Accomplishments: School of Nursing
Reimund Serafica (Nursing) was named president to the executive committee for the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association of Nevada (AAPINA) for 2021. He and other members will be officially inducted virtually Dec. 19.
Angela Silvestri-Elmore and Linda Silvestri (both Nursing), along with their colleague Donna Ignatavicius, recently presented a poster at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Faculty Forum titled, "Strategies for Building Clinical Judgment in a Virtual Clinical Learning Environment." The poster was focused on ways nurse educators can…
Paul Thomas Clements (Nursing) co-authored a new manuscript, "When a Child Is Found Dead: The Role of the Forensic Nurse Death Investigator and Psychosocial Impact for Parents." Co-authored with Bobbi Joe O'Neill of the Charleston County coroner's office in South Carolina, the article was published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing.
Five Nursing graduate students recently successfully defended their DNP Projects/PhD dissertations to earn their doctorate titles:
Lynn Senette: "Fluctuating Cohesion: A Grounded Theory Study of Nursing Students Engaged in a Hybrid Debriefing Format."
Rhiannon Sullivan: "Becoming Myself: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study…
Iris Martinez and Lisa Carnes (both Nursing) each received a $2,500 scholarship from the UNLV Alumni Association. The scholarships were made possible as a result professor Alona Angosta, director of the master of science - nursing program, receiving the UNLV Outstanding Faculty Award this year.
Both students applied for and were recognized for…
Andrew Thomas Reyes, Reimund Serafica, and Angela Sojobi (all Nursing) co-authored, “College Student Veterans’ Experience with a Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Mobile App Intervention for PTSD: A Qualitative Study,” which is published in the December issue of the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.
Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) and Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) collaborated with Eva Kahana of the sociology department at Case Western Reserve University and Boaz Kahana to publish a research article, "Loving Others: The Impact of Compassionate Love on Later Life Psychological Well-being," in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. The article concerns the…
Rei Serafica (Nursing) has co-authored an article, "Telepsychiatry During the COVID-19 Pandemic," in The Nurse Practitioner. The article reports implications in using telehealth as a platform for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists during this pandemic.
Alona D. Angosta (Nursing), Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing), Chad Cross (Public Health), Komal Sood (Medicine) and Trevor Pollom (Anthropology) recently published an article, Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge, Risk Factors, and Resilience Level among U.S. Veterans with and without Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, in The …
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented a virtual poster called "Contemplative Practices and Later Life Memory Among Women" at the Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting. This study looked at the effect of contemplative practices (like meditation and yoga) on episodic and working memory.
Rei Serafica (Nursing) has co-presented a panel presentation, "Advice from the Editors: Best Practices for Publication” at the recently concluded 46th annual Transcultural Nursing Society Virtual Conference held last month. He serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
Susan M. McLennon and Nirmala Lekhak (both Nursing) presented a virtual poster, "A World Upside Down: Caregiving During COVID-19," at the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Annual Leadership Conference last month.