P.O. Box 18285
Austin, Texas 78760

Summer 2004


Nurse in the Spotlight

Our nurse in the spotlight is Mr. Thomas J. Barry from San Antonio. Mr. Barry graduated from San Antonio College in 1982. His professional experience includes holding several positions as an operating room nurse and currently is the administrator of Healthsouth Surgery Center of Pecan Valley in San Antonio, Texas. He holds accreditation from the National Certification Board of Perioperative Nursing and the American Heart Association ACLS. Click here to read more...

Giving Back to the Community

Austin Smiles provides unique opportunities for nurses to give back to the international community.

Austin Smiles restores smiles and provides healthier lives through reconstructive plastic surgery for children who have complex birth defects. Austin Smiles was founded in 1987 by a group of plastic surgeons. Austin Smiles has completed over 2,800 international surgeries between 1988 and 2003 in seven countries. In Central Texas, we have completed over 1,000 surgeries. Click on the image below for more...


TLCNet

(Teaching Learning Community for Nurse Educators in Texas)

TLCNet is a teaching learning community for nurse educators in Texas. It is funded by the Nursing Innovation Grant Program of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.The grant is implemented through the North Harris Montgomery Community College District through August 2005.

TLCNet consists of four activities geared to increasing the number of nurse educators in the Gulf Coast region of Texas and improving the effectiveness of current nursing faculty.

The four activities include a series of professional development workshops, establishment of an electronic learning community, a practicum experience for novice educators, and an option for acquiring graduate semester credit hours with a grant partner, Texas Woman's University.

Planning and scheduling of the grant's second year of workshops has begun. TLCNet will offer an all day faculty development workshop on clinical evaluation presented by Donna Ignatavicius on Nov. 19, 2004.

The workshop will be held at the Conference Center at Tomball College. For more information contact, pat.timpanaro@nhmccd.edu.

Job Opportunities

Austin Community College:

Associate Degree Nursing Program

Department Chair

 


TOADN Spring Convention:
Celebrating New Frontiers


 

The Spring meeting was held at the Ramada Plaza Convention Center in Ft. Worth, Texas on February 19th, 2004. There were almost 500 attendees! (Faculty, students and visitors) The keynote speaker, Lynn Wieck Ph.D, RN, gave an inspiring presentation about the top 10 issues in nursing ("The Good News")

Photo Album

We also celebrated 20 years of TOADN!

Click here for more pictures of the 2004 Spring Convention

Speak Out!


Recently while driving home, I heard an advertisement on the radio that began, “If you’re sick, you don’t want a nurse; you want a doctor…”

My heart pounded as I waited to discover the company that would produce such a misguided ad. It was an engineering firm. Their point was that if you had a foundation problem, you needed an engineer.

I dialed the phone number as the announcer repeated it. The office was closed, but I was able to leave a voice message. I explained who I was and that, as a nurse, I was concerned about their radio ad. I explained that our state is experiencing a nursing shortage and we in the nursing profession were trying to encourage people to choose nursing as a career. I asked them to delete the negative comment about nurses from their radio advertisement. I concluded by thanking them for their consideration and left my contact information.

Today, I heard the new ad, which began “If you’re sick you want a doctor…” When you hear or see something that is potentially damaging to nursing, take the time to speak out. We can make a difference!

-Jere Hammer