FALL/WINTER 2017 MINNESOTA NURSING A publication of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing KIDS BEING KIDS during chemotherapy Research discovers what helps children thrive after cancer treatment 11 25 35 Exercise covered: A breakthrough Clinic care goes Advancing the role of for less invasive interventions beyond its walls nurses in Taiwan FALL/WINTER 2017 ON THE COVER 06 Kids being kids during chemotherapy Research discovers what helps children thrive after cancer treatment 12 Leaders in integrative health As the first DNP program, the specialty is a national draw 20 The price of unaffordable housing Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond comes to campus 39 The colonel in the classroom Collier is proud she was in the first-ever graduating DNP class of 06 Bentson Scholars SECTIONS 04 From the Dean 06 Research 12 Education 20 Outreach 12 26 Center News 30 School News 34 Alumni News 38 Development News FOLLOW US Read Minnesota Nursing online at www.nursing.umn. 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Data evolution OUR VISION The School of Nursing envisions a world where nurses lead collaborative efforts to attain optimal health for all people. DEAN Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LMFT, LP, FAAN ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FACULTY PRACTICE, PARTNERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Tom Clancy, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN BOARD OF VISITORS Clara Adams-Ender, chief nurse executive, Army Nurse Corp. (ret.); Michael Bird, national consultant to AARP on Native American/Alaska Native communities; June Cook-Lapidus, president, School of Nursing Foundation; Melanie Dreher, dean emeritus, Rush University College of Nursing; David Durenberger, former United States senator; Richard Norling, senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Laura Reed, DNP, MBA, chief nurse executive, Fairview Health Services; Jeannine Rivet, executive vice president, UnitedHealth Group; Peter H. Vlasses, PharmD, DSc (Hon), FCCP, executive director, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; Charlotte Weaver, former senior vice president and chief clinical officer, Gentiva Home Health & Hospice; and Jonathan M. Zenilman, chief, Infectious Diseases Division, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC Rebecca Freeman, PhD, RN, PMP, chief nursing COMMUNICATIONS Barb Schlaefer officer of the Office of the National Coordinator SENIOR EDITOR for Health Information Technology within the Brett Stursa PHOTOGRAPHERS US Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Steffes, Scott Streble gave the keynote address at the fifth-annual DESIGNER Tammy Rose Nursing Knowledge: Big Data Science Conference CONTACT US Minnesota Nursing hosted by the school in June. She called on nurse University of Minnesota School of Nursing 5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall leaders to embrace standardized terminology in 308 Harvard Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 all settings. Email: [email protected] Website: www.nursing.umn.edu Minnesota Nursing is published semi-annually by the University of Minnesota School of Nursing for alumni, faculty, students and friends of the school. ©2017 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. www.nursing.umn.edu | 3 FROM THE DEAN Our impact in tumultuous times Social determinants of health Dear Friends, Johnson Foundation in which she calls on doctoral students to get involved As nurses, we understand how the in environmental and social justice air we breathe, the water and food issues outside the clinic or hospital. we consume, our homes, families, We describe a program evaluation relationships, employment and much of a school district’s restorative more shape our ability to thrive. Nurses justice program aimed at reducing design and deliver care for patients, school violence and discrimination. families and communities within the full Another story highlights the value of context of their lives. physical activity in promoting healthy Are we really doing all we can to development for kids being treated affect health and well-being in these for cancer. unsettling times? Reflecting on recent In this issue, we also discuss the events here and across the country, toll that unstable housing and we are reminded of fear and hostility’s discrimination take on health as affect on our well-being. In Minnesota observed by our guest, Pulitzer Prize- — a state that leads the nation on winning author, Matthew Desmond in indicators of health, education and his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in quality of life — hate crimes were the American City. up 25 percent over the previous year. A suburban mosque was As members of the most trusted recently bombed. profession in America, we can bear witness as practitioners, speak truth, In this issue of Minnesota Nursing we share knowledge and honor the dignity lift up our unique integrative health of all. We can focus our research on and healing specialty of the Doctor of the cost of an unhealthy culture on Nursing Practice program, which affords patients and communities. We commit nurses emerging and ancient methods to working together to advance a for addressing stress, anxiety, chronic culture of health. pain and well-being. We hosted a session on Asian Wisdom for a Western World by artist and philosopher Chungliang Al Huang made possible by Ruth Stricker in partnership with The Marsh, a center for balance and fitness. Connie White Delaney We highlight a recent discussion with Professor and Dean Susan Hassmiller of the Robert Wood 4 | MINNESOTA NURSING The feeling is mutual by Barb Schlaefer “Melissa has an amazing amount of energy and skill in education, interprofessional education specifically. I enjoy the collaboration with midwifery education as much as I do on the clinical level,” said Professor Phillip Rauk, MD, Professor Phillip Rauk, MD, director of the OB/GYN residency program at the University director of the OB/GYN residency of Minnesota and Professor Melissa Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, who leads the program at the University of Minnesota Doctor of Nursing Practice specialty in nurse-midwifery at the School of Nursing. of his collaborating partner, Melissa Avery, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, who come up with new and creative ways to The pair is charged with developing leads the Doctor of Nursing Practice help our learners understand the value new interprofessional standards for specialty in nurse-midwifery at the of both professions and learn how they national accreditation metrics for the School of Nursing. can work together to achieve the best two professional programs. The ultimate Rauk and Avery are working together outcomes for women and newborns.” goal is to increase the number of to create a new curriculum including Minnesota is one of four demonstration nurse-midwifery graduates to address team-based simulation experiences sites nationally advancing this a projected maternity care provider designed to give their learners a interprofessional model of education shortage, improve outcomes and reduce deeper understanding and respect and clinical care. As a former president costs in maternity care. for one another’s capabilities. Their of the American College of Nurse- The project is funded with a $375,000 objective is to prepare new nurse- Midwives, Avery is co-leading this grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. midwives and OB/GYN physicians to initiative with John J. Jennings, MD, a Foundation. work together in ways that complement past president of the American College each profession’s strengths. of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and “We have so much fun working professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology together,” said Avery. “Phillip is so at Texas Tech University. enthusiastic and together we’re able to www.nursing.umn.edu | 5 RREESSEEAARRCCHH Kids being kids during chemotherapy Research discovers what helps children thrive after cancer treatment by Barb Schlaefer When parents first learn energy to be kids, whether it’s playing outside or being social or going to their child has cancer, shock school,” she said. and fear can overwhelm This has been Hooke’s passion since them, says Associate completing her PhD dissertation on fatigue in childhood cancer patients in Professor Casey Hooke, 2007. Her earliest research pointed to PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, the importance of children remaining CPON, who has worked physically active during treatment, which she demonstrated helped to as an advanced practice reduce fatigue. oncology nurse for more One of the early discoveries was that than 30 years. it was often the most active families who volunteered for her studies about “The focus is on survival, naturally,” physical activity. In contrast, in her said Hooke. “Parents only want to current study she works directly with protect their child.” advanced practice nurses to remove With the vast majority of young cancer this self-selection bias. patients now surviving the disease, WHEN AND HOW TO COACH Hooke says more research is needed to FAMILIES understand what helps these children Her most recent pilot study delivered thrive developmentally, emotionally education and resources to pediatric and cognitively during and after cancer oncology nurse practitioners to help P treatment. h them effectively coach patients and o to “oIn w haonwt ttoo dgiisvceo kviedrs a wnidth s hcaanrec eerv tidheen ce finacmluildieesd o an cplahsyss ifcoarl paectdiviaittyr.i cT nhuer ssetu dy s: Sc o tt S continued on page 8 tre b le 6 | MINNESOTA NURSING RESEARCH Sam Mayland, 5, was diagnosed with leukemia this spring. www.nursing.umn.edu | 7 RESEARCH continued from page 6 practitioners and tracked when physical of the diagnosis gave her a sense of activity was discussed at their patient helplessness. “But knowing we can appointments. Nurse practitioners encourage him to be active through his • • • coached patients as part of their usual treatment is a good feeling,” she said. “ Sammy loves to ride care. Patients then took part in a “Sammy loves to ride his bike, swim, study that measured physical activity play games and run around with his his bike, swim, play and fatigue levels and used activity brother. We are working with his nurse games and run around monitors to determine whether their practitioner to make sure he does not activity levels decreased, increased or miss important events, like the first with his brother. We stayed the same. week of kindergarten.” are working with his “Casey’s class was excellent,” said Hooke is not prescribing exercise Alexis Maciej, MS, APRN, CNP, a nurse programs for kids. Rather, she believes nurse practitioner to practitioner who cares for patients the evidence indicates that kids do make sure he does not at the Masonic Children’s Hospital’s better simply being kids. “I’m not oncology clinic in Minneapolis. “It encouraging a regimen of workouts miss important events, provided a framework for assessing on treadmills or stationary bikes,” she like the first week of activity level in patients and said. “The work of staying engaged implementing an individualized plan. in the activities of childhood, to the kindergarten.” I felt very energized about integrating extent kids feel well enough, is what is – Amanda Mayland, this into the care for all my pediatric important.” oncology patients.” Sam’s mother TAKING IT NATIONAL Amanda Mayland’s son Sam was Hooke is also a co-investigator for a diagnosed with leukemia in April multi-site national study of children with 2017. She says that the initial shock leukemia that is exploring relationships 8 | MINNESOTA NURSING RESEARCH between the chemotherapy side Alexis Maciej, MS, APRN, CNP, left, discusses a treatment plan with Casey Hooke, PhD, effects experienced during the APRN, PCNS-BC, CPON. first nine months of treatment and • • • patients’ biologic markers and genetic characteristics. The goal of this National “ I want to discover and share evidence on how to give Institutes of Health-funded study, led by Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN, PNP, kids with cancer the energy to be kids, whether it’s FAAN, at Duke University, and Michael playing outside or being social or going to school.” Scheurer, PhD, MPH, at Baylor College of Medicine, is to understand whether – Associate Professor Casey Hooke some children have certain biological characteristics that put them at a higher risk for symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disruptions or cognitive changes during the couch with the remote control to Nursing Foundation with a gift from chemotherapy treatment. watch their favorite shows,” Hooke the Arthur W. Olofson Trust and Neil Hooke is leading a companion study, said. “But kids with cancer are going Lapidus. following 50 of the original participants, through treatment for up to three years Today, the survival rate for all types as they finish their treatment for during a very important time in their of childhood cancers combined is 83 leukemia. By tracking children after development. We need to understand percent. Hooke credits the advances their second and third years of how to ensure they have the energy in survival rates largely to the work of a maintenance chemotherapy, she and to meet important developmental national consortium for pediatric cancer her team will be able to determine milestones during that time.” research called the Children’s Oncology the longer-range effects of physical At the end of her companion study, Group, which coordinates large clinical activity in reducing symptoms. Using Hooke and her team will determine trials nationwide. “I love this particular an NIH software application, the team whether symptoms of fatigue, sleep field because the evidence is always is assessing children’s cognitive skills disturbance and cognitive function at growing and changing,” she said. “It’s a using iPads as they complete their the beginning of chemotherapy predict joy to be part of it.” leukemia treatment. the level of these symptoms at the end “If your child is sick with the flu for two of maintenance chemotherapy. This or three days, you might put them on study is funded through the School of www.nursing.umn.edu | 9 RESEARCH Addressing problems on the spot School leads evaluation of new St. Paul Public Schools program by Barb Schlaefer When St. Paul Public Schools introduced a restorative practices program at six schools last year, the district turned to the School of Nursing to help it evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program. If results are positive, the district may expand it to more of its 58 schools. The district and teachers’ union launched the program, in response to teachers’ concerns that the learning environment in the district was challenging because of an increasingly negative and unsafe climate combined with uneven discipline practices. Associate Professor Barbara McMorris, PhD, center, with Research Assistant Sung Tae Jang, MA, PhD(c), and Senior Evaluator Kara Beckman, MA. With a grant from the National Education Association and a major evaluation, with funding from the particular, our team can focus on funding commitment by the district, University of Minnesota’s Center for evaluation tasks, which allows district school officials are equipping teachers, Urban and Regional Affairs. McMorris, and school staff the time to focus on students and administrators at the pilot a sociologist by training, and her effective implementation of restorative schools with new methods for building colleagues will conduct interviews practice plans.” positive relationships with and among with principals and site leads and then District and teachers’ union leaders students. The practices introduced analyze quantitative data on school hope they can reduce suspensions, involve building community through climate, discipline and attendance. boost attendance and academic sharing circles, with all students sharing “There is a lot of public scrutiny achievement by addressing problems their perspectives to talk through about funding spent by schools on when they occur, in the community problems more intentionally and initiatives to improve school climate,” in which they occur. The program has reflectively than in the past. All affected said McMorris. “Working with a third already expanded to three additional parties then come up with solutions. party evaluator lends credibility and schools in fall 2017. The program is being tested, in part, as objectivity to the project, in addition an alternative to suspensions. to technical expertise in research Associate Professor Barbara McMorris, methodologies and analysis. In PhD, and her team lead the program’s 10 | MINNESOTA NURSING
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