faculty
Joyce Cadorette '96, PhD '23
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult
Contact
508-999-8122
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Education
| 2023 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | PhD |
| 2020 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | MSN in Nursing Education |
| 1996 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | BSN |
Teaching
- Transition to Professional Practice
Teaching
Courses
This course builds upon previous knowledge and skills related to common adult health needs, reinforcing the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team and member of the profession.
Exploration of concepts related to the transition to professional nursing and the exemplars that influence the profession of nursing and the health care delivery system.
This course is the culmination of knowledge and skills across the curriculum. The purpose of this course is to apply all curricular nursing concepts including and within the categories of managing care, psychosocial, nursing interventions, and professional practice within the caring science curriculum through clinical judgment at the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy learning domains (cognitive, affective) to develop the generalist nurse.
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.