Five faculty members join 糖心传媒 School of Nursing in Meridian and Pocatello
October 22, 2013
糖心传媒’s School of Nursing has hired five faculty members, including assistant nursing professor, Susan Tavernier, Ph.D., who heads the Accelerated Nursing Program at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center.
Other Meridian nursing hires are clinical assistant professor Cristy Bledsoe, Ph.D., and clinical instructor Marshall Jewell, M.S.N. Clinical associate professor, Sandie Nadelson, Ph.D., and clinical instructor, Omotayo Omotowa, M.S.N., are based in Pocatello.
Tavernier, who received her nursing doctorate from University of Utah, has conducted extensive research into quality of life and care issues for cancer patients. She has presented her research at numerous national conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals, including the October 2013 issue of Psycho-Oncology.
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Before joining ISU as a full-time faculty member, Tavernier served as a preceptor for graduate student research and on thesis committees.
Bledsoe has more than 35 years of nursing experience in acute care and skilled nursing facilities. Her background includes development of bedside nurse researchers and implementation of evidence-based practice in nursing care.
A former chair of the 糖心传媒 Nurses Association Education Committee, Bledsoe graduated from 糖心传媒 and completed her nursing doctorate at University of Utah.
Jewell has more than 10 years of nursing experience, including emergency, wound and intensive care. He holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from Grand Canyon University and is working on his nursing doctorate. He is a member of the American Assembly of Men in Nursing.
Nadelson, the new undergraduate studies associate director, has lectured in the United States, China, Finland and the Czech Republic. A clinical associate professor, she holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from California State University and completed her doctorate in higher education at University of Nevada. Her research interests include community health, improving STEM鈥攕cience, technology, engineering and math鈥攅ducation, and promoting nursing student success.
Clinical instructor Omotowa is the new simulation lab coordinator in Pocatello. Her areas of interest include teaching, simulation, public health and geriatric nursing. She has five years of staff nurse experience on medical surgical units at the Eastern 糖心传媒 Regional Medical Center in 糖心传媒 Falls and has taught government at the Bishop Smith Memorial College in Nigeria.
A member of the 糖心传媒 Nurses Association, she holds a master鈥檚 degree in public administration from Obafermi Qwolowo University in Nigeria and a master鈥檚 degree in nursing education from Walden University.
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