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The IUP Nursing Department will host a panel discussion on April 1, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to noon on “Stopping System Errors in the Healthcare World.” The presentation, free and open to the community, will be held in room 126 of the IUP Humanities and Social Sciences building. 

Professor Teresa Shellenbarger presented “Engaging Students in Nursing Research With Mobile Technology” at the 2015 NLN/Elsevier Technology Conference in Tampa, Fla. with Meigan Robb.

IUP’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health is looking for about 200 freshman or sophomore nursing students to participate in a national study related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) recertification.

An open house information session for the master’s program in Nursing will be held at IUP’s Monroeville campus on Thursday, June 4, 2015, from 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Dr. Ott (Nursing) and Dr. Irani (Biology) have published their interdisciplinary pedagogy research study titled "Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Real Time Feedback On The Bedside Hand Hygiene Behaviors Of Nursing Students" in the May 2015 [54(5):286-289] issue of Journal of Nursing Education, a peer-reviewed journal with approx. 20% acceptance rate.

Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, has been elected to serve as a member of the executive committee of the National League for Nursing Board of Governors and will also join the editorial board for Nursing Education Perspectives, a peer-reviewed research journal of the NLN.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is accepting applications for its Summer 2014 DNP to PhD in Nursing program at Dixon University Center in Harrisburg.

Lora Ott, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, will serve as a column writer/editor for the JRN safety column for a two-year term.

An information session for the master’s program in Nursing will be held at the Monroeville campus on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.

An information session for the master’s program in Nursing will be held in room 208 Johnson Hall on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at 6:00 p.m.

An information session for the master’s program in Nursing will be held in Johnson Hall on Wednesday, December 11, 2013.

Teresa Shellenbarger, professor and doctoral program coordinator in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, recently co-authored three articles in three separate journals.

Professor and doctoral program coordinator Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, was re-elected to the board of governors of the National League for Nursing for a three-year term.

Congratulations to Kamal Eldeirawi, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, for being selected to receive the highly competitive Nurse Faculty Scholar grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The IUP Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s Zeta Lambda chapter will present this program on October 30 in the Ohio Room of the HUB. This year’s theme is “Innovations in Clinical Practice and Education.” 

Ph.D. in Nursing candidate Loretta Builder was selected as a National League for Nursing Jonas Scholar for 2013–2014, one of only five doctoral nursing students throughout the country selected for the award.

IUP’s Zeta Lambda chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing is sponsoring the third annual Research and Education Day on Wednesday, October 30, in the Ohio Room of the HUB.

An information session for the master’s program in Nursing will be held at IUP’s Monroeville campus on Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at 6:00 p.m.

The master’s program in Nursing is currently recruiting students for a new cohort to begin in Fall 2013.

The final information session about the Ph.D. in Nursing program being offered at the Dixon University in Harrisburg is set for June 11, 2013.

Dr. Susan Poorman, a professor in the department of Nursing and Allied Health, was invited to deliver the keynote address at UPMC St. Margaret's Clinical Research Forum. The presentation held on May 24, 2013 was entitled, “The Research Circle: From Practice to Research and Back to Practice.”

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions will be offering NURS 781 Simulation in Nursing Education as a graduate elective this summer. The course will be taught in a workshop format on May 20, May 28, and June 11.

Projects by Professor Cynthia Zidek, Professor Edith West, and Professor Michele Crytzer, Department of Nursing, have been accepted for podium presentations at the Worldwide Nursing Conference, to be held in Singapore on July 8 and 9, 2013.

Professor Michele Gerwick, Professor Theresa Gropelli, and faculty member Pamela O'Harra, Department of Nursing, presented at the Elsevier Faculty Development Conference in Las Vegas in January.

Congratulations to Dr. Janice Holmes, former Sigma ZL president, whose abstract titled "Changing the Culture of Nurse Educators through a Caring-Leader Mentorship Model" was chosen for an oral presentation at the 42nd Biennial Convention of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, to be held November 16-20, 2013.

Zeta Lambda Chapter welcomes 29 undergraduate, one "dual," and one community member who were inducted at the ZL Luncheon held on April 20 at the Rustic Lodge in Indiana, PA.

Susan Poorman received the Nurse Educator Award for outstanding leadership as a nurse academician in baccalaureate and higher degree programs in Pennsylvania at the Best Practices in Nursing Education Conference in Pittsburgh on March 22, 2013.

Teresa Shellenbarger, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, was the keynote speaker at a conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania League for Nursing on March 22, 2013.

Julia Greenawalt, assistant professor in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, has been selected to take part in a national leadership program: the yearlong Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators.

Congratulations to Joan Ponzurick, a graduate nursing alumna, for receiving the Journal of School Nursing First Publication Award by a School Nurse. Ponzurick published an article in the February 2012 issue.

Find out more about the M.S. in Nursing program. Visit the Monroeville campus on two Mondays—March 18 and April 22, 2013—at 6:00 p.m.

The IUP Master’s Program in Nursing is currently recruiting students for a new cohort to begin in Fall 2013 for both the Education and the Administration tracks.

The Nursing and Allied Health Professions Department is expecting! Sim Mom and Sim NewB (baby) are due to arrive soon. Watch for upcoming news about our baby shower and due date!

The November Newsletter of the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is out.

Graduates of the IUP baccalaureate program from 2011–2012 achieved a passing rate of 99.18 percent on the NCLEX-RN exam—nearly ten percent higher than state and national pass rates.

Issue 5 of the Nursing Newsletter has been released. Read it here!

Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, and teaching associate Meigan Robb published “Using Technology to Promote Mobile Learning: Engaging Students With Cell Phones in the Classroom” in the November/December 2012 issue of Nurse Educator.

Volume V Issue 4 of the Nursing Newsletter has been released Read all about it!

The October edition of the IUP Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is now released. Read all about it!

The September 24th edition of the Nursing and Allied Health Professions newsletter is now released.

The Nursing and Allied Health Department has published its September 2012 newsletter.

Zeta Lambda’s second annual Research-Education Day will take place on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, in the Ohio Room of the IUP Hadley Union Building at 5:30 p.m.

Department of Nursing members have articles published in the April 2012 issue of Teaching and Learning in Nursing.

Plans are underway for a year-long celebration of the event. The honor society will have a table at the Crimson Huddle during Homecoming week, and will sell 30th-anniversary t-shirts at various times throughout the year.

The master’s program in Nursing is still recruiting students to the Education Track cohort at the Indiana campus for the Spring 2012 semester.

Zeta Lambda, IUP's chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau international honor society of nursing, has had an eventful year and is excited to announce upcoming events.

The recent End of Life Workshop collaboration with VNA Hospice, Windber Medical Center, and Indiana Regional Medical Center that was held at the new Kovalchick Complex was a huge success, with 100 attendees.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is now accepting students for the Master’s in Nursing Program education cohort, beginning January 24, 2012, at the Indiana campus.

Nursing and Allied Health Professions cordially invites you to the grand opening of our new Simulation Suite on the IUP campus, Donna D. Putt Hall, room G13, on Friday, December 9, 2011.

Dr. Susan G. Poorman, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, recently co-authored the article “Helping Students Who Struggle Academically: Finding the Right Level of Involvement and Living With Our Judgments.”

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions will hold an information session on November 16, 2011, for those interested in starting in the Master’s in Nursing Education track at IUP in Spring 2012.

Riah Hoffman, doctoral candidate in Nursing, presented a poster entitled “Incivility: A Concept Analysis in Nursing Education” at the convention of Sigma Theta Tau International, held in Grapevine, Texas, October 29–November 2, 2011.

The master’s program in Nursing is currently recruiting students for a new cohort to start in the Education Track at the Indiana campus for the Spring 2012 semester.

Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, and Cristina Stearns presented a poster titled, “Una Realidad! Recruitment and Retention of Hispanic Nursing Students” at the 2011 National League for Nursing Education Summit.

The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Environmental Health Task Force will host an interdisciplinary conference, plus a call for posters, on health and legal issues related to drilling the Marcellus Shale for natural gas on October 7, 2011.

Congratulations to Paulette Dorney, a Ph.D. in Nursing candidate, on receiving the Catherine Sanders Non-Traditional Student Award.

Cristina Stearns, doctoral candidate in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, gave a podium presentation entitled “From Insecure to Sure: Using Reflective Journaling with Baccalaureate Senior Students” at the Drexel University Nursing Education Institute.

Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger , Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, and doctoral candidate Meigan Robb presented a poster titled, “OMG: Encouraging Texting in the Classroom” at the Drexel University Nursing Education Institute.

Teresa Shellenbarger and Taylor Edwards, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, presented “Using Simulation to Teach Teachers their Role in Clinical Teaching” at the International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Center Conference, June 16–18, 2011.

Two Nursing faculty members and one doctoral candidate presented a poster at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Hot Issues Conference in Baltimore, Md., on April 14–16, 2011.

Meigan Robb and Lynn Bilder presented posters at the Eastern Nursing Research Society conference on March 23, 2011, in Philadelphia.

Five Department of Nursing faculty members presented posters at the eleventh annual Nurse Educator Institute on March 15–17, 2011, in Branson, Mo.

The Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania chapter from IUP took first place in the student nurse challenge at the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania annual convention in November 2010.

Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger, professor and doctoral program coordinator in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, recently published three articles.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions (NAHP) is pleased to announce the Education Program Report results from the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. The report reflects quarterly and yearly NCLEX-RN pass rates.

Teresa Shellenbarger, professor and doctoral program coordinator for thr IUP Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, joined the board of governors for the National League for Nursing.

The following are course offerings in graduate Nursing Education offered at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for Summer 2011, Fall 2011, and Spring 2012.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions was strongly represented at the National League for Nursing annual education summit held in Las Vegas, Nev., in September 2010.

Dr. Lisa Palmer and Dr. Julia Greenawalt, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, received a $299,890 grant to purchase simulation equipment to recreate a typical community dwelling of a rural patient with a common chronic illness.

Two members of the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions recently presented at the twenty-first annual International Research Congress in Orlando, Florida.

An article by IUP doctoral Nursing student Nina Kaktins, M.S., R.N., was published in the July 2010 special edition of the Nurses for a Green Keystone newsletter.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Graduate Nursing program is currently accepting applications for the Indiana and Monroeville cohorts scheduled to start Fall 2010.

Attend IUP’s summer M.S. in Nursing, Education Track Information Session at the IUP Monroeville Graduate and Professional Center on July 27, 2010.

Four faculty members from the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions gave poster presentations at the Drexel University Nursing Education Institute, June 21–24, 2010, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions graduate Nursing program is currently accepting applications for the Monroeville cohort scheduled to start May 21, 2010.

Shelly L. Moore, M.S.N., APRN-BC, C.N.E., and Timothy B. Campbell, M.S.N., CRNP, P.N.P.-B.C., both students in the Doctoral Nursing program in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions , have been selected as recipients of Highmark Graduate Student Awards . These awards have been made available by

Patty Prenni, a graduate of the master’s nursing program in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, has been chosen to receive an award from the Journal of School Nursing.

The Nursing and Allied Health Professions Department is now accepting applications for the Master of Science in Nursing degree. Cohorts in the Education Track are planned for the Summer 2010 semester on the IUP at Monroeville campus and for the Fall 2010 semester on the Indiana Campus.

The Nursing and Allied Health Professions Department is now recruiting for ten- and twenty-hour graduate assistantship positions. These are available for students who will be enrolled in the Summer 2010 Monroeville education track cohort and the Fall 2010 Indiana education track cohort.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health is pleased to announce results from the Education Program report from the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing, reflecting NCLEX-RN quarterly and yearly pass rates. The Department of Nursing board pass rate continues to stand higher than the state and national pass rates.

The National League for Nursing (NLN) Foundation for Nursing Education recently announced that IUP Nursing faculty member Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger was selected for the NLN/Johnson & Johnson Faculty Leadership and Mentoring Program.

Timothy B. Campbell, M.S.N., CRNP, doctoral Nursing candidate at IUP, coauthored “Toward Evidence-Based Teaching: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Two Teaching Strategies in an Associate Degree Nursing Program.”

Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree programs accredited by Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Both programs received the maximum ten-year accreditation.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions was strongly represented at the National League for Nursing annual summit held in Philadelphia, Pa., in September 2009.

The journal Teaching and Learning in Nursing has published student Shelly L. Moore’s article titled “Incorporating a Journal Club in Associate Degree Clinical Conference.”

Sandra A. Barton, M.S. in Nursing student with the Department of Nursing and Allied Health’s Monroeville cohort, has received the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing 2009 Article of the Year Award.

The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing has published the article "Time and Project Management Tips for Educators" by Nursing and Allied Health professor Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger.

Applications are now being accepted for part-time graduate Nursing courses for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. Master of Science in Nursing: Choose from two tracks—Administration or Education

Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing doctoral program coordinator, and Dr. Elizabeth Gazza, Chatham University, copresented “The Use of Contingent Faculty: Confirming Part-time Faculty Experiences” at the American Association of University Professors’ conference in Washington, D.C., on June 11–13, 2009.

Suzanne Smith, editor-in-chief of Nurse Educator and the Journal of Nursing Administration, recently met with the Ph.D. in Nursing students for a scholars seminar on May 1, 2009, to discuss writing for publication in nursing.

Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger, Nursing doctoral program coordinator, is the corecipient of the College of Health and Human Services Award for Excellence in Research for 2008–2009. Her proposal, submitted with co-project director Kevin McKee of the Department of Health and Physical Education , is entitled The Impac

Two doctoral Nursing students attended and presented posters at the Eastern Nursing Research Society's (ENRS) conference in March 2009.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, the IUP Department of Health and Physical Education, and St. Thomas More University Parish will present the fifth annual health fair on April 18.

IUP is planning to begin an LPN to BSN cohort at the Northpointe Campus and the IUP main campus in September 2010. Prior to enrollment, students will need to complete all prerequisite courses in the sciences and other areas on the curriculum outline.

The Journal for Nurses in Staff Development has published Susan Poorman’s co-authored article on “Decreasing Performance and Test Anxiety in Practicing Nurses.”

Nursing Education Perspectives has published Teresa Shellenbarger’s article, “Preparing for Certification in Nursing Education.”

The IUP Department of Nursing and Allied Health is proud to announce a 95% pass rate on NCLEX for the period April 2008 to September 2008. NCLEX is the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.

Dr. Nashat Zuraikat, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, presented in Amsterdam at the first International Conference on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector.

IUP will begin a Master of Science in Nursing part-time Education cohort in January 2009.

The November 3, 2008, edition of the Nursing Student and Faculty Newsletter is now available.

The IUP chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the Nursing Honor Society, has issued its October 2008 newsletter.  Check out stories on Nursing program news, new chapter officers, and more. 

The September issue of the Nursing Student and Faculty Newsletter is now available.

Susan Poorman published “Teachers’ Stories: How Faculty Help and Hinder Students at Risk” in Nursing Education Perspectives. 

The Allied Health Professions student and faculty newsletter is available.

Susan Poorman recently coauthored (with M. Mastorovich) a manuscript titled “Using Metacognitive Strategies to Help Students Learn in Pretest and Posttest Review,” published in Nurse Educator.

The Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions has released the Allied Health Newsletter for September.

For those who want to learn more about the M.S. and Ph.D programs in Nursing, these sessions will take place several times during the semester.