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

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

Janel Notari