St. Bonaventure University

DePerro School of Health Professions Faculty

Soltysik, Suzanne M.

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    • ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
    Nursing
    ACADEMIC SCHOOL
    DePerro School of Health Professions

    TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
    Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing
    CONTACT
    Office phone: (716) 375-2262
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    OFFICE
    Francis Hall 210
    COURSES TAUGHT
    • Medical-Surgical I & II (classroom and clinical)
    • Health Assessment
    • Pharmacology (hybrid)
    • Evidence-based Practice and Research (hybrid)
    • Nursing Theory
    • MEP 510. Foundations in Nursing Care
    • MEP 611. Advanced Nursing Assessment and Nursing Theory
    • MEP 616. Translation Research for Evidence Based Practice and QI in Nursing
    ACADEMIC DEGREES
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Mount Saint Mary College, 1989
    • Master of Science in Nursing, St. Joseph's College, 2013
    • Doctor of Nursing Practice, American Sentinel University, 2019
    OTHER EDUCATION
    • Medical Surgical Nursing certification
    • Nursing Professional Development certification
    • Certified Nurse Educator
    PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
    • Licensed in New York and Pennsylvania
    • Clinical nurse for more than 30 years with experience in medical-surgical nursing, oncology, telemetry, critical care, home care hospice and school nursing
    • Worked in nursing education in a hospital setting and as an adjunct instructor in AS, BS and MS nursing programs
    ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • "Trauma Informed Care in Rural Communities," May 2023 St Bonaventure University Health Symposium 
    • "Improving the BLS Competency, Compliance, and Confidence of Bedside Nurses using RQI," ANA-NY Oct 2023 
    • "Burnout in Nursing," May 2020 St Bonaventure University Nursing Symposium 
    • "It Takes a Village: Nurse Residency Program Implementation," June 2019 Mather Hospital Nursing EBP & Research Conference
    • “It Takes a Village: Implementing a Transition-to-Practice Program for BSN New Graduate Nurses in a Community Hospital,” May 2019 Mather Hospital Nursing Research & EBP Conference, Stony Brook, NY
    • 2019 Dissertation: “How Has the Implementation of a Transition to Practice Program Affected the Satisfaction of New Graduate BSN Nurses in a Small Community Hospital During the First Year of Practice?”
    TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
    CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
    • Evidence you can use: Implementing a Residency in Rural NY Winter 2025
    • Evidence you can use: How can RQI change provider competency, confidence, and compliance with BLS skills? Fall 2024 ANA-NY Digital Newsletter 
    • "Has the Implementation of a Transition to Practice Program affected the Satisfaction of New Graduate Nurses in a Small Community Hospital?" May 2019, DNP Project Dissertation 
       
    PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
    I lived on Long Island most of my life, with family roots in Western New York. I was happy to join the faculty of the new nursing program at St. Bonaventure in 2019 and I look forward to helping to raise the level of nursing practice through education and degree advancement.

    “Nursing is a progressive art, such that to stand still is to go backward.”

    — Florence Nightingale

     
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