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Nina Ford MSN, RN

Instructional Assistant Professor
Mennonite College of Nursing
Office
MNSC Mcn Simulation Center 123
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Current Courses

NUR 229.001 Adult Nursing I Clinicals

NUR 229.002 Adult Nursing I Clinicals

NUR 227.091 Health Assessment Across The Life Span: RN To BSN

NUR 317.009 Nursing Care Of Children Clinicals

NUR 329.009 Public Health Nursing: Prelicensure Clinicals

Teaching Interests & Areas

Adult I Lecture and Clinical
Adult II Lecture and Clinical
Health Assessment Lab
America's Promise Clinical
RN to BSN Health Assessment
RN to BSN Nursing Concepts I
RN to BSN Nursing Concepts II

Research Interests & Areas

Nurse Faculty transition from practice to academia
Faculty succession and curriculum handoff
Faculty Mentorship
New faculty onboarding
Growing student empathy
Student and Faculty civility
Online student engagement
Nursing simulation for online learning

Ph D Nursing

Illinois State University

MSN Nursing Education

Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, Illinois

BSN

Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia

BS Exercise Science and Psychology

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

Journal Article

Adelman-Mullally, T., Nielsen, S., Ford, C., Astroth, K., & Chung, S. Y. (2024).
Lessons learned: Using a Three-Step Model of Planned Change for nursing curricular revision. Journal of Professional Nursing, 53, 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.05.009. Times cited (1).
Shropshire, M., Hovey, S., Ford, C., & Wendler, C. Older adults ‘Have so Much to Teach Us’: A qualitative study of BSN student perceptions when anticipating clinical in the nursing home. International Journal of Older People Nursing 17.3 (2022)
Stockmann, C., Ford, N., & Peterson, K. Nursing Faculty Well-Being: A Qualitative Study. International Journal for Human Caring

Presentations

Nursing Faculty Well-Being: A Focus Group Study. MCN Virtual Scholarship Symposium: Research, Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation. Mennonite College of Nursing. (2021)
Sharing the Results: A qualitative study of BSN student experiences when anticipating clinical in long term care. Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium at Illinois State University. Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University. (2020)

Grants & Contracts

Nursing faculty well-being: A focus group study. Mennonite College of Nursing. Illinois State University. (2021)