Undergraduate Nursing Student Todd Pollock

Receives Overall Excellence Award

from the MU Sinclair School of Nursing

April 30 , 2008

COLUMBIA , Mo. – The decision to become a nurse was not made all at once by Todd Pollock. It was a long process of influences that started as a young child and took more concrete form in high school and college.

He understands that nursing is research based and highly technical at times, but this semester he has provided care that transcends evidence-based practice. He has now come to believe that the reward comes while helping a patient cope with pain in a therapeutic way.

“Todd uses his sound knowledge base of pathophysiology and nursing to critically think through patient issues,” said Sherri Ulbrich, adjunct assistant professor of nursing at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. “He asks why something happens or doesn't happen instead of accepting the status quo. He finds clear evidence to support his care plan, thus showing his ability to find and apply research to this practice. His written designs of care are some of the best I have ever read.”

His critical thinking skills and compassion were the deciding factors in his receiving the 7 th -Semester Student Award for Overall Excellence at the School's annual banquet on April 11. Pollock, a 2005 graduate of St. Francis Borgia, is the son of Joyce and Mark Pollock, Sr.

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