Alumni
This page is dedicated to our Alumni. If you have any news that you would like us to share with your fellow Alumni please send it to:
Jill Ullmann and we will be happy to post it for you. We will also post any Alumni announcements here.
Alumni Focus:
Linda Tribbia, A PUC M.S. graduate and
an FNP has been informed that she has passed the Illinois exam to become an
anesthetist.
Bob Kepshire, RN, MS, CEN
(AAS '86, BS '88, MS '91):
 Bob
is currently the Director - Emergency & Community Services at University
Health Care System in Augusta, Georgia. He as administrative
responsibility for the ED, Prompt Care & Occupational Health Clinics, Weight
Management Program, Breast Health Center, Mobile Mammography Program, Cancer
Services and is the liaison to the community clinics. He is a member
of several professional organizations and serves on the board of directors
for the Georgia Organization of Nurse Leaders. Bob will be presenting
"Men in Nursing: Past, Present and Future" at the 2006 Nursing Management
Congress in Philadelphia, PA.
Bob is also the editor-in-chief of the new
nursing journal, Men in Nursing, published by Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins - Ambler, PA. He invites Purdue University Calumet Nursing alumni
who may be interested in writing an article for the journal to contact him
at
meninnursing@wolterskluwer.com or by
calling the corporate office at 215-628-7789.
Ronald Pondo, RN, CEN, CFRN (ADN '01)
 Ron moved to
Phoenix, AZ in June 2003 after working as a RN in the ER at Gary, IN for the
past 4 years. Since moving, Ron has obtained his CEN and CFRN and is currently
seeking to obtain his CCRN. He is now employed as a flight nurse for Native Air
Ambulance based in Mesa, AZ.(www.native-air.com).
The company is privately owned and has 14 bases throughout the state of AZ.
The fleet is comprised of 13 rotor-wing aircraft and 2 fix-wing aircraft. The
crews are pilot, nurse and paramedic.
Scott L. DeBoer, RN, MSN,
CCRN, CFRN, CEN (ASN 88/MS 96)
 Scott has just published his first book entitled
Emergency Newborn Care: The First Moments of Life. Scott has been a
flight nurse for the past 12 years for the University of Chicago Hospitals
Aeromedical Network (UCAN). In 1996, he founded Peds-R-Us Medical Education, a
seminar company dedicated to “teaching better ways to care for kids.” Scott is
also an international consultant for the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal.
He was chosen for this position based upon his more than 30 previously published
articles and hundreds of national and international lectures on pediatric
emergencies.
 For the past twelve years, Scott has worked as a
neonatal/pediatric/adult flight nurse, as well as holding various other staff
nurse positions in intensive care and emergency/trauma nursing. In 1996, he
also functioned as a clinical nursing instructor at Purdue University Calumet
and is a member of AACN, ENA, STN, and ASTNA. In addition, Scott serves as a
legal nurse consultant to numerous nationwide law firms, offering his services
as an expert witness for nursing and EMS malpractice issues.
Scott has been a guest on multiple television and radio
talk shows. In 1995, he made his acting debut on several episodes of the hit
television show ER, playing the role of a flight nurse opposite Anthony
Edwards & George Clooney.
Scott holds certifications in emergency, critical care,
trauma and flight nursing. He has written extensively on pediatric and critical
care topics in journals such as Neonatal Network, Critical Care Nurse, Journal
of Emergency Nursing, Emergency Medical Services, Air-Medical Journal and
Nursing Spectrum. In recognition of his excellence and significant contributions
in medical transport journalism, Scott was honored by ASTNA (Air & Surface
Transport Nurses Association) to be the recipient of the 2000 Jordan Award.
Scott will give
his first international keynote speech this September when he will travel to
Christchurch in New Zealand to address neonatal nurses, flight nurses, and
emergency nurses from around the globe.
Tom Frundle RN, BSN, CEN, PHRN, CFRN, NREMT-P (ASN '00/BSN '02:
 Tom was hired in May as
a flight nurse for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Lifeflight air
medical helicopter program in Nashville, TN.
VUMC Lifeflight is one of the top 5 flight programs in the US today and is a
leader in air medical staff retention, research, treatment, and marketing.
Tom says they have 4 state of the art mobile ICU/ER helicopters and also
complete transports by fixed wing and ground ambulance vehicles. They service
all of Middle Tennessee, Southern Kentucky, and Northern Alabama. The flight
nurses are dual certified as EMT's or paramedics and treat a wide variety of
illnesses and traumatic injuries. Patient population includes neonates,
pediatrics, and adults. For neonate flights, they take a neaonatal NNP with
them.
Tom was recently published in Air Med Journal for a Black Widow Spider bite
case study he did and has authored a flight nursing core curriculum text book
chapter.
Tom is certified in emergency and flight nursing and has his paramedic
license. He plans on continuing his education to get an MSN/MBA from
Vanderbilt University.
Michael Seaver, RN (ADN '92):
 Michael
has been invited to speak at the 4th International Conference for Emergency
Nurses in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Also, his first article on
pediatric defibrillation was published in December 2002 in Pediatric
Emergency Care and he has a CE article appearing in the June 30 issue of Nursing
Spectrum. Another article has been accepted by Journal of Emergency
Nursing and still another has been submitted to Neonatal Network.
Currently, he's working on an article about PDAs and Emergency Nurses.
Michael has served as President-Elect (1999-2000) and President (2001-2002) of the Northwest Indiana Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association
(ENA). He is also serving as Treasurer (2002-2003) for the Indiana State Council of the ENA and serving on the EMS Workgroup of
ENA.
Michael has been appointed by Governor O'Bannon to the Emergency Medical Services Commission to represent Emergency Nurses. He has been selected as a Faculty Member for the 2003 ENA Leadership Conference.
In addition to per diem work through several nursing agencies in the Chicago/NW Indiana area, Michael serves as an instructor for the ENA Trauma and Pediatric courses. He also is an instructor for "Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support" which is an internationally recognized course sponsored by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. Michael is also an American Heart Association Instructor for BLS/AED, ACLS, and PALS.
Michael has been a presenter at the Merrillville High School Career Day and has participated in the Nursing Career Day at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. He is also co-authoring an article on Pediatric Defibrillation.
Congratulations to Michael Seaver on his many accomplishments since leaving Purdue University Calumet. Michael and his wife Beverly live in Northwest Indiana.
Marsha King, (MS '86)
 Congratulations
go out to Marsha, the division director of patient care services, St. Mary
Medical Center in Munster, IN, for being named a Sagamore of the Wabash.
Marsha is also a member of the Purdue University Calumet Advisory Board for the
School of Nursing and president of the Indiana State Board of
Nursing.
Karen S. Yehle, MS, RN, CS (BS '82):
Karen was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor, August 2002 at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Congratulations on your promotion!!
Cindy Toth Adamek, BSN, RN C (ADN '82):
Cindy has been working at the Dever VA Medical Center for the past 19 years and obtained her BSN in 1992 at Regis University. She worked in MICU, NH/Hospice, Renal Dialysis, and then 10 years in Nursing Education/Orientation. For the past 2 years, she has been working as the Patient Care Coordinator for Firm B Outpatient Clinic. Cindy says it's a great mix of patient teaching/contact and running interference via phone and computer for a staff of 6 MD's and 6 NP's.
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