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News from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Four
Nurses at UAMS Receive Scholarships for Geriatric Nursing Education
and Research
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APRIL 4,
2003 | Four nurses affiliated with the
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS) have received prestigious
nursing scholarships worth a total of
$400,000 to support their education and
research in geriatric nursing.
The American
Academy of Nursing, with
support from the John
A. Hartford Foundation in New
York City, presented a predoctoral
scholarship to Gwynn V. Davis, M.N.Sc.,
R.N.P., and postdoctoral scholarships to
Pao-Feng Tsai, Ph.D., R.N.; Catherine C.
Cole, D.N.Sc., R.N.; and Lazelle E.
Benefield, Ph.D., R.N.
The
Hartford Foundation’s Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholars
Program selected only 20 nurses to receive these awards in 2003. This program
strives to produce expert patient care providers, teachers and researchers who
will ultimately improve the health care of the elderly in our society. At UAMS,
the four chosen nurses will study and train through the UAMS
College of Nursing and the Donald W.
Reynolds Center on Aging.
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Davis is the project administrator for the Hartford
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence in the UAMS College of
Nursing. Under the direction of Reynolds Center on Aging Associate Director
Claudia J. Beverly, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, the Hartford Center is one of only five
such facilities in the country. Davis, a Little Rock native, is currently
working on her doctorate in nursing at UAMS; her mentors are Dr. Beverly and
Cornelia M. Beck, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, a professor in the Donald
W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics. Davis received her bachelor’s
in nursing and her master’s in nursing science from UAMS and is the former
director of the Pennebaker Center for Adults, an adult day care that UAMS
established in Little Rock.
Dr. Tsai, an assistant professor in the UAMS College of
Nursing and an adjunct assistant professor in the Reynolds Department of
Geriatrics, will serve a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at UAMS. Her primary
research interests include nursing management of older adults with dementia who
are experiencing chronic pain or chronic illness. Dr. Beck will be her mentor.
Dr. Tsai earned her bachelor’s in nursing and her master’s in public health
in Taiwan. She received her master’s and doctorate in nursing from Wayne
State University in Detroit. For the past two years, she has received the
Faculty Scholar Award from the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
at UAMS.
Dr. Cole, an assistant professor of nursing at Missouri
Southern State College in Joplin, will serve a two-year postdoctoral fellowship
at UAMS. She is studying how exercise and social activities affect the
psychological well-being of nursing home patients. Her mentor will be Kathy C.
Richards, Ph.D., R.N., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing.
Dr. Cole received her bachelor’s in nursing from Pittsburgh State University,
her master’s in nursing from the University of Kansas and her doctorate in
nursing science from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Benefield, an associate professor at the Texas Christian
University Harris School of Nursing in Fort Worth, will serve a two-year
postdoctoral fellowship at UAMS. Her areas of specialization include health
services management and community health nursing, especially as they relate to
the caregiving of frail elders. Dr. Beck will be her mentor. Dr. Benefield
earned her bachelor’s in nursing at the University of Florida, her master’s
in nursing at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and her doctorate in
urban management at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
Links on This Page
Grant Will Support: http://www.uams.edu/today/110801/grant.htm
American Academy of Nursing: http://nursingworld.org/aan/
John A. Hartford Foundation: http://www.jhartfound.org/
College of Nursing: http://nursing.uams.edu/
Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging: http://centeronaging.uams.edu/
Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics: http://www.geriatrics.uams.edu/
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