Rhonda Finnie, president of the Nursing Student Association, receives an award from Andee Glick, president of the Arkansas Nursing Student Association, at the state convention in Little Rock. Nursing students participated in the event in an effort to network with nursing professionals. College of Nursing recovers from shortage in numbers Nursing missions go around the world, from Haiti to Nigeria : • · • • • · · • · • · · · by donda burright • professor of nursing. The School of Nursing became the College • Students gave up their free time during the of Nursing this year, an alteration that re- : semester and spring and summer breaks to fleets the expanded opportunities provided • travel around the world to serve others in by the College of Nursing. • places like Guatemala, Haiti and Nigeria. But in addition to the name change, the : Domestically, students participated in inCollege of Nursing had a year of great sucess, • ner-city health outreach, health outreach to passing many mildstones. • the needy of White County and outreach to Last year, Harding's College of Nursing • various cultural groups for health promotion experienced what the rest of • and disease prevention. the nation was already expe- This year, a new 18-hour riencing: a nursing shortage. "CTh . h . interdisciplinary health care l e nurswzg s ortage ts In the past five years, the missions minor was apnation has seen a five per- Vef!j problematic. National proved by all of the colleges cent drop in students enter- and state efforts have and university faculty. ing nursing programs. been made to attract This minor provided op- "The nursing shortage is portunities for students in very problematic," said students into the nursing health-related majors like Cathleen M. Shultz, dean of field. ... We were thrilled to nursing to better prepare the College of Nursing. "Na- themselves to minister to the see our numbers increase tional and state efforts have basic health needs of people been made to attract students SO quickltj. " while teaching them about into the nursing field." - Dr. Cathleen Shultz Christ. However, Harding had a The College of Nursing quick recovery this year with teamed-up with the Ameria 25% increase in the College of Nursing en- • can Heart Association to develop methods of rollment. : involving students and faculty in a new vol- "We were thrilled to see our numbers in- • unteer initiative from the American Heart crease so quickly," Shultz said. • Association, known as Operation Heartbeat. This was an exciting year for mission work : This program encouraged communities to in nursing as well. • assess and strengthen the"chain of survival" The College of Nursing continued partici- • in the community and surrounding areas. pating in missions, both internationally and : "In nursing, students have to have their domestically. • heart in it to be effective," Shultz said. This year marked the 241 h year for the Afri- • can mission to Nigeria, led by Jerry Myhan, • Janice Bingham, M.S.N. Assoc. Prof. Jeanie Burt, M.S.N. Ass't Prof. Da'Lynn Clayton, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Dominski, M.S.N. Ass't Prof. Linda Gibson, M.S.N. Ass't Prof. Jackie Harris, M.N.S.C. Ass't Prof. Karen Kelley, M.S.N. Ass't Prof. Johnnetta Kelly, M.N.S.C. Ass't Prof. Helen Lambert, Ed.D. Prof. & Assoc. Dean Cheryl Lee, M.N.S.C. Ass't Prof. Jerry Myhan, M.S.N. Assoc. Prof. Sheila Sullivan, Ph.D. Ass't Prof. college of nursing 161
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