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Kim Horne, R.N., Central Baptist Hospital
Patricia B. Howard, R.N., Ph.D., C.N.A.A.
Amanda White Nelson, UK Public Relations
Jane M. Kirschling, R.N., D.N.S.
Sharon Lock, R.N., Ph.D., A.R.N.P.
Terry A. Lennie, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.H.A.
Sharon Sheahan, Ph.D., C.F.N.P.
Karen Stefaniak, R.N., Ph.D.
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is published annually by the
University of Kentucky College of Nursing.
Jane M. Kirschling, R.N., D.N.S., Dean
University of Kentucky
College of Nursing
315 College of Nursing Building
Lexington, KY 40536-0232

Visit us online at www.mc.uky.edu/nursing

It is with considerable pride in the College’s students, alumni,
faculty, and staff that I share highlights from my first year as dean
of the College of Nursing. In this issue of Connections you will
see that the College continues to make substantive contributions
in education, research, practice, and service.
Without a doubt, nursing education at UK is demanding and rigorous, whether you are a
student pursuing your B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.P. or Ph.D. But it’s worth it. This past year I have
had the opportunity to meet a number of alumni from across Kentucky, as well as nationally,
and it is clear that the nursing faculty have a long tradition of supporting all students to exceed
their educational goals. The quality of our educational programs is evident in our graduates
who provide exceptional nursing care and who serve as leaders within health care, in the
Commonwealth and the nation.
Last June, we inducted the inaugural class into the College of Nursing Hall of Fame. Their
stories, which are featured in this issue, illustrate how University of Kentucky nursing alumni
make a difference in the lives they touch.
Providing a high-caliber nursing education is more important now than ever with Kentucky
facing a nursing shortage. The number of Kentucky nurses is expected to fall short of demand
by 2012. By 2020, Kentucky will need an additional 6,800 nurses. Nationally, a shortage
of 340,000 is projected for 2016. To help alleviate the evolving shortage, we doubled our
four-year (B.S.N.) nursing program admissions beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year.
Previously, the College admitted 80 Bachelor of Science in Nursing students per academic
year – 40 for the fall semester and 40 for the spring. This year 160 nursing students will enter
the program. Increasing the number of B.S.N. prepared nurses is critical to providing everevolving, highly complex health care for an aging population. As a state we currently prepare
twice as many associate degree nurses than B.S.N. As our B.S.N. program grows we hope to
attract a more diverse group of students and faculty. The current nursing work force does not
reflect the populations we serve and that needs to change to assure quality care to all persons.
The College’s innovative research and dedicated outreach efforts are making a tangible
difference in the lives of Kentuckians. Currently funded research projects include congestive
heart failure, the effects of secondhand smoke, and minimizing the risks in occupations such as
agriculture and long-haul trucking. In 2006 the College was ranked 40th for research funding
received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This ranking is up from 83rd in 2003.
The College’s commitment to the generation of new knowledge aligns with the University’s
goal to become a top-20 public research institution.
I am confident that we will continue to see growth in our research funding, especially as we
expand the number of doctorally prepared faculty within the College who contribute to our
research mission. A number of full-time faculty completed their doctoral studies this past year,
including Drs. Kristin Ashford, Lynne Jensen, Regina “Gina” Lowry, and Darlene Welsh. In
addition, we have added a number of new full-time faculty – Drs. Emma J. “E.J.” Brown,
Karen Heaton, Gia Mudd, Karen Stefaniak, Elizabeth Tovar, and Kathy Wheeler.
The College is honored with other recognized rankings. The graduate program is tied for 26th
in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report in its 2008 edition of America’s Best
Graduate Schools. Faculty scholarly activity is ranked ninth among both public and private
universities, as published in the Chronicle of Higher Education (2005 rankings, published
January 2007).
UK College of Nursing faculty and students are influencing the health of Kentuckians by

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providing care to the most high-risk
populations. In 2006-2007 clinical practice
revenue from practice contracts and grants
was about $1.1 million and involved 14
faculty, nine staff, four community health
interns, and two nurse practitioner fellows.
Within UK HealthCare, we currently have
contracts with the College of Medicine:
Family Practice, including North Clinic,
the Center for Advancement of Women’s
Health, Internal Medicine, Pediatric
Endocrinology, and Chandler Medical
Center Pulmonary, Critical Care, and
Sleep Medicine Department – ICUs. We
also have external contracts with the Baby
Health Clinic, Lexington-Fayette County
Health Department, the Hope Center
for Women and Family Care Center in
Lexington, the Lawrence County Health
Department, and Central Baptist Hospital
in Lexington. Our practice with Lexington’s
Hope Center for Men is supported
through a federal grant. Finally, the Good
Samaritan Foundation funds several clinics
including the Post Clinic, the Nathaniel
Mission-Good Samaritan Clinic, and
school-based health care at Julie R. Ewan,
Cardinal Valley, Russell Cave, and Ashland
elementary schools.
The future of the College of Nursing, as we
approach our 50th anniversary in 2010,
is guided by our strategic plan, developed
this past year. It is available on the College’s
Web site, www.mc.uky.edu/Nursing/. In
addition, this spring the College will go
through an internal review at the University.
Our self-study report is also available on the
College’s Web site.
I hope that you join me in being very proud
of the accomplishments and contributions
of College of Nursing students, alumni,
faculty, and staff. I welcome the opportunity
to hear your ideas about our shared future
– do not hesitate to e-mail me at janek@
email.uky.edu or call me at (859) 323-4857.

Jane M. Kirschling, R.N., D.N.S.
Dean

2......................................................................................................... From the Dean
THE COLLEGE
4..............................................................................Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees
7............................................................................................................. New Faculty
8........................................................................... Faculty Awards and Appointments
11........................................................................................Faculty and Staff Awards
11............................................................Faculty Member Impacted Women’s Issues
12 .................................................................. College Loses Valued Faculty Member
13........................................................Scholarship Established for Graduate Student
14 .................................................Spontaneous Detour Leads to Long Career at UK
16........................................................................................... New Faces for College	
17.................................................................................. Spotlighting Patricia Howard
DEVELOPMENT
19 .......................................................................................... Scholarship Recipients
20 ................................................................................................... 2007 Phonathon
21......................................................New Scholarships and Endowed Professorship
21................................................................................... A Scholarship in Your Name
21.................................................................. New Development and Alumni Director
22............................................................................................We Thank Our Donors
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
27........................................................................ College Doubles B.S.N. Enrollment
27 ........................................................................................Student Services Grows
27 ................................................................ Student Wins Lyman T. Johnson Award
28........................................................................Second Degree Students Transition
29..................................................................... Research Interns Present in Frankfort
29 .................................................Crossing the Bridge From Student to Professional
30............................................................................................ White Coat Ceremony	
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
31....................................................... Growing Nurse Researchers on the Fast Track
31.......................................................... Climb in U.S.News & World Report Rankings
32........................................................................................ D.N.P. Program Evolving
32.............................................................................Recent Ph.D., D.N.P. Graduates
33.............................................................. When It’s the Patient Grading the Student
34......................................................................................................Video Validation
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
35 ..................................................................... Largest NIH Grant in College History
35....................................................... NIH Funds Study of Cardiopulmonary Disease
36.................................................................. Advocates of Smoke-Free Air Honored
36........................................................................ College at 2007 SNRS Conference
37 .............................................................................Student Scholarship Showcase
38............................................................................................. Selected Grant News
38................................................................................Selected Books and Chapters
39................................................................................................Recent Publications
39................................................................................................... Student Spotlight
CLINICAL PRACTICE
40...................................................... Faculty Weave Together Teaching and Practice
COLLEGE OF NURSING ALUMNI
41....................................................................................Nurses Stepin’ Out in Style!
42.......................................................................................... Nothing Like a Reunion
43..........................................Letter From New College Alumni Association President
43...................................... College of Nursing Alumni Association Board of Directors
44........................................... 2006 Graduate Recipient of Lyman T. Johnson Award
44....................................................................................................CE Opportunities
45......................................................... Recent Master’s Graduate Headed to Kuwait
UK ALBERT B. CHANDLER MEDICAL CENTER AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
46..................................... College and UK Chandler Hospital Nursing Collaborations
47....................................................... Advisory Council Provides Look From Outside
48....................................................... UK Purchases Lexington’s Samaritan Hospital
48 ............................................................ Clark Regional Medical Center, UK Affiliate
49........................................................... News From Other UK Health Care Colleges

* THE COLLEGE

College Celebrates Inaugural
Hall of Fame Inductees
The College of Nursing inducted five inaugural alumnae into its
Hall of Fame in June 2007 at a formal ceremony and banquet.
This highest honor of the College, established in 2006, identifies
distinguished graduates and their extraordinary contributions to the
nursing profession. The 2007 inductees include:
Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, R.N., M.S.N., C.N.P., F.A.A.N.
B.S.N. 1968
Immediate Past Chief Executive Officer, Sigma Theta Tau
International
Indianapolis, Indiana
From1993 through 2007, Nancy
Dickenson-Hazard served as chief executive
officer of Sigma Theta Tau International
(STTI), the international nursing honorary
society. With a current budget of $15
million, she coordinated both the United
States and international chapters of the society and the Foundation
of Sigma Theta Tau.

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The scope and impact of her leadership in this role is immense
and far-reaching. Among the accomplishments of STTI under
Dickenson-Hazard’s leadership: membership growth to 400,000
members in 114 countries and operationalization of the only online
library of nursing research, housing more than 30,000 research
studies and abstracts.
Dickenson-Hazard values her undergraduate nursing degree from
UK. “I think first and foremost the College taught me to think. Very
little happens in health care and with patients without that being
filtered first through nursing. Treatments, medications, procedures,
systems, processes…all happen because nurses have the knowledge
and the ability to think through the complexity of health care puzzles
and then make them relevant to people. Nursing really is the central
organizing and focal point for health care and nurses are the front
line for patient care.”

* The 2007 inductees (l to r): Betsy Elder Weiner, Sue Thomas Hegyvary, Alice Gertrude
Herman, Cynda Hylton Rushton and Nancy Dickenson-Hazard.

Sue Thomas Hegyvary, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
B.S.N. 1965
Dean Emeritus, University of Washington School of Nursing
Seattle, Washington
Sue Hegyvary grew up in rural Kentucky
in a culture that didn’t especially value
education. Very few students from her high
school went to college. However, in 1965
she completed her B.S.N. at UK.
“We didn’t know it then, but we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to
Marcia Dake (first dean of the College) for establishing that tradition
that we’re not here for things and technology. We’re for people, and
whether that’s down the street or across the world, that’s the essence
of the profession,” said Hegyvary.
Hegyvary is professor and dean emeritus at the University of
Washington School of Nursing, where she teaches international
health, health care systems, and organizational effectiveness.
From 1999 through 2007, Hegyvary served as editor of the Journal of
Nursing Scholarship (JNS), an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau
International. The journal evolved significantly under her direction
and reflects her influence, including its global perspective, focus on
excellence, a requirement of rigorous study designs and consideration
of larger societal contexts in which analytical findings are interpreted.
Alice Gertrude Herman, R.N., Ph.D., C.N.M.
M.S.N. 1972
Nursing pioneer in rural and frontier areas of America
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
After completing her basic nurses training,
Alice Herman happened upon a book
about nurses on horseback and her life
was changed forever. She trained to be
a midwife and spent the next years in
the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS)
working with founder Mary Breckinridge (begun in 1925 in eastern
Kentucky).
While working in Alaska, her favored mode of transportation to
a delivering mother was a 23-dog sled team and by horseback in
eastern Kentucky. She delivered more than 1,000 babies, some in
dreadful circumstances, and lost only one. None of the mothers she
attended died in childbirth. Often, there was nothing but newspaper
to wrap the newborn in. Once, she took the saddle blanket from her
horse and fashioned a makeshift nightgown for a baby who had no
other clothing. Herman says she was taught, “You are a nurse. When
there is not a way, make one.”
After receiving her M.S.N. here at UK in 1972, she traveled to
London for her doctorate. She never really settled anywhere – she is a

self-proclaimed wanderer, believing the world has many wonders and
needs and that staying in one place would not maximize the benefit
she could bring. She’d love to go back to the FNS in the early years.
“The work was hard, the hours were long, the pay was pathetic, but
what I gained in job satisfaction was worth all that…plus the fact I
had an opportunity to work with and for Mary Breckinridge.”
Cynda Hylton Rushton, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
B.S.N. 1978
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Program Director, Harriet Lane Compassionate Care Program
Baltimore, Maryland
Since 2004, Cynda Rushton has been
associate professor of nursing with the
School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore. She has a joint
appointment in pediatrics with the
university’s School of Medicine. She
is a nationally recognized expert in bioethics and palliative care.
In 2001 she received the American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses Pioneering Spirit Award for her work in advancing palliative
care across the life-span. She was appointed by the governor of
Maryland to chair the State Council on Quality Care at the Endof-Life in 2002. In 2005 she was appointed to serve on the Institute
of Medicine Committee on Organ Donation and the Advisory
Committee to the National Children’s Study, the largest longitudinal
study of children’s health in the United States.
“Clearly, every journey begins with a first step. And this (UK) was
the beginning of my journey in nursing. Certainly the faculty, as well
as the patients and families themselves have really been my greatest
teachers. They have taught me about the strength and the frailty of
the human body. They taught me about the resilience of the spirit
and circumstances that are tragic and often difficult to even imagine.
They taught me about the hope and faith that many of our patients
and their families are able to garner in very, very difficult times.”
Elizabeth (Betsy) Elder Weiner, R.N., B.C., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
B.S.N. 1975
Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics
and Professor of Informatics
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville, Tennessee
Elizabeth “Betsy” Weiner has built a very
successful research program, with more
than $2 million in funded research and
training grants. Her research focuses on
curriculum development and evaluation
for nurses in emergency management
and response; evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of
online learning by volunteer nurses for emergency response; and

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competencies for advanced practice
nurses. She is considered a pioneer in
informatics and technology as it is applied
to nursing. She has shared her expertise in
bioterrorism, emergency preparedness, and
disaster response in Kentucky as well as
internationally.
There was never any question as to where
she’d go to school. It would be UK.
Once she settled on a nursing major, it
was because “nursing had some personal
connection. It was my calling and I knew
that’s what I wanted to do.”
Marcia Dake, R.N., Ed.D., the College’s
first dean, commented on the beginnings
of the College in 1960: “It was 49 years
ago that I drove from western New York
to Lexington, Ky., with a U-Haul trailer
behind my Pontiac. I became the seventh
medical center staff member. Our offices
were in the farm house. We did our
business for a year or year-and-a-half on
the stairway.
Top left: Terry Green, development and
alumni officer, Assistant Professor Lynne
Jensen, Director of the Undergraduate
Program Patricia Burkhart, Associate Dean
for Research and Scholarship Lynne Hall,
B.S.N.-Ph.D. student Demetrius Abshire and
his wife, Sarah
Top right: First dean of the College Marcia
Dake and immediate past dean Carolyn
Williams
Bottom left: The 2007 Hall of Fame
Committee (l to r): Dean Jane Kirschling,
Karen Stefaniak, Carolyn Williams, Terry
Green, Assistant Professor Karen Butler,
Associate Professor Debbie Reed, past
College of Nursing Alumni Associate
President Eula Spears, Associate Professor
Ruth “Topsy” Staten, Associate Professor
Sherry Warden, Vice President for Nursing
Karen Hill (Central Baptist Hospital), and
Associate Professor Debra Anderson
Bottom right: UK College of Pharmacy Dean
Kenneth Roberts and College of Nursing
Instructor Kittye Roberts

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“I am one of the first 100 nurses in this
country who are known to have a doctoral
degree. I say that not to compliment myself
but to take you back to where nursing was
at that stage in our history. We did not have
doctoral programs in nursing. We did not
have doctorally prepared nurses to teach in
such programs. In those early years, nursing
at this institution was at the undergraduate
level. Medicine and dentistry were at the
graduate level. We tried, we could not, at
that time, develop the interdisciplinary
programs to bring about the cohesion
that we really wanted. We couldn’t mesh
undergraduate with graduate. Today there
is the possibility for that interdisciplinary
team that we used to talk about. We now
can do that because we have nurses prepared
at the doctoral level and I congratulate
those who have followed me.”
Carolyn Williams, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.,
immediate past dean of the College,
reminded those in attendance, “In our
contemporary world there is almost an

insatiable desire to quantify things. In
education, this is evident in a number of
ways, including the recent efforts to rank
and to rate schools and programs. We
all know what really matters is whether
or not the graduates are able to do what
needs to be done, to do it well, and to
provide leadership in their chosen field.
Our honorees are symbolic of the best
of our community of graduates and by
celebrating them, we are celebrating all of
our graduates.”
Jane Marie Kirschling, R.N., D.N.S.,
current dean, thanked Marcia Dake,
Marion McKenna and Carolyn Williams,
the deans who served before her, for
building a foundation of a College that is
growing and prospering. “The impact of
your leadership and vision for the College
of Nursing is clearly evidenced in the
College’s graduates, from our undergraduate
and graduate programs.”

* Welcome to New Faculty
Full-time

Part-time
Leslie Arron
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Nina Barnes
Instructor, Undergraduate Program

Emma “E.J.” Brown
Associate Professor

Janine Barnett
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Cynthia Bohen
Instructor, Graduate Program
Margaret Borders
Instructor, Graduate Program
Elizabeth “Bettye” Cheves
Instructor, Undergraduate Program

Karen Heaton
Assistant Professor

Linda Clements
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Jonathan Craft
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Linda Dempsey-Hall
Instructor, Undergraduate Program

Gia Mudd
Assistant Professor

Jill Dobias
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Jennifer Drumm	
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Edna Dukes
Instructor, Undergraduate Program

Karen Stefaniak
Assistant Professor (Adjunct)

Judi Dunn
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Hartley Feld
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Lorelei Fray
Instructor, Undergraduate Program

Elizabeth Tovar
Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Graves
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Debra Hall
Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Graduate
Program

Nneka Hay
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Patricia K. Howard
Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Graduate
Program
Mary Kain
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Paula Kral
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Tamela Lancaster
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Mary Ann Miller
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Stacey Parker
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Donna Rose
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Alicia Schultz
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Greg Scott
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Lisa Turner
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Adria Watson
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Cheryl Witt
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Tara Yarberry
Instructor, Undergraduate Program

Voluntary
Mischa Endicott
Instructor, Graduate Program
Susan Yackzan
Instructor, Graduate Program

Mary Margaret Harrison
Instructor, Undergraduate Program
Kathy Wheeler
Assistant Clinical Professor

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* Faculty Awards and Appointments
Institute of Medicine
Appointment, AACN Award
Go to Former Dean
Carolyn A. Williams, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.,
professor and immediate past dean of the College,
has been appointed as the 2007-2008 American
Academy of Nursing/Institute of Medicine
Scholar.
Designed as an immersion experience to help
nursing play a more prominent role in national
health policy development, the program provides a year-long
appointment at the Institute of Medicine. It includes resources to
aid in research and a two-month orientation in federal health policy
formation.
“Being selected as the American Academy of Nursing/Institute of
Medicine Scholar-in-Residence for the 2007-2008 year is both
an honor and a unique opportunity. I am excited about being in
Washington for the year, actively participating in the policy process
at the federal level, and working in the interdisciplinary environment
at the Institute of Medicine,” said Williams.
Williams’ long list of high-level professional nursing accomplishments
“positions her to make full use of the Institute of Medicine’s
opportunities for enhancing the impact of nursing in policy,”
according to Margarete Zalon, Ph.D., R.N., A.P.R.N., B.C.,
president of the American Nurses Foundation.
Williams has held many leadership roles including president of
the American Academy of Nursing; president of the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing; chairperson, Commission on
Nursing Research, American Nurses Association; member, Program
Development Board and fellow, American Public Health Association;
and member, boards of the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing and Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. She has held
appointments on National Research Study sections and has served on
review panels for the National Institute for Nursing Research.
National policy-making roles include an appointment by President
Carter as a nurse member of the President’s Commission for the
Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine, Biomedical and Behavioral
Research, and membership on the Preventive Services Task Force,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Williams has provided consultation to South America through the
Pan American Health Organization, to the WHO in Geneva, and as
a member of the WHO’s Nursing Advisory Panel.

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She also was recently presented with the American Association of
Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) 2007 Sister Bernadette Armiger
Award, one of the organization’s most prestigious honors. It
recognizes a nursing leader who has made significant contributions to
AACN and its goals, nursing education, and the advancement of the
profession.
Sister Bernadette Armiger, third president of AACN (1972-1974),
was instrumental in forming the alliance between AACN, the
American Nurses Association, and National League for Nursing.
She also established AACN’s connections with the Association of
Academic Health Centers, the Association of American Medical
Colleges, and the Coalition for Health Funding.

Riker Named Distinguished
Service Professor
Associate Professor Carol Riker, M.S.N., R.N.,
and six other professors were recently recognized
by Provost Kumble Subbaswamy as the
University’s first Distinguished Service Professors.
Subbaswamy selected the professors from
nominations by the deans of their colleges for
high achievements and contributions to UK.
The recipients will be awarded $10,000 for each of the three years
they hold the appointment and can use the money for research or as
a salary stipend, Subbaswamy said.
Riker, who teaches community and public health nursing in the
undergraduate program, is grateful to the deans and colleagues who
have involved, supported, and mentored her in projects which serve
the public.
“In addition to my direct service projects, much of the research
conducted by our Tobacco Policy Research Program provides a
service for communities, as did a previous demonstration project on
HIV and adolescents. There is nothing like watching a community
go smoke-free or a group of teens learn skills they can use to refuse
risky behaviors. And having the opportunity to work with nursing
students as they learn through service to the children of a community
is priceless,” Riker said.
Riker hopes to use the award funds to foster a meaningful and
lasting connection between UK and the Gainesway Community
Empowerment Center in Lexington. For the past eight years, she
has worked with the center through clinical practice with nursing
students and her own volunteer work.

* STTI Awards Group for
Work With Low-Income
Single Mothers
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the honor society of nursing,
awarded Ann Peden, professor in the College of Nursing, and
colleagues a Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship Award in the
Clinical Scholarship category for their paper titled, “Testing an
Intervention to Reduce Negative Thinking, Depressive Symptoms
and Chronic Stressors in Low-Income Single Mothers.”
Co-authors on the study were Mary Kay Rayens, associate professor,
Lynne Hall, Marcia A. Dake Professor of Nursing Science and
associate dean for research and scholarship, and Elizabeth Grant,
former research assistant in the College of Nursing.
The Journal of Nursing Scholarship (JNS) is a widely-read and
respected journal featuring peer-reviewed, thought-provoking
articles representing research by some of the world’s leading nurse
researchers. Reaching health professionals, faculty, and students in 90
countries, the journal is focused on the health of people throughout
the world. The Journal of Nursing Scholarship is the official journal of
Sigma Theta Tau International and reflects the society’s dedication
to providing the tools necessary to improve nursing care around the
world.
The Tribute Awards were presented during the STTI 39th Biennial
Convention in Baltimore in November 2007.

Hahn’s Leadership
Garners Award and
University Commonwealth
Collaborative
The Lexington-Fayette County Health
Department’s Board of Health selected the
winners of the 2007 Public Health Heroes Award
for individuals who have demonstrated their
dedication to improving the health of Lexington
residents. The awards are given each April as part
of National Public Health Awareness Month.
Among this year’s winners was Ellen Hahn, D.N.S., R.N., of the
College of Nursing, who played an instrumental role developing and
implementing Lexington’s smoke-free ordinance. She has continued
working to educate the public on the dangers of secondhand smoke,
including a study measuring respiratory symptoms among restaurant
and bar workers before and after the implementation of the smokefree law.
Hahn and colleagues’ initiative, The Clean Indoor Air Partnership,
has been designated a 2007 University of Kentucky Commonwealth
Collaborative. It exemplifies UK’s best community-engaged work
addressing the Commonwealth’s priority needs and creating
opportunities for its future. Her team’s work will serve as a model for
other UK scholars and academic professionals in the future.

Undergraduate Professor
Receives Outstanding
Teacher Award
Associate Professor and Director of the
Undergraduate Program Pa