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Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson (M.N. '82)Rose Mary has been a nurse since 1964. Her career has included 5 years as a Navy Nurse, she has been an operating room nurse, and since 1975 an oncology nurse. Following graduation from the Master’s program at UCLA as a clinical nurse specialist in oncology she went to work for a nursing publisher in Pacific Palisades and has been involved in nursing publishing since then. She has been involved in recruiting and developing nursing texts and has been privileged to be the editor of three different nursing journals through the years including the International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, and the Oncology Nursing Forum where she is beginning her 20th year as editor. In addition she is a coeditor of Psychosocial Nursing Care along the Cancer Continuum along with her cherished colleagues Nancy Jo Bush and Linda Gorman. Currently, in addition to her editing duties, Rose Mary works part time at the City of Hope with Dr. Rebecca Crane-Okada in the Nursing Research Department as a Senior Research Specialist on two studies with patients with breast cancer. Valued mentors along the way have included Margo Neal, MN, RN, one of UCLA’s 60 distinguished graduates and the late Sally Galbraith Thomas, faculty member at UCLA.
UCLA School of Nursing 2010 Distinguished Alumnae Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson (M.N. ’82) died peacefully at home in February after a long illness. A pioneer in the specialty of oncology nursing, Carroll-Johnson was the editor of Oncology Nursing Forum, one of the leading oncology nursing journals in the world, for nearly 20 years.
Lorraine S. Evangelista (Ph.D. '93) Lorraine S. Evangelista is an Associate Professor at the UC Irvine Program of Nursing Science. She completed her baccalaureate training at the University of the Philippines in 1985 and received her Master’s and doctoral degree from the UCLA School of Nursing in 1993 and 2000, respectively. Dr. Evangelista is a skilled clinician, researcher and educator. She has worked in the critical care setting in several nursing roles for over 15 years. As a researcher, she is recognized nationally and internationally for her investigation into the care of patients with heart disease and the effects of this disease on the patients and family members. She has numerous publications in medical and nursing journals on adherence, self-care, psychological distress, quality of life, and health literacy. She received a 2.1 million grant (NIH-NHLBI) to examine the effects of macronutrients on delaying the progression of heart failure and is part a UC system-wide consortium that was awarded 9.9 million to examine the impact of wireless technology on reducing variations in care of patients hospitalized with heart failure. As an educator, Dr. Evangelista’ is dedicated to using innovative educational techniques to enhance the utilization of nursing knowledge and promote the legacy of nursing to educate the next generation of scholars in creative and exciting ways. She recently made tenure within the UC system and was also inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Dr. Vivien Dee (DNSc, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN)
Dr. Vivien Dee is Professor and Director of the PhD Nursing Program at Azusa Pacific University. She is a 1974 UCLA School of Nursing MN graduate and earned her BSN from Loma Linda University. Upon graduation from UCLA, she served as nurse consultant at Western Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities in Santa Monica and then as Assistant Director for Child Services at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital from 1977-1987. She earned her DNSc from the University of California, San Francisco in 1986.
Dr. Dee was Associate Hospital Administrator and Director of Nursing at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital (now Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital), and Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs at the UCLA School of Nursing from 1987 to 2005. During this period, she was instrumental in establishing the Los Angeles chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, serving as a founding member. She also served as Nursing Administration Commissioner, Region 6 of the California Nurses Association. In 1997, Dr. Dee was appointed Director of Nursing Research, Education and Clinical Affairs at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Retiring in 2005, she continued in this position until 2010. Her strong belief in the importance of professional development for nurses at all levels was the driving force for the founding of the Institutes of Learning for UCLA Health System in 2008 as its Executive Director. Dr. Dee was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1992.
Dr. Dee has been an active member on the expert panel on Nursing Theory-Guided Practice for the American Academy of Nursing since 1997 and a referee panel member for Nursing Science Quarterly since 2008. She continues to consult nationally and internationally and most recently was the keynote speaker at the February, 2011 International Nursing Conference in Riyadh, sponsored by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Health.
Sandra Rome (RN, MN, AOCN)
Sandra Rome is a clinical nurse specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She received her BSN from UCLA in 1984 and returned to the UCLA School of Nursing to obtain her MN degree specializing in the oncology clinical nurse specialist program in 1988. Upon graduation she worked as a staff nurse on a medical and surgical oncology floor. She worked as a CNS at St Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach and in 1991 was recruited to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to develop their Bone Marrow Transplant Program, where she currently practices. She interacts with patients, nursing staff, physicians, and other interdisciplinary team members on a daily basis, to ensure quality care to all medical oncology patients.
Ms. Rome serves on the UCLA School of Nursing’s faculty as an assistant clinical professor, through which she frequently mentors graduate students and provides guest lectures. She ignites and challenges nurses through formal classes, by developing posters, and providing education. Recognized for her expertise in oncology, new residents gain critical knowledge from Sandra both formally and informally on daily rounds and throughout the Cedars Sinai organization. Her manner of mentoring staff always affords their feeling comfortable to ask questions and take pride in learning.
Ms. Rome is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Myeloma Foundation Nursing Leadership Board, Sigma Theta Tau and the Oncology Nursing Society. She has impacted nursing on a national level through membership, speaking, and publishing several articles and book chapters in national recognized journals and texts, including Multiple Myeloma & Lewis, Medical Surgical Nursing.
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