Faculty Bio

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Lisa Ruth-Sahd, D.Ed., RN, CCRN, CEN


Associate Professor of Nursing

Coordinator, NUR 210

Education

  • BS, York College of PA (1983)
  • MSN, Villanova University (1988)
  • DEd, Penn State University (2004)

Credentials

  • Registered Nurse
  • Certified in Emergency Nursing
  • Certified in Critical Care Nursing

Courses

  • Basic Principles in Nursing Practice
  • Perioperative Nursing
  • Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (MS in Nursing)

Research Interests

  • Intuitive knowing
  • Holistic nursing care
  • Women as learners
  • Educational teaching strategies in the classroom and clinical setting
  • Clinical related topics and case studies

Honors

  • Adult Education Graduate Student Research Award, AERC-CASAE, 2004
  • Excellence in Nursing Research Award from Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Chi Chapter, 2003
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Adult Education, Penn State University, 2002
  • Nightingale Award Winner of Pennsylvania for Nursing Education, 1999

Recent Publications

  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A., Zulkosky, K. A., & Fetter, M. (In press). Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A. (In press). Use of Student Dyads to Enhance Clinical Performance and Improve Patient Outcomes. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A., Schneider, M. A., & Strouse, A. (In press). Use of Simulation with Beginning Level Students. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A., Beck, J. A., & McCall, C. (2010). Transformative learning during a nursing externship program: The reflections of senior nursing students. Nursing Education Perspectives 31(2), 78-83.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A., Schneider, M., & Haagen, B. (2009). Diabulimia: What it is and how to recognize it in critical care. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 28, 147-155.

Recent Presentations

  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A. (2011) Use of Student Dyads to Enhance Clinical Performance and Improve Patient Outcomes at the Translation: Research to Reality. York, PA.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A. (2010) What the BEEP is B.O.O.P.? Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia: Challenges in Critical Care Nursing. Challenges of Critical Care Conference, Hershey, PA.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A. (2009) Transformative Learning during a Nursing Externship Program: The Reflections of Senior Nursing Students, Eta Eta Research Day, York, PA.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A. (2008) Use of Student Dyads to Enhance Clinical Performance and Improve Patient Outcomes, Research and Evidenced Based Practice Conference: Possibilities for the Real Nurse, York, PA.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A. (2007) Use of Student Dyads to Enhance Clinical Performance and Improve Patient Outcomes, Sigma Theta Tau International Conference, Baltimore, MD.