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Contents
1 Holistic Care, Healthier Community
2 Filling Critical Shortages in
Mental Health Care
4 Faculty Highlights
6 Faculty News
8 Nursing in the Community
10 Practical Experiences, Personal Connections
12 Alumni News
14 Simulations Spell
Success for Students
16 Student News Highlights
18 Ramping up Recruiting Efforts
20 Caring to Commit 22 Graduation Awards 24 Dean’s List
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Dean’s Message
With one-third of the nursing workforce projected to retire
by 2025, nursing shortages are reaching a critical juncture both in Louisiana and around the country. That’s why the LSU School of Nursing is committed to being a national leader in educating the next generation of nurses. Through academic- practice partnerships we are working toward a common shared vision where every individual and community can reach their highest potential for health.
This year, we welcomed Dr. Rick Zimmerman as Associate Dean for Nursing Research, Scholarship and Science, who is helping to further our nursing research enterprise. This will give our nursing students and alumni even more unique opportunities to gain broad academic knowledge and clinical experience in research, education, service and patient care – areas where we already excel as the only nursing school in the state that operates within a health sciences center environment.
We have added new Nurse Practitioner concentrations in pediatrics, adult-gerontology and, most recently, psychiatric mental health. Our continuing nursing education programs have been expanded with more hands-on workshops, and we have increased the use of simulations throughout our academic programs. In fact, we are one of the only nursing schools in the region that has achieved full accreditation for simulation in teaching and education from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
We are also continuing to expand our impact into the community through more recruitment e orts and service activities, with a focus on meeting rural and underserved health care needs. A $1.3 million grant we received from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program is helping us train more nursing students and place them in ambulatory care settings where they are needed most.
The National Student Nurses’ Association has recognized us as a Stellar School for our second five-year term – an award given to nursing schools that exhibit a strong commitment to shared governance and professional development of their nursing students and faculty. We also recently received a Working Well in Louisiana Worksite Recognition of Excellence award from the Louisiana Business Group on Health.
This year, we celebrate our 85th anniversary. We are actively conducting a self-study for continued nursing accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) concluding October 2018. We look forward to maintaining our standards of excellence as we continue to grow and expand to meet the health care needs of the communities we serve.
Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN
Dean and Helen A. & James B. Dunn Professor
Louisiana State University Health – New Orleans School of Nursing