The UMDNJ-School of Nursing has been involved in a hos pital clinical affiliation with
Essex County Hospital that is now in its fifth year. A nurse clinician works
collaboratively with the Director of Patient Care Services and medical administration on quality improvement projects, such as monthly nursing grand rounds, reintegration programs for long term care clients and t he establishment of a r estraint reduction program for all hospital staff.
The UMDNJ-School of Nursing’s consultative collaboration with the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services for 2012 has been very active in the following areas:
1) Reviewed state-of-the-art mental health trends and assisted in initiating best practice programs for hospital units in concert with clinical leaders;
2) Developed and assisted in maintaining nursing services certification and continuing education programs, i.e. CPI, Nurses Continuing Education Series, etc. in concert with Nursing Administration;
3) Provided a.m. observation rounds on patient care units to implement concepts presented in the classroom environment and p rovided feedback to nursing personnel and administration;
4) Assisted with initiating and maintaining student nurse affiliations; 5) Initiated a Nursing Services Reference Library;
6) Participated in implementation of hospital quality assurance/ performance improvement committee initiatives to support continued quality care services; 7) Participated in ongoing efforts to enhance patient care services based upon
priorities set by hospital administration; i.e., research, programs, training and/or evaluation projects/programs; and
8) Secured a m obile classroom for the Ancora site to encourage and facilitate site nurse participation in SN courses and programs. The mobile classroom is funded by an A merican Recovery and R einvestment Act grant (ARRA) administered by the DHHS/HRSA.
The Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Hackensack, NJ
Dr. Mary DiGiulio currently volunteers as an A dult Nurse Practitioner in this program. She is also on the Oradell Board of Health.
Casa Israel Newark
Throughout the academic year faculty and students provide health education, nutrition teaching, exercise planning, physical examinations and screenings for hypertension and diabetes at this adult daycare facility.
La Casa de Don Pedro
La Casa de D on Pedro offers free, quality, and c ulturally appropriate early childhood education with an English/Spanish bilingual program. Curriculum, instruction, personnel and support standards as well as facilities are consistent with and under the auspices of Newark Public Schools. The Pre-K experience is designed to provide a welcoming learning and s ocializing environment. Pre-K education has been d emonstrated to improve the learning performance of the children who attend. Currently the program serves 255 children ages 3 and 4 at its three centers.
Covenant House
Covenant House is the largest provider in the state to homeless, runaway and at -risk youth between the ages of 16-21. They serve youth regardless of race, color, or creed, including pregnant youth and their babies. Covenant House New Jersey provides a wide range of services, from fulfilling a youth's immediate needs of food, shelter and clothing, to providing them with medical care, educational and v ocational services, counseling, legal services, life skills, education, recreation, aftercare, pastoral care, drug abuse treatment and prevention support. Covenant House New Jersey receives private and public funds to sustain its operations. They are supported by government agencies at the federal, state, county and c ity levels, as well as private foundations, for-profit companies and individual donors.
Healing the Children Northeast Chapter
Dr. Clare Golden traveled to Columbia South America on her 36th medical mission as a member of the surgical team administering anesthesia for children undergoing reconstructive surgeries for birth defects and burn scars. In addition, over the past 20 years she has traveled on m edical missions to Guatemala, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Bangladesh.
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Ironbound Community Center
The Ironbound Community Center provides preschool care for children of Newark residents holding down multiple jobs.
Ironbound Community Corporation
The School of Nursing has supported the mission of the Ironbound Community Corporation by providing nursing outreach to the homebound elderly, the Ironbound Child Care Center, the Hawkins Street Elementary School and t he Hyatt Court and Terrell housing projects. C ommunity health nursing students and P rofessor Cindy Sickora have conducted monthly blood pressure screenings at various sites in the Ironbound Community. The School of Nursing participates in Annual Community Fairs where health education and promotion are provided.
Irvington Family Development Center
School of Nursing associate professors Ruth Monchek and Susan Wiedaseck provide classes on c ontraceptive counseling to pregnant and pos tpartum teenagers at the Center.
ISLA (Instrucción en Salud Latina)
Dr. Frances Munet-Viláro is currently implementing a health literacy program with monolingual Latinos in collaboration with the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC). The program is funded by the RWJ New Jersey Health Initiative. Graduate and undergraduate nursing students participate in the program as part of their community health and public health nursing field experience.
Jersey Pride, Inc. and Monmouth County Health Department
Assistant Dean Wendy Ritch, along with over a doz en SN faculty, staff and s tudents worked with Jersey Pride and the Monmouth County Health Department to offer a free vaccination clinic at New Jersey’s annual LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) Pride event in Asbury Park in June. Pre-vaccination health screenings and sixty-two vaccines (Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Guardisil and Tdap) were provided to members of the LGBTQ community, which is an underserved population. If the event had not been r ained out then the 200 av ailable vaccines would almost certainly have been utilized.
The Jordan and Harris Community Health Center
Visiting each public housing development on a biweekly basis, the Mobile Health Project has brought primary “medical home” services to a population where nearly 50% of the residents between the ages of 18 and 64 are uninsured. The APNs work closely with the J&H staff to ensure case managed health services to this underserved population. The Leaguers-Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ and Elizabeth, NJ
Drs. Dula Pacquiao, Frances Munet-Vilaro, and Rula Wilson, as well as an MSN student Ms. Tammy Cooper provide monthly health education classes for parents in health nutrition, child abuse prevention and oral care. In addition, at the Elizabeth branch, Dr. Pacquiao provides weekly health promotion activities for 192 preschoolers, including individual oral examinations and demonstrations on tooth brushing and demonstrations and supervised return demonstrations of hand washing; determining individual BMI analysis and suggesting appropriate caloric allowances to parents; and following up with additional information for the Center director, teachers and kitchen staff on appropriate
caloric allowances and food services. Collaborations with the Health Care Coordinator took place in order to refer children to the Wellness Mobile Healthcare Service of UMDNJ.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Dr. Elaine Diegmann participates in the Nurse Midwifery Service, which serves an ethnically diverse, economically deprived population.
Newark Pre-School
To ensure that quality health care services are available and accessible to our children, the Alberta Bey Head Start Center operates a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition program at that site in cooperation with the Newark Department of Health. Newark Preschool Council also enjoys collaborating with the Newark Community Health Center to provide medical and dental screenings to the children enrolled in this program. It is desired that the NJCHP become the preferred provider of these services. The New Jersey Board American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Professor Carrie Carretta sits on the New Jersey Board of the APNA and is also a member of the Steering committee for the Forensic Council of the National APNA.
The New Jersey Perinatal Collaborative
Dr Elaine Diegmann serves as a member of this collaborative, which is sponsored by the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA), to provide evidence-based care to reduce the caesarean section rate in New Jersey. She is also a member of NJHA’s VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) Taskforce- Epidemiology Subcommittee to study and recommend VBAC as a safe option for the women of New Jersey.
Nursing Service Leadership in the Dominican Republic
UMDNJ School of Nursing faculty and 4th level nursing students, in collaboration with the College of Saint Elizabeth and t he Foundation for Peace, attended lectures and educational sessions, collected medical and h ealth supplies, and t raveled to the Dominican Republic in March 2011 t o provide care and out reach education to approximately 2,000 individuals in two rural clinics over the course of four days.
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey
Drs. Ginette Lange, Joyce Hyatt, Patricia Hindin, Ruth Monchek, Susan Wiedaseck, and Asunta Beardsley provide prenatal care services for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey. All clients are assisted with Medicare eligibility and are seen by a nutritionist and s ocial worker at their initial assessment. Clients are referred to St. Joseph's Medical Center when the need arises for high risk care.
Programs for Parents, Inc.
Community health nursing students and faculty are supporting the efforts of the child care health consultants from Programs for Parents by assisting with dental education in Essex county preschools.
RESPIRA Program
The School of Nursing is supporting the UMDNJ RESPIRA program by providing asthma workshops (according to RESPIRA protocols) in the Newark public schools to English- speaking families. The nursing faculty and BSN students, all of whom have been IRB
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approved, are providing follow-up home visits to the identified families. Workshops are offered two to three times per month at schools across the city.
Saint John’s Church
Community health nursing students and faculty participate in weekly clinic activities offered by the staff at St. John’s Church. Students work in the soup kitchen and provide blood pressure screening. Nursing faculty support the project by providing respite for the church nursing staff.
UH American Sign Language Medical Interpreter
Dr. Joyceann Fileccia serves as an A merican Sign Language interpreter at the University Hospital and at various other healthcare facilities. S he also teaches the course entitled "Deaf Culture and A merican Sign Language for the Health Care Provider" at UMDNJ.
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