School of Health and Human Services Blog

Linda Takvorian, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, from the Los Angeles campus has been selected to be the Best Practice Team Leader for the Specialty Practice Network.  She will be working with the American Nephrology Nurses' Association .     Please join me in congratulating Linda Takvorian on her appointment!

Please read the journal, The structural relationships between organizational commitment, global job satisfaction, developmental experiences, work values, organizational support, and person-organization fit among nursing faculty , submitted to the Journal of Advanced Nursing by Dr. Lara Carver and colleagues.   Please also join me in congratulating the faculty, staff, and students for the 1st quarter NCLEX first-time pass rate of 100% for the ASN program!

Learn the latest from HIMSS Clinical Informatics Summit Speakers Connect with San Diego friends, colleagues, university faculty, and students Avoid traffic and save time/money Enjoy lunch and conversation Join in for all or part of the day What? HIMSS SoCAL meeting live on a big screen at National University When? May 4 th 8-3”20 How much? $15 for HIMSS members, $25 for non members, and free for National University faculty and students Where to go? National University Technology and Health Science Center 3678 Aero Court San Diego, 92123 RM 131 Free Parking Where to sign up? online at: http://www.weyond.com/himss/socal/acis/2012/ Agenda 8:00 to 8:30 Registration/coffee 8:30 am to 8:45 am Welcome Address Sam King, President, Southern California HIMSS Chapter 8:45 am to 9:45 am A Darwinian View of the Electronic Medical Record – An evolutionary perspective on design and functionality Ben Kanter, MD, Chief Medical Information ...

Please read the information provided to you by the NUSNA Newsletter .

Bonanno GA, Mancini AD, Horton, JL, Powell TM, LeardMann CA, Boyko EJ, Wells TS, Hooper TI, Gackstetter GD, Smith TC. Trajectories of Trauma Symptoms and Resilience in Deployed U.S. Military Service Members: A Prospective Cohort Study . British Journal of Psychiatry, 2012 Mar (200):317-323. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS) were examined over time in relation to deployment. Four classes of PTS trajectories were identified for both single and multiple deployers, with over 80% of the deployers exhibiting a stable trajectory of low symptoms (i.e., resilience) pre- to post-deployment. Several factors predicting PTS trajectories were identified, which may direct future research aimed at decreasing the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder among deployers.

Health Sciences Professor and Department Chair Patric M. Schiltz and Associate Professor Michael Myers published a study of online versus onsite learning in the teaching of statistics in this month’s issue of the Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching .   They found significant learning gains for students who learned online using ClassLive Pro.   Read all about it here: http://tinyurl.com/76lnu3g Myers, M.P. and Schiltz, P.M. (2012). Use of Elluminate in Online Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences. Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching . Vol 5. P. 53-62.

Pamela Marsh has accepted the offer for the Clinical Lab Director position in Fresno. Her first day as an employee with NU will be on Monday, April 2, 2012. Please join me in officially welcoming Pamela to the Fresno Nursing Department!