Gerri-Lyn Boyden

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Gerri-Lyn Boyden '23, PhD she/her

Clinical Assistant Professor

College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Community

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2023University of Massachusetts DartmouthPhD
2020University of Massachusetts DartmouthMSN
1996University of Rhode IslandBSN
1991University of Rhode IslandBA

Teaching

  • Introduction to University Skills
  • Concepts of the Professional Nursing Role
  • Concepts of Lifespan Development
  • Concepts of Scholarship for Nursing Practice
  • Application of Global/Population Health Concepts + Clinical Coordinator

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

A course to prepare first-year nursing students for the demands of higher education and foster the development of a professional nursing identity. The course promotes academic success and social development by fostering personal and academic goal setting, evaluating personal learning styles, and developing successful study strategies. Students will gain or improve study techniques and strategies, research literacy, time management skills, organizational skills, speaking and writing skills, personal development, interpersonal skills, career goals, appreciation for cultural diversity, and orientation to university resources and services.

Introduction to the discipline of professional nursing. Learners will examine individual values and beliefs in relation to foundational concepts, including the nursing process, and behaviors that define the discipline. The purpose of course is to build a foundation of self as nurse. The emphasis is placed on socializing the learner as an active, developing professional within the legal and ethical context and dimensions of the discipline. Learners will explore the relationship to self, individuals, families and communities utilizing the art of nursing presence and therapeutic communication. The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.

Introduction to the concepts of evidence-based nursing practice, informatics, and technology. Connections between these concepts, related theory, the research process, and application to evidence-based practice and health care quality are explored. Building on the concepts of communication, culture and diversity, legal and ethical issues, and professional behaviors, this course fosters growth in student writing skills by integrating writing assignments with critical thinking skills. This course is based on the American Nurses Association (2015) Scope and Standards of Practice. The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.

This course immerses the student in civic engagement and service learning. The purpose of this course is to apply the threaded nursing concepts of culture and diversity, communication, professional behaviors, health promotion/health protection, evidence-based practice, and leadership to creatively design and execute active learning projects to benefit the community.  Students use nursing specific knowledge to identify, formulate, and complete projects.

This course prepares nursing students to promote health and well-being and prevent disease for clients across the lifespan, across local, national, and global settings and at all levels of the health care delivery continuum, with an emphasis on emerging and current issues with diverse client populations.

This course prepares nursing students to promote health and well-being and prevent disease for clients across the lifespan, across local, national, and global settings and at all levels of the health care delivery continuum, with an emphasis on emerging and current issues with diverse client populations.

This course prepares nursing students to promote health and well-being and prevent disease for clients across the lifespan, across local, national, and global settings and at all levels of the health care delivery continuum, with an emphasis on emerging and current issues with diverse client populations.

This course prepares nursing students to promote health and well-being and prevent disease for clients across the lifespan, across local, national, and global settings and at all levels of the health care delivery continuum, with an emphasis on emerging and current issues with diverse client populations.

This course prepares nursing students to promote health and well-being and prevent disease for clients across the lifespan, across local, national, and global settings and at all levels of the health care delivery continuum, with an emphasis on emerging and current issues with diverse client populations.

This course prepares nursing students to promote health and well-being and prevent disease for clients across the lifespan, across local, national, and global settings and at all levels of the health care delivery continuum, with an emphasis on emerging and current issues with diverse client populations.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

This is a professional role development course for RN students that focuses on three key processes used by the nurse to maximize health: promoting health, guiding persons through the health care experience and shaping the health care environment. Factors that impact professional nursing practice are considered through critical analysis of historical influences, philosophical perspectives, professional standards, economic forces and public policy. Emphasis is placed on introducing the theoretical basis for practice, and the development of critical thinking, scholarly writing, and communication skills.
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This is a professional role development course for RN students that focuses on three key processes used by the nurse to maximize health: promoting health, guiding persons through the health care experience and shaping the health care environment. Factors that impact professional nursing practice are considered through critical analysis of historical influences, philosophical perspectives, professional standards, economic forces and public policy. Emphasis is placed on introducing the theoretical basis for practice, and the development of critical thinking, scholarly writing, and communication skills.
Register for this course.

This is a professional role development course for RN students that focuses on three key processes used by the nurse to maximize health: promoting health, guiding persons through the health care experience and shaping the health care environment. Factors that impact professional nursing practice are considered through critical analysis of historical influences, philosophical perspectives, professional standards, economic forces and public policy. Emphasis is placed on introducing the theoretical basis for practice, and the development of critical thinking, scholarly writing, and communication skills.
Register for this course.

Research

Research activities

  • Integrative Review - Psychological Trauma Among Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic with Strategies for Healing and Resilience.
  • Paper Presentation - Student Resilience in Nursing Education: A Theory Synthesis. Eastern Nursing Research Society Conference, March 2022.
  • Dissertation (in Process) - Understanding Resilience Among Traditional Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study

Research

Research interests

  • Psychological Resilience & Trauma
  • Co-Occurring Chronic Mental Illness & Substance Use Disorders
  • Mobile Applications for Psychological Well-being
  • Humanistic Nursing Education
  • De-escalation Skills in Nursing Education and Clinical Practice

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Dr. Gerri-Lyn Boyden is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse with 30+ years of clinical expertise. She is actively practicing in acute adult mental health and substance use disorder care. Her program of nursing research focuses on resilience and related concepts among nursing students, clinical nurses, and persons living with chronic mental illness and substance use disorder. She is a certified Adult Mental Health First Aid USA Instructor, certified in Addictions Treatment Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers through Yale University, certified in Mindfulness for Mental Health Providers, and accomplished in De-escalation Training for Inpatient Psychiatric Care Providers.

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