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Title

Associate Professor (Brookings)

Office Building

Wagner Hall

Office

311

Mailing Address

Wagner Hall 311
Undergrad Nursing-Box 2275
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• B.S.N. | South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University | 1983
• M.S.N. | South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University | 1999
• Ph.D. in nursing | South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University | 2016

Academic Responsibilities

• Master's Specialization Coordinator for Nurse Educator Students
• NURS 472 - Professional Nursing concepts III
• NURS 495 - Practicum
• NURS 778 - Nurse Educator Practicum
• NURS: 750 - Transformational Leadership
• NURS 721 - Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education
• NURS 778L - Nurse Educator: Practicum Clinical

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• College of Nursing BSN Committee, 2021-present
• College of Nursing Ph.D. Committee, 2021-present
• College of Nursing Research and Scholarship Committee, 2021-present
• College of Nursing Curriculum Committee, 2012-2018
• College of Nursing Faculty Development Committee, 2018-2021
• H.M. Briggs Library Committee, Chair, 2018-present
• College of Nursing Graduate Committee, 2016-present
• Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors Committee, 2017-2022

Professional Memberships

• American Nurses Society (ANA)
• South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Nurses Association (SDNA)
• Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
• Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

• 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, Faculty Recognition for Outstanding Contributions, Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College
• 2021, Nurse Educator à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã, SDNA
• 2017, Recognition Letter for Thank-A-Professor Program
• 2016, Outstanding Graduate Student, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University

Grants

• Nurse Education Practice Quality Retention-Registered Nurse in Primary Care COVID. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 2020-2021, $78,571.
• Impacting Models of Practice and Clinical Training for Registered Nurses and Students (IMPACT-RNS). Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR), July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2022, $2,700,000.
• Determining the Relationship among Change Fatigue, Self-Efficacy, and Physical Activity of Nursing Faculty, Dawley Seed Grant, SDSU College of Nursing, Oct. 1, 2017 - Oct. 1, 2018.

Work Experience

• 2016-present, assistant professor, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University College of Nursing
• 2012-2016, instructor, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University College of Nursing
• 1999-2012, nursing director, University of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Nursing
• 1998-1999, instructor, University of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Nursing
• 1992-1996, clinical instructor, University of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Nursing
• 1987-1992, staff nurse, Prairie Lakes Hospital
• 1985-1987, director of nursing, Clark Care Center
• 1983-1985, staff nurse, Sioux Valley Hospital

Areas of Research

• Organizational change
• Resilience
• Nursing job satisfaction
• Rural nursing