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Roxanne Johnston
Angela Haynes |
Shorter University taps nursing faculty members to serve as co-interim Deans of School of Nursing June 27, 2012 -Two Shorter University nursing faculty members, Angela Haynes and Roxanne Johnston, have been tapped to serve as co-interim deans of the university’s School of Nursing. Haynes has served as assistant professor of nursing at Shorter since 2011, and Johnston has served as assistant professor of nursing at Shorter since January 2009. In their new roles, Haynes and Johnston will have general oversight of the entire Nursing program. They also will be responsible for designing a strategic plan for the School of Nursing that will guide the program as it expands in both student enrollment and in its regional impact. “We are very fortunate to have two people of such high Christian caliber coupled with exceptional professional and academic credentials to assume the duties of dean,” said Dr. Donald Martin, Jr., executive vice president and provost at Shorter. “Both Ms. Haynes and Ms. Johnston have a history of motivating students to learn through their passion for teaching and a commitment to developing personal character. Their invaluable contributions to the university and its mission are evident in the classroom and beyond.” Haynes has been a Registered Nurse Practitioner in Georgia since 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Converse College and the Master of Public Health from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. She later earned the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the Master of Nursing – FNP degrees from Emory’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She is completing the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Alabama’s Capstone College School of Nursing. |
Haynes is co-founder and Family Nurse Practitioner at Health Connection, Inc., and has served as co-director of the Earthquake Displaced Relief Center in Cap Haitian, Haiti. She also has worked as a cardiac nurse at Emory University Hospital, executive director of the Georgia Partnership for Caring Foundation Inc., and as communications director for the Northeast Georgia Health District. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, Georgia Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Public Health Association, and Georgia Public Health Association.
Johnston has been a Registered Nurse since 1994 and has certification and is an instructor for both Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Cardiac Life Support. She earned the Associate of Science in Nursing degree from Floyd College, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the State University of West Georgia, and the Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Nursing Education from the University of West Georgia. She is pursuing a Doctor of Education in Nursing Education at the University of West Georgia.
Johnston was one of the first nursing faculty members hired for Shorter University’s School of Nursing and played an instrumental role in the establishment of the university’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program. Before coming to Shorter, she worked at Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, serving as an infection prevention and control professional, director of quality management, assistant educator, and charge nurse/staff nurse in both the Intensive Care Unit and in the Medical/Surgical Unit. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing and the Georgia Association for Nursing Education.
Shorter's plans to offer the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree were announced in early 2008 with the first nursing classes beginning in the fall of 2010. The first class of BSN students graduated in May 2012. In addition to excellent health care training, Shorter's BSN program has a unique component that complements the university's Christ-centered mission; all nursing majors are required to take part in a global health care study and medical missions experience. For two years, this requirement has taken Shorter student nurses to Bulgaria, where they have served in orphanages, and to England, where they have studied health care delivery systems.
Founded in 1873, Shorter University is a Christian university committed to excellence in education. The Princeton Review annually includes Shorter on its lists of best value and best Southeastern colleges. The university offers traditional bachelor’s degrees in 48 major areas as well as undergraduate degree programs for working adults, the Master of Business Administration, the Master of Education and the Master of Arts in Leadership. General education and calculus courses are offered in an online format, and Shorter offers online programs that lead toward the Associate of Science, the Bachelor of Business Administration, and the Master of Accountancy degrees. For more information, visit www.shorter.edu.
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