SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH AND TRAVEL AWARDS RECIPIENTS

April 11, 2003

Delta Chi Chapter-at-Large honored nurse scholars and nursing students with funding awards for their scholarship, research and travel activities. Committee members presented the following awards in behalf of chapter members:

Alexandria Mahomet Dorsey Memorial Scholarship

Sheila Nelson – ICN Baccalaureate Student

Delta Chi Chapter-at-Large Scholarship

Alice Dupler, MS, ARNP – Gonzaga University School of Law Student Focus on Nursing and Health Law

Delta Chi Chapter at Large Research Awards

Margaret A. Bruya, ARNP, DNSc, FAA – Principal Investigator
Ruth C. Bindler, RNC, PhD – Co-investigator

Childhood Type II Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk in Children

Alice Dupler, MS, ARNP – Principal Investigator

Comparative Case Study Analysis of Factors Related to Older Adult Deaths Subsequent to Entrapment in Side Rails.

Delta Chi Chapter at Large Travel Award

Janet M. Katz, Ph(c), RN

Modifying Rapid Assessment Process (RAP) to Collect Data for Collective Case Studies of Native American Nurses from the Plateau Tribes

Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland Oregon, March 19 – 23, 2003.

Committee members would also like to thank other members who applied for awards; we invite you to consider making application again next year. Application deadline is February 28, 2004; updated forms will be available at our website:www.DeltaChiNursing.org We would also like to thank individuals and the chapter membership for their contributions to these awards. We invite you to join us in supporting the advancement of nursing through chapter members.

Phyllis Eide, PhD, RN
Gerri Gass, MSN, RN
Judy Meyers, PhD, RN
Deana Molinari , Ph(c), RN
Glenda,Reimer, S.C., PhD, RN
Mary Stucky, MSN, RNC, Chair