EDUCATION

 

2009 Doctor of Nursing Practice

Rush University, Chicago, IL

Executive Leadership Track

Improving Patient Flow in an Academic Medical Center

 

 

1995 Master of Science in Nursing

North Park University, Chicago, IL

Concentration in Nursing Administration

Kanter’s Theory of Structural Power in Organizations:  A Replication Study

 

1989 Bachelor of Science in Nursing

University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.  

Awarded cum laude

 

1977 Nursing Diploma  

Ravenswood Hospital School of Nursing, Chicago, IL

 

 

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

 

2004 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, San Diego, CA

2003 IONL/Kellogg Midwest Institute for Healthcare Leadership, Evanston, IL

 

FELLOWSHIPS

 

2013-2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow

 

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

2016 – present Program Director, Transformational Leadership: Systems Doctor of Nursing Practice

Rush University, College of Nursing

 

2009 – present Assistant Professor

Rush University, College of Nursing

Department of Women’s, Children’s and Family Nursing

 

2009 – present Assistant Professor

Rush University, College of Health Sciences

Department of Health Systems Management

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

 

2012-2015  Associate Vice President, Hospital Operations/ Executive Director, Rush Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL(148-bed hospital within a hospital)

 

2007- 2012 Director, Nursing Operations, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

 

2005-2007 Director, Medical-Surgical Services and Service Line Administrator, Oncology Services, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

 

2002-2005 Director, Women and Infant Health Services and Service Line Administrator, Cardiovascular Services, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

 

2000-2002 President/CEO, M.D. Noonan, Inc., Chicago, IL

 

1998-2000 Senior Consultant, Phillips+Fenwick, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA

1996-1998 Director, Women’s and Family Services, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL

1994-1996 Director, Women’s Programs, Columbus Hospital, Chicago, IL

1989-1994 Manager, Alberto-Culver Women’s Health Center, Prentice Women’s Hospital/Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

 

1980-1989 Nurse Educator, Women’s Outreach Department, Prentice Women’s Hospital/

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

 

1978-1988 Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery, Prentice Women’s Hospital/

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

 

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

2016 Online Learning Consortium Online Teaching Certificate

 

2015-2021 Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives

 

2004- 2024 American Nurses Credentialing Center, Certification, Nursing
Administration, Advanced

 

1977-2022 State of Illinois, Registered Professional Nurse   041-177042

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

2020 Daisy Award, Department of Women’s, Children’s, and Family Nursing, RU CON

2018 Most Valuable Member, Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders

2015 Service Recognition Award, Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders

2014 Certificate of Recognition, American Hospital Association, AHA Smart Market Development

2013 Rush University Health Systems Management Bruce C. Campbell Award for student mentorship

2012 Rush University Health Systems Management Leadership in Developing Faculty Award

2012 Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Phi Chapter Clinical Nursing Research Award

2010 Rush Magnet Course for Excellence Award, nominee

2003 Advocate Health Care Everest and Summit Leadership Development Programs

1995   Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing

1991 Honorable Mention - Poster Presentation - " A Menopause Center: Bridging the Midlife Gap" - NAACOG National Meeting - Orlando, Florida

1989 Student Leadership Award, Alumni Association of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

 

 

TEACHING

 

Course Teaching

Rush University, College of Nursing

 

Capstone - Clinical Nurse Leader (NSG 513)

Role: Course Director

Students: Pre-licensure Master’s

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 3 terms (live and online)

Content: Project Management

 

Advanced Nurse Leadership (NSG 616)

Role: Course Director/ Course Lead/ Course Developer

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 2 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Capstone (NSG 605-26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 2

Duration of Services: 7 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Project Planning II (NSG 604 B-26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 1

Duration of Services: 3 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Project Planning III (NSG 604 C-26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 1

Duration of Services: 5 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Project Practicum (NSG 609A-26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 1

Duration of Services: 4 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Project Practicum (NSG 609 B – 26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 1

Duration of Services: 3 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Project Practicum (NSG 609 C – 26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 1

Duration of Services: 3 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Project Proposal Seminar (NSG 615-26)

Role: Course Administrator and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 2

Duration of Services: 4 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Specialty Practicum (NSG 606-26)

Role: Course Lead and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 1-2

Duration of Services: 10 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

DNP Specialty Immersion (NSG607-26)

Role: Course Lead and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 2

Duration of Services: 10 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

Finance and Business Concepts (NSG 611)

Role: Course Lead and Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 7 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

Healthcare Economics, Policy, and Finance (NSG 602)

Role: Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 8 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

Leadership in Evolving Healthcare Environments (NSG 600)

Role: Course Director

Students: Doctorate

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 4 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

Organizational and System Leadership (NSG 521)

Role: Course Director

Students: Pre-licensure Master’s and BSN to DNP  

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 5 terms (online)

Content: All course content

 

Socialization into Nursing (NSG 500)

Role: Course Director

Students: Pre-licensure Master’s  

Semester Hours: 3

Duration of Services: 4 terms (live)

Content: All course content

 

Rush University,  College of Health Sciences

 

Health Care Operations Management (HSM 572) 

Role: Co-Course Director

Students: Health Systems Management Master’s

Quarter Hours: 4

Duration of Services: 6 terms (live)

Content: Introduction to Healthcare Operations, Strategy and the Balanced Scorecard, Performance Improvement Tools, Project Management.

 

 

Other Teaching

 

China Nurse Leadership Program

University of Chicago Medicine

Role: Lead Faculty

Students: 30 nurse leaders from the People’s Republic of China.  

Continuing education hours: 30

Duration of Services: 1 year

Content: All course content

 

 

Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders Nurse Leader Fellowship

Role: Lead Faculty

Students: New to experienced nurse leaders in the State of Illinois. Fellows must be nominated by their organization’s chief nurse. Fellows receive fellow designation.

Continuing education hours: 40.5 - 42

Duration of Services: 8 years

Content: All course content

 

University of South Carolina Cockcroft Fellowship

Role: Faculty

Students: New to experienced nurse leaders in the State of South Carolina. Fellows must be nominated by their organization’s chief nurse.

Continuing education hours: 30

Duration of Services: 2 years

Content: Project Management

 

Rush in Tanzania Fellowship

Role: Faculty

Students: New to experienced leaders at Mugando Medical Center, Mwanza City, Tanzania.

Hours: 40

Duration of Services: 2 years

Content: Leadership, Communication, Negotiation, Conflict Management

 

 

Membership on PhD Committee

Kirstin Dickens, ACRP and Dissertation Committees, Primary Care for Participants Experiencing Homelessness (2016-2018) 

 

DNP Project Advisement

Kristin Arden, Evaluating a Telemedicine Sublingual Treatment Program (2020-2022)

Molly Erickson, Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Internal Staffing Solution (2020-2022)

Sarah Martin, Promoting APP Publications at a Children’s Hospital (2020-2022)

Isis Reyes, Reducing 30-Day Readmissions Post-CABG (2020-2022) 

Cristiane Bejarano, Perioperative Services Efficiency (2019-2021)

Sufia Husain, Improving Nurse Civility (2018-2021)

Sarah Jennings, Post-Traumatic Stress Mitigation for Corrections Officers (2019-2020)

Kiffon Keigher, Impacting Stroke Outcomes (2019-2021)

Therese Poland, Improving Initial Medicare Survey Outcomes (2018-2020)

Tiffany Wiksten, Evaluation of a Surge Capacity Plan (2019-2021)

Edward Gutierrez, Improving Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction in an Emergency Department (2017-2020)

Lisa Guertin, Heart Transplant Length of Stay Reduction (2018-2020)

Anne Lindstrom, Improving Suicidal Ideation Screening and Suicide Prevention Strategies on Adult Non-Behavioral Health Units (2018-2020)

Michelle Olech Smith, The Implementation and Evaluation of a Simulation-Based Interprofessional Team Training Program (2018-2020)

Sneha Patel, Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions to Acute Care from Skilled Nursing Facilities (2018-2020)

Jonel Gomez, Balanced Scorecard Approach to Evaluating Ophthalmology Practices (2017-2019)

Pandolla Hicks, Passport to Surgical Safety (2017-2019)

Stacey Harvey, Evaluating Critical Care Orientation (2016-2018)

Thomas Starr, Reducing Unplanned Nasogastric Tube Removals (2016-2018)

Carolyn Yoder, Adjunct Clinical Faculty Development (2016-2018)

Heather Van Dongen Trimmer, Evaluation of Food Insecurity and its Link to Obesity in a San Diego FQHC (2015)

Evelyn Senewo, Inpatient Acute Care Emergency Surge Capacity Plan (2014-2016)

David Miller, Preventing Pneumonia to Reduce Unplanned Acute Care Admissions from RIC (2014-2016)

Karla Ramberger, Reducing Nurse Manager Turnover (2014-2016)

Steven Brockman-Weber, A Guide to Physician-Nurse Communication (2014-2016)

Lise Hauser, The Business of Being Midwives (2014-2016)

Sylvia Baird, Reducing Central Line Associated Blood Infections (2013-2015)

Amy Sanborn, Improving Perinatal Team Communication (2013-2015)

Cheryl Jackson, Go With the Flow (2013-2015)

Nicole Telhiard, Implementing a Pediatric Primary Medical Home (2012-2014)

Jill Stemmerman, Reducing Heart Failure Admissions (2012-2014)

Kathleen Clary, Developing and Implementing an Operational Plan for an Outpatient Pediatric Surgical Center in Southern King County (2012-2014)

Diane Heine, Controlled Substances: Diversion and Detection (2012-2014)

Linda Brewer, Improving Patient Medication Discharge Instructions with an Electronic Health Record (2011-2013);  

Karen Kopan, Pilot Program for Critical Care Nurse Practitioners (2011-2013);

Carol Chamblin, Lactation Services Provided by the Advanced Practice Nurse in a Pediatric Practice (2009-2011).  

 

DNP Project Second Reader

Sheila Levins, Implementing a Clinical Nurse Leader Role in a Children’s Hospital (2019-2021)

Monica Boege, Reducing Incidence of Patient and Family Violence (2018-2020)

Lee Anne Eddy, Increasing Nurse Retention (2018-2020)

Teresa Torres, Improving Nurse Leader Rounding (2018-2020)

Mary Pugh, Mentorship: Mitigating Attrition of Experienced Nurses (2017-2019)

Cheryl Meyer, Improving Transitions to Reduce Hospital Readmissions in CHF Patients (2017-2019)

Jennifer Steele, Improving Safety Culture and Trust through Patient Safety Leadership Rounds (2017-2019)

Lory Arquilla-Maltby, Reducing CHF Readmissions from Skilled Nursing Facility to Acute Care (2016-2018)

Jamie Luark, APP Fellowship Program (2016-2018)

Ramona Hunter, Cultural Competence Education to Enhance Addiction Care Across the Women’s Health Continuum (2016-2018)

Amy Haeger, Improving Access to Urgent Care for Patients Pregnant with a Fetal Anomaly (2015-2017)

Susan Geiduschek, Transitioning Medically Complex Children from Hospital to Home (2014-2016)

Kathryn Ward, Development and Implementation of a Workplace Incivility & Bullying Reduction Program (2014-2016)

Mary Buckner, Open Educational Resources at a Community College (2014-2016)

Jessica Cherikos, Utilization of Relationship Marketing to Increase Patient Volume at Rush Fetal and Neonatal Medicine Center(2013-2015)

Mary Shehan, Succession of Clinical Leadership (2010-2012)

   

Graduate Student Advisement

College of Nursing

Cassandra Dumay, Generalist Entry Master’s (2017-2019)

Tessa I Lee, Generalist Entry Master’s (2017-2019)

Najaun B. Robinson, Generalist Entry Master’s (2017-2019)

 

College of Health Sciences (Health System’s Management Master’s Program)

HSM Master’s Project Committee Chairperson:

 

Mary Kate Wainwright, The Effect of Place of Service on Diabetic Screening Adherence in the Homeless Population (2019)

Kara Kosog, Identifying an Association Between Socio-Demographic Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Adherence in a Federally-Qualified Health Center Sample (2019)

Benjamin Gonzalez San Martin, Emergency Department Pediatric Boarding in an Academic Medical Center (2016)

Brittany Keeler, Enhancing Licensed Registered Professional Nurse and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Role Transparency to Improve Workflow (2015)

Evan Devoe, Collaborative Interprofessional Education (2014)

Natasa Djukic, Modeling Neonatal Placement in a Single-Bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (2013)

Theresa Osunero, Effect of Space Design on Nurses’ Motion (2013)

Nelson Holmberg, Comparing Quantitative Operations Science Modeling Methods to Core Staffing Models for Forecasting Nurse Staffing Needs (2012)

 

HSM Master’s Project Committee Member:

Nicole Powell, Improving Clinical Workflows in a Cancer Center: A Simulation Model (2015)

Kathryn Russell, Regional Variation of Cesarean Section Rates in the US (2012)

Anne Hazard, Determining the Feasibility of a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program (2012).

Kamila Zlotnicki, The Influence of Birth Weight on the Cost of Readmission to NICU (2011)

Matthew Goldstein, Analyzing the Effect of Additional Neuroscience Intensive Care Beds (2011)

Amy Tsang, Assessing Preferred Bed Placements for Orthopedic Patients (2010) 

Kerthi Subbarao, Investigating the Feasibility of a Dedicated Observation Unit at an Academic Medical Center (2010);

Payal Gupta, Assessing the Appropriateness of Patient Placement in General Medicine by Service Lines (2010);

Deann Gavney, Rightsizing General Medicine Units for a New Facility: A Simulation Approach (2009)

Alyssa Howell, Impact of Bed Management Strategies for Hematology/Oncology Unit: A Simulation Approach (2008)

 

Preceptor

Megann Wojciechowski, doctoral, TL Systems, Rush University College of Nursing (2019-2020)

Humberto Rodriguez, graduate, nursing administration, St. Xavier University (2018)

Frank Bradtke, doctoral, Saint Francis Medical Center, College of Nursing (2015)

Audre Pocius, nursing administration, St. Xavier University (2016)

Evan DeVoe, graduate, health systems management, Rush University (2013)

Theresa Osunero, graduate, health systems management, Rush University (2012)

Michiko Hillenmeyer, graduate, nursing, Rush University (2012)

Rozellyn Hampton, undergraduate, health administration, Southern Illinois University (2012)

Natasa Djukic, graduate, health systems management, Rush University, (2011)

Jill Downey, nursing administration graduate student, Olivet Nazarene University (2012)

Dan Bush, graduate, health administration, University of Washington, Seattle (2011)

Nelson Holmberg, graduate, health systems management, Rush University (2011)

Matthew Balog, graduate, health systems management, Rush University (2011)

Matthew Stockov,  graduate, health systems management, Rush University (2010)

Matthew Goldstein, graduate, health systems management, Rush University (2009 & 2010)

Jillian Jweniat, graduate, health system management, Rush University (2009)

 

Mentorship

Charlene Aaron, RN, PhD, Chancellor, St. Johns College, Springfield, IL, 2020

Kathleen Mikos, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, RU CON, Faculty Mentor, 2020

Julie Lopez, New Faculty, RU CON, Project Faculty Mentor, 2019

Karen Mayer, New Faculty, RU CON, Project Faculty Mentor, 2019

Angela Morris, MPH, LCSW, LSSBB. ACHE Mentoring Program, 2019

Molly Narod, MSN, Women’s, Children’s and Family Nurse Scholar, 2019

Tamaal Rogers, BA, MA, ACHE Mentoring Program, 2018

Evan Lyon, MD, Heartland Alliance Health, Application for RWJF Culture of Health Leaders Program, 2017

Megan Keenan, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, Rush University Medical Center, Application for RWJF Culture of Health Leaders Program, 2017

Crystal R. Crawford, MSN, Rush University Medical Center, Application for AHA Diversity Leadership Program, 2017

 

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Manuscripts in Press

1. Kirby, K., Earle, M., Callahan, CA, & Karagory, P. (In press). Preparing Nursing Students for Diverse Populations.  Nurse Education in Practice.  

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Lindstrom, A.C., & Earle, M. (2021). Improving Suicidal Ideation Screening and Suicide Prevention Strategies on Adult Nonbehavioral Health Units. Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice.   doi:10.1891/JDNP-D-20-00049.

2. Guertin, L., Earle, M., Dardas, D., & Brown, C. (2021). Post-heart Transplant Care Pathway’s Impact on Reducing Length of Stay.  Journal of Nursing Care Quality. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000546.

3. Guertin, L., Earle, M., Dardas, D., & Brown, C. (2021). Post-heart Transplant Care Pathway’s Impact on Reducing Length of Stay.  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant, 40 (4), S290.

4. Yoder, CM., Earle, M; Deane, S (2020) The Roundabout Model for Adjunct Clinical Nurse Faculty Retention. Nursing Education Perspectives: July 7, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue -doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000694

5. Dickins, K.A., Buchholtz, S.W., Ingram, D., Braun, L.T., Hamilton, R. J., Earle, M., & Karnik, N.S. (2020). Supporting Primary Care Access and Use among Homeless Persons. Social Work in Public Health, 35(6), 335-337.

6. Wainwright, MK, Earle, M, Canar, WJ, Kosog, K, Gilbert, MK, Nolan, C, Stellon, E, Vitolo, O. (2020). The Effect of Place of Service on Diabetic Screening Adherence in the Homeless Population.  Journal of Community Health, 45(1), pp.73-80.

7. Kosog, K., Earle, M., Canar, WJ, Wainwright, MK, Webb, T., Stellon, E., Nolan, C. [2020]. Identifying an Association Between Socio-Demographic Factors and Breast Cancer Screening Adherence in a Federally-Qualified Health Center Sample. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28 (3).  https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12784