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Melissa Troncoso, MSN, NP-C, CHWC

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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences PhD
Biography

Commander (CDR) Melissa Troncoso is a Ph.D. candidate at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. There, she focuses her studies on eating behaviors and culture of health. Her primary research goal is to identify the social and environmental factors that influence eating behaviors among junior enlisted service members, and how to facilitate a culture of health that promotes and supports individual efforts to maintain healthy eating habits. CDR Troncoso most recently held the position of Navy Nurse Corps Administrative Fellow at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and served as the Navy medical representative on the Department of Defense Instruction 1308.3: Physical Fitness and Body Fat Program Procedures working group tasked with revising DoDI 1308.3. She is a Family Nurse Practitioner with extensive clinical experience working with active duty military personnel, military retirees, and their families. During a nine-month deployment, she served as the Officer in Charge of the Cooperative Medical Assistance Team, a joint operation responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing medical, veterinary, and entomology humanitarian civil-military operations across a Combined Joint area of Afghanistan. CDR Troncoso received her Master of Science in Nursing from the Uniformed Services University and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan. She is a Certified Health and Wellness Coach with experience coaching individuals and groups in the areas of weight management and wellness. Her awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2) and the Army Achievement Medal.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar – Community-based Care
Dissertation: Anticipated Dissertation Title: Factors Influencing Eating Behaviors Among Active Duty Enlisted Sailors in Non-Deployed Settings.

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Centreville Virginia United States

Catherine Trossello, FNP

New York University DNP
Biography

I currently work in a community health center that serves a largely undocumented and uninsured population. This setting requires profound cultural sensitivity and clear communication skills. The clinic has many family providers but I am the only nurse practitioner on staff. As such, I am often asked to train nursing staff in a variety of areas, including effective triaging and medication administration. I also orient and train new providers whether they are MD or PA, and I was a preceptor a nurse practitioner student as well. In addition to adult and pediatric primary care, I work along side an obstetrician and together we have started a low risk prenatal care clinic within the health center. We work together to develop guidelines and train staff in order to achieve the best outcomes for our patients. We use evidence based practices and the guidelines based upon those practices to offer the best care possible to our patient population. I have been practicing as a FNP for almost 5 years and will be starting my DNP in the fall. I look forward to learning how to be an effective leader so that I can enhance my ability to train and teach, especially nurses and nurse practitioners. I hope to improve my ability to analyze, interpret and institute evidence based practices into my daily practice and help other health care professionals do the same.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas-Blaustein Nurse Leader – Improving outcomes in Family Primary Care through evidence based practices.
Dissertation: I am not sure of the theme or topic as of yet, but I hope to be a part of a project evaluating the use of an evidence based practice to improve health outcomes in a health care agency within New York City.

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New York NY United States

Emily Tsivitse, MSN, RN

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Case Western Reserve University PhD
Biography

Currently a PhD student interested in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient population, and the affects of their symptoms and co-morbidities after attendance in a Pulmonary Rehabilitation program. I am also a research assistant under Dr. Ronald Hickman, I was apart of development of an avatar education tool to assist surrogate decision makers (SDMs), while making decisions for loved ones in an ICU setting. I have a bachelors of nursing and recently obtained board certification as a Adult Gerontology Primary Care nurse practitioner. I have previously worked as a bedside nurse in a medical surgical setting and additionally care for patients on mechanical ventilation. I have various amounts of previous research experience, including pharmaceutical trials, cardiovascular stem cell tissue replacement, pulmonary bronchoscopy, neurointensivist stroke assessment training.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas Scholar – Chronic Health
Dissertation: Anticipated dissertation title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation self-management and symptom influence on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and their co-morbidities

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Solon Ohio United States

Darlene Tubera

University of Texas Houston DNP
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Research/Clinical Practice Area:
Dissertation: acute and critical care; burn care (military)

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United States

Jacqueline Tulley, ACNP

Loyola University Chicago PhD
Biography

I am currently enrolled in the Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing PhD program. My dissertation will focus on those women who have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and how emotions influence their illness perception and ability to engage in their self-care behaviors. My proposed dissertation may help to increase the understanding and knowledge that emotional responses and personality (e.g. Type D) may have on self-care behaviors for CVD risk reduction. The goal of my proposed research is to help prevent disease progression in women with chronic heart disease, which will help improve overall disease outcomes and reduce health care costs in this population. CVD is my primary clinical area of interest. I received my ACNP and MSN degree from Loyola University of Chicago. I obtained my BSN from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. I am an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Saint Xavier University teaching medical surgical nursing at the graduate and undergraduate level. Nursing positions I have held are charge nurse, clinical preceptor, critical care educator, cardiology clinical nurse specialist, and cardiology nurse practitioner. I have practiced as a cardiology nurse practitioner for over thirteen years caring for individuals with CVD in the hospital/clinic setting. I have presented at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition and provide community presentations on CVD health promotion. The awards I have received are the Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Faculty Fellowship Award, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship finalist candidate, and Midwest Nursing Research Society moderator.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas Nurse Leader – Women and Cardiovascular Disease
Dissertation: My dissertation will focus on those women who have been diagnosed with CVD and how emotions influence their illness perception and ability to engage in their self-care behaviors.

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Wilmington IL United States

Eleanor Turi, BSN, RN, CCRN

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Columbia University PhD

Linda Turpin, MSN, RN, NE-BC, NPD-BC

Indiana University-Purdue University (Indianapolis) PhD
Biography

My Current Program and Research Interests: Currently a Nursing PhD student at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. My minor is in Communication through the College of Liberal Arts. My area of focus is Effective Communication in Interprofessional Practice. My initial research is entitled “Descriptions of Communication in Interprofessional Practice between Physicians and Nurses in an Operating Room Setting”. Education Preparation: Obtained MSN at Northern Kentucky University (Nursing Administration & Education focus). Obtained BSN at Ball State University. (Psychiatric Nursing in Dundee, Scotland) Relevant Work Experience/Leadership Roles: Director of Network Education—11 years (Initially for one hospital in Network of 7, then became independent stand-alone hospital, which then became Network with over 140 physician offices and 5 outpatient centers.) Managed & Directed variety of responsibilities and initiatives—Corporate Orientation, Nursing Orientation, Nursing CE, Preceptor & Charge Nurse Workshops, EPIC (EMR) training, Simulation Lab, Nursing & Clinical Affiliations, Learning Management System, CPR—BLS & ACLS, RN to BSN & BSN to ACNP programs. Diabetes Center Manager—6 years (grew from 0 endocrinologists to 5 endocrinologists) Operating Room Nurse—24 years (Held a variety of roles—assistant manager, team leader, charge, educator, scrubbed and circulated in all types of cases—Open Heart, Eye, Ent, Neuro, General, Gyn, OB, Ortho, Plastics) Same Day Surgery/Recovery Room—2 years—(cross-covered) Med/Surg—Floor/Patient Unit—3 years (Unit Nurse/Charge Nurse) Nursing Instructor—5 years Home Health Nursing Care—5 years (Geriatric) Preceptor for numerous nursing students at all levels. Patient Care Assistant—5 years ** Some were simultaneously worked** Leader roles in Professional Organizations–AORN, ANPD.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas Nurse Leader – Other
Dissertation: Descriptions of Communication in Interprofessional Practice between Physicians and Nurses in an Operating Room Setting

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Lawrenceburg Indiana United States

Emily Tuthill

University of Connecticut PhD
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Research/Clinical Practice Area:
Dissertation: disaster relief; health promotion; global heatlh; mother-to-child HIV transmission; breastfeeding

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United States

Julie Twidwell, MSN, RN, CNE

University of Missouri-St. Louis PhD
Biography

I am currently working toward my PhD in Nursing at University of Missouri-St. Louis. I completed my MSN at the University of Central Missouri and my BSN at Southeast Missouri State University. My research interest is nursing education with a focus on the use of standardized nursing exams as a predictive criterion. I have been in the nursing profession for 20 years and a nurse educator for the past 11 years. In 2005 I began teaching at a school of practical nursing and became the program coordinator just one year later. In 2014, I began teaching in the BSN program at Southeast Missouri State University.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas Nurse Leader – Education/Inter-professional education
Dissertation: Use of the HESI A2 exam as a predictive admission criterion

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Charleston Missouri United States

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