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About Debra R Hanna

Professor of Nursing, teaching in the graduate and PhD programs at Molloy College. Coordinator of Clinical Nurse Specialist program at Molloy College. American Nurses Credentialing Center Board-certified Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, with a clinical specialty of neuroscience nursing.  Doctoral Dissertation defended at Boston College: Redefining Moral Distress: The Lived Experience of Moral Distress of Nurses who Participated in Legal, Elective Surgically Induced Abortions

Positions

2007 - Present Professor, Molloy University ‐ Nursing
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Present Professor, Molloy Colle ‐ Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing & Health Sciences
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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2019 - Present President, Roy Adaptation Association--International
2016 - Present Editorial Board, Research and Theory for Nursing Practice--An International Journal
2012 - Present Research Grant Reviewer, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
2010 - Present Abstract Reviewer, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
2008 - Present Executive Board member, Roy Adaptation Association-International
2003 - Present Lifetime Member Status, Roy Adaptation Association-International
2015 - 2020 Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Aquichan
2012 - 2020 Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Research & Theory for Nursing Practice-An International Journal
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Honors and Awards

  • 2019: Elected President Roy Adaptation Association-International
  • 2018-Present: International Visiting Professor for PhD in Nursing @ Universidad de La Sabana, Chia, Colombia
  • 2018: Associate Editor Theory & Concept Analysis, Research & Theory for Nursing Practice-An International Journal
  • 2016: Editorial Board member & Column Editor Nursing Knowledge Activities, Research & Theory for Nursing Practice-An International Journal
  • 2013: Faculty Research Award, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY

Courses

  • NUR-6040: Evolution of Philosophy of Nursing Knowledge (PhD)
  • NUR-5360: Clinical Nurse Specialist-Adult-Gerontology Health III
  • NUR-5350: Clinical Nurse Specialist-Adult-Gerontolgoy Health II
  • NUR-5340: Clinical Nurse Specialist-Adult-Gerontology Health I
  • NUR-5330: Clinical Nurse Specialist-Foundations & Decision-making
  • NUR-5380: Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • NUR-5550: Research Methods & Design (Graduate)
  • NUR-5150: Organizational Theory (Graduate)
  • NUR-5050: Advanced Nursing Theory (Graduate)

Education

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PhD -- Nursing, Boston College
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MS -- Nursing, Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, Lehman College City University of New York
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BS -- Nursing, Columbia University ‐ College of Physicians & Surgeons
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BA -- English, University of Minnesota-College of Liberal Arts ‐ English Department
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Post-Master's Certificate Nursing Education, Boston College ‐ Graduate Nursing
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