Qualifications in Brief

Master’s prepared in adult health and education. Clinical experience includes medical-surgical, public health, emergency, telemetry/coronary care, post-anesthesia care, physician office and IV Therapy. Tenured faculty member. Management experience at varying levels. Numerous publications and presentations.
 
 

Education
 

Villanova University, College of Nursing, Villanova, PA	M.S.N.	1984
University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing, Kinston, RI	B.S.N.	1972

 

Experience
Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA
1991 - present Associate Professor Full-time
1984 - 1991 Assistant Professor Full-time
1979 - 1984 Clinical Instructor Part-time
Responsibilities as Part-time and Full-time faculty:

• Supervising clinical and laboratory practice
• Evaluation of care, assignments, care plans, research paper
• Facilitation of post-clinical discussion group

• Full-time faculty member for introductory nursing course admitting 50 students twice a year from 1984 - 1997
• Coordinating course
• Scheduling activities of 50 students and 5 faculty
• Contacting, evaluating and establishing contracts for clinical facilities
• Lecturing
• Developing tests

• Advising and counseling of students
• Hiring of part-time faculty
• Participating in hiring of full-time faculty
• Participating as member/ chairman of nursing department curriculum, resources and facilities and faculty affairs committees
• Orienting of incoming and new students
• Making budget recommendations
• Functioning as acting director in the absence of program director
• Development, institution and coordination of computer usage and integration in curriculum (Sabbatical project, 1990)
• Development and implementation of general pharmacology course for allied health and related community professionals
• Development and implementation of a computer course for allied health students
• Restructuring, development and institution of campus skills laboratory
• Development and implementation of a revised curriculum which resulted in National League of Nursing Accreditation (initial and follow-up)
• Participation in accrediting process
• Development of an academic computing plan as member/chair of the all-college Academic Computing Committee
• Assisted in development of new integrated curriculum
• Facilitating implementation of new curriculum; including course development over 2 years
• Full-time faculty member third semester course focusing on clients with complex needs with 20 -50 students enrolled twice a year beginning 1997
• Creation of student advising system:
• Implementation of nursing advising including creation of nursing advising database, assignment of initial faculty advisor and attainment of faculty PCs based on need for advising component
• Grant writing: 2 Perkin’s Grants (matching funds) for computer equipment and interactive videodisc systems, Montgomery County Community College Foundation Grants (3 - full funding) for computer based learning packages and equipment and Helene Fuld Foundation Grant application
• Member search committee for Dean Academic Affairs, Director Developmental Studies, and Nursing Program Director
• Student Nurse Association Faculty Advisor 1984-87

• Member Research, Product Evaluation and Credentialing Committees
• Coordinator IV therapy education: Development of course materials; faculty guides for IV therapy classes - peripheral; central and orientation; Skillathon Competency Program
• Retrospective Cost Analysis
• Organization and development of midline program
• Assisting with Policy and Procedure updates, Quality Improvement
• Writing of competencies and procedures as needed
• Creation and implementation of IV label program

Washington County Public Health Nursing Association, Wakefield, RI
1972-73 Staff nurse

St. Mary’s Hospital Athens, GA
February - June, 1972 Staff nurse
 

Honors and Awards
 

1986-97	Who’s Who in American Nursing
1995	Who’s Who in American Education
1997	Who’s Who in Medicine
1991, 1994, 1997	Montgomery County Community College Employee Award
1994	Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Teaching, Pennsylvania Association of Community Colleges
1990, 1998	Doylestown Hospital Service Award
1998	Doylestown Hospital Certificate of achievement for PICC programs

Professional Memberships
 

1983 -	Sigma Theta Tau; member eligibility committee 1984-92
1984 -	National and Pennsylvania League of Nurses
1982 - 1987	National Intravenous Therapy Association (NITA)
1987 -	Intravenous Nurse’s Society (INS formerly NITA)
1982 -	Penn’s Valley Chapter INS; President-elect 1993-94; President 1994-1997; Presidential -advisor 1997-1999; By-Laws Coordinator 1999

Professional Licenses and Certification:
 

Pennsylvania: RN-221814L	Rhode Island: RN 1665
Certified Intravenous Nurse (CRNI) since 1986	CPR - BCLS

Other Professional Activities

Chairman: Block Island Community Health Services Advisory Committee Nov, 1998 - 1999

Summer 1997 - Developed and implemented Island Share & Care, a senior’s day care opportunity for Alzheimer’s and well clients; Block Island, RI

Developed and implemented office-based chemotherapy program for physician’s office (1990)

Reviewer:

IV Therapy text published by Saunders (1993)

medication text published by Addison-Wesley (1994)

Chest Tube filmstrip script for Concept Media (1993)

IV Therapy CD-ROM script for Fuld Institute of Technology (1996)

Nursing Process Study Guide published by Lippincott

Freelance clinical editor, reviewer and clinical consultant for Springhouse Corporation (formerly INTERMED)

American Journal of Nursing Media Festival judge

Educational and Clinical Consultant to Center for Nursing Excellence, Newtown, PA (1986-1993)

Participant Nurse’s Health Study

Presentations (since 1993)
 

Feb.,1993	"Using PODIUM in the Classroom" Montgomery County Community College, Professional Development Center
Mar,1993	"Shaking the Money Tree" Montgomery County Community College, Professional Development Center
Nov.,1993	"A multi-media approach to teaching pharmacology" League for Innovation; Nashville, Tenn
Dec,1993	"Central Access Devices", Pennswood Village
June,1994	"IV Therapy", Oncology unit, Doylestown Hospital
July,1994	"IV Therapy: Fluid and Electrolytes", Visiting Nurses, Doylestown Hospital
Nov.,1994 April,1995	"Re-engineering the Teaching Learning Process through Interactive Technology and "Using Interactive Videodisk Technology in Nursing", Atlanta, GA and Nashville, Tenn, Addison-Wesley
April,1995	"Using technology to restructure student learning experiences", a poster presentation, Rutger’s Annual Computers in Nursing, Princeton, NJ
June,1995	"Using the INTERNET and other Computer Resources", Penn’s Valley Chapter Intravenous Nurse’s Society, Langhorne, PA
Nov, 1995	Using Technology to Restructure Learning Experiences and Improve Critical Thinking, League for Innovation; Kansas City, Missouri
January, 1997, 1998	Peripheral IV therapy skills for RNs and LPNs Doylestown Hospital
April, 1997	IV Therapy for Radiology Technicians, Doylestown Hospital
Multiple times, 1997-99	Phlebotomy Skills Doylestown
February, 1997, 1998, 1999	I V Therapy: Central line s Doylestown Hospital
April, 1998	IV Therapy for LPNs North Penn Hospital, Lansdale, PA

Publications (since 1993)
 

1993, 1995. 1998	"Medication Administration", in RN/MCP Board’s Review, Venice, Ca: General Medical Publishers, (Delmar Publishers).
1996	"State Board Review: Medical-Surgical Nursing", audiotape, , Medical College of Pennsylvania
1993	"Subcutaneous Ports" for Advanced Skills: Giving Drugs by Advanced Techniques, Springhouse Corporation
1994	"Pharmacology Review" Building Blocks Computer Program; contributing author, Medical College of Pennsylvania
1994	"Pharmacology Math"; a computer-based self-learning program, , in use at Montgomery County Community College
1998	Pediatric Venipuncture: Strategies for Success

 

Continuing Education:

1993        Dermal Wound Management in Long Term Care Settings
                Pressure Ulcers-Prevention,Assessment and Treatment
                        Curriculum Development and Design
                        Computer Technology in Nursing
                        Reinventing the Community College: League for Innovation
                        Penn’s Valley Thirteenth Annual IV Therapy Seminar
                        Doylestown Hospital Empowerment Series:
                                    Resolving Conflict
                                    Effecting Change
                                    Communication

1994        Curriculum Development
                Curricular Issues
                Penn’s Valley Fourteenth Annual IV Therapy Seminar
                Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Workshop
                NLN Teleconference: A Web of Inclusion
                Re-engineering Teaching and Learning: an Institute for
                        Academic  Technology teleconference
                Addison-Wesley Critical-Thinking Workshop
 1995       Internet: gopher
                Express Author - A presentation package
                Test Construction
                Critical thinking in Nursing
                Penn’s Valley Chapter 15th Annual IV Therapy Seminar
                Advanced Concepts in IV Therapy
                Intravenous Nurse’s Society Advanced Academy and
                Annual  Meeting
                Rutger’s Annual Computers in Nursing Conference
                Addison-Wesley Critical Thinking Workshop
                Hospice 1998, Mar
                1998 Oct 16 4^th annual midatlantic College conference - Teaching,
                  Learning and Managing with Technology
                  Nov 1998 National Acadamy INS
                  Oct 1998 Onocolgy update