NURSING
Foundations of Nursing and Health
Holistic Assessment
Quest into Phenomenology of Nursing
Quest toward Individual Well-Being
Pharmacology 1 & 2
Individual Health Challenges
Embracing the Dynamic Family
Embracing the Challenged Family
Embracing the Dynamic Community
Embracing the Challenged Community
Applied Research in Nursing
The Professional Nurse
Special Topics
Independent Study
Field Study
Honors
ELECTIVES
Nursing of Populations at High Risk for Health Problems
Globalization of Professional Nursing
Integrative Therapies in Health
SUPPORT
Anatomy and Physiology I, II
Psychology
Chemistry
Microbiology
Pathophysiology
Statistics
The St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing at Moravian College was
established in 1998. Through the partnership between St. Luke’s Hospital and Health
Network and Moravian College, the student in the nursing major has access to resources
of St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network, including the advanced facilities of
the Priscilla Payne Hurd Education Center. These include lecture halls, classrooms, a
nurses’ learning laboratory, computer laboratory, and lounges. The classrooms and
lecture halls are equipped with advanced electronics, enabling faculty to provide multimedia
presentations, including computer imaging. Moravian’s Reeves Library—one
of the best small academic libraries in the region—is augmented by an automated
interlibrary loan system with access to more than two million volumes. An acute-care
hospital, the St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network is one the nation's best teaching
hospitals.
Throughout the nursing curriculum, students are immersed in a variety
of clinical experiences emphasizing the promotion of health for diverse individuals,
families, and communities. More than 1,000 hours of clinical practice provide the nursing
student with ample opportunities to apply and test theoretical concepts in a range of
health-care settings. Learning experiences are designed to foster intellectual inquiry,
and critical thinking is emphasized, enabling nursing graduates to practice in virtually
any health promoting or wellness care setting. Students who are interested in supplementing
a non-nursing major with a foundation in nursing or health may choose to minor in nursing/health
(a five-course program). Students who are already qualified as R.N.’s may complete
the requirements for a B.S. degree in nursing.
MARIANNE T. ADAM |
| Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S., State University of New York College of Technology; M.S., Adelphi University;
Family Nurse Practitioner, DeSales University; Current doctoral study, The Pennsylvania
State University |
| INTERESTS:
Family nursing and primary care. Ms. Adam’s other areas of expertise include adult
health, critical care, and home care nursing. |
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DR. PAMELA ZENZ ADAMSHICK |
| Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S., University of Detroit Mercy; M.S., University of Illinois Medical Center;
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |
| INTERESTS:
Mental health nursing in the acute and community settings. Ms. Adamshick developed
a community initiative for adolescents, for which she received the Pennsylvania
State Nurses Association 2000 Practice Award. |
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DR. MICHELE M. AUGUST-BRADY |
| Associate Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S., B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., DeSales University; D.N.Sc., Widener
University |
| INTERESTS:
Adult health, critical care nursing. Ms. August-Brady received the excellence in
teaching award at St. Luke’s. She has a research interest in teaching and learning. |
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DR. KERRY H. CHEEVER |
| Professor of Nursing; Chairperson of the Department of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S.N, Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales; M.S.N., University of Florida;
Ph.D., University of South Carolina |
| INTERESTS: Adult health critical care, trauma, and emergency nursing and evidence based practice. Dr. Cheever is an associate editor of "Branner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing" published by Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins. |
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JUDITH F. DONNAN |
| Instructor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
A.D., Darton College; B.S., Georgia Southern University; B.S., Georgia Southwestern State University; M.S.N., Albany State University |
| INTERESTS: Family health, emergency care, and rural health. Ms. Donnan has worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner in rural health, urgent care, migrant care, and internal medicine. She also is an ACLS and BLS instructor. |
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JANICE FARBER |
| Instructor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S., Moravian College; M.S., Drexel University |
| INTERESTS: Adult health, Peri-operative nursing, particularly the orthopedic surgical specialty |
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BETH GOTWALS |
| Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S.N., Bloomsburg University; M.S.N., DeSales University |
| INTERESTS: Community health and parish nursing. |
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KAREN GROLLER |
| Instructor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
BS, Cedar Crest College; MSN, DeSales University |
| INTERESTS: Adult health, cardiac/vascular nursing, medical-surgical nursing. Ms. Groller serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Vascular Nursing. |
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DR. LORI HOFFMAN |
| Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S.N., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S.., Boston University; Ph.D., University
of Kansas |
| INTERESTS:
Dr. Hoffman is a specialist in maternal and newborn health. Her clinical practice
includes providing direct care for obstetric and pediatric clients in a variety
of health care settings. She serves on the Lehigh Valley Coalition to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy, teaching values-based sexuality education for area youth. |
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DONNA
M. KELLER |
| Instructor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
BSN, Kutztown University; MSN, Drexel University |
| INTERESTS: Adult health, post-anesthesia and critical care nursing |
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DR. MARIA L. SCHANTZ |
| Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.A. & B.S.N., DeSales University; M.A. & Ph.D., Temple University |
| INTERESTS: Community health nursing and minorities in nursing. |
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DR. SUSAN M. P. SCHOLTZ |
| Associate Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.N., University of Pittsburgh; D.N.Sc., Widener
University |
| INTERESTS:
Acute and chronic child health. Ms. Scholtz has a research interest in teaching
and learning. |
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DR. JANET A. SIPPLE |
| Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S.N., West Virginia University; M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill; Ed.D., University of South Carolina at Columbia; Nurse Practitioner-Adult,
University of Missouri at St. Louis |
| INTERESTS:
Nursing in international and multicultural contexts, nursing and political action,
prevention of child abuse, therapeutic touch. Ms. Sipple serves as chairperson
of the nursing department and as dean of St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing.
She is founder and U.S. coordinator of the American-Australian Nurses Exchange
Program. |
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JENNIFER A. SPECHT |
| Assistant Professor of Nursing |
| EDUCATION:
B.S.N., Villanova University; M.S.N., DeSales University |
| INTERESTS:
Adult health critical care, cardiothoracic intensive care, post anesthesia nursing, cardiac nursing and medical/surgical nursing. |
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