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Patti Rager Zuzelo, EdD, RN, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC, FAAN

Director

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
La Salle University
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone: 215.951.1904
Fax 215.951.1896
E-mail: dnp@lasalle.edu

Education
  • Ed.D. Widener University (Higher Education Leadership)
  • MSN University of Pennsylvania (Nursing Administration)
  • Certificate, Business Administration; Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
  • Post-Masters Certificate: Adult Nurse Practitioner, La Salle University
Certification
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist, Adult Health
Research Interests
  • Nursing Research Consultant, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA

Books

    Zuzelo, P. (2010). The Clinical Nurse Specialist Handbook (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, Publishers.

    Zuzelo, P. (2007). The Clinical Nurse Specialist Handbook. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. **2007 AJN Book of the Year in Advanced Practice.

Book Chapter

    Zuzelo, P. (2007). Evidence based nursing and qualitative research: A partnership imperative for real-world practice in P. Munhall (Ed.), Nursing research: A qualitative perspective (4th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Refereed Research Publications

Szeblewski, S., Zuzelo, P. Thomas, L., & Morales, M. (2009). Describing saline lock usage on a telemetry unit: Examining current practice. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 23, 296-304

Zuzelo, P., Hansell, M., Gettis, C., & Thomas, L. (2008).Describing the influence of technologies on registered nurses’ work. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 22(3), 132-140

Zuzelo, P. (2008). REPRINT: Exploring the moral distress of Registered Nurses. Alberta RN, 64(3), 4 – 5. Publication of the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses. Reprinted with permission.

Zuzelo, P (2007). Describing nurses’ moral distress. Nursing Ethics, 14 (3), 344 – 359.

Wolf, Z., & Zuzelo, P. (2006). Never-again stories of nurses: Dilemmas in nursing practice. Qualitative Health Research, 16, 1191 – 1206.

Wolf, Z., Zuzelo, P., Goldberg, E., Crothers, R., Jacobson, N. (2006). The Caring Behaviors Inventory for Elders: Development and Psychometric Characteristics. International Journal for Human Caring, 10(1), 49-59.

Zuzelo, P., & Seminara, P. (2006). Influence of Registered Nurses’ attitudes toward bariatric patients on educational programming effectiveness. JCEN, 37(2), 65-73. 

Wolf, Z., Zuzelo, P., Cattolico, D., Cooper, K., Costello, R., Crothers, R., & Karbach (2004). Development and testing of the Caring Behaviors Inventory for Elders. International Journal for Human Caring, 8 (1), 48 – 54.

Zuzelo, P. et al. (2004). Clinical Nurse Specialists’ knowledge specific to Medicare structures and processes. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 18, 207 – 217.

Beitz, J., & Zuzelo, P. (2003). The lived experience of having a neobladder…including commentary Artinian BM and Watson LA with author response. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 25, 294 – 321.

Zuzelo, P. (2002). Gender and acute myocardial infarction symptoms. MEDSURG Nursing, 11, 126 – 136.

Zuzelo, P., Linkewich, K., & Inverso, T. (2001). A content validation of the medication error worksheet©. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 15, 253 – 259.

Professional Activities

2009 – 2012    Content Expert Panel Appointee; American Nurses Credentialing Center, Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

2010 – 2011    President, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS)

2009 – 2010    President-Elect, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS)

2008 – 2010    Board of Directors. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS)

                        2009 – 2010    Member, National Task Force for CNS Education Program Standards

                        2009 – 2010    Member, Board of Directors Executive Committee

                        2008 – 2010    Board Liaison, NACNS Education Committee

 2002 – 2011    Scientist Member, Institutional Review Board; Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

 2007 – 2009    Organizational Development Committee, Eastern Nursing Research Society

 2007 – 2009    Organizational Development Committee, Eastern Nursing Research Society


Patti Rager Zuzelo, EdD, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
Patti Rager Zuzelo, EdD, RN, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC, FAAN
Director

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
La Salle University
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone: 215.951.1904
Fax 215.951.1896
E-mail: dnp@lasalle.edu

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