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Links to Documents about the History of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Milestones of the School of Nursing and Health Science
| March 1979 |
Committee established by James J. Muldoon, FSC, Ph.D., R.N., Dean of Arts and Sciences at La Salle University to evaluate the feasibility of an R.N.-BSN Program at La Salle University |
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| October 1979 |
R.N.-BSN Program designed by Committee with adult learner focus for employed R.N.s; Needs assessment documented interest in program |
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| July 1979 |
National League for Nursing (NLN) Consultant meets with Committee on program design and accreditation criteria |
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| October 1979 |
Academic Affairs Committee of La Salle University approves R.N.-BSN Program; College Council approves program; Director of the Nursing Program appointed |
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| September 1980 |
First group of 36 registered nurse students admitted to the Nursing major. |
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| May 1982 |
First BSN degrees awarded by R.N.-BSN students |
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| December 1982 |
National League for Nursing’s Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs, Board of Review votes to defer the accreditation decision; Special Request Report sent to the Board of Review November 1983 |
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| December 1983 |
Board of Review of NLN-Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs votes to deny accreditation |
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| February 1983 |
La Salle Nursing Department appeals the accreditation decision; students join the appeal process |
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| February 1984 |
NLN's Appeal Panel votes full accreditation to La Salle's Nursing Program on February 23, 1984 |
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| May 1985 |
Feasibility study conducted regarding Graduate Nursing degree program |
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| September 1987 |
Following University and Nursing Program committee approval and Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania review, the Master of Science in Nursing degree Program admits students to Nursing Administration and Adult Health and Illness Tracks |
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| May 1989 |
First Master of Science in Nursing degree graduates |
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| September 1990 |
Albert Einstein Medical Center and La Salle University, Department of Nursing, establish joint appointments |
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| June 1991 |
La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center opens at Manna Bible Institute site on Church Road; purpose to provide access to public health, primary care, counseling, and education services to underserved culturally diverse urban residents; many grant awards followed, for example, March of Dimes, William Penn Foundation, and Title V contract to support public health nursing and outreach workers from the City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health, MateR.N.al-Child Health Division for Perinatal Home Visiting Services |
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| April 1992 |
NLN notifies La Salle University that the baccalaureate degree program in nursing has been granted continuing accreditation and the master’s degree program in nursing has been granted initial accreditation |
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| November 1992 |
State Board of Nursing, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grants initial approval status to Generic Baccalaureate Nursing Education Program |
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| Fall 1992 |
Department of Nursing becomes School of Nursing |
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| Fall 1993 |
La Salle University commits first floor space at the Chew and Wister site to La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center; second site for public health and outreach services located on the third floor of the Germantown YWCA on Germantown Avenue |
| August 1994 |
Adult Nurse Practitioner MSN Track. |
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| May 1995 |
BSN degree awarded to basic program, prelicensure graduates |
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| December 1995 |
State Board of Nursing, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grants full approval status to Generic Baccalaureate Nursing Education Program |
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| October 1996 |
Independence Foundation Chair in Community Health Nursing Education established |
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| August 1997 |
BSN and MSN Programs receive full National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission re-accreditation along with preliminary approval from Council on Collegiate Nursing Education; Nursing courses offered at new Bucks County Center in Newtown, PA, Bucks County |
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| June 1997 |
School Nurse Certificate Program receives Pennsylvania Department of Education approval |
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| February 1998 |
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education granted preliminary approval for the baccalaureate and master’s programs in nursing |
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| April 1998 |
Kappa Delta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International chartered |
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| May 1998 |
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program (WOCNEP) accredited by National Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society Accreditation Committee |
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| August 1998 |
BSN and MSN programs granted continuing accreditation by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission; partnership agreement signed between the Frank J. ToR.N.etta School of Anesthesia at Montgomery Hospital and the La Salle University Graduate Nursing Program for MSN degree track, Nurse Anesthetist |
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| September 1998 |
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology identified as potential new degree program; Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Certificate Program opened; At the invitation of the Tenant Council of the Hill Creek Apartments, a Philadelphia Housing Authority site, La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center opens its primary care nurse practitioner center at Rising Sun and Adams Avenues |
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| January 1999 |
LPN-BSN Program, the second such program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, inaugurated; Clinical Research Operations Certificate Program (Pharmaceutical Development and Drug Trials) started |
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| February 1999 |
Smith-Kline-Beecham Community Impact Award given to La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center |
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| April 1999 |
Following approval by School of Nursing Executive Committee, BSN and MSN Curriculum Committees, Graduate Council, and Curriculum, University Council approves M.S.degree program in Speech-Language Pathology |
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| August 1999 |
Nurse Anesthetist Track, Graduate Nursing Program awards Division of Nursing, Health Resources Services Administration grant |
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| January 2000 |
Nursing Informatics Certificate Program begins admitting students |
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| August 2000 |
Freshman students admitted into the Five-year B.S. to M.S. SLHS Program |
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| March 2000 |
Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grants Speech-Language-Hearing Science Program provisional approval |
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| December 2000 |
Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) grants candidacy status to M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology |
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| January 2001 |
Didactic Program in Nutrition Biology Department, School of Arts and Sciences, opened in 1999, joins School of Nursing |
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| August 2001 |
R.N.-BSN Accelerated Program begins; Part time Basic BSN Program (ACHIEVE) begins; Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program offers first fully online program at La Salle |
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| September 2001 |
Connelly Foundation awards grant to Speech-Language-Hearing Science Program |
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| January 2002 |
Part-time Basic BSN students admitted to Nursing Major, Bucks Campus |
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| April 2002 |
Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education awards developmental accreditation for Nutrition Program’s Coordinated Program in Dietetics. |
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| June 2002 |
Nursing Certificate and Distributive Learning Programs established |
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| August 2002 |
Part-time Basic BSN students admitted to Nursing Major, Main Campus; First graduate students begin SLHS MS Program |
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| September 2002 |
Gerontology Certificate offered, supported by grant awarded from the John Hartford Foundation |
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| December 2002 |
Pennsylvania Department of Education approves Teaching of Speech-Language Impaired Certificate Program |
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| 2003 |
Health Science Minor approved |
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| May 2003 |
First graduates earn M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology |
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| November 2003 |
Council of Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology site visit: visitors praised M.S. in SLP as “model program for the nation” |
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| December 2003 |
M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology Program awarded full accreditation by Council of Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology |
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| January 2004 |
Abington Memorial Hospital On-Site |
| May 2004 |
First graduates earn BS in Speech-Language-Hearing Science |
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| June 2004 |
Oberkotter Foundation awards grant to Speech-Language-Hearing Science Program |
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| September 2004 |
Joint appointment between La Salle University SLHS Program and Clarke Pennsylvania established with support from the Oberkotter Foundation |
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| January 2005 |
Pre-SLP Program, graduate degree preparation, offers first courses with a fully online program; Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language-Hearing Science degree option offered; Juliet Fink, M.Ed. appointed instructional designer |
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| May 2005 |
First graduates of Five-Year M.S. SLP earn degrees |
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| January 2006 |
School of Nursing named School of Nursing and Health Sciences |
| August 2006 |
Clinical Nurse Leader MSN Track |
| August 2006 |
Nurse Educator MSN Track |
| July 2007 |
Health Studies Major |
| June 2009 |
RN-BSN On-Line |
| January 2010 |
Doctor of Nursing Practice |
| April 2010 |
Master of Public Health |
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Administrators
Doris Cook Sutterley, MSN, R.N., Project Director R.N.-BSN Program 1979
Gloria F. Donnelly, MSN, R.N. Director of Nursing Program 1979-1993
Gloria F. Donnelly, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN Dean 1993-1996
Cynthia Flynn Capers, Ph.D., R.N. Interim Dean Dean 1996-1997
Zane Robinson Wolf, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN Dean 1997-present
Mary Ledva, MSN, R.N. Assistant Dean 1993-1997
Mary Lou Gies, MSN, R.N. Assistant Dean 2002-2003
Mary T. Dorr, MSN, R.N. Assistant Dean 1999-present
Dolores Matecki, MSN, R.N. Coordinator Part Time Basic BSN Program 2001-2005
Anett Petrich, MSN, R.N. Coordinator R.N.-BSN Program 2005-present
Kristin De Lay, M.A. Assistant Director Part-Time Basic BSN Program 2001-present
Karen A. Rossi, MSN, R.N. APRN-C5, assistant director, R.N.-BSN and RN MSN Programs 2006 to present
Undergraduate Nursing Program Directors
Marylou McHugh, Ed.D., R.N. 1987-1990
Patricia H. Becker, Ed.D., R.N. 1990-1993
Cynthia Flynn Capers, Ph.D., R.N. 1993-1996
Eileen Riviello Giardino, Ph.D., R.N. 1996-1997
Joanne Farley Serembus, Ed.D., R.N., CCRN 1997-2001
Diane M. Wieland, Ph.D., R.N., C.S. 2001
Barbara J. Hoerst, Ph.D., R.N. 2007-present
Graduate Nursing Program Directors
Zane Robinson Wolf, Ph.D., R.N. 1987-1990
Marylou McHugh, Ed.D., R.N. 1990-1996
Zane Robinson Wolf, Ph.D., R.N. 1996-1997
Janice M. Beitz, Ph.D., R.N., C.S., CNOR 1997-2002
Kathleen O. Vito, DNSc, R.N. 2002-2005
Mary Anne Peters, DNSc, R.N. 2005-present
Kathleen E. Czekanski, Ph.D., R.N., CEN 2008 to present
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Patti Rager Zuzelo, Ed.D., M.S.N., ACNS-BC, APRN-BC
Nursing Certificate and Distributive Learning Programs’ Director
Janice M. Beitz, Ph.D., R.N., CS, CNOR, CWOCN 2002-present
Nutrition Program Director
Jule Anne Henstenburg, M.S., R.D. 2001-present
Speech-Language-Hearing Science Program Director
Barbara J. Amster, Ph.D., CCC/SLP 1999-present
Joint Appointments
Albert Einstein Medical Center and La Salle University, Department of Nursing
- Associate Director Nursing, Research, Zane R. Wolf, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN 1990-1994
- Marjorie Heinzer 1995- 2001
- Patti R. Zuzelo, EdD, R.N., BC 2002-present
- Associate Director Nursing Administration Mary L. Botter 1990
Moss Rehabilitation Hospital
- Elaine Flynn, MSN, R.N., CRN 1993-1997
Albert Einstein Medical Center
- Carol Hutelmyer, MSN, CRNP 1994-2000
Germantown Hospital and Medical Center
- Janice Beitz, Ph.D., R.N., C.S., CWOCN, CNOR 1996-1997
La Salle University/Clarke Pennsylvania
- Joan Luckhurst, Ph.D., CCC/SLP 2004-present
Independence Foundation Chairs Community Health Nursing Education
- Patricia L. Gerrity, Ph.D., R.N. October 1996-1997
- Katherine K. Kinsey, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN 1996-2004
- Mary Ellen Miller, MSN, R.N. 2004-present
- Ana Maria Catanzaro, Ph.D., R.N. 2007-2009
- Denise N. Bailey, Ed.D., MEd, M.S.N., R.N., FAAN 2009-2010
La Salle Neighborhood Nursing Center Director
- Patricia L. Gerrity, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN 1991-1996
- Katherine K. Kinsey, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN 1996-2004
- Ana Maria Catanzaro, Ph.D., R.N. 2004-2009
- Zane Robinson Wolf, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN 2009-2010
- Denise N. Bailey, Ed.D., ME.d., M.S.N., R.N., CEN 2010-present
Associate Director Public Health Programs
- Mary Ellen Miller, MSN, R.N. 2004-2007
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