Dr. Denise Hammer DNP, RNC-NIC
Assistant Professor
Mennonite College of Nursing
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
316.091Maternal Infant Nursing Clinicals
316.092Maternal Infant Nursing Clinicals
317.007Nursing Care Of Children Clinicals
329.007Public Health Nursing: Prelicensure Clinicals
Teaching Interests & Areas
Maternal Infant Course Leader, Maternal Infant Theory, Maternal Infant Clinical, America's Promise Clinical (Pediatrics/Public Health), Pediatrics Theory, Health Assessment Lab
Research Interests & Areas
Late Preterm Infant, Neonatal hypoglycemia, Nursing Education, Feeding for Fragile Infants, Human Lactation and Feeding
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
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
Journal Article
Hammer, D., Sidebottom, K., Drury, B., Philpott, A., & Tay, L. Keeping Families Close: A Hospital Sponsored Boarder Program that Facilitates Parents Presence at the Infant's Bedside. Neonatal Network, The Journal of Neonatal Nursing 44.3 (2022): 150-158.
Hammer, D., Pohl, C., Jacobs, P., Kaufman, S., & Drury, B. Innovations and Challenges of Implementing a Glucose Gel Toolkit for Neonatal Hypolycemia. Pamela A. Harris_Haman and Ksenia Zukowsky (EDs). Advances in Neonatal Care/Wolters Kluwer 18.5 (2018): 378-385.
Presentations
A Safe Place to Learn: Improving Schools Health Emergencies. Mennonite College of Nursing Virtual Scholarship Symposium: Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Innovation.. Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University and SIGMA. (2023)
“I Am Human Too! A Conversation about Health Care Equity”. “I Am Human Too! A Conversation about Health Care Equity”. Illinois State University Multicultural Center. (2023)
DEU. DEU Development Day for Preceptors. Mennonite College of Nursing and Carle BroMenn Medical Center. (2022)
Going for the Gold: Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep. Cribs for Kids Spring Conference. Cribs for Kids. (2022)
Going for the Gold: Improving Outcomes Through Infant Safe Sleep. Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium. Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University. (2022)
Its’s all About your: Delivering Respectful Care in Maternal Child. McDowell Stafford Lectureship Series in Child and Family Health Educational Lecture. McDowell Stafford Lectureship Series in Child and Family Health Trust and Mennonite College of Nursing. (2022)
Perception of tobacco use risk, maternal fetal attachment, and perceived stress as factors associated with tobacco use during pregnancy. Midwest Nursing Research Society. MNRS. (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. Mennonite College of Nursing and SIGMA XI PI chapter. (2022)
Respectfully Nursing Care: What patient Should Expect!". McDowell Stafford Lecture Series in Child and Family Health Community Lecture. McDowell Stafford Trust and Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University. (2022)
The Physiologic and Emotional Effects of Music Therapy in the NICU. Mennonite College of Nursing Research Symposium. Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat. (2022)
Grants & Contracts
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. Other. (2023)
Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit Clinical Model versus Traditional Clinical Model for Accelerated Bachelors Nurses. Sigma Theta Tau International, XI PI Chapter. Other. (2023)
University Research Grant Research Development Award. Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat. Illinois State University. (2021)
University Reserch Grant Research Development Award. Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois Stat. Illinois State University. (2021)
Mennonite College of Nursing Summer Research Fellowship. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2020)