Simmons College

Patricia A. White, Ph.D, ANP-BC

Patricia A. White, Ph.D, ANP-BC

About

Patricia White PhD, ANP-BC, has been teaching in the Nursing Programs at Simmons 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 Nurse Practitioner Program. 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 includes the Ethics and Legal Course for new DNP program at Simmons College.

Her research interests include the exploration of nurse practitioner practice and issues related to end of life care. Since 2005, she has worked with a number of Masters Students in research on the use of advanced directives in planning end of life care investigating patients', families' and nurse practitioners' perspectives. She has also collaborated as a DNP capstone advisor with her colleague Julie Stellar on investigating the practice of Romanian nurses in providing end of life care. She has also written and presented on the topics of clinical consultation, polypharmacy, ethics and bereavement.

She is currently working with a new learning collaborative (LCANE) along with her Simmons colleague, Janet Rico and graduate nursing faculty from Yale University and University of Massachusetts in Worcester investigating best teaching practices and learning outcomes of direct entry accelerated students in nurse practitioner programs. She is collaborating with her Simmons DNP colleagues on the evaluation of the DNP program. 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 currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Leavitt's Mill Free Health Center in Buxton, Maine.

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Education

• B.S. Boston College
• M.S. Boston College
• PhD. University of Rhode Island

Selected Peer Reviewed & Invited Publications & Presentations

Peer Reviewed

Steller, J., White, P., Barron, AM, Gerzevitz, D. & Morse, A. (2010). Enhancing end of life with dignity: Characterizing hospice nursing in Romania. International Journal of Palliative Care 16 (9) 459-464.

White, P. & Ferstz G. (2009). Exploration of Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients who are Grieving. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 3, No 4. 231-240.

Invited

White, P. Values and Ethical Practice in Advanced Practice Nursing (2011) In Press in Buttaro et al. Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice St. Louis Missouri:Mosby

Barron, A, M. & White, P. (2008). Consultation in Advanced Nursing Practice- An Integrative Approach 4th Edition. Hamric, J., Spross, J. & Hansen, C., Editors. Philadelphia:Saunders.

White, P, (2007). Ethical Analysis and Decision Making in Buttaro, et al. Primary Care-A Collaborative Practice. St Louis Missouri: Mosby

Presentations

Podium Presentations- Peer Reviewed

White, P., Pellico, L, Rico, j & Terril, E., (2010). Accelerated Nursing Education-Review of the research CANS, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, American Academy of Nurses Washington, DC September 2010

Pellico, L., Rico,J., White, P. Listening to our students: Evaluating Teaching Methods for Accelerated Masters Students Portland Oregon NONPF, April, 2009

Sapienza, A., White, P, Neary, S., One DNP's Pedagogical Design Hilton Head, South Carolina Drexel Invitational on the DNP: The Dialogue Continues March, 2009

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

Poster Presentations-Peer Reviewed

Neary, S. & White, P. EPotfolio- Linking Practice, Reflections & Scholarship in a Blended DNP Program AACN, Doctoral Conference Captiva, Florida January, 2010

Osgood, R. & White, P. Family Perspective on End of Life Care-Poster Presentation- ENRS, Providence Rhode Island, April 2010

White, P. Nurse Practitioner Practice with Grieving Clients Poster Presentation - National State of the Science Conference- American Academy of 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- Honored with the Outstanding Poster Award

Invited

Grief and Grieving across the lifespan Presented to Hospice Sperantei Brashov, Romania as part of the Romanian-American (New England Alliance of HOH) Symposium on Palliative Care July 2009

Overview of Grief and Nurse Practitioner Practice with Clients who are grieving —Report of research findings Co presented with Dr. Anne Marie Barron to the Palliative Care Program Boston College, March 2009

Creating On line presence- Hybrid Workshop- Faculty Development Simmons College, January 2009

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