Shelly Bussard

Shelly Bussard

Dr. Shelly Bussard, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE | Director, School of Nursing | Associate Professor

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  • Diploma in Nursing, 1996 – Fairview Hospital School of Nursing
  • BSN and MSN, 2002 – University of Akron
  • PhD in Nursing, 2013 – University of Phoenix
  • Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist, Board Certified
  • Certified Nurse Educator
  • Simulation
  • Clinical Judgment
  • Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • Health Promotion
  • Curriculum design
  • Effective teaching and learning strategies
  • Simulation
  • Clinical Judgment
  • Evaluation methods
  • Lived experience
  • Bussard, M. E., Jessee, M. A., El-Banna, M. M., Cantrell, M. A., Alrimawi, I., Marchi, N. M., Gonzalez, L. I., Rischer, K., Coy, M. L., Poledna, M. & Lavoie, P. (2024). Current practices for assessing clinical judgment in nursing students and new graduates: A scoping review. Nurse Education Today, 134(106078), 1-11https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106078
  • Mahoney, S. & Bussard, M.E. (2023). Relaxation as an educational strategy for stress management and resiliency. Nurse Educator. doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000001568.
  • Bussard, M.E., & Jacobs, L. (2023, Month). Person-Centered care and clinical judgment: Mapping the AACN essentials with simulation in prelicensure nursing programs. Clinical Simulation in Nursing , 84, 101451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101451.
  • Bussard, M., & Mahoney, S., (2022).  Relaxation room for prelicensure nursing students.  Nurse Educator, 47(6), 353.
  • Sears, J., Maziarz, L., Wilken, L. Bussard, M., & Kinnipen, K. (2022).  Public Health in the Public Eye: Experiences of Ohio’s Public Health Workforce During COVID-19. Health Promotion Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399221124598
  • Bussard, M. (2020). Prelicensure nursing students developing clinical judgment through emotional intelligence: A qualitative interpretive descriptive study. American Journal of Nursing Science, 9(6), 411-416. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=152&doi=10.11648/j.ajns.20200906.14
  • Bussard, M. E., & Lawrence, N. (2019). Role modeling to teach communication and professionalism in prelicensure nursing students. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 14, 219-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2019.04.005
  • Bussard, M. E. (2018). Satisfactory Completion of End-of-Course Outcomes Using Simulation. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(8), 489-492. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20180720-07
  • Bussard, M. E. (2018). Evaluation of clinical judgment in prelicensure nursing students. Nurse Educator, 43(2), 106-108. DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000432
  • Bussard, M. E. (2017). Postdebriefing activities following simulation. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 12(3), 220–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2017.03.010
  • Bussard, M. (2016). Self-reflection of video recorded high-fidelity simulations and development of clinical judgment. Journal of Nursing Education,55(9), 522-527. http://doi:10.3928/01484834-20160816-06
  • Bussard, M. (2015). High-Fidelity Simulation to teach accountability to prelicensure nursing students. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 11, 425-430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2015.05.009
  • Bussard, M. (2015). Evaluation of clinical judgment within Reflective journals of Pre-licensure nursing student. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(8), 451-454.
  • Bussard, M. (2015). Clinical judgment in reflective journals of pre-licensure nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(1), 36-40.
  • Bussard, M. (2013). Interpretive description of clinical judgment within reflective journals of nursing students participating in high-fidelity simulation (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest. (3578583).
  • Bussard, M. (2002). Reteplase: Nursing implications for catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy for peripheral vascular occlusions, Critical Care Nurse, 22(3), 57-63.
  • Outstanding Faculty Excellence Award, Capella University, February, 2020
  • Faculty Spotlight, Capella University, NLN Magnet Conference, September, 2018
  • People’s Choice Award, International Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning, Poster; Satisfactory Development and Progression of Clinical Judgment Using Simulation, June 15, 2018
  • Excellence in Academia related to Simulation, Nominee, International Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning, March 2018
  • Excellence in Nursing Education, National Council of Hospital Based Schools of Nursing, March, 2014
  • Excellence in Education, Ohio Magazine, December, 2011
  • Nursing Excellence, nominee, St. John Westshore Hospital, Westlake, OH, 2003
  • Sigma Theta Tau, inducted in 2003. Delta Omega Chapter

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