The Beat Goes On . . .
in the Nursing Department
George Fox University Nursing
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2011
Inside:
greetings from the Director p students Return to ethiopia p students in cambodia
p public and community health activities p Faculty News p kathy Sims and esther King
retire p alumni updates p awards and ambassadors
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t h e b e a t g o e s o n . . .
Greetings from the Director
ters of nursing prerequisites rather than after
three semesters, which
had been the previous
requirement. This change
will allow nursing students to be in the major
for three full years and
have a more rapid enculturation to professional
nursing. Students will
apply by the end of May
for admission into the fall
semester of the nursing
major.
p The Nursing Ambassadors, a group of energetic and nursingloving volunteers, have continued to lead all new admission
events and introduce new students to the nursing major.
p Elaine Smith, our Department of Nursing administrative assistant, has continued to provide essential support to alumni,
students and faculty alike.
p Establishment of the Roy and Maereta Durham Nursing Scholarship, which will fund four nursing students annually in the
near future.
Dear Alumni and Friends,
What a privilege to be involved in the education of new nurses –
in a growing program that is built upon a strong liberal arts foundation and Christian principles. We are so proud of our students
and graduates as they move from novice to skilled professionals.
We now have more than 135 George Fox nursing graduates who
are sharing their expertise as registered nurses in multiple nursing
specialties across the United States.
Some departmental highlights in 2011:
p Admission of 43 students into the nursing major in January
2011. That has now been followed by an increase of 48 students
into the nursing major in January 2012.
p 31 graduating seniors in 2011 – with a 100 percent NCLEX-RN
pass rate
p Increased clinical capacity with an additional clinical practice lab in the nursing department, allowing students to have
increased “hands-on” skills acquisition before going into their
clinical practicums.
p The addition of a new full-time faculty member, Val Orton, MS,
RN, CNL. Val is an experienced nursing educator who is overseeing the senior-level nursing leadership curriculum. Val has
also taken on the key faculty advisor role of the Nursing Club.
p A strong team of clinical faculty – including Lisa Bingham,
BSN, RN; Tiffany Caldwell, BSN, RN; Catherine Fettig, BSN,
RN; Cynthia Rozcicha, BSN, RN; and Carol Sherwood, MSN,
PMHNP, RN – support our students in their varied clinical experiences. Our program has also been able to support a graduate student from Washington State University this past spring
semester.
I continue to be appreciative of the opportunity that God has given
me and our nursing faculty team to join in the task of nursing
education and preparing our students for God’s work in the promotion of health and well-being for the body, mind and spirit. We
pray that, as the Scriptures say in Ephesians 5:1-2, that we will:
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of
love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Thank you for your interest and support of the nursing program at
George Fox University. We appreciate it very much.
Some transitions in 2011:
p Retirement of Dr. Kathy Sims, PsyD, MSN, RN, in May 2011.
Kathy was the founding faculty of our nursing program and
contributed significantly to the profession of nursing as an educator for more than 30 years.
p Esther King, MSN, RN will be retiring in December 2011 after
almost six years of service at George Fox and a 20-plus-year
career in nursing education at Clark College.
Respectfully,
Carla M. Hagen
Director, Department of Nursing
George Fox University
Other news and acknowledgements:
p We’re planning a curriculum pattern change for the nursing
major. Starting in fall semester 2012, new pre-nursing major
students will apply to enter the program after only two semes-
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Students return to Ethiopia this spring
Why travel approximately 8,500 miles to a foreign country? On April 30, 2012, George Fox
nursing faculty Marcella Gowan and Jerrie Nelson will lead 15 nursing students and one spouse
to Ethiopia. The 10 weeks prior to leaving will be spent in NURS 399 learning about Ethiopian
culture and history, Islam and the Orthodox Church, topical diseases and culture shock. This is
the second trip that the nursing program has led to Ethiopia as part of the university’s Juniors
Abroad program.
In the capital city of Addis Ababa, the group will spend time at the Korean hospital, Myungsung Christian Medical Center. This hospital was established in the Gerji area to provide
“compassionate health care in the name of Jesus Christ.” Marcella and Jerrie will also take the
students to CURE Ethiopia Children’s Hospital. This hospital specializes in pediatric orthopedic and pediatric plastic reconstruction. And their last area of work in Addis Ababa will be at a
Mother Teresa orphanage that cares for children who have been left alone by AIDS, famine and
war.
After their stay in the north, the group will head “down country” to participate in a rural
clinical setting through Project Mercy in Yetebon, Ethiopia. The George Fox students and faculty
will end their three weeks back in the north with a four-hour mule trip to the world-renowned
rock hewed churches in the ancient cities Lalibela and Gondar.
Marcella Gowan
Jerrie Nelson
Nursing students visit Mercy Medical Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Senior nursing students Joelle Gardner, Danica Osterberg and Sondra Shuttleworth, along with nursing faculty Kathy
Weiss and Carla Hagen, had the opportunity to visit Mercy Medical Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in May 2011.
Mercy Medical Center Cambodia is a nonprofit Christian medical center proclaiming the love of Christ to the people
of Cambodia through excellent healthcare and training.
Established in 2000, Mercy Medical Center is a multi-organizational, multi-national, multi-denominational,
multi-specialty center with a passion for providing quality compassionate care and training others to do the same.
Mercy Medical is committed to high-quality, evidence-based, cost-effective care, which meets or exceeds the WHO
and Cambodian Ministry of Health’s standards of care. Excellent care is holistic care, meeting the needs of the whole
person, taking a comprehensive approach to health, at all levels: physical and spiritual, preventive and curative, individual and public. We
are dedicated to honoring and loving others as
people of infinite worth,
made in God’s image,
regardless of their age,
sex, ethnicity, beliefs or
socioeconomic status.
More information
about Mercy Medical
is available at:
mercymedcambodia.org
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Blood Drive: Potentially saving 258 lives
remind them, checking students in at the blood drive, and monitoring students for complications after donation.
This year, 99 people from the Newberg community
donated at Villa Academic Complex and a grand total of
86 units of blood were collected. These donations had the
potential to save 258 lives and contributed to a successful
blood drive. The Nursing Club is thankful for the support
of the community and is looking forward to another blood
drive during the spring semester of 2012.
On Oct. 27, 2011, the university’s Nursing Club hosted a
blood drive with the American Red Cross. Nursing Club
officers planned the event and approximately 20 Nursing Club members volunteered their time to ensure that
the event ran smoothly. Responsibilities included signing
students up for appointments, educating them on how to
prepare to give blood through diet choices, calling students to
Faculty Scholarship & Service
Marcella Gowan attended the International
Confederation of Midwives in Durban,
South Africa, in June 2011. Marcella is
continuing her doctoral studies in the
Educational Foundations and Leadership
program at George Fox.
ing Baccalaureate Education Conference in
St. Louis.
Jerrie Nelson was a member of a university’s Professional Learning Communities,
Global and Cultural Engagement, during
the 2010-2011 academic year.
Darcy Mize was awarded an Innovative
Carla Hagen, Darcy Mize, Jerrie Nelson
and Devorah Overbay attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
QSEN (Quality & Safety Education for
Nurses) consortium institutes this year.
Teaching Grant for her proposal, “Transforming “Nursing Fundamentals” in the
Pre-licensure Nursing Program at George
Fox University.” She also was named a
Gerontological Nursing Faculty Scholarship through the OHSU Hartford Center
of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Darcy
has begun her doctoral studies at Oregon
Health & Science University.
Jerrie Nelson & Val Orton attended the
American Association of Colleges of Nurs-
Devorah Overbay attended the ATI Na-
tional Nurse Educator Summit in Orlando,
Fla., in April 2011. Devorah is continuing
her doctoral studies in the Educational
Foundations and Leadership program at
George Fox.
Carla Hagen attended the American As-
Flu clinics
Every September, the phones in the George Fox nursing office
start ringing with multiple community sites asking for help with
annual flu vaccinations from student nurses. Vaccination events
provide opportunities for community service as well as student
experiences and learning. The population ranges from kindergarten through high school, to the elderly living in assisted living
facilities.
The needs are met through coordination from the student
nurses club and faculty for health promotion, medical-surgical
nursing, and public health nursing. This year, students assisted at
Friendsview Retirement Community and the Woodburn School
District. Public Health student Jacob Trachsel helped organize,
coordinate and obtain volunteers for the WSD as part of his public
health experience. Students administered approximately 1,000
vaccines at WSD and 150 at Friendsview.
It is not too late to get your own flu vaccine.
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sociation of Colleges of Nurses 2011 semiannual meeting, “Preparing Nurses for the
Challenges of the Future,” in Washington,
D.C.
Carla Hagen and Kathy Weiss were faculty
leaders for the Juniors Abroad trip to Thailand and Cambodia in May 2011.
Darcy Mize attended the Gerontological
Society of America’s 64th Annual Scientific
Meeting in Boston.
Darcy Mize and Tiffany Caldwell attended
the Elsevier-SimChart Training in St. Louis.
This will prepare them to introduce our
new electronic health records.
Marcella Gowan attended the American
Colleges of Midwifes Conference, “Homebirth Lifesaving Skills for the Developing
World,” in Tucson, Ariz.
t h e b e a t g o e s o n . . .
Saying farewell to Dr. Kathy Sims & Esther King
Kathy Sims
Esther King
After spending six years in the Department of Nursing, Dr. Kathy
Sims, who was the first nursing faculty member at George Fox,
retired on May 15, 2011. Kathy, a nursing professional and skilled
nurse educator for more than 40 years, was an integral member to
the development of the nursing program.
Kathy’s expertise showed itself in almost all levels of the nursing curriculum, but her greatest strength and contribution was
within Nursing
Fundamentals,
where she
introduced beginning nursing
students to
both the art
and science
of the nursing
profession.
Kathy also has a
heart and specialty interest
in the nursing
care of children
and families,
which again,
she brought
to the nursing
program.
Kathy stated that her time at George Fox was meaningful in that she had the opportunity to contribute to
a nursing program that is Christ-centered. It also gave
her a chance to teach at her alma mater (she graduated
in 2000 with a doctorate in clinical psychology). Kathy’s
gifts of mercy and compassion supported both faculty and
students in seeking excellence and a spiritual-centered
approach to nursing.
After 22 years of teaching nursing, Esther King will retire in
December 2011. Five-and-a-half years ago, Esther came to George
Fox from Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. She brought to a new
nursing program years of valuable experience.
Why would an educator come from an established program to
a new one? “I was a member of the first class in nursing at Hesston
College. I wanted to teach in a Christian environment. So when
I heard that George Fox was starting a
nursing program, it felt like a perfect place
for me. The circle feels completed. I came
from a new program and now I helped
start one,” King said.
When Esther arrived in 2006, there
were challenges and rewards: there was no
office furniture the first few days of class,
so the faculty had to use card tables and
folding chairs. Plant Services was putting
the furniture and bookcases together, all of
the lab supplies were
in boxes, clinical lab
beds were delivered
from a warehouse
(dust and all), we had
brand new clinical facilities, “and we were
running like mad to
stay ahead of the class
by two days for two
years,” she says.
And then the
rewards: “being able
to shape a curriculum
and watch it blossom
… the excitement of
the school and students to begin … learning about the community resources … and
being able to be vocal about my beliefs,” King says.
What has kept her teaching for more than two decades? “I love
seeing the ‘light bulbs’ go on when the students really put the
pieces together. Then to see them working as RNs just adds to the
reward.”
King grew up in Lebanon, Ore. A good friend during King’s
teenage years convinced her to consider nursing and, after spending two years as a nursing assistant, she knew this was the career
for her. She attended Hesston College (Kansas) and earned her
“Kathy taught me that within nursing it is important to be strict
at times, serious when needed, to show others the love of Jesus
through my work, and also laugh when the time is right,” said
Katie Meyer (2008). “I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to have Kathy as a professor. She will be greatly missed by
the George Fox and nursing communities, but should be proud to
know she left a magnificent legacy!”
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AND, then went on to OHSU to get her BSN and MN.
King started her nursing career in ICU at Bess Kaiser Hospital (the
first hospital in the Kaiser Hospital system), Lebanon Community and
Good Samaritan in Portland. She was a unit
manager at the VA Hospital in Portland before
going into nursing education.
As King looks back on her career, she sees
significant changes in nursing have been made.
“First, the impact of computers has been
wonderful (no more charts falling apart with
papers flying everywhere). Then there is the
ever-increasing acuity of patients. The pace has
always been fast, but it seems to be increasing even more. The vast amount of knowledge
needed to practice and the speed of research is
ever increasing,” King stated.
As King considers retirement, she anticipates
spending more time with her two sons and their
families, which includes eight grandchildren.
Quilting has been an important part of her life
and she enjoys teaching beginners to quilt. King
also plans to travel (visit all 50 states), and volunteer with Mennonite
Central Committee and Drift Creek Camp.
A few of Esther King’s favorite
Bible verses:
Psalms 18:1-2 “God has a good
plan for each one of us. He knew
us before we were born. We will
walk through dark periods, but
God is there.”
Isaiah 49:13 “I love you, O
Lord, my strength. The Lord is
my rock, my fortress, and my
deliverer, my God, my rock in
whom I take refuge, my shield,
and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold”.
Psalms 126:3 “Sing for joy,
O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains,
into singing! For the Lord has
comforted his people, and will
have compassion on his suffering ones.”
I agree with the psalmist: “the Lord
has done great things for us, and we
rejoiced.”
Public and community health activities
Nursing 400 Public Health Nursing provides students opportunities to understand
the multiple complex factors that lead to
health and disease before the patient reaches the acute care setting. Students attend a
public health conference each semester to
learn about “the bigger picture” and levels
of intervention that provide for the health
and wellness of populations.
In spring 2011, students attended the
third annual Northwest Environmental
Health Conference in Portland on the
Portland State campus. The current class
will attend the February 2012 conference
with a focus on environmental chemical contributors to obesity and diabetes.
The conference hosts leading scientists,
researchers, and health professionals in the
multidisciplinary field of environmental
health. The conference is a dialogue among
numerous national and regional environmental health experts, researchers, educators and advocates, on the interrelationship
between the environment and health and
healthcare practices.
In fall 2011, the class joined more than
400 people in attending the Oregon Public
Health Association’s 67th Annual Conference and Meeting in Corvallis, Ore.
Attendees included members from many
different disciplines, including public
health workers, politicians, nurses, physicians, researchers, political leaders, health
insurance companies, and educators, who
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came together to learn about the latest
issues, trends, research and opportunities
in public health, including local, state, and
national issues and opportunities.
During the conferences students are
able to hear about the status of health in
America and the social, economic, political
and environmental factors and systems that
affect health. Breakout sessions offer examples of real interdisciplinary community
assessments, goals, plans and interventions,
and program evaluation. Students gain understanding and ideas for their Community
Assessment project, which is part of the
NURS 400 class.
t h e b e a t g o e s o n . . .
Skills Lab Added
students to engage in skills practice simultaneously. Lab 203 has
been remodeled, allowing for more efficient use of space during
care simulations with our life-like patient simulator.
With the addition of new video recording equipment, post-simulation debriefing sessions
have been enhanced. The
department has also established “open lab hours,”
offering students valuable
extended time for practice.
Faculty-supervised senior
nursing students manage
the open labs and serve as
trusted mentors. As we
move into spring with our
new nursing class of 2014,
we are grateful for the fine
facilities available for nursing education.
“There is a need in nursing education for deliberate practice of
relevant and high-use skills for students to improve their performance and gradually develop their expertise.”
– Oermann, M.H. et al. (2011). “Deliberate practice of motor
skills in nursing education:
CPR as an exemplar.” Nursing
Education Perspectives, 32 (5),
331.
Heeding the call of Dr.
Oermann and her team of
nurse researchers, George
Fox nursing students have
been very busy on the second
floor of Hoover fall semester. With the addition of
Room 209 as a skills lab, our
“patient bed capacity” has
expanded. This has enabled
a greater number of nursing
Spotlight on Alumni – Dana Sprunger (Class of 2009)
hospice patients. She is also very involved in nursing leadership as
a member of the Specialty Practice Team Council and is a representative to Employee Council.
We are extremely proud of Dana and her commitment to the
profession of nursing and the competent compassion that she
shares with her patients.
How exciting for the Department of Nursing to receive the news
that one of our own alumni, Dana Sprunger, was the recipient of
the 2011 DAISY Award at Salem Hospital. DAISY is an acronym
for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The foundation was
formed in November 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who
died at age 33 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic
Purpura (ITP), to honor the skilled and compassionate nurses who
cared for him.
Dana was nominated by her peers, physicians, patients, families
and administrators to receive The DAISY Award for Extraordinary
Nurses. Her commitment to excellence in patient care, as well as
her leadership in the nursing unit, was well noted. She also had a
key role in the opening of the ACE Unit at Salem Hospital this past
year.
Dana was a 2009 graduate of the second nursing class at George
Fox and received the Director’s Award, the highest honor a student can receive from the department. Since graduating, Dana
has been working at Salem Hospital. Her first position was on a
surgical telemetry and oncology unit. She is currently a charge
nurse on the ACE Unit, which includes both general medicine and
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Faculty addition: Val Orton, MS, RN, CNL
develop as outstanding professionals with the character and qualities that will make a difference. Teaching is a way to give back to
the profession in a tangible way by investing in the next generation
of excellent nurses and contributing to improved nursing practice
and patient care.”
Orton earned her BSN from Seattle Pacific
University and a Master of Science from the
University of Portland. The concentration of her
master’s degree was the Clinical Nurse Leader
(CNL) role, a new nursing role that focuses on
quality and safety at the point of care.
When Val is not teaching, she enjoys great
cuisine and is an avid reader. She also enjoys
spending time with her husband of 35 years, her
daughter and family (which includes her first
grandchild) in Minnesota, and a son and wife here
in Oregon. If Val is able to find more time in a
day, she would like to do more quilting and hiking.
Val Orton joined our nursing program in August 2011. She brings
with her experience in the OR, parish nursing, home health and
hospice care, perinatal nursing, and medical-surgical nursing. She
also spent approximately eight years here at George Fox as the
nurse in the Health Center.
This is Orton’s fifth year of teaching nursing.
Prior to George Fox, she taught at the University
of Portland. “My initial reason for coming to GFU
is because I love the community and mission and vision of the university,” she says. “I am also interested in contributing to the development of a young
nursing program and being part of the great faculty
here. I am impressed with the quality and commitment of the nursing faculty and their enthusiasm
to develop an outstanding educational experience
for nursing student. The opportunity to grow in
my own academic and professional goals is an additional bonus. My previous teaching experience was rich and very
positive, and is a valued part of my journey and calling.”
When Val was asked why she went into teaching she stated, “I
really enjoy working with college students and watching them
Our adjuncts
Lisa Bingham, BSN,
RN – Lisa is a clinical
faculty in Nursing
Medical/Surgical
Practicums. Lisa
came to George Fox
in the fall of 2010.
She is also employed
at Providence Home Health. Lisa earned
her BSN from Oregon Health & Science
University (La Grande, Ore., campus). She
is currently enrolled in a Masters in Nursing with a nursing education track program
at Sacred Heart University (CT). Lisa and
her husband have three children.
Tiffany Caldwell,
BSN, RN – Tiffany is
a clinical faculty in
Nursing Medical/
Surgical Practicums
and in the skills and
SimLabs. Tiffany
came to George Fox in January of 2010.
She is also employed at Providence St.
Vincent Medical Center. In January 2012,
Tiffany will be a full-time faculty member
in the nursing program. She earned her
BSN from Linfield College. Tiffany and her
husband have three children.
Catherine Fettig, BSN, RN.C – Catherine
is a clinical faculty
in Mental Health
Nursing Practicums.
She came to George
Fox in January 2010.
Catherine is also
employed as an acute
psychiatric care
charge nurse at Legacy Emanuel Children’s
Hospital in Portland. She earned her BSN
from Regis University in Denver. Catherine and her husband have two children.
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Carol Sherwood,
RN, PMHNP – Carol
is adjunct faculty
in teaching Mental
Health Nursing didactic. She first came
to George Fox in
August 2006, teaching both didactic and practicums. Carol
“retired” in 2008. However, when the nursing program needed a didactic instructor,
Carol answered the call. Carol earned her
BSN from Villanova University, her MSN
from University of Texas (Austin), and
her Nurse Practitioner from University of
Rochester. Carol and her husband have two
children and three grandchildren.
t h e b e a t g o e s o n . . .
Alumni Updates
Maggie (Lundy) Baca (2008) – moved to
Brenda Massey (2011) – Oregon State
Cardiac Cath lab at Tuality Hospital, Hillsboro,
Ore.
Nikki Bosma (2009) – Providence St.Vincent:
Float Pool, Acute and ICU dialysis, Portland,
Ore.
Jodi Briggs (2008) – accepted toWashington
State University –Vancouver,Wash. – NPMH
Carol Christiansen (2010) – Oregon State
Hospital, Salem, Ore.
Kala (Talbott) Converse (2011) – Three
Rivers Community Hospital (Medical/Cardiac
Unit), Grants Pass, Ore.
Terah (Pugh) Farrester (2011) – Salem
Hospital (CVCU), Salem, Ore.
Meg Gadler (2010) – SouthwestWashington
Medical Center – Neuro unit –Vancouver, Wash.
Marian Goodenough (2010) – Hospice Care
of the Northwest, Portland, Ore.
Heather (Brown) Griggs (2011) – Providence
Holy Family Hospital (Ortho/Surgery),
Spokane, Wash.
David Hilderbrand (2011) – Providence
Portland (Float Pool), Portland OR
Brandy Jensen (2009) – Providence Newberg
Kyle Kincaid (2009) – Legacy Emanuel
Medical Center – Step Down ICU, Portland, Ore.
Rachel Knower (2011) – St. Anthony Hospital
(ED), Pendleton, Ore.
Hospital, Salem, Ore.
Vanessa Moore (2010) – Salem Hospital
(OR), Salem, Ore.
Alyssa (Pike) Niles (2009) – Providence
Milwaukie Hospital – Med/Surg Floor,
Milwaukie, Ore.
Marie Palm (2010) – Received Clinical
Achievement Award for excellence in patient care
and teaching – Salem Hospital, Salem, Ore.
Ahna (Oberg) Proctor (2009) – Evening
charge nurse at Legacy Good Samaritan OR,
Portland, Ore.
Jennifer Pust (2010) – Accepted to Masters
program in International Leadership with
emphasis in Community Development at Crown
College
Julie (Herr) Putnam (2011) – East Jefferson
General Hospital, Oncology, Metarie, La.
Rebekah Reitmeyer (2011) – Salem Hospital,
Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, Salem, Ore.
Lisa Riesterer (2008) – accepted to the Family
Medicine Nurse Practitioner Program at OHSU
Amanda Roberts (2010) – Pope’s Kids Place,
Centralia,Wash.
Charles Robinson (2011) – MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Orlando, Fla.
Sarah Robison (2011) – Salem Hospital
Women and Children’s Float Pool, Salem Ore.
Kyle Rodgers (2009) – accepted to Loma
Linda University (Calif.) – Graduate program of
Nurse Anesthesia
Anna Ruef (2011) – SW Washington Medical
Center (ER), Vancouver,Wash.
Krystal Scott (2010) – Northwest Texas
Healthcare System (internal medicine), Amarillo,
Texas
Amanda Shaw (2011) – Oregon Allergy
Associates, Eugene, Ore.
Janice Smith (2011) – Santiam Memorial
Hospital (Pre & Post Op), Stayton, OR
Marcie (Sternberg) Kohl (2010) – Salem
Hospital – Cardiovascular Care Unit
Amy Steinert (2011) – Tuality Hospital (ED),
Hillsboro, Ore.
Stacey Stearns (09) – Silverton Hospital,
Family Birth Center, Silverton, Ore.
Sheryll Susi (2010) – Oregon State Hospital
(Lighthouse 1), Salem, Ore.
Emily Sutterfield (2009) – Providence
Newberg, Newberg (Med/Surg), Newberg, Ore.
Kate Tanner (2011) – Kalispell Regional
Medical Center, Kalispell, Mont.
Danielle Wiebelhaus (2010) – Oncology –
Midland Memorial – Midland,Texas
Cassandra Woods (2008) – Providence
Newberg ICU, Newberg, Ore.
Marriages
Births
Heather Brown (2011) married Andrew Griggs in May
Megan (Willius) Bortnem (2008) welcomed a son, Colby,
into her family in March 2011
Emily Christiansen (2008) welcomed Isaiah Jacob to her
family in August 2011
Katie Kelm (2009) welcomed Fynneghan (Fynn) Stephen
into her family in June 2011
Melodi Slusher (2009) welcomed Ethan Andrew into her
family in September 2011
Julie Herr (2011) married Kyle Putnam in July
Nikki Holbert (2009) married Barney Kropf
Terah Pugh (2011) married Joshua Farrester in July
Lauren Silva (2009) married Marcos Blanco in May
Marcie Sternberg (2010) married John Kohls
Rainie (Gordon) Strawn (2008) was married in June
Kala Talbott (2011) married Brad Converse in June
Amy Turner (2009) married Jason Malinauskas
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Nursing Department Award Recipients
Director’s Award
Honor Award
Golden Lamp Award
Jodi Briggs – 2008 Emily Christenson – 2008 Dana Sprunger – 2009 Alison Bennett – 2009 Hanna Thomas – 2010 Marcie Sternberg – 2010 Rachel Knower – 2011
Charles Robinson – 2011
Caring Award
Lacey Brounstein – 2008 Amy Landes – 2009 Jessie Sarver – 2010 Marie Palm – 2010
Molly Johnston – 2010
Rachel Knower – 2011
Hannah Bielenberg – 2008
Kristiina Thomas – 2009
Jessie Sarver – 2010
Terah Pugh – 2011
Transcultural Nursing Award Clinical Excellence Award
Outstanding Colleague Award
Outstanding Senior Student – GFU
Pinar Pakkan-Ince – 2008 Michael Shinneman – 2008 Michael Shinneman – 2008 Amy Turner – 2009
Jodi Briggs – 2008
Amy Landes – 2009 Lauren Silva – 2009
Erica Matthews – 2009
Jessie Sarver – 2010
Katie Fugate – 2010 Torena Cole – 2010 Charles Robinson – 2011
Amy Steinert – 2011
Rachel Knower – 2011
Sheleen Wytcherley – 2011
Elysa Aho – 2008
Kathryn Meyer – 2008
Jodi Nakahara – 2009
Eve Woodland – 2009
Kate Spencer – 2010
Ciera Vaughn – 2010
Terah Pugh – 2011
Amanda Shaw – 2011
Good Samaritan Award
Marie Ruef – 2011
Melissa Leighty – 2011
Nursing Ambassadors
The Department of Nursing has continued the Nursing Ambassadors
program for the 2011-2012 academic year. This program is responsible
for providing outreach to new and potential students and includes motivated junior nursing students plus returning senior students.
Nursing Ambassadors is designed to offer prospective nursing
students a picture of what it means to be a nursing student at George
Fox from the viewpoint of students already immersed in the program.
The primary responsibility of the Ambassadors is Fridays at Fox, when
potential students visit the campus. The priority of the Ambassadors is to
provide a welcoming environment to new students, while also presenting factual information about the program itself.
During this time, parents and potential students have the opportunity
to engage in a question-and-answer session with the Ambassadors to
address any additional information. The Ambassadors also contribute to
planning and coordinating other new student activities, such as Bruin
Preview, Scholarship Competition, and the Majors Fair.
The Nursing Ambassadors for the 2011-2012 academic
year are:
Seniors:
Juniors:
Crystal Enos
Timothy Fouch
Jillian Golder
Wendy Kuryluk
Shaunna Neary
Sondra Shuttleworth Jill Bleth
Marissa Chau
Jessica Clements
Emily Davison
Marcus Gabriel Jr.
Vicky Galuza
Annie Hammerquist
Chelse Nealeigh
The Department of Nursing appreciates the efforts and
time these students dedicate to this program.
414 N Meridian St #6273, Newberg OR 97132 | Phone: 503-554-2950
Fax: 503-554-3900 | E-mail: esmith@georgefox.edu | www.nursing.georgefox.edu
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