Faculty & Staff

Theresa Adams, RN, MSN

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Coordinator of Program in School Health Services leading to a Master of Education and School Nurse Certification Program

Education Background

• St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing, Diploma, 1971

• Pennsylvania State University, BSN, 1990

• Widener University, School Nurse Certification Program, 1991

• Villanova University, MSN, 1995

• Alvernia University-August, 2006 enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership with Community Concentration Program

• The City University of New York, The College of Staten Island – August, 2008 enrolled in graduate level courses to obtain an Advanced Cultural Competence Certificate

Areas of interest

School Nursing, Transcultural Nursing, Nursing History, Women’s Health

Current projects

Transcultural Self-Efficacy research

Representative courses taught

• NUR 300 Professional Theories and Concepts

• NUR 312 Transcultural Nursing

• NUR 410 Professional Nursing V: School Nursing

• NUR 510 School Nursing

• NUR 490/5/RN American Nursing History

• Seniors College:  Nursing History and Navajo Culture

Publications & Presentations

• PowerPoint presentation entitled “Transcultural Nursing in the School Setting” for the Berks County School Health Association, April, 2005

• Power-Point presentation entitled “Transcultural Nursing in the School Setting” for the PASNAP annual conference in State College, PA, April, 2006

• Poster presentation at NLN Summit Conference entitled “The Genesis Program: Building Early Success”, Dean Karen Thacker, primary researcher, September, 2006

• Group presentation on the Hmong culture and book discussion, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down at the Berks County School Health Association Meeting November, 2006

• Book Review:  “An Eye Opening Experience:  Reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”, PASNAP The Examiner, Fall, 2006

• Book Review: “When the Spirit Catches You:  Begin to Open your Mind to Other Cultures”, The Pennsylvania Nurse, 61, December, 2006

• Poster Presentation at the NASN conference entitled “Open your Eyes and Minds: Read about Diversity, Nursing History, The Image of Nursing and More!” July, 2007

• Book Review: “The Glass Castle”, PASNAP The Examiner, Fall, 2007

• Article: “Listen, Learn, and Affirm: The Nursing History of a Retired School Nurse”, PASNAP The Examiner, Fall, 2007

• PowerPoint Presentation at the Quest for Quality Early Care & Education Conference, October 27, 2007 entitled “Providing Culturally Sensitive Care to Children with Common Illnesses”

• Co-authored peer-reviewed journal article with Deborah Greenawald: “School Nurse Book Clubs: An Innovative Strategy for Lifelong Learning”, The Journal of School Nursing, Volume 24, Number 2, April, 2008

• Co-Presented a PowerPoint presentation with two other Alvernia College doctoral students, Kathleen Ellis and Kathleen Nevel entitled, “Virtues of Humility and Authenticity in Community, Education, and Corporate Leadership” at the AFCU 2008 Franciscan Symposium, June 6, 2008