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.

Members

Jill Hiers, Chair 
June Goyne, (CSU Director, School of Nursing)
Birgit Gatlin, Secretary (CSU Nursing Admin. Assist.)
Dorothy Boden (Muscogee County Jail)
Michelle Breitfelder (Hughston Hospital) 
Kathy Ellis (Three Rivers AHEC)
Sharon Evers (Twin Cedars Youth Services)
Bonnie Franco (The Bradley Center) 
Ken Gordon (Columbus Tech College)
Wanda Johnson (Columbus Hospice)
Vivian Lee (Columbus Specialty Hospital)
Cathy Maxwell (The Medical Center)
Barbara McKnight (The Medical Center)
Tony Miller (Vista Care)
Florence Miller (W Central GA Reg. Hospital)
COL Janet Wilson (Martin Army Community Hosp.) Debbie Saylor (St. Francis Hospital)
Darlene Shirley (Muscogee County School District)
Carol Edenfield (Magnolia Manor of Columbus)
CSU Full-Time Nursing Faculty