Publications
Keeping Families Close: A Hospital Sponsored Boarder Program that Facilitates Parents Presence at the Infant's Bedside
Journal Article
Neonatal Network, The Journal of Neonatal Nursing
2022
Innovations and Challenges of Implementing a Glucose Gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypolycemia
Journal Article
Advances in Neonatal Care/Wolters Kluwer
2018
Grants
Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit Clinical Model versus Traditional Clinical Model for Accelerated Bachelors Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International Epsilon, Epsilon Chapter Research Grant
September 2023
Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit Clinical Model versus Traditional Clinical Model for Accelerated Bachelors Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International, XI PI Chapter
September 2023
University Research Grant Research Development Award
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat
September 2022
University Reserch Grant Research Development Award
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat
August 2021
University Research Grant Research Development Award
Illinois State University
May 20 2021
Nurse Educator Fellow FY 2020-Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois Board of Higher Educaion
Mennonite College of Nursing Summer Research Fellowship
Illinois State University
August 2020
Presentations
A Safe Place to Learn: Improving Schools Health Emergencies
Mennonite College of Nursing Virtual Scholarship Symposium: Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Innovation.
March 23 2023
“I Am Human Too! A Conversation about Health Care Equity”
“I Am Human Too! A Conversation about Health Care Equity”
March 23 2023
DEU
DEU Development Day for Preceptors
July 20 2022
Going for the Gold: Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep
Cribs for Kids Spring Conference
May 5 2022
Its’s all About your: Delivering Respectful Care in Maternal Child
McDowell Stafford Lectureship Series in Child and Family Health Educational Lecture
April 28 2022
Respectfully Nursing Care: What patient Should Expect!"
McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Community Lecture
April 27 2022
Perception of tobacco use risk, maternal fetal attachment, and perceived stress as factors associated with tobacco use during pregnancy
Midwest Nursing Research Society
April 1 2022
Going for the Gold: Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium
March 24 2022
Perception of tobacco use risk, maternal fetal attachment, and perceived stress as factors associated with tobacco use during pregnancy
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium
March 24 2022
The Physiologic and Emotional Effects of Music Therapy in the NICU
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium
March 24 2022
Facilitator
Carle Nursing Clinical Inquiry Conference Evidence Based Practice and Research
December 7 2021
Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep
Carle Nursing Clinical Inquiry Conference, Evidence-Based Practice and Research
December 7 2021
Neonatal Resuscitation
MedBound Global Network Live Webinar
December 2 2021
Pasteurized Donor Human Milk
Nurses Week Poster Conference Carle Healthcare System
May 12 2021
FY20Nurse Educator Fellows Abstracts June 2020
The Illinois Nursing Workforce Center Advisory Board Meeting
June 6 2020
SOFFI Method Summary Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants
Infant Oral Feeding Readiness
November 22 2019
Comfort Menu Partner with Mom for Pain Control
22nd National Mother Baby Conference
September 11 2019
Maternal Sepsis: Early Recognition and Management Saves Lives
22nd National Mother Baby Conference
September 11 2019
A Sweet Solution: How a Nursery Shared Governance Group Implemented a Toolkit with Glucose Gel for Management of Neonatal Hypoglycemia
12th Evidence-Based Practice on the Frontline: Building a Culture of Quality, Safety and Nursing Professionalism
April 11 2019
The Mouth Connection How our Mouth Connects to Our Overall Health
McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Educational Series
April 4 2019
“The Mouth Connection: Happiness, Health, and Well Being”
McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Community Series
April 3 2019
Using Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Theory to Design and Sustain Evidence Based Practice For Management of Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium
March 21 2019
Keep Moms and Babies Together: Making Best Practice Happen
21st National Mother Baby Nurses Conference
September 8 2018
Management of the Newborn at Risk for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Faculty Candidate Presentation
March 27 2018
Diffusion of Innovations Using Rogers Change Theory Implementing a Glucose Gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Advocate BroMenn Nurses Week
May 9 2017
“Diffusion of Innovations Using Rogers Change Theory Implementing a Glucose Gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Advocate Health Care Nursing Research Symposium
April 18 2017
Implementing a Glucose-gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Advocate BroMenn Research Day
May 10 2016
Management of Newborns at Risk for Hypoglycemia
41st Annual March of Dimes Perinatal Conference: Research/Translating Evidence into Practice
March 7 2016
"Can You See Me Now?"
Nursing Research Symposium
The Late Preterm Infant