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10/02/06
Story by Peggy Graham
Jeanne Walsh Named to State Board of Nursing
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Jeanne Walsh, Johnson County Community College assistant dean of nursing, has been appointed to the Kansas State Board of Nursing by Gov. Kathleen Sebelus for a four-year term ending June 30, 2010. She will serve as one of six registered nurses on the board of 11.
Walsh is charged with the administrative responsibility for the Registered Nurse program as a well as supervision of the Licensed Practical Nursing program and Health Occupations program at JCCC, where she has worked since 1989.
Walsh earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from the University of Evansville, Ind., and her associate’s degree in nursing from Olney Central College, Ill. Her 36-year career includes clinical nursing, academic teaching and administration,
At the state level, Walsh has been a member of the Council for Nursing Articulation in Kansas; WellNET Health Promotion Program, which was selected as one of five exemplary programs in Kansas by the State Department of Health and Human Services; and the Task Force for Nursing Recruitment to improve the image and visibility of
nursing in Kansas.
Walsh is a member of professional organizations including the National League for Nursing, Kansas Organization of Nurse Executives, Kansas Council of Associate Degree Nurse Educators and Collegiate Nurse Educators of Greater Kansas City. She has been a presenter at many conferences and workshops.
JCCC’s nursing program has recently been highlighted because of its efforts to address the nursing shortage. In May, the JCCC Foundation received a lead gift of $750,000 from the Educate, Enrich and Enable Fund of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation to be used to fund a state-of-the-art patient simulation lab for the college’s nursing program and an endowment of $500,000 to provide scholarships for nursing students in honor of two sisters, Margaret F. and Maron J. Lorimer, Olathe.
In July, JCCC received $470,445 from the Kansas Board of Regents to support the college’s nursing program as part of the Regents 10-year nursing education initiative to increase nursing capacity in Kansas by 25 percent.
JCCC’s nursing program increased its admission to the first year of the program from 55 to 64 students in fall 2006. There continues to be approximately 200 qualified candidates a year who apply to the program.
