SOJ Nursing & Health Care

Dr. Danita Potter has been a trailblazer in nursing education with a career sparing over 16 years in higher education where she has held positions of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Sigma Theta Tau-Lambda Mu Chapter Faculty Advisor and Treasurer, Associate Dean, and presently, Director of Non-Traditional Nursing Programs at Northwestern State University College of Nursing in Shreveport, Louisiana. She has contributed to the body of science through scholarly presentations and publications while serving as a Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar and mentoring others to success. During here time at Grambling State University, she led the school to its self-study report, and site visits leading to continued accreditation for both the Masters and Bachelors programs. Nominated by her peers, Dr. Potter was selected as the recipient of the Sister Twohig Endowed Nursing Professorship at the University of Louisiana Monroe. During her time at ULM, she was the first African American Nursing Faculty to graduate from the Academy of Teaching Excellence. She was the first alumnus of Grambling State University to serve as the Chief Nursing Administrator (Associate Dean). During her spare time she serves on editorial boards, review boards for peer review nursing journals, serves as a Board of Trustee at a local hospital, contributes as a researcher at a local hospital, mentors and coaches junior faculty and doctoral students, and serves as an Advisory Board member with a local technical health-education program. 

Dr. Potter’s research for the last 15 years have focused on perceptions of nurse caring in rural health care and postpartum settings. Her research interests are Health disparities and education gaps among minorities including young mothers, families, and elderly continues to personally relevant today. 

Dr. Carol Hargate is a Professor of Nursing at Bethel University. In addition to teaching Carol maintains an active pediatric nurse practitioner practice.Carol served as team leader on a number of international medical mission trips to Nigeria and India. In 2014 Carol served as a Fulbright Specialist at Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Kathmandu Nepal. Carol currently serves in the role of Community Engagement Coordinator for the Nursing Department. Dr. Carol has presented at national and international conferences related to the topics of reconciliation, inter-professional education and practice, and addressing health equity.

Community Engagement

Academic and Community

Collaboration/Partnerships

Intercultural Learning

Inter-Professional Education and Practice

Advance Practice Nursing,

Population Focused Health Care

Health Equity

Health Policy

Dr. Rose E. Constantino is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Department of Health and Community Systems. She teaches Forensic Nursing based on the content of a book she co-edited  “Forensic Nursing: Evidence-based Principles and Practice published by F. A. Davis in 2013.  Her pro bono family law practice representing clients in court is founded on her research on the consequences of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on the health, safety and well-being of women, men and children worldwide. Her current research is in evaluating the effectiveness of Online and Mobile delivery of health interventions to survivors of IPV as a disruptive innovation (HELPP Zone app) in building healthy relationships. Her research focus is on women, men and children who survive Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The purpose of her research is to explore several methods of delivering intervention starting with face-to-face, email or mobile to college male and female students before they experience IPV and with women already experiencing IPV. 

Evaluating the effectiveness of Online and Mobile delivery of health interventions to survivors of IPV as a disruptive innovation HELPP Zone (Health, Education and Legal Participant Preferred) app in building healthy relationships.

Dr. Lorna K.P. Suen is currently an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. She received both her degrees in Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Public Health in the University of Sydney, Australia, while she obtained her PhD in Nursing from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She has acquired a Diploma in Clinical Acupuncture in 2003 and a Certificate in Auriculotherapy issued by the Auriculotherapy Certificate Institute (ACI) of USA in 2004. She has extensive experience in conducting randomized controlled trials using magnetic pellets for auriculotherapy in the clinical treatment of insomnia in the elderly, low back pain, constipation, and uncontrolled hypertension, and haspublished more than70scientific articles over the years. She is also interested in investigating the predictive value of auricular diagnosis, and has completed several projects on identifying the relationship between the auricular reflective points and coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, lower urinary tract syndrome in recent years.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Auriculotherapy and Auricular Diagnosis

Infection Control

Dr. Neva Crogan is a Professor of Nursing at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Dr. Crogan received her BSN from the University of the State of New York in 1983, a Master’s in Nursing from Eastern Washington University in 1992 and a Ph.D from Washington State University in 1998. Her post-doctorate education includes a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate in 2007 from the University of Virginia. She was the recipient of the 2011 Western Institute of Nursing – John Harford Geriatric Research Award for a senior researcher, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and was the co-recipient of the 2013 Sigma Theta Tau International Research Utilization Award. She has published more than 60 data-based research articles and has spoken at multiple regional, national and international conferences.

Dr. Crogan first worked as a nurse educator training nursing home staff in the care of older adults; then as a Washington State nursing home inspector ensuring quality care and compliance with state and federal regulations, and finally as a Nurse Consultant for a large number of skilled nursing facilities. Currently, she conducts aging research, practices nursing as a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, and acts as a consultant and expert reviewer for nursing homes and attorney groups.

A systems approach to improving the nutritional status

Quality of life of nursing home elders

Aging Research

Dr. Alberto Lazzero is Professor (NHS lecturer) of Emergency Medicine at the University of Turin, School of Nursing, Italy. He studied Medicine and Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine,University of Turin, Italy with honours (1993) working with Endocrine Research Laboratory,McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He received his specialization in Endocrinology andMetabolism at the University of Turin (1998) with honours. Dr. Lazzero got a Master of Sciences in Cronobiologia at the University of Milan (1993) with honours and a University Diploma in Chronobiologie at the Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris VI (Pitié Salpêtrière) France (1993).For his research in the endocrinology of the critical illness, he approached the Intensive and Emergency Medicine, field in which is now primarily committed. Dr. Lazzero holds a University Diploma in Emergency Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Nice Sophia–Antipolis, Nice, France (1997). He has been visiting doctor at the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland (Intensive Care Unit) (2003). He is now Emergency Physician at the United Hospitals of Pinerolo, Turin, Italy.

His interest towards new technologies applied to medicine brought him to have a II level Master of Sciences in eHealth from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Camerino with honours (2007). He, then, covered the role of Adjunct Professor of Emergency Care in Telemedicine and Telepharmacy at University of Camerino, Italy. Dr.Lazzero holds the position of eHealth co-Referent for the Local Health Unit Torino 3. He is President and Founder at ZOHE, E-Health Open Zone.

New Technologies Applied to Medicine

Emergency Care in Telemedicine

Dr. Lauren R. Goodloe is currently the Nursing Director for the departments of Medicine and Geriatric Services and Nursing Research at the Virginia Commomwealth University Health System where she provides clinical and administrative leadership.  Dr. Goodloe also holds the position of Assistant Dean for Clinical Operations and Associate Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing.  As the Assistant Dean for Clinical Operations at the VCU School of Nursing Dr. Goodloe provides coordination of clinical teaching, facilitation of the education and development of students at the VCU Health System, facilitation of joint program development and implementation between the VCU School of Nursing and the VCU Health System and facilitates collaborative practice between education and service.  She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in management and leadership, professional issues and health systems.

Dr. Goodloe earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Administration from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing in 2000.  She has 34 years of nursing experience as a clinician, manager, administrator and educator.  Areas of expertise include: Leadership Education, Clinical Ladders and Professional Advancement Programs, Creating Education/Service Partnerships and Clinical Leadership. She has worked with the Department of Biomedical Engineering on previous joint projects to partner BME students with practicing nursing in an intenstive care unit of an academic medical center. Dr. Goodloe is the current president of the Virginia Nurses Association and is on the board of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Educational level of nurse related to board of nursing violations

Clinical ladder advancements

Patient outcomes related to work environment to include staffing

Dr. Jodi Dampeer-Moore is an associate professor in the Department of Nursing at Delaware State University. She received her nursing under graduate degree and Masters of Science in Nursing degree from Wesley College with a focus in Health Promotion and Maintenance in the community setting and her Doctorate in Education from Delaware State University. Dr. Dampeer-Moore specific background is in Community Health and health promotion. Her research focus has focused on community health, cardiovascular disease, and perceptions of obesity and health disparities. Dr. Dampeer-Moore has numerous presentations and multiple peer-reviewed publications. 

Community Health

Cardiovascular Disease

Perceptions Of Obesity And Health Disparities

Debbie Beck, MSA/MSN RN is an accomplished educator, consultant, and administrator with over 35 years of experience in the nursing and health care field. She has been recognized by the International Nurses Association for outstanding leadership and for contributions to health care worldwide. Her background includes experience as an Associate Professor, Consultant, University Chair, Head Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, and Faculty Mentor. In the academic environment Debbie has worked in both in a traditional classroom setting, online, and in blended modalities.  She is a Subject Matter Expert for Nutrition, Health and Wellness content and is an active member of curriculum development and design, assessment and policy development for a university based nursing program. As a Campus College Chair, she supervised, coordinated, and evaluated educational programs and operational activities for undergraduate and graduate Nursing and Health Care offerings at 7 Metro Detroit Campuses. She has planned and participated in the development of several community service and CEU educational seminars and conferences. Administrative experiences in practice settings include development and implementation of multiple quality assurance improvements, recruitment, retention, and evaluation of department staff. Debbie is a member of multiple social service and professional nursing and organizations, is published and continues to be actively engaged in research.

Adult Health Nursing

Community Nursing

Parish Nursing

Health Care Leadership and Management

Innovative Teaching Strategies

Assessment of Student Outcomes

Faculty Development

Student Evaluations of Faculty

Differences in teaching online versus traditional classroom formats

Prof. Dr. Dimitri Beeckman has a nursing background and obtained his Master’s in Nursing Science and Midwifery in 2006 followed by an Academic Teacher Certificate in Social Health Sciences in 2007 at Ghent University, Belgium. In 2011 he obtained his phd in Social Health Sciences (Medical Social Sciences) with a thesis about pressure ulcer prevention and management of Incontinence- Associated Dermatitis (IAD). In 2010, he became a lecturer at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London, UK. In 2013, he was appointed as Professor in Nursing Science at the University Centre of Nursing & Midwifery at Ghent University, Belgium. He is specialized in the development and psychometric evaluation of instruments to measure outcomes of nursing interventions and in testing complex interventions in care. He was appointed as advisor of the Belgian Federal Counsel for the Quality of Nursing Activities during the development of indicators for measuring the quality of nursing care. He is currently lead investigator of several projects related to undernutrition in an elderly population (acute care and long- term care). He is Consulting Editor of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing as well as Associate Editor of BMC Geriatrics. He holds several editorial board memberships of international journals and is reviewer for many international high impact journals in the field of nursing and medicine. Prof. Beeckman holds different Fellowships such as Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the European Academy of Nursing Science.

Pressure Ulcers

Wound Care

Clinical Trials

Elderly Care

Incontinence- Associated Dermatitis

Liz Seabrook has 26 years of professional nursing experience, with 14 years as a professor in the Collaborative bscn program at Lambton College in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. On a daily basis, she is responsible for teaching medical-surgical nursing, health assessment, and clinical skills labs as well as teaching and supervising clinical groups, counseling and guiding students, and simulation champion for the program at Lambton. She has clinical interests in advanced wound care, pain management strategies, gerontological nursing, complex medical conditions and health and safety issues.  In 2015, she was the faculty lead at Lambton College in preparing her program for national accreditation.

In September 2015, Liz will embark on a one year sabbatical to begin her phd in Education with a focus on curriculum studies.  Her area of research interest is in evaluating critical thinking and knowledge acquisition of nursing students and new graduate nurses.  She received a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Windsor in 2006, a diploma in Occupational Health Nursing in 1998 from St. Lawrence College, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Windsor in 1995.

Liz is a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, the Canadian Nurses Association, the Canadian gerontological Nursing Association, The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, the International Association of Clinical Simulation Learning and the Sim ONE network in Ontario, Canada. 

Evaluating critical thinking and knowledge acquisition of nursing students and new graduate nurses

Robert Braun is an Adjunct Professor in Rutgers University, USA. He is a Healthcare professional and executive with nearly two decades of experience in academic, community hospital and university setting. Robert Braun serves as System Vice President in Cancer Service Line (Oncology) at Barnabas Health, USA. Robert Braun experiences includes program development, strategic planning, Revenue Cycle Analysis, Capital/Operating budget preparation, community relations, Marketing and Quality Improvement and Clinical experience includes Professional Nursing, Oncology Services (Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology), Diagnostic Radiology/Imaging, Ambulatory Services Education (Both on an undergraduate and Graduate level). Robert Braun Served as corporate director of the Radiation Oncology and Diagnostic Imaging Service line, that encompasses 8 Comprehensive Cancer Centers from the East-West coast.

Oncology

Clinical Research

Managed Care

Nursing

Healthcare Management

Medical Imaging

EMR Healthcare

EHR

Duc P. Do is an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences (pharmaceutics) at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy (CSU-COP). Prior to joining CSU-COP, he was an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), School of Pharmacy. Dr. Do has received awards in recognition of his teaching, research and service.

Dr. Do received his B.S. from the University of Georgia and Ph.D. In pharmaceutical sciences (pharmaceutics) from Mercer University, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. His research interests are in the areas of cancer epigenetics, drug delivery systems, dosage form formulation, microencapsulation technology, and pharmaceutical compounding. Dr. Do has over 60 publications and presentations. Currently, he serves as a copyeditor for European Journal of Chemistry, as a member of the Editorial Board for thirteen journals and as a reviewer for over fourteen scientific journals. Additionally, Dr. Do has served as an abstract and grant reviewer for several organizations. Dr. Do is a member of several scientific and professional organizations, including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS).

Cancer Epigenetics

Drug Delivery Systems,

Dosage Form Formulation

Microencapsulation Technology

Pharmaceutical Compounding

Dr. Janice Collins-McNeil is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Winston-Salem State University. She is an FNP and DNP nurse educator and she practices in primary care. Dr. Collins-McNeil has a broad range of nursing experience in critical care, primary care and public health nursing. She is an American Nurses Association, Ethnic Minority Scholar, and a National Institutes of Health-Health Disparities Scholar. Her practice and research involves working with underserved, vulnerable and at-risk populations. Dr. Collins-McNeil has participated in practice and research in adults with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and Mental illness symptoms. Dr. Collins-McNeil also works with an interdisciplinary team in schools, faith-based communities, and the university to improve the quality of life and opportunities for vulnerable and economically challenged persons. 

Interventions that reduce CVD risk factors

Identify depression and improve diabetes self-management in individuals with T2DM

J. Dirk Nelson, Ph.D. currently the Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at West Texas A&M University, received a baccalaureate degree from Montana State University (he is a member of Montana State’s Society of Centennial Alumni), and two graduate degrees from the University of Kansas.  He has been in higher education since 1989 and has held multiple administrative appointments for more than 20 years.  He has worked on a variety of campus initiatives addressing issues such as academic advising; student retention and graduation rates; curriculum development (traditional as well as online); capital projects; honor programs; nationally competitive scholarships; faculty development; and salary equity.  Topics for his writings include disease prevention and behavior modification; student development; pedagogy; academic leadership; and personnel management.

Outside academia, he has been involved in multiple community programs such as the Ronald McDonald House, the Special Olympics, the American Heart Association, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Disease prevention

Behavior modification

Human performance 

Student development

Pedagogy

Academic leadership

Personnel management

Dr. Long is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Lamar University.  In addition to teaching in the undergraduate and graduate programs, she maintains an active gerontological nurse practitioner practice at local long term care facilities.  She is currently serving as the Program Champion for a Music and Memory project at a local facility and is active in the states campaign to reduce the use of antipsychotics in long term care. Her interests include pharmacology, assessment, pathophysiology and geriatrics. She has over 28 years of experience as a clinician and educator.  She is a member of local, state, and national professional organizations and has roles as a Continuing Education Reviewer with the Texas Nurse’s Association at the State level and on the National level with the Education Committee with the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.  She previously served as the co-editor of the GAPNA section of the Geriatric Nursing Journal.  Current research projects include music and memory, reminiscence and themes involving older adults in children’s literature.  

Research Interests include:

1. The effect of music on memory, psychotropic drug use, depression, and inappropriate behaviors in long term care residents and older adults

2. The effect of Reminiscence on memory, psychotropic drug use, depression, and inappropriate behaviors in long term care residents and older adults

3. Public perceptions of aging

4. The representation of the older adult in the media and literature

5.  Decreasing hospital readmissions of patients in long term care

6.  Decreasing polypharmacy in the older adult

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Kar is presently working as Assistant Professor, Super specialty department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, and Kolkata, India. He has represented India in several world congress in Anesthesiology and Critical Care. He has published more than fifty research articles and reviews in high impact international journals including Anesthesiology (Journal of American Society of Anesthesiology). He is in the Editorial board of several journals and Editor of Translational Biomedicine, Insight of Blood Pressure, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Interventional Cardiology. He has won several international and National awards like Janak Mehta National Award for best paper in Cardiac Anesthesiology, B Braun Scholar of the year (2012), ESOP Scholarship (NWAC 2013) and presented papers and lectures in several National and International conferences. He is also a Poet and Writer of international repute with poetry published in several international Journals.

Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Dr. Mountasser Kadrie has a wide range of executive management experience gained from holding executive positions at world-renowned academic medical centers, such as Yale University, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, University of Texas Medical Branch -Galveston, and Abu Dhabi University. His expertise has been focused on the development and implementation of business strategies with view to maximizing business performance and to promote transformational change. In addition to his extensive background in Administration, He has taught and developed graduate and doctoral level courses in healthcare administration at higher education institutions. He is a subject matter expert and has also consulted extensively with universities, national and international healthcare organizations, and private and public healthcare agencies in areas of strategy, program development, and change management.

Throughout his professional executive career, He has received comprehensive training in a variety of fields ranging from leadership/change management, strategic planning, finance, business development, and leadership and change management. In addition, he successfully achieved certification status in a number of prestigious health care management associations and won awards in recognition for excellent services and achievement. He has membership in numerous organizations/associations and he is a Fellow at the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

Using range of applied research methods, Dr. Kadrie interested in promoting leadership practices in healthcare management and public health, higher education, organizational development, change management, and sustainability with the goal of achieving positive social change, and facilitating transformational change in cross-disciplinary work environment.

Dr. Reeder is a research associate professor at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College in St. Louis, MO, USA, where she was received an award for excellence in nursing science in 2014. She holds two master’s degrees; one in education from Drake University and another, in nursing, as well as a doctorate in nursing from the University of Iowa. She serves on multiple committees of her membership professional organizations related to her cardiovascular research interests, including the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, Midwest Nursing Research Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International. As a funded researcher by the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Nursing Research, Dr. Reeder has had numerous speaking engagements on her research, as well as publications. Dr. Reeder has served as a reviewer for top-tier peer-review nursing journals since 2001, and is an inaugural member of the American College of Cardiology Journal Scan editorial board.

Chronic cardiovascular conditions symptom management, treatment-seeking behavior, transitional care, outcomes

Magda Bayoumi is currently working as Lecturer at faculty of nursing Beni-Suef University, she has been Assistant Professor, head of nursing department Al-farabi Colleges Riyadh, Dean College of Medical Applied Sciences , King Khalid University  for 4 years and a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing, King Saud University for 4 years and before that working in haemo and peritoneal dialysis for seven years. She was awarded a PhD in 2007 Ain Shams University. Her main interests are in nursing research, adding to new nursing knowledge for the benefit of patients, families and communities. This encompasses all aspects of health including promotion and prevention.  She applies the scientific approach in an effort to solve problems using evidence-based practice to improve quality of care especially for dialysis patients.

• Nursing research
•  Nursing knowledge 

Dr. Motahar Heidari-Beni, PhD in Nutrition Sciences. She worked in Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Her interested topics includingNon-Communicable Disease, Epidemiology, Child Growth, Medicine and Genetics. She collaborates as Editorial Board Membership in more than 12 Journals and as Reviewers in more than 10 Journals. She has contributed to more than 50publications in ISI Journals, Book Chapters, or as MedicalReports.

1. Non-Communicable Disease
2. Epidemiology
3. Child Growth
4. Medicine and Genetics

Jason Powell Ph.D, FHEA, FRSA, FRSPH is Professor of Sociology and Gerontology at The University of Chester. He has extensive leadership and management experience, ie, formerly Associate Dean (Research) of Faculty of Health & Life Sciences and Professor of Gerontology at Coventry University; Professor of Community Practice & Social Justice at Manchester Metropolitan University; appointed Head of Social Sciences and Professor of Community Leadership at University of Central Lancashire; Associate Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Acting Associate Dean of Faculty of Arts (in transition to a combined Faculty) and Associate Dean of Faculty of Social & Environmental Studies and Reader in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool; Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) of Community, Health Sciences and Social Care (which had the largest social work department in UK) and Director of Admissions (UG, PGT, PGR) at The University of Salford. Dr. Powell has interests in interdisciplinary research focusing on aging and social policy. He has held many research and knowledge exchange grants in the UK, EU and Asia and disseminated his research globally with many publications inc 67 academic books and top ranked refereed journal articles

• Aging
• social policy
• health
• social care