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Patricia Prechter, R.N., M.S.N., Ed.D. Interim Provost; Chair of the Department of Nursing and Allied Health, Professor of Nursing |
Education
Ed.D. University of New Orleans
M.S.N.; PNP University of Alabama
B.S.N. University of Mississippi
Professional Experience
Dr. Prechter is a registered nurse with clinical experience primarily with the pediatric population and over thirty-five years in nursing education. Her graduate studies focused on The Effects of Planned Nursing Intervention on the Anxiety Level of Siblings of Children Diagnosed with Life-threatening Diseases and her doctoral studies focused on Impact of Selected Variables on the Critical Thinking Skills of Baccalaureate Nursing Students. Dr. Prechter is one of four nursing faculty who joined the faculty at Our Lady of Holy Cross in 1982 to write the nursing curriculum.
Dr. Prechter was commissioned as an Army Nurse Corp officer in the Louisiana Army National Guard in 1978. After 30 years in the LANG, she retired in January 2008 as a Colonel, State Chief Nurse and Deputy Commander of Louisiana’s Medical Command. Dr. Prechter is a Veteran of Desert Shield/Desert Storm and the first female Colonel in the Louisiana Army National Guard, retiring as the highest ranking female in the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG).
Academic Experience
Dr. Prechter was named Interim Provost August 2011. She remains Chair of the Department of Nursing and Allied Health.
She has served OLHCC in the following capacities:
July 2007-August 2011, Associate Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs; Chair of the Department of Nursing and Allied Health
July 2004-June 30, 2007 Professor and Dean of Nursing
1994-2004 Associate Professor of Nursing
1982-1994 Assistant Professor of Nursing
Professional Associations
Dr. Prechter is a Trustee on the Board of Baptist Community Ministries. She also currently serves on the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. Dr. Prechter is a program evaluator for the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission. She was awarded the Notre Dame Class of 56 Endowed Professorship II and the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Foundation Endowed Professorship III while serving at the College. Dr. Prechter has served as a reviewer for several publishers; she has co-authored portions of several professional publications. She is currently a member of the following associations:
Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education
Association of American Colleges of Nursing
National League for Nursing
American Nurses Association
New Orleans District Nurses Association
Phi Delta Kappa
Kappa Delta Pi
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
Xi Psi Chapter at Large of Sigma Theta Tau International.
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Marie Adorno, APRNC, PhD |
Education
PhD, University of New Orleans
MN, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
BSN, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Professional Experience
Professor Adorno has been a registered nurse for over 25 years. She is also a Parent-Child Clinical Nurse Specialist working at hospitals in the metropolitan area with pediatric clients, childbearing women, newborns and high-risk infants. Professor Adorno is qualified as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and she is certified by the National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties as a Maternal Newborn Nurse.
Professor Adorno serves as a Consultant/Member of the Ochsner Westbank Nursing Research Committee and the Oschner Westbank Journal Club.
Academic Experience
Professor Adorno has been an Associate Professor of Nursing at OLHCC since the fall of 2007. She joined the faculty at OLHCC in 1994 as an Instructor of Nursing.
Professional Associations
Member of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans District Nurses Association (NODNA), presently serving as Chair of Nominating Committee; American Nurses Association (ANA); Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA); National League for Nursing (NLN); Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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Anita Althans, RNC, BSN, MSN |
Education
M.S.N. University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
B.S.N. University of Texas, Arlington
Professional Experience
Professor Althans' clinical specialty is Obstetrical Nursing. She has worked in various hospitals in Texas and Louisiana as a staff nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Department Director in the Maternal- Child and Pediatric areas.
Academic Experience
Professor Althans has taught in the Department of Nursing for 22 years. She teaches in the junior and senior levels of the Department of Nursing. On the junior level, she teaches the maternity content. On the senior level, she is the Course Coordinator for NSG 420, the Community Health Nursing course. Professor Althans also supervises students at various clinical sites throughout the city. She also teaches in the Online RN to BSN program and serves as the Program Coordinator.
Professional Associations
Professor Althans has been a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the nursing national honor society for 25 years. She is also a member of AWHONN, the National Association for Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. She is a member of the New Orleans District Nurses Association and serves on the Website committee.
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Janaé Arcement |
Education
M.S.N. Vanderbilt University
B.S.N. Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Professional Experience
Professor Arcement has been a registered nurse for almost ten years. She has an abundance of experience working in pediatric acute and primary care. Her graduate studies focused on the pediatric population, and she received her Masters of Science in Nursing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care.
Academic Experience
Professor Arcement joined OLHCC in the spring of 2007. She is currently teaching with the faculty of Nursing 300, Nursing Care of Childbearing Women and Children; Nursing 302 Pathophysiology; Nursing 420, Community Nursing and Nursing 205 Health Assessment. She has also taught with the Nursing 203, Fundamentals of Nursing course.
Professional Associations
Professor Arcement is a current member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Kappa Gamma Pi National Catholic Honor Society, National League for Nursing and the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners.
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Cynthia Armstrong Bush |
Education
M.S.N. University of South Alabama College of Nursing
B.S.N. University of South Alabama College of Nursing
Diploma in Nursing Charity Hospital School of Nursing
Professional Experience
Professor Bush has 24 years of Nursing experience in Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Nursing. She holds certification as a Child Health Care Consultant for the state of Louisiana, PALS and NRP. In 1984 she was named a Great 100 nurse.
Academic Experience
Professor Bush has been an Adjunct Nursing Instructor at OLHCC for 7 years. She is a guest lecturer at Dillard University
Professional Associations
Professor Bush is a member of The National Association of Black Nurses, National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), AWHONN, and Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society.
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Christopher N. Cahill |
Education
Masters (Dual) of Science in Health Care Systems Management - Utilization Review/Case Management,Loyola University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Professional Experience
V.A.M.C./Veterans Affairs Medical Center:
Medicine Service Line/Nurse Manager
Management of staff and daily unit affairs: Including the following: hospital/outpatient areas: Emergency Room, Urgent Care Clinic, CCU, MICU, Cath. Lab, Bronchoscopy, Cardiology (Echo lab), Interventional Radiology, Gastroenterology(GI lab),and Telemetry
V.A.M.C./Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Team Leader of Emergency Room and Urgent Care Clinic
V.A.M.C./Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Charge Nurse and Staff RN on rotating shifts
Academic Experience
Our Lady of Holy Cross College, School of Nursing; Assistant Professor of Nursing
V.A.M.C./Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Disaster Manager and Haz-Mat/WMD/Decontamination Trainer
Arden Cahill Academy
Owner / Board of Directors
Professional Associations
Alpha Sigma Nu – Jesuit Honor Society
Sigma Theta Tau International
American Nurses Associacion
New Orleans District Nurses Association
A.C.L.S. Provider, P.A.L.S. Provider, C.P.R. Provider
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Kathleen DiMaggio, RN, MSN Nursing Instructor |
Education
M.S.N. Loyola University
B.S.N. Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Professional Experience
Professor DiMaggio worked for Tulane Hospital and Ochsner Hospital as a registered nurse in the medical surgical and neurological departments. She served as Director of Nursing for a local home health agency and hospice. Professor DiMaggio has completed a preceptorship in “Pallative Care” at Ochsner Foundation Hospital through Loyola University of New Orleans and has completed the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's "Hospice Manager Development Program", Level 1 Designation. She has served as Director of Nursing for a local intermediate care facility.Professor DiMaggio has also completed the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Developmental Disabilities RN Instructors Medication Administration Course. She works in both Quality Improvement and Disease Management for a local managed care organization. Professor DiMaggio was the recipient of the St Louis Medallion from the Archdiocese of New Orleans in 1985.
Academic Experience
Ms. DiMaggio has been a licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing since 1996. She joined the college fall of 2007. She teaches with faculty of Nursing 400 and Nursing 200 (Fall Semester) and with faculty of Nursing 308 and Nursing 402 (Spring Semester).
She completed a Preceptorship in "Palliative Care" at Ochsner Foundation Hospital through Loyola University of New Orleans. She completed the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Hospice Manager Development Program, Level I Designation. She also completed the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Developmental Disabilities RN instructors Medication Administration Course. She is a recipient of the St. Louis Medallion from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Ms DiMaggio is a recipient of the Endowed Professorship I in Nursing from Eminent Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital.
Professional Associations
Member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society
Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
Nightingale Society
American Nurses Association
New Orleans District Nurses Association
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Raquel Engolio, M.S.N., C.P.N. Assistant Professor |
Education
M.S.N. University of South Alabama
B.S.N. Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Professional Experience
Professor Engolio has been a registered nurse for over eleven years. Her experience primarily involves working with acutely ill pediatric populations. She holds a CPN certification as a pediatric nurse. Her CPN credentials were awarded through the national Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB). She was also selected as a PNCB CPN item writer. She is BLS AND PALS certified. Her experience includes acute pediatric medical-surgical, pediatric intensive care, pediatric emergency room, and intermediate care of the neonates. She has experience working as a preceptor for newly employed nurses and with student nurses on pediatric units.
Academic Experience
Professor Engolio joined the college in the fall of 2007. She was awarded the 2011 Cynthia H. Frances Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital Endowed Professorship II award. At present, she is teaching with the faculty of Nursing 300, Nursing Care of Childbearing Women and Children and Nursing 203, Fundamentals of Nursing. Professor Engolio is the coordinator of nursing lab activities and is a Co-Course Coordinator for Nursing 203.
Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society
Society of Pediatric Nurses
American Nurses Association.
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Michael Mary Gutowski, RSM, DNS Associate Professor |
Education
MN and DNS, Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing New Orleans, Louisiana
BSN, Marillac College, St. Louis, Missouri
Professional Experience
Prior to assuming the faculty position at Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Dr. Gutowski held various positions in nursing: staff nurse, associate director of nursing, director of nursing for a newly established health care center, consultant and university nursing educator.
Dr. Gutowski is a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of St. Louis and has held membership on regional community committees. She has also held membership on a number of Mercy Hospitals and the Board of Directors of the Sisters of Mercy Health System-St. Louis. Information on the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas may be found at www.sistersofmercy.org
Academic Experience
Dr. Gutowski joined Our Lady of Holy Cross College Nursing Faculty in the fall of 1998 and is the Coordinator of Nursing 401 Leadership in Nursing. She also lectures in Nursing 400, Nursing 203 and Nursing 205.
Professional Organizations
Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, Epsilon Nu Chapter (1982----);
Xi Psi Chapter (2000---)
American Nurses Association, Louisiana State Nurses Association, and the New Orleans District Nurses Association (1972---)
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Georganna Leavesley, Ph.D. Nursing Instructor |
Education
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology University of Houston
M.A. Clinical Psychology University of Houston
M.S.N. University of Texas at Austin
B.S.N. Texas Christian University
Professional Experience
Dr. Leavesley has thirty-four years of experience as a clinician, in hospital settings and gerontological centers, both medical/surgical and mental health. She has eighteen years of experience as a clinical psychologist, in inpatient and outpatient settings and as a private practitioner of outpatient therapy. Her speciality areas are in gerontology and depression.
Academic Experience
Dr. Leavesley has held the position of Nursing Instructor at San Jacinto Junior College, Pasadena, Texas, for 2 years and at OLHCC for 7 years. She has been a Teacher's assistant and clinical assistant in psychology at the University of Houston for 2 years.
Professional Associations
American Psychological Association
Louisiana Psychological Association
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Delinda Martin, RN, MSN, DNP Assistant Professor of Nursing |
Education
DNP, University of South Alabama
MSN, University of Southern Mississippi
BSN, Loyola University
ADN, Southwest Mississippi Community College
Professional Experience
Professor Martin has 27 years of clinical experience as a registered nurse, in staff and charge positions in med-surg, psyche, and pediatrics areas.
Academic Experience
Dr. Martin has been a registered nurse for twenty-seven years. She is Course Coordinator for Nursing 402 Perspectives in Nursing. Dr. Martin also teaches in Community Health Nursing, Leadership in Nursing, and Nursing Care of Childbearing Women and Children. Her doctoral studies focused on quality improvement in health care and clinical practice. Her capstone project focused on health literacy among older adults specific to medication administration. Dr. Martin is the faculty counselor for Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She was awarded the 2009 Cynthia H. Frances Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital Endowed Professorship II in Nursing.
Professional Associations
American Nurses Association
National League of Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau -International Society of Nursing
Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA)
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Marie McGregor, M.S.N., APRN Assistant Professor of Nursing |
Education
MSN, University of Alabama
BSN, Northwestern State University
Professional Experience
Professor McGregor has been a registered nurse for over 20 years with an emphasis in oncology nursing, wound care and enterostomal therapy. She is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and a clinical nurse specialist. She is board certified as a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse and maintained a private practice for five years. She is certified as a legal nurse consultant.
Professor McGregor retired from the Louisiana Army National Guard in 2007 after serving thirty years. She served in the Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel and is a veteran of Desert Storm.
Academic Experience
Professor McGregor is an Assistant Professor of Nursing. She joined the college in 2006 to teach with an emphasis in adult health in the following courses: Health Assessment, Pathophysiology, Nursing 308 (junior med-surg), and Nursing 400 (senior med-surg). Currently, she serves as the course coordinator for Nursing 302 Pathophysiology.
Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
American Nurses Association
National League for Nursing
National Student Nurses' Association (sustaining member)
New Orleans District Nursing Association
Oncology Nurses Society
New Orleans Oncology Nurses
American Cancer Society
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society
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Faye A. Mitchell, PhD, RN Associate Professor of Nursing |
Education
PhD, University of Southern Mississippi
MN, Louisiana State University Medical Center
BSN, University of Texas at Austin
BS, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Professional Experience
Dr. Mitchell ‘s clinical experiences were primarily in emergency room, psychiatric/mental health nursing, and multiple management and administrative nursing positions. She is a clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric/mental health nursing. She was a Fellow at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Leadership for Academic Nursing Programs and a Graduate of Leadership Hancock County.
Academic Experience
Dr. Mitchell joined OLHCC in Fall 2011. She has taught in Colorado, Louisiana and Mississippi in associate degree, baccalaureate, masters and doctoral programs. She is now teaching leadership, informatics, and research in the RN to BSN online program. Dr. Mitchell has 20 years of academic experience.
She was awarded her PhD in Nursing Leadership. Her dissertation was titled, “A study to determine the incidence and relationship of demographic variables and self-esteem to the impostor phenomenon among nurse educators”. Her masters project was titled “Recognizable behavioral indicators of the clinically dependent nurse who is actively using as identified by nurse manager in the workplace”. She has co-authored several articles, written a book chapter, been a reviewer of books and various publications and a project faculty on two HRSA grants.
Professional Associations
American Nurses Association
New Orleans District Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau International
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
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Teresa O'Neill, RNC, MN, APRN, Ph.D. Professor of Nursing |
Education
Ph.D., University of Miami
M.N., Louisiana State University Medical Center
B.S., Boston College
Professional Experience
Professor O'Neill has twenty-one years experience as a staff nurse in adult health and neonatal units in New York, Wisconsin, Texas, and Louisiana. She has experience in neonatal transport, as a charge nurse and as an interim nurse manager.
Academic Experience
Professor, Our Lady of Holy Cross College since 2008
Associate Professor, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 2003-2008
Assistant Professor, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 1994-2003
Instructor, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 1990-1994
Professional Associations
American Association for the History of Nursing (Director, Strategic Planning since 2008)
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society Xi Psi Chapter-at-Large (Vice President, 2000-2001)
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing
National Association of Neonatal Nurses
American Nurses Association
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Linda Schexnaydre, MSN, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing |
Education
M.S.N. University of South Alabama
B.S.N. Excelsior College
Professional Experience
Professor Schexnaydre's primary nursing background is in community nursing and psychiatric nursing. In community nursing she worked overseas in the Sudan in a refugee camp for Ethiopian refugees. She has also worked as a school nurse, a nurse for the Red Cross Blood Services, a home health nurse and in a sexual assault nurse examiner program. Her psychiatric nursing experience includes 10 years as a child psychiatric nurse in inpatient psychiatry.
Academic Experience
Professor Schexnaydre has been teaching at OLHCC for 5 years. She also worked at Nicholls State University, Department of Nursing, for two years. Her specialty area is psychiatric mental-health nursing. Currently, she is a volunteer English as a Second Language Instructor for St. Anna’s/Grace Church Latino Apostolate. She is also interested in transcultural nursing and the health care needs of underserved populations.
Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau
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Eileen H. Stoll, RN, MSN, CCRN, CMSRN Assistant Professor of Nursing |
Education
LSU Medical Center, School of Nursing
University of South Alabama
Professional Experience
Adult Critical Care Nurse and Critical Care Educator
Academic Experience
LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing
Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Department of Nursing
Professional Associations
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
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Kristy Walgamotte Solis, MSN, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing |
Education
M.S.N. Loyola University New Orleans
B.S.N. Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Professional Experience
Professor Walgamotte Solis has been a registered nurse for over a decade with an emphasis in oncology nursing. Her graduate studies included working with a vast population ranging from newborn to geriatrics, following the Family Nurse Practitioner track as her area of concentration. She is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
In graduate school, Professor Solis was awarded Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges, and she received prestigious recognition by her graduate school for research on Oncology Fatigue.
Academic Experience
Professor Walgamotte Solis is an Assistant Professor of Nursing. She joined the college in 2006 to teach with an emphasis in adult health in the following courses: Health Assessment, Pathophysiology, Nursing 308 (junior med-surg), and Nursing 400 (senior med-surg), lecturing on topics in the care of the immuno-compromised and the oncology client. Currently, she serves as the course coordinator for Nursing 400 (senior Med-Surg).
Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
Kappa Gamma Pi Honors Society
American Nurses Association
National League for Nursing,
National Student Nurses' Association (sustaining member)
New Orleans District Nursing Association
Oncology Nurses Society
New Orleans Oncology Nurses
Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
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Penny Winfield, M.N. Nursing Instructor |
Education
Master in Nursing from the University of Phoenix
BSN from William Carey College of New Orleans
Professional Experience
Mrs. Winfield came to Our Lady of Holy Cross College in 2002 as a part-time instructor. She became a full time assistant professor in the division of nursing in 2009. She has 16 years of medical/surgical experience and 4 years of pediatric nursing. She has also served as a clinical instructor at Dillard University School of Nursing. She was a clinical orientation instructor nurse on the medical surgical unit at East Jefferson General Hospital for 5 years.. She was a Great 100 Nurse in 1994.
Mrs. Winfield currently holds certification in Medical Surgical Nursing through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is a Basic Life Support Instructor, a Heartsaver First Aid Instructor and an ACLS Provider with the American Heart Association. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Omicron Delta Chapter. She was award the Booth Bricker Fund Endowed Professorship for the 2011-2012 calendar year.
Academic Experience
Professor Winfield has been a full time instructor in the Nursing department at OLHCC since 2009. In 2003, she began teaching at OLHCC as a part-time instructor.
Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society
American Medical Surgical Nurses Association
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