Friday, December 24, 2010

I'VE MOVED THE BLOG!

I'm now on WordPress.com at askapsychnurse.wordpress.com

Peace,
Sylvia

I'M DONE!!

As of December 2010, I am the EXTREMELY PROUD holder of a Master's Degree in Nursing Administration with a Certificate in Teaching in the Health Professions!!!!  YAYYYYY MEEEEEEE!!

This is a photo of me minutes after learning I would graduate!!

Now that I finally have the degree, I've got to figure out what I want to do with it!  I'm rather open to suggestions, recommendations and job offers (not-so-subtle 'hint-hint'), etc!  I will be working towards my certification as a nurse executive within the next 8-9 months.  I want to do some educational consultation, and teach at the university level at some point.

I will continue to pursue my love of writing and expressing myself through other media. I want other psych nurses to see my blog and contribute and post, since I believe it's the only one I've found dedicated to psychiatric nursing.  We can make it bigger and better!

Merry ChristmasHanukkahKwanzaa and Happy New Year!!

Sylvia

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