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Abigail A. Gerding

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Morganton, NC adjza1@r.postjobfree.com

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Education 1990-2002 Ohio State University Columbus, OH Ph.D in Nursing Science

****-**** **** State University Columbus, OH

M.S. in Nursing Science

1982-1983 Mobile College Mobile, AL

B.S.N.

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

1980-1982 Mobile College Mobile, AL

A.D.N.

Graduated with Distinction

Professional

Experience

2018-2020 Rasmussen College Bloomington, MN

Director of Graduate Program

2016 – 2018 Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory, NC

Associate Professor

2012- 2016 Accreditation Commission Atlanta, GA

for Education in Nursing

Associate Director for Evaluation, Processes, and Monitoring 2008-2012 Boise State University Boise, ID

Chair, Nursing Graduate Program

Associate Professor

2003-2008 East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN Assistant Professor

Coordinator of MSN-RODP ETSU online program

1996-2003 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Lecturer/Community Health

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1998-(summer) Marian College Indianapolis, IN

Lecturer/Community Health

1993-1996 Marian College Indianapolis, IN

Assistant Professor Department of Nursing

1990 (summer) Ohio State University Columbus, OH

Lecturer/Community Health Nursing

1988-1990 Ohio State University Columbus, OH

Graduate Teaching Associate/Community Health Nursing 1982-1999

Various nursing staff positions in Alabama, Ohio, Indiana & Michigan Teaching Experience

Rasmussen College

NGR5400 The Impact of Ethics on Decision-making in Healthcare Lenoir-Rhyne University

NUR 435, Concepts of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing (online) NUR 436, Concepts of Psychosocial Illness (co-taught) NUR 455, Health Promotion with Populations and Families (on-ground & online) NUR 501, Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice (online) NUR 503, Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice (online) Assisted with Simulation Scenarios & Student Competencies Boise State University

NURS 334, Behavioral Health Nursing (co-taught)

NURS 504, Health Care Economics, Finance & Delivery MHLTHSCI 579, Managerial Epidemiology

NURS 520, Prof Role Development for Advanced Nursing Practice I NURS 591, Project Chair

NURS 593, Thesis Chair

NURS 596, Independent Study

East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Community Health

Graduate level Health Policy and Ethics

Doctoral level Quantitative Measurement

Doctoral level Health Policy and Ethics

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Chair of Honors Thesis

Member of Dissertation Committee

University of Michigan

Undergraduate Community Health

Undergraduate Social Issues

Chair of master’s level projects

Directed Student Learning

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Experience of Caregivers". August 22, 2011 - August 20, 2012.

Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Transitioning New Graduates into Practice". August 22, 2009

- August 20, 2010.

Honor’s Thesis Chair, “Markers for Diabetes.” May 2007 Honor’s Theses Chair, “Health Behaviors in Higher Education Students from a Regional University.” May 2008

Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member – “Childhood Reflections of Adult Male Incarcerated Child Sexual Abusers.” September 2005 - May 2006

Master’s project, “Workplace Violence.” 2003-2004

Service to Lenoir-Rhyne University

Summer Read Program

College of Health Sciences

Grand Rounds Committee

School of Nursing

Curriculum Committee

Senior Team

Graduate Faculty Team

Service to Boise State University

University

January 2011 - 2012. Chair & Committee Member, Professional Standards University Committee.

September 2008 - 2012. Committee Member, Graduate Council. School of Nursing

August 2008 - 2012. Committee Member, Administrative Team. August 2008 – 2012. Committee Chair, Graduate Governance Team. August 2008 - 2012. Committee Chair, Graduate Team. August 2008 - 2011. Committee Member, Outcomes Team. Service to East Tennessee State University

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University

University Institutional Review Board (Chair), 2007 – 2008 Committee Member, 2005 - 2007

College of Nursing

Curriculum Committee (graduate and undergraduate), 2005-2008 Chair Curriculum Committee 2007-2008 (graduate and undergraduate) Service to University of Michigan

College of Nursing

Curriculum Committee – 2000 – 2005

RN-to-BSN Curriculum Revision Committee – 2003-2005 Service to Ohio State University Nursing

Graduate Curriculum Committee – Graduate student representative Service to the Profession/Discipline

2015-2016 – Member, National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education, revision & update, 2015-2016

2009 - 2012. Evaluator, National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Served on Evaluation Review Panel – February, 2012 2006 – 2009, Evaluator, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education 2006-2008 - Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Sigma Chapter – President Elect 1994-1996 – Sigma Theta Tau, Omega – Chapter- at – Large – President 1991-1993 - Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Chapter – Historian Publications

Martz, K. and Gerding, A. (2011) Perceptions of Coordination of Care Between Hospice and Skilled Nursing Facility Care Providers. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 13 (4).

Dorgan KA, Hutson SP, Gerding G, Duvall KL. (2009) Culturally tailored cancer communication, education, and research: the highways and back roads of Appalachia. Prev Chronic Disease, 6(2).

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/apr/08_0194.htm. Gerding, A. A. (Summer 2007). Collective Efficacy: A Community Level Health Promotion & Prevention Strategy. Forum on Public Policy Online. A Journal of the Oxford Roundtable.

http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/archivesum07/gerding.pdf Gerding, A.A & Cober, K (2005). Introduction to Home Health Care. In Gerding

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Dunham-Taylor, J. and Pinczuk, J.Z. (Eds.), Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Financial Application in Hospitals, Long- Term Care, Home Care, and Ambulatory Care. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. Ruff, J.M., Gerding, G., and Hong, O. (2004). Workplace violence against K-12 teachers. AAOHN Journal, 52(5),204-9.

Gerding, G.A. & Browning, J.S. (1992). Oxyquinoline-containing ointment vs. standard therapy for stage I and stage II skin lesions. Dermatology Nursing, 4, (5), 389-398.

Professional Presentations for the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) Self-Study Forums (2012- 2015).

Workshop for Administrators of ACEN Accredited Programs (2012 -2015). Workshop for Peer Evaluators Completing ACEN Accreditation Evaluation Visits

(2012 -2015).

Workshop for Chairs of Evaluation Teams for ACEN Accreditation Evaluation Visits

(2012 -2015).

Research Presentations

Gerding, A. A. & Martz, K. (2011). Perceptions of Coordination of Care Between Hospice and Skilled Nursing Facility Staff Utilizing Dedicated Teams. Paper presented at Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2011, Boston, MA.

Gerding, A. A. & Martz, K. (2011). Perceptions of Coordination of Care Between Hospice and Skilled Nursing Facility Care Providers. Paper presented at Western Institute of Nursing, April, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada Martz, K & Gerding, A.A. (2010). Coordination of Care between hospice and skilled nursing. Paper presented at the Dying Well in Idaho Conference, July 2010, Boise, Idaho.

Gerding, A. A. (2007, August). Collective Efficacy as a Community Level Prevention Strategy. Paper presented at the Oxford Roundtable: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Oxford, England

Gerding, A. A. (2007, July). Partnering with the Hispanic Community in Northeast Tennessee: Their response and the influences on health care delivery. Paper presented at Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Conference., Vienna, Austria

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Gerding, A.A (2007, June). Addressing Diabetes Through the Use of Promotoras. Paper presented at a national conference sponsored by East Tennessee State University Appalachian Center for Translational Research in Disparate Populations, Community Connections: Using Research Results to Reduce Disparities. Gerding, G.A. and Salsberry, P. (2004, June). The impact of Medicare’s Interim Payment System on Ohio Home Health Care Agencies. Poster Session presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Health Annual Research Meeting. Gerding, G.A., Schaller-Ayers, J. & Wachs, J. (2004, May). Serving communities: Longitudinal home bases as a learning strategy. Symposium conducted at the meeting Community-Based Primary Care in Underserved Populations, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Gerding, G.A., Pohl, J., Kerscbaum, W., Sandretto, and Shimp, L. (2004, May). Serving the community through interdisciplinary service-learning. Symposium conducted at the meeting Community-Based Primary Care in Underserved Populations, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Research

Projects

2010

Principle Investigator of an exploratory research project, Child Sexual Assault in Idaho, funded by the Department of Nursing, Boise State University. 2009

Principle Investigator of the project, Idaho Project Life II funded through the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

2009

Co-Investigator and Mentor for the study, Coordination of Care between Hospice and Skilled Nursing Facilities, a project funded through the College of Health Sciences, OEF funds, Boise State University 2009

Co-Investigator and Mentor for the study, Immunization Safety Practices, a project funded through Department of Nursing internal grant funds, Boise State University.

2009

Co-Investigator for the study, Health Assessment of African Refugees in South West Idaho, a project funded through the College of Health Sciences, OEF Funds, Boise State University.

2006 - 2008

Co-Investigator for Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans Implementation in Appalachian Communities, a project funded through Appalachian Regional Commission and CDC

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2005

Principle Investigator for an Appalachian Center for Translational Research in Disparate Populations funded project “Addressing Health Disparities Through the Use of Promotoras.”

2005

Principle Investigator for the CDC-funded community-based participatory research project “Community Capacity & Diabetes Care: Hispanic Appalachians.”

1998-2002

Primary Investigator. “The Impact of the Interim Payment System On Ohio Home Healthcare Agencies” A dissertation, partially funded by the Center for Community Based Care.

1989-1990

Primary Investigator for a Master Thesis Study, “Health Behaviors and Well-being in Older Adults.”

1989-1991

Co-investigator/Research Coordinator. A clinical trial study of a new treatment for stage I and stage II lesions in nursing home residents. Funded by Assurqual of Columbus, Ohio.

Professional Memberships

Association of Community Health

Nursing Educators 2017- 2019

National Organization for Nurse 2009-2015

Practitioner Faculty

Nurse Leaders of Idaho 2009- 2012

American Nursing Association 2010- present

Gerontological Society of America 2010 -2012

American Public Health Association 2002- 2012

Sigma Theta Tau 2016 - Present

1989-2007

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