Accomplishments: School of Nursing
Leland "Rocky" Rockstraw (Nursing), director of the Clinical Simulation Center, was elected by the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as a Distinguished Practitioner & Fellow. The class of 2021 Fellows were welcomed into NAP in a virtual awards and induction ceremony earlier this month.
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Du Feng (Nursing), Dr. Petar Planinic, Dr. James Alexander (both Medicine), and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Dietary Blueberry and Soluble Fiber Supplementation Reduces Risk of Gestational Diabetes in Women with Obesity in a Randomized Controlled Trial,” which appeared in the Journal of…
Andra Scano, Christine Oliver, Allyson Waldron, and Violeta Aguirre (all Nursing) successfully defended their Doctor of Nursing Practice projects. They will officially earn their doctorate title upon completing their classes.
Topics defended:
Scano, “Developing Strategic Partnerships to Impact Population Health”
Oliver, “Increasing…
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) was competitively selected to receive a tuition grant through the UNLV office of faculty affairs to attend the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program Summer 2021. This program is designed to teach faculty skills to increase research and writing productivity.
Crystal Huffaker (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project on “Improving Self-Care Measures of Hypertension Through Implementation of an Education and Action Plan." She will officially earn her doctor title once her classes are completed.
Nirmala Lekhak, Lori Candela (both Nursing) and Kweisi Ausar (Hospitality) co-authored a recent publication, "Nurse Spiritual Self-Care: A Scoping Review," in Nursing Outlook. The report examines the need to promote spiritual self-care of nurses.
Additionally, Lekhak recently presented her research on "Healthy Lifestyle: Impact of…
Zandra Johnson (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project, “Transient Ischemic Attacks Evaluation and Treatment in Specialized Urgent Care Facilities - TIA Care Model." She will officially earn her doctor title when her classes wrap up.
Janelle Willis (Nursing) was honored with the CSUN Faculty Achievement Award. CSUN senators determine awardees based on faculty members' outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, and/or the facilitation of special events.
Patricia Nill (Nursing) successfully defended her doctor of nursing practice project, "Improving Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project." She will officially earn her doctorate title when she finishes her courses.
Jennifer Vanderlaan and Mary Bondmass (both Nursing) were recognized for their nursing excellence as part of the Vegas Inc. 15th annual Health Care Headliners award series. Vanderlaan was the 2021 winner in the Research/Science category, while Bondmass was the runner-up in the Lifetime Achievement category.
These honors are presented each year to…
Mary Bondmass (Nursing) has two chapters that appear in the fouth edition of Research for Advanced Practice Nurses (Springer). The chapters are Overview of Evidence-based Practice and Sampling and Sampling Methods.
Dieu-My Tran and Nirmala Lekhak (both Nursing), along with Sheniz Moonie and Karen Gutierrez (both Public Health) co-authored a new published article entitled, "Risk Factors Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among Adult Nevadans."