Nursing Program: Faculty & Staff

Dr. Theresa Tulaney, PhD, MS, RN, GCNS

Lateral violence; critical thinking in nursing education; and, enhancing clinical education.

PhD - Marywood University

MSN - Penn State University

BSN - Penn State University

April Ciesielski, MSN, RN

Hospice, geriatric care, and end-of-life care.

MSN - Wilkes University

BSN - Pennsylvania State University

Patricia Falkowski, MSN, RNC

Maternal Child

MSN - College Misericordia
BSN - Wilkes University

Dr. Kathleen Healy-Karabell, DNP, RN-CNS, CSN

Quality improvement; school-related student incivility and violence; violence in the workplace; depression in the elderly; and, abuse related to PTSD

DNP - Chatham University
MSN - University of Pennsylvania
BSN - University of Pennsylvania

Katrina Powell, MSN, RN

Simulation-based research among pre-licensure students to examine practice outcomes that include clinical judgment; clinical reasoning and safety; Virtual Reality Clinical Simulation; clinical education; strategies that promote student success on NCLEX

MSN University of Phoenix

BSN Wilkes University

Dr. Loriann Pajalich, DNP, MS, RN, CNS, GCNS-BC

Geriatrics; reduction of falls and increased safety awareness in older adult populations; improvement of transitions from academia to practice for nursing students 

DNP Wilkes University

MSN Wilkes University

BSN Wilkes University

Janel Notari

Amy Wescott, MSN, CRNP

Nursing care of disadvantaged pediatric patients

Post-masters certificate (Acute Care Adult Nurse Practitioner)- Drexel University of Nursing and Health Professions

MSN (Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner)- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

BSN- Marywood University