Dr. Denise Hammer DNP, RNC-NIC
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
NUR 316.011 Maternal Infant Nursing Clinicals
NUR 316.012 Maternal Infant Nursing Clinicals
NUR 316.013 Maternal Infant Nursing Clinicals
NUR 317.007 Nursing Care Of Children Clinicals
NUR 329.007 Public Health Nursing: Prelicensure Clinicals
Teaching Interests & Areas
Maternal Infant, Pediatrics, Public Health, Health Assessment
Research Interests & Areas
Late Preterm Infant, Neonatal hypoglycemia, Nursing Education, Feeding for Fragile Infants, Human Lactation, Nursing Practice and Nursing education.
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
MSN Nursing
Benedictine University
Lisle, Illinois
Other
Benediction Univeristy
Lisle Illinois
BSN Nursing
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington Illinois
Kathleen A. Hogan Teaching Excellence Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2024
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Award of Excellence - Scholarly Education Nominee
AWHONN
2024
Full Graduate Faculty Member/Status
Illinois State University
2023
Provost Scholarship
Illinois State University
2022
Carle Foundation Nurses Week Essay Writing Contest Winner
Carle Foundation
2021
RISE Award
Illinois State Univeristy
2020
Nominated for the University Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2019
Nurse Educator Fellow
Illinois Board of Higher Education
2019
Associate Graduate Faculty Status
Illinois State Universtiy
2018
2016 Nurses Week Story Contest 2nd Place
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center
2016
Nurses Week 2013 Story Contest Winner
Advocate BroMenn medical Center
2013
Julie Schaffer Research Fellowship
Advocate Healthcare
2012
Nursing Excellence Award Advocate Health Care Outstanding Professional Achievement for Clinical Care
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center
2012
Julie Schaffer Research Fellowship
Advocate Healthcare
2011
Inspire the Fire Nursing Process Award
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center
2007
Quest Team
BroMenn Medical Center
2005
Grants and Contracts
Retaining Future Nurses: A Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Analysis of BSN Student Retention
Patricia Pence, Janet LoVerde, Denise Hammer, Teresa Novy, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Mark Zablocki.
Illinois State University. June 2025
Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit Clinical Model versus Traditional Clinical Model for Accelerated Bachelors Nurses
Denise Hammer, Teresa Novy, Theresa Adelman- Mullally.
Sigma Theta Tau International Epsilon, Epsilon Chapter Research Grant. May 2023 - September 2023
Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit Clinical Model versus Traditional Clinical Model for Accelerated Bachelors Nurses
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Denise Hammer, Teresa Novy.
Sigma Theta Tau International, XI PI Chapter. April 2023 - September 2023
University Research Grant Research Development Award
Denise Hammer.
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat. June 2021 - September 2022
University Reserch Grant Research Development Award
Denise Hammer.
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat. June 2021 - August 2021
Mennonite College of Nursing Summer Research Fellowship
Denise Hammer.
Illinois State University. May 2020 - August 2020
Nurse Educator Fellow FY 2020-Illinois Board of Higher Education
Denise Hammer.
Illinois Board of Higher Educaion. 2019 - 2020
Other
The Late Preterm Infant
Denise Hammer.
Advocate Talent Management System, 35, (2018)
Presentations
Self-care lessons from NCFDD: An essential to enhance student resilience.
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Denise Hammer.
Center for Integrated Professional Development Teaching-Learning Symposium, Normal IL, April, 2024
Research in the Making
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Teresa Novy, Denise Hammer.
Epsilon Epsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Annual Meeting, Bradley University, Peoria IL, April, 2024
Research in the Making: DEU
Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Teresa Novy, Denise Hammer.
Xi Pi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, new member induction, Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal IL, April, 2023
A Safe Place to Learn: Improving Schools Health Emergencies
Denise Hammer, Analia Elizalde.
Mennonite College of Nursing Virtual Scholarship Symposium: Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Innovation., Normal, March 23, 2023
“I Am Human Too! A Conversation about Health Care Equity”
Denise Hammer.
“I Am Human Too! A Conversation about Health Care Equity”, Normal Illinois, March 23, 2023
DEU
Teresa Novy, Denise Hammer.
DEU Development Day for Preceptors, Normal, Illinois, July 20, 2022
Going for the Gold: Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep
Brenda Drury, Denise Hammer.
Cribs for Kids Spring Conference, Online, May 5, 2022
Its’s all About your: Delivering Respectful Care in Maternal Child
Denise Hammer.
McDowell Stafford Lectureship Series in Child and Family Health Educational Lecture, Normal Illinois, April 28, 2022
Respectfully Nursing Care: What patient Should Expect!"
Denise Hammer.
McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Community Lecture, Normal Illinois, April 27, 2022
Perception of tobacco use risk, maternal fetal attachment, and perceived stress as factors associated with tobacco use during pregnancy
Teresa Gulley, Kim M. Astroth, Melissa Jarvill, Denise Hammer, MyoungJin Kim.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Schaumburg, Illinois, April 1, 2022
Going for the Gold: Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep
Brenda Drury, Denise Hamemr.
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium, Normal Illinois, March 24, 2022
Perception of tobacco use risk, maternal fetal attachment, and perceived stress as factors associated with tobacco use during pregnancy
Theresa Gulley, Kim M. Astroth, Denise Hammer, MyoungJin Kim.
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium, On line, March 24, 2022
The Physiologic and Emotional Effects of Music Therapy in the NICU
Madelyn Jensen, Denise Hammer.
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium, Normal Illinois, March 24, 2022
Facilitator
Denise Hammer.
Carle Nursing Clinical Inquiry Conference Evidence Based Practice and Research, Urbana Illinois, December 7, 2021
Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep
Brenda Drury, Denise Hammer.
Carle Nursing Clinical Inquiry Conference, Evidence-Based Practice and Research, Online, December 7, 2021
Neonatal Resuscitation
Denise Hammer.
MedBound Global Network Live Webinar, Online presented from Illinois State University supported by community in India, December 2, 2021
Pasteurized Donor Human Milk
Angela Philpott, Denise Hammer.
Nurses Week Poster Conference Carle Healthcare System, Bloomington, Illinois, May 12, 2021
FY20Nurse Educator Fellows Abstracts June 2020
Denise Hammer.
The Illinois Nursing Workforce Center Advisory Board Meeting, Online, June 6, 2020
The Mouth Connection How our Mouth Connects to Our Overall Health
Denise Hammer.
McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Educational Series, Normal, Illinois, April 4, 2019
“The Mouth Connection: Happiness, Health, and Well Being”
Denise Hammer.
McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Community Series, Normal Illinois, April 3, 2019
Using Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Theory to Design and Sustain Evidence Based Practice For Management of Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Denise Hammer.
Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium, Normal, March 21, 2019
Keep Moms and Babies Together: Making Best Practice Happen
Brenda Drury, Keli Sidebottom, Denise Hammer, Susan Kaufman.
21st National Mother Baby Nurses Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 8, 2018
Management of the Newborn at Risk for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Denise Hammer.
Faculty Candidate Presentation, Normal, Il, March 27, 2018
Diffusion of Innovations Using Rogers Change Theory Implementing a Glucose Gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Denise Hammer.
Advocate BroMenn Nurses Week, Bloomington Illinois, May 9, 2017
“Diffusion of Innovations Using Rogers Change Theory Implementing a Glucose Gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypoglycemia
Denise Hammer, Peggy Jacobs, Carla Pohl, Susan Kaufman, Brenda Drury.
Advocate Health Care Nursing Research Symposium, Oak Brook, Illinois, April 18, 2017