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Joyce Cadorette '96, PhD '23

Assistant Professor

College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-999-8122

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Education

2023University of Massachusetts DartmouthPhD
2020University of Massachusetts DartmouthMSN in Nursing Education
1996University of Massachusetts DartmouthBSN

Teaching

  • Transition to Professional Practice

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Examination of various quality, safety, legal, and ethical factors that influence the US health care system. The focus is on the scope of health care delivery, financing, and regulation of the health care system and moving the patient through the continuum of health care. Selected mechanisms such as policy formulation, cost effectiveness analysis, accreditation, and quality assurance programs that shape the health care environment are examined.

Examination of various quality, safety, legal, and ethical factors that influence the US health care system. The focus is on the scope of health care delivery, financing, and regulation of the health care system and moving the patient through the continuum of health care. Selected mechanisms such as policy formulation, cost effectiveness analysis, accreditation, and quality assurance programs that shape the health care environment are examined.

Research

Research interests

  • Nursing Workforce Development
  • Transition to Practice for New to Practice Nurses
  • Nursing Education

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

  • Cadorette, Joyce H. PhD, RN, CAPA, CPAN; McCurry, Mary K. PhD, RN-BC, ANP, ACNP; Letourneau, Rayna M. PhD, RN (2025).
    Attributes of Employment Important to Pre-licensure and Newly Licensed Nurses for Recruitment and Retention.
    Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
  • Cadorette, Joyce H. PhD, RN, CAPA, CPAN; McCurry, Mary K. PhD, RN-BC, ANP, ACNP; Letourneau, Rayna M. PhD, RN; Viveiros, Jennifer Dunbar PhD, RN, CNE (2024).
    Competence and Confidence with Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Competencies by Newly Licensed Registered Nurses
    Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 40(3), 133-138.
  • Mammen, J.R., Tyo, M., Cadorette, J. et al. (2024).
    Understanding what aspects of Parkinson’s disease matter most to patients and families
    Scientific Reports
  • Cadorette, J., McCurry, M., & Danells-Chin, E. (2023).
    Reflective transition practice model: The new graduate registered nurse.
    Nursing Science Quarterly, 36, 282-291.

Joyce H. Cadorette, PhD, RN, CAPA, CPAN is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She has over 20 years of nursing experience in both patient care and leadership.  She holds two certifications one as a Certified Ambulatory Post Anesthesia Nurse (CAPA) and another as a  Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CPAN).  Her program of research focuses nursing workforce development, recruitment and retention of nurses, transition to practice for new to practice registered nurses, and identifying gaps between academia and practice. Her goal is to help build and strengthen the nursing workforce.

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