THE *0RINT
Vol. XX, No. 12
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, OR 27045
February 11, 1287
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pursing program to be honored
I Dean Grey
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■ The Clackamas Community
■»liege Nursing program is in
le process, and has been for
■nost a year, of undergoing
le National League for Nurs-
Ig (NLN) accreditation.
■At the state level the schools
le required to be accredited by
le state board of nursing. The
lllege was in April of last year,
lie NLN, however, is volun-
ly and is used to show ex
igence in the Nursing pro-
gr m.
I The Accreditation process is a
Ing thy one. It starts out with
th? school’s decision to apply,
‘phe NLN accreditation is a
voluntary Accreditation and it
■ national. Its a process where
programs. are compared with
nee programs throughout the
ration. Our Associate degree
Irsing program is compared
only with other associate degree
nursing programs,” said Pat
Escaping
abuse
by Marie Stopelmoor
Staff Writer
Clackamas Community College nursing students and staff await accreditation.
Krumm, nursing department
chairperson.
The next step in the process
requires an intensive self study
of the nursing program. “The
NLN sends out a booklet of
criteria that the accreditation is
based on. As we go through the
criteria there are some things we
meet just as we have always
been doing things. Other things
need changes or modifying.
Particularly, the program
philosophy and the curriculum
needed a lot of our attention,”
continued Krumm.
The self study, based on the
criteria in the NLN booklet, has
to be submitted to the NLN the
first week in March. It has to
reach the NLN and the sight
visitors a month ahead of time.
The visit, which is next in the
Accreditation is scheduled for
April 6,7 and 8. “The sight
visitors will be here for three
days. There will be two of them,
and they will review all that in
formation and be on our cam
pus. They will talk to faculty
and students and be looking at
the facilities. Primarily they will
be checking to see that what we
said in out self study is truly
what in fact we do” stated
Krumm
During this time the visitors
meet with the Dean of Instruc
tion, the Assistant Dean for the
division, the president, and they
go to the hospitals that will have
students on those days. In addi
tion they will be looking at
documents that substantiate
what is written in the self study.
At the end of the three days
they will have compiled reports
that they read to those involved at
the college level and then send
back to the NLN.
This along with the documents
and self study report go back to
the NLN which will convene in
June to determine accreditation.
Prior to this two members of
the NLN body will be assigned to
the college’s program and they
will read the sight visitors report,
the self study, and any other
documents pertaining to the ac-
credidation. Then they will bring
that to the counsel and discuss
whether or not to accredit the col
lege.
“NLN accredidation is a
stamp of excellence, or a verifica
tion of program of excellence,
thats what it really means,” con
tinued Krumm. “It says to the
public that this Associates Degree
in Nursing (ADN) program meets
National Standards for ex
cellence,” Krumm added.
Parking lot attack occurs
by Mary Prath
Staff Writer
Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 9:30 p.m.
a young woman was accosted in
the parking lot next to the
health and safety trailer. She
was said to have left the music
department after a class ending
at 9:30. When she arrived at her
car she saw a man standing by
the car next to hers, and he
pushed her. She went on to say
that a car came up and then the
attacker fled. The attacker had
an accomplice who was driving
a blue Datsun.
“I want people to be aware of
the crimes happening in this
area,” said Johnson. “There
have been car robberies in the
parking lot of Thriftway,
Oregon City Shopping Center
and here on campus. You
shouldn’t leave anything in your
vehicle that can be seen from
the outside,” cautioned
Johnson.
Clackamas Women’s Service is
a community program that helps
women and children who are
escaping physical, emotional, or
sexual abuse in their homes.
J. Vanderende, program coor
dinator, says, “The program
grew out of concern in the com
munity for abused women. Main
ly women from that backgound
(of abuse) helped to get it
started.”
“Except for a brief two week
period during the holidays,
Vanderende says, “We’ve been
filled to capacity. We were still
very busy, we just weren’t filled
to capacity in those two weeks.
We’ve had to turn people away,
that is, we don’t just say sorry
we’re full but we’ve had to refer
them to other shelters.”
Foremost, the program offers
women or children a safe place to
go. Vanderende stressed, “When
they get here they are in crisis,
they need a safe place to be. We
offer food, medical care, clothing
first. Then we try to help them
understand the nature of
domestic violence, its cycles and
patterns.
Because the program has been
so successful VISTA (volunteers
in service to America) volunteer,
Bonnie Myhra, is developing
children’s program. This pro-
gram will help children learn to
cope with the effects .of living
with violence. Bonnie Myhra
finds it “very gratifying to work
with the children, you see some
dramatic improvements. I’ve got
ten a lot of positive feedback
from the other counselors.” So
far, the childrens program entails
one-on-one time with parent and
- child and craft activities. Bonnie
Myhra is working for an extend
ed program that will include
supervised play, parties, outdoor
activities, parenting groups and
larger craft projects. She already
has gathered many of the supplies
so she is mainly looking for staff.
The only qualification nec-
cessary to work in either the
women’s or children’s program
interest” both Myhra
and Vanderende contended.
Asked if women go back to
the home situation very often,
Vanderende pauses... “I sup
pose some do go back, I don’t
know. This is a confidential
clinic. We have a follow up pro
gram but the woman has to re
quest follow up care.” Crisis
phone number: 654-2288.