Dr. Mary Dyck PhD, RN, NHA
Director of Graduate Studies
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Dyck is an experienced gerontological nurse researcher with experience in teaching, clinical care, and service in nursing homes. Her six years as a nursing home administrator provide passion for her work. The focus of her research agenda is nursing home quality.
Current Courses
NUR 565.091 Changing Health Care Systems: Quality Science And Outcomes
NUR 224.001 Contemporary Professional Nursing
NUR 326.002 Gerontological Nursing
NUR 453.091 Organizational Behavior In Health Care Systems
Research Interests & Areas
Nursing Home Quality, Leadership and Administration, quality improvement, gerontological nursing.
Nursing Leadership Interventions and Weight Loss in Nursing Homes
John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Mentors: Dr. Marilyn Rantz (University of Missouri-Columbia) & Meridean Maas (University of Iowa)
Ph D Gerontological Nursing Research
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Iowa City, IA
Other Medical-Surgical Nursing
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Other Nursing
Goshen College
Goshen, IN
Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing
National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence
2022
Outstanding College Researcher
Mennonite College of Nursing
2020
Meridean Maas Faculty Research Mentor Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2017
University Service Award nominee
Illinois State University
2016
University Teaching Award Category 1, Nominee
Illinois State University
2015
Graduate Program Teaching Award, Finalist
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University
2014
University Teaching Award Category 1, Nominee
Illinois State University
2014
Graduate Program Teaching Excellence, Finalist
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University
2013
Meridean Maas Faculty Mentoring Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2010
University Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2009
Gerontological Nursing New Investigator Award
Midwest Nursing Research Society Gerontological Nursing Section
2009
College Researcher of the Year
Mennonite College of Nursing
2008
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Educator Fellowship
Illinois Board of Higher Education & the Illinois Center for Nursing
2008
Faculty Publication Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2004
Faculty Publication Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2003
Faculty Publication Award
Mennonite College of Nursing
2002
Grants and Contracts
The PROUD Program: Increasing Undergraduate Diversity
Mary J. Dyck.
HRSA. May 16 2019 - June 30 2021
Dissertation Completion Grant
Susan Hovey, Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois State University Graduate School. November 2015 - April 2016
MCN Doctoral Research Grant
Susan Hovey, Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing. May 2015 - April 2016
University Research Grant
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny.
Illinois State University. July 1 2015 - June 30 2016
Education and Learning Needs Assessment for Nursing Home Nurses
Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim.
William E. and Nancy Froelich Endowment for Long Term Care. 2011 - 2012
Education and Learning Needs Assessment for Nursing Home
Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim.
Illinois State University William E. and Nancy Froelich Endowment for Long Term Care. 2010 - 2011
Education and Learning Needs Assessment for Nursing Home Nurses
Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim.
Illinois State University Faculty Scholarship Development Fund. 2010 - 2011
Administrative Responses of Church-Based Nursing Facilities Towards LG Elders
Mary J. Dyck, Marcena L. Gabrielson.
Illinois State Univeristy - University Research Grant. 2009 - 2010
Social Support Perceptions and Needs of Older Lesbians
Mary J. Dyck, Marcena L. Gabrielson.
Illinois State Univeristy - University Research Grant. 2009 - 2010
Educational Needs Assessment for Nursing Home Directors of Nursing
Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois State Univeristy - University Research Grant. 2008 - 2009
Leveraging Gerontology Expertist to Reduce Health Disparities in Rural Elders through Telehealth
Susan P. Kossman, Elizabeth Carlson, Mary J. Dyck.
Research and Sponsored Programs Office, ISU. 2008 - 2009
Summer Grantwriting Initiative Award
Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois State Univeristy. 2008 - 2008
Illinois Nurse Educator Fellowship
Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois Board of Higher Education. 2007 - 2008
Leveraging Gerontology Expertise to Reduce Health Disparities in Rural Elders Through Telehealth
Mary J. Dyck, Susan P. Kossman, E. Carlson.
Illinois State Univeristy. 2007 - 2008
Nursing Leadership Interventions and Weight Loss in Nursing Homes
Mary J. Dyck, Marilyn Rantz, Meridean Maas.
John A. Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Claire Fagin Fellow. 2005 - 2007
GNIRC/HCGNE Mentoring Grant
Mary J. Dyck.
University of Iowa College of Nursing. 2004 - 2005
Nursing Staffing Interventions Tool Development
Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois State Univeristy - University Research Grant. 2004 - 2005
Nursing Staffing and Resident Outcomes in Nursing Homes, Part II
Mary J. Dyck.
Illinois State Univeristy. 2003 - 2004
Nursing Staffing and Resident Outcomes in Nursing Homes, Part II
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Ridenour.
University of Iowa College of Nursing. 2003 - 2004
Graduate Incentive Fellowship
Mary J. Dyck.
University of Iowa Graduate College. 2002 - 2004
Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Mary J. Dyck.
University of Iowa College of Nursing. 2002 - 2003
Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31NR07824-01A1)
Mary J. Dyck.
National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health. 2002 - 2004
Sigma Theta Tau Xi Pi Chapter Research Scholarship
Mary J. Dyck.
Sigma Theta Tau. 2002 - 2002
Institutional Pre-doctoral Fellowship (T32NR07058) Through Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center of the University of Iowa College of Nursing
Mary J. Dyck, Toni Tripp-Reimer.
National Institute of Nursing Research. 1999 - 2002
Miller-Erb Nursing Develpment Fund
Mary J. Dyck.
1999 - 2001
Magazine/Trade Publication
How Do We Keep Our Brains Healthy?
Mary J. Dyck.
Healthy Cells, (June), (2013)
How do I choose a nursing home?
Mary J. Dyck.
Healthy Cells, (January/February), (2013)
What is assisted living?
Mary J. Dyck.
Healthy Cells, 18, (2012)
Confusion: Is it always dementia?
Mary J. Dyck.
Healthy Cells, (2011)
Manuscript
Gerontological Nursing Competencies: A crosswalk with the 4Ms framework of the Age-Friendly Initiative
Brenda Johnson, Mary J. Dyck, Susan Hovey, Michele Shropshire.
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 1-8, (2021)
Are Medicare Wellness Visits Improving Outcomes? A Systematic Literature Review
Susan Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, MyoungJin Kim, Mary J. Dyck.
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Online, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000411
Effects of Medicare Wellness Visits on Health Promotion Outcomes
Susan Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, MyoungJin Kim, Mary J. Dyck.
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Online, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000411
Presentations
The scope of LGBTQI health content in pre-licensure nursing curricula
Kat Bloompott, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim, Astroth Schafer Kim, Cherrill Stockmann, Erin Reitz.
NLN Nursing Education Summit, Washington, D. C., September, 2021
Why won't they come? Why won't they stay? Registered Nurses in long-term care
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny.
LeadingAge Illinois, Schaumburg, IL, April 2, 2019
Research as pedagogy: Collaborative faculty-student research
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny, John Blakeman, Crystal Bricker, Ashley Farrow, Janet LoVerde, Sandy Nielsen, Brenda Johnson.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference, San Diego, CA, January, 2019
Research as pedagogy: Collaborative faculty-student research
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny, John Blakeman, Crystal Bricker, Ashley Farrow, Janet LoVerde, Sandy Nielsen, Brenda Johnson.
Doctoral Education Conference, Coronado, CA, January, 2019
Research as pedagogy: Collaborative faculty-student research
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny, John Blakeman, Crystal Bricker, Ashley Farrow, Janet Loverde, Sandy Nielsen, Brenda Johnson.
AACN Doctoral Conference, Coronado, CA, January 17, 2019
Research as Pedagogy: Collaborative Faculty-Student Research
Mary J Dyck, Nancy L Novotny, John Blakeman, Crystal Bricker, Ashley Farrow, Janet Loverde, Sandra Nielsen, Brenda Johnson.
AACN Doctoral Conference, Coronado, CA, January 17, 2019
Effects of Primary Care Medicare Wellness Visits on Health Promotion Outcomes
Susan Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, MyoungJin Kim, Mary J. Dyck.
Midwest Nursing Research Symposium, Online, , 2018
Medicare Population Health Promotion Outcomes Research Abstract
S Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, MyoungJin Kim, Mary J. Dyck, Caroline M. Mallory.
OnlineMay, 2018
Medicare Population Health Promotion Outcomes Research
Susan Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, MyoungJin Kim, Mary J. Dyck.
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) Annual Conference, Buena Vista, FL, May 10, 2018
Effects of Primary Care Medicare Wellness Visits on Health Promotion Outcomes
S Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, MyoungJin Kim, Mary J. Dyck.
2018 Midwest Nursing Research Society, Online, April, 2018
Non-Pharmacological Interventions, Pain, and Comfort in Elder Residents with Persistent Pain
Michele Shropshire, Stephen Stapleton, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim, Caroline M. Mallory.
2018 Midwest Nursing Research Society, Online, April, 2018
Effects of Primary Care Medicare Wellness Visits on Health Promotion Outcomes
Susan Watkins, Kim M. Astroth, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim.
MCN Scholars Symposium, Normal, IL, April 5, 2018
Exploring scope of practice with nursing home nurses
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny.
OnlineApril, 2017
Comparing the effectiveness of non-pharmacological intervention on pain and comfort in elder residents
Michele Shropshire, Stephen Stapleton, Mary J. Dyck, Caroline M. Mallory, MyoungJin Kim.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN, April 8, 2017
Nurse Practice Act Update
Mary J. Dyck.
Clinical Advisory Panel, Online, December 1, 2016
The effect of first clinical assignments on prelicensure nursing students' atitudes toward persons who are aged
Susan Hovey, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim, Reese Cynthia.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2016: Baccalaureate Education Conference, Anaheim, CA, November, 2016
The Effect of First Clinical Assignments on Prelicensure Nursing Students Attitudes Toward Persons Who are Aged
Susan Hovey, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim, Cynthia Reese.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Conference, Anaheim, CA, November 18, 2016
Scope of Practice of Licensed Nurses in Illinois Nursing Homes
Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny.
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 17, 2016
Feasibility of simulation as an educational tool in the long term care setting
Sheryl Kelly, Mary J. Dyck.
Gerontological Society of America Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2016
Nurse Practice Act: Status Update
Mary J. Dyck.
OnlineSeptember 7, 2016
Implementing a Pain Tool Kit
Atkins, Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny, DeLong.
OnlineAugust, 2016
Implementing a Pain Tool Kit
K. Atkins, Mary J. Dyck, Nancy Novotny, K DeLong.
OnlineAugust, 2016
Application of Learning: Simulation in Geriatric Nurisng Education
Sheryl Kelly, Mary J. Dyck, Kim M. Astroth.
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, Grapevine, Texas, June 15, 2016
Scope of nursing practice: What is the law? Actual practice?
Mary J. Dyck, Krewer Cathy, Nancy Novotny, Charlene S. Aaron.
Leading Age Illinois Annual Convention, Schaumburg, IL, April 6, 2016
The effect of first clinical assignments on prelicensure nursing students' atitudes toward persons who are aged
Susan Hovey, Mary J. Dyck, MyoungJin Kim, Reese Cynthia.
Memorial Medical Center 2016: 22nd Annual Nursing Research Conference- The Scholarship of Clinical Practice, Springfield, IL, March, 2016