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Education

• DNP, Samford University, (Advanced Practice Nursing with Nursing Education Specialty), 2015
• MSN, ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ (Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing Education), 2010
• BSN, ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½, 2007

Certifications and Affiliations

• Board Certified (ANCC) Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Certified Nurse Educator (NLN)
• Certified Pediatric Chemotherapy RN and Biotherapy Provider (APHON)
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Gamma Chapter
• Alabama Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Children’s Oncology Group (COG), Nursing Discipline

Research Interests

• Incorporation of evidence-based practice through the role of the bedside nurse
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, concentrating in new diagnosis education
• Nursing education, specifically incivility and innovative teaching approaches
• Caregiver bonding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Asthma Education

Completed Research Support

• ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ Faculty Development Council Grant
  2/2016-2/2017
  School-based Interprofessional Asthma Self-Management Program for Middle School Students
  The goal of this study was to determine the feasibility of a school based asthma education program for middle school students who suffer from asthma, as well as its potential impact for interprofessional education

  Role: Co-Investigator

• Sigma Theta Tau Zeta Gamma Chapter Research Grant
  1/2015 – 4/2015
  Standardizing Pediatric Oncology Education: A Pilot Program for Caregivers of Newly Diagnosed Oncology Patients
  The goal of this study was to develop a standardized education program for the caregivers of newly diagnosed pediatric oncology patients and then determine its effectiveness

  Role: PI

Selected Publications

• Buckner, E., Copeland, D., Miller, K., & Optholt, T. (2018). School-Based Interprofessional Asthma Self-Management Education Program for Middle School Students: A Feasibility Trial. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education, and Action. In press

• Rodgers, C., Bertini, B., Conway, M., Crosty, A., Filice, A., Herring, R., Isbell, J., Lown, E., Miller, K., …& Lander, W. (2018). A Standardized Education Checklist for ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ of Children Newly Diagnosed with Cancer: A report from the Children’s Oncology Group. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. In press

• Buckner, E., Optholt, T., Miller, K., & Copeland, D. (2016). Addressing health disparities in Asthma for middle school students in a medically underserved area in Mobile County [Abstract]. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 87, 40.

• Moore, B., Styron, J., & Miller, K. (2015). Modeling evidence-based application: Using team based learning to increase higher order thinking in nursing research. Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, 13, 83-88.

• McGuinness, T., & Schneider, K. (2007). Poverty, child maltreatment, and foster care. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 13, 296-303.

• Schneider, K., & McGuinness, T. (2007). Adolescents adopted from the Former Soviet Union: A study of problem behaviors [Abstract]. The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 78, 138-139.

Teaching

Doctoral Courses

• Translating Evidence into Practice Systems

Graduate Courses

• Nursing Education Sub-specialty Courses (Track Coordinator)
• Instructional Design and Technology for Nurse Educators
• Curriculum and Outcomes Evaluation for Nurse Educators
• Current Topics in Nursing Education
• Nursing Education Synthesis Practicum
• Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement in Health Care Systems

Undergraduate Courses

• Nursing Care of the Childbearing/Childrearing Families
• Nursing Care of the Childbearing/Childrearing Families Clinical
• Evidence Based Practice in Nursing
• Nursing Practicum

Honors and Awards

• Lizzie Whetsell Award Podium Paper for the RAA’s 2016 International Conference and Workshops, Boston, MA, June 2016
• ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ QEP Pedagogical Scholar, April 2016
  19th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics Session’s Best Paper Award, Orlando, FL, July 2015
• Samford University First Place DNP Poster Presentation, May 2015
• ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ QEP Professional Development Fellow and Scholarship Award, 2015
• ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ College of Nursing Excellence in Nursing Practice Award, May 2007
• Sigma Theta Tau Outstanding Nursing Student Performance Award, May 2007