Highlights - Students

Our Journey Into Critical Care - Nursing at Lahey Clinic

Nursing Students without Borders (pdf)

Janssen Scholarship Award  - recipient Michael O'Connor

Judith Fredette was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Massachusetts Hospital Research and Educational Association (MHREA), the Tufts Health Plan Foundation and the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education for her doctoral program studies in nursing and health promotion. Judy's research area of interest that she plans to pursue relates to quality of life of people who have multiple sclerosis. Judy also received $2000 from the Dr. Futrell Scholarship Fund. 

The Department of Nursing

Callista L. Roy, RN, PhD, is a Professor and Nurse Theorist at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, where she teaches doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students. Deborah van Etten (far left), Nursing Clinical Professor & Dr. Callista Roy (front, second from left), surrounded by UML nursing psych rotation students from Junior year at the Edith Nourse Rogers VA Memorial Hospital. 

Congratulations to Catherine Fogg, who was selected by the Foundation of the National Student Nurses' Association (FNSNA), Inc. to receive the Promise of Nursing for Massachusetts Regional Faculty Fellowship for $7500. The criteria for eligibility and the selection process for the Fellowship were determined by the Trustees of the FNSNA. Funding for this program is administered by the FNSNA.
 
Catherine Fogg successfully defended her doctorate in nursing, entitled "Beliefs and Intentions of the Homeless toward HIV Screening."

'I Have a Story to Tell’ - UMass Lowell nursing student, Chhan Touch, a Khmer Rouge survivor, looks to the future.

Roxbury student shines at UMass-Lowell (pdf) - Bay State Banner

Through UMass Lowell degree program, Zimbabwean student enhances experience (pdf) - Stephanie Chalupka, RN Coordinator

Women's Basketball
UMass Lowell  nursing student, Bridgette Hooker, was named to Northeast-10 All-Academic: UMass Lowell - Go RiverHawks (pdf)

Children's Hospital Medical Center Asthma Fair

University of Massachusetts Lowell nursing students volunteered and helped educate 35 patients and families with asthma at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston Asthma Fair on December 12, 2007.  It was a huge success. The students did a superb job educating the patients and families about living healthy with asthma.

It was a pleasure to participate in the Asthma Fair at CHMC with my University of Massachusetts Lowell nursing students. The patients and families were empowered by their teachings.

I look forward to working with all of you in future endeavors.

Sincerely,

Pat Normandin RN, MS, CEN, CPN

Per Staff Nurse CHMC

University of Massachusetts Lowell Nursing Instructor

UML Nursing Students

Four senior nursing students will be attending the Emerging Leaders Conference at UMass Lowell. The students are Stephanie Bartelt, Heidi Gerostergios, Bridget Adams and Erin Roark. 

Nurse’s Week May 6--12, 2007                                                                                 
In Celebration of Nurse’s Week, held May 6 – 12, 2007, the UMass Lowell Student Nurses Association (SNA) gathered for lunch and raffles and then posed on the steps of Coburn for this stunning photograph. A proud salute to all future UML nurses.    
UML Student Nurses

Students Celebrate National Nurses’ Week – With a Purpose 
UMass Lowell Health Fair Attempts to End Homelessness
              

One new Ph.D. student (Fall 2006), Ameia Yen-Patton, is a seasoned nurse practitioner and her expertise and experience in caring for dementia patients led her to produce a DVD entitled "Positive Interactions: Caring for a person with Alzheimer's" and a guideline booklet entitled "A new look at the old positive interactions: Caring for a person with AD" published by AJN, the Gerontological Society of America, and Trinity Health Force Learning. Her scholarly work advances our understanding AD and this understanding can be translated to not only informal and formal caregivers but also health policy makers. Ameia, thank you for making this significant contribution in nursing science!

Susan Hamilton and Theresa Leonarczyx, current doctoral students in the Nursing Ph.D. Program have received the Promise of Nursing for Massachusetts Regional Faculty Fellowship for the amounts of $6000, and $6400 respectively.  This fellowship program seeks to address the national crisis of nursing educator shortage by providing funding for registered nurses pursuing graduate education to prepare them for a career as a nurse educator.