Nursing Institute News
This page contains updates for our readers, clients, and customers on Nursing Institute news, fact sheets, recent events and upcoming events.
News Releases
December 2011
"Advancing Home Health Nurses Knowledge and Skills: The Simulation Solution" registration is now available online! The event is to be held on Feb. 8, 2012, at the Presidential Banquet Center in Dayton. Interactive sessions and presentations will be offered on complex wound care, customer service techniques, handling IVs and more.
See the final brochure by clicking here.
Register by clicking here.
November 1, 2011
SAVE THE DATE!! "Advancing Home Health Nurses Knowledge and Skills: The Simulation Solution" to be held on Feb. 8, 2012, at the Presidential Banquet Center in Dayton. Interactive sessions and presentations will be offered on complex wound care, customer service techniques, handling IVs and more.
Click here for event flier.
October 31, 2011
WSU College of Nursing and Health Faculty Simulation Day
On Oct. 31, 2011, the staff of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio was invited to Wright State to showcase the Institute’s achievements with simulator education classes and environments for members of the faculty of the College of Nursing and Health. Click here for article.
October 28, 2011
Dayton Regional STEM School students job shadow at Living Laboratory
Three 9th grade students from the Dayton Regional STEM School visited the Living Laboratory of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio on Oct. 28, 2011. Click here for article.
August 4, 2011
Faculty Development Day well received.
Click here for article and photos.
Click here for new Faculty Day photo gallery! (Page may take a while to load.)
Faculty Development Day featured in Dayton Daily News
The Second Annual faculty development day "Embracing Technology" was held on Aug. 4, 2011, and a Dayton Daily News photographer chronicled the event with a picture gallery of 64 candid shots of participants.
WERE YOU THERE? Look for your photo in the Daily News gallery by clicking here.
July 2011
5.0 contact hours have been awarded for Faculty Development Day -- Aug. 4, 2011!
Are you up to date as a nursing educator? Explore new teaching technologies.
See the conference brochure.
Article on last year's conference.
May 2011
Two new pages launched on the Nursing Instittute Website
Descriptions of various research projects being conducted by the Nursing Institute and updates about those projects are being compiled at our new Research Projects Page. Learn more about the Nursing Institute's international connections at the new Global Connectedness Page. Check back often; new content will be added on a regular basis.
April 2011
Alzheimer's research at St. Leonard expands
The groundbreaking research being done by Dr. Govind Bharwani, Director of Nursing Ergonomics and Alzheimer Care for the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio, continues to expand through the cooperation of research partner St. Leonard Community Living. Click here for article and photos.
March 2011
Community Mercy Health Partners executive joins Advisory Council; Springfield Regional Medical Center posters lauded
Terry Boys, Vice President, Patient Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer for Community Mercy Health Partners, is a recent addition to the Advisory Council of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio. And Ms. Boys, RN, MSN, joins the Council in the wake of positive news from Springfield Regional Medical Center, which is part of the Community Mercy Health Partners family. Click here for details.
March 15, 2011
Ohio State University and Ohio University officials tour the Living Laboratory
Experts in ergonomics and engineering from Ohio State University and Ohio University were impressed with the range of technologies in use at the Living Laboratory of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio during a March 15, 2011, tour of the facility. “They said they were blown away,” said Diane Mehling, assistant director of the Nursing Institute. W. Gary Allread, Ph.D., CPE, is Program Director for the Institute for Ergonomics at Ohio State University. Diana J. Schwerha, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Ohio University. The pair along with Cleveland engineer Howie Vactor toured the Nursing Institute’s research and education facility to explore opportunities for future collaboration, Mehling said. The meeting was arranged by Jennie Gallimore, Ph.D., Director of the Ohio Center of Excellence in Human-Centered Innovation at Wright State University. Mehling said the Nursing Institute will maintain contacts with the visitors as they develop ideas for possible joint projects and grant applications.
February, 2011
Collaboration between Nursing Institute and St. Leonard flourishes
The cooperation and support of the St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community has paved the way for Dr. Govind Bharwani, Director of Nursing Ergonomics and Alzheimer Care at the Nursing Institute, to develop a groundbreaking therapy system for individuals affected by Alzheimer's. Article and photos.
February7, 2011
High schoolers and first graders equally excited by Living Laboratory visits
Honors biology students from Chaminade Julienne High School and Junior FIRST Lego League team members from the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery got some hands-on experience with real world robotics technology during their visit to the Living Laboratory of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio. Article and photos.
February, 2011
Nursing Institute/Wright State innovator awarded research grant
The Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio will receive a $15,000 grant from the AMDA Foundation/Pfizer Quality Improvement Selection Committee to help support the innovative Alzheimer’s research being done by Dr. Govind Bharwani. Dr. Bharwani is director of Nursing Ergonomics and Alzheimer Care at the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio and co-director of ergonomics at a department in the College of Engineering, Wright State University. Article and photos.
Winter , 2011
Nursing Institute director appears in University of Toledo alumni magazine
Debi Sampsel, executive director of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio, was featured in an article in the winter 2011 edition of the University of Toledo Alumni Magazine. The article highlighted Sampsel's work heading the Nursing Institute's effort to address nursing workforce issues in the region. Copy of the Article.
January, 2011
Wright State professors pioneer use of the Living Laboratory
Detrice Barry, Ph.D., MSN, RN, and Sherrill Smith, Ph.D., RN, CNI, of the Wright State University – Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health were quick to recognize the potential of the Living Laboratory of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio. The professors began using the Laboratory to conduct research projects and educate nursing students within months of the facility's opening. “They were our pioneers,” said Debi Sampsel, executive director of the Nursing Institute. Article and photos.
October 25, 2010
Presidential visit marks the end of the Living Laboratory's first year
Wright State University president Dr. Davids Hopkins and Graceworks Lutheran Services president Wills "Bill" Serr II toured the Living Laboratory and were shown the results of a major technology upgrade project there. They also got a firsthand look an innovative education project there utilizing the remote presence robot. Article and photos.
December 2010
Nursing Institute to study therapeutic use of PARO, a robotic baby seal
The PARO company of Japan developed an animated stuffed baby seal that reacts to its environment almost like a living pet. The company has entrusted the Nursing Institute with a PARO robot to test its suitability as a therapeutic tool for Alzheimer's patients and autistic youth. Article and photos.
November 17, 2010
Advisory Council discusses what's next for the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio
During its November 17, 2010, meeting, the egional leaders who make up the Nursing Institute's Advisory Council broke into brainstorming groups to consider future directions for the organization. Article and photos from the meeting.
November 10, 2010
Channels 22 and 45 feature story on Living Laboratory human patient simulators
Kathy Hart of the Dayton area ABC and Fox affiliated news programs produced a story about the Living Laboratory that aired on both Channel 22 and 45 in November. The story focused on a nursing training study being conducted by Detrice Barry and Sherill Smith of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. A second segment featuring the Living Laboratory's human patient simulators was aired during the local morning show the day after the newscasts.
November, 2010
Remote presence robot being tested at Sinclair Community College campus in Mason
Professors and administrators at Sinclair's downtown campus will be able to move around the college's Courseview Campus Center in Mason without ever leaving Dayton thanks to a robot on loan from the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio. Robot users connect through a laptop computer and can drive the robot around classrooms and labs remotely. For details click here.
October, 2010
Home Technology Systems innovative "Digital Door Viewer" at Living Lab
Home Technology Systems of Dubuque, Iowa, has installed one of its Digital Door Viewers (DDV) at the Living Laboratory Smart Technology Home in Centerville. The device is an example of the consumer technology innovations that the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio is testing in the homelike setting of the Living Laboratory, and the DDV has great potential as an aide to the elderly and disabled. The DDV basically takes the place of the peephole on an entry door, but instead of forcing the user to stand and squint through a tiny lens to see who's at the door, the DDV uses a camera to display the visitor on a small video screen. The device is expected to be beneficial for the elderly, for the sight-impaired and for persons who have trouble standing. Home Technology Systems has distributed a news article about its cooperation with the Nursing Institute.
October, 2010
Article from NIWCO staff to be featured in "Clinical Simulation in Nursing"
An article from the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio sharing the results of some of its research into the use of remote presence robots will appear in an upcoming edition of the scientific journal "Clinical Simulation in Nursing." The journal, when published, will be available through Elsevier Inc. (www.elsevier.com/locate/ecsn). The article was written by Debi Sampsel, executive director of the Nursing Institute; Govind Bharwani, the Institute's director of nursing ergonomics; Diane Mehling, deputy director of the Institute; and Sherrill Smith of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. The research study indicated that 82 percent of faculty members and 87 percent of students accepted the idea of using robots in educational situations involving human patient simulators.
Oct 7, 2010
Nursing student in the senior class of Wright State University-Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health conducted mock home health visits at the Living Laboratory of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio during the week of October 4, 2010, the first week after the completion of a renovation project costing nearly half a million dollars.
September22, 2010
September 15, 2010
September, 2010
Dayton area nurses take part in 2010 International Year of the Nurse Celebration
Nursing Institute director Debi Sampsel helps organize the local event
Zeta Phi chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing hosts September 22 evening. Click here for flyer. Click here for press release.
August 18, 2010
Reporters attend Nursing Institute Faculty Development Day
Birth simulator demonstration to be featured in two newspapers
Reporters for the Dayton Daily News and Centerville-Washington Twp. Times conducted interviews for future stories. .Click here for details.
August 10, 2010
Kettering Health Network and Nursing Institute discuss collaboration
Seven representatives from different branches of the Kettering Health Network saw great potential for collaboration after touring the Nursing Institute’s Living Laboratory on August 10, 2010.Click here for details.
August 3 , 2010
"Thank you" page and "NIWCO appearances" page added to Nursing Institute website
The Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio could not exist without the support and generosity of its various partners and friends. The Nursing Institute has established a page on its website to give a public thank you for some of the special gifts and donations it has received. Click here to see Special Gifts & Donations. Another new page on the site recounts important appearances at conferences and educational events by the experts on the Nursing Institute staff. Click here to see NIWCO appearances. Both pages can also be accessed through the menus at the bottom of the Nursing Institute home page.
July 20, 2010
Living Laboratory video page added to Nursing Institute and Wright State websites
Working with local video specialists from MagicBox Productions, the Nursing Institute has produced a video featuring clients of the Instititute's Living Laboratory smart technology home on the campus of the Bethany Village senior living community in Centerville. The video is posted on Wright State's YouTube channel and is reachable from the Nursing Institute page "Our Expertise." The video can also be reached on the Wright State YouTube page.
July, 2010
Nursing Institute executive director named to board of Senior Independence
Debi Sampsel, executive director of the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio, has been appointed to the new Board of Directors for Senior Independence, a company that offers home and community based services for older adults. Senior Independence was restructured from a division of Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services, and the new company is a wholly owned subsidiary of OPRS. Senior Independence is Ohio’s largest not-for-profit provider of adult day care centers with 13 locations around the state serving 75,000 older adults.
Press release from Senior Independence
Spring, 2010
Nursing Ergonomics and Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Govind Bharwani, director of nursing ergonomics and Alzheimer's Disease outreach for the Nursing Institute, worked with his daughter, Meena Bharwani, in 2010 to develop the concept of "Behavior-Based Ergonomics" in the care and treatment of patients with Alzheimer's Disease.
Govind and Meena Bharwani's work has been reported in other media. See the links below for more details:
Article from the Centerville-Bellbrook times
SJB News Notes (see page 2)
Transcript of Channel 2 news story
March 24, 2010
Living Laboratory receives $473,000 in state funding
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Fact Sheets
The Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio, a catalyst for change
The Living Laboratory smart technology home
How the Nursing Institute was originally organized
Alzheimer's project, St. Leonard's
Simulation education at the Living Laboratory
Robot project Miami Valley Hospital
Robot Project Veterans Administration hospital
Hemophilia education research project
Community Health education research project
Living Laboratory Sensor research
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Events
Nursing Institute holds successful faculty development day at Bethany Village
Nursing Institute co-hosts Midwest Regional Human Patient Simulation Network Conference
Nursing Institute's Patti Burnell leads session of Ohio Simulator User Group
Advisory Council provides up-to-date feedback
Nursing Institute holds breakfast for state officials
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Upcoming
SAVE THE DATE!! "Advancing Home Health Nurses Knowledge and Skills: The Simulation Solution" to be held on Feb. 8, 2012, at the Presidential Banquet Center in Dayton. Interactive sessions and presentations will be offered on complex wound care, customer service techniques, handling IVs and more.
Click here for the event flyer.
Meetings of the Sustainability Board are held monthly at 8:30 a.m. at the Living Laboratory on the campus of Bethany Village in Centerville. Quarterly meetings are held in January, April, July and October. Regular monthly meetings are scheduled for the other months.
Currently scheduled meetings for 2011 are:
January 27 (1st Quarter Board Meeting)
February -- no meeting scheduled
March 24 -- monthly meeting
April 28 (2nd Quarter Board Meeting)
May 26 -- monthly meeting
June 23 -- monthly meeting
July 28 (3rd Quarter Board Meeting)
August 25 -- monthly meeting
September 29 -- monthly meeting
October 27 (4th Quarter Board Meeting)
November 17 -- monthly meeting
December 15 -- monthly meeting
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