Greetings from the University of Iowa College of Nursing! I am so pleased to be able to introduce our new College of Nursing Alumni e-newsletter: UI CONnection. Along with the new name and updated look, we are also becoming a bit more tech savvy. Through UI CONnection you will be able to view highlights of our recent successes and advances, including the ability to learn more about specific college news through the links provided within each highlight. Not to be overlooked, the College of Nursing also has a new website and social media presence (you can find the college on Facebook and Twitter).
Check us out and I look forward to “CONnecting” with you!
Liz Swanson PhD, RN
Associate Professor and Director, External Relations
elizabeth-swanson@uiowa.edu
Hundreds Take Part in Inaugural Future of Nursing Summit
Iowa’s first ever Future of Nursing Summit outlined specific strategies to prepare the state’s nursing workforce for future health care demands and also provided direction to join the more than 30 states that have already become part of state-based collaborations called Action Coalitions.
Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN,and senior adviser of nursing for RWJF, provided the keynote address, which covered several challenges facing the nursing profession.
More information is available here
Former Interim Dean, Etta Rasmussen, Passes Away at 100
Although Etta H. Rasmussen retired from the UI College of Nursing in 1981, her profound impact on the college is still felt to this very day. She believed that a higher level of professionalism could only be achieved when nursing education became integrated into institutions of higher learning—a path that requires nurses and nurse educators to achieve advanced degrees with areas of specialization and research skills. Etta’s legacy is that she was on the forefront of shaping the college’s academic respectability that we possess today.
Etta Rasmussen’s Impact at UI College of Nursing
Giving and Saving: Investing in the UI College of Nursing
By Bridget Hoffman
Barbara Csomay (M.A., 1956) wanted to improve health care for aging Iowans. And she wanted to make that happen through the University of Iowa College of Nursing, which has a top-ranked gerontology program. Thanks to Csomay’s vision and generosity, the college has been able to enhance its services for older adults.
Click here to read the full article.
Barbara Csomay’s generous donation was also referenced in the university’s 2010-2011 annual report, which can be accessed here.
DID YOU KNOW?
Meridean Maas, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emerita and co-director of the John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, was the recent recipient of not one, but TWO prestigious awards honoring her life’s work. In October, Dr. Maas was recognized as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing. In the same month, she also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Gerontological Nursing Association.
More details can be found here.
