Epsilon Omicron Paves the Way for Nursing Scholarship

Epsilon Omicron chapter has contributed $500 to the Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing Brick Paver Campaign for Nursing Excellence. The funds from this campaign will strengthen the society's future, advance the scholarship of nursing through research and bolster leadership initiatives such as mentoring and board training programs. The campaign has raised $178,000 of its $200,000 goal.

Epsilon Omicron will have a brick paver bearing its name placed in the walkway outside the International Center for Nursing Scholarship, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The chapter will be recognized at headquarters during the national convention in November 2009.

Election ballots in the mail!

Check your email and land mail for your Epsilon Omicron ballot for officers for 2009-2011. Thank you to all who volunteered to be officers.

Epsilon Omicron Research Posters

Tri-Chapter Research Day was held April 2, 2009 on the Arkansas Tech campus. Kappa-Rho-at-large chapter hosted the event. This year's theme was Nursing Research and Family Centered Care. Judith McFarlane, DrPH, MN, RN, from Texas Women's University College of Nursing, was the keynote speaker. Dr. McFarlane has conducted much research in the area of violence against women and children. Other presenters were:
- Michelle Frost, RN
- Julia Gist, PhD, RN (HU BSN '83)
- Cheryl Lee, PhD, RN, CNE (Epsilon Omicron member and HU BSN '84)
- Julia Goodwin, PhD, RN

Harding's senior nursing students participated in the poster session, along with 2 current faculty/Epsilon Omicron members. We took top prizes in both graduate and undergraduate categories. Congratulations to:
Johnnetta Phillips Kelly, MNSc, RN, CNE - Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Using Black and White Evidence to Address Health Disparities - 1st place, graduate poster division.
Bronwyn Alexander, HUNS, & Hailey Grant, HUNS - Canine Comfort - 1st place, undergraduate poster division.