{"id":28382,"date":"2020-01-29T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28382"},"modified":"2020-01-28T21:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T03:26:50","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-school-of-nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/01\/29\/austin-peay-state-university-school-of-nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University School of Nursing students, faculty celebrate civility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; About 300 students in the Austin Peay State University (APSU) School of Nursing gathered on a recent January morning at Clement Auditorium to recommit to a practice that lies at the heart of the profession: civility.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_479936\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-School-of-Nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility-1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479936\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-479936\" title=\"Austin Peay State University student Blake Burch holds two of the civility rocks. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-School-of-Nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility-1-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University student Blake Burch holds two of the civility rocks. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-479936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University student Blake Burch holds two of the civility rocks. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of every semester, School of Nursing students and faculty recommit to civility. The students sign a civility pledge, and faculty and Student Nurses Association members lead the body in a civility ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important to our faculty, and it\u2019s very important to our students,\u201d said Dr. Eve Rice, interim director of the School of Nursing. \u201cUltimately, it\u2019s very important to our profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are all brand new nurses going out into the world, and so many of them are nurturers,\u201d Rice added. \u201cWe\u2019re coaching them and, hopefully, we can make a difference in their actions so they can make a difference when they go out and start in their profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Students, faculty addrock-solid tradition<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Austin Peay School of Nursing students, faculty celebrate civility\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5KV7FGhq3ZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the January 24th civility ceremony, faculty and several students donned \u201cKindness Matters\u201d T-shirts and introduced a new School of Nursing tradition: civility rocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we\u2019re adding these rocks that we\u2019re going to pass around,\u201d Rice said. The rocks will celebrate \u201cjust showing respect to one another. It\u2019s an ongoing kindness act throughout the semester.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rocks carry such words of praise as \u201cAP Loves U,\u201d \u201cYes, U\u201d and \u201cBe Kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[320left]Rice told the students at the ceremony, \u201cWhat I\u2019m going to charge you with, you\u2019re going to pass these around throughout the semester when you catch somebody showing civility to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students or faculty who are awarded a rock can take the rock to Rice, and \u201cI will give you an act of kindness back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice also recognizes civility students and faculty of the month.<\/p>\n<h3>Students recognize importance of civility in school, profession<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_479937\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-School-of-Nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility-2.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479937\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-479937\" title=\"Austin Peay State University School of Nursing faculty prepare to speak to students during the civility ceremony. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-School-of-Nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility-2-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University School of Nursing faculty prepare to speak to students during the civility ceremony. (APSU)\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-479937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University School of Nursing faculty prepare to speak to students during the civility ceremony. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nursing senior Chevair Mustafa said recommitting to civility each semester not only underlines the importance of the practice for nurses, but it also helps students to bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an innovative and unique approach to team building, to community building,\u201d she said. \u201cThe civility pledge helps you come closer together, and it\u2019s something we\u2019ll carry with us throughout life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[320right]\u201cTo remember these key points about respect and integrity and treating each other with fairness and inclusion is really important,\u201d Mustafa added. \u201cIt grounds you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nursing sophomore Chay Vanzant agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis reminds us to treat our classmates with civility,\u201d she said. \u201cIt reminds us why we got into this program, that we have a passion for people, that we need to treat everyone the same, especially our classmates. We need to be there for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Civility in real-life practice&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_479938\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-School-of-Nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility-3.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479938\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-479938\" title=\"Austin Peay State University School of Nursing students take the civility pledge. (APSU)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Austin-Peay-State-University-School-of-Nursing-students-faculty-celebrate-civility-3-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University School of Nursing students take the civility pledge. (APSU) \" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-479938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University School of Nursing students take the civility pledge. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mustafa and fellow nursing senior Blake Burch said practicing civility has helped them in real-world work, such as in last summer\u2019s Vanderbilt Experience: Student Nurse Internship program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already had civility in mind, and I think that\u2019s what separated us from other schools a little bit,\u201d Burch said. \u201cWe had been practicing civility in clinical, it was one of the key things we focused on, and it helped us build relationships with our nursing preceptors and the patients and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mustafa recalled a recent interaction with a patient at an area hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had some emotional difficulties, and I think civility kicked in right away,\u201d she said. \u201cI said to myself, \u2018He\u2019s having a hard time, he\u2019s in a hospital setting, and that can be difficult, but I need to be able to&nbsp;give him the compassion, to be able to&nbsp;treat him with respect, regardless of whatever he\u2019s going through, to help him in his care.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rice sees examples of civil behavior among her students all the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we set the example here on campus, and they act in those ways, they\u2019re of course&nbsp;going to go out into the community hospitals and practice that as nurses,\u201d Rice said. \u201cWe hear wonderful, wonderful things from the community hospitals about how great team players they are, how respectful they are, how diligent workers they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<h3>To learn more&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>For more about the School of Nursing, go to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/nursing\/\" >www.apsu.edu\/nursing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; About 300 students in the Austin Peay State University (APSU) School of Nursing gathered on a recent January morning at Clement Auditorium to recommit to a practice that lies at the heart of the profession: civility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,4058,6152,262,34476,34475,34474,512,825,34473],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-7nM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28384,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382\/revisions\/28384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}