April 11, 2014 - The Faculty of Nursing congratulates the following faculty members on their recent achievements and promotions:
April 2, 2014 - 4th year BScN student Jelena Lastro was recognized by Windsor Regional Hospital's "Above and Beyond" program for her duties during her preceptored clinical placement experience. As a result of this recognition, her name will appear on the Windsor Regional Hospital Honour Roll - www.wrh.on.ca.
The patient who nominated Jelena for this award provided the following comments:
"Jelena was a 4th year nursing student who did not seem like a student. She was very confident and capable in all her duties as a nurse. She was extremely thorough and very gentle during my assessments. She truly has both the skills and qualities to be in the nursing profession. She had a very positive and bubbly attitude that made my day. I hope she is able to be employed at Met when she finishes school."
April 2, 2014 - Congratulations to BScN students Regina Yuen (year 1) and Colleen Broaderip (year 4), who were recognized at the Connecting4Success (C4S) End of the Year Celebration on Saturday, March 29/14.
C4S is the first generation mentoring program run through Student Affairs. Regina Yuen was recognized as mentee of the year for taking full advantage of her experience with C4S. Her mentor, Colleen Broaderip, was recognized with the Making A Difference Award.
This is what Regina said in her nomination about Colleen:
March 26, 2013 - Congratulations to graduate Katrina Baldwin (BScN '13) and instructor Virgina Walsh, whose article titled "Independent double-checks for high-alert medications: Essential practice" has been pubished in Nursing 2014 - April 2014 (Volume 44 - Issue 4 - p 65-67). Katrina worked on this paper as part of the Transition to Practice course (scholarly writing lab component), which was taught by Virginia Walsh. Article abstract ink.
March 25, 2014 - Nursing students raising funds for fellow student battling cancer by selling bracelets
Jessica Girard is a dear friend of ours and a member of our nursing class. She is extremely passionate and warm hearted friend, who makes an impact on every person she meets.
At the age of 20, she was unfortunately diagnosed on December 27th 2012 with a rare form of stage 4 colon cancer (Signet Ring Adenocarcinoma). Shortly after her diagnosis, Jessica learnt that the cancer had spread to reproductive organs. Jessica has spent the majority of the past year and a half in hospitals for multiple surgeries and chemotherapy treatments.
In January of 2014, Jessica was declared in remission. Three weeks later Jessica received tragic news described by her as a day where her world stopped in its tracks, as she was re-diagnosed with cancer. Since this re-diagnosis Jessica has spent almost everyday in the hospital in and outside of Canada. She is currently traveling back and forth from Windsor to London receiving treatments.
March 20, 2014 - The following Nursing faculty/instructors were recognized at the Celebration of Teaching Excellence event on March 19/14:
1. Debbie Rickeard - recipient of the University of Windsor Students' Alliance (UWSA) Teacher Excellence Award.
2. Judy Bornais - recipient of the 1) University Students' Council (USC) Teaching Honour Roll Award for Excellence in Teaching, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario; 2) Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing (COUPN) Excellence in Teaching Award (provincial award); and 3) Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Award for Excellence in Nursing Education (national award). Judy was also recognized for being one of the inaugural Teaching Leadership Chairs.
3. Anne Foote - completion of the Fundamentals of University Teaching (1st level certificate) for the University Teaching Certificate program.
February 23, 2014 - Congratulations to Prof. Judy Bornais on being awarded a University of Windsor Teaching Leadership Chair (TLC), for a three year term. As a TLC, Judy will focus on leading and supporting teaching and curricular initiatives in the Faculty of Nursing and across campus.
February 5, 2014 - Congratulations to Dr. Kathy Pfaff and co-authors Pamela E. Baxter, Susan M. Jack, & Jenny Ploeg, whose article "Exploring new graduate nurse confidence in interprofessional collaboration: A mixed methods study." was published in January 2014 in the International Journal of Nursing Studies. Available on-line at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.01.001
January 20, 2014 - Congratulations and good luck to first year BScN student Priya Madaan, who is an Ontario finalist running to become Miss Canada 2014. See more details on the Miss Canada website and on the Facebook page.
