Carrio receives USU Educator Award
Navy Capt. Jan Carrio, the Senior Nurse Executive, Navy Medicine National Capital Area, received the prestigious 2009 Uniformed Services University Clinical Educator Award Oct. 9 for her work with the Graduate School of Nursing.
She was recognized for outstanding contributions to the education of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) students.
Captain Carrio served as the Navy Medicine liaison for coordination of USU FNP preceptor support in the National Capital Area. Soon after she took on the role, Carrio began creating a systematic, centralized process at the regional level within the Navy for clinical placement of students. She assists the FNP clinical site director with recruiting, developing and maintaining clinical sites and preceptors.
Her efforts help the FNP program sustain its 100 percent pass rate on certification examinations, making GSN alumni among the most highly sought-after advanced practice nurses in the military health care system.
"Captain Carrio represents the outstanding education students come to expect from the GSN programs," said FNP Program Director Diane Seibert, Ph.D.
Carrio was recognized at an award ceremony held in the command suite at the National Naval Medical Center.
During the celebration, GSN Dean Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., presented Captain Carrio with a $2,000 check to be used for future education activities.
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USU faculty takes first place in Navy Wide Research Competition
Several Graduate School of Nursing faculty members and students were honored during the 26th Annual Navy-Wide Research Competition held on May 26 at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP).
CDR Greg Nezat, USU's former research director at NMCP, and CDR Chris Oudekerk, USU's current research director at NMCP, represented the winning team in the Navy Medicine East competition.
Their presentation, "The effect of intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion on the reduction of postoperative pain and return of bowel function in patients undergoing minor laparoscopic gynecological procedures," was supported by USU teammates LT Philip Grady, LCDRs Nathaniel Clark and John Lenahan, CDR Robert Hawkins and CAPT (Ret) Joe Pelligrini.