Areas of Research / Interest / Expertise
Jan Beres, MSN, RN
 Critical Care Nursing with a
special interest in spinal cord
injury, head injury
 Nursing Education
 Basic Life Support Instructor
Kelly Berishaj DNP, RN, ACNS-BC,
CFN
 Forensic Nursing
 Critical Care Nursing
 Medical-Surgical Nursing
 Nursing Education
 Quality Care
Carrie Buch
 Quality of Life
 Dementia
 Caring Practice
Teresa Chahine
 Information pending
Marilyn Childers
 Mental Health Nursing
 Sexuality
 Nutrition
 Death and Dying
Nicole Clark
 Primary Care
 Preventive Medicine
 Critical Care Nursing Neurosurgery
Sandra Deering
 Pulmonary/Critical Care
medicine
 Adolescent Psych
 Fibromyalgia Research
 NP professional development
Karen Dunn
 Medical/ Surgical Nursing
 Gerontological Nursing
 Critical Care Nursing
 Holistic Self-care Practices
 Aging and Spirituality
 Chronic Pain
 Stress and Coping
 End-of-Life Care
Ellen Gajewski
 Critical Care Nursing – specialize
in Cardiothoracic Surgery and
Interventional Cardiology
 Emergency Nursing
 Caring Theory, Relationship-Based
Care
 Organizational Transformation
Anne Hranchook
 Information pending
Margaret Glembocki
 Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
 Critical Care Nursing – specialize
in Cardiothoracic Surgery and
Interventional Cardiology
 Emergency Nursing
 Forensic Nursing
 Caring Theory, Caring Science,
Relationship-Based Care
 Organizational Transformation
Michelle Kluka
 Home Health
 Medical-Surgical Nursing
 Geriatrics
 Nursing Education
Mary Golinski
 Information pending
Claudia Grobbel
 Caring Practice in Nursing:
caring practice related to quality
and safety in clinical practice
 Caring science, theory and abilities
in nursing care with a focus on
students and curriculum
 Healthcare Administration and
Leadership
 QSEB and Simulation teaching
strategies
 Improving nursing process and
systems
Meghan Harris
 Information pending
Dorothy Hawthorne
 Child Health Care
 Sickle Cell Disease
 Genetics of Menarche
Deanna Hays
 Cardiovascular Disease in Women
 Primary Care
 Transition Care
Kimberly Holka
 Caring Practice in Nursing
 Community Health and Wellness
 Emergency Health
 Nursing Education
 Orientation Advising for Students
JoAnn Kapa
 Pediatrics
Patricia Ketcham
 Simulation
Suha Kridli
 Women’s Health
 Health Promotion
 Childhood Middle Eastern
Health Beliefs and Practices
Margaret McLaughlin
 Information pending
Renee Mirovsky
 Adult Primary Care
 Gerontology
 Neurology
Anne Mitchell
 Information pending
Janean Monahan
 Perioperative Nursing
 Adolescents
 Medical-Surgical Nursing
 Qualitative Research
 Pain Management
 Neuman Systems Model
Gary Moore
Expertise
 Medical-Surgical nursing
 Technology in nursing
education
 Music therapy in nursing
practice
 Research methods
Research
 Factors affecting outcomes of
nursing education
 Use of admission materials in
graduate nursing education
Sarah Newton
 Nursing Education
Gina Palombo
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 Aging Adult Health Nursing
 Adult Medical/Surgical Nursing
 Legal and Ethical Issues of Nursing
 Post Operative Care
 Simulation Curriculum Integration
 Nursing Education
Carolyn Tieppo
Areas of Expertise
 Pediatric primary care
 Pediatric mental health
 Adolescent health
Areas of research:
 Medication/treatment adherence
 Nurse practitioner role
Barbara Penprase
 Nursing Education
 Empathizing/Systemizing traits in
healthcare providers
 Nursing Outcomes
 Nursing Interventions
 Perioperative Nursing
 Critical Care
 Medical/Surgical Nursing
Deb Tierney
 Nursing care of the child and
family
 Pediatric primary care
 Pediatric mental health
 Pediatric medication adherence
 PNP role
 Health policy and nursing practice
Laura Pittiglio
 Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing
 Coping with HIV/AIDS
Lynda Poly-Droulard
 Cardiac and Emergency
Department Nursing Simulation
Cheryl Riley-Doucet
 Nursing Interventions for older
adults and family caregivers who
live with chronic disease and/or
pain.
 Multisensory Environmental
Interventions for patients with
Alzheimer’s Disease and their
Caregivers.
 Assistive technology for older
adults with dementia.
Colleen Meade Ripper
 Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care
Specialty
 Pain Assessment: Critically Ill,
Intubated Medical and
Neurological Patients
 Bronchotheroplasy: Assessment
and Qualification with Asthma
Patients with Projected Financial
Impact
Kathleen Spencer
 Clinical Nurse Specialist
 Adult Health
 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical
Nursing
 Post Anesthesia Care Nursing
Stephanie Vallie
 Maternal/Child Health
Ann Whall
 Gero-psychiatric Nursing
 Licensed in Advanced Psychiatric
Nursing