Honors & Awards
Benita Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE and Kendra Barrier, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, have been accepted into the Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing program.
Jenelle Jacobs, DNP, RN, CNE, ACM, CMSRN, was the winner of the 2020 Rehabilitation Nursing Journal Clinical Choice Award for her article “Implementation of an Evidence-Based Nurse Driven Sepsis Protocol to Reduce Acute Care Transfer Readmissions in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Setting,” published in the journal Rehabilitation Nursing.
Carly Pigg, CRA, has successfully passed her certification as a Research Administrator.
Appointments
Benita Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, has been elected president-elect for the Louisiana State Nurses Association. She has also been selected to participate in the 2021 Health Equity + Anti-Racism (HEAR) Leadership Institute. Recognizing the urgent need to advance action around anti-racism and health equity, the HEAR Leadership Institute aims to provide support for participants in taking acts of leadership in environmental health and nursing practice that produce outcomes and actions that benefit Black and Indigenous peoples and people of color.
Leanne Fowler, DNP, MBA, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CNE, has been selected to participate in the inaugural American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Diversity Leadership Institute, where she will play an active role in the evolution of diversity and inclusion and the role of diversity officers in academic nursing and nursing practice. Dr. Fowler previously received AACN’s 2017 Circle of Excellence award.
Linda Ledet, DNS, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, has been appointed to serve on the Steering Committee of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Education Council.
Jennifer Manning, DNS, ACNS-BC, CNE, has been newly appointed to the board of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), where she has been a member since 2017.
Jennifer B. Martin, DNP, CRNA, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Professional Development Committee of the National Collegiate Honors Council.
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C, has been appointed as the 2021 – 2022 co-chair of the National Kidney Foundation Council for Advanced Practitioners (CAP) Committee for the annual spring clinical meeting. As co-chair, she is also a member of the National Kidney Foundation CAP Executive Committee.
In Memoriam
Elizabeth A. Humphrey, EdD, RN
1941–2021
LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing notes the passing of Elizabeth A. Humphrey, EdD, RN, former Helen A. and James B. Dunn Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing from 1997 to 2007.
Dr. Humphrey joined the school in 1975. During her tenure as dean, she restructured the School of Nursing, establishing an Office of Nursing Research and Evaluation. She also developed a Master of Nursing specialization in nurse anesthesia, implemented the RN to BSN program of study, and provided leadership for the planning of advanced practice nursing programs. Her programs focused on interests including primary health care, care of mothers and children, and the education of nurses, nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists. Two professorships in nursing were also established during her tenure, the P. K. Scheerle, Professorship in Nursing and the Tenet Health System/Jo Ellen Smith, BSN Endowed Chair for Nursing Research.
Dr. Humphrey guided the School of Nursing during its temporary relocation to Baton Rouge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, finding classrooms for the school’s 571 students so their training could continue with minimal interruption. She secured temporary sites around Baton Rouge, and because of her determination, classwork resumed within a month after the storm, and graduations in December and May occurred on time.
Dr. Humphrey received several honors and scholarships throughout her professional career, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Fellowship in Primary Care and the LSU Medical Center Foundation Searle Award for Excellence in Research, Education and Patient Care. In 1997, she was named the Louisiana State Nurses Association Nurse Practitioner of the Year. In 2004, she was named the Louisiana State Nurses Association Nursing School Administrator of the Year and inducted into the Louisiana State Nurses Association Hall of Fame.
Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, PhD, PCC, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN, who succeeded Dr. Humphrey as dean of the School of Nursing, praised her determination and quiet competence. “She always was the picture of professionalism. She didn’t have to be a confrontational person who had to get loud and angry. She was always polite, and she consistently moved her agenda forward. She always cared about people and throughout her career she maintained an abiding joy in women’s health,” he says.
Dr. Humphrey died on March 8, 2021, at her home in Augusta, Maine, where she had moved after retiring in 2007. She was 80.
The Administrative Council of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing issued a resolution in her honor. Fundraising efforts are underway to establish an endowed professorship, develop an undergraduate student award for maternal-child health, and graduate student awards in the Nurse Anesthesia and Nurse Practitioner programs in her name.
Nancy Maude Rankin, RN, MSN
1928–2020
LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing notes the passing of Nancy Maude Rankin, RN, MSN, former professor of nursing.
Rankin served as a beloved and devoted professor for three decades, as well as participating and holding leadership positions in local and national nursing organizations. She was published throughout her career in multiple journals, including the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services and the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Rankin began her nursing career as a graduate of St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing, and continued at the University of Alabama, Duke University and Marillac College, later earning a Master of Science in Nursing from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Rankin’s professional life spanned years in various administrative and service positions until her faculty appointment at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing.
Highly regarded in the professional community, she held membership in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society and was recognized by the New Orleans District Nurses Association as a Great 100 Nurse.
Rankin died November 21, 2020, in Johnson City, Tennessee, at the age of 92. Her influence, compassion, attention to detail, and regard for excellence will continue through those fortunate to have known her.
Podium Presentations
Kendra Barrier, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, was the Lantern Nurse Residency Graduation Invited Speaker at the LCMC.
Laura Bonanno, PhD, DNP, CRNA, did a podium presentation titled “Nurse Anesthesia Program Administrator Decision Making in Determining Interventions for a Student Exhibiting Unsatisfactory Clinical Performance” for the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Assembly of Didactic and Clinical Educators Meeting; and another titled “Orientation to the Practice Doctorate Standards Accreditation Reviewer’s Manual” for the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs Onsite Reviewers Workshop.
Debra Boyd, MSN, RN, did a podium presentation titled “The Implementation of a Formal Mentoring Program for Newly Hired Registered Nurses to Improve Retention and Job Satisfaction in a Specialty Hospital” for the EJGH Cheryl Sanders Memorial Research Day Metairie, LA; and another titled “Mentoring as Part of a Transition to Practice Program” for the Woman’s Hospital.
Benita Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, was part of a panel titled “Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine: Just the Facts” for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Blazing Southwest Region; did a podium presentation titled “Development of a Peer to Peer Mentoring Program for Underrepresented Minority Nursing Students at a Academic Health Sciences Center” for the National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates 29th National Virtual Conference; and another titled “All of Us Research Educational Webinar: Transforming Healthcare and Research” for the New Orleans Black Nurses Association.
Katherine Deering, DNP, RN, CPN, CNE, did a podium presentation titled “Implementing an Evidence-Based Tool to Improve Nursing Self-Efficacy of Concussion Assessments” for the EJGH Cheryl Sanders Memorial Research Day.
Leanne Fowler, DNP, MBA, APRN, AG/ACNP-BC, CNE, was part of a panel titled “Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine: Just the Facts” for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Blazing Southwest Region, one titled “COVID-19 Vaccines: A Conversation with Nurses” for the LA Department of Health-Office of Community Partnerships and Health Equity; and another titled “COVID-19 Vaccine Informational Session” for the Baton Rouge Community College School of Nursing and Allied Health. She also did four podium presentations including “NP-MD Collaborative Practice” for Access Health Louisiana; one titled “Community Conversations: COVID-19 and Vaccinations” for the Beacon Light Baptist Church of Hammond; one titled “Vaccine Hesitancy (SARs coronovirus-2)” for the In Our Own Defense-Veterans Advocacy Podcast; and one titled “Black in Healthcare” for the Texas Women’s University, Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Webinar.
Harlee Kutzen, MN, PHCNS-BC, ACHPN, APRN, ACRN, did a podium presentation titled “When You Don’t Know What to Say” for the SON Student DEI Taskforce.
Linda Ledet, DNS, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, did a podium presentation titled “Improving Client Outcomes for Anxiety and Depression with Pharmacology Management in Adults” for the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.
Jennifer Manning, DNS, APRN, CNS, CNE, did a podium presentation titled “Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak on Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Student Success” for the Dr. Linda Corson Jones Virtual Scholarship Day.
Aimme McCauley, MSN, RN, did a podium presentation titled “Implementation of Evidence-Based Education on Leadership to Improve Trauma ICU (TICU) Nurses’ Satisfaction with Nursing Management as Measured by National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)” and another titled “Implementation of 3.15% Chlorhexidine Gluconate with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol Swabs to Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections” for the Dr. Linda Corson Jones Virtual Scholarship Day.
Abby McNeil, DNP, FNP-BC, FPMHNP-BC, did a podium presentation titled “The Impact of COVID-19 on Telework and Stress-Related Issues in the Psychiatric Community” for USDA National Disability and Awareness Month.
Melissa Nunn, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC did a podium presentation titled “Extremity X-Ray Interpretation Made Easy” for the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Carly Pigg, CRA, did a podium presentation titled “I Have a Sub-Recipient: Basic Steps of Sub-Recipient Monitoring from Pre-Award to Closeout” for the Society for Research Administrators International.
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C, did a podium presentation titled “Kidney Disease in the Geriatric Population” for the “Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Virtual Conference.”
Kelly Smith, DNP, APRN, PHCNS, BC, did a podium presentation titled “Adolescent/ Adult Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examination” for the American Forensic Nurses Webinar Series.
Deborah St. Germain, DNP, RN, CEN, did a podium presentation titled “SANE Forensic Care for the Human Trafficking Patient” for the Violence Prevention Workshop Yale University and Our Lady of Holy Cross SONs.
Colleen Story, FNP-C, MSN, RN, did a podium presentation titled “Pediatric Orthopedic Secrets Through the Ages” for the National Association for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.
Jane Summer, PhD, RN, PHCNS, BC, ANEF, did a podium presentation titled “The Patient: The Central Focus of Caring In Nursing” for the International Association of Human Caring Virtual Conference.
Julia Tipton, RN, DNS, CPN, CNE, did a podium presentation titled “Use of a Fast, Open-Source Electronic Medical Record in International Mobile Clinics” for the Dr. Linda Corson Jones Virtual Scholarship Day.
Nicole Thomas, DNP, RN, did a podium presentation titled “The Use of Self-Efficacy in Hypertension management in African Americans” for the EJGH Cheryl Sanders Memorial Research Day.
Poster Presentations
Marie Adorno, PhD, APRN, CNS, RNC, CNE and Jennifer Manning, DNS, APRN, CNS, CNE, did a podium presentation titled “Innovative Plan to Integrate the NCSBN Clinical Judgement Model into a BSN Curriculum” for the NLN Virtual Education Summit.
Marie Adorno, PhD, APRN, CNS, RNC, CNE, Paula Kensler, DNP, MBA, RN and Todd Tartavoulle, DNS, APRN, CNS-BC, did a podium presentation titled “Achieving Academic Success from the Nursing Students’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study” for the Southern Nursing Research Society 35th Annual Virtual Conference 2021.
Katherine Deering, DNP, RN, CPN, CNE, did a podium presentation titled “Implementing an Evidence-based Tool to Improve Nursing Self-efficacy of Concussion Assessments: A Quality Improvement Project” for the Dr. Linda Corson Jones Virtual Scholarship Day.
Nanette Morales, DNP, NP-C, DipACLM, did a podium presentation titled “Student Perception of a Reflective Lifestyle Modification Assignment Within an Undergraduate Nursing Physiology Course” for Experimental Biology 2021.
Julia Tipton, RN, DNS, CPN, CNE, did a podium presentation titled “Weight Status Moderates the Relationship Between Early Menarche and Sexual Debut in Female Youth” for The Obesity Society Annual Meeting.
Publications
Marie Adorno, PhD, APRN, CNS, RNC, CNE, Paula Kensler, DNP, MBA, RN and Todd Tartavoulle, DNS, APRN, CNS-BC, were co-authors of an article titled “Understanding Academic Success From the Nursing Students’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study,” published in the journal Nursing Educational Perspectives.
Kendra Barrier, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, had three articles published in the Pelican News. They were titled: “Understanding Academic Success from the Nursing Students’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study;” “A Special Message from the President of the New Orleans District Nurses Association (NODNA);” and “Vigilance On To Empowerment (VOTE).”
Kendra Barrier, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, Benita Chatmon, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, and Alison Davis, PhD, RN, CHSE, co-authored an article titled “Nurse Educators Shaping the Future of Nursing” published in the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing Year of the Nurse Position Paper Series.
Marsha Bennett, DNS, APRN, CNE, was co-author of an editorial titled “The Mental Health Impact of Covid-19” published in the Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Laura Bonanno, PhD, DNP, CRNA, was a co-author of an article titled “Scholarly Work for Practice Doctorate Nurse Anesthesia Programs: Current State and Guidance” published in the AANA Journal Vol. 89 No. 1
Gregory Casey, PhD, had an article titled “Locating Specific Acupoints Large Intestine 4 (L14) and Large Intestine 6 (L16) in Cadavers Using Anthropometric and Cun Measurement Systems” published in the Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies.
Leanne Fowler, DNP, MBA, APRN, AG/ACNP-BC, CNE, had an article titled “Nurse Practitioners and Health Inequities-Let’s Talk About Implicit Biases” published in the Kneaux LANP Newsletter and two articles published in the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 2021 Task Force Position Statement titled “Statement on Acute Care and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Practice” and “Statement of Solidarity with the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Communities.”
Deborah Garbee, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, and Laura Bonanno, PhD, DNP, CRNA, were among the co-authors of an article titled “Qualitative Analysis of Effective Teamwork in the Operating Room (OR)” published in the Journal of Surgical Education.
Gloria Giarratano, PhD, APRN, CNS, FAAN, was among the co-authors of an article titled “A Qualitative Assessment of Structural Barriers to Prenatal Care and Congenital Syphilis Prevention in Kern County, California” published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Gloria Giarratano, PhD, APRN, CNS, FAAN, and Eurydice Lang, RN, MSN, CLC, were among the co-authors of an article titled “Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana: Providers’ and Women’s Perspective” published in the journal BMC Infectious Disease.
Linda Ledet, DNS, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, authored two chapters published in the book Clinical Guidelines in Primary Practice: “Sexual Assault” and “Domestic Violence.
Jennifer Manning, DNS, APRN, CNS, CNE authored a book titled The Path to Building a Successful Nursing Career published by Springer Publishing and authored an editorial titled “COVID-19: The Impact on the Nursing Profession” published in the journal Nature.
Jennifer Manning, DNS, APRN, CNS, CNE, was among the co-authors of an article titled “Effectiveness of an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Training on Registered Nurses’ Educational Needs in Providing Palliative and End-of-Life Patient Care” published in the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing.
Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, PCC, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FANN, authored a chapter titled “Think Outside Journal: Alternative Publication Options” published in the book Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses. He also authored a chapter titled “Men’s Health Disorders” published in the book Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care.
Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, PCC, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FANN, was a co-author of an article titled “Professional Pathways: Opening Doors for Men in Nursing” published in the journal Voice of Nursing Leadership.
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C, wrote the following chapters published in the book APEA Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care: “Acute kidney Injury,” “Albuminuria, Proteinuria,” “Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral and Bone Disorder,” “Cushing’s Syndrome,” “Diabetic Nephropathy,” “Glomerulonephritis,” “Hematuria,” “Hyperthyroidism,” “Hypothyroidism,” “Poststreptococal Glomerulonephritis,” “Thyroid Nodule,” “Renal Insufficiency,” and “Vesicoureteral Nephrolithiasis.”
Jane Summer, PhD, RN, PHCNS, BC, ANEF, authored an article titled “Memories: One Polio Pandemic, One Smallpox Epidemic” published in the International Journal of Human Caring.
