College of Nursing and Allied Health
Faculty
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Assistant Professor University of St. Francis College of Nursing & Allied Health mcuria@stfrancis.edu (815) 740-3536 |
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EDUCATION:
- MSN-Governors
State University, Univ. Park, IL
- BSN-
Saint Xavier College, Chicago, IL
EMPLOYMENT
- 1980-
Present University of Chicago-Staff Nurse Surgical
ICU
Responsibilities include care of the surgical patient, delegation of duties to support personnel and orientation/preceptorship of new nursing employees. Patient population includes transplant patients, trauma patients, neurosurgical patients and general surgery patients. Participated in the development of an educational booklet for the families' of ICU patients and development of a clinical path specific to the adult liver transplant patient
- 1988-1989
RMS Healthproviders-Clinical Nurse Specialist
Responsibilities included the evaluation of ventilator-dependent patients for weaning potential and consultation with multidisciplinary team to determine patient appropriateness for admission into specialized ventilator facility.
- 1990-1993
Abbott Laboratories-Consultant
Responsibilities included the coordination of home care needs both with the patient and the agency providing services for the patient.
- 1993-
Present University of St. Francis/College of
Nursing-Assistant Professor
Responsibilities include clinical and didactic instruction as well as evaluation of student progress in the critical care, perioperative, and medical-surgical setting. Academic advising and participation on committees also a part of workload.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP
- American/Illinois
Nurses Association
- Sigma
Theta Tau-Lambda Lambda Chapter
- St.
Xavier College Nursing Alumni
- Governors
State University Nursing Alumni
- American
Transplant Nurses Association
CERTIFICATIONS:
- Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation
- Advanced
Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric
Advanced Life Support
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
- Chairperson,
Illinois Nurses Assoc.- Univ. of Chicago Local
Unit
- Member,
Nursing Care Review Committee- Univ. of Chicago
Hosp.
- Delegate,
District 20- Illinois Nurses Assoc. Biennial
Convention
- Chairperson,
Nominating Committee- District 20 Illinois Nurses
Assoc.
- Member,
Nursing Research Committee- Univ. of Chicago
Hosp.
- Member,
Nursing Practice Committee- Univ. of Chicago
Hosp.
- President,
District 20- Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- Director,
Board of Directors-Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- Member,
Unit Based Implementation Team: Innovations
in Patient Care-
- Univ.
of Chicago Hosp.
- Member,
Liver Transplant Clinical Path Development Committee
- Member,
Critical Care QI Committee
- Member, Competency Based Orientation Committee
- Member, Medical and Health Career Advisory Board-Chicago Public Schools Education to Careers
- Appraiser, Magnet Recognition Program-American Nurses Credentialing Center
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Member, Editorial Board-The American Nurse
WORKSHOPS
ATTENDED
- Critical
Care Course- Univ. of Chicago Hosp.
- Basic
Life Support- American Red Cross
- Advanced
Cardiac Life Support- American Red Cross
- Care
of the Cardiac Transplant Patient- Univ. of
Chicago Hosp.
- Care
of the Liver Transplant Patient- Univ. of Chicago
Hosp.
- Nursing
Care of the Patient with Head and Neck Surgery-
Univ. of Chicago Hosp.
- Leadership
Development Workshop- American Nurses Assoc.
- CPR
Instructor- American Red Cross
- Nurse
Entrepreneurship for the 90's- Governors State
Univ.
- Challenges
and Triumphs of Bone Marrow Transplantation-
American Hospital Assoc.
- AIDS-Information
for Healthcare Workers- Northwestern Univ.
- Intra-Aortic
Balloon Pump- Univ. of Chicago Hosp.
- Implantable
Ports- Ingalls Home Care
- Nurse
Practice Act: Rights and Responsibilities- Univ.
of Chicago Hosp.
- Care
of the Ventilated Patient: An Update- Univ.
of Chicago Hosp.
- Nursing
Care in a Reformed Health Care System-Illinois
Nurses Assoc.
- Work
Redesign-Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- 12-Lead
EKG Interpretation- Education Enterprises
- Continuous
Venous- Venous Hemodialysis- Univ. of Chicago
Hosp.
- Total
Quality Management: Team Leader- College of
Nursing
- Media
Training- Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- Corporatization
of Health Care: Control of Nursing Practice-Illinois
Nurses Assoc.
- Political
Action: A Necessity for Nurses- Illinois Nurses
Assoc.
- Case
Management: What the Process Can Do for Your
Practice- Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- Nursing
in a Changing Healthcare Environment- Univ.
of Michigan
- Avoiding
Nursing Malpractice- Nursing Service Organization
- Liver,
Pancreas and Gut Mucosal Barrier: Considerations
in Critical Care-B. Mims Inc.
- Comprehensive
Spine Management- Neurosurgical Institute
- Academic
Advising: Critical Link in Student Persistence-
University of St. Francis
- The
Future of Nursing Education- Prairie State College
- Latex
Allergy: What You Need to Know- Illinois Nurses
Assoc.
- HIV:
An Update- Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- Partnerships
Beyond Restraints- Illinois Nurses Assoc.
- Life
Support: Protecting Nursing-Suzanne Gordon
- Nursing
Practice and the Ever-Changing Healthcare Environment:
- Selected
Legal Issues- Nancy J. Brent RN, JD
- Infectious
Diseases in the 90's: Impact on Nurses-Prof.
Education System
- Abdominal
MRI: Optimizing Clinical Practice- R. Low M.D.
- How
to Make the Grading Process Time-Efficient and
Effective for Learning-B. Walvoord
- Lab
Values: Interpretation and Application-B. Mims
Inc.
- ARDS:
Pathophysiology, Ventilator Management, and
Innovative
- Strategies-B.
Mims Inc.
- Safeguarding
Nursing Practice in the New Millennium-Illinois
Nurses Assoc.
- 23rd
Annual Conference on Health Care- University
of Illinois
- 4th
Annual Conference on Nursing Skills Labs-University
of Texas at Arlington
HONORS
- National
Honor Society
- Presidential
Scholarship
- Sigma
Theta Tau
- Economic
and General Welfare Award
- National
Collegiate Nursing Award
PUBLICATIONS
- Sabbatical
Leave: A Creative Retention Strategy in Critical
Care Nurse, Dec. 1994
PRESENTATIONS
- Panel
member- Transplantation:Nursing' s Role
- Opportunities
in Nursing: Transplant Nursing
- Presenter-Transplant
Nursing Class-University of Chicago