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March 2012

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IOWA INVESTIGATOR: Sandra Ramey

What is the focus of your research? What questions are you trying to answer? What problems are you attempting to solve?

The focus of my research includes cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and morbidity in law enforcement officers. CVD is a serious public health issue and rates of CVD in this profession are frequently higher than that found in the general population. Law enforcement is unique regarding the frequency and type of critical incident and organizational stressors that agency members encounter consistently throughout their careers.

CON Alumna and Postdoctoral Fellow Nancy Downing Featured in Iowa Now!

Confronting Huntington's Disease

By John Riehl

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder in which specific nerve cells in the brain degenerate, causing symptoms like moodiness and irritability, impaired memory and executive function, and abnormal body movements.

HD affects about 30,000 people in the United States. There is no cure. People with the disease usually die within 15 to 20 years of developing movement symptoms.

CON Alumna to be Inducted into STTI Hall of Fame

Carol Smith (BSN ’72) will be inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International’s (STTI) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.

The International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame recognizes STTI members who are nurse researchers; who have achieved significant and sustained broad national and/or international recognition for their work; and whose research has impacted the profession and the people it serves.  

Julie Novak, BSN ’72, MA ’76, featured in USD Magazine

The Altruist

When Julie Novak set out to reinvent herself, the benefits far outweighed the challenges.

By Mike Sauer

Iowa Named as Action Coalition to Ensure High-Quality, Patient-Centered Health Care

Iowa has been selected as an Action Coalition by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, coordinated through the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to ensure that all Americans have access to high-quality, patient-centered health care, with nurses contributing to the full extent of their capabilities.

‘100 Great Iowa Nurses’ Honored in Des Moines

Each year, 100 Great Iowa Nurses are selected from a pool of hundreds of admirable candidates and honored by the state of Iowa, fellow nurses and community leaders.

This year’s 100 Great Iowa Nurses were honored on May 6, 2012—the beginning of National Nurses Week—at a reception in the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. Recipients from prior years were invited back to be recognized, and the 2012 awardees were surrounded family, friends and colleagues to share in the recognition of their outstanding achievements.