A ccreditation, professional certification, medical missions, and "sharing" were the key words exchanged in the School of Nursing during the 1986-87 school year. In April, 1986, the Arkansas State Board of Nursing made its periodic site visit to Harding for the purpose of reevaluating the nursing program. Some recommendations were made which were promptly studied by the faculty and plans for implementation reported to the Board by Dr. Cathleen Shultz, dean of the school. In September, Dean Shultz received the report of full continuing approval of Harding's nursing program by the state board with commendations on the graduates' passing rates on the Registered Nurse Licensure Examination, the support given the program by the University administration, and the leadership provided by Dean Shultz. The self-study for the state board site visit was barely completed before the School of Nursing was deeply involved in the self-study for the National League of Nursing periodic site visit scheduled for April, 1988. All Harding B.S.N. graduates who had taken the R.N. licensure examination by February, 1986, had passed. Of the 36 who graduated in 1986, two received outstanding employment recognition: Kathy Churchill was chosen via national competition for an oncology internship with National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and Sherry Burgess was one of ten new graduates hired at the national Children's Hospital in the nation's capitol. Various faculty members pursued advanced study. Louise Bradford received the Ed.D. degree in Counseling and Personnel Services from Memphis State Unversity in August. Dr. Nancy Clark completed the midwifery program at Frontier Midwifery School in Heyden, Kentucky in May and shortly thereafter accepted a faculty appointment at the School. Elissa Miller received a research grant from the University of Arkansas Associates for the History of Medicine to pursue research on her Ph.D. dissertation for the Department of History at Memphis State. Susan Smith, Tawna Pounders and Tina Goodwin continued work toward their master's degrees. Due to the international terrorist activities during the summer of 1986, Panama was the only mission site students and faculty attended last year. Thirteen students and one faculty member assisted in serving over 1,500 Panamanians during a 10-day trip. <@> Schoo/ of Nursing Airhead. During a nursing lab, Mr. Jeff Sutton teaches the students adifferent use for surgical gloves. Sutton also taught about the different uses of other things commonly found in a first aid kit. Nursing majors put hours and hours of time into their nursing labs and practicums. - photo by Bill Tripp. School of Nursing 189
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