Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson School of Nursing Faculty Accomplishments
Early Spring 2010

Where no University is listed, individual is with Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson School of Nursing.

Grants

Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Professor. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant to convene an invitational conference on ambulatory care registered nurse performance measurement in March 2010 at Thomas Jefferson University.

Appointments

Lori Lauver, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor. IRB at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA.

Andrew Storer, DNP, CRNP, Assistant Professor. Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership Development Program, Sigma Theta Tau International & the Elsevier Foundation. 
    
Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Professor. Editorial Board of the Journal of Nursing Education.

Mary Powell, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor. 2010 Visiting Nurse Faculty Parkinson’s Disease Program, Edmond J. Safra Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 1-4, 2010.

Lynne Borucki, PhD, RN, Associate Professor. Abstract reviewer for 2010 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, American Academy of Nursing, Washington, D. C., September 27-29, 2010.

Certifications

Kathleen Shaffer, RN, MSN, Instructor. Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).

Special Activities

Sharon Rainer, RN, MSN, APN, CEN, CCRN, Instructor. Medication safety for older adults, Riddle Grand Rounds, March 31, 2010.

Publications

Lori Lauver, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Professor, Margaret Mary West, PhD, RN Associate Professor,  Ksenia Zukowsky, CRNP, PhD Associate Professor, Mary Powell, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anthony J. Frisby, Sue Neyhard, & Alexis Marsella. Kids into health careers: A rural initiative. Journal of Rural Health.

Jacqueline McGrath, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, Virginia Commonwealth University, Haifa A. Samra, PhD, RN, South Dakota State University, Ksenia Zukowsky, CRNP, PhD Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University & Brenda Baker, VCU Health System. (in press, 2010). Parenting after infertility: Issues for families and infants. The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing (MCN).

Bonnie K. Choi, MSN, CPNP, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia & Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, Associate Professor. (2010). The immunization status of home schooled children in America. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 24:1, 42-47.

Marilyn McHugh, RN, MSN, JD, Instructor, Karen Papastrat, RN, MSN, Instructor. (accepted). Assisting the drug addicted nurse. The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting.

Presentations - Podium

Susan Burke, PhD, RN, CPNP. Competency Assessment, Nurses in Ambulatory Care Network. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, February 18, 2010.

Kathleen Shaffer, RN, MSN, Instructor, Karen Papastrat, RN, MSN, Instructor, Marilyn McHugh, RN, MSN, JD, Instructor, Thomas Loveless, MSN, CRNP, Instructor & Maria Marinelli, RN, BSN, RNFA, Instructor. Innovative Use of Clinical Simulation Technology to Enhance Quality of Patient Care to Accelerated BSN Nursing Students. 28th Annual International Nursing Technology Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2010.

Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, Associate Professor. Infection prevention education: Plans, skills and methods. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: Philadelphia Delaware Valley Chapter, Abington, PA, March 5, 2010.

Julia, Ward PhD, RN, Assistant Professor. The Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward physician-nurse collaboration: A study with undergraduate nursing students. Annual Nursing Research Conference, Eta Beta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eta Beta Annual Research Day, Widener University, Chester, PA, March 19, 2010.

Mary Powell, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor. Health literacy and patient centered teaching and learning in primary care. 12th Annual Jane Brown Nursing Research Conference, Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA, March 27, 2010.

Ann Gibbons Phalen, PhD, APRN, NNP-BC, Assistant Professor. Implementation of the AAP Recommendations to Reduce SIDS Risk in NICUs: An Evaluation of Nursing Knowledge and Practice. 5th Annual Research Summit of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), Scottsdale, Arizona, April 6-8, 2010.

Presentations - Poster

Joseph Lipscomb, RN, MS, CRNA, Instructor. Workshop enhances clinical faculty development. Geisinger Nursing Research Conference, Danville, PA, April 30, 2010.

Susan Shirato, MSN, RN, CCRN, Instructor, Danielle Duffy, MD, Jefferson Heart Institute, Howard Weitz, MD, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, & Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Professor. A screening intervention for cardiovascular risk in women: Putting prevention into practice. Geisinger Nursing Research Conference, Danville, PA, April 30, 2010.
           
Susan Shirato, MSN, RN, CCRN, Instructor, Danielle Duffy, MD, Jefferson Heart Institute, Howard Weitz, MD, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine & Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Professor. Examining women and coronary artery disease in the context of social and physical environments. International Council on Women's Health Issues (ICOWHI) 18th Congress, Philadelphia, PA, April 2010.

Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, Associate Professor & Arentzen, J. The role of APIC chapters in achieving prevention of healthcare associated infections. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010, Atlanta, GA, March 2010.

Mary Lou Manning, PhD, CRNP, Associate Professor. Infection control risk assessment of Indonesian satellite health clinics caring for displaced survivors of the December 2005 tsunami. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010, Atlanta, GA, March 2010.

Mary Powell, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor & Barbara J. Hoerst, PhD, RN, LaSalle University. Outcomes of the ESL grant, Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS), Providence, RI, March 2010.

Mary Powell, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Theresa Yeo, PhD, CRNP, Assistant Professor, Andrew Storer, DNP, CRNP, Assistant Professor, Kathy Gray, MSN, CRNP, Instructor, Sharon Rainer, RN, MSN, APN, CEN, CCRN, Instructor, Donna Williams MD, FACP, Jefferson Medical College & Alexis Marsella. Interprofessional education: Developing cultural awareness using a workshop model. Jefferson InterProfessional Education Center Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 12-13, 2010.

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