School of Nursing Class of 2007

Top Row: Alexis Adamjee, Jennifer Ahlquist, Crista Andress, Dawn Arringdale, Freda Ayensu, Genevieve Balangero, Maureen Berlucchi, Amanda Bevier, Nina Bibicoff, Rachel Black, Denise Black, Jackie Braun, Kristen Bryant, Betty Burgner, Julie Butchart, Nicholas Cameron, Jessica Carver, Christine Cha, Kelly Clement

Row 2: Lauren Cochran, Kathleen Connell, Amanada Cooperwasser, Lindsay Cousino, Lindsey Evans, Stephen Kilijanczyk, Kathryn Evans, Kathryn Bucrek, Ida Elise Broadwater, Renee Havey, Sharon Warner, Katie Darnell, Katrina DeWitt, Kolleen Kowalske, Keather Rechtweg, Kristen Cowan, Alison Damioli, Dinah Denton, Melinda Dobie

Row 3: Rosemarie Donnelly, Kelly Doyle, Deanna Dusseau, Jacqueline Elegant, Ashley Faulk, Kristin Ferszt, Christine Catalan, Sarah Borgstadt-Smith, Paul Holtz, Tracy Jakubiec, Chemari Justice, Patricia Oppenheim, Kelly Fleming, Melissa Foster, Emily French, Tracy Gallo, Kathie Garrett, Jacqueline Garry

Row 4: Monique Gennari, Megan Gerlinger, Deborah Glazer, Terah Griggs, Edward Grosser, Kristy Haigh, Amanda Halbert, Jennifer Hammer, Emily Harris, Erin Harris, Elizabeth Hassenrik, Elizabeth Heinbeck

Row 5: Brianna Hirsch, Jessica Hoffman, Heather Hoffner, Bridget Holtz, Melissa Housefield, Sarah Hudson, Kathy Huffnagle, Hilary Hunt, Ashley Jannesen, Lauren Jarvis, Sarah Jarvis, Younhee Jee

Row 6: Ruth Jensen, Janet Wilson Johnston, Brandi Josephs, Amy Kangwankij, Julie Kramb, Dianna Krankurs, Allan Kucab, Kimberly Lai, Sarah Layher, Erin Layher, Dung Le, Hedy Leiter

Row 7: Lauren Loftus, Michael Long, Caroline Loukotka, Shoshana Love, Norma Martinez, Kristen McElreath, Lindsi McErlean, Renee McGlone, Lynne McIntosh, Ian McLelland, Ashley Mester, Anika Meyers

Row 8: Elizabeth Miles, Sarah Miller, Juliana Moore, Nicole Nastanski, Sarah Neighbours, Emily Newman, Judith Lynch-Sauer, Patricia Coleman-Burns, Judith Wismont, Kathleen Potempa, Carol Loveland-Cherry, Carolyn Sampselle, Joanne Pohl, Katie Pace, Bethany Panyard, sejal Patel, Chelsea Patnoude, Amy Jo Perry, Joseph Piotrowski

Row 9: Kate Pittel, Natalie Podolsky, Jessica Pollman, Nicole Pratt, Laura Ready, Amanda Retzbach, Katie Richards, Nicole Rico, April Robertson, Meighan Robinson, Stephanie Robinson, Talia Roesner, Autumn Romanowski, Anne Sage, Sally Scharg, Melissa Schultz, Renee Shelton, Natalie Sherry

Row 10: Rebecca Siereveld, Karen Simon, Emily Sosnowski, Elissa Stier, Darcy Stoll, Nicole Sukich, Erin Sykes-Miller, Tami Szuba, John Tallman, Michelle Taylor, Ashley Thelen, Gina Thomas, Rachel Tovian, Yuanyuan Wan, Nicole Young

School of Nursing Class of 2008

Top Row: Therese Adamowski, Anel Adamson, Michelle Ahleman, Brooke Babineau, Jennifer Ballough, Lisa Anne Beckman, Jennifer Bergeren, Tedra Boedigheimer, Mary Bonner, Genevieve Bott, Megan Bouwhuis, Mitchell Bradley, Rachel Brown, Katherine Bulson, Jennifer Calhoun, Carley Cebelak, Sarah Choinard

Row 2: Sarah Clevenger, Elizabeth Anne Conway, Erin Coughlin, Karie Curtis, Stephanie Curtis, Jodi Danhof, Rebecca Debri, Stacie Deleszek, Andrea Dehline, Amanda Devlin, Charlotte Dietrich, Angela Dodge, Elizabeth Dougherty, Ashley Doyle, Lindsay Driver, Nancy Duckworth, Kathy Dunnuck, Jennifer Dziadaio, Ellen English

Row 3: Kelly Esser, Amanda Fender, Lindsey Smith, Andrew Bradburn, Fallon Garfield Turner, Margaret Dembeck, Courtney Van Essen, Jessica paige Smith, Lauren Inouye, Jacqueline Dufek, Emily Klump, Amanda Jones, Tiffany Burrell, Deborah Mitchell, Emily Michel, Michelle Steen, Kirsten Thulin, Emily Hautamaki, Sheila Fender, Keith Ferguson

Row 4: Annie Fields, Jillian Fisher, Erin Flatley, Renee Forma, Aileen Franchi, Lindsey Freysinger, Sarah Fulgenzi, Beth Funnell, Andrea Galaviz, Lacey Garbo, Katherine Garcia, Lynn Garofalo

Row 5: Heather Gehrke, Nicole Genrich, Katie Giordano, Lindsey Glover, Andrea Godfrey, Jocelyn Gossman, Alana Greenberg, Julien Guttman, Sarah Halfmann, Kimberly Hanger, Allison Hanson, Stephanie Hecklin

Row 6: Geri Helminiak, Kristi Hershiser, Erin Hipp, Amanda Hoath, Tracy Hurlbutt, Nadya Indrei, Nisa Joorabchi, Katy Kerrigan, Layne Kiella, Jessica Kim, Samantha Klaiman, Jodi Knight, Laura Kovacic, Alicia Kreger

Row 7: Amanda Kretsch, Kimberly Kurzeja, Julie Lamonoff, Sarah Leirstein, Ashley Labb, Suzanne Loeb, Alessandra Lollini, Heather Loomis, Caroline Luke, Stephanie Maniquis, Elizabeth Mann, LaTasha Marable, Amanda McAdams, Mara McKinley

Row 8: Leah McLaughlin, Erin Migda, Scott Migut, Joane Nwoke, Lazarus Okammor, Brittany Pajewski, Judith Lynch-Sauer, Patricia Coleman-Burns, Bonnie Hagerty, Kathleen Potempa, Carol Loveland-Cherry, Carolyn Sampselle, Joanne Pohl, Sarah Pajtas, Maria Paneda, Jennifer Parker, Carol Peterson, Kimberley Peven, Rachel Poterek, Sarah Poucher

Row 9: Jannet Provost, Jessica Quigley, Nicole Rasmuson, Joanthan Reed, Sharon Reske, John Reves, Amy Riebe, Sara Riegner, Kelly Risicato, Christine Sabado, Stephanie Sargent, Jolene Schaefer, Erin Schroeder, Catherine Scott, Katherine See, Andrea Semaan, Jessica Shantz, Kathryn Sibbold, Kathleen Skendrovic, Aaron Smith, Elizabeth Stanton

Row 10: Mary Stewart, Ashley Strotbaum, Danielle Swartz, Janet Trost, Elizabeth Underwood, Lauren Underwood, Allison Vanhall, Brian Velker, Kristen Wells, Ryan Werblow, Jennifer Werden, David Westrin, Mallory Wiesen, Karen Wingrove, Amy Wright, Carrie Wright, Emily Wright, Minou Xie, Charles Zimmerman

School of Nursing Class of 2009

Top Row: Allison Anderson, Meghan Archer, Christopher Aten, Meredith Bajor, Sarah Belleville, Kimberly Bergere, Courtney Bernier, Diana Blanks, Julie Bluhm, Melanie Bork, Karyn Braley, Kathryn Melody Briones, Christine Brouillard, Alyson Bryson

Row 2: Amy Burk, Kelly Capellari, Carmon Carlson, Krystal Cavaliere, Jeffrey Chiambretti, Christine Cho, Renee Christopher, Holli Clewis, James Conway, Kelly Courtney, Jenna Dahn, Erin Daly, Nicole DeFauw, Stefanie DeVita, Jessica DiVirgil, Debra Dombrowski, Genevieve Donnell

Row 3: Kathleen Donnelly, Jennifer El Aile, William Faulkner, Kimberly Johnson, Danielle Alameda, Margaret Wheeler, Brian D Kaminski Jr, Bridget Fil, Rochelle Weller, Leslie Allen-Huisman, Jennifer Musbach, Kathy Feig, Lori Fellows, Shana Ferguson

Row 4: Lauren Frawley, Ashton Frederick, Molly Gacetta, Stephanie Ganger, Amanda Garcia, Megan Gdowski, Chad Godfrey, Emily Halpern

Row 5: Katherine Hammons, Natalie Hecht, Danielle Hiltz, Taylor Hosner, Jennifer Huber, Holly Huling, Nathaniel Hunt, Ana-Leonor Jay

Row 6: Rachel Jeltema, Jennifer Jones, Lindsey Jones, Sarah Kaherl, Jessica Kehbein, Kendra Leidecker, Vanessa Lelli, Meghan Lemmer, Rachel Levinson, Alexandra Lindsay

Row 7: Amanda MacDonald, Joelle Marineau, Laura Mason, Andrea Masser, Michele McKinney, Charles-Robert Moultry, Kathleen Potempa, Bonnie Hagerty, Nicole Nader, Minna Navvab, Rachael Newnam, Uche Obua, Sara Oles, Ceren Onsan-Fitzpatrick

Row 8: Emily Parobek, Dorasy Paul, Rosalynne Pinga, Sarah Pope, Laura Randall, Sarah Reits, Emma Rew, Annemarie Rozwadowski, Nicole Ruhlman, Lydia Sanok, Grace Savercool, Kimberly Schmidt, Renee Schoenborn, Lisa Schuman, Kaitlyn Seltzer, Catherine Sherwood, Elizabeth Smith

Row 9: Aimee Surma, Stephanie Swinteck, Hanna Taylor, Donnie Tietsema, Andreea Toader, Stephanie Upplegger, Meghan Visnick, Scharnice Ward, Tabytha Whitley, Kimberly Wilke, Carie Wright, Kyleen Young, Kristin Zawacki, Christina Ziegler, Carlotta Zirker

School of Nursing Class of 2010

Top Row: Jocelyn Aden, Rachel Ades, Katrina Allen, Kayla Ashcraft, Kristie Baker, Amy Beaudoin, Heidi Beck, Beth Bentrum, Amber Blake, Lee Anna Braden, Dan Burd, Meaghan Burke, Mallory Calus, Irene Casillas, Veronica Cherney, Samantha Cholewa, Molly Conlen

Row 2: Wendy Corriveau, Meaghan Cotter, Kara DeGlopper, Colleen DeVoe, Hadley Dobbs, Kimberly Drury-Wallace, Hyesun Eitel, Sarah Elner, Douglas E. Elsey, Alyssa Fallot, Folake Famoye, Kristen Farr, Christine Fleck, Jennifer Fleming, Soncerae Gardner, Sarah Gilley, Joelle Gilmet

Row 3: Sara Goss, Amy Guffey, Taylor Griglak, Bridget Belvitch, Jaclyn Janks, Andrea Engles, Cassandra Smith, Lyndsy Brenner, Mallorie Patterson, Kristen Oltersdorf, Laura Kokx, Ross Zoet, Mary Osbach, Courtney Norman, Monica Habeck, Erica Hadley

Row 4: Amanda Hanert, Dayna Hasty, Nicole Heller, Ashley Howard, Robert Humburg, Andrew Humes, Grace Hwang, Amira Jackson, Kathryn Jipping, Shelly Johnson

Row 5: Lindsey Kappler, Jacqueline Klaiman, Sarah Knoedler, Jessica Kopicki, Kathryn Kovanda, Sarah Kovats, Emily Krogel, Kellie Kunkel, Kristin Lakatos, Chelsea Lazaroff, Bo Hwa Lee, Kelly Leja

Row 6: Kelli Littlejohn, Emilee Losey, Patricia Luna, Wilma MacKenzie, Matt Malkowski, Rachel Mallas, Emily McCallister, Diane McDonald, Dorian Michelson, Mary Miller, Nicole Miller, Kristen Muehlhauser

Row 7: Renee Muller, Katherine Mulvaney, Eugene Ngala, Christine Novotny, Colleen O'Connor, Cassey Parrish, Kimberly Peters, Kathleen Potempa, Bonnie Hagerty, Heather Poucher, Charles Reisdorf, Eric Retzbach, Sarah Rhem, Shannon Rice, Amy Roberts, Christie Schonsheck

Row 8: Franciska Schuett, Rhonda Schultz, Kristina Seidl, Teresa Semaan, Shelley Sibbold, Stacy Slater, Mary Snell, Mallory Stanton, Dennis Stevens, Miranda Stoddard, Tatiana Tafla, Priscilla Tang, Bethany Thelen, Jessica Thibert, Rebecca Thurk, Lauren Tormoehlen, Chinasa Uwandu

Row 9: Margaret van Buitenen, Stacey Victor, Jennifer Waag, Kirstyn Wade, Ariel Warren, Elizabeth White, Natalie Wierenga, Jessica Wihowski, Wendy Witkowski, Aliza Wolfe, DaShaunn Woolard, Ting Wan Yip, Alexander Young, Kellie Zenz, Kristen Ziulkowski, Jessica Zmierski

School of Nursing Class of 2011

Top Row: Dereje Amente, Grace Baek, Anne Benitez, Anna Berry-Krumrey, Amber Blake, Daniela Bravo-Corona, Shelley Brenner, Melissa Butzky, Ann Cassel, Chantal Chin, Mee-Sook Choo, Stephanie Clapham, Kathryn Clark, Joseph Cleary, Stephanie Conn, Casie Cook

Row 2: Christina Cook, Jessica Cook, Renea Cox, Marissa DaSilva, Kathryn Davenport, Ashley Deford, Alyse DeHaan, Maria Didio, Alyssa Diroff, Amy Doenitz, Emily Domansky, Deanna Dong, Ross Drake, Brian Dulzo, Michelle Dwyer, Jill Eberly, Rachel Escobar, Kathryn Falvey

Row 3: Michelle Fauver, Paula Fe Francisco, Lindsey Frick, Amannda Casper, Ashley Pickett, Kristin Kingma, Thomas Donnelly, Danielle Besk, Kimberly Cristobal, Heather Erdmann, Jessica Kramer, Ana Kotsogiannis, Sarah Bloom, Anna Evola, Melissa Dulic, Anna Garcia, Christopher Gargala, Thomas Geigert

Row 4: Megan Giles, Kristen Gniewkowski, Alexandra Gold, Sarah Gorzalski, Michele Grabow, Amber Gramling, Hannah Gregerson, Maria Hegan, Wendy Hastings, Ahsley Hayner

Row 5: Leanne Heilig, Lauryn Hildensperger, Rachel Hollern, Laura Jean Howatt, Eve Jaehnen, Stephanie Johnson, Peter Kachur, Rachelle Kilburg, Rachel Klein, Sara Klok, Caitlyn Kochanski, Valerie Kotal

Row 6: Lidia Kraft, Allison Kruger, Omotara Kufeji, Jill Kuhlman, Karah Kurdys, Kathryn Lang, Elsa Lindquist, Sara Mangus, Kathryn Marten, Samantha Maskell, Lauren McBride, Kelly McCarley

Row 7: Rachel McClure, Angela McCracken, Mallory Missad, Kathleen Murray, Mariko Nakagawa, Jaclyn Nancekivell, Tracey Negrelli, Kathleen Potempa, Bonnie Hagerty, Healee On, Sarah Osentoski, Kelsey Owens, Kelly Paulisin, Amanda Phillips, Emily Pressley, Kaitlyn Radius

Row 8: Rebecca Reits, Elin Ridenour, Amanda Robbins, Chayla Robles, Jessica Roossien, Alyssa Roy, Leslie Russell, Kristen Ruster, Cynthia Scheuher, Julie Schramm, Kim Schroers, Jennifer Schwartz, Kelly Seestedt, Shannon shank, Andrea Sherzer, Lauren Sir, Erinn Smith, Kathleen Soedarjatno

Row 9: Jessica Stefko, Alexandra Stencel, Brianne Stowell, Alexandra Suseland, Lauren Taylor, Deborah Thornton, Amanda Timmer, Daniel Tjarks, Jillian Traskos, Graham Valley, Sarah Wade, Rachel Wagner, Drew Wakefield, Marlena Westerlund, Katie Wheelock, Jennifer Wilcox, Dana York

Smoking, depression, and suicide risk in the nursing staff of a Third-Level Hospital

Objective: To determine the association between smoking, depression and suicide risk in the Nursing Staff of a University Hospital. Materials and method: this was a non-experimental, correlational cross-range study with observational analysis carried out between May 2012 and May 2013. We studied 232 nurses of the “Dr. José Eleuterio gonzález” University Hospital. two self-administered scales were applied, one for depression and one for suicide risk. Another hetero-applied scale of nicotine dependency was also used, and the subjects’ socio-demographic records were reviewed. Results: A total of 527,232 nurses were studied. A smoking prevalence of 22.8% (53 subjects), an operational depression prevalence of 15.1% (35 subjects), and a suicide risk of 5.1% (12 subjects) were found. Gender and age, speciically being male and young (mean age 29.2 years) were found to increase the risk of smoking. We also found that those nurses who had a partner and had a higher level of education smoked less compared to those who did not have a partner or had a lower degree of education. there were hospital departments where there was a higher prevalence of smoking, such as Internal Medicine and Shock trauma. No association between smoking and the presence of depression was found. Regarding depression, we found that those nurses who worked in the Department of Pensioners were more likely to develop operational depression than those working in any other department. We also found that the risk of presenting operational depression decreases as age increases. About suicide risk, a statistically signiicant association between smoking and suicide risk was found. We also found an association between operational depression and suicide risk.Conclusions: It is recommended to consider nicotine dependence as a fundamental part of psychopathology assessment because of its strong association with suicide risk. this study emphasizes the complexity of the issue of the comorbidity of smoking and psychopathology and the need to continue research lines.

Nursing documentation of pressure ulcers in nursing homes: comparison of record content and patient examinations

AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the accuracy and quality of nursing documentation of the prevalence, risk factors and prevention of pressure ulcers, and compare retrospective audits of nursing documentation with patient examinations conducted in nursing homes.

DESIGN: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design.

METHOD: A retrospective audit of 155 patients' records and patient examinations using the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel form and the Braden scale, conducted in January and February 2013.

RESULTS: The prevalence of pressure ulcers was 38 (26%) in the audit of the patient records and 33 (22%) in patient examinations. A total of 17 (45%) of the documented pressure ulcers were not graded. When comparing the patient examinations with the patient record contents, the patient records lacked information about pressure ulcers and preventive interventions.

Impact of a modified nursing handover model for improving nursing care and documentation in the emergency department: A pre- and post-implementation study

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether implementation of a new nursing handover model led to improved completion of nursing care activities and documentation. A pre- and post-implementation study, using a survey and document audit, was conducted in a hospital ED in Melbourne. A convenience sample of nurses completed the survey at baseline (n = 67) and post-intervention (n = 59), and the audit was completed at both time points. Results showed significant improvements in several processes: handover in front of the patient (P < 0.001), patients contributed and/or listened to handover discussions (P < 0.001), and provision of adequate information about all patients in the department (P < 0.001). Nurses also reported a reduction in omission of vital signs (P = 0.022) during handover. Three hundred sixty-eight medical records were audited in the two study periods: 173 (pre-intervention) and 195 (post-intervention). Statistically significant improvements in the completion of two nursing care tasks and three documentation items were identified. The findings suggest that implementation of a new handover model improved completion of nursing care activities and documentation, and transfer of important information to nurses on oncoming shifts.

Advanced nursing practice : a global perspective

Aim: To review the titles, roles and scope of practice of Advanced Practice Nurses internationally.----- Background: There is a worldwide shortage of nurses but there is also an increased demand for nurses with enhanced skills who can manage a more diverse, complex and acutely ill patient population than ever before. As a result, a variety of nurses in advanced practice positions has evolved around the world. The differences in nomenclature have led to confusion over the roles, scope of practice and professional boundaries of nurses in an international context.----- Method: CINAHL, Medline, and the Cochrane database of Systematic Reviews were searched from 1987 to 2008. Information was also obtained through government health and professional organisation websites. All information in the literature regarding current and past status, and nomenclature of advanced practice nursing was considered relevant.----- Findings: There are many names for Advanced Practice Nurses, and although many of these roles are similar in their function, they can often have different titles.----- Conclusion: Advanced Practice Nurses are critical for the future, provide cost-effective care and are highly regarded by patients/clients. They will be a constant and permanent feature of future health care provision. However, clarification regarding their classification and regulation is necessary in some countries.