Graduate Entry Program in Nursing Scholars Paired with Leadership Mentors
On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, local nurse leaders met with 15 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – New Careers in Nursing (RWJF-NCIN) scholars to serve as their mentors. The annual event kicked off the RWJF-NCIN mentoring program that is aimed at fostering nursing leadership.
The RWJF-NCIN scholarship program is a part of UH Manoa Nursing’s Graduate Entry Program in Nursing (GEPN) that awards select graduate nursing students with a $10,000 scholarship and enrolls them in a comprehensive leadership and mentoring program. The program focuses on developing future nurse leaders by focusing on self-knowledge, strategic vision, risk taking and creativity, communication effectiveness, and leading change.
The mentoring arm of the program offers skill building and role modeling from the perspective of cultural sensitivity and awareness, and provides the scholars with three types of mentors: professional nurse mentors, peer mentors, and faculty mentors.
Scholars and mentors were welcomed to the dinner by UHM Nursing GEPN program director Dr. Allen Hanberg, who led the scholars and their mentors through discussion and relationship building activities provided as part of the RWJF-NCIN mentoring toolkit. Following dinner, COL (ret.) Art Wallace, special assistant for Asia-Pacific Affairs Navy Medicine West, addressed the scholars and their mentors. Wallace shared his personal experience as a nurse and how mentors helped him grow as a professional and contributed to his own career advancement.
UHM Nursing would like to thank and acknowledge the local nurse leaders who have volunteered to serve as mentors to the RWJF-NCIN scholars.
| Mentor | RWJF-NCIN Scholar |
|---|---|
| Gidget Rustica Vice President of Operations Kapi´olani Medical Center for Women and Children |
Jamie Abe |
| David Derauf Executive Director Kokua Kalihi Valley |
Mathew Bellhouse-King |
| Joan Takamori Branch Chief Hawaii State Public Health Nursing Branch |
Kody Cabreros |
| Patricia Nishimoto Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Tripler Army Medical Center |
Juliana Caldwell |
| Amy Yasunaga Former CNE Oahu Region Hawaii Health Systems Corporation |
Shantaye Cardoza-Maikui |
| Noreen Mokuau Dean and Professor UH Manoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work |
Kathleen Esserman |
| Pualani Gandall-Yamamoto Instructor and Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director UH Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene |
Jennifer Hashimoto |
| Lydia Kumasaka Manager, Patient Care Consulting Services The Queen’s Medical Center |
Antoinette Hemmings |
| Deborah Mattheus Instructor UH Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene |
Yvette Konigsberg |
| Mimi Harris Director, Patient Care Consulting Services The Queen’s Medical Center |
Erika Lapuente |
| Art Wallace, COL, AN, USA (Ret) Special Assistant for Asia-Pacific Affairs Navy Medicine West, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam |
Michelet Louis |
| Audrey Torres Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services Department Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific |
Jonathan Raffesberger |
| Nafanua Braginsky Assistant Professor UH Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene |
Haley Rosehill |
| Linda Pu`u Chief Nurse Executive Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Hawaii Region |
Aaron Summers |
| Merle Kataoka-Yahiro Associate Professor UH Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene |
Yvonne Yokono |
For more information about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers In Nursing Scholars program contact Shannon Mark, Graduate Entry Program in Nursing Coordinator at skwcmark@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-0445.