College of Nursing and Allied Health
Faculty
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Assistant Professor of Nursing MSN Coordinator University of St. Francis College of Nursing & Allied Health cferrario@stfrancis.edu (815) 740-3581 |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Health Promotion and Wellness for Older Adults
- Older Adult Client Education
- Advanced Practice Nurses
CLASSES
- NURS 460 Professional Nursing Practice IV
- NURS 602 Professional Role Development
- NURS 640 Theoretical Principles and Clinical Management I
- NURS 642 Theoretical Principles and Clinical Management III
- NURS 698 Clinical Residency
- NURS 699 Capstone Project
CERTIFICATION
- Faculty Development Program in Geriatric Nursing (NLN – MatherLifeways)
- Promoting Palliative Care in Advanced Practice Nursing (ELENEC)
- FNP- Board Certified (ANCC)
- Teaching and Learning in Web-BasedCourses (NLN-IU)
- BCLS provider (American Heart Association)
PRESENTATIONS
- Nellett, G. & Ferrario, C. From last year to now: An update on disseminating successful aging innovations: From curriculum to community. Second annual Nursing Science Fair: Evidenced Based Practice, Naperville, IL, 2005.
- Ferrario, C. & Nellett, G., Medication management in older adults, Catholic Charities Foster Grandparents meeting, Joliet, Il, 2004.
- Ferrario, C. Emergency nurses’ diagnostic reasoning and clinical experience, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Annual Research Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, March 2003.
- Ferrario, C. Emergency nurses’ diagnostic reasoning and clinical experience, Emergency Nurses Association Scientific Assembly, New Orleans, LA, September 2002.
- Egging, D., Ferrario, C. & Duffield, P. Advanced suturing course, NPACE, Milwaukee, WI, September 2001.
- Egging, D., Ferrario, C. & Duffield, P. Basic suturing course, NPACE, Chicago, IL, September 2000.
- Egging, D., Ferrario, C. & Duffield, P. Basic suturing course, NPACE, Chicago, IL, September 1999.
- Ferrario, C. Minor emergencies, Northwest Chapter of AACN, Arlington Heights, IL, March 1999.
- Ferrario, C. Basic suturing course, Illinois Nurses Association, North Region Nurse Practitioner Council, Chicago, IL, October, 1998.
NURSE PRACTITIONER CLINICAL PRACTICE SITES
- Silver Cross Hospital ED Fast-Track (Per-Diem NP)
- Will Grundy-Medical Clinic, Joliet, IL
PROFESSIONAL MEMEBERSHIPS
- American College of Nurse Practitioners
- Emergency Nurses Association
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Midwest Nursing Research Society
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
- South Suburban Nurses in Advanced Practice
- Zonta Club of the Joliet Area
HONORS
- Doctoral Student Scholarship from the Emergency Nurses Association Foundation (1998)
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society (1979).