Monday, November 15, 2010

SIGMA THETA TAU INDUCTION MAY 2010!!

I am so very proud to have FINALLY been inducted into this elite group of academics!  It didn't happen in undergrad, but I only had to wait another 31 years!  Dreams DO come true!!


My husband is a pretty good photographer and caught me at the perfect moment, just as I was getting my Purple and White Honor Cord.

 
I posed with other members of my family--my husband, my sister, who is also an RN and my mother-in-law who is the unofficial president of my fan club!! 




This is the HUGE cake (it was at least two full sheet cakes wide)--there were over 300 inductees!!



                             Here I am grinning as hard as I can, showing off my new award!!

SYLVIA'S SPECIAL STARZ

This STARZ for YOU! You, who were EXCELLENT MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS for me, but have never been acknowledged by me. This is a dynamic list and will keep growing as I am exposed to EXCELLENT NURSES along my career path!


WRAMC Wards 53, 54, 55, Nursing Staff Alumni 1987-1990
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL 8E Nursing Staff 1985-1987
ALL OF THE Providence Hospital Original CCA Nursing Staff Alumni 1980-1985

Excellent Nurse Leaders and Educators (aren't they the same thing?) who have positively influenced me along the way:

ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF NURSING, DIRECTORS FALL 2010:
BETH ANNE BATTURS, MSN, RN (Director)
LINDA A. MURRAY, MS, RN (Assistant Director)

PADCNETC PROFESSORS AT DREXEL SPRING 2010:
LELAND 'Rocky' ROCKSTRAW, PhD, RN
LINDA WILSON, PhD, RN

HOWARD UNIVERSITY College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences
PRECEPTORSHIP PROFESSORS AND DEAN SPRING 2010
MARY HILL, DSN, RN (Associate Dean of the Division of Nursing)
SUSAN SCWARTZMAN, MSN, RN
ELFLETA LAWTON NIXON, MS, RN

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, SCHOOL OF NURSING PROFESSORS 2006-2010:
CAROL O'NEILL, PhD, RN
LOUISE JENKINS, PhD, RN
JOSEPH PROULX, PhD, RN
LYN STANKIEWICZ MURPHY, PhD, RN (my faculty advisor)

PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL NURSES 1979-1987:
HOPE COLLINS-ROTHE, MSN, RN (my first Psych Head Nurse)
MARGARET BYNUM, BSN, RN (my Critical Care Head Nurse)
CHOKO SUMIYAKI, RN (my first Head Nurse!)
SISTER CAROL KEENAN, RN, (who hired me right out of school to my first job at Providence Hospital)

HOWARD UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTORS 1975-1979:
ELEANOR WALKER, PhD, RN
BEATRICE ADDERLEY-KELLY, PhD, RN
MAMIE C. MONTAGUE, PhD, RN
MARYANN ANDERSON, RN, MSN