Ellen Mullen has manuscript accepted!

Congratulations to Ellen Mullen for having her manuscript entitled, "Health Literacy Challenges in the Aging Population" accepted for publication in Nursing Forum! Awesome news!

Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Swanson!!

Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Swanson for successfully defending her dissertation today!! 

Dr. Cheryl Swanson and her committee!

Alumnus Shellye Vardaman has been busy!

Shellye Vardaman is a alumnus of the PhD in Nursing program at UT Tyler. We are very proud to announce that she has been keeping busy since she has graduated .

• She had her manuscript, "Policy and Practice in Higher Education", accepted for publication in the journal, Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education. It is estimated to be published April 25, 2012. The authors are: Donald Vardaman Jr., Shellye Vardaman, Henry Findley & Isabelle Warren.

• Dr. Shellye Vardaman will be presenting a poster on her dissertation research titled "Transition of the International Nursing Student" at the Nursing Education Research Conference 2012: Innovations in Nursing Education Research in Indianapolis in June. The Conference is presented by the National League for Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau, International. She received a Faculty Development Grant from Troy University to help cover expenses.

•  Dr. Vardaman will serve as a Program Evaluator for the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission beginning with the Fall 2012 cycle. She recently completed Evaluator training in Atlanta, GA in February.

• She received tenure from Troy University!

• She is completing data collection on research focusing on the use of simulation in nursing curriculum. The last round of data collection will be completed May 1. This is a project that she hopes to publish with Dr. Monica Ramirez and Dr. E'loria Simon-Campbell, also alumni of UT Tyler's PhD in Nursing Program.

Congratulations, Shellye on all your accomplishments! We are proud of you! 

Congratulations to Dr. Jamil Norman!

Congratulations to Dr. Jamil Norman for successfully defending her dissertation today!

You can view the recording here:
https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.54BD29AED571DA6902DA1FF5C24224&sid=2009145

Dr. Jamil Norman!

 

Jenifer Chilton's manuscript accepted for publication!!

Jenifer Chilton's manuscript, Shame: A Multidisciplinary Approach, will be published in the Spring 2012 issue of the Journal of Theory Construction & Testing  (JTCT)!

Congratulations!!

The First Distinguished Ethics Lecture

The Center for Ethics is pleased to announce the First Distinguished Ethics Lecture (sponsored by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences) to be presented by Dr. Charlotte McDaniel on Tuesday, March 20, at 3:20 pm in HPC 2255.  Dr. McDaniel is a nurse and has extensive background in organizational ethics and working with ethics committees.

Please see the flyer for more details and a link to her bio. 

Please plan to attend the session on Tuesday afternoon. This is an excellent opportunity that you do not want to miss!  Also, please invite your professional colleagues to attend as well.

Congratulations to Dr. Carmon Weekes!

Dr. Carmon Weekes successfully defended her dissertation today! Congratulations, Carmon!! 

You can view the recording here: 

https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.B8A14B30DA24C207ADB805A50D1222&sid=2009145

Dr. Carmon Weekes

Dr. Carmon Weekes being congratulated by Dr. Barbara Haas

UT Tyler Nursing on Google +

Google + (kind of like Facebook) has a really cool feature called "Hangouts". By using the Hangouts with Extras you can do:

• Up to 6 video chats (I haven't had a problem with echo feedback, yet)
• chat window
• whiteboard
• edit documents together by importing them in and then exporting them out
• call people on the phone through the hangout to add them to the conversation
• share your screen

I have tested it out some and from what I can tell this is a valuable tool for all of us. We have a UT Tyler Nursing page setup here: https://plus.google.com/105425859458521158855

1. Follow that link and click the red button that says Join Google +.
2. If you already have a Google account (YouTube, Google or gmail) then go ahead and sign in. If not, press the red button in the top right hand corner to sign up.
3. Add The University of Texas at Tyler Nursing Programs to your circle.

When you are in and on our homepage you will see "Have fun with all your circles using your live webcam Start Hangout". Select the circles or people you want to share with (they have to have a Google account). There are two kinds of hangouts. If you just select the green button you won't have all the features. Select "Try Hangouts with Extras" below the green button.
I would love to try this out with a group. So, once I get enough members in the UT Tyler Nursing circle I'll schedule some times where we can all practice. It will be fun!

Thanks,
Gina Parkins
gparkins@uttyler.edu

Dr. Kim Armour successfully defending her disseration on Tuesday!

Dr. Kim Armour!!

Kim Armour and her dissertation committee