Nursing News

Sage Partners to Offer Online Nursing Education

Nursing Faculty Completes Doctorate

Nursing Professor Recognized for Service in Her Profession

Sage Hosts Presentation on Cultivating Research

Nursing Department Chair Meets with Sen. Bruno

Nursing Faculty Selected as Reviewer

Nursing Faculty Coordinates Health Care for the Homeless

• The Sage Colleges, Iroquois Healthcare Association, and NY Wired for Education are working together to develop and deliver two introductory nursing courses that will be offered totally online and at no cost to New York state residents already working in the health care field. Funded by the New York State Department of Health, the online nursing education program, NursingEd, encourages existing healthcare workers to take that exciting first step toward becoming a nurse – and aid hospitals in retaining workers, as well as boost nurse recruitment at the same time. Read more here.

• Nancy Michela, DA, MS, RN, completed her Doctor of Arts in Humanistic Studies; Women's Studies and Education at the University at Albany. Her dissertation is titled "Feminism & Nursing: Pedogogy, Content, and Influences in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs".

• Professor Arlene Pericak has received the award

  Hometown Hero, sponsored by Capital News 9 for her contributions not only in the classroom, but in the community. Professor Pericak volunteers as a nurse during the summer at Paul Newman's Camp, Double H Hole in the Woods in the Adirondacks for children with serious illnesses, as well as working with the nursing director to get other nurses to volunteer. Arlene also devotes time to the Girl Scouts, and works per-diem at Albany Medical Center in the Nursing Education Department. Arlene is a Professor of Nursing at The Sage Colleges, and nurse practitioner at the college's Wellness Center on the Albany Campus. Professor Pericak also was recently awarded the Excelsior College Nursing Award for her dedication to the profession of nursing.

• The following presentation, "Connecting With and Cultivating the Researcher Within Us" was delivered by Denise Polit, PhD, at the first Nursing Research Alliance of the Capital District Region "Debunking the Mystique of Research" held at The Sage Colleges on April 6, 2005

Connecting With and Cultivating the Reseacher Within Us

• Dr. Glenda B. Kelman, Chair, Department of Nursing, met with New York State Senate Majority Leader, Joe Bruno (Rensselaer County) at the Annual Lobby Day for Nursing.

Also Dr. Kelman has recently been elected Chair of the New York State Council of Deans for baccalaureate and higher degree programs.

• Dr. Linda C. Peterson was one of four faculty throughout the country selected by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in winter 2004 to develop and implement two day review programs for candidates preparing to take a particular psychiatric nursing certification exam.

The faculty selection process was based on the high percentage rate of their school's graduates passing the ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Exams.

Separate two day review programs will be for all of the certification exams in psychiatric-mental health nursing: Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Specialist, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Specialist.

• Dr. Mary Lou Peck continues her community work coordinating health care for the homeless at Joseph's House in Troy, New York.