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ACumnae ‘Record Spring/Summer ‘Edition 1997 A pu6Cication of the Massachusetts Qenerai Jdospitah t Aiumnae Association, Inc 9\[urses' . Digitized by the Internet Archive 2016 in https://archive.org/details/alumnaerecord1991181mghs The Alumnae 'Record oftfe ‘Massachusetts general'Jdospital 9{uTses’ Alumnae Association Spring/Summer 1997 Volume CXVlII <Hg. 1 Eublishedtzihce eachyear5y the MQ9dC\jurses'Alumnae Association, Inc. MA ‘Editor: Linda Lass-Schuhmacher, E. O. (Bo\657, Lexington, 02173 Alumnae Office Odours: AM EM ‘Tuesday andThursday 9:30 to 3:00 Telephone/JAX 617-726-3144 Where to Write: Contributions to Loan Funds and Requests for loans to: Fund Chairperson, c/o Alumnae Office Make checks payable to the specific fund When someone is ill: Service/Hospitality Committee, c/o Alumnae Office General Information - requests for membership, alumnae dues, change of address, scholarship information, notification of deaths, general questions: Alumnae Secretary, Ms Lee Drago, c/o Alumnae Office Requests for transcripts and references: By mail only with a $4.00 fee for each to: Student Affairs Office, IHP, Mass General Hospital MA 101 Merrimac Street, Boston, 02114 All Material for insertion into the Alumnae Record should be typed or on a computer disk and sent to the editor by May 15 for the Spring/Summer edition and by October 15 for the Fall/Winter edition. Materials arriving late will be included in the next issue. Send all materials directly to the editor. MA Editor, P. O. Box 657, Lexington, 02173-0006 [email protected] E-Mail: FAX: 617 862 2165 Subscription to the Record is included in membership dues. Officers for 1996 - 1997 President Treasurer Linda Lass-Schuhmacher (1967) Mariann Vetere (1978) President Elect Recording Secretary Mary Indeglia (1973/1996) Marlene Norton (1961) Board of Directors Barbara Dunderdale (1963) Janice Carey (1976) Mary Caira (1959) Beth Blackington (1980) Alumnae Secretary Elegia (Lee) Drago Chairpersons Standing Committees Program Service/Hospitality Helena McDonough (1966) Miriam Huggard (1931) Nominating (elected) 125th Celebration Carolyn Thayer (1962) Mary Caira (1959) Elizabeth Ryder (1987) Linda Lass-Schuhmacher (1967) Annabel Edwards (1986) Alumnae Record Nursing Endowment Fund/IHP Linda Lass-Schuhmacher (1967) Linda Lass-Schuhmacher (1967) Scholarship Funds Bertella Tompkins Fund Marlene Norton (1961) Mary Caira (1959) Loan Funds Finance Carolyn Thayer (1962) Mariann Vetere (1978) Historians Linda Lass-Schuhmacher Miriam Huggard Dates to Remember Homecoming 1997: September 27 CEU Program 1997: September 26 125th Celebration: September 25 - 27 1998 1961 In a note from Anne Tilton Hitchner: Our big family news is that my husband accepted an early retirement package from his company after working there 36 years. We’ll both now be able to work full time in our antique business. We’re taking a trip to Alaska in August. It’s the trip of a lifetime for us and we can’t wait to get started. No one has written to me since the last edition and I feel badly about it. Please write to me with your news. I love to get mail and I’m really tired of writing about myself. 1962 Save the date -- 35th Reunion -- Saturday, September 27, 1997 We’ll all get together at the ‘57 in Boston - rooms are reserved for Friday and Saturday nights. The committee is planning a Saturday night dinner and PJ party!! Get ready to see all our classmates, hear the news, and laugh at stories past and present! In early summer reservation details will be in the mail. If you have e-mail, send inquiries to Peg Carson Gilmour: [email protected] or call Carolyn Thayer at 617 696 4340 or write Susan Huk O’Shea at 1 Hooker St, Nashua, NH 03060. So ... get ready, find your old pictures and slides, and SAVE THE DATE. 1968 In a note from Judith A Fong Bressler: Working with Maureen Groer at the LHP, my husband and I have made two gifts to benefit the Institute. We wish to support nursing education of a high quality. Although much of the nurse’s role has changed since I attended MGH, one thing hopefully never will, that is, the importance of one’s skill at the bedside. For that reason, I established a $10,000 scholarship/award to be given each year to a student who demonstrated excellence in the clinical area. While much of our healthcare is now being delivered outside of the hospital proper, I hope that compassionate, qualified hospital caregivers will always be valued. I hope to make it back for the 125th. 1972 In a note form Susan Taliaferro: I had the nursing experience form the other side when I bled from a cerebral aneurysm! I have no memory of most of the 3 weeks I spent at Hopkins but I do remember being told to open my mouth for mouth care and realizing that I had on thigh-high TED stockings - I knew I was in trouble then!! I am tremendously lucky to have escaped without physical deficit. I do have some persistent cognitive difficulties which make dealing with a housefull of adolescents tough. Humor is essential! I see Nanci Kennast often. She is my first born’s godmother and spoils all my kids terribly. She live in Wilmington, works at DuPont and is just as outrageous as ever. from the IHT graduate Trogram in 9\[ursiry . . . Each year the IHP Graduate Program in Nursing looks at the scholarly projects done by the students and awards the Colvin Prize to the outstanding project. In an effort to let all of the alumnae know the range of projects the following is a list of all this years projects as well as the abstracts for the winner and the three honorable mention projects. Ahem, Richard The Impact of Homophobia on the Health Care of Gays and Lesbians: The Nurse Practitioner as Agent of Change. Allen, Melissa The Measurement of Empowerment in a Community Service Program Arehart, Shannon The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Assisting Families to Adapt to a Family Member with Alzheimer’s disease Banghart, Anne Common Health Problems of the Migrant Farm Worker A Population: Professional Challenge for the Nurse Practitioner Bessette, Jeanine Chronic Congestive Heart Failure and the Elderly: A Review of the Literature and Development of an Assessment Tool Blanks, Dana The Promotion of “Self-grieving” in Dying Children Bobby, Elizabeth Meyer Using the Health Belief Model to Understand Suntanning Behavior and Skin Cancer Prevention Among Women Boland, Jennifer An Assessment Tool to Identify an Adolescent’s Risk for Pregnancy Capanno, Susan Development of the Future Role of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Carpenter, Laurel Medical Abortion: Considerations for Nurse Practitioners Charette, Anne A Vulnerable Minority: HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Coyle, Caryn Affective Sexuality Education in Nurse Practitioner Programs of the United States Daniels, Evelyn Native Americans: Barriers to Influenza Vaccination Davis, Sheila Post Exposure Prophylaxis: Does Practice Adhere to Science? DeProspo, Carol Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the Elderly Dickinson, Mary Ellen Complementary Healing Strategies in a Pediatric Population Affected by HIV/AIDS Freshman, Michelle Caring for Adult children of Traumatized Parents: Nursing Implications for Second Generation Holocaust Survivors Gall, Gail Barlow Psychosocial assessment of Adolescents in a School Based Health Center Griffing, Colleen Reframing the Education of Menarche: a Developmental Approach Hamilton, Brother Amadeus Providing Health Care in a Monastic Community: Advantages and Challenges Hayes, James A Nursing Approach to Fever in People Living with HIV/AIDS Helin, Marianna Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block as Pain Management Tool for Nurse Practitioners Hennessey, Jessica The Use of Herbal Remedies by Latin American Families: Implications for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Practice in Primary Care Johnson, Lea Nursing: Males Are Appropriate, but Females Are Preferred: A Scholarly Project in Nursing Keaveny, Grace Association of Gender Roles with National Morbidity and Mortality Kistler, Diane Women’s Body Image: The Development of an Assessment Tool for the Primary Care Setting Kittell, Erin The Role of Nursing Interventions and Unconventional Modalities in the Patient with a Severe Asthma Exacerbation LaRock, Jeanne Helping Students Excel: The Efficacy of Establishing a MGH Wellness Center at the Institute of Health Professions Levine, Wm. Massachusetts Community Health Centers -- Strategies for Survival Levitt, Rana Complementary Therapies and Children: A Fact Sheet for Nurse Practitioners and Parents Loughran, Nancy Pre- and Postoperative Penile Implant Sexual Satisfaction Makosky, Antonia Providing Primary Care to Recovering Patients: A Model for Comprehensive Care for Nurse Practitioners Mannion, Timi Impact of Pallidotomy Surgery on Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease: Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice McLaughlin, Martha Emerging Genetic Technology: Implications for the Nurse Practitioner Muehlmann, Martha Divorce and Disenfranchised Grief: Designing Bereavement Interventions for Family Members Who Experience a Divorce: The Role of the Advance Practice Nurse and Guidelines for Creating Rituals Murphy, M. Kelly Conceptual Framework: Functional Status as an Outcome of Care for Elders Living with Chronic Illness Natale, Shannon Beyond Art or Science: The Utilization of Sound as a Primary Aspect of the Nurse Patient Relationship Neill, Kathleen The Pit and the Pendulum: American Prisons and Jails in the Era of AIDS Nordstrom, Kelly Teaching Child Discipline Strategies to Parents: Analysis of Popular and Scholarly Literature Perea, Rolando Patient Satisfaction as an Outcome Measure for Home Health Care Roy, Teresa Improving the Self-Efficacy of Providers in the Treatment of Osteoporosis in the Older Postmenopausal Woman via Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Interventions Scanlon, Mary Designing a Study of Blood Conservation for Scoliosis surgery in the Adolescent Skoler, Rebecca Exploring the Past, Affirming the Present, Guiding the Future: Oral History as a Therapeutic Intervention for Adolescent Pregnancy Slayne, Maura Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects: Implications of Recent Medical Research and Recommendations for Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health Care Starr, Barbara A Biocultural Model of Herpes Zoster: Current Issues of Elderly in Long-term Care — Proposal for a Health Services Intervention Study Thomas, Elizabeth Renee Natural Family Planning: An Alternative to Reconsider Villalobos, Nancy Cultural Health Beliefs of Salvadorian Women Walsh, Timothy HIV/AIDS and EMS Perspective: A Review of the Literature, Nursing Theory, Current Trends of HIV/AIDS and Prehospital Exposures Wempe, Elizabeth The continued Misuse of Psychotropic Medications in Nursing Homes Abstracts Honorable Mention: Diane L. Kistler, Women’s Body Image: The Development of an Assessment Tool for the Primary Care Setting The formation of body image is a complex process influenced by psychology, biology, culture, and family. Developing a positive body image is a challenge for many women throughout their lives. Feminist theory can be utilized as a conceptual framework to examine women’s development of body image. A review of the current body image literature outlining cultural and transitional impacts on body image demonstrates gaps where more research is needed. Nurses can utilize a body image assessment tool to facilitate discussion about the client’s body image, identify negative body image, and plan interventions. A body image assessment tool is provided for use in the primary care setting. Rebecca I. Skoler, Exploring the Past, Affirming the Present, Guiding the Future: Oral History as a Therapeutic Intervention for Adolescent Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a nationwide problem. Many approaches have been implemented to decrease the rate of sexually active teenagers and to increase the contraceptive use among those who are sexually active. Immature ego development in girls has been show to predict poor contraceptive use and a decreased awareness of motivations for actions. Oral history, a process of live review, can be used with teens at risk for pregnancy to help them achieve the developmental task of ego identity. It has been used successfully with the elderly to decrease depression and achieve a greater sense of ego integrity. Given the cultural and societal pressures and the particular developmental concerns of teenage girls, oral histories should be considered as an intervention for teenagers at-risk of pregnancy. Developmentally specific guidelines are proposed to assist the clinician in conducting oral histories with teenager girls. Dana L. Blanks, The Promotion of “Self-grieving” in Dying Children Care providers who care for children with life threatening illnesses are faced with the difficult task of facilitating healthy grief responses in their clients. The promotion of “self-grief’ in children is an essential component of competent care. A better understanding of the conceptualization of death as a developmental process and of the unique issues faced by dying children can help providers to plan more effective interventions. This paper discusses the needs of dying children, including the need to have full disclosure about impending death, and the issues of decision making and communication with the dying child. The reasons why a gap exists between the needs of these children and the provision of care are addressed, and recommendations for interventions are given, a more formalized approach to grief work is recommended in order to ensure adequate guidance to the child as he processes complex emotions. The pediatric nurse practitioner is in an ideal position to coordinate a formalized care plan in relation to grief through knowledge and training in health promotion and family developmental theory. A multidisciplinary approach needs to be established in order to effectively promote this important developmental task. The 1997 Rebecca Colvin Prize Winner: Elizabeth Meyer Bobby, Using the Health Belief Model to Understand Suntanning Behavior and Skin Cancer Prevention Among Women Skin cancer is increasing at a rate greater than that of any other cancer. The incidence of melanoma in particular has increased close to 1,000 per cent since 1940 and is now the most frequent cancer in women ages 25 to 29. Evidence is abundant that sun exposure is a major player in the etiology of all forms of skin cancer. Suntanning is a relatively new phenomenon; until the 19th century, pale skin distinguished affluent people from the working class. Fashion trends, the automobile, and the airplane reversed this perception and tanned skin became a much sought after status symbol. Although people became aware of the dangers of sun exposure as early as the 1940’s, a suntanned body remains a cultural signifier of health and beauty, and surveys reveal that suntanning behavior is pervasive. This project used the Health Belief Model to develop strategies for nurse practitioners to educate patients about skin cancer and to help them explore the motivational and decision-making processes involved in the choice to suntan or not. MGH Institute ofHealth Professions Celebrates 20 Years MGH The Institute of Health Professions is now in its 20lh year. Combining the momentous event with the Institute’s annual alumnae/i reunion, the Institute would like to invite the MGH SON alumnae to gather with current Institute students, alumni, faculty and staff in a special celebration on November 8, 1997. We are trying to find as many of our early founders and friends as possible, to bring everyone together again, and to have an opportunity to recognize individual and collective contributions to the formation of this unique and wonderful graduate institution. Dr. Charles Sanders, former Director of the MGH and one of the many people responsible for making Ruth Sleeper’s dream a reality, has tentatively agreed to join us on the occasion and we hope you will, too. MGH For more information, contact Lou Mitchell of the Institute of Health Professions at (617) 726-3141. Another note of interest: The IHP was awarded a Silver Medal in the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) District (North Atlantic region) Publications Awards Contest 1 for the 1996-1997 Admissions Catalog. The award was officially presented on February 4 in Boston.