Nursing Faculty & Staff

Anne M. Fink, Ph.D., RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Education Background 

• Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
         Villanova University, Villanova, PA

• Master of Science in Nursing
         DeSales University, Center Valley, PA

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
         Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Professional Associations:

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing
• National League for Nursing
• Pennsylvania League for Nursing
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• American Association of University Professors

Representative Courses Taught: 

Undergraduate Program

• NUR 201 – Foundations of Professional Nursing I (Nursing Fundamentals)
• NUR 205 – Foundations of Professional Nursing II (Medical-Surgical Nursing)
• NUR 309 – Nursing and Human Responses I (Maternity Care)
• NUR 313 – Nursing and Human Responses II (Behavioral Health & Chronic Illness)

RN-BSN Program

• NUR 312 – Transcultural Nursing
• NUR 320 - Nursing Informatics

Master of Science in Nursing Program

• NUR 630 – Measuring Educational Outcomes

Selected Publications: 

• Fink, A. M.  (2009).  Toward a new definition of health disparity: A concept analysis.  Journal of Transcultural Nursing 20(4), 349-357. 
• Fink, A. M.  (2011).  Early hospital discharge in maternal and newborn care.  Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 40(2), 149-156. 

Selected Presentations: 

• "Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Nursing "The Wolf" Podium presentation. Community presentation sponsored by The Alumni Association of The Reading Hospital School of Nursing, Reading, PA, May 2011.
• “Concept Analysis in Nursing” Podium presentation.  Alvernia University Nursing Scholarship Day , Reading, PA on April 7, 2009.
• “Toward a New Definition of Health Disparity: A Concept Analysis” Poster presentation.  Villanova University College of Nursing’s Annual Research Day: The Many Faces of Nursing Research on April 1, 2008 and Annual Jean Brown Excellence in Nursing Conference: Investigating Studies in Nursing, Immaculata University, April 4, 2009.   
• Atlas.ti Qualitative Data Management Software Training.  Podium Presentation.  Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership Program, Alvernia University, Reading, PA in May, 2008 and two in September, 2008.
• “A Concept Analysis of Health Disparity” Poster presentation.  Eastern Nursing Research Society meeting in Philadelphia, PA, March, 2008.
• Panel member “The Nature of Doctoral Education in Nursing” Villanova University, Villanova, PA in June, 2005, and June, 2006.

Selected Professional Service Activities:

• Item Writer for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN), May 22-25, 2007.   

Research Interests

• Completed a pilot study on “Postpartum Information Needs of New Mothers” (Quantitative)
• Completed a study on examining “Puerto Rican New Mothers’ Self-Reports of Postpartum Infant and Self-Care Knowledge Acquisition (Qualitative)

Areas of Interest Not Identified Above:

• Pediatrics, Community health, Hospice
• Environmental health