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For one of Bexar County\u2019s civil court judges, a nursing\u00a0education from the School of Nursing at The University\u00a0of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio laid the\u00a0groundwork and foundation upon which she built her\u00a0career. Judge Stephani Walsh uses the communication skills she was\u00a0taught during her first semester at the Health Science Center daily\u00a0along with valuable lessons such as dedication and knowing how to\u00a0remain calm during emergencies.\u00a0 \u201cAt the time, I thought I didn\u2019t need social linguistics and such.\u00a0I thought, \u2018What do you mean I\u2019ve got to learn to talk to people and\u00a0communicate? I know how to communicate!\u2019 Those skills, however,\u00a0that I learned in the first semester are skills I use to this day almost\u00a0every day,\u201d said Judge Walsh who completed her B.S.N. from the\u00a0Health Science Center in December 1977.<\/p>\n

Currently serving her first four-year term as the presiding judge\u00a0in the 45th Civil District Court in Bexar County, Judge Walsh\u00a0considers the bench her third career. She left nursing to pursue\u00a0her law degree, graduating from St. Mary\u2019s University in 1985. She\u00a0practiced law for the next 30 years, specializing in family law. With\u00a085 percent of the cases before a civil bench pertaining to family law,\u00a0Judge Walsh is both qualified and passionate about the opportunity\u00a0this new phase in her career allows her to accomplish\u2014serving and\u00a0giving back to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy nursing career has been invaluable to me in dealing with family\u00a0law clients, and now as a judge with family law cases coming before\u00a0me,\u201d Judge Walsh said. \u201cIt has always given me the edge on medical\u00a0issues; it has always given me the edge on understanding people\u2019s\u00a0behavior, particularly their variant behavior or their high emotional\u00a0behavior in times of crises such as divorce. They are usually distraught,\u00a0and that\u2019s similar to what I dealt with in the emergency room.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, she spent her seven-year nursing career as an emergency\u00a0room nurse with the Bexar County Hospital District enjoying the\u00a0fast pace of the Level I trauma center. She also worked her way\u00a0through nursing school in the hospital as a student nurse or a UGN\u00a0(undergraduate nurse).\u00a0 \u201cI went from one care-giving role and moved into another\u00a0care-giving role,\u201d Judge Walsh said. \u201cThe communication skills, the\u00a0ability to break down the language and simplifying the explanations<\/p>\n

at a third-grade level, are important, because when people\u2019s emotions\u00a0are high, they retain about 10 percent of what you are saying. I\u00a0learned that firsthand in the emergency room, and I brought those\u00a0skills over into the practice of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having a passion for health care and for the law seemed quite\u00a0natural to Judge Walsh whose mother was a nurse anesthetist and\u00a0later attended law school and whose father was an obstetrician\/gynecologist with his own medical practice where she began\u00a0working at 13. In fact two of her brothers are in the medical field.\u00a0One is a nurse and the other a nurse practitioner.<\/p>\n

As she looks to the future, running for re-election and eventually\u00a0retirement, she remembers where she began and considers her time\u00a0as an ER nurse as being a part of a family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the ER, we all worked together as a team,\u201d Judge Walsh said.\u00a0\u201cI enjoyed being part of that team because they were my family too.\u201d
\nCoincidentally, while campaigning for election, a former ER\u00a0patient remembered Judge Walsh\u2019s compassion and shared her story\u00a0of survival with the crowd of supporters, calling the former nurse\u00a0her \u201cguardian angel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really strange,\u201d Judge Walsh recalls, \u201crunning into someone\u00a0who you helped save. I didn\u2019t save her by myself; I was part of a team,\u00a0but it was nice to be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although she ultimately changed careers, Judge Walsh continues\u00a0to give back to the Health Science Center by serving on the board\u00a0of directors for the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program and the\u00a0Adult Nurse Practitioner Program. The skills she learned as an\u00a0undergraduate nursing student have served her well, shaping her\u00a0into the compassionate community leader she is today.
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\nPassion for patients and policy positions graduate to impact lives nationwide<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Suzanne Staebler, D.N.P., M.S.N., Class of 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From her first day in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)\u00a0as an undergraduate to her current focus as an advocate and\u00a0policy-maker, Dr. Suzanne Staebler\u2019s passion is giving voice\u00a0to the most vulnerable and voiceless population whom she\u00a0serves as a neonatal nurse practitioner.
\n\u201cI love being a nurse,\u201d said Staebler, D.N.P., APRN, NNP-BC. \u201cI\u00a0think it is the best job and best profession to be in because you can do\u00a0so many different things. It is the most versatile too, but ultimately, it\u00a0is about the patients and the impact we are having on their lives.\u201d\u00a0With almost 30 years of nursing experience, Dr. Staebler,\u00a0who received her M.S.N. with a minor in education from the\u00a0UT Health Center San Antonio School of Nursing in 1991, knows\u00a0how versatile the profession can be. Considered a pioneer in her\u00a0specialty of neonatalogy, she currently teaches as an associate\u00a0professor in the clinical track and serves as the specialty coordinator\u00a0for the neonatal nurse practitioner program at Emory University\u2019s\u00a0Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She also continues\u00a0her practice as a neonatal nurse practitioner at Grady Memorial\u00a0Hospital in Atlanta, including a joint appointment in Emory\u2019s\u00a0School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics.
\nHer passion, however, extends beyond the classroom and the\u00a0NICU to advocacy and policy design and analysis. As an active\u00a0member and leader in several professional organizations such as\u00a0the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) and the\u00a0National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP),\u00a0Staebler is blazing a trail for others to follow.
\n\u201cShe is an incredible advocate,\u201d said Tami Wallace, D.N.P.,\u00a0APRN, who has worked with Dr. Staebler on policy changes through\u00a0the NANNP. \u201cWhile she has made many contributions to our\u00a0profession, I believe that her legacy will be her work to promote\u00a0and protect the role of the neonatal nurse practitioner. She has\u00a0spent many volunteer hours and years in NANN and NANNP,
\nparticipating in the LACE (licensure, accreditation, certification,\u00a0education) initiative and more.\u201d
\nFor her work as an advocate and policy-maker, Dr. Staebler\u00a0received the 2015 Excellence Award from the NANNP, was elected\u00a0as the NANNP governing council chair from 2012 to 2014, and\u00a0was inducted as a Fellow into the American Association of Nurse\u00a0Practitioners (AANP) in 2014.
\n\u201cAs much as I love policy, I love my patients more,\u201d Dr. Staebler\u00a0said, \u201cand I can\u2019t imagine caring for a different population. I love\u00a0what I do. That is not to say that it\u2019s easy, and there are days that I can\u00a0barely drag myself home, but I can\u2019t imagine doing anything else.\u201d
\nIn a way, Dr. Staebler is a pioneer in health care. Upon receiving\u00a0her master\u2019s degree from the Health Science Center through a dual-track\u00a0program, she began practicing as a clinical nurse specialist and\u00a0neonatal nurse practitioner, and soon discovered how much of an\u00a0enigma she was in the medical world.
\n\u201cThe state of Texas and the hospitals in Texas had no idea what\u00a0to do with a neonatal nurse practitioner,\u201d Dr. Staebler recalled. \u201cSo\u00a0I ended up leaving Texas for my first neonatal job at the Medical\u00a0University of South Carolina in Charleston. I was the very first\u00a0master\u2019s prepared nurse practitioner in that unit.\u201d
\nIn fact, she had to prove herself to colleagues who initially\u00a0underestimated her capabilities because of her youth, advanced\u00a0classroom education, and what appeared to them to be a lack of\u00a0in-the-trenches training. She credits the classroom education paired\u00a0with the clinical opportunities at the Health Science Center School\u00a0of Nursing for her initial success.
\n\u201cI was very well prepared even though I had all of the theory\u00a0related to a master\u2019s degree with research and more,\u201d she said. \u201cBut\u00a0I was well prepared to do what it was that I needed to do, and I was\u00a0very ahead of the curve in the realm of nurse practitioner education.\u201d
\nSpecifically, Dr. Staebler points to the close collaborations and\u00a0partners the School of Nursing had with the San Antonio community,\u00a0including Wilford Hall, as the reason she was so well prepared upon\u00a0graduation; and the courses she took for her minor in education such\u00a0as the instructional design class that introduced her to new technology.
\n\u201cI really think that the education minor has served me well\u00a0throughout my career, both as an informal educator\u2014precepting\u00a0students, teaching, speaking on the national and international\u00a0level\u2014as well as now in my faculty role.\u201d
\nDr. Staebler returned to the Health Science Center recently as a\u00a0consultant, and she was impressed by the state-of-the-art simulation\u00a0space and the progressiveness of the School of Nursing. She was\u00a0also pleased to discover that many of the same relationships and\u00a0partnerships within the community that served her many years ago\u00a0are still serving students today.
\n\u201cThey are maintaining those bonds and relationships with the\u00a0community,\u201d Dr. Staebler said, \u201cbecause it is not just about the\u00a0school, it is about the school and how it relates to and impacts the\u00a0community, and it is just awesome.\u201d
\nStaying engaged with her alma mater is important \u201con both\u00a0sides of the coin\u201d she said, and discovered that Eileen T. Breslin,\u00a0Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing at the Health\u00a0Science Center, feels the same way.
\n\u201cOn one side of the coin as an alumna, it\u2019s important for me\u00a0to stay engaged because I can give back. On the other side, I think\u00a0it is a two-way street, and I feel that Dean Breslin believes that
\ntoo,\u201d Dr. Staebler said. \u201cShe made a commitment to me as an\u00a0alumna to mentor me when I needed it, especially as it relates to\u00a0my career trajectory, and that isn\u2019t something that I\u2019ve necessarily\u00a0had. I have three different degrees in nursing from three different\u00a0Texas universities, and this is the first dean that I\u2019ve really made that\u00a0connection with, and I am very appreciative of her for that.\u201d
\nDr. Staebler\u2019s advice to undergraduate nursing students is to keep\u00a0learning. Her advice to graduate students is to become engaged.
\n\u201cI truly believe that nursing, especially advanced practice\u00a0nursing, is the key to the health care crisis that our nation now\u00a0faces,\u201d Dr. Staebler said. \u201cNurses traditionally have not been at the\u00a0table having the discussions with those in control of policy and\u00a0funding. If we as nurses will engage fully in the system, we could completely change the face of health care in this nation.”
\nWhile she is unsure of where her pioneering spirit will take her\u00a0next, Dr. Staebler has high hopes and big dreams, one of which\u00a0is to be the first nurse elected to the U.S. Senate. Armed with an\u00a0education from the School of Nursing and a lifelong mentor like\u00a0Dean Breslin, Dr. Staebler will continue to defy the odds and break\u00a0down barriers.
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\nMillennial makes her mark on nursing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Talitha Gonzalez, B.S.N., Class of 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since graduating with her B.S.N. from the UT Health Science\u00a0Center School of Nursing three short years ago, Talitha\u00a0Gonzalez has left her mark not only on her patients but also on\u00a0the profession through her achievements regarding important\u00a0nurse reporting procedures at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA\u00a0Hospital. Impressive, considering her career has just begun.
\nAt 24, Gonzalez has taken advantage of every opportunity she\u00a0can to excel in her chosen field. First, she applied and was chosen as\u00a0one of three nurses in the VA\u2019s registered nurse transition to practice\u00a0program, a comprehensive 12-month program with the goal of\u00a0developing novice nurses into competent professionals.
\nNext, she focused her evidence-based practice project on\u00a0bedside reporting, hoping to make a difference for both patients\u00a0and staff. After completing a pilot study and gathering evidence\u00a0proving its success, Gonzalez has been instrumental in the VA\u2019s\u00a0implementation of bedside reporting in five units.
\n\u201cIn the beginning, I thought of bedside reporting like the\u00a0telephone game,\u201d she said. \u201cWith every transfer of information there\u00a0is always the potential for misinformation or incorrect information to\u00a0be reported. Once implemented, we were able to decrease the amount\u00a0of time it was taking for nurses to get into the rooms and assess the\u00a0patient; nurses were able to prioritize their day, increasing ownership\u00a0and accountability; and we are able to address problems immediately.
\n\u201cI think we can make a little bit more of a connection between\u00a0the patient and nursing staff, as well. At the end of the day, before\u00a0I go home, I can thank the patients for allowing me to take care\u00a0of them while I hand them off to the next nurse,\u201d Gonzalez said.\u00a0\u201cWhen they\u2019ve come to trust me in the past eight to 12 hours, it\u2019s\u00a0nice to able to say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m going home, but my colleague is now\u00a0going to take care of you.\u2019\u201d
\nA bonus she points out is that it also gives patients and their\u00a0families a chance to say \u201cthank you\u201d as well, giving them both closure.
\nCurrently, Gonzalez has come full circle with the VA and the\u00a0Health Science Center School of Nursing, serving as a lead teacher\u00a0with the dedicated education unit (DEU) where she once was a\u00a0student of the DEU model.
\n\u201cShe was a student in the very first DEU at the VA,\u201d said Vicky\u00a0Dittmar, M.S.N., RN, CNE, the clinical coordinator for the DEUs\u00a0and assistant professor in the School of Nursing in partnership with\u00a0the VA. \u201cWhile we now have three DEUs and continue to expand,\u00a0in order to maintain sustainability, we need those students who\u00a0complete the DEU program to get hired in the units in which they\u00a0served as students. As they grow and blossom, like Gonzalez has,\u00a0they can later serve as teachers with that professional commitment.\u00a0It\u2019s truly a full circle.\u201d
\nIn fact, as Dittmar has stayed in touch with Gonzalez, she has\u00a0watched her commitment not only to her patients grow but to the\u00a0profession as well.
\n\u201cShe can be very quiet, but she has an incredible intellect that is\u00a0always driving her forward,\u201d Dittmar said. \u201cShe wants to do things\u00a0better and she wants to give back. She is just a very giving and\u00a0caring person.\u201d
\nDittmar said she envisions Gonzalez as a future researcher or\u00a0faculty member.
\n\u201cTaking the role as a lead teacher in a DEU is a nice step in terms\u00a0of the beginning of her teaching credentials, and hopefully, applying\u00a0to graduate school which would be the next step,\u201d Dittmar said.
\nGonzalez is hoping to take those steps as well when it comes to\u00a0her future plans. She enjoys teaching, is interested in graduate school,\u00a0and hopes to pursue a doctorate, perhaps in the nurse practitioner\u00a0program. She also enjoys developing relationships with her patients\u00a0at the VA, often seeing some more than once when they return to\u00a0the facility for additional appointments and care. These returning\u00a0patients have inspired Gonzalez to consider her long-term career path\u00a0with disease prevention in mind.
\n\u201cI see patients return and in the back of my head, I\u2019m always\u00a0asking myself, \u2018If we could have caught that diabetes or the high\u00a0blood pressure sooner, could some of these health issues have been\u00a0avoided?\u2019 I think I see nursing moving toward more health care\u00a0promotion and disease prevention,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cI think nurses\u00a0can be the champions to lifestyle changes that prevent chronic\u00a0illnesses or recurring health problems.\u201d
\nGonzalez said she is grateful to the Health Science Center\u00a0because of its partnership and collaboration with the VA and for the\u00a0simulation lab technology, which she sees as a valuable piece of the\u00a0nursing education.
\n\u201cClearly the partnership between the VA and the School of\u00a0Nursing benefited me,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cI grew up in the VA. I did my\u00a0first clinical there, and I think that partnership is crucial. It has created\u00a0a pipeline to get future nurses and nurse leaders into the VA.
\n\u201cI love the VA and I love working with the veterans. They are\u00a0such a unique patient population, and hearing their stories is the\u00a0best part for me. We still have veterans around from World War II,\u00a0and while you grow up in school learning about those events, to be\u00a0able to talk to people who actually experienced it, who lived through\u00a0World War II and Vietnam and such; I think it is a huge honor to\u00a0be able to take care of them,\u201d Gonzalez said.
\nWith this type of giving spirit and desire to serve her community,\u00a0the patients at the VA are the lucky ones; and with graduates like\u00a0Gonzalez leading the profession, the future of nursing looks very\u00a0bright, indeed.<\/p>\n

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