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Rosalee Seymour, PhD, RN Rosalee helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Roz Seymour, known by her peers and students as Dr. Roz, graduated from the Hahnemann Hospital Diploma program in Philadelphia, PA. She began her career as a staff and operating room nurse. Dr. Seymour received her BSEd with a minor in public school nursing from West Chester State University and began teaching at Hahnemann. She earned a master of science degree with a focus in mental health nursing from the University of Delaware and became a clinical specialist. Her doctorate is in Educational Leadership and Administration. She has taught at the Diploma, Associate, Baccalaureate Generic and returning RN, and Master's levels. Dr. Seymour has instructed various courses throughout her career, including psychiatric nursing, nursing research, teaching/learning methods, rural health, health informatics, nursing issues, and nursing theory. Dr. Seymour has taught at Hahnemann University, Widener University, Wilmington College, and currently at East Tennessee State University. She was the Executive Director for the Delaware Board of Nursing. She has been an active member of each state nurses' association in which she has resided and will be a delegate to the ANA convention in July, 2000. Her research focus is in teaching/learning and evidence-based care using computers as tools. Dr. Seymour's preferred methodology is Meta-analysis and/or quantitative. She has numerous presentations and publications. Dr. Seymour is also certified in nursing informatics.
Nedra Farcus MS, RN Nedra helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Nedra Farcus is an Instructor in Nursing at Penn State Altoona. She earned a BS in Nursing from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1970, an MS in Family Nursing from Duquesne University in 1979 and a post masters certificate in Nursing Informatics at Duquesne University in 2000 . She is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Ms. Farcus teaches RN to BS nursing courses at the Penn State Altoona Campus, including the course titled Introduction to Computing and Nursing informatics. She has been involved in nursing for over thirty years and has experience in clinical practice, teaching, and academic administration. Her clinical interests include implementing and evaluating electronic delivery systems for enhancing communication and socialization opportunities for homebound chronically ill older adults. Her educational interests include the exploration, implementation, and evaluation of various electronic delivery methods for nursing education courses.
Toni Hebda, PhD, RN Toni helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
During the past 28 years I have had a variety of experiences in nursing. I graduated from Washington Hospital SON, a diploma program, and worked in medical-surgical areas and in-patient psychiatric care while I attended Duquesne University for my BSN. I then began teaching at my diploma school while I earned my MNEd from the University of Pittsburgh. After a short hiatus from the classroom, I returned to the University of Pittsburgh for my doctoral studies in higher education. I had an interest in computer applications within healthcare during this time. For my dissertation I surveyed baccalaureate programs to determine the extent to which they employed computer-assisted instruction. I completed my doctoral work in 1986. In 1988 I co-founded a group for nurses and other healthcare professionals and support staff who were either interested in learning more about the use of computer applications to support healthcare or were already working in the area and were willing to share their knowledge. I served in several offices for the organization that became Tri-State Nursing Computer Network. My interest in informatics led me to obtain my MSIS from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Library and Information Management and ANCC certification as Informatics Nurse.
Throughout the years I have had positions in staff development, served as vice-president of nursing at a small hospital and was a faculty member in the baccalaureate programs at West Virginia University, Cleveland State University and Waynesburg College. I also taught graduate-level nursing informatics courses on-line for Duquesne University using First Class courseware. My most recent full-time position was in information services at Allegheny General Hospital. In that role I conducted system training, supported several clinical systems and helped clients to identify their needs for system selection and support. At present I am working on the third edition of Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals with my co-authors. We also wrote the Internet Resource Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals. Throughout the years my I have instructed basic students in medical-surgical, pediatric and maternity care. I attempted to provide basic information literacy skills for my basic students. Due to extenuating family circumstances I took a leave from my informatics position and failed to send in materials to obtain my ANCC recertification as Informatics Nurse. I plan to re-certify in the near future and will be re-turning to full-time employment soon. I am a member of the American Nurses Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS).
Elizabeth A. Phillip MSN, RN, C Liz helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Liz Phillip has been employed by FCG Management Services, LLC (FCG MS) since 2001 as a Project Lead for implementation of the EpicCare ambulatory electronic medical record implementation at University of Pennsylvania. She also has an extensive background in nursing practice, education, and management. Her academic background includes a Post-Master Certificate in Nursing Informatics from New York University and she is certified in Nursing Informatics from the American Nurse Credentialing Center. Her information system experience includes using administrative and clinical databases to measure clinical effectiveness and patient outcomes. She has also participated in developing an electronic incident reporting system for measuring the impact of patient safety initiatives. Her publications include: Co-author Dr. Barbara Carty and Elizabeth Phillip (2001). Nursing Education in the Era of Information Technology in Essentials of Computers for Nursing, 3rd ed. NY: McGraw Hill.
Darlene Froberg, MN, BSN, RN Darlene helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
I graduated from the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology with a diploma in Nursing in 1986. Following graduation, I worked with geriatric patients for several years. Since then, I have completed a Health Care Administration Certificate, a BSN (Post RN) and a MN from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada). My interest in informatics is fairly new compared to my colleagues. I first 'discovered' informatics prior to entering the MN program in 2002. I was amazed at the thought that I could combine computers with nursing as a career choice. Throughout my MN program, I had several opportunities to focus my knowledge of informatics towards computer use in nursing education.
I sat on the College of Nursing Information Technology (IT) Committee, developed a teaching portfolio web site for faculty, and was responsible for co developing and maintaining a departmental web site. I have also acted as a provincial coordinator for an inter-provincial Web-based project that illustrated the best practices of educators interested in using educational technologies in their teaching practice. I have worked as a teaching assistant in a distance education course that utilized Web-CT as the course delivery system and have extensive knowledge of instructional design and multimedia. My Master's Project used qualitative research, in the form of a case study, to develop and test a model for on-line course development for nurse educators. I am one of the founding members of the Canadian Nursing Informatics Association and currently hold the position of Newsletter Chairperson and Webmaster for the recently formed Saskatchewan Nursing Informatics Association. I designed, developed and maintain the web site for this Special Interest Group of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association. I am self-employed as a Consultant/Designer specializing in instructional design and course delivery of health related content.
Ann Lyness, PhD, RN Ann helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Ann Lyness was a part time faculty member at the University of South Carolina, College of Nursing, from 1998 to 2007. She concentrated on computer activities, primarily web related work. Previously, she had been at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, for more than 25 years where she served in a number of capacities such as faculty in undergraduate and graduate teaching, thesis and dissertation guidance, conducting research, and in an administrative role for a Learning Resources Center. She earned a BSN, MPH, MLS and PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. Her interests in Informatics have included various applications of electronic text and visual images for communication, documentation, and information resources.
Denise Hammel-Jones, RN-BC, MSN, CLSSBB Denise helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Ms. Jones currently works for Greencastle Associates Consulting as a Clinical Management Consultant on various healthcare technology projects. Prior to Ms. Jones career in consulting, she worked as a clinical applications and project manager for large healthcare organizations within the Philadelphia area. The experience with working on numerous Computerized Provider Order Management projects has positioned Ms. Jones to provide clinical expertise and guidance for the Computerized Provider Order Management Project at Atlantic Health, located in Northern New Jersey.
A nurse for over 17 years, Ms. Jones began her career in Critical Care nursing at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. While continuing her nursing practice in critical care, Ms. Jones held an adjunct faculty position at LaSalle University. Ms. Jones began her transition into Informatics while working in Disease Management in the late 1990's. Having experience in CPOE, EMR, Practice Management, eMAR, clinical documentation implementations as well as Nursing Minimum Data Sets and Outcome Measures , Ms. Jones is an experienced Informatics professional
Ms. Jones holds a BSN from Thomas Jefferson University and a MSN from LaSalle University. Since completing her Master's degree; Ms. Jones has obtained certification in Nursing Informatics, Lean Six Sigma, and Six Sigma Greenbelt. Ms. Jones is active is several professional organizations and is past-president of the Kappa Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.
Amany Abdrbo, PhD, RN Amany helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Amany Abdrbo received her baccalaureate degree in nursing, her Masters education from Cairo University, Egypt, and her PhD in nursing informatics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 2007. She teaches nursing informatics at Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing for her post doctoral scholar work. She is actively involved in curriculum development for Masters classes in nursing informatics and conducting nursing informatics research studies regarding nurses and nursing students' perceptions about information system use in hospitals.
In 2006, she was awarded two research grants from the American Nurses Association (ANF) and Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) to fund her doctoral dissertation. In 2007, she was awarded the Summer Institute of Nursing Informatics (SINI) Abstract High Scholarship from The University of Maryland, School of Nursing. In 2008, she was awarded the Honorable Mention Certificate from the Nursing Informatics Research Section of Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) for the merit of her PhD dissertation work.
Helen Heiskell, DNP, RN Helen helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
I completed my Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 1983 and my Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1985 with a major in Cardiovascular Nursing. In July of 2007, I completed my Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the Medical College of Georgia with a concentration in Informatics. I have worked in many areas of nursing including cardiac, critical care, medical-surgical, staff development, workers' compensation, HMO utilization review, home health, and education.
I am currently a professor of nursing at Kaplan University in the MSN program. I have taught for several online universities and an onground ADN program. The use of technology in education has long been an interest of mine, both for preparation for practice and for learning new skills and concepts.
Beth Elias, PhD RN Beth helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Beth is an Assistant Professor for the University of Alabama School of Nursing, Birmingham, Alabama, and The Epsilon Group, Charlottesville, Virginia. Her researcg focuses on medical informatics, poinnt-of-care testing devices, and understanding the integration of information technology in healthcare. Beth has a BS in computer science, a Masters of Science in management of information systems, and a PhD in instructional technology from the University of Virginia.
Moira Stephens, RN, MSc Moira helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Moira joined the Nursing Faculty at the University of Sydney in 2008 as Lecturer and Unit of Study Coordinator for the Cancer Modules. She has experience in postgraduate education, bone marrow transplant and haematology nursing in a number of countries. Moira's key areas of research and clinical interest are in the care and management of people affected by haematological malignancies, with special interest in Multiple Myeloma, and the lived experience of people with such cancers.
Tammy L. Stuart MS RN PhD (c) Tammy helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
Tammy is an Assistant Professor School of Nursing, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences: Accelerated BSN/RN to BSN Program
Courses Taught include Pathophysiology/Pharmacology, Nursing Informatics, Provider Courses, and Nursing Leadership.
Education: BA/BSN from Salve Regina University, Rhode Island MA, MS from University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing, Worcester, MA. PhD, enrolled at Walden University
Positions held: Director of quality/risk management and medical staff, Manager/director of critical care units and telemetry units, cardiovascular Clinical nurse specialist
Memberships: MONE, NATF, Epsilon Beta chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, AACN
Valentin O. Rivish, RN, BSN, MSN Valentin helps our authors hone their manuscripts to perfection!
I am currently a Nurse Manager at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS), and an Adjunct Faculty for the Nursing Division at the GateWay Community College teaching both clinicals and didactic material. The Introduction to Nursing Informatics class is a new class at Gateway that I am co-teaching. My previous positions at the PVAHCS include Nursing Supervisor (house supervisor), Clinical Applications Coordinator (CAC), Tele-Health Care Coordinator, Inpatient Case Manager, and Intensive Care Unit Nurse. As a CAC, I taught hospital-wide employees (RNs, LPNs, NAs, physicians, interns, residents, and others) how to use the VA's Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) software. I served as the medical center Bar Code Expansion Coordinator. I have had the privilege to build, test, and put into practice all of the Inpatient and Outpatient MRI order sets and order templates.
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