Faculty & Staff

OUCN Dialog

Carole A. Kenner, Dean and Professor
June 2008

Faculty News-Publications

Craig, Callie & Kupperschmidt, Betty (2008) Horizontal Hostility: Another Look.  The Ok Nurse  53(2) pp22-23

Dr. Valerie Eschiti had her manuscript, " A Model of CAM Use in Women with Female-specific Cancers," accepted for publication in a special edition on complementary and alternative modalities by the  Journal of Psychosocial Nursing.

Dr. Valerie Eschiti and her colleagues Jana Lauderdale and Emily Haozous had their abstract, "Talking Circles for Comanche Women's Breast Health" accepted for an oral presentation for the 34th Annual Transcultural Nursing Conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 24-27, 2008.

Dr. Valerie Eschiti has been selected as a Mentor for the 2008 Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Mentor/Fellow Writing Program, in which novice writers are paired with experienced authors who will guide them through the writing process.

Eschiti, V. S. (2008). Complementary and alternative modalities used by women with female-specific
cancers. Holistic Nursing Practice, 22(3), 127-138. Article chosen as CEU selection.

Eschiti, V. S., & Baker, B. “The Lived Experience of Postoperative Mastectomy Patients Receiving Healing Touch,” accepted for oral presentation, 12th Annual Healing Touch International Conference, September 3-7, 2008, Milwaukee, WI.

Eschiti, V. S. (2008). Introduction [Practice Column].  Visions:  The Journal of Rogerian
Nursing Science, 15(1), p. 45.

Struthers, R., Eschiti, V. S., & Patchell, B. (2008). The experience of being an Anishinabe man healer:  Ancient healing in a modern world.  Journal of Cultural Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 16(2), 70-75.

Matzo, M.  (2008). The Universal Nursing Obligation (Guest Editorial).  Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 34(7), 1.

McCleary-Jones,V.  (2008).  Strategies to Facilitate Learning Among Nursing Students with Learning Disabilities.  Nurse Educator Journal, 33(3), 105-106.

McCleary-Jones, V.  (2008).  “Students with Learning Disabilities in the Community College:  Their goals, issues, challenges and successes”.  Association of Black Nursing Faculty in Higher Education, Inc (ABNF Journal), 19(1), 14-21.

Dr. Janet Wilson’s “Lest Death Do Us Part: A Mock Review of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence Fatalities" abstract has been accepted as a workshopfor the upcoming XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect to be held on 7-10 September 2008 in Hong Kong, China.

Faculty News-Presentations

Dr. Beverly Bowers presented Ethical Issues in Evidence Based Practice at Integris Quest for Quality meeting in April.

Dr. Beverly Bowers has been accepted to present "Organizational Mentoring from a NLN Center of Excellence" as part of a symposium with Dr. Pam Gehrke, PhD, RN from Boise State University at the NLN Conference in San Antonio in September.

College News

Jenny Barnhouse has been appointed to the Peer Assistance Board for the Board of Nursing.  Congratulations!

Dr. Lazelle Benefield's Reynolds Foundation grant for a Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence at OU has been awarded funding-- to the amount of the full award of $2.6 million dollars!

Congratulations to Dr. Dolphin and Suzanne Cowen for a successful Traineeship grant.  It was funded for $100,000.  Way to go you two!

Our Endowed Freede Chair of Nursing Science, Dr. Kathleen Dwyer, was featured in the recent issue of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Magazine.

Faculty Awards winners: Jenny Barnhouse (Excellence in Clinical Teaching), Dr. Su Phipps (Excellence in Academic Instruction-Please check name of this award! ), Dr. Janet Wilson (Excellence in Service)  and Dr. Beverly Bowers (Excellence in Scholarship).  Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Dr. Gary Loving who obtained his CNE!

Dr. Gary Loving has been notified that his HRSA grant application, Use of an Open-Source EHR for Nursing Education in Informatics, has been funded.  The reviewers gave him a perfect score on his proposal! 

Dr. Marianne Matzo has been invited to present the keynote address at the First International Oncology Conference of the Jordanian Medical Council in Irbid, Jordan.

Sandra McConnell raised over $64,000 for the American Cancer Society as chairman of the Relay for Life in Blanchard on May 2.

Florence Mubichi who has been selected as the Oklahoma LEND Leadership Intern in Nursing for 2008-2009!