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The 2009 NLN Immersion in Evidence-Based
Nursing Education
University of Nevada Las Vegas
June 7-12, 2009
Immersion Faculty
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Lori Candela, RN, EdD, MS
 Dr.
Lori Candela is an associate professor and Chair of the Psychosocial
Nursing Department in the School of Nursing. She is also the
Education Coordinator for the Graduate Nursing Program at UNLV.
She has 15 years of teaching experience at the associate degree,
baccalaureate, RN-to-BSN, MSN, and PhD levels. At the master’s
level, she has taught courses in nursing education focusing
on teaching/ learning, curriculum development, and curriculum
evaluation. In the PhD program, she has taught leadership and
facilitated independent teaching practicums and seminars. Dr.
Candela has chaired thesis, professional paper and dissertation
committees. Dr. Candela is currently the Project Manager and
Director of a $710,000 HRSA Grant that was fully funded in July
of 2007: Enhancing Access and Quality in a Online PhD Nursing
Program. She has received funding for faculty development
projects, computerized testing for nursing students, a nursing
shortage study, and pilot testing of critical thinking instruments.
Currently, Dr. Candela is a co-investigator on an internally
funded study to develop learning modules on interpersonal conflict
among nurses.
In addition to her current leadership positions, Dr. Candela
has served as head nurse, nursing supervisor, and 2nd year
lead instructor over two campuses in an ADN program. She has
a strong interest in educational program development. She
has led the UNLV nursing faculty through a major undergraduate
curriculum revision. In 2002, she led a committee in developing
an undergraduate at-risk program for learning enhancement.
Dr. Candela led a committee to develop a nurse educator track
in the MSN program. She was also on the steering committee
to develop the UNLV School of Nursing PhD program.
She received her baccalaureate degree from Metropolitan State
College and her master’s degree from the University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center, both located in Denver
Colorado. Dr. Candela received her doctoral degree in higher
adult and professional education from the University of Southern
California, where she specialized in teaching/ learning methodologies
and evaluation. Dr. Candela was in the first group in the
United States to become certified through the National League
for Nursing as a Certified Nurse Educator. Additionally, Dr.
Candela has developed suture certification courses for medics,
student nursing orientation programs, and NCLEX-RN review
programs.
Her areas of research interest include nursing education
research in academic and practice settings. She has over 15
peer reviewed publications as well as two book chapters. She
is a reviewer for two nursing journals and is an editorial
board member for the Journal of Nursing Education.
Also, she is a sentinel reader for the McMaster Online Rating
of Evidence (MORE) Evidence-Based Nursing
(EBN) system. Over the years, she has presented
at local, state, regional, national, and international nursing
conferences. In 2008, Dr. Candela was honored as a Nevada
Health Care Hero in the category of educator. Also that year,
she received a Medical and Health Care Award from the Las
Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce for her volunteer work as
a nurse practitioner with uninsured and underinsured children
in Southern Nevada. In 1999, she was honored to receive an
award as Master Teacher from the National Institute of Staff
and Organizational Development Austin Texas. |
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Jean Giddens, PhD, APRN-BC
Jean Giddens is a seasoned nurse educator from the
University of New Mexico, College of Nursing. Her clinical expertise
lies in adult health. For the last several years she has been
the coordinator for the MSN nursing education program at UNM
and has been heavily involved with curriculum reform. Dr. Giddens
has created a virtual web-based community known as The Neighborhood
which fosters conceptual learning among students. She has authored
many nursing textbooks, electronic media and journal articles,
and has been a consultant to several nursing programs in the
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Judith
A. Halstead, DNS, RN, ANEF
Judith Halstead is professor and executive associate dean for
academic affairs for Indiana University School of Nursing in
Indianapolis. With more than 28 years of experience in undergraduate
and graduate nursing education, Dr. Halstead has focused her
expertise in online education, curriculum development, and evidence-based
teaching in nursing education. She is coeditor of the widely
referenced book, Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty. Dr.
Halstead served as the chair for the NLN’s Task Group
on Nurse Educator Competencies, which developed evidence-based
educator competencies and is editor of the NLN publication,
Nurse Educator Competencies: Creating an Eidence-based Practive
for Nurse Educators. Dr. Halstead was the 2005 recipient of
the MNRS Curriculum and Education Research Section Advancement
of Science Award for her leadership in advancing the science
of nursing education and served as the chairperson for the NLN
Nursing Education Research Advisory Council from 2005-2007.
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Karen
T. Pardue MS, RN, CNE
 Ms.
Pardue is associate professor and assistant director of the
Department
of Nursing and Health Services Management at the University
of New England.
Throughout her career, she has taught nursing at a variety of
levels, including associate, baccalaureate, RN-to-BSN, and master's
degree programs. She co-established the
curriculum for the RN-to-BSN option at the University of New
England and is the coordinator of the international education
program at the branch campus in Tel
Aviv, Israel. Ms. Pardue’s scholarship is focused on creative
and innovative teaching
methods in nursing education. She has published and presented
extensively
on exploring the arts in nursing education. Ms. Pardue previously
served as the chairperson
for the NLN’s Task Group on Innovation in Nursing Education
is currently a Faculty Mentor for the Johnson and Johnson/NLN
Foundation Faculty Leadership Project; and is a member of the
Nursing Education Advisory Council (NEAC)/td>
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Terry
Valiga, EdD, RN, FAAN
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Dr. Terry Valiga received both a masters and a doctoral
degree in Nursing Education from Teachers College, Columbia
University in New York. She was promoted through the ranks from
Instructor to Professor through faculty positions in five different
universities -- Trenton State College (NJ), Seton Hall University
(NJ), Georgetown University (DC), Villanova University (PA),
and Fairfield University (CT). As a faculty member, Dr. Valiga
had the good fortune to teach hundreds of exceptional students
at the undergraduate and master’s level, specializing
in courses that focused on teaching/learning, curriculum development,
evaluation of learning, the faculty role, and leadership. She
also mentored many outstanding faculty colleagues. While at
Seton Hall, Dr. Valiga held the position of Undergraduate Program
Director. She served as Graduate Program Director at Villanova,
and was the Dean of the School of Nursing at Fairfield.
After 26 years in these academic positions, Dr. Valiga assumed
the position of Chief Program Officer at the National League
for Nursing (NLN), where she collaborated with many talented
NLN members to develop a number of NLN initiatives including
the Centers of Excellence program, the Academy of Nursing
Education, position statements, the Hallmarks of Excellence
in Nursing Education, the Excellence in Nursing Education
Model, and several publications. After nine years with the
NLN, Dr. Valiga joined Duke University’s School of Nursing
in July 2008 to direct their new Institute for Educational
Excellence.
Dr. Terry Valiga has received several prestigious awards
for excellence in nursing education, including Sigma Theta
Tau’s Elizabeth Russell Belford Award, the NLN’s
Isabel Stewart Award, and induction into the American Academy
of Nursing. She has presented on education topics at national
and international conferences and consulted with nursing faculty
groups in the US, Canada, Japan, and China on curriculum development,
program evaluation, innovations in teaching, and the faculty
role. Dr. Valiga has published widely on issues related to
nursing education, including a book on using the arts and
humanities to teach nursing, and conducted education-focused
research, specifically focusing on students’ cognitive/intellectual
development, curriculum concepts, and leadership development
in students. In addition to being acknowledged as a leader
in nursing education, Dr. Valiga is a recognized expert in
the area of leadership and has co-authored a book (now in
its third edition) on this complex phenomenon.
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