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Campus Review
May 7, 2013
Transplant Awareness Day at Clayton State
by John Shiffert, University Relations
Lisa Eichelberger Named
Co-Director of New GNLC Grant
by Samantha Watson, University Relations
Clayton State University student
Rosalynn Gresham needs a kidney trans-
plant to help win her battle against Lupus.
And while that may make her unique
among the Clayton State student body, she
is hardly the only person who needs that
kind of help. That's one reason that April
is Organ Transplant Awareness Month.
On Wednesday, Apr. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m., on Main Street on the second floor
of the James M. Baker University Center,
Clayton State Professor of Criminal
Justice Dr. Sarah Stein led an information
event to raise awareness about Gresham’s
condition and provide information needed
to begin the testing process to be a donor.
“Rosalynn's nurse from dialysis came to
explain the process to people - her name is
Tamika Baker and she was wonderful!”
reports Stein. “A lot of people came by
and asked for information and I think it
was overall, a great success. I just hope
something good happens for Rosalynn as
a result.”
Stein has been
involved
with
Gresham’s strug-
gle since last fall,
when
the
Hampton, Ga.,
native was a stu-
dent in one of her
criminal justice
classes. Gresham
was diagnosed
with lupus at the age of 17, and has battled
the disease and its effects for half of her
34 years. As a result, she has been on dial-
Dr. Lisa Eichelberger, Clayton State
University’s College of Health dean and
Clayton State professor, serves as co-
director for Georgia’s new “Future of
Nursing State Implementation Program”
(FNSIP) grant from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
Eichelberger serves along with Dr. Aimee
Manion
from
the
Veteran’s
Administration Hospital. The $225,000
grant was announced on Mar. 21, 2013 to
be awarded to the Georgia Nursing
Leadership Coalition (GNLC). Georgia is
one of 20 states to be awarded in the $3
million initiative of FNSIP.
The State Implementation grant is a two-
year grant that is awarded to state-based
Action Coalitions, such as GNLC, that
have developed or made considerable
progress in implementing the IOM recom-
mendations. To ensure success, the grant
also calls for states to obtain matching
funds.
With this grant the GNLC, which includes
more than 300 healthcare leaders from 70
cities across Georgia, plans to focus on
doubling the number of nurses with doc-
torates by 2020 and building an infra-
structure to collect and analyze nursing
workforce data.
The Future of Nursing program is imple-
mented to help prepare states nursing pro-
fessionals in order to tackle the nations
pressing healthcare challenges of access,
quality, and cost. The program reinforces
efforts of the Future of Nursing:
“Campaign for Action” that is underway
in 50 states.
The “Campaign for Action” is a joint ini-
tiative of AARP and the RWJF to imple-
ment the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM)
evidence-based recommendations on the
future of nursing. The effort hopes to
transform health care through nursing and
meet the challenges stemming from an
aging and more diverse population. “The
Campaign
for
Action” provides
a vehicle for nurs-
es to voice opin-
ions about change
and
improve
patient care by
collaborating with
business,
con-
sumer, and other
health profession-
al organizations.
“This grant is designed to spur progress in
Georgia, which already is doing impres-
sive work to transform nursing education,
practice, and leadership,” says Susan B.
Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF, sen-
ior adviser for nursing and director of the
Future of Nursing: “Campaign for
Action.” “The Foundation is committed to
helping states build a more highly educat-
ed, diverse nursing workforce that will
improve health outcomes for patients,
families, and communities.”
MSN Graduates Make
a Positive Impact
Through Kindness
by Samantha Watson, University Relations
Translating classroom objectives into real
world changes is the goal of education.
Recent Clayton State University MSN
graduates Debra Curry and Stephanie
Thomas are determined to reach this goal.
In order to do so, they have combined
their skill sets, with Thomas’ training
focused on education, and Curry’s train-
ing focused on leadership, in an initiative
designed to reach and teach youth the
value of kindness.
Thomas serves as program director of
Jack & Jill of America, Inc., of the East
Suburban Atlanta Chapter (ESAC) and
Curry serves as president of the non-prof-
it organization, ROB’d With Kindness,
Inc. In celebration of the 75th anniversary
Dr. Lisa Eichelberger
Stein and Gresham
Transplant, cont’d. p. 18
Kindness, cont’d. p. 27