D.N.P. FACULTY
Judy Beal, D.N.Sc., R.N.
Chair and Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences
B.S.N. Skidmore College
M.S.N. Yale University
D.N.Sc. Boston University
In her role as chief academic officer Dr. Beal is responsible for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, four off-site BSN and MSN programs, 28 full time faculty, 75 adjunct faculty, 5 staff members, and more than 650 students. She has been at Simmons for 25 years and in her current position since 2000. For the first seventeen years of her tenure at Simmons College, she was the Director of Research in the Graduate Program. She coordinated the Research-Theory core and has advised over 650 master's research projects. Dr. Beal has a well-funded program of research focused on nurse practitioner role identity and outcomes as well as more recent work on the hallmarks of scholarly nursing practice. She serves as a collateral research reviewer for the Eastern Nursing Research Society and Sigma Theta Tau International, and is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Pediatric Nursing, the American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing, and the Journal of Nursing Education. With more than 40 referred publications and 100 presentations, she is sought after nationally and regionally as a speaker. Dr. Beal received The Mary Ann Garrigan Award for Excellence in Leadership from Sigma Theta Tau and has been a Sigma Theta Tau Distinguished Lecturer since 1997. She is the recipient of the Yale School of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Award and the President-Elect of the YSN Alumni Association. Dr. Beal is actively involved in leadership activities of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International. During her tenure as Chairperson of the Nursing Department and Associate Dean of the School for Health Sciences, she has been successfully funded in programmatic support of over 4 million dollars. Recent awards have included a $1M gift to establish a Faculty Scholar Legacy Fund and a $2M gift from an alumna for a Bridge and Tutoring Program for At-Risk Students. Dr. Beal is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.
Publications
RicoJ., Davies, T., Beal, J ( In Press). Characteristics of Highly Effective Nurse Educators in
Accelerated BSN Programs . Journal Of Nursing Education.
Beal, J., Riley, J., Lancaster, D. ( 2008). Essential elements of an optimal
clinical practice environment. Journal of Nursing Administration, 38,(11).
Riley, J., Beal, J., Lancaster, D. ( 2008). Scholarly nursing practice from the
perspectives of experienced clinicians. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 61 (4), 425-
435.
Beal, J. ( 2005). The State of the Science of Neonatal Nursing. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 30 (6), 397-404.
Karl, D., Beal, J., O'Hare, C., Rissmiller, P.(2006). Re-conceptualizing the Nurse Role in the Newborn Period as an Attacher. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 31 (4), 257-262.
Editorial Board Contributions
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2009). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 34(2).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2009). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 34(4).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2008). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 33(4).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2008). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 33(2).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2007). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 32(4).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2007). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 32(2).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2006). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 31(4).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2006). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 31(2).
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2005). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 30(5.
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2005). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 30(2), 144.
Beal, J., Freda, M.C. ( 2005). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 30(5), 340-41.
Beal, J, Freda, M.C. ( 2004). Toward Evidence-based Practice. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 29(5), 330.
Presentations
"A Universal Holistic Model for Nursing Scholarship." Delta Upsilon Chapter at Large Spring Meeting, Providence, RI., March , 2003.
"A Universal Holistic Model for Nursing Scholarship." Nurses Week Celebration at Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA, May , 2004.
" Hallmarks of Scholarly Nursing Practice as Perceived by Experienced Clinicians." Regis College Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony, May 2007.
"Essential Elements of an Optimal Clinical Practice Environment." Poster Presentation Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives, Spring 2009.
"Formative Development of a Nursing Scholar." Poster Presentation St. Anselm's School of Nursing Research Day, June 2009.
Awards
Distinguished Lecturer, Sigma Theta Tau, 2001
2002 Distinguished Lecturer, Sigma Theta Tau, 2002
2003 Distinguished Lecturer Sigma Theta Tau, 2003
2004 Yale School of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Award, 2004
2008 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow, 2008
Editorial and Review Boards
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 1985-
Member and Chair of Collateral Review Panel Mass Nurses Foundation, 1989-
Member of Collateral Review Panel Eastern Nursing Research Society, 1995-
Member, Editorial Board, The American Journal of Maternal- Child Nursing, 1997-
Collateral Reviewer, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2003-
Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Nursing Education, 2003-
Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Neonatal Care: Official Journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 2003-
Guest Editor: Special Issue on Accelerated BSN Programs for The Journal of Nursing Education, 2006-07
Peer Reviewer, Journal of Professional Nursing , 2007-
Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship, 2008-2011
Grants/Gifts Received
HHS Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship, $62,652, 2009
The Phyllis and George Dotson Bridge and Tutoring Program, $2M, 2008
HHS Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship, $60,923, 2008
Beal, Davies, Rico. Characteristics of Highly Effective Nurse Educators in Accelerated BSN Programs Funded by the Fuld/Duke Initiative, $1,500, 2007
The Faculty Scholar Legacy Fund ( Anonymous Donor), $1M, 2007
HHS Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship, $55,615, 2006
Education for Employment, $1M, 2005
Project Director to develop and launch an accelerated BSN program in Egypt
Emerson Hospital, $10,000, 2005
Research Consultant
The Hahnemann Hospital Foundation, $20,000 for Testing the Universal Model of Nursing Scholarship, 2004
HHS Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grant, $93,358, 2003
Susan M Duty, Sc.D., M.S.N., A.P.R.N., B.C.
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. University of Massachusetts Boston
M.S. Simmons College
S.M., Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Duty is an assistant professor in the nursing program and director of the Occupational Nursing Core for the NIOSH Education and Research Center at Harvard School of Public Health. She is certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with specialization in occupational health and prior to becoming a nurse practitioner was certified in critical care nursing. She conducts research at the Harvard School of Public Health about the relationship between environmental exposures to phthalates and male reproductive outcomes and occupational exposures to phthalates among manicurists. Dr. Duty has presented her research both nationally and internationally and published one of the first studies on the human health effects of phthalates. She is the nurse research scientist at South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, and is the Simmons College Vice President to Sigma Theta Tau-Theta at Large Chapter.
Publications
Duty, SM, Silva, MJ, Barr, DB, Brock, JW, Ryan, L, Chen, Z, Herrick, RF, Christiani, D.C., and Hauser, R. The relationship between environmental exposure to phthalates and human semen parameters. Epidemiology 2003, 14(3), 269-277.
Duty, SM, Singh, NP, Silva, MJ, Barr, DB, Brock, JW, Ryan, L, Herrick, RF, Christiani, D.C., and Hauser, R. The relationship between environmental exposure to phthalates and DNA damage in human sperm. Environmental Health Perspectives 2003, 111(9): 1164-1169. (Advanced release published December 6, 2002; DOI 10.1289/ehp.5756).
Susan M. Duty, Antonia M. Calafat, Manori J. Silva, John W. Brock, Louise Ryan, Zuying Chen, James Overstreet, and Russ Hauser. The relationship between human environmental exposure to phthalates and computer aided sperm analysis motion parameters. Journal of Andrology, 2004, 25(2): 293-302.
Russ Hauser , Susan Duty, Linda Godfrey-Bailey, Antonia M. Calafat. Medications as a source of human exposure to phthalates: A case report. Environmental Health Perspectives 2004: 112 (6) 751-753.
Trisini, AT, Singh, NP, Duty, SM and Russ Hauser. The relationship between human semen parameters and DNA damage assessed by the neutral comet assay. Fertility and Sterility, 2004:82 (6):1623-1631.
Susan M. Duty, Antonia M. Calafat, Manori J. Silva, Louise Ryan, and Russ Hauser. Phthalate exposure and reproductive hormones in adult men. Human Reproduction, 2005 20(3) :604-610. (Advanced Access publication December 9, 2004, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh656).
Meeker JD, Singh NP, Ryan L, Duty SM, Barr DB, Herrick RF, Bennett DH, and Hauser R. Urinary levels of insecticide metabolites and DNA damage in human sperm. Human Reproduction 2004:19 (11): 2573-2580.
Duty SM, Ackerman RM, Calafat AM and Hauser R (2005) Personal care product use predicts urinary phthalate monoester concentrations. Environmental Health Perspective 113(11):1530-1535. (Advanced access Doi:10.1289/ehp.8083 available via http://dx.doi.org/ [Online 18 July 2005])
Hauser R, Meeker JD, Duty S, Silva MJ, Calafat AM. Altered semen quality in relation to urinary concentrations of phthalate monoester and oxidative metabolites. Epidemiology 2006:17(6), 682-91
R. Hauser, J.D. Meeker, N.P. Singh, M.J. Silva, L. Ryan, S. Duty, and A.M. Calafat
DNA damage in human sperm is related to urinary levels of phthalate monoester and oxidative metabolites Hum. Reprod.2007: 22(3):688-695. (Advance Access published on November 7, 2006. doi:10.1093/humrep/del428)
Elizabeth Scott , Susan Duty , Maureen Callahan. A Pilot Study TO Isolate Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA from Environmental Surfaces in the Home. American Journal of Infection Control In Press
Rachel Kwapniewski, Sarah Kozaczka, Russ Hauser, Manori J. Silva, Antonia M. Calafat, Susan M. Duty. Occupational exposure to dibutyl phthalate among manicurists. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50(6): 705-718.
Xibiao Ye, Frank H. Pierik, Russ Hauser, Susan Duty, Jürgen Angerer, Melissa M. Park, Alex Burdorf, Albert Hofman, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Johan P Mackenbach, Eric AP Steegers, Henning Tiemeier, Matthew P. Longnecker. Urinary metabolite concentrations of organophosphorous pesticides, bisphenol A, and phthalates among pregnant women in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: The Generation R Study. Environmental Research. In Press: under revisions.
Presentations
Peer Reviewed:
Susan M Duty, Antonia M Calafat & Russ Hauser. A pilot study: Characterizing phthalate exposure among nail salon workers". Oral presentation Session 4049.0, Nail Salon Workers: Hazards and Controls. American Public Health Association, 133rd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2005.
Scott Elizabeth & Duty Susan, Callahan Maureen, Clarke Julia, Delprato Julie, Bourque Kristen, Rabe Vivian, Guimond Martha and Simpson Kathleen. 'A Pilot Study to identify the distribution and determinants of indicator and pathogenic target bacteria in homes with healthcare workers, young children and pets' at the American Public Health Association Meeting in Boston, MA, November 7, 2006
Sarah Kozaczka, Rachel Kwapniewski, Russ Hauser, Antonia M. Calafat, Susan M. Duty. "A Pilot Study: Characterizing Occupational Phthalate Exposure Among Manicurists" Eastern Nursing Research Society: 19th Scientific Sessions, Providence RI, April 12-14, 2007
Jocelyn Loftus, Susan Duty, Charlene Berube, Linda Moniz,, Terry Buttaro, Colette Dieujuste.. The Utility of an Early Predictor of NCLEX Success'. Presented at The15th Annual Conference for Nurse Educators in Practice Settings & Schools of Nursing at the Wentworth-by-the-Sea, May 22, 2007
Jocelyn Loftus, Charlene Berube, Linda Moniz, Terry Buttaro, Colette Dieujuste, Susan Duty. Science grades, ethnicity and program track predict nursing course performance and NCLEX success. Presented at the 2007 American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Baccalaureate Education Conference in New Orleans, LA. November 28, 2007
Jocelyn Loftus, Charlene Berube, Linda Moniz, Terry Buttaro, Colette Dieujuste, Susan Duty. Evidence-Based Policy Development can guide Admission and Academic Progression Decisions in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program'. 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development: Creating Jazz, Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice. Kansas City, MO. Poster Session, October 16-18, 2008
Susan Duty and Pam DeMoucell. Combining education, awareness and technology to reduce hospital acquired pressure ulcers'. 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development: Creating Jazz, Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice. Kansas City, MO., Oral Presentation, October 16-18, 2008
Susan Duty. The usefulness of personal response systems (clickers') in developing critical thinking skills among nursing students'. 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development: Creating Jazz, Transforming Exchanges in Education and Practice. Kansas City, MO. Poster Session, October 16-18, 2008
Invited:
Invited speaker at the "Workshop on Low Dose Effects of Endocrine Active Compound: Are there risks associated with low dose effects? Do we need new risk assessment guidelines for endocrine active compounds?" Speaker and Chair of the "Human Exposures" session. Berlin, Germany, November, 2003
Invited speaker at the "Lunchtime Lecture Seminar for Nurse Researchers" during the American Occupational Health Conference in Kansas City, MO. Presented "Environmental Phthalate Exposures and Male Reproductive Outcomes, May, 2004
Invited speaker at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Organics Biomonitoring Workgroup. Presented "Problems recruiting manicurists for an occupational study to quantify phthalate exposures at work". Concord, NH, May 2004
Invited speaker at the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Day. Presented "Do manicurists absorb phthalates at work: One nurse's contribution to occupational and environmental research. Boston, MA, October 2004
"Characterizing occupational phthalate exposure among manicurists" Harvard School of Public Health Pilot Project Research Day. Boston, MA, October 2004
Invited speaker at the Theta-at-large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Presented "Do phthalates take the wiggle out of sperm". Curry College, Milton, MA, March 2005
Invited speaker at the Healthy Cosmetology Working Group. Presented "Characterizing occupational phthalate exposure among manicurists". Dorchester, MA, June 2005
Susan M Duty, Antonia M Calafat & Russ Hauser. "A pilot study: Characterizing phthalate
Invited speaker at the New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Massachusetts Association of Occupational Health Nursing, Annual Conference. Presented "Characterizing Occupational Phthalate Exposure Among Manicurists and Determining the Effectiveness of Local Exhaust Ventilation," during the Occupational and Environmental Research Update session, December 1, 2006
Invited speaker at the Wellesley Board of Health May Business Meeting. Presented an update on my research "Characterizing Occupational Phthalate Exposure Among Manicurists", Wellesley MA, May 31, 2008
Invited speaker at the Colleges of the Fenway "Teaching for Understanding with Technology" Conference. Presented : The Utility of Personal Response Systems as a Teaching Tool". Brookline MA, October 25, 2007
Invited speaker at the Northeast Regional Computing Program's Conference: The Art and Science of Personal Response Systems Special Interest Group. Presented "The Utility of Personal Response Systems in a Senior Level BSN Nursing Class" at Holy Cross College in Worchester, MA, December 4, 2007
Invited speaker at Occupational Health Connection's Teens at Work: Working Safely' Conference. Presented "Work Related Medical Clearance for Teens" . Lawrence, MA, May 9, 2008
Invited speaker at the Community College of Rhode Island's Professional Development Day. Presented "Using Clicker Technology to Promote NCLEX Success." Warwick, RI, May 13, 2008
Invited speaker at the 93rd Annual Northeast Occupational Health Nurses Conference. Presented "Securing the Future of Occupational Health Nursing". Mystic, CT, May 29, 2008
Awards
The Excellence in Clinical Practice Award in Primary Health Care Nursing, Occupational Health Concentration, Simmons College, May 1999.
The Scholarly Excellence Award, awarded by the School for Health Studies, Simmons College, September, 2004.
Alice M. Sapienza, DBA
Professor Emeritus, Healthcare Administration
B.S. Stonehill College (Magna)
M.A. Boston College
MBA Harvard Business School
DBA Harvard Business School
Alice Sapienza has been on the Simmons faculty since 1990, following the start of her teaching career at Harvard School of Public Health. In addition, she has been a visiting faculty member at the Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) and adjunct faculty at Brandeis University's Heller School and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University). Currently, she teaches leadership courses in the Healthcare Administration Program, focusing on implementing National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) competencies in the Master's curriculum. She also teaches leadership in the newly created Master of Science in Nursing Program.
Prior to receiving her doctorate, she worked as one of five general managers reporting to the chief operating offi¬cer at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. During her tenure, she helped design and imple¬ment a pilot case managed program for an A.F.D.C. population (with Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Mass. Department of Public Welfare) under a federal HEW demonstra¬tion grant.
Professor Sapienza's research focuses on leadership—of scientific endeavors as well as of the integration of evidence-based management with evidence-based medicine in patient care. She has taught in executive programs and consulted internationally and has experience with executive coaching (of science leaders as well as of healthcare leaders).
Publications
Books
Sapienza, AM. MANAGING SCIENTISTS, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2004.
Sapienza, AM; Stork, D, with Lombardino, J. LEADING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: RIGHT FROM THE START. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.
Sapienza, AM. CREATING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997.
Sedlacek, HH; Sapienza, AM; and Eid, V. SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES IN DRUG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: Essential Aspects of Planning and Implementation. Verlag Chemie Pub., New York, 1996.
Sapienza, AM. MANAGING SCIENTISTS. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995.
FORSCHER MANAGEN (German edition of MANAGING SCIENTISTS, published by Verlag Chemie,1997).
Feldman, PH, with AM Sapienza and NM Kane. WHO CARES FOR THEM? Workers in the Home Care Industry. Greenwood Press, New York, 1990
Articles, Chapters, Reviews
Sapienza, AM. "From the Inside: Scientists' Own Experience of Good (and Bad) Management," R&D Management 35, 5, 2005 (pp 473-482). (One of Social Science Research Networks' Top Ten downloads for relevant topics, 2008.)
Sapienza, AM. "The Context of Medical Interpretation: An Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System." Prepared for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation's Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills, December 2008.
Sapienza, AM. "Managing Scientists: Leadership Strategies in Science," in Volume 2, Research and Development, W Moos (Ed), COMPREHENSIVE MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY II, Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd, November 2007.
Sapienza, AM, with J Lombardino. "Research and Development Management," in KIRK-OTHMER ENCLYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (online edition), New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.
Sapienza, AM. "Biotech's Promise, Delayed." Review of SCIENCE BUSINESS, in Nature Biotechnology25, 1, January 2007.
Sapienza, AM. "Health Care Professionals and Interdisciplinary Care," in INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE DELIVERY: A Primer for Pharmacists, Jones and Bartlett, Pub., 4th edition, 2006 (also included in second, and third editions, 2001 and 2004, respectively).
Sapienza, AM and Lombardino, JL. "Recognizing, Appreciating, and Capturing the Tacit Knowledge of R&D Scientists," Drug Development Research 64 No. 2, 99-104, February 2005.
Selected Conference Presentations
Sapienza, AM; Neary, S; White, P; Rissmiller, P. "One DNP Program's Pedagogical Design: Using AACNs Essentials and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) Competencies." Drexel University Doctor of Nursing Practice Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC, March 2009.
Sapienza, AM; Robbins, C; Lowe, J. "The Basics of Implementing Leadership Competencies in a Master's Curriculum: Bloom's Taxonomy, Pedagogy, and Student Assessment." Annual Meeting of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, Orlando, Fl, May/June 2007.
Sapienza, AM and Fitzgerald, DF. "The Context of R&D Decision-Making: How Might Changes Affect the Caliber of the Output?" R&D Management Conference, Windemere, UK, July 2006.
Selected Presentations
"Does the Biotech Industry Deserve a Bailout?" NYU Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, NY, April 2009.
"The Paradox of Therapeutic Biotechnology." NYU Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, NY, January, 2008.
Keynote speaker, Knowledge-Sharing Workshop, NASA Ames Research Center, "Effective and Ineffective Leadership of Science," Moffett Field, CA, May 2003.
Consulting
Consultant to international pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and health-related organizations (consulting efforts include leadership of R&D, R&D project planning and management, organization development, strategic planning). Private sector clients have included major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Public sector clients have included U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.K. National Health Service.
Susan Neary, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., BC.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.A. Emmanuel College
B.S.N. Saint Louis University
M.S. Simmons College
Ph.D. Boston College
Susan Neary PhD ANP-BC is a Clinical Associate Professor in Nursing and Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. She teaches Primary Health Care Nursing, Pharmacology and Gerontology. Research interests include resilience in the aged, as well as long-term care and elder caregiver issues. She is the author of several articles and peer-reviewed poster presentations. She has presented nationally on several topics, including dementia caregiving and geriatric pharmacology. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award (2006) for the Simmons undergraduate college, the Faculty of the Year Award (2005) for the Simmons School for Health Sciences, and the Mary Ann Garrigan Leadership Award (2006) from Sigma Theta Tau. She maintains a clinical practice at the New England Baptist Hospital, an urban specialty hospital. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (Region 1), and the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners.
Publications
Mahoney, D. F., Cloutterbuck, J., Neary, S., & Zhan, L. (2005). African-American, Chinese and Latino family caregivers' impressions of the onset and diagnosis of dementia: Cross-cultural similarities and differences. The Gerontologist, 45(6), 783-793.
Neary, S. R. & Mahoney, D. F. (2005). Dementia caregiving: The experiences of Hispanic/Latino caregivers. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 16(2), 163-170.
Poster Sessions
*Neary, S.R., Chichester, M., Fader, K., & Dewey, A. (2008). Getting along: Elders' adjustment to nursing home placement. National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 25-27, 2008.
*Mannion, V., Muse, S., & Neary, S. R. (2005). Domestic violence screening in pregnancy: Nurse practitioner practice. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale Florida, June, 2005.
*Hall, A. K., Britting, A., & Neary, S. R. (2004). Geriatric nurse practitioners' decisions regarding PEG placement in patients with advanced dementia. American Academy of Nurse Practioners Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, June, 2004.
Selected Presentations
Health Challenges of Women as We Age: Older Women's Health. Raising Women's Voices conference. Sponsored by the Avery Institute for Social Change and the Women's Health Institute. Simmons College, April 17, 2008
The Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP): History and Evolution. Simmons College School for Health Studies, Graduate Nursing Alumni Breakfast, March 29, 2008
The Doctorate in Nursing Practice: Current Issues. Boston Medical Center. Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Group, January 15, 2008
Resilience in Old Age, Sigma Theta Tau, Curry College, Milton, MA, October 14, 2003
*Britting, L. L., Hall, A. K., & Neary, S. R.,
PEG Placement for Patients with Advanced Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (DAT): Decisions by Geriatric Nurse Practitioners. Association for Geriatrics in Higher Education, National Conference, Richmond, VA, November, 2003
Awards
Simmons College (Undergraduate College) Teacher of the Year Award, 2006
Simmons College School for Health Studies Outstanding Teacher Award, 2005
Patricia Rissmiller, D.N.Sc., A.P.R.N., BC.
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. Catholic University
M.S.N. and D.NSc., Boston University
Dr. Rissmiller is the coordinator of the Parent-Child concentration. She has focused many of her energies over the past year in the area of interdisciplinary collaboration within the health care community. She is currently a director for the U-Mass Simmons School Health Institute which is a funded project implementing regional continuing education for school nurses. She is also actively involved on a collaborative project with the Brazelton Group at Children's Hospital to develop an assessment tool based on the Brazelton Scale. She also has a joint appointment at Children's in the Institute for Community Inclusion as a director for training for nurses working with developmentally disabled children and families. Research interests include high risk children and families and school health. Dr. Rissmiller practices in the Maternal-Child Health Department at Cambridge Visiting Nurse.
Patricia White, Ph.D., M.S.N.,A.P.R.N., BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N. Boston University
M.S.N. Boston College
Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Ms. White has been teaching at Simmons College in the Nursing Programs 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 in the undergraduate research course and is clinical faculty in the community health nursing course. Her most recent teaching experience includes teaching the Ethics and Legal Course for new DNP program at Simmons College.
Her 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 April, 2008. She also presented a poster on this research at the National State of the Science Conference in Washington DC in the fall of 2008. She has an article summarizing this work published in the April, 2009 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has also written and presented on the clinical topics of clinical consultation, polypharmacy, ethics and bereavement.
She is currently working with a new learning collaborative (LCANE) with graduate nursing faculty from Yale University and University of Massachusetts in Worcester and is investigating best teaching practices and learning outcomes of direct entry accelerated students in nurse practitioner programs. This current research on best teaching practices for accelerated Masters Students was recently presented with her collaborators at NONPF in the spring of 2009. Dr. White is also participating with her colleagues at Simmons on evaluation research for the DNP program at Simmons College and presented preliminary results with her colleagues at the Drexel DNP Conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina in the spring of 2009. 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, (2007). Ethical Analysis and Decision Making in Primary Care in
Buttaro, et al. 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., (2003). Ethical Analysis and Decision Making in Primary Care In Buttaro,
T.M., Trybulski, J. ,Polgar — Bailey, P. & Sanberg-Cook, J. Eds. (2003) 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
Peer Reviewed
*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
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