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  • Julie Novak, BSN ’72, MA ’76

    On Sept. 20, 2012, Julie Novak wrote:

    Julie Novak, DNSc, RN, CPNP, FAANP, was recently named Vice Dean for Practice and Engagement at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) School of Nursing. 

    Dr. Novak (University of Iowa BSN ’72 and MA ’76) holds the Thelma and Joseph Crow Endowed Professorship and serves as the Executive Director of the UTHSCSA Student Health Center, the Employee Health and Wellness Clinic and the UT Nursing Clinical Enterprise. 

  • Lindsey Wood, BSN, 2011

    On Aug. 20, 2012, Lindsey Wood wrote:

    When I first started my nursing job in Erie, none of the staff in my new grad program had ever heard about the nursing programs at Iowa and we're not familiar with its stats or excellence. Most of the students were from local nursing schools and a couple were from Ohio State and Penn State. Then one day, Maureen Chadwick, the Chief Nursing Officer of the hospital I worked at came and talked to us and asked where we were all from. Well, the second she heard I was from U of Iowa CON, she couldn't stop talking about how great of a school it was and all of the evidence based practice and protocols coming out of Iowa (and she was a Penn State graduate!). Her lecture turned into an Iowa lecture and how she was trying to integrate a lot of the research into St. Vincent. It made me proud to be an Iowa grad!

  • Pat Kenney, BSN, 1973

    On May 13, 2012, Pat Kenney wrote:

    Last month I started a new job.  I am the Executive Assistant to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.  Long title - but I am happy to be back in Nursing. 

  • Christine Somberg, BSN, 1985

    On April 19, 2012, Christine Somberg wrote:

    Christine (maiden name, Hirsch) Somberg received a MSN degree from Purdue University in August 2011. She is employed as an APRN at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois.

  • Sally Mathis Hartwig, MA,1977

    Congratulations to Sally Mathis Hartwig as she will be serving the Service to Mankind Award from The Old Capitol Sertoma Club on the May 18, 2012.

  • Kathy Pheteplace Leblanc, BSN, 1981

    On April 10, 2012, Kathy Pheteplace Leblanc wrote:         

    I live in Victoria, British Columbia where I work as an evening home care nurse for the Vancouver Island Health Authority. I do lots of wound care in a clinic setting and also see a wide range of clients in the community. I especially love the palliative care component of my nursing. Victoria is fortunate in having a wonderful Hospice program and in being a leader in palliative care in Canada.

    My family no longer resides in Iowa and so I have not been back for a few years, but I always remember my time in Iowa City with great fondness.

  • Donna Krapf, BSN, 1987

    On April 10, 2012, Donna Krapf wrote:

    Donna Krapf is the Director of Quality & Compliance at Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois (HPNI). I have been doing health care quality since 1996, and I became a Certified Professional of Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) in 2003. I started this position February 20, 2012. After working the past 11 years at CNS Home Health & Hospice as Quality Manager, my position was eliminated due to restructuring. I have two beautiful adopted girls – Megan (8) and Katelyn (4).

  • Eileen Yeisley, MSN, 2009

    On April 10, 2012, Eileen Yeisley wrote:

    I am a graduate of the CON May 1985, BSN. I returned to the CON and received my MSN in Adult /Gero Nurse Practitioner track July 2009. I am currently completing my DNP and expect to graduate July 2012. I currently work as the NP for Cardiac Electrophysiology at UIHC and care for patients who have received a cardiac device (pacemakers, ICD or resynchronization device for heart failure). I have worked at UIHC for the past eight years.

    My capstone project for my DNP concerns instituting an NP lead wellness clinic at a corporate recreation center for the purposes of screening and treating cardiovascular risk factors. I have been married since 1996 to my husband, Kelly and have two boys, Andrew (14) and Conor (12) and continue to live in Marion.

  • Ryoko Furukawa, PhD, 2009

    Ryoko Furukawa, PhD, RN, received a $40,000 prestigious new investigator grant to support a Satogaeri Bunben & VMC study. 'Satogaeri bunben' is a traditional ritual (support system) for perinatal women in Japan. 'Satogaeri' means returning to the original family town or house and 'bunben' means delivery.

  • Ann Cook, BSN, 1969

    Ann Cook is the director of Master of Nursing (MN) program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The program, which includes direct entry, RN to MN, and BSN to MN options, prepares clinical nurse leaders, and is growing robustly. Ann is also immediate past president of the Wisconsin Center for Nursing.