmons, S.F., & Kripalani, S. (2019). Changes in vulnerability among older patients with cardiovascular disease in the first 90 days after hospital discharge: A secondary analysis of a cohort study. BMJ Open, 9, e024766.

Norton, S.A., Wittink, M.N., Duberstein, P.R., Prigerson, H.G., Stanek, S., & Epstein, R.M. (2019). Family caregiver descriptions of stopping chemotherapy and end-of-life transitions. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27, 669-675.

Immigrant and Minority Health, 20, 1215-1221.

Ying Xue, DNSc, RN Nelson, L.E., McMahon, J.M., Leblanc, N.M., Braksmajer, A., Crean, H.F., Smith, K., & Xue, Y. (2019). Advancing the case for nurse practitioner-based models to accelerate scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28, 351-361.

Xue, Y., Smith, J.A., & Spetz, J. (2019). Primary care nurse practitioners and physicians in lowincome and rural areas, 2010-2016.

JAMA, 321, 102-105.

Chen Zhang, PhD Lambert, F., Zhang, C., Braksmajer, A., & McMahon, J. (2019).

Childhood trauma experiences and HIV-related symptoms in HIVpositive heterosexual men. Nursing Research, 68, E133.

Liu, Y., Silenzio, V.M.B., Nash, R., Luther, P., Bauermeister, J., Vermund, S.H., & Zhang, C. (2019).

Suboptimal recent and regular HIV testing among Black men who have sex with men in the United States: Implications from a meta-analysis.

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 81, 125-133.

Lou, J., Cheng, J., Li, Y., Zhang, C., Xing, H., Ruan, Y., & Shao, Y. (2018). Comparison of different strategies for controlling HIV/AIDS spreading in MSM. Infectious Disease Modelling, 3, 293-300.

Scholarly Presentations

The following is a listing of presentations by School of Nursing faculty at symposiums, conferences, and meetings from June 2018 to May 2019.

Kimberly J. Arcoleo, PhD, MPH Karen F. Stein, PhD, RN, FAAN

Mary H. Wilde, PhD, RN

Flannery, M., Stein, K.F., Dougherty, D.W., Mohile, S., Guido, J., & Wells, N. (2018). Nurse-delivered symptom assessment for individuals with advanced lung cancer. Oncology

Miner, S., Liebel, D.V., Wilde, M.H., Carroll, J.K., & Omar, S. (2018).

Somali older adults and their families’ perceptions of adult home health services. Journal of

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. (2018). “Patterns of children’s controller medication adherence over 1 year: Do we need to rethink our approach?” Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY.

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. (2018). “Caregivers’ illnesses representations & CAM use in children with asthma.” Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY. International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology. (2018). “25th anniversary of ISARP – Advancements in respiratory psychophysiology.”

Gainesville, FL. International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology. (2018). “Patterns of Mexican and Puerto Rican children’s asthma controller medication adherence over 9 months.”

Gainesville, FL. Carolanne Bianchi, DNP, RN, MBA, ANP, CRRN Geriatric Grand Rounds. (2019).

“Walking hospitalized older adults: Influencing factors, barriers, and opportunities.” Monroe Community Hospital, Rochester, NY. Holly E. Brown, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCS-BC Collaborative Family Healthcare Association Conference. (2018).

“Best of both worlds: Integrating behavioral health and care management across the lifespan.”

Rochester, NY. Collaborative Family Healthcare Association Conference. (2018).

“Raising the ceiling: A pilot curriculum for interprofessional training of care managers in behavioral health principles and interventions.”

Rochester, NY. Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research - Precision Health. (2018). “Psychological factors of hypertension in firefighters.” Washington, DC. Occupational and Environmental Grand Rounds. (2019). “The burden of cardiovascular disease among firefighters: Reduction and prevention strategies.” University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

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PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS Rhonda Knapp-Clevenger, PhD, RN, CPNP, CCRP Genesee Valley Oncology Nursing Society Annual Teaching Day. (2018). “Nursing research: Impact on cancer care.” Rochester, NY. Yvette N. Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B Finger Lakes Performing Provider System Annual Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Conference.

(2018). “How CCHL practices support better care and better health outcomes.” Rochester, NY. Highland Hospital Research Council. (2018). “The journey of a DNP project: Process and outcomes.” Rochester, NY Transcultural Nursing Society 44th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Using transcultural nursing and an evidenced based educational intervention to evaluate nurses level of cultural competence in an acute care setting.” San Antonio, TX. Robert J. Dorman, DNP, RN-BC, CCRN, C-NPT, CNL DNP National Conference. (2018).

“Utility of the DNP as a trauma program manager.” Palm Springs, CA. Marie A. Flannery, PhD, RN, AOCN Genesee Valley Oncology Nursing Society Annual Teaching Day. (2018). “Nursing research: Impact on cancer care.” Rochester, NY. International Society for Geriatric Oncology Annual Conference.

(2018). “I’m not looking to live to be 100: The role of self-perception of age in decisions about adjuvant chemotherapy for older adults with cancer.” Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Joseph Gomulak-Cavicchio, EdD, MSEd State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Home visiting for health aging: Illuminating the medical and psychosocial issues facing homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY. State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

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of web-based modules to screen homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY. Dianne V. Liebel, PhD, MSED, RN State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Home visiting for health aging: Illuminating the medical and psychosocial issues facing homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY. Sally A. Norton, PhD, RN, FNAP, FPCN, FAAN Genesee Valley Oncology Nursing Society Annual Teaching Day. (2018). “Nursing research: Impact on cancer care.” Rochester, NY. Center for Improving Palliative Care for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. (2018). “Linking caregivers descriptions of chemotherapy cessation and end-of-life transitions.” New York, NY. Wilmot Cancer Institute 3rd Annual Nursing Conference. (2019). “Family caregiver descriptions of stopping chemotherapy and end-of-life transitions.” Rochester, NY. 31st Annual Eastern Nursing Research Society meeting. (2019).

“Expressions of uncertainty among patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care.”

Providence, RI. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Annual Assembly. (2019). “When patients with advanced cancer express uncertainty in palliative care consultations: Exploration of frequency, domains and association to prognosis.”

Orlando, FL.

Association for Vascular Access Annual Scientific Meeting. (2018).

“Implementing practice guidelines for replacing peripheral intravenous catheters when clinically-indicated: Ensuring patient safety and supporting nurses’ full scope of practice.”

Columbus, OH. Association for Vascular Access Annual Scientific Meeting. (2018).

“Replacing peripheral intravenous catheters when clinically-indicated rather than routinely: Closing the knowledge-practice gap through collaboration.” Columbus, OH.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Education Conference (2018). “Using role-play to empower final semester nursing students with communication skills to recognize bullying and incivility in the workplace.” New Orleans, LA. Madeline H. Schmitt, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Home visiting for health aging: Illuminating the medical and psychosocial issues facing homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY.

Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education Conference.

(2018). “Home visiting for healthy aging: An academic-community partnership for interprofessional learning and collaborative care.”

Philadelphia, PA.

State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Preparing students for interprofessional practice: Evaluation of web-based modules to screen homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY.

ANA-NY 6th Annual Meeting and Conference. (2018). “Improving surgical oncology patients’ readiness for discharge: Utilizing the SMART discharge protocol to minimize variation in the discharge process.”

Albany, NY. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, CNL Summit. (2019).

“Improving surgical oncology patients’ readiness for discharge utilizing the SMART discharge protocol to impact 30-day readmissions.” Tampa, FL.

Jamie L. Oliva, PhD, MS, RN, ANP-BC Genesee Valley Oncology Nursing Society Annual Teaching Day. (2018). “Nursing research: Impact on cancer care.” Rochester, NY.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing, CNL Summit. (2019).

“CNL trailblazers: Past, present, future.” Tampa, FL.

State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Home visiting for health aging: Illuminating the medical and psychosocial issues facing homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY.

Dianne C. Rutigliano, MS, RN

State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Preparing students for interprofessional practice: Evaluation of web-based modules to screen homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing, CNL Summit. (2019).

“Driving access to care: An institutional-community partnership to promote pediatric oral health via the SMILEmobile program.” Tampa, FL.

Tobie H. Olsan, PhD, RN, CNL, FNAP

caregiving for veterans in home based primary care.” Atlanta, GA.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing, CNL Summit. (2019). “Introducing the clinical nurse leader to a clinical microsystem: Reflections on a quality improvement immersion experience.” Tampa, FL. The society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Annual Conference. (2019). “The dynamic synergy of family and team member

Craig R. Sellers, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Home visiting for health aging: Illuminating the medical and psychosocial issues facing homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY. State Society on Aging in New York, 46th Annual Conference. (2018).

“Preparing students for interprofessional practice: Evaluation of web-based modules to screen homebound older adults.” Saratoga Springs, NY. Public Health Grand Rounds.

(2018). “Doing ENGOAL: Insights from engaging older adult learners as health researchers.” University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. 20th Annual International Qualitative Health Research Conference.

(2018). “Journeys through community-based participatory research: Working the boundaries.” Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

20th Annual International Qualitative Health Research Conference.

(2018). “How can older adults inform health care research? The qualitative analysis of an engagement project.”

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

31st Annual Conference of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.

(2018). “Cognitive assessment for HAND: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder in older adults.”

Denver, CO. Sandhya Seshadri, PhD, MS, MA Public Health Grand Rounds.

(2018). “Doing ENGOAL: Insights from engaging older adult learners as health researchers.” University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. 20th Annual International Qualitative Health Research Conference.

(2018). “Journeys through community-based participatory research: Working the boundaries.” Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

20th Annual International Qualitative Health Research Conference.

(2018). “How can older adults inform health care research? The qualitative analysis of an engagement project.”

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Mary H. Wilde, PhD, RN International Continence Society 48th Annual Meeting. (2018). Post acute care urinary diary: Feasibility and acceptability assessment. Philadelphia, PA. Yingzi Zhang, PhD Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference. (2019).

“Feasibility study of an uncertainty management intervention for patient-partner dyads undergoing cancer treatment.” Providence, RI.

Honors & Awards

The following faculty honors were received between January June 2018 to May 2019.

Susan Stanek, MS, RN

Lisa A. Brophy, EdD, RN, MSBA

31st Annual Eastern Nursing Research Society meeting. (2019).

“Expressions of uncertainty among patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care.” Providence, RI.

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Annual Assembly. (2019). “When patients with advanced cancer express uncertainty in palliative care consultations: Exploration of frequency, domains and association to prognosis.: Orlando, FL. Karen F. Stein, PhD, RN, FAAN Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research - Precision Health. (2018). “Intuition: A systematic review of the state of the science.” Washington, DC.

Joanne V. Clements, MS, RN, ACNP

Hyekyun Rhee, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN

Dean’s Appreciation Award (2019).

University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

Research QI Gold Award (2018).

University of Rochester Office of Human Research Protection: Rochester, NY.

Yvette N. Conyers, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B RBJ Health Care Achievement Award in Medical Professional category (2019). Rochester Business Journal: Rochester, NY. Marie A. Flannery, PhD, RN, AOCN Josephine Craytor Nursing Faculty Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY. BJ Kennedy Award for Best Poster (2018). International Society for Geriatric Oncology: Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Natalie Leblanc, PhD, MPH, RN, BSN Mary Dombeck Diversity Enhancement Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, CNS, FAHA, FAAN

James M. McMahon, PhD

Professional Advancement Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

Outstanding Faculty Colleague Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

Marianne C. Chiafery, DNP, PNP-BC

Ying Meng, PhD, RN

Josephine Craytor Nursing Faculty Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

Most Promising New Investigator Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY.

Lydia D. Rotondo, DNP, RN, CNS Drs. Jeremy A. Klainer and Pamela York Klainer Endowed Dean's Discretionary Award in Nursing (2019).

University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY. Mary Tantillo, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, FAED, CGP Most Outstanding Scholarly Practitioner Award (2019). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY. Jane Tuttle, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP The Dean’s Medal (2018). University of Rochester School of Nursing: Rochester, NY. Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN Valerie and Frank Furth Fund Award (2019). University of Rochester: Rochester, NY.

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The Ties That Bind In Janice Campbell-Loss’s business and support of education, it all comes down to family Dermatology Associates of Rochester is very much a family affair.

Janice Campbell-Loss, MS, NP, CCRC, started the practice with her husband, Dr. Robert W. Loss Jr., more than 30 years ago. After his untimely death in 2008, she assumed the role of owner, president, and director of operations of the research arm, Skin Search, and the medical spa, Derma Spa. She also transitioned the family medical dermatology practice, which is now owned and run by her oldest daughter.

The Dermatology, Skin Search, and Spa team now includes more than 45 team members, including her oldest and youngest daughters and a son-in-law, and was named among the Democrat & Chronicle’s Top Places to Work, 2019.

“We’re a medical family to say the least,” said Loss, adding that her middle daughter doesn’t work in the practice, but is a neurologist in Wyoming (NY) County.

Janice and her husband first met at Strong Memorial Hospital, where Janice was working as a nurse and Bob was an intern in Internal Medicine at the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry. They relocated to Boston for a brief time during Bob’s residency in dermatology, then returned home to Rochester and opened their practice, which combined cosmetic and medical dermatology with clinical research. The clinic, one of the first in the country to feature a medical spa, has remained in the same building but has grown dramatically over the years and that has created opportunities to incorporate more family into the business.

Oldest daughter Lesley is a board-certified dermatologist and now owns and oversees the medical and cosmetic components of the practice.

Her husband, Joshua Weitz, is board certified in internal medicine, allergy/ immunology, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. He is the chief executive officer and clinical director at the family practice. Youngest daughter Larissa also joined the practice. She is 38 NURSING 2019 Volume 1

a family nurse practitioner who is most passionate about working with children and adolescents.

Janice’s clinical work focuses mainly on research.

“That’s my expertise,” she said. “We do medical research, device trials, and cosmetic clinical trials.”

While the family is undoubtedly committed to health care, it also believes strongly in the value of a Dermatology Associates of Rochester was started by Dr. Robert great education.

Loss Jr. and his wife, Janice Campbell-Loss, and has since Janice’s interest in both expanded its family contribution. Janice’s daughters, Lesley (left) and Larissa (second from right) work at the practice, as does fields stemmed from her Lesley’s husband, Joshua Weitz. mother, who was a school nurse teacher at McQuaid Jesuit High School for over been right. Still, when Loss entered the 20 years. Janice earned her associate UR School of Nursing, it was with more degree in nursing from Monroe Comthan a little trepidation. Her husband had munity College and her bachelor’s just died, and she had been away from degree in psychology from St. John the classroom for more than two deFisher College. She later completed a cades. She knew the curriculum would BS degree in nursing and a master’s be rigorous and that her tech skills in adult nurse practitioner from the UR hadn’t kept pace. “My kids had to help School of Nursing. me do my first PowerPoint,” she said.

She remains an active supporter of all But the experience was a three institutions, serving on the board game-changer for Loss. She feels of trustees at St. John Fisher, where her education has allowed her to be a she helped found a lecture series and better clinician and researcher. It also research lab, and underwrites an enhelped awaken her interest in giving dowed science scholarship for underback to nursing. graduate students. At the University “I saw that students struggle with of Rochester, she is a member of the tuition payments on top of their other George Eastman Circle and established stressors, and I wanted to give back to the Loss Family Endowed Scholarship the School of Nursing and nursing as a to support nursing students. Her husprofession,” said Loss. band of two years, Frederick S. Cohn, “My goal is to get more people MD, is also a George Eastman fellow interested in giving back to their profesand supports the Neurosurgery Resion,” Loss said. “I think it’s important search and Education Foundation at the for nurses. A lot of us feel that we give University. so much of ourselves to our profession “Giving back to college has always and we don’t always think to give monbeen a priority to the family,” said ey to help our next generation of health Loss. “I feel like our focus is on helping care providers. But it’s not just the students obtain their goals and dreams. money. If you can’t give, then mentor We need more excellent nurses and or volunteer, or do whatever you can to scientists.” help people achieve their goals.”

Though she had long wanted to pursue an NP degree, the timing had not

For students at East High, the barriers to quality health care are many.

That’s why nurse practitioners from the University of Rochester School of Nursing provide critical school-based care in the Rochester City School District, treating students regardless of their ability to pay.

This collaboration with one of the poorest school districts in the nation will keep kids in classrooms and out of emergency rooms, improving health, attendance, and educational outcomes for the next generation.

The Rochester Effect.

For outcomes ever better.

EverBetter.Rochester.edu

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CLASS NOTES

1950s 1960s Carolyn Joyce (Seip) DeBell ’53N recently moved back to her home of 60 years with her son, James, his wife, Luanne, and their four children.

Her classmate, Mary Jane Casbeer, was a bridesmaid in her wedding, and another classmate, Joan Archibald, was the maid of honor. DeBell writes, “I worked in the old hospital in 1953 as a senior student nurse in the Emergency Department and as a graduate RN also. Millie John was my head nurse and was great!

I left to set up an infirmary at the U of R campus in one of the dorms behind Rush Rhees Library for one year and then married my husband, James J. DeBell, in 1956 and remained a day infirmary nurse for two more years under Dr. McCann until my first child was born. I stayed home to raise four children for 23 years! I went back to work at Rochester Presbyterian Home on Thurston Road for 20 years – then became a Greece Central School District nurse substitute for several years and permanent health officer nurse at Arcadia High School until I retired (72 years old). My husband died on March 25, 2008 of Barrett’s esophagus and brain cancer.

He was the athletic director at Jefferson High and coached many sports. He was Section V president during the late 1970s. He retired from RCSD in 1979 and became the Brockport University baseball coach for many years. He retired in 2008, when he became ill with cancer. I met him in the ED in 1954. He brought in an injured student when he was a physical education teacher.”

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Susan Sasserson McPherson ’60N is retired and living in Raymond, Maine.

Sharon Fralonardo Chiumento ’69N has published a book, Prehospital Detective: Analyzing Clues to Enhance Patient Care, a handbook for EMS and other prehospital care providers. “My career has bridged both nursing and EMS as a paramedic through the years,” she writes. The book “compiles much of the information I gleaned through my career, along with many recent updates, into a resource book that can be utilized by anyone involved in treating patients in the prehospital environment.”

1970s Diane Mary Walton ’72N, ’82N (MS) recently celebrated 10 years at Eastern Florida State College where she serves as an associate professor of nursing, specializing in psych nursing. She writes, “I have missed the U of R every year that I have lived in the South.”

Sharon Hewner ’75N, ’81N (MS) was named a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. An associate professor in the University at Buffalo’s School of Nursing, Hewner concentrates her research on transitions of care, and health services and informatics. Her work has made strides in reducing hospital readmission rates for high-risk patients through the implementation of post-discharge

telephone calls and automated discharge summaries.

1980s Leanne R. Jackson ’80N had her essay on hospice nursing titled “What Cowboys Taught Me” published in the January edition of Nursing 2018. A slightly shorter version of the essay was published in the March edition of Nursing 2018 Critical Care.

Randie Salmon ’80N was recognized with the Medical Professional of the Year Award by the Foundation of St. Mary’s Healthcare in Johnstown, New York, where she works as a family nurse practitioner. The award was established in 1996 as a community expression of appreciation for bringing health care of compassion and excellence to the people of Fulton and Montgomery counties.

Patricia Hryzak Lind ’83N (MS) recently retired after 18 years as the nurse executive of the VA Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo. Lind’s career spanned 42 years and included teaching pediatric nursing, being a clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner, and working as the director of nursing education at the University of Rochester. She also practiced as a PNP at the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center and developed health programs at Preferred Care.

Susan Michaels Strasser ’86N writes to us, “Since this is my first update since graduating 32 years ago, I need to be concise! I am grateful for each of these 32 years filled with a wonderfully woven adventure shared with my husband, Arden ’84, ‘84E, our two daughters, Chloe (27) and Alea (17). We currently live in Manhattan where I am the director of implementation for ICAP at Columbia University and assistant professor in Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health- Epidemiology division. Prior to New York City, we lived in Africa for 14 years (Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe) with time in between living in: Boulder, Colorado; the Bay Area of California; and New Haven, Connecticut. I can’t really begin to tell my story but it has been more than I could have imagined, including meeting Nelson Mandela (a top five moment) to losing my sister (a young mother of three) to leukemia to going from a young nurse in Africa caring for HIV patients before antiretrovirals were available to now, working with many countries and health ministries to achieve HIV epidemic control. We have been back in the U.S. for four years now and Manhattan is an amazingly vibrant place to finally settle. (Maybe)”

ALUMNI PROFILE

‘There’s a Place for Everyone’ The year was 2010, and the job market was the worst in decades.

“I applied to an embarrassingly high number of places,” said Andrea (Silvis) Hartgraves ’10N, who graduated from the Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses (ABPNN) at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, but faced long odds in her job search.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, 2010 was the worst year to graduate since at least 1983—and possibly the worst since the end of World War II. Finally, two offers came through. One option was a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of its post-baccalaureate intramural research training awards program.

Hartgraves’s mentor and former ABPNN co-director Elaine Andolina, was quick to offer encouragement.

“Elaine said, ‘Go for the NIH,’” Hartgraves recalled. “‘If the NIH asks you to be a janitor, you take the job.’”

With that advice, Hartgraves headed to Washington, D.C., to begin her nursing career. As a research nurse at the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Hartgraves conducted both clinical and laboratory research of treatments for pediatric metabolic genetic disorders.

After one year working in research, Hartgraves wanted to gain experience on the clinical side of nursing in a hospital setting. She took a job on a cardiothoracic surgical unit but knew she wanted to get back to pediatrics.

Hartgraves also craved a new home that would allow her to spend more time outdoors.

“I knew I wanted to be closer to the mountains and water,” said Hartgraves, who then applied to positions based on proximity to those geographic features.

Now a genetics nurse at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Hartgraves synthesizes her passion for working with children with her research background

in an ever-evolving field of health sciences.

“I love genetics because there’s so much to learn,” Hartgraves said.

“There is new technology developing daily, and we work across all systems with families of diverse backgrounds."”

Hartgraves hadn’t always planned on becoming a nurse. As an undergraduate student at Penn State, the Pittsburgh native envisioned a career in early childhood education.

She majored in biobehavioral health and worked in an adult group home, but soon realized that she wanted something different.

“I wanted a career where there was something new every day,” said Hartgraves. “I chose the University of Rochester School of Nursing because it was a great program, and I loved the town.”

In her current role, Hartgraves works within a diagnostic genetic clinic alongside a team of providers and genetic counselors who collaboratively evaluate patients to determine whether genetic testing is appropriate.

She acts as a patient advocate and care coordinator in the diagnostic testing process.

“We help these families find answers that they’ve been searching for, possibly for years,” Hartgraves said.

In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Hartgraves serves as co-chair on the professional practice committee of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics. She’s also currently in the data analysis stage of a nurse-led study examining how satisfaction scores respond to an educational video developed to help families understand what to expect from the evaluation process.

“There is sometimes a nine- to 12-month wait to see a pediatric genetics provider, and families often come in with unrealistic expectations of the process," said Hartgraves.

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Daunting job market, stint at NIH leads to rewarding career as a genetics nurse

Encouraged by then-APNN co-director Elaine Andolina to take a one-year research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, Andrea Hartgraves used the experience as a stepping stone to chart a career path unique to her and her interests. She now works as a genetics nurse in Seattle, where she can enjoy the mountains and outdoors with her husband, Matt, and son, Owen.

“We identified a need and an opportunity to reset expectations during the wait time and developed the video."

Of her unexpected career path, Hartgraves said, “I feel like I’ve been very lucky, and I’ve had great support along the way. Nursing is a great place to be if you’re interested and motivated.

There’s a place for everyone.”

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CLASS NOTES

1990s Margaret Lash ’91N, ’93N (MS) was featured in the Finger Lakes Times for her volunteer work with the Catholic Charities for Wayne County. Lash, a retired nurse, has been volunteering with the group for approximately nine years, assisting with everything from paperwork to staffing food pantries and clothing centers.

Susan (Scheidweiler) Carlson ’92N (MS), ’00N (PMC) was named as the new dean of the Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the Marion S. Whelan School of Practical Nursing. She previously served as an assistant professor of nursing at St. John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Nursing and associate

professor of nursing at Monroe Community College, where she was also interim chair of the nursing department.

Bernadette Melnyk ’92N (PhD), ’02N (PMC) was a recipient of the Hillman Emergent Innovation Program’s one-year, $50,000 grant. The award is geared to accelerate the development of bold, new interventions targeting the needs of vulnerable populations. Melnyk, who is dean of the College of Nursing as well as vice president for health promotion and chief wellness officer at The Ohio State University, is principal investigator of a unique study examining the intersection of pet care with health care for homebound older adults. The study involves the creation of an interprofessional team of a nurse practitioner, veterinarian,

and a social worker to address the health care needs of this older adult population and their pets.

2000s William Bodeker ’02N, ’04N (MS) was named to the position of senior director of advanced practice nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital. In this role, Bodeker will lead the overall strategic planning for programs aligned with the hospital’s mission, philosophy, and patient care practice standards. As senior director, he will also oversee the structural processes supporting the alignment of more than 500 advanced practice nurses with safety, quality, patient experience, and fiscal targets.

Prior to this appointment at Mount Sinai, Bodeker worked

at NYU Langone Medical Center, where he was the nurse practitioner manager for neurology, neurosurgery, and epilepsy, with oversight of inpatient nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Bodeker is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State.

Jeanne Appleby Leasure ’04N is a registered nurse volunteer at St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center. She is happily married to her husband Richard. The couple has four children: Jack, Maggie, Ben, and Anna, as well as seven grandchildren. She writes, “I am blessed to be able to volunteer my nursing skills to the uninsured and underinsured population served at St. Joseph’s. I have been

C A L L F O R A L U M N I AWA R D N O M I N AT I O N S The University of Rochester School of Nursing recognizes the achievements of School of Nursing alumni through the alumni awards program. Awards are presented annually at the School of Nursing’s signature event, the Dean’s Diamond Circle dinner. Next year’s dinner will be Friday, April 3, 2020. All School of Nursing alumni, faculty, staff, and friends are encouraged to nominate SON graduates for the awards listed below: •

Established in 1984, the Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus Award recognizes a graduate whose exceptional professional achievements, contributions to one’s chosen field, and service to the School of Nursing have brought honor to the individual and to the University of Rochester.

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Established in 2013, the Humanitarian Award honors a graduate whose work as a practictioner, administrator, volunteer, or researcher has had a profound impact on those most in need.

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volunteering one day a week for five years. It has been a privilege to work with a health care community of kind and generous people, and to be able to connect with so many people with a wide range of needs. It has also given me a more open mind regarding the incarcerated, refugees, addicts, as well as the hardworking population who simply can’t afford health care or copays. I am very grateful to have this opportunity to contribute in a small way to a very big crisis in our country.”

Michael J. Hasselberg ’07N (MS), ’13N (PhD) appeared on 13 WHAM-TV in Rochester to talk about research initiatives shared at the 2018 Alzheimer’s Associate International Conference, the world’s largest meeting dedicated to the study of Alzheimer’s dis-

ease. Hasselberg is currently an associate professor of psychiatry and clinical nursing at the University of Rochester.

2010s Danielle Neal Rogers ’14N and her husband Bryan welcomed their son, Wyatt Kieran DiCiaccio Rogers on Feb. 13, 2019 at Stanford Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto. Danielle is a nurse coordinator for Stanford Healthcare.

Christine Lotyczewski ’14N (MS) was part of a seminar on worksite wellness offered by the Pioneer Library Systems back in October in Canandaigua. Lotyczewski is a

public health nurse where she is a chronic disease program coordinator. A certified clinical nurse leader, Lotyczewski earned her master’s degree from the University of Rochester School of Nursing in 2014.

She works with community members promoting health, community resources, and providing education.

Isaac Kissi ’16N was featured in a Spectrum News television segment. After knee injuries had disrupted Kissi’s professional soccer career, he enrolled in the School of Nursing’s Accelerated Bachelor’s Program for Non-Nurses.

Since graduating from the program in 2016, Isaac has been working as a travel RN, but he’s also back on the field with the Rochester Lancers as a forward. He balances his work as a professional athlete

with his career as a nurse at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.

Helen Baruch Fowlkes ’17N recently got engaged to longtime boyfriend, David Mark Argaman. The couple met before their senior year in high school.

Fowlkes currently works as an operating room nurse at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital, while Argaman is a planner at Eastman Kodak Co. The couple is planning their wedding for later in 2019.

Meredith Haight ’18N (MS) wrote a column published in Finger Lakes Woman magazine. The piece discusses the impact of lifestyle choices such as sodium intake and physical activity on blood pressure. Haight works as a nurse practitioner for UR Medicine Heart and Vascular.

Help Make These Moments Possible Join us in congratulating the class of 2019 and support the health care leaders of tomorrow! When you make a donation toward scholarships at the UR School of Nursing, your gift becomes part of the life-changing moment when a student discovers she or he can afford to pursue a career in nursing.

Visit rochester.edu/giving/nurses to make your gift today.

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Gifts directed to the Scholarship Annual Fund enable us to recruit the next class of promising students eager to pursue their passion for nursing at the University of Rochester.

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Gift Planning Gift planning enables you to make a current or future gift to the School of Nursing in ways that best meet your financial and philanthropic goals for you and loved ones.

Outright Gifts Appreciated Securities Make a gift of appreciated stock or mutual funds to the school and take advantage of two tax benefits. Transfer securities, avoid capital gains tax, and enjoy a charitable deduction when you itemize on your federal tax return.

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A charitable distribution counts toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) up to $100,000 per person.

Deferred Gifts Bequests and other Testamentary Gifts A bequest to the School of Nursing is simple to accomplish and allows you to have a future

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For more information about gift planning or to request sample will language or a personal life income gift illustration, contact: University of Rochester Office of Trusts, Estates & Gift Planning; 1-800-MELIORA (800-635-4672) or 585-2758894; giftplanning@rochester. edu; or visit rochester.giftplans. org.

Giving Societies We delight in recognizing our alumni and friends who have made the School of Nursing a philanthropic priority.

Dean’s Diamond Circle

Diamond Circle members play an integral role in sustaining the School of Nursing and paving

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the way for its future. With the generous support of dedicated alumni and friends, the school is preparing the next generation of health care providers, educators, researchers, and leaders. Membership starts at $1,000 annually.

George Eastman Circle

The George Eastman Circle is the University of Rochester’s most impactful leadership giving society, recognizing fiveyear Annual Fund commitments of $1,500 and above to many areas of the university, including the School of Nursing.

Wilson Society

The Wilson Society illuminates the philanthropic legacy of Joe ‘31 and Peggy Wilson and celebrates those individuals who have established a gift plan or included the University in their estate.

For more information about making a gift to support the School of Nursing, please contact Andrea J. Allen, director of advancement and alumni relations, at 800-333-4428, 585-276-4336 or andrea.allen@rochester.edu.

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IN MEMORIAM

Word has reached us of the passing of the following alumni and friends. The School of Nursing expresses its sympathy to their loved ones.

Dorothy D. Aeschliman ’49N Jan. 29, 2019, Ashburn, VA

Carol Humphrey ’60N April 24, 2018, Bath, NY

Rosalynn (Libglid) Schreiber ’46N Dec. 6, 2018, Brighton, NY

Susan (Adams) Brown ’62N Feb. 16, 2019, Simpsonville, SC

Marie Johnson ’46N Oct. 19, 2018, Olean, NY

Helene (West) Scribner ’51, ’52N Oct. 24, 2018, Palmyra, NY

Phyllis Bazen-Cohen ’12N (PhD) Oct. 17, 2018, Syracuse, NY

Gail Say Katul ’62N Aug. 14, 2018, Eugene, OR

Karolyn Jean (Webster) Simon ’62N Aug. 21, 2018, Sacramento, CA

Patricia (O’Brien) Deibler ’59N July 2, 2018, Dacula, GA

Marilyn (Close) Kinney ’55N Sept. 27, 2018, Sidney, NY

Mary (Anderson) Talbot ’52N Jan. 7, 2019, Wilmore, NY

Margaret (Pinker) Dempski ’52N, ’58 Dec. 20, 2018, Dresher, PA

Garland (Grover) Kleinstuber ’55N Aug. 26, 2018, Quakertown, PA

James VanDamme ’72N Nov. 21, 2012, Canandaigua, NY

J. Elizabeth (French) Engan ’47N Sept. 4, 2018, West Chester, PA

Danielle (Edgar) Korpiel ’96N Jan. 30, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA

Carol (Baird) Van Dusen ’90N (MS) June 12, 2018, Honeoye Lake, NY

Paul Kenneth Fleming ’95N Oct. 25, 2018, Rochester, NY

Eleanor (Judd) Lloyd ’65N Dec. 2, 2017, Oswego, NY

Gloria (Barresi) Viverto ’49N Feb. 10, 2016, Cheektowaga, NY

Janet Gelein ’78N Jan. 21, 2019, Mendon, NY

Jean (Welsh) MacGregor ’46N Nov. 12, 2018, Amherst, NY

Nancy H. Wallo ’60N Jan. 9, 2019, Rochester, NY

Barbara (Long) Green ’61N Sept. 3, 2018, Fairport, NY

Ann (Pitzer) Nason ’50N Aug. 19, 2013, Wallingford, CT

Arlene (Goff) Wood ’59, ’60N July 31, 2018, Clearwater, FL

Margaret (Reamer) Green ’43N, ’75 Jan. 24, 2019, LeRoy, NY

Betty Jane Newman ’48N Sept. 11, 2018, Spencerport, NY

Barbara Johnson Yarington ’60N Oct. 19, 2016, Seattle, WA

Janet (Amendt) Groover ’49N Aug. 7, 2018, Indianapolis, IN

Esther Parsky ’42N Aug. 24, 2017, Coconut Creek, FL

Louise (Ringrose) Heinly ’61, ’62N Jan. 23, 2018, Springfield, VA

Joyce B. (Jordan) Schaefer ’64N Jan. 18, 2019, Basking Ridge, NJ

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IN MEMORIAM

Amy Karch, Author of Influential Textbooks and ‘Conscience’ of Student Nurses Amy Karch, MS, RN, a beloved University of Rochester School of Nursing faculty member whose teaching career spanned five decades and helped spur the explosive national and international growth of the Accelerated Program for NonNurses died Jan. 16. She was 69.

When it came to preparing nursing students to become exemplary practitioners, Karch wrote the book – literally and figuratively.

An associate professor of clinical nursing, Karch not only taught and mentored thousands of nursing students in her 43-year career – including many who followed her example and now teach at the school – but she was also the sole author of two preeminent textbooks in nursing pharmacology used by countless professors, students, and practicing nurses across the country.

Karch developed her 1,024-page Focus on Nursing Pharmacology textbook (now in its 7th edition) based on her findings that students learn best when concepts, from simple to complex, are built upon one another so that they create a foundation of understanding. Organized by body systems, the heavily-illustrated book organizes essential nursing pharmacology information into focused, easy-to absorb steps.

Her Lippincott Nursing Drug Guide is a comprehensive, up-to-date drug guide for both nursing students and practicing nurses alike, and provides quick A-to-Z access to current, vital drug information. It is the only drug book that includes a “Do Not Crush” logo – a key patient safety feature – so that nurses can quickly identify medications that should not be crushed.

Karch’s painstaking development of these essential teaching tools, in addition to the hundreds of scholarly publications and presentations that highlighted her long career, placed her among the most respected experts in the country in nursing pharmacology. But Karch was also known as an exemplary teacher.

“Amy was a brilliant educator and an incredible colleague and friend. She was devoted to her students and worked tirelessly to help them be successful,” said Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, dean of the UR School of Nursing.

“She has left a void in our school that will never be filled. We all loved her dearly!”

With a warm, energetic, and accessible demeanor and engaging, down-to-earth personality, Karch embraced teaching early in her career, believing this was the area she could make the most difference on the future of nursing and health care. And for more than 40 years, her students and colleagues – and the patients they have cared for – have reaped the benefits of her choice.

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Pathophysiology/Pharmacology, and her presence helped the APNN program to skyrocket from 23 students at its beginning in 2002 to a highly competitive program that now admits nearly 200 students each year from all over the world. Knowing they will be taught by an instructor who authored the textbook of their most challenging subject was a tremendous draw for students. And once in her classroom, they repeatedly offered glowing evaluations of her teaching ability and style and looked to her as the quintessential model of providing patient-centered care. One year, students had wristbands printed up with the acronym WWAD – What Would Amy Do? “She was the conscience of nurses going into practice,” said Patrick Hopkins, DNP, APRN, C-PNP, NNP, co-director of the APNN programs at the School of Nursing. “She reminded students that nursing was all about the human response. She always brought it back around to the patient. She changed the way ‘patho’ is taught. It had a context. It wasn’t just molecules moving around in the cell. It was what the patient is going to feel and how to deal with the effects of that.”

“Amy was a genius who knew how to explain complex concepts in ways that were easily understood. Her stories and clinical tidbits made the details easier and extremely enjoyable to learn,” said Rebecca Tucker, PhD, ACNPC, MEd, RN, assistant professor of clinical nursing. “Most importantly, she facilitated students to want to strive to meet their potential and be the best nurse and/or nurse practitioner possible. I know I am one of many who would say that my life was forever enhanced due to her mentorship. I feel so extremely blessed to have been her student, co-worker, and friend.”

In addition to her roles at the UR School of Nursing, she had been a regular contributing columnist to The American Journal of Nursing since 1999 and was a member of the National League of Nursing, the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau, and was chairman of the community education committee for the American Heart Association.

Survivors include four children: Timothy, Mark, Cortney, and Kathryn; and multiple grandchildren. She is predeceased by her husband, Fred.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the Amy Karch Memorial Scholarship at the UR School of Nursing.

Elaine Andolina, Beloved Professor Whose Personal Touch Steered Thousands into Careers in Nursing Elaine Andolina, MS, RN, an adored University of Rochester School of Nursing faculty member and administrator, whose extraordinary personal touches helped ease the transition into nursing school for thousands of new students, died Jan. 11. She was 67.

For nearly 20 years, Andolina was the erstwhile face of the UR School of Nursing’s admissions office. She led the school’s recruitment efforts through the terms of four deans, welcoming prospective students with her characteristic support, guidance, and warmth. In a time when technology was revolutionizing and automating much of the college admissions process, Andolina remained focused on providing individual attention to each potential student. She was wellknown for sending handwritten notes to newly admitted students and maintaining a photographic command of details relating to nurses many years after they graduated.

Under Andolina’s leadership, enrollment at the School of Nursing expanded significantly. The Accelerated Programs for Non-Nurses, which Andolina had co-directed since 2007, has grown nearly 800 percent since the program’s inception 15 years ago. The rigorous bachelor’s program started with just 23 students in 2003 and now prepares nearly 200 students each year – across three cohorts – to become registered nurses.

“Elaine was not only an amazing leader and beloved colleague, but a dear friend and a ‘mother’ and ‘sister’ to many of us at the School of Nursing,” said Dean Kathy Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP. “We are all heartbroken.”

In 2013, Andolina was recognized by the School of Nursing with its Professional Advancement Award. A year later, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing presented her with their Graduate Nursing Admissions Professionals Annual Award for Extraordinary Service. She previously received the Leadership Award from the New York Organization of Nurse Executives (2010), the GEM Mentor Award from the U.S. Department of Labor (2004), the UR School of Nursing’s Faculty Hero Award (2005), and the UR Nursing Outstanding Support Award (1999).

“Elaine was an integral member of the Rochester Area Schools of Nursing Committee for many years. She worked tirelessly to ensure that nursing students had valuable educational experiences,” said Sarah Lesniak, MS, RNBC, CSPHA, senior nurse educator and affiliated schools coordinator for the URMC Center for Nursing Professional Development. “Elaine’s dedication to the profession of nursing and collaboration with the hospital was essential to the success and growth of our future nurses. She will be greatly missed.”

Andolina first joined the UR School of Nursing in 1996 as an admissions counselor and recruitment coordinator. She joined

“Elaine was not only an amazing leader and beloved colleague, but a dear friend and a ‘mother’ and ‘sister’ to many of us at the School of Nursing.”

– Dean Kathy Rideout

the teaching faculty and was named Director of Admissions in 1999 and was promoted to assistant professor in 2005.

She also served as director of the childbirth education program at Rochester Gynecologic and Obstetric Associates from 1985 to 2011, served as a visiting lecturer and program director at SUNY Brockport (1979-85), and worked as a private instructor, tutor, and editor. She began her nursing career in pediatrics at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1973 after earning her bachelor’s in nursing from Georgetown University. Andolina added a master’s degree in adult health from the University of Rochester in 1979.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. John Andolina; two sons, Dr. Jeff Andolina and Dr. Mark Andolina; and a daughter, Dr. Carolyn Casey.

Memorial contributions may be made to Elaine Andolina Memorial Scholarship at the UR School of Nursing.

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A Life-Changing Investment Nursing has been a lifelong passion for Barbara “Buzzy” Vallone. From her first position in the intensive care unit to serving as a nurse manager in the medical outpatient department, she has nurtured her own talents and those of the nurses she worked with in countless ways. “She is a true visionary leader who invested in us,” said one of those nurses.

Recently, this nurse leader invested in the future of education by endowing two School of Nursing scholarships in memory of her late husband: one to benefit undergraduate nursing students, and the other for graduate students who aspire to become nursing faculty.

“I believe that if you are going to change someone’s life, you need to provide them opportunity, and this is my way to be a part of that,” she said.

Barbara used outright gifts that maximize her charitable deduction and support the Barbara and Romanio Vallone Nursing Scholars now, and charitable gift annuities that provide her with tax benefits and guaranteed income for life. She also provided for her scholarships in her will, ensuring a permanent legacy of life-changing opportunity for nursing students and the patients for whom they care.

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Parting Shot

Strike a pose: Members of the graduating May 2019 ABPNN cohort show off their best freestyle moves for their class photo in the Evarts Lounge courtyard.

Photo by Jim Dolan