Department of Nursing
Faculty
Jo
Ann Burns Platko CRNA, MSN
Assistant Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia
Jo Ann Kathleen Burns Platko
CRNA, MSN was named Assistant Program Director of the School of Nurse
Anesthesia in August 2005. Jo Ann began her nursing education at Luzerne County
Community College, Nanticoke, PA where she earned an Associate Degree in
Applied Science – Nursing. Continuing her nursing education, she graduated
Magna Cum Laud from College Misercordia, Dallas, PA with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Nursing. Jo Ann spent more than 10 years in the field of Oncology,
becoming certified in the specialty before accepting a position in critical
care nursing. She then went on to graduate from the Wyoming Valley Health Care
System/University of Scranton School of Nurse Anesthesia. Currently she is
attending Villanova University, Bryn Mawr, PA and plans to graduate with a
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Barbara Buxton, MS, RN
McGurrin Hall 335
570-941-7706
Professor Buxton has been a
psychiatric/mental health nurse for over 20 years and has worked in a variety
of settings. She teaches psychiatric/mental health nursing as well as
fundamentals of nursing. Professor Buxton is a PhD candidate at the University
of Wisconsin. Her research interests include women and obesity. She is
especially interested in the stigma of obesity and how it affects a woman's
health care experiences. |
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Dona Rinaldi Carpenter, EdD, RN
Undergraduate Program Director
McGurrin Hall 329
570-941-4195
Dr. Carpenter has over 20 years
of teaching experience in both the classroom and clinical settings. She
currently teaches medical-surgical nursing, undergraduate and graduate
research, and graduate nursing ethics. Dr. Carpenter's research activities have
focused on education in nursing, professional commitment, chronic illness, and
qualitative research methods. She is co-author of the textbook
"Qualitative Research in Nursing: Advancing the Humanistic
Imperative." |
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Mary Jane K. DiMattio, PhD, RN
McGurrin Hall 303
570-941-7628
Dr. DiMattio's areas of
specialty are Adult Nursing, Nursing Education, and Research. She teaches care
of the medical-surgical patient on the junior undergraduate level, nursing
research on the both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and nursing
education on the graduate level. Her clinical experience is in cardiothoracic
and cardiac nursing. Her areas of research expertise include: functional status
as a measure of recovery; women's recovery from cardiac events; and women's
participation in research studies. She enjoys quantitative data analysis and
the application of advanced statistical techniques. |
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Marian Farrell, PhD, APRN-PMH-BC, CRNP
McGurrin Hall 307
570-941-4117
Dr. Farrell is currently in
private psychiatric practice as a clinical nurse specialist. As an educator she
has more than 25 years experience. She teaches Psychiatric and Obstetric
Nursing, Women's Health and Men's Health to non-nursing majors at the
undergraduate level. At the graduate level Dr. Farrell teaches case management
theory and clinical. She holds certification as a Nurse Practitioner in Women's
Health, In-Patient Obstetric Nursing, and is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. Dr. Farrell has done research in the areas
of healing experiences of abused women, relationships of abused women and young
adult women, and the impact of mentoring in young adult women. She is co-author
of the text "Quick Look Nutrition." |
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Ann
Feeney, CRNP, CNM, MSN
McGurrin Hall 321
570-941-4118
Professor Feeney has been a
Women's Health Nurse practitioner for 18 years and a Certified Nurse Midwife
for the past 12 years. She has practiced full scope midwifery at the University
of Pennsylvania and locally at Moses Taylor Hospital. She has practiced in a
variety of women's health and prenatal programs.
Professor Feeney teaches health assessment and obstetrical nursing to
undergraduate students. She practices part time as a Women's Health NP/CNM for
Geisinger Medical Group in the Tunkhannock office. |
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Mary Jane Hanson, PhD, CRNP, RN, CS
Director of Graduate Program
McGurrin Hall 313
570-941-4060
Dr. Hanson teaches at both the
graduate and undergraduate levels. Her current teaching responsibilities
include family nurse practitioner theory and issues in advanced practice
nursing at the graduate level, and pharmacology at the undergraduate level. Dr.
Hanson also practices part-time as a family nurse practitioner at a rural
primary care office. Her research interests are in the area of cigarette
smoking behavior in cross-cultural and adolescent populations. Dr. Hanson has
published over 25 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and has presented numerous
papers at national and international research conferences. In addition sh e was
the author of a $500,000 federal grant the University received for our nurse
anesthesia program. |
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Patricia Harrington, EdD, RN (Chairperson)
McGurrin Hall 317
570-941-7673
Dr. Harrington serves as
Chairperson of the Department of Nursing. Her experience includes practice
areas of medical/surgical, intensive care, and labor and delivery. She is
certified as an HIV/AIDS Instructor Trainer for the American Red Cross. Her
teaching expertise includes medical-surgical nursing, fundamentals and
maternal-child nursing. Dr. Harrington's research includes the development of
maternal behaviors in teenage mothers and HIV prevention and women's health.
She is currently involved in international HIV/AIDS work in Africa. Dr.
Harrington is also co-author of a book on Service-Learning in the Nursing
Curriculum. |
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Sharon Hudacek, EdD, RN, CS
McGurrin Hall 323
570-941-4197
Dr. Hudacek teaches at the
undergraduate level. Her teaching areas include pharmacology, and adult health
nursing with a focus in the following areas: renal, orthopedic and neurological
care of the adult patient. Her area of research is narrative storytelling of
nursing which focuses on the global stories of nurses and underlying dimensions
of caring in nursing as they relate to professional nursing practice. Her
publications on the topic include "Making a Difference: Stories from
the Point of Care" (Volumes I and II). Volume I of the publication
received the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing "Best
of Book Award in 2004." |
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Lisa Lesneski, PhD, RN
McGurrin Hall 341
570-941-4346
Dr. Lesneski has worked in
several hospitals and home health agencies. Her teaching responsibilities
include classroom instruction and clinical instruction in community health
nursing, and clinical instruction in medical-surgical nursing. Currently she is
practicing as a registered nurse in a local hospital's emergency department.
Her area of research interest is cardiovascular health. Her research identifies
why individuals delay seeking treatment when they are having a heart
attack. |
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Catherine Lovecchio, MSN, RN
McGurrin Hall 337
570-941-7775
Professor Lovecchio has an
extensive clinical teaching background in the areas of medical-surgical and
critical care nursing. She currently teaches medical-surgical nursing to the
juniors and seniors. Professor Lovecchio is a doctoral candidate at Villanova
University. Her dissertation is entitled: The effectiveness of an on-line
alcohol education program in changing knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of
first-year college students. Her focus is on researching effective strategies
that will help to diminish dangerous alcohol consumption among college
students. |
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Ann
McAndrew Culp, CRNA, MSN
Clinical Director, Education, Nurse Anesthesia Program
570-552-7287
Ann McAndrew Culp, CRNA, MSN is
a Diploma RN from Pittston Hospital School of Nursing and an alumnus from this
program. After returning to school and graduating from Ottawa University,
Kansas City, Kansas with a BA in Health Care Administration, Ann then went to
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and received a Masters in
Nursing. Ann has been involved with the Wyoming Valley Health Care
System/University of Scranton, School of Nurse Anesthesia Program since 1992,
currently serving as Clinical Director - Education. |
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Catherine A. McGeehan, RN, MSN
McGurrin Hall 305
Professor McGeehan teaches both
didactic and clinical Pediatrics at the undergraduate level. She has a broad
range of clinical experience working as a staff nurse in the Pediatric ICU's at
the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital and in home health at Mercy Home Health and Moses Taylor Home Health
Services. She has taught clinical pediatrics for the last 10 years. She
received a diploma from Community Medical Center School of Nursing, a BSN from
the University of Scranton and a Masters in Nursing Education from Drexel
University in Philadelphia. Her interests include Atraumatic Care of the Child,
Pediatric Palliative Care and Healthcare Informatics. |
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JoAnn L. Nicoteri, MS, CRNP
Family Nurse Practitioner Student Health Services
McGurrin Hall 349
570-941-4345
Professor Nicoteri teaches at
both the graduate and undergraduate level. Her teaching areas include Advanced
Clinical Assessment, Women's Health, Pharmacology, Family Health, and Nursing
Care of the Childbearing Family. In addition to her teaching experience
Professor Nicoteri also works as a Family Nurse Practitioner in Student Health
Services at the University. Her current teaching responsibilities include
teaching physical assessment to sophomores and family nurse practitioner
students, teaching family health to non-nursing majors, and women's health to
the FNP graduate students. Professor Nicoteri is a PhD candidate at the
University of Maryland. Her areas of research include teen mothers and babies,
and college students' health care seeking behaviors. |
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Caroline Raskiewicz, CRNA, BSBA, MSN
Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia
570-552-3689
Caroline Sombers Raskiewicz,
CRNA, BSBA, MSN was appointed Program Director of the Wyoming Valley Health
Care System/University of Scranton School of Nurse Anesthesia in August 2005.
Caroline began her career as a Diploma RN Graduate from Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital in Kingston, PA. She obtained a Certificate in Nurse Anesthesia from
Wilke-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA. After graduation, Caroline
received a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from College
Misericordia, Dallas, PA.As a long time instructor in didactic and clinical
anesthesia, she obtained a Masters Degree in Nursing from Case Western Reserve,
Cleveland, Ohio. Her dedication to the field of anesthesia led her to do
volunteer clinical anesthesia in Equador, South America. Caroline is planning
to return to Case Western Reserve to obtain a Doctorate in Nursing
Practice. |
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Paula Roe-Prior, PhD, RN
McGurrin Hall 333
570-941-7755
Dr. Roe-Prior teaches
Introduction to Nursing Concepts, Nursing Research and Critical Care at the
undergraduate level. She also teaches Advanced Pathophysiology to graduate
students. Her research interest is heart failure in the elderly. |
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Kim
Subasic, MSN, RN
McGurrin Hall
570-941-6223
Prof .Subasic has been a medical
surgical nurse for 20 years. She has a broad range of clinical experience. Her
bedside nursing has included trauma, progressive cardiac care,
medical-surgical, geriatrics, home care and rehabilitation. The focus of her
Master's degree is in nursing education. She has provided nursing education to
sophomore, junior and senior nursing students. |
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Patricia Moyle Wright, RN, MSN
337 McGurrin Hall
570-941-6484
Prof. Wright teaches on the
undergraduate level and has clinical experience in community health, hospice,
and medical-surgical nursing. She maintains clinical practice as a hospice RN.
She is currently completing a PhD in Nursing at Loyola University Chicago and
has published several peer-reviewed articles. Her research interests are
maternal bereavement, grief, and end of life care. |
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Margarete Lieb Zalon, PhD, RN, CS
McGurrin Hall 309
570-941-7655
Dr. Zalon has worked as a staff
nurse and clinician in medical-surgical nursing at several medical centers in
New York City. She has taught in a variety of settings: hospital associate
degree and diploma programs, and at the university. Her teaching
responsibilities include medical-surgical nursing, leadership, adult health
nursing and professional issues. Dr. Zalon's research has been in the area of
pain and its management with a special focus on the elderly. |
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Patricia Zawislak, RN, BSN
McGurrin Hall 339
570-941-4196
Mrs. Zawislak has been employed
by the Department of Nursing since 1998 as an instructor in the Nursing Lab.
She is responsible for assisting the lab director, Deborah Zielinski, in the
daily operations of the lab, preparing the supplies for various nursing labs,
assisting students in preparing for skills demonstrations and evaluating
students during their return demonstrations. Pat also works part-time as a
perinatal nurse and a childbirth educator for a local hospital. Her previous
areas of experience are home health nursing and adult critical care nursing.
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Deborah Zielinski, MS, RN
McGurrin Hall 311
570-941-7761
Mrs. Zielinski has fifteen years
of clinical nursing experience at the following institutions: the Hershey
Medical Center, the Medical College of Georgia, and Moses Taylor Hospital.
Clinical specialty areas include: care of the patient with
neurological/neurosurgical, orthopedic; and ear, nose and throat impairments.
She was also a hemodialysis nurse, a continuous ambulatory peritoneal nurse and
Infection Control Nurse. Mrs. Zielinski has also taught as adjunct faculty for
4 years at the university. She is currently the Director of the Nursing Lab and
Clinical Coordinator. |
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Staff
Dawn Mazurik,
Secretary
Janet Conroy,
Secretary
Donna Cochrane,
Secretary, Graduate Program
Karen Greco,
BSN, RN, Lab Instructor
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