Nursing Advisory Board

Purpose

Ongoing and rapid changes in health care, nursing, government, and technology underpin the need for communication and collaboration between nursing education programs and the community they serve. This advisory board provides insight into trends affecting nursing practice, nursing job development and job placement. It also assists in evaluation of program effectiveness, program advocacy and promotion, and support of the nursing program.

Function

The advisory board role is purely advisory. The board has no administrative, management, personnel, or budgetary authority or responsibility, and is not a policy making body. The sole function is to provide support and advice for the nursing education program.

Activities

The advisory board offers recommendations:

• In the development of short and long range plans.
• Regarding existing and future curriculum content.
• To assist in public relations.
• Regarding other matters as needed.

Membership

The membership of the advisory board is representative of the community and employment market served by the program as well as the nursing education program. It is composed primarily of individuals in the community and employment market who are impacted by the program and who impact the program.

Advisory Board Members, 2024–2025

• Adams, Stephanie
  CSU School of Nursing
• Burcham, Cary
  Piedmont Columbus Regional
• Condrey, Tamara
  CSU School of Nursing – Director
• Davis, Lora
  Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
• Endres, Tori
  West Central Health District
• Finlayson, Melanie
  Phoebe Health
• Goree, Lynn
  St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
• Hand, Crystal
  Three Rivers AHEC
• Hawkins, Amanda
  CSU School of Nursing
• Jackson, Bridgett
  Chattahoochee Valley Community College
• Later, Elizabeth
  St. Francis-Emory Healthcare
• Lehmberg, Holly
  Piedmont Columbus Regional
• Lewis, Jamie
  Piedmont Physicians at Green Island
• Morgan, Donna
  Columbus Hospice
• Olenick, Evelyn
  Phoebe Health
• Pearson, Cathy
  Columbus Hospice
• Perry, Danita
  CSU Alumni
• Roebuck, Victoria
  CSU, Student Health Services
• Scott, Annie
  Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
• Scruggs, Valerie
  West Central Health District
• Thomas, India - Clinical Partners Coordinator
  Piedmont Columbus Regional
• Tyler, Jherika
  CSU School of Nursing
• Vael, Aimee
  CSU School of Nursing