Dr. Swan Beth Ann Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Contact Dr. Swan

901 Walnut Street
Suite 804
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 503-8057
(215) 923-1468 fax

Education
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson/Campbell Collaboration, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education 2002

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1996

MSN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 1983

BSN, Holy Family College, 1980

Certification
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

University Appointment
Dean and Professor, Jefferson School of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University

Research and Clinical Interests
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Evidence-based Practice

Technology Applications for Practice - Based Research; Client Outcomes, Symptom Distress and Functional Status, Following Ambulatory Surgery; Dissemination of Evidence, Accessibility and Usability of web-based Evidence Resources.

Research Grants
2012-2014, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing "Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship"

2011-2014, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions "Promoting Health Access: Online Graduate Programs for Rural Underserved Communities"

2011-2012, Principal Investigator, Jefferson School of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University "The Impact of a Teaching-Learning Technology Initiative on Student and Faculty Outcomes: A One-to-One i-Pad Pilot Study"

2010, Principal Investigator, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) "Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Performance Measurement Conference"

2007-2010, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing "Promoting Health Access: Online Graduate Programs for Rural Underserved Communities"

2007-2009, Principal Investigator, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) "Delirium Screening: From Research to Point of Care"

2010-2011, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing "Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship"

2009-2010, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing "Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship"

2008-2009, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing "Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship"

2007-2008, Principal Investigator, DHHS HRSA Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing "Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship"

2005-2007, Knowledge Developer, Aurora-Cerner-University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (ACW) Project "Knowledge-Based Nursing: Evidence Synthesis to Guide Clinical Practice"

Professional Memberships
Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars Program:
Primary (Nursing) Mentor, 2011-2014

American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing:
Co-Chair, Care Coordination Expert Panels, 2012-Present
Member, Health Care Reform Advisory Team, 2011-Present
Immediate Past President, 2007
President, 2006-2007
President-Elect, 2005-2006
Treasurer, Board of Directors, 2004-2005
Secretary, Board of Directors, 2001-2004
Chair, Practice Evaluation and Research Committee, 1999-2001
Chair, Research Committee, 1998-1999
Member, Research Committee, 1996-1998

American Nurses' Association; Pennsylvania Nurses' Association

International Council on Womens Health Issues (ICOWHI, Board of Directors, 2004-2006

Sigma Theta Tau, Xi Chapter, Delta Rho Chapter

Member, Review/Steering Committee Standardizing Ambulatory Care Performance Measures, National Quality Forum (NQF)

Member, Take Care Health National Medical Advisory Board

Awards And Honors
2012 AACN-Wharton Executive Leadership Program

2011 Dean's Faculty Achievement Award, Jefferson School of Nursing Thomas Jefferson University

2010 Honorary Visiting Expert, Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Ministry of Health, Singapore

2007-2010 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship

2009 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, Excellence in Nursing Research

2009 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Award

2007 Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award, Holy Family University

2005 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

2002 Outstanding Alumni Award for Leadership in Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

 

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Kids into health careers: A rural initiative
  2. Factors influencing the implementation of a point-of-care screening tool for delirium.
  3. Health care reform: Current updates and future initiatives for ambulatory care nursing
  4. Implementing an MSN nursing program at a distance through an urban-rural partnership
  5. Evaluating Care in ED Fast Tracks
  6. Knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors of oncology advanced practice nurses regarding advanced care planning for patients with cancer.
  7. Ambulatory care registered nurse performance measurement
  8. Women and cardiovascular disease: an evidentiary review.
  9. Optimizing vitamin d status to reduce colorectal cancer risk: An evidentiary review
  10. Growing ambulatory care nurse leaders in a multigenerational workforce
  11. Growing ambulatory care nurse leaders: Building talent from the primed pipeline
  12. Promoting prevention and early recognition of malignant melanoma.
  13. Making nursing-sensitive quality indicators real in ambulatory care
  14. Transitioning from acute care to ambulatory care
  15. Demonstrating the value of the RN in ambulatory care
  16. Linking nursing workload and performance indicators in ambulatory care
  17. Measuring nursing workload in ambulatory care
  18. Access to quality health care: Links between evidence, nursing language, and informatics
  19. Access to quality health care: links between evidence, nursing language, and informatics.
  20. Measuring and improving health care quality: Nursing's contribution to the state of science

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