Nancy Darland, RN, BC, MSN, CNS

Professor

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Address:  P.O. Box 3152 TS

Ruston, La. 71270

Virginia Pennington Endowed Professorship in Nursing

Location: 

Office GTM 126

Phone: 257-2200

Education:

Certification Perinatal Nursing 1984 - present

MSN, Maternal Child Nursing, Northwestern State University, 1984

BSN, Northwestern State University, 1979

AD, General Studies, Louisiana Tech University, 1987

Clinical Specialty:

Maternal-Child Nursing

Perinatal Nursing

Certifications:

Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist by LA State Board of Nursing,1984-present

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse by LA State Board of Nursing,1996-present

Certified by American Nurses Credentialing Center Maternal-Child Nursing 1984-1990

Certified by ANCC Perinatal Nursing 1990-present

Teaching Assignments:

Nursing 210 Maternal/Newborn Health Maintenance

Nursing 112 Adult Health Maintenance I

Research Interests:

Service Learning: Maternal/Newborn Community Outreach Projects

Service Learning: Disaster Preparedness

Clinical Simulation

Using Technology to Teach Nursing Students about Infant Adoption

Professional Organizations:

American Nurses Association

Louisiana State Nurses Association

Ruston District Nurses Association

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

National League for Nursing

Honor Societies:

Beta Chi Chapter Sigma Theta Tau International

Community Service:

Coordinator Kids in Safety Seats Rental Program

Zeta Rho Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha, International

March of Dimes

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Volunteers of America

Awards:

March of Dimes Foundation Battered Boot Award for Volunteer Service, 2011

Nursing Educator of the Year, Louisiana Nurses Foundation, 2008

Teaching Award for 100 and 200 Level Courses ,College of Applied and Natural Sciences Louisiana Tech University, 2008

Volunteer of the Year, Louisiana Nurses Foundation, 2007

Excellence in Education Award, Beta Chi Chapter Sigma Theta Tau, 2007

Betty Robbins Volunteer of the Year Award, Ruston Junior Auxiliary, 2006

Outstanding Faculty Advisor, College of Applied and Natural Sciences, 2002

Publications:

"Service Learning: Maternal/Newborn Community Outreach" accepted for publication in Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, 2010.

"Continuing Education Corner" Pelican News 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

Publications

•      Darland, N. (2012). In Rita J. Finn (Ed.), Continuing Education Corner: ANCC Revises Continuing Nursing Education Criteria (vol. 68, 3, page 5). Cedar Rapids, Iowa:  Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc.: The Pelican News: The Official Publication of the LA State Nurses Association. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•      Darland, N. (2011). In Rita J. Finn (Ed.), Continuing Education Corner: LSNA Granted ANCC Accreditation as an Approver of Continuing Nursing Education (vol. 67, 4, page 5). Cedar Rapids, Iowa:  Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc.: The Pelican News: The Official Publication of the LA State Nurses Association. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•      Darland, N. (Presenter & Author), Sims, T. (Presenter & Author), (September 25, 2010) AWHONN National Conference:  Sharing Science, Finding Solutions, Las Vegas, Nevada, “Service Learning:  Maternal/Newborn Community Outreach”, published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological and Neonatal Nursing Conference Proceedings.

•      Darland, N. (2009). In Patricia Labrosse (Ed.), Continuing Education Corner: LSNA Wants You (4th ed., vol. 65, page 10). Cedar Rapids, Iowa:  Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc.: The Pelican News: The Official Publication of the LA State Nurses Association. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•      Darland, N. (2009). In Patricia Labrosse (Ed.), LSNA Continuing Nursing Education Providers and Constituents (4th ed., vol. 65, pp. page 10). Cedar Rapids, Iowa:  Arthur L Davis Publishing Agency, Inc.: The Pelican News; The Official Publication of the Louisiana State Nurses' Association. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•      Guin, R. (Presenter & Author), Darland, N. (Presenter & Author), (July 7, 2009) EDULEARN 09 International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, International Association of Technology, Education and Development, Barcelona, Spain, "Service Learning, Disaster Drills and Students:  Successful Learning Partnerships", Academic, International, published in proceedings.

•      Darland, N. (2009). In Candy Campbell, RN (Ed.), March of Dimes Louisiana Interview (7-1-09 ed.). California: Peripatetic Productions. http://peripateticproductions.com/blog/ (podcast)

•      Darland, N. (2008). In Patricia Labrosse (Ed.), Continuing Education Corner (4th ed., vol. 64, pp. page 8). Cedar Rapids, Iowa:  Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc.: The Pelican News: The Official Publication of the LA State Nurses Association. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•       Darland, N. (2008). In Patricia Labrosse (Ed.), Continuing Education Corner: LSNA Wants You (2nd ed., vol. 64, pp. page 13). Cedar Rapids, Iowa:  Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc.: The Pelican News: The Official Publication of the LA State Nurses Association. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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