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Touch Point Online Magazine - Kent State University College of Nursing
Fall 2019 · Volume III, Issue 3

TOUCH POINT is an online magazine, released four times a year, for Kent State University College of Nursing alumni, faculty and friends. View this issue in your web browser »

Two-time Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy

Pat Gless reflects on May 4, 1970 near what was then the ambulance bay of the old Ravenna hospital
In the spring of 1970, Pat Gless, MSN ’93, BSN ’71, RN, was a junior in Kent State University’s inaugural nursing program. On
May 4, 1970, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students to leave campus. Pat learned about the campus shootings once she returned to her home, which sat behind the old Ravenna hospital where she happened to work. Fifty years later, Pat reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.
 
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Stay tuned for our exciting giving opportunities and some new participation incentives and challenges! #KSUGives

OCT
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College of Nursing Commemorates May 4

May 4 Site Tour with Survivor, Alan Canfora
10/2/19 - 5:30 p.m. / May 4 Visitors Ctr.
 
PTSD: From May 4 Through Present Day Panel Discussion
10/2/19 - 7 p.m. / Kiva Auditorium
OCT
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Nursing Job & Career Fair

10/21/19 - 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. / Henderson Hall

The Nursing Job & Career Fair is a great way to meet face-to-face with recruiters from top local hospitals and prominent healthcare organizations. Open to all nursing students and alumni.

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Research
   AT THE LEADING EDGE
Dr. Amy Petrinec
Dr. Amy Petrinec
 
During her years as an ICU nurse, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing, noticed that chronically, critically ill patients, as well as their family
members, commonly experience negative psychological symptoms. Her bedside experiences lead her to study this phenomenon as a doctoral student, and later to broaden her research as a post-doctoral fellow.

Today, Dr. Petrinec tests interventions designed to reduce the negative impact of critical illness on health and quality of life for patients and their families. With funding awarded through Kent State’s Healthy Communities Research Initiative, she is conducting a feasibility study to examine treatment of psychological symptoms through intergrating smartphone delivery of a cognitive behavior therapy app with support provided to patients and family members during and after ICU hospitalization.

Awards & 
Achievements
 

Please join us in congratulating our alumni, students, faculty and staff members on their recent recognitions, publications, presentations and awards.

Recognitions

Faculty | Staff | Students

Publications

Faculty

Presentations

Faculty | Students

New Grant Awards

Faculty

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Touch Point Online Magazine

TOUCH POINT is the online-based magazine of Kent State University College of Nursing and is produced quarterly

Editors
Mariah Gibbons and Kathleen Norman

Design
Corey Moore

Writers
Mariah Gibbons and Denise Karshner

Photography
Bob Christy, Mariah Gibbons and Corey Moore. Uncredited photos were submitted by the article’s subject(s).


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