Hinkle will present data collected about user experiences with adaptive learning in an online pathophysiology class for RN-to-BSN students compared to results from a more traditional online pathophysiology class. She was previously a lecturer and site coordinator for the UCF/Valencia College Concurrent ASN to BSN program. After only a year and a half at UCF, Hinkle received an honorable mention for the university’s Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching. She earned her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh, and her MSN and PhD from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The impact of Dr. Michele Upvall’s work in global health extends throughout the world. Upvall has created nursing education programs that have made an impact nationally and internationally, and plans to continue her work at UCF. Upvall was involved in the creation of the first BSN program on American Indian lands. In Pakistan she developed the first MSN program and the first fully integrated BSN program, allowing both male and female students to attend classes together. Currently, she is facilitating the development of a RN to BSN program in Lebanon and is investigating ways to improve global health education with universities in Vietnam and Uganda. As a nurse educator, Upvall believes we can impact the health of all populations through strengthening the role of the nurse. Her current research is studying the perspectives of partnership among nursing leaders and low resource countries. Other research areas of interest include the rising levels of obesity and non-communicable diseases worldwide. She is currently a co-investigator on a study evaluating the implementation of evidence-based practice. Prior to UCF, Upvall was a professor in the School of Nursing at Carlow University in Pittsburgh. She is a member of the Nursing
ENITAN EKWOTAFIA
PharmD, BCPS, CGP, MSN, ARNP
Education Steering Committee for Health Volunteers Overseas and project director for Bhutan. She was most recently elected to the Nominating Committee for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Upvall earned her BSN from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, MSN from Pennsylvania State University, PhD from the University of Utah and post-master’s family nurse practitioner certificate from Arizona State University. A widely published researcher and frequent presenter, Dr. Annette Bourgault focuses her research on the areas of critical care, evidence-based practice and verification of feeding tube placement. Most recently, her research was published in Critical Care Nurse and American Journal of Critical Care. Prior to her academic career, Bourgault practiced in critical care nursing working in the U.S. and Canada in roles as staff nurse, clinical educator and clinical nurse specialist. Additionally, she has been actively involved with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses at the national level focused on evidence-based practice. Previously, Bourgault was interim assistant dean for assessment and development at Georgia Regents University (formerly the Medical College of Georgia) where she had been on faculty since 2007. At UCF Bourgault plans to continue her research, focusing on the implementation of evidence-based practices by critical care nurses as well as additional work on verification of feeding tube placement. She also plans to explore factors that influence tradition-based practices despite evidence suggesting patient risk. Her ultimate goal is to help nurses in critical care and acute care settings incorporate research evidence into their practice. Bourgault received her BSN from the University of Ottawa, her MSN from Queen’s University in Ontario and her PhD with distinction from Georgia Health Sciences University.
MICHELE UPVALL Ph D, R N, CN E Professor, Graduate Department, Coordinator, Nurse Educator MSN and Certificate
ANNETTE BOURGAULT Ph D, R N, CN L Assistant Professor, Graduate Department
FRANCES IACOBELLIS
BRIDGET MARTIN
CHERRILL STOCKMANN
PhD, RN
DNP, ARNP, NP-C
PhD, RN, CNE
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