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Expert Available to Comment on New Legislation Giving Nurses Prescriptive Authority
New legislation allowing nurse practitioners in Georgia to write prescriptions as of July 1 is awaiting Gov. Sonny Perdue's signature. Advanced practice registered nurses (APNs), who are already allowed to phone in prescriptions to pharmacies, are not allowed to put those prescriptions in writing. If the legislation is signed, Georgia will become the last state in the nation to approve such prescriptive authority for APNs. Dr. Freida Fuller-Jonap, professor at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University, is available to talk with the media about what this will mean for health care providers and their patients. According to Fuller-Jonap, the lack of prescriptive authority in Georgia has meant the loss of qualified APNs to other states, a trend that can hopefully be reversed with this new legislation.
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Mercer Students Win at Regional Engineering Competition
Seven Mercer students traveled to Memphis, Tenn., March 31 – April 2, to compete in two contests at the IEEE SoutheastCon 2006, hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., the University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University. Three students from the Binary Bears, Mercer's computer programming team, won the Programming Competition at the conference. Those students were:
Samson Alva, Dubai, U.A.E.;
James Huamonte, Pinecrest, Fla.;
and David Thomas, of Macon, Ga. Four engineering students, as part of their senior design project, placed fourth out of 19 teams in the Hardware Competition, which required them to build an autonomous robot to successfully load three "cargo planes" with appropriate "packages" stamped with bar codes. The four engineering students were:
Clint Doriot, Loxahatchee, Fla.; Ben Huston,
Snellville, Ga.; John Livingston, Dublin, Ga.; and
Adrienne Lovelace, Orlando, Fla.
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College of Education to Hold Open House for New Ph.D. Program
Mercer's Tift College of Education will offer the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership on the Atlanta and Macon campuses starting this fall. The Ph.D. program will have two tracks: P-12 School Leadership track and the Higher Education Administration track, starting fall 2007. The Ph.D. program is designed for those wanting to become school and school system leaders. The Mercer program is the only Ph.D. in educational leadership offered in central Georgia. Three open houses will be held in April to provide information about the Ph.D. program and M.Ed. program in educational leadership, which is offered in Atlanta, Macon and Henry County.
- Monday, April 10, on Mercer's Macon campus at the Lee Alumni House, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 11, on Mercer's Atlanta campus in the Trustees Dining Room, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 12, in McDonough at Mercer's Henry County Regional Academic Center, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
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Douglas County Center To Hold Open House April 18
Mercer will hold an open house for prospective students on Tuesday, April 18, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in its Douglas County Regional Academic Center, located off Thornton Road, just south of Interstate 20, in Lithia Springs, Ga. The Douglas County Center's programs are designed for adult learners who want to begin or complete a bachelor's degree at one of the nation's top universities. Classes are held one evening per week or on Saturdays in eight-week sessions. The Douglas County Center has bachelor's degree and initial certification programs in early childhood/special education and middle grades education, as well as bachelor's degrees in criminal justice, human services, information systems, liberal studies, a degree-completion program in organization leadership and a business administration degree.
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April 9, 2006
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