11, 1986, the School of Nursing will graduate its 400th student. All of the approximately 380 graduates to date have passed their licensure examination. During 1984-85, Dean Shultz was on leave from the campus for her husband, Dr. Sam Shultz, M.S ., F.A.A.P., an adjunct professor, to complete the Master's degree in public health at San Diego State University. While in San Diego, she did post doctoral study in biostatics at San Diego State and in ethics at Fullerton Theological Seminary. She also attended numerous workshops and seminars related to the field of nursing . Among these were the following: 'The Economics of Health Care: Challenges and Imperatives for Nursing," "Patient Classification Sterns," "Alternative Ways to Health: The Passionate Path in Organizations," and 'The Dean's Summer Seminar." She also served as visiting associate professor of nursing at Point Lorna Nazarene College, helping the college prepare for curriculum evaluation and state accreditation. During 1985-86, Dr. Nancy Clark, who served as atti~g dean during 1984-85 while Dean Shultz was away, took a leave of absence to attend Frontier Nursing Services of the Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden, Kentucky for special study in midwifery. For the first six weeks of 1986 she was on 24-hour call in Nashville, Tennessee, to facilitate her experience with deliveries. She will receive her Midwifery Certificate on May 3, thus meeting all state requirements for teaching the nursing courses involving obstetrics and enabling her to train better the nursing majors who plan to do mission work in developing countries. During the summer of 1985, Dr. Clark and her husband took nine nursing majors for a 12-week period of service at the Nigerian Christian Hospital in lrno State. Harding alumni have played a major role in the establishment, development, and operation of this hospital. The nine nursing majors are Lori Atkinson, Cathy Bishop, Dawn Blaine, Carol Denton, Mary Englemyer, Jennifer Gifford, Mary Ann Jefferies, Beth MitAiding the learner. During one of the various difficult nursing classes , Mrs. Cathleen Shultz presents a lecture. Shultz was also one of the sponsors of HSNA , Harding 's School of Nursing Association. - photo by Karen Roseberry. chum, and Rebecca Smith. During the spring of 1985, Dr. Jim Citty, Dr. Clark, Carol Nicholson, Jerry Myhan, and 10 students spent two weeks ministering to the health and spiritual needs of Indian tribes in Panama. This was a continuation of a service begun several years ago. The students involved are Lisa Antzak, Tammy Brown, Amy Clayton, Robin Edwards, Brenda Hill, Mary Ann Jefferies, Mary Ann Lawrence, Catherine Porter, Sava Scott, and Cindy Whitlow. Later in the summer, Mr. Myhan with his family and Nancy Fretland with her husband moved to Haiti to establish and operate a clinic in CapHaitien, Haiti. Last year Dr. Shultz participated in a Health Care Mission Project to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and was making plans for a similar trip to Grenada when the book went to press.4 School of Nursing 283
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