CURRICULUM VITAE Shelley F. Conroy, EdD, MS, RN, CNE (Truncated, additional information on request)

Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing 3700 Worth Street Dallas, Texas 75246 (214) 820-2792 [email protected]

Education History

University Degree Date Major Virginia Commonwealth University BS 1977 Nursing Medical College of Virginia Richmond, Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University MS 1983 Maternal-Infant Medical College of Virginia Nursing/Nursing Richmond, Virginia Education Emphasis

Thesis: Impact of Coaching Behaviors on Maternal Satisfaction of Labor and Perception of Paternal Support

University of Central Florida EdD 1993 Curriculum and Orlando, Florida Instruction/ Nursing Education Specialization/ Health Policy Cognate

Dissertation: The Incidence and Prevalence of Critical Incidents and Critical Incident Stress Among Maternal Infant Nurses

Licensure and Certification Fellowship Registered Nurse since 1977 AACN Wharton Executive Nurse Fellow Certified Nurse Educator since 2012

Employment History

Dates Institution Position 2012 - present Baylor University Dean and Tenured Professor Louise Herrington School of Nursing Dallas Texas

2014 - 2015 Baylor University Inaugural Dean Robbins College of Health (Interim assignment to start new and Human Sciences college concurrent with serving as Dean of Nursing)

1 2008 - 2012 Armstrong State University, Dean and Tenured Professor College of Health Professions Savannah, Georgia

2003 - 2008 Weber State University Dean and Tenured Professor Dumke College of Health Professions Ogden, Utah

2001 - 2003 John Tyler Community College Dean and Professor Chester, Virginia Division of Professional and Technical Studies

1993 - 2001 John Tyler Community College Coordinator of the Associate Chester, Virginia Degree Nursing Program/ Assistant to the Division Chair Promoted from Associate Professor to Professor

1999 Virginia Community College System Special Assignment Richmond, Virginia Project Leader and Consultant (Concurrent with my full-time faculty Perkins Higher Education Appointment at JTCC) Five Year Plan

1997 - 2003 Virginia Commonwealth University Part-time Adjunct Faculty School of Nursing RN to BSN Weekend Program Richmond, Virginia Clinical Graduate Faculty

1995 Virginia Community College System Faculty-in-Residence Richmond, Virginia Health Technologies (On loan from JTCC for special assignment)

1992 - 1993 HCA Johnston-Willis Hospital Associate Director of Nursing Richmond, Virginia Women’s & Children’s Services

1991 - 1992 Winter Park Memorial Hospital Director, Maternal-Child Winter Park, Florida Health

1989 - 1991 University of Central Florida Assistant Professor Orlando, Florida

1987 - 1989 Park Place Hospital Director of QA/UR/RM Kissimmee, Florida Director of Staff Development

1985 - 1987 Mental Health Services of Osceola County Child Abuse Osceola County Prevention Coordinator Kissimmee, Florida (State Grant Contract)

1984 - 1985 Florida Southern College Adjunct Part-time Faculty Orlando, Florida RN-BSN Evening Program

1982 - 1985 Valencia Community College Part-time and Full-time Orlando, Florida Grant-funded Faculty Positions

2 1983 - 1984 Orlando General Hospital Parent Educator Orlando, Florida

1981 - 1983 Humana Hospital Kissimmee Prepared Childbirth Instructor Kissimmee, Florida Part-time Staff Nurse

1980 - 1981 Kissimmee Memorial Hospital Inservice Educator Kissimmee, Florida

1979 - 1980 Orlando Regional Medical Center Staff and Charge Nurse Orlando, Florida Labor and Delivery

1978 - 1979 Independent Contractor Lamaze Teacher Richmond Perinatal Association Part-time

1977 - 1979 Henrico Doctors Hospital Staff and Charge Nurse Richmond, Virginia Post Partum Emergency Room Selected Publications

Journals

Spies, L.A., Garner, S.L., Hastings-Tolsma, M., Riley, C., Millenbruch, J., Faucher, M., Prater, L. & Conroy, S. (Accepted December 2016). A model for upscaling global partnerships and building nurse and midwifery capacity. International Nursing Review. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.111/inr.12349

Conroy, S.F. & Taggart, H.M. (2016). The impact of a cultural immersion study abroad experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. (34)3, 229-235. http://jhn.sagepub.com DOI: 10.1177/0898010115602995

Garner, S.L., Conroy, S. F., & Bader, S.G. (2015). Nurse migration from India: A literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. (52)12, 1879-1890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.07.003

Book Chapters

Conroy, S. (2016). Program evaluation. In M. Bradshaw & B. Hultquist (Eds.), Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing and Health Related Professions (7th ed.) Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett. (Invited)

Conroy, S. (2003). The associate degree student. In R. Mertig (Ed.), Teaching nursing in an associate degree program (pp. 7-12). New York, NY: Springer Publishing. (Invited)

Other Selected Publications

Conroy, S. & Taggart, H. (2011, February). Briefing paper: The state of IOM recommendation #6 in Georgia. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Nursing Summit.

3 Conroy, S. (2005). Prepublication Review and Commentary, included on book cover and inside pages. In Vieth, V., Bottoms, B. & Perona, A. (Eds.) Ending child abuse: New efforts in prevention, investigation, and training. New York, NY: The Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press. (Invited)

Conroy, S. (2001, July). The nurse practice act and patient abandonment. RM Alert, Richmond, VA: The Reciprocal Group. (Reprinted from Nursing Notes, Richmond, VA: Virginia Board of Nursing.)

Conroy, S. (2001, April). The nurse practice act and patient abandonment. Nursing Notes. Richmond, VA: The Virginia Board of Nursing. (This paper continues to be republished periodically by the Virginia Board of Nursing and currently appears on their website as a position paper.)

Conroy, S. (2001, April). Update on continued competence. Nursing Notes. Richmond, VA: The Virginia Board of Nursing.

Conroy, S. (2000, January). The Virginia Board of Nursing and nursing in the new millennium. Nursing Notes, Richmond, VA: The Virginia Board of Nursing.

Conroy, S. (1999, June). Strategies for the future of nursing. Virginia League for Nursing Newsletter, No. 72.

Conroy, S. (1998). Continued competence in nursing. Nursing Notes, 9(1), Richmond, VA: The Virginia Board of Nursing; and Reprinted in CLEAR National Meeting Anthology.

Conroy, S. (1995). Health technology programs in the VCCS: Outlook for the future. (White Paper circulated by the VCCS Chancellor's Office)

Conroy, S. (1989, October). The reality impact of sex education. Florida Nurse, 37(9), 16-17.

Grants

2016 - 17 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Award, State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $260,000

2016 Co-Principal Investigator, Spies, L.A., Conroy S.F., & Clemetson, J., The Rotary International Foundation Global Vocational Training Grant. Capacity Building through Dental Outreach and Nurse Faculty Development in Zambia. $105,000 (I co-authored the grant with Lori Spies and arranged for the travel team selection, key partners and project deliverables. 40% effort.)

2015 - 16 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Award, State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $265,950

2014 - 5 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Award, State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $393,950

2013 - 14 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Award, State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $22,081

2013 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Award, State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $52,437

2013 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Continuation Award, The Deerbrook Charitable Trust, Gerontological Nursing Initiative, $163,584

4 2012 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Continuation Award, The Deerbrook Charitable Trust, Gerontological Nursing Initiative, $203,182

2012 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant Award, State of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $52,436.62

2010 Principal Investigator, Sponsored Project Grant from Memorial University Medical Center, Development of a Nursing Externship Program, $235,000

2007 Principal Investigator, US Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA Grant Award, More Nurses Now, $1,000,000. (One year - until I left Weber State University in 2008.)

2005 - 06 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from the Dumke Family Foundation for Health Professions, Creation of an Interdisciplinary Simulation Laboratory, $400,000. Received a continuation award of $250,000 from the Foundation in 2007.

2005- 2008 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from Intermountain Health Care, Nursing and Clinical Laboratory Program Expansion, $1,200,000. (5-year award – I was PI from 2005 until 2008 when I left Weber State University)

2005 - 06 Principal Investigator/Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA Continuation Award of the Rural Health Professions Outreach Project at Weber State University, $600,000

2004 - 05 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from IASIS Healthcare, Expansion of the Weber State University Nursing Program to Davis County, $100,000

2003 - 04 Principal Investigator/Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA Award # 1D1A RH 00102-01-0, Rural Health Professions Outreach Project, Weber State University, $481,250

2003 - 07 Principal Investigator, Award from Utah Davis Applied Technology College, Implement Outreach Nursing Program, $83,377

2003 - 07 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from Utah Davis Applied Technology College Implement Outreach Program to Educate Paramedics, $140,000

2003 - 04, 2004 - 05 Grant Administrator for Sub-Award from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Area Health Education Center, $416,667; and supplemental sub-award of $72,610

2003 - 04 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association, Reentry of Practical Nurses to Program Leading to Registered Nurse, $45,000

2003 - 04 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from IASIS Healthcare, Conduct Nursing Program Outreach at Utah Davis Applied Technology College, $17,574

2003 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from the VCCS for two Perkins Mini-Grants for Faculty Professional Development: Academic Advisement of Students, and Developing a Tutoring Program to Improve Academic Success in High-Risk Occupational-Technical Students, $7500

5 2002 Principal Investigator, Grant Award from the VCCS for Biotechnology Task Force, The Creation of a Biotechnology Curriculum, $2000

2002 Principal Investigator for two VCCS Perkins MiniGrants for Faculty Professional Development Activities related to Perkins Improvement, $10,000

2001 - 03 Principal Investigator and Grant Administrator for annual Federal Perkins Funding and Outcome Indicators Reporting at John Tyler Community College, $135,000

2001- 02 Principal Investigator, Grant Award, The Weyerhauser Foundation, The Creation of a Biotechnology Program, $4000

2001 Principal Investigator, VCCS Tech Prep MiniGrants for student recruitment and advisory committee activities, $10,000

2000 Principal Investigator, VCCS Professional Development Research Grant Award: The Development of a Weekend LPN to RN Program, $1000

2000 Principal Investigator, VCCS Perkins Mini-Grant Award for faculty development: Item Writing in the NCLEX Format, $1000

1999 Principal Investigator, John Randolph Foundation, Establish and Implement a Nurse Aide/Home Health Aide Program in the Hopewell area, $30,000

1999 Principal Investigator, Grant Award, John Randolph Medical Center, The Establishment of a Simulated Patient Hospital Room, $16,000

1995 - 1997 Principal Investigator, VCCS Perkins Mini-Grant Award, Create a Partnership with a Parochial High School for Community-Based Health Care Clinical Experiences, $1000

1994 Principal Investigator, VCCS Perkins Mini-Grant Award, Promoting Success and Retention of Minority and Special Population Students, $1000

1994 Principal Investigator, Grant Award - Helene Fuld Foundation, Creating a Computer-Assisted Nursing Laboratory at John Tyler Community College, $35,000

Selected Presentations

Conroy, S. (Invited) Panel Member: “Experts share: Governance experience on boards,” Nurses on Board North Texas Regional Cohort Workshop, Texas Christian University, March 9, 2016

Conroy, S. (Invited) Plenary Session Moderator: “The role of herb-drug interaction in Integrative Medicine,” Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference and First Colloquium on Chronic Illness Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 3, 2016.

Conroy, S. Concurrent Session Presenter: Contemporary Health Issues and Emerging Challenges: “The impact of a cultural immersion study abroad experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine,” Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference and First Colloquium on Chronic Illness Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 2, 2016. (Blind Peer Review)

6 Conroy, S. Concurrent Session Presenter: Transformational Leadership and Innovative Practice: “University partnerships to promote the global nursing workforce,” Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference and First Colloquium on Chronic Illness Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 2, 2016. (Blind Peer Review)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Moderator: Practices of reflective leaders, 43rd Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International, Las Vegas, NV, November 8, 2015.

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Moderator: Global leadership perspectives, 43rd Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International, Las Vegas, NV, November 9, 2015.

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Moderator: Exploring cultural diversity in maternal-child health, 43rd Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International, Las Vegas, NV, November 10, 2015.

Conroy, S. (Invited) Keynote podium presentation: “Implementation of evidence-based practice by advanced-practice nurses to affect global women’s health outcomes.” Indo-Global Healthcare Summit and Expo 2015, Hyderabad, India, July 23 - 26, 2015.

Conroy, S. (Invited) Keynote podium presentation: “The impact of a cultural immersion study abroad experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine.” Indo-Global Healthcare Summit and Expo 2015, Hyderabad, India, July 23 - 26, 2015.

Conroy, S. (Invited) Keynote podium presentation: “University partnerships: Promoting the global nursing workforce.” Indo-Global Healthcare Summit and Expo 2015, Hyderabad, India, July 23 - 26, 2015.

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Moderator: Women’s Health. Indo-Global Healthcare Summit and Expo 2015, Hyderabad, India, July 23 - 26, 2015.

Conroy, S. Podium Presenter, “Evidence-based practices affecting global women’s health: Implementing the promotion of ambulation and upright positioning during the first stage of labor,” Sigma Theta Tau International’s 25th International Nursing Research Congress, Hong Kong, July 25, 2014. (Blind Peer Review)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Moderator: “Promotion and lived experiences of breastfeeding mothers,” Sigma Theta Tau International’s 25th International Nursing Research Congress, Hong Kong, July 24, 2014

Conroy, S. Podium Presentation: “A cultural immersion study abroad course: Chinese medicine and healthcare,” ASAHP Spring Meeting, March 18, 2011 (Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. & Taggart, H. Podium Co-Presenter: “Cultural immersion experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine for nursing students,” Georgia Association for Nursing Education (GANE), Annual Conference, Savannah, GA, February 18, 2011 (Peer Reviewed)

Taggart, H. & Conroy, S. “International collaboration provides cultural immersion experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine,” 2010 Global Alliance for Leadership in Nursing Education and Science (GANES) Second Annual International Conference, Arlington, Virginia, December 10, 2010 (Blind Peer Reviewed; presented by co-presenter in my absence)

7 Conroy, S. and Taggart, H. Concurrent Session Co-Presenter, “Impact of a cultural immersion experience on allied health student perceptions about Chinese medicine and healthcare,” ASAHP Annual Conference and Meeting, Charlotte, NC, October 20, 2010 (Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. and Taggart, H. Concurrent Session Co-Presenter, “East meets west: A cultural immersion experience in Traditional Chinese Medicine,” Sigma Theta Tau International 21st Nursing Research Congress, Orlando, July 15, 2010 (Blind Peer Review)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Opening Address to the Conference on Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Geriatric Care, Georgia Geriatric Education Center, Armstrong Atlantic State University, February 13, 2010

Conroy, S. (Invited) Concurrent Session Presenter: “Coping with the current budget crisis as a College of Health Professions Dean,” ASAHP College of Health Deans Summer Meeting, Boston, July 2009

Conroy, S. (Invited) Concurrent Session Moderator: “Incorporating clinical simulation technology into a health professions curriculum,” New Directions in Education: Innovations and Evidence: 2008 ASAHP Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 31, 2008

Conroy, S. Concurrent Session Presenter: “Partnerships for global understanding,” National League for Nursing Educational Summit 2008: The Power of Diversity in Nursing Education, San Antonio, September 18, 2008 (Blind Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Moderator and Chair: “Topics and issues related to health professions programmatic accreditation: Dialogue with ASAHP,” ASPA Fall Meeting, New Orleans, September 7, 2008

Conroy, S. Concurrent Session Moderator: “The winds of change,” 2007 ASAHP Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, October 17, 2007

Conroy, S. (Invited) Presenter: “Online professional doctoral degrees,” ASAHP College of Health Deans Summer Meeting, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, July 27, 2007

Conroy, S. (Invited) Keynote Presenter: “Nursing and nursing education in the United States,” Heilongjiang Forestry Health College, Jiamusi, China, March 26, 2007

Conroy, S. (Invited) Session Presenter: “Traditional Chinese Medicine,” ASAHP College of Health Deans Summer Meeting, Las Vegas, July, 2006

Conroy, S. Podium Presenter: “Health professions education in China,” North American Consortium of Nursing and Allied Health for International Cooperation (NACNAH) Annual Conference, November 19, 2005 (Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Panel member, Special Session: “Creating a global nursing education community: A dialogue,” NLN Education Summit 2005. September 30, 2005

Conroy, S. (Invited) Keynote Speaker: “Overview of healthcare and education in the United States.” Sino- American Academic Conference of Medicine and Nursing: The 2005 US-China Medical and Nursing Intercommunication, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital Group, Minhang Hospital. Shanghai, China. May 16, 2005

8 Conroy, S. Invited Speaker: Ogden Exchange Club: “Child abuse and child abuse prevention.” April 2004

Conroy, S. (Invited) Concurrent Session Leader: “Gender equity,” VCCS Perkins Improvement Workshop, January 30, 2002

Conroy, S. Podium Presenter, Concurrent Session: “Using web course software to enhance instruction,” Horizons 2000: New technologies for teaching and learning, Regional conference, April, 2000 (Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Podium Presenter: “Preparing the millennial nurse: Virginia Board of Nursing update,” VACADNE Annual Conference, November, 1999

Conroy, S. (Invited) Panel Member: “Rehabilitative alimony: Representing nursing as an option.” Virginia Continuing Legal Education Annual Divorce Practice Seminar, October, 1998

Conroy, S. Presenter: "Continued competence in nursing," Educational Session, Virginia Board of Nursing, July, 1998

Conroy, S. (Invited) Presenter: "Delegation and unlicensed assistive personnel," Richmond/Petersburg Area Directors and Educators, March, 1997

Conroy, S. Presenter: "The chemically dependent nurse," Educational Session, Virginia Board of Nursing, July, 1996

Conroy, S. & Bullman, G. Program Faculty/Podium Co-presenter: "Developing a critical incident stress debriefing team in the maternal-infant workplace," AWHONN's 1996 National Convention, June 3, 1996 (Blind Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Roundtable Facilitator: "Effective strategies for working with your state legislature," AWHONN's 1996 National Convention, June 5, 1996

Conroy, S. Concurrent Session Presenter: "Health technology programs: Outlook for the 21st century," VCCS New Horizons Conference, February 19, 1996 (Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. Program Faculty/Podium Presenter: "Critical incident stress in the maternal-infant workplace," AWHONN's 1995 National Convention, June 6, 1995 (Blind Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Roundtable Facilitator: "New strategies for managing menopause," AWHONN's 1995 National Convention, June 7, 1995

Conroy, S. & McCartan, A. M. (Invited) Keynote Speakers: "VCCS's view of the 21st century," 60-minute General Session at the VCCS Allied Health and Nursing Peer Group Conference, April 22, 1995

Conroy, S. (Invited) Panel Member before the Virginia General Assembly's Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Virginia: “Issues regarding program duplication in higher education,” April 12, 1995

Conroy, S. Poster presentation: "Critical incident stress in the maternal-infant workplace," VCU/MCV Alumni Conference and Lectureship: Excellence in nursing: Transforming education and practice, November 3, 1994 (Peer Reviewed)

9 Conroy, S. Poster presentation: "Critical incident stress debriefing for maternal-child nurses," The MCN National Convention, March, 1992 (Blind Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. Podium Paper presentation: "Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for Maternal-Child Nurses," Eighth National NAACOG Meeting, June, 1991 (Selected as winner for the innovative program paper award) (Blind Peer Reviewed)

Conroy, S. (Invited) Facilitator: Maternal-Child Nursing National Convention, Nurse Faculty Network Group, March, 1990

Conroy, S. (Invited) Continuing Education Session Presenter: Sexuality for the nineties, ORMC Local Conference on Women's Health, May, 1990.

Conroy, S. Poster Presentation: The reality impact of sex education, National Family Health Nursing Conference, April, 1990 (Blind Peer Reviewed)

Awards

2016 Selected as a 2016 DFW Great 100 Nurses Honoree

2016 Named as one of 30 Influential Baylor Women You Should Know Over Past 170 Years

2015 Awarded the Baylor University 2015 Leadership in Undergraduate Research Award

2015 Finalist, Excellence in Nursing Award for Leadership, D Magazine

2014 Finalist, Excellence in Nursing Award for Leadership, D Magazine

2014 Named as one of 100 Inspiring Nursing Professors to Watch in 2014, http://onlinelpntorn.org/inspiring-nursing-professors/

2013 Honored as a Visionary Leader during the 120 year history of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, VCU School of Nursing Gala, May 2013

2009 Selected for Induction to Alpha Eta National Allied Health Honor Society

2003 Named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2003 - 2004, nominated by students

2002 American Council on Education Women’s Senior Seminar Fellow – Virginia Network, 2002 - 03

1999 Honored as one of Virginia's 99 Outstanding Nurses during the Virginia Nurses Association Centennial Celebration, May 5, 1999

1991 Florida Nurses’ Foundation Edna Hicks Endowment Award for Research

1991 Selected by NAACOG (now AWHONN) for the Outstanding Innovative Program Paper Award for “Critical Incident Stress Debriefing for Maternal-Child Nurses” at the Eighth National Meeting

1991 Selected for induction to Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

1990 Selected for induction to Kappa Delta Pi National Education Honor Society

10 1986 Named to Who’s Who in American Nursing for 1986 and several other subsequent years

1985 Named to Outstanding Young Women of America

1978 Inducted as a Charter Member of the Gamma Omega Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

1978 Professional Nurse Traineeship Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1978 - 1981

Professional Activities

Professional Organization Memberships

American Nurses Association (current)

Texas State Nurses Association (current)

Texas Nursing Legislative Action Coalition

Sigma Theta Tau International, 1978 - current

Southern Nursing Research Society, 2013 - current

2017 Conference Abstract reviewer, 2016

American Association of Colleges of Nursing Deans and Directors, 2008 - present

National League for Nursing, 1993 - current

Southern Regional Education Board Council on Collegiate Nursing Education, 1993 - present

Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Education Deans and Directors, 2012 - current

Texas Association of Deans and Directors of Professional Nursing Programs, 2012 - current

Texas Team Advancing Health through Nursing, 2013 - current

Nurses Christian Fellowship, 2012 - current

Health Sciences Division, Council on Undergraduate Research, 2004 - current

National/International Professional Activities

Professional Nurse Credentials and Standards Committee, CGFNS International, 2016 - current

Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference and First Colloquium on Chronic Illness Care Conference Co- organiser, March 2 - 4, 2016; Concurrent session and poster abstract reviewer

AACN New Dean Mentoring Program, Appointed as Dean Mentor, 2016 - current

11 Executive Development Series Subcommittee, AACN, April 2014 – March 2016

Special AACN Task Group to work with US News and World Report staff regarding the survey and rankings for graduate nursing programs, 2015 - current

Invited participant to 2015 AACN Invitational Faculty Policy Symposium, December 3 - 4, 2015, Washington, DC

Appointed ASAHP representative on the Board of Directors for the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), April 2011 to April 2012

Designated as a U. S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant Reviewer 2010 - present

Onsite Reviewer, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, 2009 - current

NLN/NLNAC Global Nursing Education National Joint Task Force, 2005 – 2008

NLNAC National Evaluation Review Panel, 1999 - 2008. Review nursing education program accreditation visit reports and make accreditation decision recommendations to the Board of Commissioners.

Program Evaluator for the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, 1994 - 2008. Served as Team Chair for visits made twice a year.

Accreditation evaluation team member, Northwest Commission on College and Universities, 2004 - 2008

Activities as a member of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP), 2003 – 2011:

-Member ASAHP Deans Council, College of Health Deans Council

-Western Deans Council, 2003 - 2008

-Member of the ASAHP Accreditation Committee, 2005 - 2011

-Chairperson, ASAHP Accreditation Committee, 2007 – 2011

-Member, Task Force on Interprofessional Education and Practice, 2011

-Elected to the National Nominating Committee 2006 - 2008

-Appointed to the ASAHP Annual Meeting Program Committee 2007

Curriculum Consultant for International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) Online National Train the Trainer Recertification Course, 2006 - 2008

National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Nursing Practice and Education National Committee 2000 - 2002. Chair of NCSBN Ad-Hoc Committee on Education Standards for Nursing Programs, 2002

NCSBN National Search Committee for Executive Director, 2001

12 Delegate to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Annual Meeting, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001.

Member of the NCSBN program planning committee for the Board Presidents Forum for the 2000 Annual Meeting

Editorial Review Boards/Manuscript Reviewer:

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Invited Reviewer, 2016

Journal of Professional Nursing, Peer Reviewer, 2014 - present

Journal of Christian Nursing, Peer Reviewer, 2013 - present

Journal of Allied Health, Professional Reviewer, 2010 - 2012

Connecting: Teaching and Learning with Technology in the VCCS, Member, Editorial Board, (juried on-line journal) 2001 - 2002

Ladewig, P., London, M. & Olds, S. (1998). Maternal-Newborn nursing care. (4th ed.). Reading, PA: Addison Wesley Longman., Professional Reviewer

Accreditation Consultant for nursing education programs since 1997

Regional/Local Professional Activities

Board of Trustees, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, November 2012 – current. Serve as a Trustee Member on the Medical Staff Faculty Governance Council. Board representative to Quality Improvement and Safety Committee, Faculty Governance Council, and the Baylor Research Institute Board

Board of Directors, Initiative 180 Non-Profit Board, 2015 - present

President, Texas Association of Deans and Directors of Professional Nursing Programs, 2016 - 17. Vice-President and President-Elect 2015 - 16

Baylor Healthcare System Nursing Research Council, 2012 - 2015

Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition, February 2011 - January 2012

Planning Committee Member and Workgroup Leader, Georgia Nursing Summit: Robert Wood Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action in Georgia, February 2011

Member, Institutional Review Board, Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, GA, 2009 - 2012

Distinguished Judge, Memorial University Medical Center’s Research Day 2009, 2010

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Center Community Outreach Committee Member 2009 - 2012

13 University System of Georgia Administrative Committee on Public Health, 2008 - 2011

Statewide Task Force on Health Professions Education, University System of Georgia, 2008 - 2009

Georgia Hospital Association State Workforce Council, 2008 - 2011

Georgia Hospital Association State Workforce Council Staffing Workgroup, 2008

American Cancer Society Chatham County Leadership Council, 2008 - 2011

Board Member, Prevent Child Abuse Utah, 2006 - 2008

Board Member Northern Utah Area Health Education Center, August 2003 - 2008

Member, Utah Nursing Leadership Forum, 2003 - 2007

Conference Planning Team Member, Utah Training Conference for International Critical Incident Stress Foundation’s May 2006 Conference in Salt Lake City

Utah Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention, under the direction of the Board of the Division of Family and Child Services of the Utah Department of Human Services - charged with completing a report on Child Abuse in Utah for the Governor, legislators, and state agencies, 2004 - 2006

Virginia Board of Nursing, Appointed member, 1995 - 2003:

President, 1999 - 2000

Vice-President, 1998, 2001

Chair of the Committee of the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine to regulate Advanced Practice Nursing, 1995 - 2000

Chair of the Education Special Conference Committee, 1996 - 2000

Chair of the Education Advisory Committee, 1996 - 1999

Chair of Legislative Committee, 2000 - 2003

Chair of Continued Competence Committee, 1999 - 2003

Chair of Regulatory Review Committee, 2001

Nursing representative to the Department of Health Professions Task force to develop model regulations enacted by the Virginia General Assembly to establish the Healthcare Practitioners Intervention Program and to review the RFP to select the program provider, 1997, 2002

Nursing representative member grant review and awards committee, Virginia Department of Aging Services, 2002

14 Expert Reviewer and consultant, medical malpractice cases for Mays and Valentine, LLP, 1999 - 2000

Finance Committee Chair - Virginia League for Nursing, 1995 - 1996

Advisory Committee Member, Chesterfield Technical Center Health Occupations, 1994 - 2001

Professional Member, Board of Directors, Parents Anonymous of Florida. Secretary of Board 1987 - 1989

Chairman, Parents Anonymous Advisory Board for Osceola County, 1985 - 1988

Osceola County Child Abuse Prevention Task Force member, 1985 - 1987

Project Freeway - Florida Governor's Task Force on Drug Abuse Prevention, 1986

Advisory member - Central Florida Help End Abuse Today (H.E.A.T.)

Served as Coordinating Interviewer and Expert Witness for Osceola County in a multi-victim child sexual abuse court case (1986)

Conducted training for professionals in Osceola County on Child Abuse, Incest and Interviewing Child Sexual Abuse Victims, 1985 - 87

Organizing member and Debriefer for Osceola County Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, 1987

American Red Cross Disaster Nurse Volunteer - Hurricane Andrew Shelters in Miami, 1992

Invited External Reviewer

Jordan University of Science and Technology Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing reviewer for faculty promotion to Associate Professor 2016

West Virginia University School of Nursing reviewer for faculty promotion to full Professor 2013

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