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The Faculty
Evelyn Moore, R.N., Professor - E-mail
B.S.N., University of Iowa
M.A., University of Iowa
Ph.D., University of Iowa |
Dr. Evelyn Moore teaches part time in the
department, teaching courses in the area of nursing issues
and research. She has conducted research and published in
maternal child nursing. She has made numerous presentations
at professional meetings and will be presenting soon on legal
liability concerns when providing references. Her clinical
practice has been in the area of women's health, maternal
and child nursing. Prior to 1997 she was the nursing department
chair for 13 years, since 1997 she has served as the college
registrar with most of her responsibilities being in that
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Anita Nicholson, Assistant Professor - E-mail
B.S.N., University of Iowa
M.A., University of Iowa |
Anita Nicholson teaches pathophysiology, health assessment,
introductory and advanced concepts in nursing, psychomotor
skills and pharmacology content in the nursing program. She
creates nursing psychomotor skill videos for the Coe nursing
psychomotor skill website. These videos are easily accessed
by nursing students to help facilitate learning of psychomotor
skills needed for clinical practice. The videos contain theory
and instructions of nursing skills and step by step demonstrations.
She is able to easily edit the videos to keep the content
current with the dynamic state of health care. Her research
interests involve families of the critically ill. She has
been involved in two studies focusing on child visitation
in the critical care units, and has presented continuing education
conferences on interventions for families of the critically
ill. |
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Jule Ohrt, R.N., Associate Professor and Chairperson
- E-mail
B.A. in Nursing, Jamestown College
M.S., University of Arizona
Ph.D., University of Iowa |
Jule Ohrt teaches courses in Advanced Concepts/Clinical
Applications; Leadership and Contemporary Issues; and Alternative
Therapies for Health and Healing. Her clinical experience
is primarily critical care nursing and administration. Currently
she volunteers at the Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic and
serves as Chairperson for the Coe College Nursing Department.
Her doctoral research was a qualitative study entitled: Social
Support of Traditional Baccalaureate Nursing Students, and
her Master's research focus was Validation of Defining Characteristics
for the Nursing diagnosis - Alteration in Comfort: Pain and
Exploration of the Nursing Interventions. |
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Brenda Shostrom, Assistant Professor - E-mail
B.S.N., Washburn University
M.S., University of Minnesota
Ph.D. student, Loyola University |
Brenda Shostrom has clinical expertise in mental health
nursing and in management. She currently teaches mental health
nursing, leadership and issues, the art and science of nursing,
relationships, and ethics. Prior to joining the Coe faculty
she held positions as nurse manager, coordinator of crisis
intervention services, psychiatric consult liaison nurse,
individual and group therapist, management consultant and
staff nurse. She spent several years in Canada teaching nursing
as well as consulting in a variety of capacities. She has
been active in the American Psychiatric Nursing Association,
including serving as a state officer and board member, and
a member of a national task force on restraint/seclusion.
Other contributions have included serving on the Iowa task
force to improve emergency services for psychiatric patients,
improving Linn County mental health services as part of the
Healthy People 2000 Task Force, and coordinating a nursing
leadership training grant project in conjunction with several
other schools of nursing in the state of Iowa. Her research
interest is depression, and she is currently working on a
research project on adolescent depression as the focus of
her dissertation for the Loyola University of Chicago PhD
program in nursing. |
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Mary Tobin, R.N., Assistant Professor - E-mail
B.S.N., Iowa Weslyan College
M.A., University of Iowa |
Mary Tobin teaches courses in the areas of Maternal
Child and Community Health Nursing. Her research interests
include: infant temperament, family dynamics, attachment,
nursing informatics, and commitment in nursing. She enjoys
serving in social justice groups and is an active member in
community organizations serving families with internationally
adopted children. |
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