"He owes me ice cream for life," Johnson, 22, told the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
Johnson, a senior nursing student at the University of Michigan, was headed to Maine last month for a vacation with her boyfriend of four years, 24-year-old Aaron Cole, a graduate student at Eastern Michigan University.
The Grass Lake natives stopped in New Hampshire on Aug. 18 to hike "a beautiful waterfall," Cole recalled.
But while walking on slippery rocks in the water, Cole slipped and careened about 120 feet, bashing his head along the way and stopping face-down in a pool of water.
Johnson saw he wasn't breathing and gave him several "rescue breaths." She bandaged his wounded head and then carried him down the hill, talking to him to keep him awake.
"With head injuries, I knew it was important to keep him from going into a coma," she said.
Johnson, who weighs 115 pounds, says she drew special strength to carry the 160-pound Cole down the hill, which had taken them 45 minutes to climb.
"If all the money in the world was placed on it now," she said, "I don't think I could do it again. It was adrenaline and God."
Cole was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., where he spent two days in intensive care. He has no permanent brain damage from the incident.
"Shelly is a true hero and deserves all the credit in the world for saving my life," Cole said.
]]>Following up from a recommendation of the Futures Work, we are initiating an opportunity for faculty to share their ongoing and planned research with the SON community.
The purpose of the Research Roundtables is to:
1) support the development of a community of scholars among faculty and students at the SON
2) provide a forum for the sharing of faculty research
3) facilitate the development of scholarly networks
The roundtable presentations will be conducted on a regular basis on Monday afternoons, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (Room 1330). Invited faculty presenters will:
1) Share a recently completed or on-going research study. While studies are embedded in programs of research, we want presenters to provide an insiders’ view of theoretical framework and methods.
2) Share a research article that would provide important background information about the study or program of research.
3) Engage in scholarly discourse with faculty and students around their research.
We look forward to your attendance, participation, and discussion surrounding the exceptional research conducted by our faculty at the School of Nursing.
The Fall/Winter 2009 schedule is listed below:
SEPTEMBER 21: Dr. Marita Titler: “Implementation and Outcomes Effectiveness Research”
(Moderator: Dr. Antonia Villarruel)
OCTOBER 5: Dr. Sonia Duffy:
(Moderator: Dr. Susan Pressler)
OCTOBER 19: Dr. AkkeNeel Talsma: “Relationship between Failure to Rescue, Unit Level Nurse Staffing, and Hospital Discharge Unit Type”
(Moderator: Dr. Marjorie McCullagh)
NOVEMBER 9: Dr. Janet Larson: “Effects of Upper Body Resistance Training in People with COPD”
(Moderator: Dr. Christopher Friese)
NOVEMBER 23: Dr. Janis Miller: “New Knowledge Gained About Women’s Health from the Unlikely Partnership of a Pelvic Floor Nurse Researcher and an Orthopedic Radiologist
Studying Postpartum Women”
(Moderator: Dr. AkkeNeel Talsma)
DECEMBER 7: Dr. Donna Algase: “Environmental Predictors of Wandering Behavior”
(Moderator:
In 2005, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services changed its policy so that hospitals no longer receive additional compensation to care for patients who acquire pressure ulcers while under their care. This prompted the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) to review the data it uses to assess risk, prevention, and management of pressure ulcers.
A daily automated feedback system was developed to supply UMHS clinicians with vital information regarding ulcer risk, status, and intervention. The reports, which are delivered to clinicians via email at 5 a.m., aggregate pertinent data to provide an actionable summary. The clinicians use the report to keep tabs on their patients, determine the need for interventions, charge nurses, and support decision making.
Patients with pressure ulcers tend to experience longer lengths of stay and may require outpatient care. The data gathered from the automated feedback system can be mined for cost effectiveness analysis, and to determine whether it contributed to reduced length of stay, ulcer rates, or severity.
For more information, please click here to visit the Postdoctoral Fellowships web site.
]]>Head and neck cancer patients who smoked, drank, didn’t exercise or didn’t eat enough fruit when they were diagnosed had worse survival outcomes than those with better health habits, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“While there has been a recent emphasis on biomarkers and genes that might be linked to cancer survival, the health habits a person has at diagnosis play a major role in his or her survival,” says study author Sonia Duffy, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing at the U-M School of Nursing, research assistant professor of otolaryngology at the U-M Medical School, and research scientist at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Each of the factors was independently associated with survival. Results of the study appear online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Click here to read the full article.
To read the complete report, click here.
To read the accompanying editorial, click here.
]]>This national future oriented initiative provides a forum to focus attention and communication among leaders-from the education, health, foundation, legal and policy sectors-on short- and long-term diversity-related policy, research, practice, communication and dissemination. It is expected that through this convening of leaders fundamental and sustained changes in the perception, understanding and actualization of diversity will be set in motion and ultimately accomplished.
The University of Michigan Ann Arbor is seeking faculty with experience in HIV/AIDS prevention or management with an interdisciplinary focus.
As part of President Mary Sue Coleman’s initiative to create 100 new tenure-track faculty positions at the University of Michigan, the Department of Psychology (LSA), the Division of Health Promotion & Risk Reduction Programs (School of Nursing), and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Medical School) are recruiting three junior, tenure-track faculty with experience in Global Health and HIV/AIDS.
http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Jan21_08/04.shtml
We are hiring at the tenure track, assistant professor level, with primary appointments in Nursing, Psychology, or Obstetrics/Gynecology, and potential secondary appointments in the departments involved in this cluster. It is envisioned that this initiative will allow scholars from different fields to work together to address complex problems related to global HIV/AIDS
through research, education, and practice. We are interested in developing global outreach in biomedical, psychosocial, and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS with a focus on prevention, care of people living with HIV/AIDS, women’s health, and diverse populations.
QUALIFICATIONS (for the faculty position in nursing):
CONTACT (for applicants applying for the faculty position in Nursing):
Antonia M. Villarruel PhD, FAAN
Professor and Nola J. Pender Collegiate Chair in Health Promotion
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 N. Ingalls, Suite 4320
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
734-615-9696
734-647-0351 (fax)
avillarr@umich.edu
“A Non-discriminatory, Affirmative Action Employer”
Dr. Christopher Friese, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan School of Nursing, was awarded an initial-stage research funding grant through the new National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH-NINR) “Pathway to Independence Award" program.
This unique research funding opportunity is a 2-phase program intended to facilitate the ability of a new, highly promising investigator to complete supervised research work, establish independence, publish results, and obtain an independent research position. The initial 1-2 year mentored phase allows investigators to complete their supervised research work, publish results, and search for an independent research position. The independent (R00) phase provides up to 3 additional years of research support.
Dr. Friese will apply this grant from NIH-NINR to fund his research project entitled “Fostering Independence in Nursing and Outcomes Research". The project estimated award is $177, 619.00 over the initial-stage period of September 2008 to June 2010 and will move into R00 phase after 2010.
The objective of these research activities is to measure and improve the health outcomes of patients with cancer. First he will apply advanced statistical modeling techniques to evaluate whether ANCC Magnet Hospital status is associated with improved outcomes for older adults hospitalized for cancer surgery. He will then conduct cost-effectiveness analyses to evaluate the economic outcomes for patients in Magnet- and non-Magnet hospitals. Finally he will revise the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index instrument to measure the practice environment of nurses working in ambulatory oncology settings. Hopefully the study will illuminate the relationship between the nursing practice environment and outcomes of care for patients with cancer.
In this study, Dr. Friese is joined by other distinguished researchers, including Dr. Laurel Northouse, U-M School of Nursing, Dr. Steven Katz, U-M School of Medicine and Public Health, Dr. Sandeep Vijan, U-M School of Medicine, Dr. Eileen Lake of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Dr. Barbara Given of Michigan State University, and Dr. Craig C. Earle from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto Ontario. The research will result in peer-reviewed publications that detail the study findings and the implications for policy and practice.
Dr. Christopher Friese joined the faculty as Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and Research Associate at the University of Michigan Health System on June 1, 2008. His program of research is focused on the measurement and improvement of outcomes for patients with cancer and has been funded by the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute for Nursing Research, the National Cancer Institute, and the Oncology Nursing Foundation. Current investigations include studying the outcomes of diagnostic delay for patients with hematological malignancies, and studying the outcomes of Magnet Hospital care for surgical oncology patients.
]]>The three-year, $350,000 grant begins Sept. 1 and will support Talsma's study of operating-room nurses. She will investigate how staffing numbers, training levels and operating-room interruptions contribute to nursing actions that affect patient outcomes.
"A lot of attention has been focused on addressing medical errors, but we really haven't investigated the role of operating-room nurses and patient outcomes," Talsma said.
Talsma's faculty mentors for the project are Dr. Darrell Campbell, chief of clinical affairs at the University of Michigan Health System, and Joanne Pohl, associate dean for community partnerships at the School of Nursing.
"We are indeed honored that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected Dr. Talsma as one of the few distinctive recipients of this prestigious award," said Dean Kathleen Potempa of the School of Nursing.
"This is a testament to the foundation's unyielding commitment to support the progress of stellar junior faculty as they develop scholarly excellence in critical areas of scientific nursing research," Potempa said.
The goal of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing Faculty Scholars program is to develop the next generation of national leaders in academic nursing through career-development awards to outstanding junior nursing faculty. The Nursing Faculty Scholars program is run by the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, the Foundation expects to make a difference in your lifetime. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org.
]]>Or visit http://www.nursing.umich.edu/oaa/compliancereq/.
]]>Dr. Pierce is encouraged by these findings as it points to areas where interventions can be developed to attenuate these modifiable stressors while women are serving in combat areas where other significant stressors cannot be avoided. She states, "It has been encouraging as a researcher that these findings are so quickly reaching levels where policy is created and implemented. Our team takes this responsibility very seriously as we want any recommendations to be based on sound science and reasoned thinking. We owe it to our men and women in uniform to get it right".
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