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2012 Election – Seeking Election Candidates

2012 Election: Candidates needed to fill the following positions: President-elect, Secretary, Faculty Counselor (URI), Leadership Succession Committee member (1), Governance Committee member (1)

If interested in running for any of these listed positions- please contact anyone from Leadership Succession Committee including Leeann Schmitt, Marianne Quinlan, or Mary Jean Croft.

Please Download and Fill Out a BioForm & forward it to leeann119@hotmail.com to become a candidate.

Thank you & we look forward to working with you.

Election will be held March 1, 2012-March 22, 2012.

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I hope that all DU members take the opportunity to view this poster representing the work of Diane Gerzevitz and her team of healthcare professionals as they make a difference in the care of patients in Romania. DU has provided a forum for informing the membership of this work and a financial contribution to help the program continue in this effort. This is a preview of the poster that Diane and I will present at the Biennial Convention in Dallas, TX in October. We believe that it will disseminate this important work and demonstrate DU’s commitment to health worldwide. 

Thank you,
Patricia Quigley

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2011 RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS

The Research Committee invites proposals that address important clinical issues related to nursing practice. The Chapter’s Annual Research Awards are designed to sponsor significant nursing projects that have potential for fostering a program of nursing research. Two awards (to a maximum of $1200.00/award) will be presented.

For further information please contact:

Judy Irene Murphy, PhD, RN, CNE at 401-456-9831 or jmurphy1@ric.edu

Email proposals to: Lauren Slater BSN, RN laurenslater03@gmail.com

Eligibility: All active Sigma Theta Tau Delta Upsilon At Large chapter members

Deadlines:
The deadline for applications for cycle one is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 30, 2011. Grant award decisions will be announced at the Delta Upsilon induction brunch. A written report of the completed project must be submitted to the Research Committee Chair within 12 months of receiving the award.

Criteria:  CLICK HERE to download a copy of the 2011 Grant Proposal Criteria

Click Here to View the  2011 Criteria for Applicants and Scoring Rubric for Specifics of Proposal

Please Note: Proposals exceeding 5 pages (excluding title page, abstract and references) will not be reviewed.

In Memory of Barbara L Tate R.N., Ed.D. (August 6, 1921 – May 26, 2011)

Barbara Louise Tate, R.N., Ed.D., 89, the former Dean of the College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island died peacefully at her home in Peace Dale, RI, on May 26, 2011. Dr. Tate was Dean of from 1969 to 1984. During her tenure White Hall was designed and built to house the College of Nursing. Dr. Tate supervised the development of the Master’s in Nursing program and laid the foundation for the PhD program.  She encouraged the College’s efforts to form a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and in 1980 Delta Upsilon was charted as the 114^th chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.

Dr. Tate graduated from Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing, Montclair, NJ in 1942; obtained her B.A. from Elmira College, Elmira, NY in 1945; and earned a M.A. in 1951 and a Doctorate of Education in 1961 from Teachers College, Columbia University.  Dr. Tate dedicated her long career to the advancement of nursing and nursing education.  She was the director of Research and Studies Service at the National League for Nursing, New York, NY; editor of Nursing Research; research associate for the Division of Nursing at Teachers College, Columbia University; associate director of the School of Nursing, St. Luke’s Hospital, New York, NY; taught nursing at the College of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, the School of Nursing, St. Luke’s Hospital, and the School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; and was an R.N. at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ.

Among her many accomplishments Dr. Tate was the recipient of two Fulbright Scholarships in 1977 and 1983. She authored and co-authored numerous papers and articles for National League for Nursing, Rhode Island Medical Journal, American Journal of Nursing, International Nursing Review, Nursing Research, and Nursing Outlook; served as project director of a number of studies for National League for Nursing, the Florence Nightingale Foundation, and Columbia University; and as consultant to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

She served on the Board of Directors for Nurses Educational Funds, Inc.; Board of Trustees for Rhode Island Health Services Research, Inc.; Editorial Review Board for Nursing and Health Care; Executive Committee to New England Council on Higher Education in Nursing; and South County Hospital Board of Directors.  

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the “Barbara L. Tate Scholarship in Nursing” c/o URI Foundation, 79 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881 or to South County Hospital, Development Office, 100 Kenyon Avenue, Wakefield, RI 02879.

Presentation of Eyeglasses

Presentation of Eyeglasses (265 plus couple dozen sunglasses) to North Kingstown Lion’s Club. All glasses will be used for RI residents. Joining Patricia Quigley and Kathy Gremel in the picture is Mary Ann Hutchins, President NK Lions Club.

GREAT WORK MEMBERS OF DU!

Thank You From Romania

My name is Nicoleta Mitrea, I’m a nurse from Romania, working in the field of nursing since 1992 and in the Palliative Care specialty since 1998. Throughout self improvement and educational opportunities, I managed to lift up the standard of my nursing knowledge and abilities, step by step at a more mature level of competency.

As a nurse coming from an ex-communist country it is almost impossible to attend international events, especially because of very low payment rates for nurses working in similar countries. For the first time I had the chance to participate at a global nursing event as it was the Honor Nursing Society Leadership Summit in Amsterdam 1-2, 2011. This has been made possible only because of the leadership education grant from Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing to assist me with participating in the leadership summit and the graceful help from Mrs. June Clark (Walles chapter – UK) and Mrs. Diane Gerzevitz (Road Island chapter – USA).

For me it has been an amazing opportunity to attend the STTI Nursing Leadership Summit. I made multiple contacts with nurses all around the world working in different specialties and as teachers also. I’m confident that from now on I have a support group, people I can easily get in contact with and gain inside on nursing matters.

I remained marked by the presentation of the 41st Biennale Convention and the 22nd International Nursing Research Congress. I wasn’t aware of the dimension nursing has in other parts of the world and I’m definitely confident that one day this dimension will be possible for nursing in Romania and in the Region of Central and Eastern-Europe, with the help and direct involvement of STTI Honor Nursing Society.

Thank you for existing and for giving me credit to join you in the process and efforts of organizing and serving nursing globally.

Sincerely yours,

Nicoleta Mitrea.