Seton Hall University



LISA HEELAN-FANCHER

135 Cranberry Creek Road ● Paradise Valley, PA 18326 ● (570)629-5437 ● lmheelan@

Education____________________________________________________________________

Highest Earned Degree

Ph.D., Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, Nursing, 2015

Dissertation

Heelan (2015). Exploring the role of power as knowing participation in change,

attitudes regarding intermittent fetal monitoring, and perceived barriers to research utilization

with a labor and delivery nurse’s attitude toward patient advocacy.

Dissertation chairperson: Bonnie A. Sturm

Other Earned Degrees

|Post Masters Certificate, College of Mount St. Vincent, Riverdale, NY, Nursing Education, 2007 |

|Post Masters Certificate, Columbia University, New York, NY, Family Nurse Practitioner, 1999 |

|MSN, Columbia University, New York, NY, Adult Nurse Practitioner, 1992 |

|BSN, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Nursing, 1982 |

Certifications and Licenses Held

|Registered Nurse---Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York |

|Advanced Practice Nurse---Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York |

|ANCC Adult Nurse Practitioner---1992 to present (Recertified with exam 1/2014) |

|ANCC Family Nurse Practitioner----1999 to present (Recertified with exam 5/2014) |

Honors and Awards___________________________________________________________

Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Scholar recipient, 2011 to present

Seton Hall University graduate student poster selection award to present at the ENRS

annual conference, 2015

Seton Hall University graduate student poster selection award to present at the Rising

Stars in Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International Leadership Connection, 2014

Faculty grant recipient, Cedar Crest College, 2009

Research Interests____________________________________________________________

Patient advocacy, human dignity, evidence-based practice, women’s health, global health,

nursing education

Employment History____________________________________________________________

Positions Held in Academia

|8/2007-8/2011 |Full time nursing faculty member |Cedar Crest College |Class & Clinical Lead Coordinator * |

| | |Allentown, PA |*Maternity & Women’s |

| | | |Health |

| | | |*Concepts to |

| | | |Professional Nursing |

| | | |Community Health (Clinical) |

| | | |Leadership (Clinical) |

Positions held in Professional Clinical Practice

|Dates |Position/Title |Institution |Nursing Area |

|8/2008-12/2012 |Per Diem NP |Planned Parenthood |Primary Care to Men and Women |

| | |Stroudsburg, PA | |

|5/1995-7/2007 |F/T Nurse Practitioner |Columbia University |College Health/Primary Care |

| | |New York, NY | |

|4/1992-4/1995 |F/T Nurse Practitioner |St. Vincent’s Hospital |Hospitalist/HIV/AIDS Care |

| | |New York, NY | |

|8/1988-4/1992 |F/T Visiting Nurse |VNS of New York |Geriatrics |

| | |New York, NY |HIV/AIDS |

|10/1986-9/1988 | | |Dialysis/Transplant Unit |

| |F/T Staff Nurse |Mount Sinai Hospital | |

|5/1982-10/1983 | |New York, NY |Medical-Surgical Unit |

Publications___________________________________________________________________

Cimiotti, J.P., Johansen, M.L, Heelan, L.M., & Moosvi, K. (2013). It’s about time: An analysis

of the aging New Jersey nurse workforce. A report to Governor Chris Christie and the New

Jersey State Legislature. Retrieved from

aging-new-jersey-nurse-workforce

Heelan, L. (2013). Fetal monitoring: Creating a culture of safety with informed choice. Journal

of Perinatal Education, 22(3), 156-165. doi: 10.1892/1058-1243.22.3.156

Conferences________________________________________________________________

Podium Presentations

|Heelan, L. (2014, October 8). The relationship between power and human dignity in childbirth. 2014 Annual Conference, Society of Rogerian |

|Scholars. |

|Heelan, L. (2013, October 4). The chronicity of polycystic ovarian syndrome and its health implications for women. 3rd Annual Conference, |

|Pocono Nurse Practitioner’s Association. |

|Heelan, L. (2011, April). Childbirth in America today: Using evidence based practice to improve outcomes. 1st Annual Conference, Pocono |

|Association of Nurse Practitioners. |

|Heelan, L. (2010, December 6). Heart of the Matter: Women’s health issues and their relationship to breast cancer. Annual speaker series, |

|Sacred Heart Parish Nursing Department. |

|Heelan, L. (2010, April 27). The medicalization of pregnancy. 7th Annual Health, Wellness & Research Conference, Cedar Crest College. |

|Heelan, L. (2009, April 28). Partnering to promote women’s health care at Ndolage Hospital, Tanzania. 6th Annual Health, Wellness & Research |

|Conference, Cedar Crest College. |

Poster Presentations

|Heelan, L. (2014, September 26). Patient advocacy in an obstetric setting: The role of research and power to knowingly participate in |

|change. Sigma Theta Tau International’s Leadership Connection 2014. |

|Heelan, L. (2012, October 5). Fetal monitoring and informed choice. 2012 Annual Conference, Society of Rogerian Scholars. |

|Heelan, L. (2010, November 12). The rising cesarean surgery rate and its causes. 8th Annual Conference, Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse |

|Practitioners. |

|Heelan, L. (2010, October 20). The medicalization of pregnancy: What primary care providers need to know to improve maternal and newborn |

|outcomes. National Clinical Conference, American College of Nurse Practitioners. |

|Heelan, L. (2010). Partnering to provide women’s health care in Tanzania. 2010 International Nursing Research Day, St. Lukes Hospital, |

|Bethlehem, PA. |

|Heelan, L. (1999). Health maintenance needs of college students affected by Chernobyl. Annual Conference, American College Health |

|Association. |

Service_______________________________________________________________________

Service Leadership

|2005-2009 |Nursing missions to Ndolage Hospital, Tanzania. |

| |June 2005 |

| |June 2007 |

| |*March 2009 |

| |*Initiated and coordinated nursing student |

| |exchange |

| |*First international nursing student clinical |

| |exchange experience at Cedar Crest |

| |College |

|May 1998-July 1998 |Indian Health Service, Navajo Reservation, New Mexico |

| |*Pregnant women and children |

Leadership Positions in Nursing Organizations

|8/2013-present |Past President, Executive Board, Seton Hall University Doctoral Student |

| |Organization |

|8/2012-8/2013 |President, Seton Hall University Doctoral Student Organization |

|8/2011-8/2012 |President-Elect, Seton Hall University Doctoral Student Organization |

|2011-2012 |President, Pocono Association of Nurse Practitioners & Advance Practice Nurses |

| |(A chapter of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners) |

|2009-2011 |Vice President, Pocono Association of Nurse Practitioners & Advance Practice |

| |Nurses |

Academic Committees

|9/2013-present |Graduate student member: Nursing Educational Policy Committee at Seton Hall |

| |University |

|8/2008-8/2011 |Member: Nursing Curriculum and Resource Committees at Cedar Crest College |

Active Memberships____________________________________________________________

|Sigma Theta Tau International Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners |

|American Nurses Association National League of Nursing |

|American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Eastern Nursing Research Society |

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