Faculty & Staff

Michele M. Shuman, MSN, RN, CCRN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Educational Background

• BSN, College of St. Teresa, Winona, MN (clinical work done at hospitals associated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN)

• MSN, DeSales University, Functional role: education, area of specialization: critical care

• Currently enrolled in the Educational Leadership track of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Courses Taught

Nursing 098-Transition to Professional Nursing
Nursing 403-Health Restoration (RN to BSN course)
Nursing 415- Nursing and Human Responses III
Nursing 418- Nursing and Human Responses IV
Nursing 417- Nursing Role Synthesis Practicum
Nursing 632-Evidence Based Clinical Practice (MSN course)
Nursing 490-The Power of Preceptors

Certifications

Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (1988-present)
Certified in Critical-care nursing (1990-present)
Certified in Pediatric advanced life support (2008-present)

Professional Associations

American Nurse’s Association (2009-present)
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2004-present)
Sigma Theta Tau, Mu Omicron Chapter (1993-present)
National League for Nursing (2000-present)
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (1988-present)

Areas of Interest

Critical thinking in nursing, factors that influence NCLEX success, nursing history, evidence based clinical practice, preceptorship in nursing

Presentations

• February 2010, “Clinical Consultations: Developing Evidence Based Practice Expertise in Future Nurse Educators”, Podium Presentation with Mary Ellen Symanski at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Master’s Education Conference, New Orleans, LA

• June 2008, “Surviving the Pitfalls of Preceptors”, Poster Presentation at Drexel University Nursing Education Institute,Atlantic City, NJ

• January 2006, “The Use of a Preceptorship to Enhance Baccalaureate Student Nurses’ Confidence and Competence”, Poster Presentation with Carol Roach at the Mosby Faculty Development Conference, Miami, FL

• June 2004, “Staying Afloat in the Sea of Generations”, Presented with Agnes Gentile to the Greater Reading Chapter of AACN