Nursing Advisory Board
Purpose
Ongoing and rapid changes in health care, nursing, government, and technology underpin the need for communication and collaboration between nursing education programs and the community they serve. This advisory board provides insight into trends affecting nursing practice, nursing job development and job placement. It also assists in evaluation of program effectiveness, program advocacy and promotion, and support of the nursing program.
Function
The advisory board role is purely advisory. The board has no administrative, management, personnel, or budgetary authority or responsibility, and is not a policy making body. The sole function is to provide support and advice for the nursing education program.
Activities
The advisory board offers recommendations:
- In the development of short and long range plans.
- Regarding existing and future curriculum content.
- To assist in public relations.
- Regarding other matters as needed.
Membership
The membership of the advisory board is representative of the community and employment market served by the program as well as the nursing education program. It is composed primarily of individuals in the community and employment market who are impacted by the program and who impact the program.
Advisory Board Members, 2022–2023
- Basilio, Iris
- Uptown Pediatrics
- Burcham, Cary
- Piedmont Columbus Regional
- Condrey, Tamara
- CSU School of Nursing – Director
- Davis, Lora
- Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
- Endres, Tori
- West Central Health District
- Finlayson, Melanie
- Phoebe Health
- Greer, Susan
- CSU School of Nursing
- Hamid, Tricia
- St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
- Hand, Crystal
- Three Rivers AHEC
- Hawkins, Amanda
- CSU School of Nursing
- Hollis, Rhonda
- CSU Professor Emerita
- Huffman, Desiree
- CSU School of Nursing
- Jackson, Bridgett
- Chattahoochee Valley Community College
- Johnson, Sonja
- Muscogee Manor
- Kenyon, Nikki
- Piedmont Columbus Regional
- Lahnala, Stephanie
- CSU School of Nursing
- Later, Elizabeth
- St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
- Lehmberg, Holly
- Piedmont Columbus Regional
- Lewis, Jamie
- Piedmont Physicians at Green Island
- Morgan, Donna
- Columbus Hospice
- Olenick, Evelyn
- Phoebe Health
- Pearson, Cathy
- Columbus Hospice
- Rivera, Starr
- St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
- Roebuck, Victoria
- CSU, Student Health Services
- Scott, Annie
- Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
- Sizemore, Julie
- West Central Health District
- Socha, Suzanne
- Piedmont Columbus Regional
- Thomas, India - Clinical Partners Coordinator
- Piedmont Columbus Regional
- Thurman, Diane
- Valley Healthcare
- Tillman, Deryus
- CSU School of Nursing
- Vael, Aimee
- CSU School of Nursing