Student Organizations - Association of Graduate Nursing Students (AGNS)
The College of Nursing Association of Graduate Nursing Students (AGNS) enables graduate students to have a voice in issues important to their experience at the University of Iowa, and as future leaders of the nursing profession. AGNS also nominates student representatives to serve on the College of Nursing Academic Council and on the University Graduate Student Senate.
Membership is conferred on all MSN, DNP and PhD students upon admission to the College of Nursing.
The purpose of AGNS is to promote the academic and professional development of graduate nursing students through organized meetings, advocacy, virtual needs assessment, and social events designed to encourage graduate students in nursing, who are spread throughout the global community, to meet one another and to form connections.
2012-2013 AGNS Officers
Your officers are here to represent you and advocate for your needs as graduate students in the Graduate College and/or the College of Nursing. Please remember to contact any officers with concerns, comments, or ideas. If you are interested in serving on ad hoc committees in the future, please email vice president Julie Hoegger.
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I have been a nurse for many years (I stopped counting after 25!); I have worked mostly in adult acute care med/surg units. I am enrolled in the adult/gero DNP program and will graduate in May 1013. I have now fell in love with primary care! My interests are in transitional and rural care in the elderly population. I also enjoy teaching and hope to find a job that covers all those interests! I have gladly accepted the AGNS presidency for this year as I feel that is a need for graduate students to have more options to build relationships throughout our studies. I know that we are a diverse and geographically spread out group, but I believe that we have a lots to share across the specialties and programs, not only during our time at the CON, but during our future professional lives. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, but particularly if you would like to be more involved! |
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Julie is currently in her final year of the BSN-PNP-DNP program. Upon graduation she will work with the United States Air Force as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She obtained her bachelors at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. |
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Melanie is an Air Force CRNA who has been in the military for 16 years. She was most recently stationed at a remote base in Northern Japan and is now dedicated full-time to the post MSN to DNP program. Melanie and her husband, Radu, have two sons, Nic and Luke, and have relocated to North Liberty. Her follow-on job from this assignment will likely be as a program director at one of the Air Force’s four anesthesia clinical sites. Melanie’s interests lie in leadership and policy. |
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Susan is a Psych Access Nurse at Mercy Iowa City. She has a BS in Psychology from Northwestern College and a Masters in Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP) from the University of Iowa. She is currently working on a Psych/Mental Health DNP. She has a 21-year-old son, Gabriel, who is a student at Kirkwood. In her "free" time, she attends East-West School of Integrative Healing Arts with an interest in massage and energy work. Upon graduation, she intends to open up a private mental health practice in an underserved area. Her research and practice interests are Axis II disorders. |
 PhD Rep -- Christine Haedtke I decided to come back to school to get my PhD because I love nursing research. My dissertation will focus on older adults who have chronic pain, heart failure and depression with an emphasis on using exercise to this population. My nursing background is 14 years long term care and 12 years on a med-surg cardio-pulmonary telemetry step down unit. |
PRESIDENT -- Anne Gentil-Archer
VICE PRESIDENT -- Julie Hoegger
SECRETARY -- Melanie Burja
TREASURER -- Susan Meyer
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