Cheryl Thompson, D.N.P., R.N., A.C.N.S.-B.C.

Education

• B.S.N., Bloomsburg State College (1981)
• M.S.N., Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales (1989)
• D.N.P., Case Western Reserve University (2007)

Credentials

• Registered Nurse
• Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Public/Community Health Nursing

Courses

• Nursing Concepts and Practice: Community Health Nursing
• Health Promotion and Clinical Prevention for Individuals and Populations (M.S.N.)
• Population Based Health Outcomes Management (D.N.P.)

Research Interests

• Student learning outcomes related to development of cultural competence
• Nurse managed center patient outcomes
• Critical thinking in clinical post conference

Honors

• York County Community Foundation Embracing Aging Grant for "Upright and Steady," an interdisciplinary collaborative to provide an evidence based fall prevention program in nurse managed centers
• Finalist for Central Penn Parent Magazine HealthCare Heroes Award, 2013.
• WellSpan Collaborative Partnership Grant, for nurse managed center sustainability and research to document patient outcomes.
• York County Community Foundation Grant, for implementation of diabetes support group in nurse managed centers.
• Award for Innovations in Professional Nursing Education, 2009, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, for York College of Pennsylvania nurse managed centers.

Recent Publications

• Lessons in retrospect: A proposal for home care agency integration of nurse managed wellness model of care. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 2016.
• Meeting baccalaureate public/community health nursing education competencies in nurse-managed wellness centers. Journal of Profession Nursing, 2013.
• Promoting health in low income communities: The Asthma Safe Kids Program delivered by an academic nurse managed center. Journal of Allergy and Asthma Educators, 2012.
• Using the Omaha System as a framework to demonstrate the value of nurse managed wellness center services for vulnerable populations. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2012.
• Teaching critical thinking to nurses in a Ugandan hospital. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 2010.

Recent Presentations

• The journey to sustainability for nurse managed wellness centers. National Nurse Centers Consortium Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2015.
• No passport required: Study abroad in the local community (poster presentation). Association of Community Health Nurse Educators/American Public Health Nursing Association Joint Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2014.
• Best of both worlds: Nurse managed wellness centers provide meaningful community health clinical with service that improves outcomes for vulnerable patients. Poster presented at Association of Community Health Nurse Educators/American Public Health Nursing Association Joint Meeting, Raleigh, NC, 2013.
• Using the Omaha System to measure outcomes of wellness services in nurse managed wellness centers. The Power of Nursing: Using EBP and Research to Keep Patients Safe Annual Conference, York, PA, 2013.
• Collaborative partnerships to enhance sustainability of nurse managed wellness centers. National Nursing Centers Consortium Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2012.

Experience

• Clinical practice as Clinical Nurse Specialist providing care to individuals and leveraging population level care for economically disadvantaged York city residents since 2002.
• Facilitated and conducted nursing study abroad trips to Guatemala and Uganda 2008-2011.
• Nursing clinical practice in acute care, home care, hospice, and nursing administration prior to entering academia.