College of Nursing and Allied Health

Debra Peterson, RN, MSN Assistant Professor University of St. Francis College of Nursing & Allied Health dpeterson@stfrancis.edu (815) 773-7897

EDUCATION

• Present: PhD student; Capella University
  
• 1998: MSN; Lewis University
  
• 1983: BSN; Bradley University

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• University of St. Francis; College of Nursing and Allied Health
  
  • 1998-Present: Assistant Professor of Nursing – Medical-Surgical Didactic and Clinical
    
  • 1999: Skills Lab Coordinator
    
  • March 1998-May 1998: Adjunct Nursing Instructor
    
• Capella University; Minneapolis, Minnesota
  
  • 2001-2002: Dissertation Committee Member: Peer Learner
    
• Waubonsee Community College
  
  • January 1998-March 1998: Adjunct Critical Care Clinical Instructor

CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

• Cardiovascular Consultants; Joliet, Illinois
  
  • Hospital clinician and coordinator for cardiology physician group
    
• ETHIX/VALUTRAC; Bolingbrook, Illinois
  
  • Utilization Review Nurse
    
• St. Joseph Medical Center; Joliet, Illinois:
  
  • Medical/Coronary Intensive Care Staff Nurse
    
• Suncoast Cardiology; Pinellas Park, Florida
  
  • Hospital clinician and office coordinator for cardiology physician group
    
• Edward White Hospital; St. Petersburg, Florida
  
  • Charge nurse and staff nurse Intensive Care and Step Down Unit
    
• Palms of Pasadena Hospital; St. Petersburg, Florida
  
  • Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit
    
• Methodist Medical Center; Peoria, Illinois
  
  • Staff nurse and charge nurse Neurological Intermediate Step Down Unit

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  
• National League for Nursing

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE - UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE

• Student Advisor
  
• Executive Committee Member
  
• Curriculum Committee Member
  
• Retention Task Force Member
  
• Learning Resource Committee Member
  
• Learning Resource Committee Chairperson
  
• College of Nursing University Assembly Planning Committee

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Visitation and Aid Society of Joliet
  
• March of Dimes – Neighborhood Volunteer
  
• American Heart Association – Neighborhood Volunteer
  
• American Diabetes Association – Neighborhood Volunteer
  
• Assisted collecting and packing medical supplies to be transported to Central and South America for a group of physicians traveling to provide medical care in these countries
  
• Will County Health Department Volunteer: Plainfield tornado
  
• Abundant Life Lutheran Church Member
  
• Gabriel Foundation
  
• Plainfield South High School PTO
  
• Heritage Grove Middle School PTO
  
• Timber Ridge Middle School PTO
  
• Wesmere Elementary School PTO
  
• Central Elementary School PTO
  
• Zonta International Annual Fundraiser Attendee
  
• Lewis University Alumni Association
  
• Bradley University Alumni Association

UNPLUBLISHED DOCTORAL PAPERS

• Computer Based Testing in Nursing Education
  
• Advanced Practice Nursing: Past and Present
  
• Service Learning in Nursing Education
  
• Benefits of Online Education
  
• Adult Child and Aging Parent Relationships and the Element of Caregiving
  
• Problem Based Learning and Student Evaluation
  
• Problem Based Learning in Nursing Education
  
• Grade Inflation in Higher Education
  
• History of Nursing Education
  
• Teaching Cultural Diversity in Nursing Education
  
• Collective Bargaining in Higher Education
  
• Self-Directed Learning: Literature Review and Information

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Chymopapaine Injection
  
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification
  
• HIV
  
• Cardiomyopathy
  
• Cardiac Pacemakers
  
• Cardiovascular Disease: Evaluation and Prevention
  
• Cardiac Care Nurse Certification
  
• Medical-Surgical Nursing: Never a Dull Moment
  
• Intraaortic Balloon Pump Instruction
  
• Interventional Cardiology
  
• Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
  
• Nursing Education in the 21st Century by Venner Farley
  
• Re-Certification CPR
  
• Breast Cancer Treatments
  
• Heart Failure: The Physiologic Basis for Current Therapeutic Concepts
  
• Cardiopulmonary Nursing Update
  
• Automated External Defibrillation
  
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
  
• Re-certification CPR
  
• How Students Learn: Implications for Teaching On and Off Line presented by Marilla Svinicki
  
• Re-certification CPR
  
• 51st Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology – Women and Cardiovascular Disease
  
• 51st Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology – Atherosclerosis: Medical Management and Intervention
  
• 51st Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology – Dyslipidemia: Diabetes and Stroke
  
• 51st Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology – Electrophysiology
  
• Digestive Disease Week 2002 – Irritable Bowel Syndrome and GERD/Ulcer Disease
  
• 98th Annual Conference of the American Thoracic Society: Update on Trial Results from NHLBI’s ARDS Network
  
• 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension – The role of Aldosterone in Hypertension: Pathogenesis and Therapy Secondary Stroke Prevention: Clinical Implications
  
• XIV International AIDS Conference
  
• The Pain-Depression Conundrum: Bridging the Body and Mind
  
• The Emergence of the CKD Clinic: Modeling Practices for excellence
  
• The HIV Patient: The Initial Encounter
  
• Conference Coverage of the 15th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive
• Care Medicine
  
• Liver Disease: Clinical Highlights and Viral Hepatitis

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