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For the Record, April 6, 2006 To view past For the Records, click here. 2:47 p.m., April 6, 2006--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff. Publications Linda Bucher, associate professor of nursing, Julie Waterhouse, associate professor of nursing, and Kathleen Schell, assistant professor of nursing, et al, “Clinical Comparison of Automatic, Noninvasive Measurements of Blood Pressure in the Forearm and Upper Arm with the Patient Supine or with the Head of the Bed Raised 45 Degrees: A Follow-Up Study,” in American Journal of Critical Care, vol. 15, pages 196-205. Presentations Farley Grubb, professor of economics, “Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of a Paper Money Economy,” at Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, March 30. Jeanne Murray Walker, professor of English, read her script, The Queen's 2 Bodies: The Double Life of Elizabeth I, as part of the Centenary Stage Company Women Playwrights Series, April 5, The Centenary Stage, Hackettstown, N.J. Judith Herrman, instructor in nursing, invited keynote address, “The Magic of Children's Health: Counting Our Blessing,” “Pediatric Nurse Advocacy: Turning Passion into Action” and pre-convention workshop, “Advocacy for Children and Families: Policy Actions to Improve Responses to Disruptions and Disasters,” at Society of Pediatric Nurses meeting, April 6-8, Orlando, Fla. Larry Purnell, professor of nursing, “Using the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence to Guide Curriculum Development,” March 24, Lourdes College, Toledo, Ohio; “Teaching Culture from an Environmental Perspective,” at Howard University research conference on health care disparities, March 22, Washington, D.C.; “Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach,” at sports medicine clinic, Jan. 4 and March 16, University of Delaware; and keynote address, “Cultural Considerations with End of Life Care,” at conference on cultural sensitivity at life's end, Jan. 16, Bay Health, Milford, Del. Service Richard Wolbers, associate professor of art conservation, assisted with the assessment and stabilization of 4th-Century AD Roman decorative wall painting fragments for the Columbia University Classics Department site near Dakhla Oasis, Egypt, in March. Bill Sullivan, managing director of Marriott's Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware, is serving on both the marketing/membership and the human resources committees of the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau. For the Record submissions Please submit information to be listed on “For the Record” by using a form found at [https://chico.nss.udel.edu/udaily/sugg_login.jsp], or through campus mail addressed to: UDaily Editor, Public Relations, Academy Building, 105 E. Main St. |