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Patricia White,Ph.D., ANP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. Boston College
M.S.N. Boston College
Ph.D,University of Rhode Island
patricia.white@simmons.edu

Patricia White has been teaching at Simmons College in the Nursing Department since 1987. She has maintained an ongoing clinical practice as a nurse practitioner since 1983 and currently practices in primary care and in the long term care and rehabilitation setting. She teaches primarily in the graduate program with responsibilities coordinating the Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Programs. Since 2004, she has worked with a number of Masters students in their research on the use of advanced directives in planning end of life care investigating patients', families' and nurse practitioners' perspectives. In addition, she has been teaching the undergraduate research course and is clinical faculty member in the community health nursing course. Her most recent teaching experience includes teaching the Ethics and Legal Course for the new DNP program at Simmons College.

White's research interests include the exploration of nurse practitioner practice where she has begun a description of nursing practice in primary care settings uncovering specific nursing assessment practices and plans of care for clients who are grieving. She has presented this research at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty where she received an Outstanding Poster Award in 2008. She also wrote an article summarizing this work in press for January, 2009 in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has also written and presented on the clinical topics of polypharmacy, ethics and bereavement. She is currently working with a new learning collaborative (LCANE) and is investigating best teaching practices and learning outcomes of direct entry accelerated students in nurse practitioner programs. She is active in NONPF on the faculty development committee, and is a member of MCNP where she is involved in the legislative committee. She is also a member of ENRS and Sigma Theta Tau.

Publications

Peer Reviewed

  • White, P. & Ferstz G. (2009). Exploration of Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients who are Grieving. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Invited
  • Barron, A., & White, P. (2008), In Press. Consultation in Advanced Practice Nursing- An Integrative Approach 4th Edition, Hamric, J. Spross, & Hansen, C. Editors, Philadelphia: Saunders
  • White, P, Buttaro, et al. (2007). Ethical Analysis and Decision Making in Primary Care in Primary Care-A Collaborative Practice. St Louis Missouri: Mosby
  • Blair, K, & White, P. (2005). Faculty Practice — Expectations for Professionalism; NONPF Publications — Monograph. NONPF Web Site
  • Barron, A.., White, P. (2004). Consultation in Advanced Practice Nursing — An Integrative Approach 3rd Edition. Hamric, J, Spross, J., & Hansen, C., Editors Philadelphia:Saunders.
  • White, P., Buttaro, T.M., Trybulski, J. ,Polgar — Bailey, P. & Sanberg-Cook, J. Eds. (2003). Ethical Analysis and Decision Making in Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby


Research Activities

  • Dissertation — Exploration of Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients who are Grieving Dissertation Abstracts, May, 2007
  • Research in process - LCANE — Survey of best teaching practices for accelerated generic masters students Simmons IRB Approval May, 2008

Presentations

  • White, P. (2008). Nurse Practitioner Practice with Grieving Clients
  • Poster Presentation accepted for National State of the Science Conference-American Academy Nursing & NINR, Washington DC, October 2008
  • White, P. Exploration of Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients who are grieving-Poster Presentation, NONPF, Louisville, Kentucky, April 10, 2008
  • White, P., Rico, J., Theis, K., Pellico, L., & Harless, G. LCANE- A Learning Collaborative for Accelerated Models of Nursing Education NONPF, Colorado, April 2007
  • Thies, K, DeBasio, Olsan,T., Pellico, L, White, P, Rico, J. & Harkless, G. How do we know what works? An Agenda for a Learning Collaborative for Accelerated Models of Nursing Education, Drexel University, April, 2006
  • White, P, Rico, J., Donohue, R., & Beal, J — The Direct Experience at Simmons College — Department Research from our Six year Experience NONPF, April 2006. Orlando, Florida- Poster presentation
  • White, Patricia, *The Direct Entry Experience at Simmons College — Preparing theGeneric Masters Student
  • Presenter and Co-author, AACN , San Diego, California, February, 2005

Invited

  • Depression, Grief & Bereavement in the Elderly- Co-presented with Dr. Anne Marie Barron to the Sisters Collaborative Network of New England, Brighton, Massachusetts, May, 2008
  • Value Added: Effects of Faculty Practice on Educational Outcomes, Worship Presentation with Faculty Development Committee- NONPF, Louisville Kentucky, April 11, 2008
  • Consultation as a Role Competency for Advanced Practice — with Dr. Anne Marie Barron; Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, March 11, 2008
  • White, P. Nursing practice with clients who are grieving. Via teleconference to the staff at Romanian Hospices of Hope, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, December 11, 2007
  • White, P. Exploration of Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients who are Grieving. Simmons Alumni Day Presentation, June, 2007
  • Understanding Bereavement, NPACE — Older Adult Conference, Hyannis, Massachusetts, July, 2003

Awards

  • Outstanding Poster Award — Poster Presentation (see presentation listing) NONPF, Louisville, Kentucky, April 2008