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Faculty Recognition

Emilee Harker, MSN, RN for receiving the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching!
Dr. Rachel Joseph who was nominated as one of the Top 10 Finalists for the Inaugural Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award! She was selected out of over 24,000 nurses from over 184 counties. For more about this amazing distinction and information related to the award: Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award.
Dr. Sherri Walker, PMHNP Program Director, for the successful completion of her PhD!

Karen Gates, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Creating a New Workflow: Using Telehealth to Improve Patient ‘No-Show’ Rates. American Organization of Nursing Leadership (AONL) Voice of Leadership. January 2022.
Rachel Joseph, PhD, CCRN & Shanna Akers, EdD, MSN/MBA-HC, RN, CNE, NEA-BC (2021). Reducing the negative impact of social distancing through intentional connectedness. Journal of Christian Nursing. 38(4), 216-223. doi: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000882.
Rachel Joseph, PhD, CCRN & Cindy Goodrich, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, Precipitating Factors Related to the Formation of Grandfamilies. Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing, 10(3).

Joseph, R.A., Turner, T.M., Whorley, E. G., Akers, S. W., & Goodrich, C. (2022). Nursing Faculty in Higher Education in the U.S. During a Pandemic: How Leadership Can Support?” AACN Doctoral Conference (poster).

Theresa Pape, PhD, MSN, RN, CNOR-E, CNE (2022, April 27). Panel member for Veterans Administration Discussion; Title: Let’s Talk Live Virtual: Beyond the Checklist Research/EBP – Applying Airline Safety Practices to Medication Administration – Roles of Medication Policies – Psychological Safety – Pharmacy – Legal Aspects of Vanderbilt University 2017 to 2022 Case Results. Veterans Administration Dallas, TX.

Hoskins, N., Joseph, R., & Akers, S. (2021). Firearm safety: Implications for pediatric nurses. Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing, 10(3), 105-111. DOI: 10.1097/JPS.0000000000000305.
Kim, J., Mullen, L., Akers, S. W., Joseph, R. A., Bishop, L., Bistany, B. R., Chambers, A., Harvey, J., & Houghton, A. (2022). The Efficacy of a Forgiveness Bibliotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Nursing Students, Journal of Holistic Nursing. DOI: 10.1177/08980101211072288 Mullen, L., Bistany, B., Hoskins, N., Joseph, R., & Akers, S. (2021). Firearm safety: Implications for pediatric nurses. Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing, 10(3), 105-111. DOI: 10.1097/JPS.0000000000000305.
Dr. Rachel Joseph and undergraduate students, Megan Briceland and Thomas Kazmierczak, represented the School of Nursing at Harvard’s National Collegiate Research Conference.

Ashley Bell, PhD student, was selected for a podium presentation at the NLN Summit in Las Vegas: She will be presenting on: Emotional Intelligence – A Potential Key to Unlock the Mystery of Holistic Admissions.
Lora Mullen, PhD in Nursing Education student, has had an abstract accepted for virtual presentation at the Sigma 33rd International Nursing Research Congress.
Dr. Catherine Raj, DNP Alumni, has had a manuscript accepted for publication in the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. The Effectiveness of Mental Health Disorder Stigma-Reducing Interventions in the Healthcare Setting: An Integrative Review.

Undergraduate: Megan Briceland and Thomas Kazmierczak
- Mild to Moderate Concussions: Psychological Outcomes in Collegiate Athletes
Graduate: John Chavan
- Nursing Implications for Stem Cell Transplant
Doctoral: Lora Mullen
- Does the Socratic Method Effectively Promote Critical Thinking in Online Learning for Nursing Education