Donna Driscoll, RN, MSN, CEN
Education:
MSN Nursing Education, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
BSN, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
ASN, New Hampshire Community College, Berlin, NH
Specialties:
Nursing Education
Emergency Nursing
Nursing Leadership
About Professor Driscoll
Donna graduated from an associate degree-nursing program in 1996, which
provided a strong foundation for her nursing practice. She obtained her
baccalaureate degree in nursing while working as the Nurse Manager of a
community emergency department and then began teaching as a clinical instructor
while she pursued her graduate degree in nursing education.
Donna began her nursing educator career in 2008 while working for the Community
College System of New Hampshire. It was her dream position teaching what she
loved, nursing. Donna has been involved with the State Board of Nursing on the
simulation education advisory committee. She has taught a multitude of nursing
courses and enjoys working with students in the simulation laboratory.
Her professional nursing experience includes, medical surgical nursing, critical care,
leadership, and her true passion of emergency nursing. She also worked on an
informatics team to build an electronic medical record and assisted with its
implementation. Donna’s certifications include: Certified Emergency Nursing,
(CEN), Trauma Nurse Certification (TNCC), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS),
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
Her graduate capstone project included simulation education, classroom lecture and
working in a Community Health Center developing an asthma clinic for both adult
and pediatric populations. She worked with patients and providers on asthma
education regarding clinical guidelines and electronic charting of the asthma
template.
She is a member of the Emergency Nursing Association and the Honor Society of
Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International.
Donna is currently working on her Doctorate of Nursing Practice Degree (DNP) and
her research includes new graduate RN and simulation training to assist with clinical
reasoning to respond to patient clinical emergencies.