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Graduate Program Objectives

When students graduate, they are expected to be able to:

  • Integrate theoretical perspectives from nursing science and related sciences as a framework for planning holistic care to enhance, modify, or support the health patterns of client systems in various environmental contexts.
  • Demonstrate competence in advanced nursing practice with focus on direct and indirect delivery of care and evaluation of outcomes for defined client systems.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and effective communication skills for advanced nursing practice as a part of a multidisciplinary team within various environmental contexts.
  • Design programs for defined client systems in health promotion, maintenance, restoration and palliation within a framework of population-focused advanced nursing practice.
  • Demonstrate professional roles to operationalize standards of care and to effect change in nursing practice.
  • Critically appraise available evidence in the planning and delivery of safe and effective care.
  • Participate in the political process to influence health and social policy.
  • Demonstrate legal, ethical, and financial accountability from the perspective of advanced nursing practice and within various environmental contexts.
  • Exhibit a commitment to excellence in nursing practice and to advancement of the discipline of nursing through engaging in scholarly inquiry.

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Kathleen Ann Ballman

Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing; Coordinator, Adult Gerontology Acute Nurse Practitioner Programs, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275 Procter Hall

513-558-5237

Kathleen Ballman, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CEN
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing; Coordinator, Adult-Gerontology Acute  Care Nurse Practitioner Programs
CON Professional Studies Team - 0038
ballmake@ucmail.uc.edu 
 
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Christine L Colella

Professor and Executive Director of Graduate Programs, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

407 Procter Hall

513-558-4662

Christine Colella DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, Professor and Executeive Director of Graduate Programs at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing
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Kimberly Mullins

Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing Adult/Gero NP- DL program coordinator, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.52 Procter Hall

513-558-5021

I am a practicing DNP prepared adult nurse practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience.  My NP certification is in adult primary care and I have also achieved advanced oncology practice NP certification. I currently hold a faculty position teaching graduate and doctoral level nursing students while I continue my clinical practice. Since 2006, my clinical practice area has been in radiation oncology. In this position, I see patients independently as well as collaborate with a Radiation Oncologist. Maintaining advanced oncology certification benefits my clinical practice as well as my teaching. As an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, I teach core courses within the MSN program, am the appointed Coordinator of the distance learning AGPC (Adult Gero Primary Care) program since October 2015, serve as Chair and Committee member for Doctoral Student Committees and teach in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program.
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Sherry Donaworth

Associate Professor- Clinical Coordinator, Post-Master FNP DL Program, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.77 Procter Hall

513-558-1771

Dr. Sherry Donaworth is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing.  She is board certified as both an Adult-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and a Family Nurse Practitioner. Her extensive clinical practice experience has included critical care, cardiology, geriatrics as well as primary care.   As lead faculty for advanced pharmacology and clinical management of adult health problems, she has utilized the “flipped classroom” and advanced technology in teaching, for both onsite and distance learners.  Dr. Donaworth serves as a content expert on an ANE HRSA grant for interactive case studies for distance learning students and is a Fellow of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA).
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Jason Allen Gregg

Assistant Professor of Clinical; FNP Distance Learning Program Coordinator, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

Procter Hall

513-558-5500

Doctoral-prepared Advanced Practice Nurse with certifications in both Family Practice (AANP; ANCC) and Lifespan Psychiatric Mental Health (ANCC).  Experience in academia includes teaching in both undergrduate (ADN) and graduate (MSN, DNP) programs.  Clinical expertise includes family practice, psych mental health, and management of chemical dependence. 
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W. Jeff Trees

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, Coordinator of Onsite FNP Programs, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.72 Procter Hall

513-558-5245

Dr. Trees has been a registered nurse for over 40 years and has practiced clinically in medical/surgical nursing, emergency departments, prehospital care, and occupational health settings. He has clinical experience as a staff nurse, charge nurse, and manager. He has been a family nurse practitioner for over 15 years practicing primarily in occupational medicine. He enjoys students and has precepted many students during his career.

Areas of expertise:
Family Practice / Primary Care
Occupational Medicine
Emergency / Urgent Care / Retail Clinics
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Valerie Kay Moniaci

Assistant Professor of Clinical, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

Procter Hall

513-558-5500

I have been an Assistant Professor of Clinical and Director of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program here at the University of Cincinnati for 19 years. I am a practicing Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. I have forty years of experience in the neontal field. I have been a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner since 1992.
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Joan Marie Sevy Majers

Dr., CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.55 Procter Hall

513-558-1732

Results-oriented healthcare executive who has successfully assumed increasingly complex responsibilities throughout a service career. Experience includes case management leadership, productivity enhancement, expense reduction, organizational restructuring, performance improvement and process review and design in both the not for profit and for profit healthcare arenas as an executive and consultant.  Initially assumed faculty positions in both  RN to BSN as well as  associate degree nursing  programs, and  is now teaching graduate  nursing courses, using distance learning strategies. Responsibilities include coordination of the leadership graduate programs and dvelopment of the case management certificate program at the College of Nursing.
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Beth Ann Clayton

Program Director-Nurse Anesthesia Major, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.58 Procter Hall

513-584-2440

Beth Ann Clayton is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing and the Nurse Anesthesia Program Director at the University of Cincinnati. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. 

She leads over 80 nurse anesthesia students in doctorate level programing. She oversees curriculum, DNP projects, faculty teaching for 15 didactic faculty members and over 80 clinical nurse anesthesia  faculty members at UC Physcians, as well as 18 clinical coordinators over 17 different clinical sites. She is responsible for compliance with the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.  

Dr. Clayton is a practicing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. She provides anesthesia services at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and with NorthStar Anesthesia at Mercy-Health Fairfield Hospital. She specializes in obstetric anesthesia and delivers care at  Level II and Level III labor and delivery units. 

With experience spanning over 20 years, Dr. Clayton is a respected clinician, researcher, and educator to practicing CRNAs, nurse anesthesia students and  other healthcare professionals. A primary author of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists obstetric anesthesia practice guidelines, she advocates tirelessly for evidence-based practice improvements through years of working with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).  Her commitments include the AANA Closed Claims Committee, Practice Committee and Spinal/Epidural and Ultrasound Workshops. Her research analyzes closed malpractice claims to facilitate the identification of  patterns of injuries, precipitating events and interventions to improve care. Her work in obstetric anesthesia has improved maternal and fetal care across the country and the world through dissemination at over 100 national and international conferences, several peer-reviewed publications and participation in community and national task forces to advance patient care.  A recipient of two AANA national awards in education and research, Dr. Clayton serves as a journal reviewer for the AANA Journal and Pain Management Nursing Journal.  In addition, Dr. Clayton is leading an opioid sparing pain control technique with demonstrated results in place at multiple Ohio hospitals.  

Dr. Clayton received her BSN from Bloomsburg University and her MS in Nurse Anesthesia from Northeastern University. She later earned  her DNP at the University of Cincinnati.
 

 
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Melanie Kroger-Jarvis

Associate Professor Educator, CON Undergrad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.57 Procter Hall

513-558-5218

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Eva Miriam Fried

Assistant Professor of Clinical, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

Procter Hall

513-558-5500

Eva Fried is an experienced women’s health clinician and educator. She has made significant contributions to the professions of midwifery and advanced practice nursing through writing, advocacy work, and meeting planning. In her role as faculty member and program director, Eva is committed to excellence in distance education, fostering belongingness and community in distance education, and informing every step of each student’s experience from application through graduation with a diversity, equity, and inclusion framework.
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Susan R Reutman

Director, Occupational Health Nursing Graduate Program, COM Environmental and Public Health Scie

I serve as Assistant Professor and Director of the Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) MSN Program at the University of Cincinnati (UC). In this role, I have led the conversion from an in-class, local program to an online, national program, while also developing and teaching new OHN MSN course content. I also developed the OHN Program Core section of the University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center’s grant proposal which was subsequently awarded multi-year NIOSH funding for faculty effort and trainee stipends. I also developed and taught advanced statistical courses (i.e., bivariate, multivariable, and multivariate methods course series) while serving as an advisor to three PhD Candidates in the Nursing PhD Program. Prior to this role, I worked at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as the only epidemiologist within two Divisions in collaboration with colleagues from multiple disciplines. I was also previously a Research Associate in UC’s Dept. of Environmental Health. Research projects in which I have been involved have spanned studies of respiratory effects of workers exposure to ceramic fibers to reproductive effects of bicycling. As a NIOSH Project Officer, I studied the respiratory health of nail salon workers. Cited publications I have coauthored demonstrate a history of transdisciplinary collaboration and inclusion of women and minorities in research. My current research focus is motivating increases in physical activity at the community level.
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Robyn Wingard Stamm

Assistant Professor of Clinical, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275 Procter Hall

513-558-6128

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Rev. Dr. R. Lee Tyson

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Director, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

275.62 Procter Hall

513-558-5207

Dr. Tyson is an Advanced Practice Nurse holding dual doctorates in psychiatric-mental health and theology/spiritual development. He is triple-boarded, being certified as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Addiction Registered Nurse—Advanced Practice. He is also a Fellow in the International Academy of Addictions Nursing. Before entering academia and the mental health industry, Dr. Tyson served in professional ministry for many years, and still devotes time as adjunct clergy. He has extensive clinical involvement working with populations in myriad settings across Ohio and the Midwest region, including with the #2 ranked pediatric hospital in the nation, reputable community health centers, as well as several for-profit psychiatric hospitals and substance use treatment facilities. These experiences have enabled him to be successful in his two current roles: Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing, and medical staff at Lee Side Wellness. Currently, Dr. Tyson is Director of the Psychiatric-Mental Health Program at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, currently the second largest graduate program at the college. He is also founder, owner, and visionary of Lee Side Wellness, the largest privately held outpatient psychiatric practice in southwest Ohio, and the largest and leading NP-owned practice in Ohio. Dr. Tyson’s organization employs PMHNPs, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, as well as pharmacists who offer a variety of services, including telepsychiatry, pharmacogenomics, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and multiple modalities of psychotherapy. Dr. Tyson is also the founder and owner of two other successful businesses, one offering alternative psychiatric solutions, and another which serves as a medical billing, credentialing, and consultation service. He has made numerous presentations and publications on a variety of topics, including telemental health, anxiety, mood and thought disorders, PTSD, ADHD, sexuality/gender issues, geriatric concerns, and substance use matters. He currently serves on the Mental Health Team of the University of Cincinnati Urban Health Pathway as well as the Attorney General’s All-Ohio Healthcare Substance Use Disorder Interprofessional Educational Symposium Committee. Finally, Dr. Tyson serves on the Ohio Board of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee and the OAAPN Education Committee, as well as his very influential role as Chair of the ANCC PMHNP Content Expert Panel which oversees the national certification exam for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners.
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Tamara Pavlik-Maus

Assistant Professor of Clinical, CON Grad Prog & Admin Srvcs

206 Procter Hall

513-558-4504

Professor Maus is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing and the Coordinator of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing.  She has maintained her board certification as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) for twenty-five years.  Professor Maus has practiced extensively throughout the United States providing evidence-based care to medically underserved women, including central California and the United States / Mexico border.  With her current focus on educating the next generation of nurse practitioners, she directs her energy toward technology in learning and teaching clinical skills through online and onsite simulation. Under her leadership, the 2018 WHNP graduates’ pass rate was 100% on their certification exam.  She and her team were awarded the 2017 Dean’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant.  This allowed her to develop and implement numerous online clinical skill modules covering the pelvic exam, specimen collection, microscopy, and the breast exam.  In August 2019, in cooperation with Bayer U.S., LLC., she added the PelvicSim™ (VirtaMed), a high-fidelity mobile simulator, to train students in intrauterine device (IUD) insertion for the nurse midwifery students. In late 2019, she was part of a team submitting for funding integrating SBIRT training into APN programs.  In 2020, Bayer Global awarded her team a $97,000 grant for development of simulation experiences in a distance format.  In addition, she is working with a team on mindfulness practice in teaching and the workplace.  Her scholarship and clinical practice expertise was further recognized through the publication of clinical practice articles.  In 2019 by invitation, the journal requested the article be further developed for their fall CEU edition.  Her most recent publication on PCOS was published April 2020.
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Angela M Gresham

Program Coordinator, CON AD for Academic Nursing

410 Procter Hall

513-558-0005

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Melissa Anne Joos

Program Coordinator, CON AD for Academic Nursing

Procter Hall

513-558-2969

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Maureen Ann Braniff Koo

Program Coordinator, CON AD for Academic Nursing

Procter Hall

513-558-5290

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Jalicia Kathleen Ruttino

Program Coordinator, CON AD for Academic Nursing

430 Procter Hall

513-558-3815

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The College of Nursing is authorized to have a clinical presence in all states, except Arizona, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Tennessee.

In Washington, Master of Science in Nursing and Post-MSN Certificate programs are authorized; Doctor of Nursing Practice programs are not.