Nursing Faculty and Staff

Research and special interests include academic incivility, improving faculty and student retention, innovative teaching methodologies, legal/ethical issues in education and practice, and in transforming nursing education to support professional formation. Certified as a legal nurse consultant since 2000; areas of practice include nursing malpractice, licensure issues, elder abuse, long-term care issues, and nursing education on a part time basis. Clinical experience includes critical care, obstetrics, orthopedics, long-term care, outpatient clinics, and medical-surgical practice areas. Served as a member of the New York State Health Facilities Association, NYS Governor’s Advisory Committee on Aging, Catherine Welsh Center for Nursing Research Scholarship and Awards Committee, and M. I. Bassett Hospital’s Research Evening Planning Committee.

As a Hartwick College 2007 alumna and Master’s in Nursing Education graduate from SUNY Poly in Utica, NY, Dana has sought to combine her experience with simulation along with enhancing instruction methodologies through the utilization of the new nursing lab and its technology. Dana has long felt that the education of nursing students today must meet the needs of a highly fast paced and technology rich health care environment. Utilization of the simulation and skills lab in each level of nursing student at Hartwick College is imperative to reach that goal. She has also been instrumental in helping to create the new major and minor in Public Health.