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Chaminade Nursing Program Cleared To Launch
--Hawaii State Board Of Nursing Gives Approval--
HONOLULU—Thursday, March 4,
2010— Chaminade University now has a nursing program. The Hawaii
State
Board of Nursing gave Chaminade its blessing
today and the necessary approval it needed to officially launch its nursing
program this fall 2010. “This welcomed approval means that in August, our
first students on track towards earning their Bachelor of Science degree in
nursing (BSN) will begin classes,” said Chaminade Dean for Nursing,
Stephanie Genz, EdD, MSN, RN.
It also means that in 2014, the university can
expect to graduate its first class of 40 to 50 nurses. These graduates will have
the foundational nursing knowledge and skills necessary for the profession, have
the abilities to provide quality patient care, and be prepared for the National
Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
“We are grateful for the board’s
approval. The nursing program will address nursing shortages in local
communities, the Pacific region and the U.S. continent,” said Chaminade
president, Bro. Bernard Ploeger, SM, Ph.D. “The nursing profession
gives our students excellent career opportunities in a dynamic field where they
can serve with significance. This makes the nursing vocation a perfect fit,
well-aligned with our mission and identity as a university whose goal is to
prepare students for life, careers and for service.”
The Sallie Y. Miyawaki School of
Nursing, named in honor of the late wife of Dr. Edison Miyawaki who endowed
$5 million to the nursing program in November 2009, will uniquely focus its
curriculum on:
· Highly
sophisticated, simulated patient care
experiences;
· The
informatics age and the acquisition of clinical informatics
skills;
· Genomics and the
ability to process and convey information, previously reserved for specialized
geneticists and bioinformaticians;
·
Cultural competency in the care of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
communities (Chaminade is a federally designated Native Hawaiian serving
institution);
· Geriatrics to care for an aging
population;
· Leadership in
advocating for the populations they served.
Curriculum will include patient-center care,
inter-professional teams, patient safety, professionalism, lifespan, and
end-of-life care.
The program will be housed in the Dr.
Lawrence K. W. And Mrs. BoHing Chan Tseu Center for Nurse Education, a
leading edge physical facility for nursing, which includes two nursing skills
laboratories, dedicated computer and instructional rooms, state-of-the-art human
simulator suite, standardized patient laboratory, faculty offices and 10 newly
renovated teaching research laboratories for the biomedical sciences. In
November 2009, Dr. Tseu made a capital gift of $1 million for the final
construction of the nursing center, ensuring its opening in fall
2010.
Inspired by recent gifts supporting Chaminade
University's nursing program from two Chaminade regents honoring their wives and
the nursing profession last November, J. Michael Windsor yesterday donated
$100,000 for the first endowed nursing scholarship in his late wife's name,
Mary. Windsor, who serves on the university's board of governors, lost his wife
last summer. His wife was a nurse, who found much joy and meaning in her
profession, and for Windsor, this was an especially appropriate way to honor
her.
In 2006, the vision for the program was ignited
by former Chaminade president, Mary Civille (Sue) Wesselkamper, D.S.W. In July
of 2009, the torch was passed on to Genz, who is happy to monitor the
excitement. “We are only five months away from greeting our first students
and can hardly wait,” she said.
Celebrating more than 50 years of educating
students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers
programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and
accelerated courses. The main campus is located in Kaimuki at 3140 Waialae Ave.,
Honolulu, HI 96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu military bases and
Catholic parishes and schools. For more information, visit the Chaminade web
site at <http://www.chaminade.edu>www.chaminade.edu or call (808)
735-4711.
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