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Dianne McAdams-Jones

Faculty Member

Dr. Dianne McAdams-Jones

Biography

Dianne was born in South Carolina, a sharecropper's daughter, first generation Baccalaureate in Nursing Science from Tuskegee University, 1973, Tuskegee, Alabama. After completing a graduate program in Education Management, Tuskegee University, she served in the US Army Nurse Corps for 8 years entering as a Captain and exiting as a Major, United States Army Nurse Corps. There was a 7 year child bearing hiatus and as the last child entered school, she reentered the work force and completed a graduate degree in Nursing Science with a Nurse Educator Certificate, an Ed.D in Health Professions, 2010, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, Nebraska and followed with completion of a Nursing Education Post Doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018. She is credentialed by the Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and as a Simulation Course Instructor.

Education

Post Doctorate Certificate in Nursing Education, Columbia University Teachers College, 2018

Major: Nursing Education*Simulation Education*Program Planning

Doctor of Nursing Education and Health Professions, College of Saint Mary, 2010

Major: Health Care Professions

MS, Westminster College, 2008

Major: Nursing Science

MA, Tuskegee University, 1977

Major: Education

BS, Tuskegee University, 1973

Major: Nursing

Teaching

NURS 6300

Advanced Nursing in Health Systems and Policy, Spring 2024

NURS 4540

Research and Theory in Nursing Practice WE, Spring 2024

Presentations

McAdams-Jones, Dianne , 3. Invited Guest for SHENK Law Firm_ Nursing Home Abuse Law, "Aspiration Pneumonia ", SHENK Law Firm, Virtual. (April 1, 2024)
McAdams-Jones, Dianne , SCHENK Law Firm, "Assessing and Managing Oxygenation in people of color", SCHENK Law Firm, Atlanta Georgia_ virtual. (March 15, 2024)
McAdams-Jones, Dianne (Co-Author), Spurlock, Megan (Co-Author), Ekpoma, Victoria (Co-Author), Beacham, Zoe (Presenter & Author), Utah Council on Undergraduate Research, "Divisive Language in Class", Utah Council on Undergraduate Researh, Utah Valley University. (February 15, 2024)
McAdams-Jones, Dianne (Author Only), Sigma International Research Congress, "Conditioning Can Influence Bias in Nursing", Sigma Theta Tau, Emirates. (July 26, 2023)
McAdams-Jones, Dianne (Presenter & Author), King, John (Chair), Woodfield, Brian (Discussant), Brown, Mike (Presenter Only), International Chiefs of Police Convention, "How to successfully develop and run a Citizens Advisory Board", International Chiefs of Police Association, San Diego, California. (October 18, 2019)
McAdams-Jones, Dianne , Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress, "Norepinephrine, Adrenaline, and Cortisol_ Pilots, Nurses, and Unstoppable Rush. Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress, Virginia Henderson Repository", Sigma Theta Tau, Melbourne, Australia. (July, 2018)

Scholarly/Creative Works

McAdams-Jones, Dianne , "Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia" .
McAdams-Jones, Dianne , "Patient Safety/Quality" .
Wyllie, Doug McAdams, (2016) "How to Successfully Create and Run a Citizen's Advisory Board **I was quoted in this article from a panel at which I presented" (Issue: IACP 2016). United States: Policeone.com Be advised. https://www.policeone.com/iacp-2016/articles/232139006/
McAdams-Jones, Dianne , Perkins, Rebekah , Kanizsai, Gabriella , Bowser, Lori , Kolb, Jerri , (2015) "Innovation in Simulation Meets Teaching and Learning" (Issue: 3, vol. 1). Singnapore: Global Science and Technology Forum. www.dropbox.com/s/mrunw40kum79thi/WNC_2015_Proceedings_V1_Paper_23.pdf?dl=0
Rizollo, Mary Anne, (2015) "International Simulation Research ** I was a major reviewer/scenario evaluator for the Methodology Section p. 303 of the article" (Issue: 5, vol. 36). Washington DC: http://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?T=P&P=AN&K=110231610&S=R&D=aph&EbscoContent=dGJyMNXb4kSeprM4yOvsOLCmr1Gep7ZSsqm4TK%2BWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGvrkmuqq5QuePfgeyx43zx
Perkins, Rebekah , Kanizsai, Gabriella , Kolb, Jerri , Bowser, Lori , McAdams-Jones, Dianne , (2015) "Innovation in Simulation Meets Teaching and Learning_ How Students Perceive Learning When Taught by Other Students in Technology Scholars (SIT Scholars)" . Global Science & Technology Forum (GSTF). http://dx.doi.org/10.5176/2315-4330_wnc15.163

Awards

Inaugural Black Excellence Award

Utah Valley University - February 21, 2022

Supports contributions of BIPOC Faculty

Teacher Excellence Award

UVU - March 20, 2021

Honors faculty for enhancing their teaching and reaching for excellence in teaching

Sigma Theta Tau

Sigma Theta Tau International - March 22, 2009

Sigma Theta Tau is an Honor Society whose inductees are scholarly and excel academically