School of Nursing Scrapbook 1979

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UNIVERSITY OF SAK:t>~i OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION /.U G21 1978 CONTACT: SARAS. FINN TELEPHONE: 714-291-6480 I EXT. !'ii 42 96 OFFICE OF THE DEAN ADDRESS: RM. 266 DE SALES HALL, ALCALA PARK, SAN~6.@h ~ oNURSING USD SCHOOL OF NURSING APPOINTS FIVE NEW PROFESSORS 21, 1978.

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Dr. Irene s. Palmer, Dean of the Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing of the University of San Diego, announces the appointment of five new faculty who will begin teaching this Fall.· Two of the new appointees will teach part– time, and three will teach full time. Sonya J. Herman, D.N.Sc., is appointed as Associate Professor. Herman received her B.S.N. from the University of Colorado and her M.S.N. and her D.N.Sc. from the Catholic University of America. Herman was Assistant Professor and coordinator of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing for undergradu– ates at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution. Herman is Director and owner of the Assertive Training Insitute which has provided workshops for numerous private and civil organizations such as the Civil Service Commission, the Department of Labor and the Kennedy Institute. She has also written many articles in the areas of divorce, single parenting and assertiveness. Janet L. Blenner, M.N. and Assistant Professor, is a Ph.D. candidate and expects to complete her doctorate this Fall. Blenner graduated from Long Island University and earned her R.N. at St. Francis Hospital in Jersey City. She taught at City University of New York and Paterson College of New Jersey and was a psychiatric nurse for the child and adolescent units of Bellevue Hospital in New York. Blenner's doctoral research investigates "Thrill Seeking Behavior". Victoria Fletcher, M.S.N., is appointed as lecturer. She received her B.S.N. from the University of Washington and her M.S.N. from the University of Illinois. Fletcher is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and was a delegate to the Washington State Nurses Association Convention in 1976. Florence N. Warnock, M.N., will teach part-time as guest lecturer. She graduated from Wayne State University and received her M.A. in educational guidance and counseling from the University of Michigan and her M.N. in nursing from UCLA. Warnock has taught for the San Diego Community College District, San Diego State University, UCSD and the American Red Cross." She has served as School Nurse for several school districts including the San Diego City Schools. Warnock is listed in the 1977 issue of "The World's Who's Who of Women in Education. MORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .