Medical Surgical Nursing Test Success

Karen G. Gittings, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN is Assistant Professor of Nursing at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC, USA where she is course coordinator for Adult Health II; clinical and classroom instructor for senior level BSN students; teaches Adult Health III, Pharmacology, and Health Assessment; and is the lab instructor for IV simulation. Dr. Gittings has 26 years of clinical experience in a variety of nursing arenas. She has served as a preceptor, unit administrator, and assistant director of critical care and intermediate care. She has received many honours, including Outstanding Clinical Caring Teacher award (2009) and Outstanding Faculty Caring Teacher award (2010). Rhonda M. Brogdan, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, is Instructor of Nursing at Francis Marion University, Florence, SC, USA where she is the Course Coordinator of Nursing Research in Practice and Lab Instructor of Health Assessment for pre-licensure BSN students and RN-BSN students. Her 16 years of clinical experience include Renal Nursing, Discharge Nurse-Case Management/Counseling Discharge Planning, and Medical/Surgical Renal Staff Nurse (all at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, SC). She is the recipient of several awards, including the 2007 Caring Clinical Instructor Award, and Clemson Scholar of Promise (1990-94) Additionally, she was nominated as RN of the Year at McLeod (1994 & 1996), and was consistently evaluated as a ""role model nurse"" for 10 years running at McLeod. Frances H. Cornelius, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, is Associate Clinical Professor, Chair of the MSN Advanced Practice Role Department, and Coordinator of Informatics Projects at Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, USA. She is a certified nurse informaticist and has been the recipient of several grants. Dr. Cornelius has collaborated on the development of mobile applications as Coordinator of Informatics Projects including the Patient Assessment and Care Plan Development (PACPD) tool, which is a PDA tool with a Web-based companion, and Gerontology Reasoning Informatics Programs (the GRIP project). She is co-Editor of Cornelius/Gallagher-Gordon, PDA Connections (LWW), an innovative textbook designed to teach healthcare professionals how to use mobile devices for 'point-of-care' access of information, and Maternal-Child Test Success Through Unfolding Case Study Review (2011). She has written 6 book chapters and has published 19 journal articles on her work. Dr. Cornelius has delivered numerous peer-reviewed presentations in the US, Spain, Canada, and Korea.