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The Department of Nursing is known for excellence in professional nursing education. The small class size provides an opportunity for students to interact easily with faculty and to have a nursing faculty member serve as an academic advisor. In addition to being registered nurses, all faculty hold masters degrees in their areas of clinical expertise, and 87 percent of full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees in nursing or related fields.

  • Elizabeth (Nikki) Austin, MS, MA, RN
                
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing
     
  • Christina B. Barrick, PhD, RN
    PhD, University of Maryland College Park
    Field of Study: health education and program evaluation
    Dissertation: Psychometric Assessment of Two New Self-rating Depression Scales
    MS, University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Field of Study: community health
    BS, Towson State University
    Field of Study: nursing
    Research Interests: depression and impact of poverty on health status
    Dr. Barrick's Website

  • Joanna S. Basuray, PhD, RN
    PhD, University of Maryland College Park
    Field of Study: education
    Dissertation: The Meaning of Caring in Nurse Educators: An Ethnography
    MS, University of Oklahoma
    Field of Study: nursing
    BS, University of Oklahoma
    Field of Study: nursing
    Research Interests: pediatrics, family health, and cultural diversity
    Clinical Interests: pediatrics, home and community health
     
     
     
     
     
     
  • Judy Breitenbach, MS, RN
  •           Director, Nursing Programs at Hagerstown
              Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing
  • Beverly J. Bye, EdD(c), RN, APRN, BC, CRNP, FNE-A, CES
              Doctoral Candidate - Instructional Technology - Towson University
    MS, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Field of Study: Nursing with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner
    Dissertation: Pharmacologic versus Nonpharmacologic Weight Loss Measures
    MEd, Loyola College
    Field of Study: Administration and Supervision
     
     
    Thesis: Nursing Burnout and Retention
    BS, Towson University
    Field of Study: Nursing
    Research Interests: family health, community health education, and distance learning
    Clinical Interests: maternal-child, community-health, forensics, and health informatics
    Beverly Bye's Website
  • Elizabeth Crusse, MS, MA, RN
              Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Nursing
     
  • Mary Sharon Curran, RN, MS       
              Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursin
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  • Angela Durry, MS, RN
              
    Visiting Instructor, Pediatric Nursing
  • Lori Geier, MS, RN, APRN, BC
               
    Visiting Instructor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
     
  • Sheila Green, MS, RN
    Clinical Interests: pediatrics
  • Marilyn Tuls Halstead, PhD, RN, AOCNS
              Graduate Program Director
                Associate Professor
    PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Field of Study: oncology nursing and spirituality
    Dissertation: Struggling with Paradoxes: The Spiritual Experience of Women with Cancer
    MS, University of Delaware
    Field of Study: medical-surgical nursing with an oncology focus.
    Thesis: Coping Strategies of Long-term Cancer Survivors
    BSN, University of the State of New York, Regents College
    Field of Study: nursing
    Diploma in Nursing: Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
    Research Interests: spirituality and coping with cancer
    Clinical Interests: oncology, medical-surgical nursing, parish nursing, and spiritual care
    Dr. Halstead's Website
     
  • Jacquelyn D. Jordan, PhD, RN, Chairperson
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           PhD., Adelphi University
           Field of Study: Nursing
          MS, Yale University
          Field of Study:Neuroscience Nursing
          B.S., Western Connecticut State University
          Field of Study: Nursing
          AA in nursing from Mattatuck Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut.
          Clinical Interests: hermeneutic philosophy and methodology, critical social theory,    
          narrative pedagogy and analytic discourse.
  • Vicky P. Kent, PhD, RN
    PhD, University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Field of Study: health policy in nursing
    Dissertation: Determinants of Case Management in Medicare Home Care
    MS, University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Field of Study: health policy/ community health nursing
    Advanced Certificate in Health Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore County
    BS, William Carey College
    Field of Study: nursing
    Research Interest: maintaining elderly clients in safe home environments; cost effectiveness of providing home and community-based services for underserved populations.
  • Mary E. Lashley, PhD, RN, CRNP, CS
    PhD, University of Maryland College Park
    Field of Study: curriculum theory and development
    Dissertation: Being with the Elderly in Community Health Nursing: Exploring Lived Experience Through Reflective Dialogue
    MS, University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Field of Study: primary care and adult nurse practitioner
    BS, Towson State University
    Field of Study: nursing
    Research Interests: reminiscence, geriatrics, and spiritual care
    Clinical Interest: parish nursing
  • Kim V. McCarron, MS, RN, Skills Laboratory Coordinator
             
    Clinical Associate Professor, Adult Nursing
     
  • Margaret McCormick, RN, BS
            Lecturer, Nursing Technolgy
     
  •   Kathi Pendleton, RN, BS
           
     Lecturer, Hagerstown
     
  • Elizabeth Rudolf, MS, RN
           
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
  • Dianne E. Taylor, EdD, APRN, BC
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    gggggField of Study: Curriculum and education
    gggggMSN, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    gggggField of study: Psychiatric - Mental Health Nursing
    gggggBS, Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT
    ggEd   Field of study: Liberal Arts
    ffffffff Diploma in Nursing: Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
    gggg  Areas of interest: Critical Incident Stress Management

     

Staff

  • Pat Bourgeois, Administrative Assistant II
  • Patti Hall, Administrative Assistant
  • Constancia Nabarrete, Secretary
  • Susan Morren, Administrative Assistant II, Hagerstown 
  • Brook Necker, Admissions and Retention Coordinator

 

   
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