Advances in Nursing Education and Research

Major FATIMA AL-NUEMAT graduated from Princess Muna College of Nursing in 2003, served as a registered nurse in southern Jordanian city of Tafila at Prince Zaid hospital, then moved Al Hussein Medical City at Oncology department for one year, and fifteen years at medical surgical unit, currently heading it.

Maj. Areej AbdulRahman is heading the Midwifery department at the Royal Medical Services College of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals / Jordanian Armed Forces. Holding a master's degree in Maternal and Neonatal Health, high diploma in Midwifery and bachelor's degree in Nursing. Leading her students by example and with passion to become well-prepared registered nurses. This command of education was put into action throughout the past 15 years, beginning as an ICU nurse, and after acquiring the Midwifery high diploma; in Labor section / Department of Obstetrics as a midwife for 8 years, which lead up to becoming a clinical instructor and a lecturer at Mu’tah University / Princess Muna Faculty of Nursing, and finally assuming the position of Midwifery Specialization Director in the Royal Medical Services College of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals.

Yoshiko HASEBE has been working at Nayoro City University School of Health Science. She is a professor of Adult Nursing, and has her expertise in evaluation and passion in improving the nursing practice. She has published many textbooks and DVDs about nursing arts in Japan.

Chairman of the Fondation de l’Avenir (applied medical research Foundation) since 2012 Professor in Créteil University School of Medicine (decree of appointment by the President of the Republic dated 10 April 2018)

Victoria T. Grando, PhD, RN, Dean of Nursing and Professor Grando completed a post-doctorate in gerontological nursing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa; a doctorate in nursing with a minor in women’s history at the University of Kansas, in Kansas City, Kansas; a masters of science in community mental health nursing at the University of Missouri- Columbia in Columbia, Missouri; a bachelor of science in nursing at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri; and a diploma in nursing at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. Grando has published 35 articles in journals of which she was the lead author for 11, three book chapters, 12 abstracts, three book reviews and given 10 presentations at international conferences and 47 presentations at national and regional conferences. She’s also authored 15 grants of which seven were funded. Her experience in graduate student advisement includes serving on 13 dissertations and/or program committees, four graduate portfolio committees, as well as advising doctoral students. She has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate nursing courses. She has also served on seven masters portfolios and research practicums. Grando is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International and the Gerontological Society of America.

Alaa Jamal Alshraideh graduated from princes Mona College Of Nursing in 2003,I was work in prince Zaid hospital in intensive care unit for one year,then I worked in Royal Medical Services also in intensive care unit one year,then I became one of academic member in PMCN ,take many courses in time management ,TOT ,stress management ,many courses about women's health and empowerment ,leadership. Then I has master degree in maternal child of nursing from Jordan University Science Of Technology JUST, now am principal of princes Aesheh college of nursing.

Ambreen Khowaja has completed her BScN from the Aga khan university hospital in the year of 2011. She is working as a Head Nurse in Musculoskeletal and sports medicine since 2015. She also worked in the specialty of internal medicine and deal with the critically ill patient in the intensive care unit (ICU). Moreover, she is also working as a AHA instructor to train Adult cardiovascular life support (ACLS), Pediatric advance life support (PALS), Basic life support (BLS), Neonantal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Heart Saver.

Marija Deretic is working as a nurse in the internal oncology department for the last eight years. Prior to that, she has two more years of experience in medicine in the emergency room, this year completing ten years of nursing experience. The job description is a patient care, medication application, patient care and education plan, high knowledge of chemotherapy preparation, and the application itself and pre medication prior to chemotherapy itself. Marjia is also working in a unit of stem cell transplant where only nurses with many years of experiance can perform. Working on a various medical projects, participate in seminars and congresses, some of them has been published in public medical journals

Carrie J. McNamer is currently an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. Her focus on Public Health Nursing is fueled by over twenty years of practice in rural, community settings. As a Licensed School Nurse and Certified Public Health Nurse she initiated programming that increased health services for school-age children through a rural community health grant and created a quality assurance program for the provision of care for special needs students. She currently serves as an executive board member for the Coulee Recovery Center in LaCrosse, Wisconsin which provides affordable programming for individuals and families impacted by substance use disorder. She coordinates community-based clinical experiences for senior nursing students and teaches courses on leadership, research, and public health for the college of Nursing and Health Sciences at WSU. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Winona State University, a Master’s degree in Nursing Education from Viterbo University in LaCrosse, Wisconsin and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Dr. Heidi Gonzalez completed her Ed.D. (Leadership) in July 2017. Dr. Gonzalez has been a practicing registered nurse for the past 25 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA. She has been a nurse educator for the past 9 years and has two professional certifications in nursing: Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL). Her area of research includes promoting critical thinking, active learning strategies, and diversity/inclusion in nursing education.

Junna Kunii is a nurse, and as a teacher in the field of geriatric nursing at Nippon Health and Medical University, she is involved in student education and specialized research activities. She has a bachelor's degree in nursing and a doctorate in nursing from the International University of Health and Welfare. She worked for 10 years as a nurse at a Chinese hospital. She came to Japan 28 years ago and worked for 20 years in a general hospital. Five years ago, I joined Nippon Health and Medical University to study the mental health and negative emotions of nurses. She presented Relationship between negative feelings toward elderly patients and the burnout of nursing care staff in geriatric health service facilities at the 7th Annual International Conference on Worldwide Nursing in Singapore.

Mary Casey is a nurse and midwife by profession and works in University College Dublin, Ireland. She has a background in critical care nursing, nursing education and hospital management as a Director of Nursing. She also has Professional Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching from the UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business and provides coaching service to the university pro bono. She holds a PhD from the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin CD and is also a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School for Executive Education. Her research focus been on leadership development and advanced nursing practice in healthcare and the development and implementation of nurse prescribing as part of the educational preparation of advanced nursing practice.

Ali Sarah Aricha is a highly dedicated and conscientious Health Worker with an outstanding track record and background in total and comprehensive Nursing care delivery. Adept, multitasked and able to handle healthcare tasks and concerns with professionalism and accuracy. Skilled in providing ongoing healthcare bedside nursing and healthcare education as a resource person for corporate bodies, institutions, conferences, individual patient and family members. . She has a relentless concern, obsession and knack for the actualization of social welfare benefits for women, children and patients in general as part of government’s commitment to its citizens.

Ramu K has completed his doctorate in Nursing from National Consortium under Indian Nursing Council (INC) & Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) & Master in Nursing from Mangalore University. Dr. Ramu has published nearly 25 research articles both in National & International Journals. He has been invited as a resource person/ speaker by nursing colleges in India. Dr. Ramu presented a paper on type 2 diabetes at East Asian Congress On Nursing & Primary Health Care held during May 13th 2019, Tokyo , Japan. He is an Academic Council member & Board of Studies member of RGUHS. He is a Karnataka state Student Nurses Association (SNA) Adviser. He is an Editorial Board Member of RJNS, Nursing Journal and RGUHS. Received best principal award in the year of 2008 on the occasion of International Nurses day. Motivated and inspired by his beloved wife to be a well-known academician

Mesfin Beharu Deme is a nurse by profession and works with one of the government higher teaching institution/hospital in Ethiopia. He holds a BSc in Nursing and MSc in adult nursing. Mesfin has 5 years of public practice at hospital and 3 years teaching institutions. He has also been worked as in-patient services director and nursing and Midwifery services director. He also conducts money research on cultural and patient centered care, religious and cultural impact on utilization of MCH services and on developing patient education model. He has presented an abstract on first annual Oromo conference held at Arsi University, Ethiopia and invited on many international conferences. Mesfin grew up in one of the little urban villages of Ethiopia and is passionate about controlling and working non-communicable disease.

Prof. Anna Tompa, MD.Ph.D., Dsc. was graduated in medicine in Budapest Semmelweis Medical University and became an assistant professor at the Institute of Pathology and Cancer Research of the School of Medicine. After specialized in pathology she went to the United States to study the advanced methodology of experimental cancer research. She has continued her research activities focused on the cancer prevention and obtained her D.Sc. in 1999 from Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She has written more, than 160 publications and given about 200 scientific lectures in different domestic and international congresses. She is a member of numerous domestic and international scientific societies, and presently she is emeritus fellow of Ramazzini Collegium and OECD expert in chemical safety. Today she is an emeritus professor of Public Health Institute in the Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.

Dr. Nebiyu Lera Alaro obtained his PhD in public health from Central University of Nicaragua (in academic partnership with Texila American University). He is an International Public Health Specialist with more than 10 years of experience in humanitarian affairs associated with Maternal, New born and Child Health (MNCH), Research, Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Health System Strengthening, Quality Assurance and Capacity Building, with teaching/mentoring experience for public health students, staff and volunteers. He worked for Doctors with Africa – CUAMM Lake state, South Sudan as Technical Project Manager where he was responsible for providing leadership and overall guidance in project planning, implementation and monitoring/evaluation including direct technical support; (training and mentoring) to staff, towards achieving effective participatory and sustainable implementation, of primary and secondary health care system at all levels. He presently works Health Support Organaization – THESO as Country Program Director, South Sudan. Dr. Nebiyu has been involved in many public health field works and operational researches. He has research publications on various medical and public health issues to his credit. He is known for commitment to excellence that is evident through all aspects of his work. He is innovative, demonstrates respect for others, passionate about his work and has a strong sense of accountability. His contributions have helped dramatically improve the reproductive health, child health, Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), surveillance, prevention and treatment of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), health promotion, nutrition therapy program (as funded by USAID, HPF, WFP, UNICEF, Japan Plat fourm and Italian Cooperation funds) including evaluation system in South Sudan. The improvements reported in the external quality scores under his leadership have been simply dramatic. Importantly, Nebiyu is dedicated to mentoring students, interns, staff and volunteers.