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Spencer, Shirley

Spencer, Shirley Ann, Ph.D., MS


Assistant Professor
Nursing
Office: C3361
Phone: 708.235.7688
Fax:
Email: sspencer@govst.edu

Education | Publications | Presentations | Research | Professional Memberships

Education

2007 — Ph.D., Education, University of Illinois at Chicago

1991 — MS, Nursing Administration, St. Xavier University, Chicago

1988  — BS, Nursing, St. Xavier University, Chicago

Publications

Spencer, S. (2009, September). Health promotion practices among deployed Army reservists – submitted for publication.
Spencer, S. (1993, Fall). Home readiness for ambulatory surgery patients. Illinois Nurses Society of Post Anesthesia Newsletter.
Specer, S. (2001, March). Education, training and use of unlicensed assistive personnel in critical care. Critical Care Clinics of North America, 13, 105 - 118.

Presentations

"Sedation," University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL  2001.
"Innovations in Patient Care Work Redesign Project," University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1995.
"Health Promotion Practices Among Deployed Army Reservists," Poster presentation, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS), St. Louis, MO, 2009.

Research

Strategic plans to improve the retention rate associate degrees nurses seeking baccalaureate degrees, designing curricula for adult learners, soldiers medical and clinical readiness for deployment, physical fitness, and health promotion practices among veterans, designing and evaluating the effectiveness of undergraduate online nursing programs.

Professional Memberships

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS)
Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN)
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Reserve Officers Association (ROA)