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Show CampUS News : Ask For and Receive Nursing Grants continued from Page One faculty and students neglect their own needs while being so totally immersed in caring and learning to care for others. We just forget to take care of ourselves. We need to . increase faculty and student awareness of this need. Rigdon said, Our students have a very challenging and rewarding role in life. We want them to grow personally, too. As a First initiative, the nursing school has invited Jerry Braza to provide a workshop on Healing the Healers. Braza is a nationally recognized consultant in this topic. The workshop will be Sept. 30, 1991. Rigdon is not sure yet if it will be limited to nursing students and staff. Now is a very challenging time, according to Rigdon. The opportunity to expand the nursing program exists because enrollment has doubled from last year in the upper division classes. The school of nursing currently has 136 declared nursing majors in addition to those in a program.' The number of students has doubled since 1987. We are making a great effort to expand the program and yet maintain the quality of it, Rigdon said. I have every intention of trying to do that this year. I would like to be able to admit every qualified student. A major obstacle is the ability to recruit qualified staff to teach. Nurses are earning high enough salaries in the private sector that it has become more difficult to attract them to teaching. Rigdon said, We hope to obtain grants and endowments for the college ... to offer higher salaries wh ich will help us attract top faculty people. While adding qualified staff to the faculty is very important to Rigdon, a greater priority is to increase the number of scholarships available to nursing students. Most nursing students work at least part-tim- e and many are single parents. Rigdon said she is concerned about the stress on these students. Scholarships would help many of our students have more time to devote to learning nursing instead of spending so much time trying to survive while still going to school, she said. There are a number of ways nursing students approach the health care budget is funded 0 percent by tuition and 20-2- 2 percent from gifts coming from individuals, foundations and corporations. These gifts are extremely important to and much appreciated by Westminster, said Chesley, we have been averaging approximately $1 million per year in gifts Chesleys primary function is to write proposals for grants and endowments. She then follows through to see that the funds received are properly used. She also maintains contact with past donors to tell them how their contributions have benefited the college and to solicit future contributions. The following are recent donations to the college of nursing: The HCA Foundation pledged $100,000 This is an annual grant that for 1991-9the college must reapply for each year. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Nashville, Tenn., is the parent company of St. Marks Hospital. Intermountain Health Care (IHC) donated $ 1 5,000 to the general operating fund. Dickinson First Deseret Medical-Becto- n (formerly DeseretPharmaceutical) renewed its $2,000 grant to be used for four $500 nursing scholarships this year. The Nursing Alumni donated $5,000 to the Lottie Felkner Scholarship Fund. Dr. Galen O. Beldon increased his endowment by $30,000 this year. This endowed scholarship will continue to grow until Beldons death when interest will be used to award annual scholarships..Bcldon set up the Irene Bunch Beldon Endowed Scholarship in memory of his wife. His goal is to bring the endowment total to at least $400,000. He started the endowment last year with a $15,000 contribution. One of the requests of the Eccles Foundation was to grant funds for use caring for the caregiver, said Rigdon. She said Donni Toth, Marsha Morton and Shirley Knox comprise the three-perso- n Learning Lab Committee which will oversee spending the grant. A priority this year is to give the nursing school the resources to help its students and faculty leam to care for themselves. Too often, said Rigdon, the 78-8- 2. pre-nursi- 14-1- -- 21-2- - y, 144. 1992 BSN STUDENTS. iw i i'iBl'WiV 'AVllA'UhL? UuHtri(ir5K!6Rsrt 'WWifiJWliMii'A'.wissi us 0 illil t ft l!U Wi iBrny rcQ) ililoioiivMi iMMl ifeWS' IhiiHifc ojk-- Cf -- liVflinitotdiU.'M' ''iKfifliJ'; 11 er i non tc j : i accclsTi a) 'KiiiriRJiriwwv ji and Education Program works toward reducing alcohol and drug use and misuse by educating students, staff and faculty about alcohol and drug use and abuse, and by promoting responsible decisionmaking and healthy lifestyles. An extensive resource center, located in the program office, is open to anyone during business hours. The resource center contains several hundred books, videos, brochures, pamphlets, training manuals, curriculum formats for presentation to groups and much other material on alcohol, drugs, treatment, special groups, youth, prevention in schools and communities and textbooks. All items and Mead can arc available for check-ou- t in their. Many assistance technical provide students use the resource center for help in their work with youth or church groups. The alcohol and drug abuse policy for the college has changed. Students will be receiving a copy of the new policy early in fall term. They should read the policy carefully; they arc required to know what it says. The policy brochure is designed to be placed in the back pocket of the Student Handbook for easy reference. A directory of referral sources has been placed in the prevention program office, the dean of students office, in the chaplains Office and in the reference section of the Nightingale Library. Anyone needing help assessing the severity of an alcohol or drug problem or with a referral for treatment, should sec Mead or one of the counselors for confidential assistance. Activities to watch for: 8 Oct. - National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Oct. 5 - National Red Ribbon Week December Designated Driver Program Girmy Mead, Coordinator of the A Icohol and Drug Prevention and Education program on campus, M S. in educationalpsy-chologis the leader ofACOA Support Group on campus. A new group will be forming in the first weeks ofschool and anyoneon campus is invited to attend. These groups are confidentiality. Ifyou wish to find out more about the support group or obtain more information about ACO A and codependency issues, please contact Girmy Mead in Shaw 110, x- - ufsESAW irfitrfMl (c Marks-Westminst- A service of the Prevention Program -The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention rcroYuu ureas: imxjjfi tv AKi ng Here's To Your Health community to help with school expenses. The student is usually required to work approximately 32 hours per week for an institution before it will agree to pay for all or part of the students tuition. This can be difficult, but it has been and is being done. Some institutions pay for all or part of a students schooling if heshe agrees to work for the institution fora fixed period of time after graduation. Other avenues are available through the Financial aid office. According to Rigdon, the St. School of Nursing has earned the reputation for preparing outstanding graduate nurses who are highly sought after. In 1989, the nursing program received full rcaccrcditation status from the National League for Nursing. Feedback from graduates, employers, clinical agencies and the community is used to continually improve the program. The strength and intensity of the clinical component of the nursing program has been identified by the students as one of the primary reasons they choose Westminster, according to Chesley. The clinical experiences are chosen by the faculty to provide students with the opportunity to leam the art of nursing based on the theoretical principles taught in the classroom. The faculty maintains a collaborative relationship with diverse hospital and community agencies appropriate for the students learning. The clinical hours required by Westminsters program far exceed the state board requirements. The nursing student body is a vibrant and mature group," composing the second largest undergraduate major in the college, said Chesley. The average student is a 3 1 year-old parent from a lower m iddlc socioeconomic background who recognizes the value of a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Westminster and makes personal and Financial sacrifices to attend the program. These students deserve and appreciate the resources, she said. Rigdon and Chesley agree that health care education in our community will derive a significant benefit from donations to the school of nursing. Over 90 percent of the Westminster nursing students are Utahns, and the majority of the graduates remain in Utah after graduation. 1 urisii '!?) UJISlI . Enter the Air Force V immediately after graduation without waiting for the results of your State Boards. You can earn great benefits as an Air Force nurse officer. And if selected during your senior year, you may internship qualify for a at a major Air Force medical facility. To apply, youll need an overall 2.50 GPA. Serve your country while you serve your career. 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