0. 0 • • 00. 00••00 . 00• • 0 . 00 . 00• • 0 . 0 • • 0 000. 00. 00 . 00 000 0 . 00 000 0 00 • • 0 . 0 . 0 •• O. 0 . 0 . O. 0 . 0 • . 0 00 0 • • 00 • • 0 00 • • 0 0 00 . 0 0 0 • 0 0 O . 0 0 0 • • • • • Devoted dean brings success to nursing program According to Dr. Cathleen Shultz, dean of the College of Nutsing, D much has changed in nursing education since she completed her nursing degree. Shultz, who taught nursing classes for 30 years, was designated as a Cenified Nu rse Educator. The National League ofNursing honored Shultz with this distinction, which was given to teachers ofnursing. Shultz was one of six Arkansas nurses who received the certificadon. Shultz said she witnessed significant evolution in her field since becoming a nurse in the 19705. "The biggest changes are the increases in technology; the shortened time that a nurse has to work with patients and the treatments," Shultz said. "When I first entered nursing, women stayed in the hospital from five to 10 days after a normal baby delivery; many now go home the same day." Shultz also saw changes in the diagnosis of health problems. "[We used to accept] carte blanche a prescription for an illness; now we lmow rhat there are more ways to treat some diseases than with a prescrip– tion," she said . Nursing had long been stereotyped as a profession for women, bur nUlner– ous employment opportunities drew many students ro the nursing program, including more males than ever. "1£ is easier [for a man] to become a nurse now because the stereotype of Waiting in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Aug. 11, Bryan Burks, dean of the College of Business, and his children Emily, Carter and Weston, rest between flights. The Burks. along with others in transit between Aug. 10-12, experienced the increased security and delays caused by the terrorist scare at Heathrow Airport. -Courtesy of Bryan Burks ;:12 leadership men being 'macho' has diminished," .shultz said. "Men can be caring and capable, tOo." Senior nursing major Josh Lee said he became a nursing major because he believed Harding offered a program highly focused on Christian erhics. "[Harding has] the best program there is," Lee said. "The teachers are high class and apply a Christian perspective to [our] lessons." Lee said the stereotype against male nurses still existed, but it did not seem to bother him or his fellow nursing majors. "The guys in my dub gave me a hard time about it, but 1 really didn't care once I got here," Lee said. ''I'll find a job right off the bat, and 1 can pick rhe place and get good benefits." Lee also recognizcd Shultz's gift for teaching. "She has a lot ofknowledge of the nursing field and really prepares you to bc a nurse," he said. "She leads the program with pride and dignity." It was under Shultz's leadership that the College of Nursing became the first in Arkansas to use computers as a part oflearning and initiated screening clinics in public schools without nursing personnel on site. As an accomplished educator of nursing, Shultz said she mose appreciated seeing her students mature as Christian nurses and valued the opportunity to integrate and share her profession and her faith. -Molly Morris
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