CURRICULUM VITA ANNE RATH RENTFRO Professor – Tenured Associate Dean College of Nursing

CURRICULUM VITA
ANNE RATH RENTFRO
Professor – Tenured
Associate Dean College of Nursing
4925 Lakeway Drive
Brownsville, Texas 78520
(956) 350-9420
Date of Preparation: February 2013
GENERAL INFORMATION
PERSONAL DATA: Citizenship Status: United States
EDUCATION
Year Degree
2009 PhD
Doctor of Philosophy in
Nursing
Major
Vulnerable
Populations/
Border Health
Minor
Institution
Biobehavioral University of Arizona
Mechanisms Tucson, AZ
College of Nursing
Arizona Health Science
Center
Dissertation: Self–Esteem, Self–Efficacy, Hope, Health Promoting Behaviors and Insulin Resistance in
Mexican American Adolescents.
1982 MSN
Master of Science in Nursing
Thesis:
Medical-Surgical Education
University of Texas
Nursing
School of Nursing
(Diabetes)
Austin, TX
The Relationship Between Diabetic Clients' Health Beliefs and Their Intent to Report
Intermittent Claudication.
1974 BSN
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Nursing
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Year
Position
2013
Associate Dean
College of Nursing
University of Rochester
School of Nursing
Rochester, NY
Institution
The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
2011
Professor College of Nursing
Tenured
The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
2010
Adjunct Professor
UT Health School of Public Health
(Global Health)
2010
Adjunct Associate Professor
UT Health School of Nursing
(Systems Division)
2010
Provost Fellow
The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (Continued)
2009
Graduate Faculty Member
The University of Texas at Brownsville
Brownsville, TX
1995–2011
Associate Professor-Tenured
The University of Texas at Brownsville in
partnership with Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
2006–2010
Coordinator
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Degree Program
The University of Texas at Brownsville in
partnership with Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
1995
Granted Tenure and Promotion
to Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Brownsville in
partnership with Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
1993–1995
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Brownsville in
partnership with Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
1990–1993
Nursing Instructor
The University of Texas at Brownsville in
partnership with Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
1987–1988
Nursing Instructor
Pan American University
Edinburg, TX
1982–1983
Clinical Instructor
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1981–1982
Teaching Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1980–1981
Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Project Director
Harlingen,
Texas
"Strengthening Hospital Nursing Program" co-sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
The Pew Charitable Trusts. Responsible for the project at Valley Baptist Medical Center Harlingen,
Texas (1989-1990)
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President, Coastal Healthcare Consultants, Inc.
Brownsville,
Texas
Responsible for the operation of the firm; areas of business included but not limited to educational
planning, program implementation, technical writing, and literature review in the areas of medical
surgical nursing, patient education, and management. Established in 1988.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT (Continued)
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
HCA Valley Regional Medical Center
Brownsville, Texas
Department Director-- Education: Responsible for coordinating all staff educational activities;
collaborated with Department Directors; coordinated educational resources; assessed, planned
implemented, and evaluated educational activities. April 1986 to February 1988.
Department Director-- Intensive Care
Nursing Service: Responsible for planning, organizing,
directing, and controlling activities of a fifteen bed critical care unit; developed, implemented
policies, procedures, goals, objectives; planned, evaluated nursing care; served as liaison with
physicians, other department directors, families; submitted, monitored budget; monitored quality
assurance; hired, evaluated, counseled staff members; helped to open new unit;
September 1984 to April 1986.
Seton Medical Center
Austin, Texas
Clinical Director of Nursing/Medicine- Responsible for delivery of quality nursing care for the
medical areas; evaluated, monitored Nursing care trends for 120 beds: oncology, pulmonary,
neurology, and general medicine; developed a diabetes management program; assisted with
opening a neurological intensive care unit; acted as a clinical resource; collaborated with physicians
to resolve patient care problems; articulated, interpreted, wrote policy/procedure; Chair: Diabetes
Task Force and Nurse/Physician Liaison Committee; 1982 to 1984.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (In addition to the academic appointments listed above):
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Nurse Clinician/Diabetes Teaching Service–part of the NIH funded Diabetes Research and Training
Center. 1000 beds affiliated with University of Chicago. Responsible for patient/staff education
about diabetes mellitus; active with clinical research; over one hundred pediatric patients; 19781980 Staff Development Coordinator/Ambulatory Care. Responsible for continuing education,
orientation, and skills training for nursing personnel in the Emergency Room, Clinics, Home Health,
and Employee Health Services. 1976-1978.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
Seton Medical Center
Austin, Texas
Staff Nurse-500 beds. Delivered nursing care for adults and children with medical problems,
particularly diabetes mellitus and pulmonary diseases; performed charge nurse role. 1981-1982.
Staff Nurse-Evanston Hospital
Evanston, Illinois
500 beds; affiliated with Northwestern University; implemented patient visits to nurses for
education, allergy injections, and hypertension checks in outpatient department; responsible for
telephone triage and triage of patients without appointments; charge nurse for internal medicine
clinic; delivered nursing care to inpatients with infectious problems; 1974 to 1976.
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LICENSURE
Initial Date
3/10/89
6/7/80
1974
CERTIFICATION
Date
1987–2001
1989–1999
1985–1989
1988–1991
1986–1991
Renewal Date
5/30/2012
5/30/2012
1980
License
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
Board
American Nurses Association
Credentialing Center
National Certification Board
For Diabetes Educators
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
State
Texas
Texas
IL
Credentials
Certified Specialist Medical Surgical Nursing
Certified Diabetes Educator
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor
Basic Life Support Instructor Trainer
CPR Instructor/First Aid Instructor Health
Services Education Instructor
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011
Nominated for the 2012 Piper Professor Award
2010
Selected to participate as a member of the Research Faculty Development Core
sponsored by the Center for Biomedical Studies/Department of Biological Sciences at the
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.
2010
Recipient of Exceptional Merit as a faculty member of The University of Texas at
Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
2010
Provost Fellow
2009
American Holistic Nurses Association Excellence in Holistic Nursing Education Award
presented to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Program in recognition of its
exceptional and innovative curriculum in holistic nursing education: Accepted the award
on behalf of the faculty as BSN Program Coordinator
2009
Nominated for University of Arizona College of Nursing Outstanding Dissertation Award
2005 – 2009
Nurse Faculty Loan Program Award Recipient
2005 – 2009
Beverly McCord Doctoral Student Award Recipient
2008
Nominated for 2008 Council for Advancement and Support (CASE) U.S. Professors of the
Year Award
2007
Invited to attend the 20th Anniversary Oxford Round Table: Obesity: The Affluent Society
and the Quest for Treatment, St. Anne’s College at the University of Oxford, Oxford,
England held March 9 – 14th , 2008
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HONORS AND AWARDS (Continued)
2005
Finalist for the University of Texas Systems Library Directors’ Award for Excellence in
Library Resource Integration for the library activities in NURS 3304 Perspectives
Professional Nursing Practice
2003
Nominee from the University of Texas at Brownsville for the 2003 Excellence Award from
the National Institute for Staff an\d Organizational Development (NISOD)
2004, 2001
Recipient of Exceptional Merit as a faculty member of The University of Texas at
Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
May 1995
Recipient of the 1995 Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award in recognition of
exceptional achievement in the pursuit of learning and excellence as a member of the
faculty of The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
January 1995 American Technical Education Association's Outstanding Technical Teacher Award from
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
Who's Who in American Nursing
Member of Sigma Theta Tau: The National Nurses Honor Society
TEACHING
Date
2012 S
Course
Number
NURS 4519
Leadership in Professional Nursing
2011 S & F
NURS 4611
Health Promotion in Professional Nursing
6/
2010 F
NURS 4612
Leadership in Professional Nursing
2/
2007–2010S
2005–2007
2004
2002–2007
NURS 4612
NURS 4606
NURS4307
NURS3304
6/
6/9
3/
3/
2002 F
1997 F –
2004 F
1996 S
1996 S
1995 F
1995 S
TNSG 2201
NURS 3606
2/
6/9
Primary
Primary
NURS 3604
NURS 4303
NURS 3604
TNSG 2519
Leadership in Professional Nursing
Health Promotion in Professional Nursing
Transcultural Nursing
Perspectives in Professional Nursing
Practice
Nursing Care of Children
Health Promotion in Professional
Nursing
Clinical Skills in Nursing Practice
Spirituality and Its Effect on Health Care
Clinical Skills in Nursing Practice
Major Alterations in Homeostasis–I
Primary
Faculty
Primary
Faculty
Mentoring
Assisting
Primary
Primary
Primary
Primary
6/9
3
6/9
3/8
Primary
Primary
Primary
Team
Teacher
1994 F
NURS
40612
UTSA Professional
Leadership
TNSG 2417
Nursing Care of the Child
1994 F
Course Title
Nursing
Credit Hrs/
Clinical Hrs
5/
3.5/2.5
2/4
Role
Brownsville
Site
Instructor
Team
Teacher
5
1994 S
TNSG.2519
Major Alterations in Homeostasis–I
1994 S
1994 F
HONR.1371 Chronic Illness: Its Impact on the
Individual, the Family and Society
NURS 40612 UTSA Professional Nursing Leadership
1993 F
TNSG 2417
TEACHING
1993 S
(continued)
TNSG 2519 Major Alterations in
1992 F
TNSG 2417
1992 S
N235 Major Alterations in Homeostasis I
3/8
1991 F
N224
Nursing Care of the Child Rearing Family
2/4
1991 Su
N214
Nursing Care of the Child Bearing Family
2/4
1991 S
N235
Major Alterations in Homeostasis I
3/8
Nursing Care of the Child
Homeostasis I
Nursing Care of the Child Rearing Family
3/8
1/0
3.5/2.5
2/4
3/8
2/4
Team
Teacher
Seminar
Leader
Brownsville
Site
Instructor
Team
Teacher
Team
Teacher
Team
Teacher
Team
Teacher
Team
Teacher
Team
Teacher
Team
Teacher
INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Formal Study to Improve Teaching Abilities
2009 Completed Doctoral Degree
2005 Enrolled in a doctoral program in Nursing
2006 Teaching Research Techniques for Nursing Faculty
2006 Spring Online Teaching Seminar for BSN faculty
2004 Dreamweaver Seminars
Course Development
UTB/TSC (6 week Course)
2003 Blackboard Seminar
UTB/TSC (2 day Course)
2002 Web Enhanced Project
UTB/TSC (6 day Course)
2001 Title V Summer Institute
UTB/TSC (10 day Course)
2000 Putting Your Course ON-Line Mountain View College
1996 Critical Thinking
Richard Paul (2 day Seminar)
1994 Computers for Educators
Graduate Course UTB
1982 Minor in Teaching
M.S.N.
Research Concerning Teaching
Faculty Representative for the School of Health Sciences on the Carl Perkins Curriculum Development
Project (1991-1992)
Development of the gerontology component in the Associate Degree Program (1995)
BNE Pilot Study to evaluate "The Essential Competencies of Texas Graduates of Education Programs in
Nursing" (1994)
Analysis of Technical Skills within the Associate Degree Nursing Program (1991-1992)
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Curriculum analysis for a cultural component in preparation for the National League for Nursing Site Visit
(1990).
Media and Software Developed
Instructor's Electronic Resource to accompany Wong and Perry's Maternal Child Nursing.
Videotape Intravenous Therapy Techniques, Anne Rentfro, co-author, Seton Medical Center, producer
MASTERS' THESES, MEMBERSHIP ON SUPERVISING COMMITTEE AND STUDENT MENTORING
 Mentor for three Scorpion Scholars (undergraduate students): Margaret de la Cruz, Melissa
Ortiz, & Anna Paz.
 Charlotte Smith, Thesis Committee Member
 Julie Gomez Ramirez, Supervision of Public Health Nursing Internship and Capstone project.
 Summer Science Internship Program Student Supervision Summer 1008, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
 Rosa Maria Pones, Relationship Between Nutritional Behaviors And Mental Health, University of
Texas Houston School of Public Health–Brownsville Regional Campus–Committee Member
 Tami Dittburner, Determinants of Health Promotion in Midlife Mexican-American Women,
Committee Member 1991.
 Leticia Garcia, Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs, Honors Program Independent Study, Faculty
Supervisor.
 Served as a Preceptor for the following students: Bea Cabrera (MSN Student), Luz Silva (BSN
Student), Aurora Cantu (BSN student), Virginia Zamudio (MSN Student), Connie Riezenman,
(MSN Student), Leticia Cantu (MSN Student)
PUBLICATIONS
Queen, S.R., Smulevitz, B., Rentfro, A. R., Vatcheva, K.P., Kim, H., McPherson, D.D., Han is, C.L., FisherHoch, S., P., McCormick, J.B., Laing, S.T. (2012). Electrocardiographic abnormalities among
Mexican Americans: Correlations with Diabetes, Obesity, and the Metabolic Syndrome. World
Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,(2) 50-56.
Quan, L., Qu, H., Rentfro, A.R., Grove, M.L., Mirza, S., Lu, Y., Hanis, C.L., Fallon, M.B., Boerwinkle, E.,
Fisher-Hoch, S.P., McCormick, J.B. (2012) PNPLA3 polymorphisms and liver aminotransferace
levels in a Mexican American population. Clin Invest Med, 35(4), E237.
Pan, J.J., Qu, H.Q., Rentfro, A.R., McCormick, J.B., Fisher-Hoch, S.P., Fallon, M.B. (2011) Prevalence of
metabolic syndrome and risks of abnormal serum alanine aminotransferace in Hispanics: a
population-based study. PLoS One, 6(6), 21515.
Qu, H.Q., Li, Q., Rentfro, A.R., Fisher-Hoch, S.P., McCormick, J.B. (2011) The definition of insulin
resistance using HOMA-IR for Americans of Mexican descent using machine learning. PLoS One,
6(6), e21041.
Fisher-Hoch, S.P., Vatcheva, K.P., Laing, S.T., Hossain M.M., Rahbar M.H., Hanis, C.L., H. Shelton
Brown, H.S., Rentfro, A.R., Reininger, B.M., McCormick, J.B. (2012)Missed
Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension, and
Hypercholesterolemia in a Mexican American Population, Cameron County Hispanic Cohort,
2003–2008. Preventing Chronic Disease. 9 (11), 0298.
Qu, H.Q., Li, Q., Grove,M.L., Lu, Y., Pan, J. J., Rentfro, A.R., Bickel, P.E., Fallon, M.B., Hanis, C. L.,
Boerwinkle, J.B., Fisher-Hoch, S.P. (2012) Population-based risk factors for elevated alanine
aminotransferace in a south Texas Mexican American population. Archives of Medical Research,
43(6), 482-488.
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PUBLICATIONS (Continued)
Rentfro, A.R. (2013) Health Promotion and the Individual, Chapter 6 in the 8th Edition of Edelman, C. and
Mandle, C. (2013) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rentfro, A.R. (2013) Health Promotion and the Family, Chapter 7 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C. and
Mandle, C. (2013) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rentfro, A. R. (2013) Health Promotion and the Community, Chapter 8 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C.
and Mandle, C. (2013) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rentfro, A. R. (2013) Preschool Child, Chapter 19 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C. and Mandle, C. (2013)
Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis, Missouri.
Rentfro, A.R. (2012) Children in the Community, Chapter 27 of the 5th Edition of Maurer and Smith's
Community Health Nursing Practice: Concepts for Families and Populations, Elsevier Science: St.
Louis, Missouri.
Molina, M.F., Qu, H.Q., Rentfro, A. R., Nair, S., Lu, Y., Hanis, C.L. McCormick, J. B., Fisher-Hoch, S.P.
(2011) Decreased expression of ATP6V1H I in type 2 diabetes: A pilot report on the diabetes risk
study in Mexican Americans. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 412(4),
728-731.
Duran-Gonzalez, D., Ortiz, I., Gonzales, E. Ruiz, N., Ortiz, M., Gonzalez, A., Sanchez, E. K., Curet, E.,
Fisher-Hoch, S., Rentfro, A., Qu, H., Nair, S., (2011) Association study of candidate gene
polymorphisms and obesity in a Young Mexican–American population from south Texas.
Archives of Medical Research, 42 (6), 523-531.
Qu, H. Q., Rentfro, A. R., Li, Q., Hanis, C. L., McCormick, J. B., Fisher-Hoch, S. P. (2012) Molecular
mechanisms of host susceptibility to tuberculosis: insights from a longitudinal diabetes study. Int
J Tuberc Lung Dis, in press.
Salinas, J.J., Wilson, J.C, Hossain, Md. M., McCormick, J.B., Fisher-Hoch, S.P., Rentfro, A.R. (2011)
Mexican cultural neighborhood environment and diabetes risk in Mexican Americans. Hispanic
Health Care International, 5(4), 332-340.
Mirza, S., Qu, H., Li, Q., Martinez, P.J., Rentfro, A.R., McCormick, J.B., Fisher-Hoch, S.P. (2011)
Adiponectin/leptin ratio and metabolic syndrome in a Mexican American population. Clin.Invest
Med, 34(5), E1-E8.
Qu, H., Li, Q., Rentfro, A. R., Fisher-Hoch, S.P., McCormick, J.B. (2011) The definition of insulin resistance
using HOMA-IR for Americans of Mexican Descent using machine learning. PLoS
One,6(6):e21041.
Rentfro, A.R., Nino, J.C., Pones, R.M., Innis-Whitehouse, W., Barroso, C.S., Rhabar, M.H., McCormick,
J.B., Fisher-Hoch, S.P. (2011) Associations among adiposity, biological markers of disease and
insulin resistance in Mexican American adolescents. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2011).
Salinas, J., McCormick, J.B., Rentfro, A., Hanis, C., Hossain, M.M., Fisher-Hoch, S.P. (2010). The missing
men: High risk and low use of health care in men of Mexican origin. American Journal of Men’s
Health, 4(4), first published on October 7, 2010 doi:10.1177/1557988310379390
Fisher-Hoch, S. P., Rentfro, A. R., Salinas, J. J., Perez, A., Brown, H. S., Reininger, B. M., Restrepo, B. I.,
Wilson, J. G., Hossain, M. M., Rahbar, M. H., Hanis, C. M., McCormick, J. B. (2010) Socioeconomic
status and prevalence of obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron
County, Texas, 2004–2007, Preventing Chronic Disease, 7 (3), 1-10.
McEwen, M. M., Rentfro, A., & Vincent, D. (2009). Diabetes care in the US–México border region. Nurse
Practitioner, 34(3), 14-21.
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PUBLICATIONS (Continued)
Rentfro, A. R., McEwen, M., & Ritter, L. (2009). Perspectives for practice: Translating estimated average
glucose (eAG) to promote diabetes self-management capacity. The Diabetes Educator, 35(4),
581-594.
Rentfro, A.R. (2009) Health Promotion and the Individual, Chapter 6 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C. and
Mandle, C. (2009) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rentfro, A.R. (2009) Health Promotion and the Family, Chapter 7 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C. and
Mandle, C. (2009) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rentfro, A. R. (2009) Health Promotion and the Community, Chapter 8 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C.
and Mandle, C. (2009) Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis,
Missouri.
Rentfro, A. R. (2009) Preschool Child, Chapter 19 in the 7th Edition of Edelman, C. and Mandle, C. (2009)
Health Promotion throughout the Lifespan, Elsevier Science: St. Louis, Missouri.
Rentfro, A.R. (2008) Children in the Community, Chapter 27 of the 4th Edition of Maurer and Smith's
Community Health Nursing Practice: Concepts for Families and Populations, Elsevier Science: St.
Louis, Missouri.
Rentfro, A.R. and McCampbell L.S. (2006) A Student Study Guide to Accompany the Seventh Edition of
Whaley and Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, St Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Rentfro, A.R. and McCampbell L. S. (2003) A Student Study Guide to Accompany the Seventh Edition of
Whaley and Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, St Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Anderson, S., Dougherty, K., Miller, A., Rentfro, A. R., & Roach, S. (2003). Using educational technology
and distance education to impact the shortage of baccalaureate prepared nurses. On-Line
Journal of Nursing Informatics, 7(2), 5.
Rentfro, A.R. (2002) A Student Study Guide to Accompany Mosby's Maternal Child Nursing, 2nd Edition, St
Louis: Mosby, Yearbook (The Pediatric Chapters 29-55).
Rentfro, A.R. (2002) The Instructor's Resource Manual to Accompany Mosby's Maternal Child Nursing,
2nd Edition, St Louis: Mosby Yearbook (The Pediatric Chapters 29-55).
Rentfro, A.R. and McCampbell, L.S. (2002) A Student Study Guide to Accompany the Seventh Edition of
Whaley and Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, St Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Rentfro, A.R. (2002), The Instructor’s Resource Manual to Accompany Whaley and Wong's Essentials of
Pediatric Nursing, 5th ed., St. Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Rentfro, A.R. (2002) The Test Bank to Accompany Mosby's Maternal Child Nursing, 2nd Edition, St Louis:
Mosby Yearbook (The Pediatric Chapters 29-55).
Rentfro, A.R. (2001) The Instructor’s Resource Manual to Accompany Whaley and Wong's Essentials of
Pediatric Nursing, 6th ed., St. Louis: Harcourt Health Sciences Companies.
Rentfro, A.R (2001) Student Study Guide to Accompany Mosby's Maternal Child Nursing, 2nd Edition, St.
Louis: Mosby, 2001.
Rentfro, A. R. (2001) Instructors Electronic Resource to Accompany Mosby's Maternal Child Nursing, 2nd
Edition, St. Louis: Mosby.
Rentfro, A. R. (2000) Instructors Guide to Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 6th Edition, St. Louis: Mosby.
Rentfro, A.R. (1997), The Instructor’s Resource Manual to Accompany Whaley and Wong's Essentials of
Pediatric Nursing, 5th ed., St. Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Rentfro, A.R. (1997) A Student Study Guide to Accompany the First Edition Mosby's Maternal Child
Nursing, St Louis: Mosby, Yearbook (The Pediatric Chapters 29-55).
Rentfro, A.R. (1997) The Instructor's Resource Manual to Accompany the First Edition Mosby's Maternal
Child Nursing, St Louis: Mosby Yearbook, (The Pediatric Chapters 29-55).
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PUBLICATIONS (Continued)
Rentfro, A.R. (1997) The Test Bank to Accompany the First Edition of Mosby's Maternal Child Nursing, St
Louis: Mosby Yearbook (The Pediatric Chapters 29-55).
Rentfro, A. R. (1996) Contributor of Case Studies for Thibodeau, G. A. and Patton, K.P. (1996)Anatomy
and Physiology, 3rd Edition, St. Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Rentfro, A. R. (1991) Educational Design: An Internal System of Review, Continuing Nursing Education
Newsletter. Austin: Texas Nurses Association.
Rentfro, A.R and Ohs, C. (1990) The Importance of the Planning Committee, Continuing Nursing
Education Newsletter. Austin: Texas Nurses Association, January.
Rentfro, A. R. & McCampbell, L.S. (1995) A Student Study Guide to Accompany the Fifth Edition of
Whaley and Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, St Louis: Mosby Yearbook.
Adams, R. A. & Rentfro, A. R. (1991) Strengthening Hospital Nursing An Approach to Restructuring
Hospital Nursing, Journal of Nursing Administration, 21 (6), 12-19.
Adams, R. A, Briones, E. & Rentfro, A. R. (1992) Cultural Considerations: Developing a Nursing Care
Delivery System for a Hispanic Community, Nursing Clinics of North America 27:1, 107-117.
Abstracts:
Ediden, D.V., Rath, A. M.; Levitsky, L.L., Pollack, C., Coen, C., White, J., & Venckus, E. Impact of a
Recreation Program on Skills, Knowledge, and Psychosocial Adjustment in Diabetic Children.
Diabetes, 29 (6), 42A. Research Abstract presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific
Meetings.
Selected as a reviewer for:
American Journal of Public Health
Annals of Human Biology
Border Review: The University of Texas at Brownsville
Family and Community Health Journal
Journal of Cultural Diversity: Tucker Publishers
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Journal of School Nursing
Preventing Chronic Disease: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Southern Journal of Nursing Research
Southern Nursing Research Society
Western Institute of Nursing Research
Invited to participate on a test construction review board of specialists for:
June 2003
Regents College, Albany New York
Selected as an item writer for:
January 1999 The University of the State of New York Regents College Examinations
Have served as an item writer previously on many occasions
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Diabetes Mellitus
Health Belief Patterns and Chronic Illness -- Evidenced Based Practice
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Prevention of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Insulin Resistance and Inflammatory Markers associated with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
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RESEARCH SUPPORT
Source
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
Title
Establishment of the Center of Excellence for Diabetes In Americans of Mexican Descent
Period
February 2008 to present – 30%
Role
Co – Investigator Diabetes Core
Source
Title
Period
Role
University of Texas BorderPlex Diabetes Project Funding
Innate Immune Response in Chronically Hyperglycemic Diabetes Mellitus Patients.
February 2008 to January 2009 for 10%
Co - Investigator
Source
Title
Period
Role
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
Research Infrastructure for Minority Institutions
November 2008 to October 2009
Principal Investigator
Source
Title
Period
Role
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
Establishment of the Hispanic Health Cohort
February 2003 to 2008
Co - Investigator
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Congressional Earmark Funds
Genetic, Behavioral and Lifestyle Risk Factors for Complications of Diabetes:
Development of a Hispanic Cohort
July 2005 to present
Principal Investigator for the University of Texas at Brownsville Components
Title:
Period
Role
Source
Title:
Period
Role
Source
Title
Period
Role
Texas Department of Health
Office of Border Health
Mini Grant to support the data collection and education in the High School for the
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities – Adolescent Obesity Project
September 2003 to August 2004
Principal Investigator
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
Determination of Prevalence of Obesity and type 2 Diabetes in Hispanic Adolescents in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
February 2003 until February 2006
$50, 000 for a pilot feasibility study
Principal Investigator
Source: Robert Wood Johnson and Pew Charitable Trust
Title:
Strengthening Hospital Nursing: A Program to
Improve Patient Care
Period:
August 1989 to August 1990
$50, 000-Valley Baptist Medical Center
Role:
Project Director
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (* those that require election/examination/selection for membership)
Transcultural Nursing Society–Member 2010
Western Institute of Nursing Research – Member 2009 to present
Southern Nursing Research Society – Member 2009 to present
American Association of Diabetes Educators 2009 to present
American Diabetes Association Professional Section – Member – 2008 to present.
American Association of Holistic Nurses – Educational Provider Committee member – 2004 to
present
* Editorial Board of the Journal of Cultural Diversity 1997 to 2002
* Sigma Theta Tau Charter Member - Epsilon Xi Chapter
American Nurses' Association
Texas Nurses Association
* District 14 President - 2000-2001.
* (Appointment by TNA president - State CNE Committee: '91, '90, '89, '88, and '87;
Nominations Committee 1983-1984)
* President District 14 - 2000
University of Texas School of Nursing Alumni Association
Association of Nurses in Graduate School (1980-1982)
American Diabetes Association, Professional Section,
Member, Chair: Public Information Committee, 1983.
American Red Cross, Brownsville Chapter *
Board Member '90, '89
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Electrocardiographic Abnormalities Among Mexican Americans: Correlations with Diabetes, Obesity, and
the Metabolic Syndrome Poster Presented (P240 Abstract ID#: 164) the American Heart Association
Quality of Care and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 2011 Scientific Sessions May 12-14
Washington, DC. Presenting Author: Saulette Queen, M.D.
Prevalence of cognitive impairment and associated factors in Mexican Americans. Poster Presented at
the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, October 29-November 2, 2011. Washington,
DC. Presenting Author: A.Price
Recruitment and Retention of Subjects Poster Symposium presented at the Western Institute of Nursing
Research Las Vegas, Nevada April 25, 2011
Recruitment and Retention of Doubly Vulnerable Populations at the 13th Annual UTB/TSC Research
Symposium Brownsville, TX March 15, 2011.
Genetic factors that modify intracellular generation of cortisol and association studies in Mexican
Americans Poster Presentation with Saraswarthy Nair at the 1st Annual Border Binational Health Week
Research Forum. United States – Mexico Border Health Commission Binational Health Week, Families in
Action for Health Preventing Obesity and Diabetes. Brownsville, TX October 5, 2010
Re-Visioning Nursing: Creating Holistic Nurses through an Online Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing
Program, Podium Presentation at the 30th Annual Conference of the American Holistic Nurses
Association: Re-Visioning Environment: Creating a Habitat for Healing Colorado Springs, CO June 4, 2010
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
Self–Efficacy, Hope, Insulin Resistance & Health In Mexican American Adolescents, Podium Presentation
at the 2010 Western Institute of Nursing Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference Glendale,
AZ April 15, 2010
Self–Esteem, Self–Efficacy, Hope, Health Promoting Behaviors and Insulin Resistance in Overweight
Mexican American Adolescents. Podium Presentation at the 12th Annual UTB/TSC Research Symposium
Brownsville, TX March 25, 2010.
Self–Esteem, Self–Efficacy, Hope, Health Promoting Behaviors and Insulin Resistance in Overweight
Mexican American Adolescents. 5th Annual UTB/TSC Nursing Research Symposium Brownsville, TX March
24, 2010
Changing Nursing Practice through Holistic Nursing Education: Innovative BSN Program-Online RN to
BSN Completion Program. Poster Presentation at the Quality in Health Care: Changing the Culture
through Baccalaureate Nursing Education American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2009 Chicago, IL
November 20, 2009
Switching Tracks: Diabesity Studies in South Texas: Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley: Invited speaker Harlingen, Texas October 31, 2008
Analysis Of Obesity, Diabetes and Insulin Resistance in Mexican American Adolescents in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley of Texas: Invited speaker Regional Conference on Diabetes and Obesity, Las Cruces, New
Mexico June 4, 2008
Cameron County Hispanic Cohort: Preliminary Findings: Invited Speaker Brownsville, Texas National
Laboratory Week conference: Delivering Today’s Results for a Healthier Tomorrow April 23, 2008
Translational Nursing Research: Invited Speaker Brownsville, Texas. March 26, 2008.
The Relationship between Insulin resistance and Behavior in Mexican American Adolescents: Abstract
accepted for presentation at the 3rd Annual Nursing Research Conference University of Texas at
Brownsville and Texas Southmost College March 26, 2008
Translational Research: Closing the Research–Practice Gap Health Behaviors and Insulin Resistance in
Mexican American Adolescents: Podium Presentation at the 50th Anniversary Nursing Research
Conference, “Celebrating Excellence in Nursing Science: January 17–20, 2008.
Analysis of the Concept of Hope for Use in Health Promotion Research: Poster presentation at the 50th
Anniversary Nursing Research Conference, “Celebrating Excellence in Nursing Science: January 17–20,
2008.
Ethical Issues in Clinical Research Community for Children: At the Border and Beyond 2 to 3 times per
year from September 27, 2007 to present for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio STEER program. Pediatric Residency Elective
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
Associations between Insulin Resistance and Physical Markers in Mexican American adolescents. Oral
presentation during the 65th Annual Meeting of the US Mexico Border Health Association on May 20-22,
2007.
Health Disparities in Mexican Americans: The Cameron County Hispanic Cohort: Poster presentation
during the 65th Annual Meeting of the US Mexico Border Health Association on May 20-22, 2007.
Indicators of Adverse health Condition in Mexican American Adolescent: Poster presentation during the
65th Annual Meeting of the US Mexico Border Health Association on May 20-22, 2007.
Association of Insulin Resistance to Body Mass, Central Obesity and Ancanthosis: Poster Presentation at
the Western Institute of Nursing 40th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference: April 12-14,
2007 Portland, Oregon
Translational Research in the Rio Grande Valley: The Impact of Diabetes: Border Health Symposium,
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health–Brownsville Campus December 1, 2006
Evidence Against Mass Screening for Acanthosis Nigricans: Relationships with Insulin Resistance, and
Waist Circumference in Mexican American Adolescents, oral presentation for the 17th International
Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice; Montreal Canada July 20, 2006
Pilot Study: Obesity in Brownsville Adolescents, presentation for Texas Nurses Association, District 14;
Brownsville Independent School District Faculty Meeting and Nurses, October 22, 2005, November 15,
2005, and December 22, 2005
Metabolic Syndrome in Brownsville Hispanic Adolescents: Border Health Symposium, University of Texas
Houston School of Public Health–Brownsville Campus, November 4, 2005
Determination of Prevalence of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanic Adolescents in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley presented at the 7th Annual UTB/TSC Research Symposium– April 15 2005
Pilot Study: Adolescents and Obesity presented at the Border Health Seminar Series – The University of
Texas Houston School of Public Health – Brownsville Regional Campus – October 24, 2005
Asynchronous Conversations in Nursing Education: Creating a Community of Learners - November 2003 presented at the International Teaching Online in Higher Education Conference
Using Educational Technology and Distance Education to Impact the Shortage of Professional Nurses in
Texas - November 12, 2002 presented at the International Teaching Online in Higher Education
Conference.
Techniques to Teach Ethics to Nursing Students and Nursing Staff - June 6, 2002 a two hour Continuing
Education program.
Distance Education in Nursing- May 16, 2002 Information Technology Distance Education Conference at
the University of Texas Pan American
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
Nurse Oncology Education Program - Skin Cancer Facts - March 19, 2002 a one hour Continuing
Education Program
Teaching the Elderly Client - September 30, 2000 a two hour presentation to the Texas Association for
Adult Care Nursing
Care and Suctioning of Tracheostomy Tubes - conducted a one day laboratory experience for Associate
Degree Nursing Students
Recognition of Major Cardiac Dysrhythmias conducted this two-day workshop without compensation on
December 2 and 3, 1993, 14.3 contact hours.
The Impact of Chronic Illness on the Individual conducted this 2 hour seminar on April 18, 1994.
Transforming Obstacles into Nursing Opportunities, Guest Panelist for the Clinical Specialist Panel of
Experts, South Padre Island, TX. October 3, 1992
Diabetes Mellitus: The Team Approach to Chronic Disease, Guest Speaker, Harlingen, TX, November 17,
19 and 20, 1992.
Peer Review of Nursing Process in Documentation, a 1 hour session which was offered 4 times at Valley
Regional Medical Center, Brownsville, TX, 1992.
The Nurse Managers Role in Assuring that the Nursing Process is used In the Acute Care Setting, a 2 hour
session which was offered one time at Valley Regional Medical Center, 1992.
Dysrhythmias Recognition, July and December 1992, faculty for a two-day workshop that was offered
two times.
Designing Continuing Nursing Education, March 11, 1992, speaker.
Innovative Nursing Practice: Trends and Issues Texas Nurses Association District 14 Meeting October
1991
Diabetes Update Texas Nurses Association District 14 Meeting, November 1991.
Diabetes Mellitus: The Team Approach October 11, 1990.
Lupus: Living With Chronic Illness, Guest Speaker, Lioness Club, October 9, 1990
Strengthening Hospital Nursing: The Texas Models, presentation at the Texas Organization of Nurse
Executives' Convention, San Antonio, June 4, 1990. A colleague also presented this same content to
Voluntary Hospitals of America in November 1990.
Bedside Managed Care January 1990
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
Nursing Breakthrough: Energizing the Caregiver for Continuation of the Profession: poster
Nov. '89 Houston, Texas
session-
Preparing for Mandatory Continuing Education TNA, guest speaker District meeting- Nov. '89 Harlingen,
TX
Diabetes Throughout The Lifespan: Treatment Modalities and Patient Education: guest speaker at this
one day seminar sponsored by The University of Texas held in Harlingen and repeated in Brownsville, TX
November 1989
ACLS Provider Courses-faculty, South Padre Island, TX. October 20-21, 1989, Brownsville, January 9 and
10, 1988, April, 1987, Weslaco, TX., May 15, 16 and 17, 1986
Critical Care Course: Diabetes/DKA, Harlingen, TX., October, 1989. Nursing Management of the Patient
with Diabetes Mellitus", Harlingen, TX, presenter-Program Planner, June 26, 1989.
Cardiac Dysrhythmias Course: two day course presented May 1986, March 1987, December
September 1988, December 1989, October 1991, July 1992.
1987,
Nursing in the Intensive Care Unit Today, guest speaker, The Rotary Club of Brownsville, TX.
26, 1987
August
Critical Care Symposium: Diabetic Crises. Hypertensive Crises, Congestive Heart Failure. Respiratory
Assessment. and Initial Burn Management; part of a 12 week course; speaker Spring/Fall 1985; Spring
1986; sponsored by Project Hope, Weslaco, Texas.
Keeping Track of Diabetes: Acute Complications of Diabetes -8 hour workshop for nurses sponsored by
TNA District 14, Weslaco, TX, October 3, 1986, Guest Lecturer-Planner
Critical Care Course: Project Hope, 1985.
Systems Review Course: The Endocrine System-Anatomy. Physiology, Assessment and Nursing
Implications Sept. 20, 1983; Speaker.
Special Interest Workshop for Parents of Children with Diabetes: 5th Annual Public Conference sponsored
by American Diabetes Association, Northern Illinois Affiliate; Apr. 19, 1980; Speaker.
New Answers to the Old Question: Compliance. Moderator May
1980
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SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
** Indicates graduate level credit hours
26th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society: Nurse Sci8entists as Crucial Partners to
Health Delivery, New Orleans, LA, 18.25 contact hours, February 22-25, 2012.
Navigating Diversity in Nursing Practice, American Nurses Association, January 25, 2012
Decreasing Health Disparities Among Mexican American Adults in the Arizona Sonora, MX Border
Region, Hispanic Health Research Series, Brownsville, TX, 1 contact hour, October 21, 2011.
Border Binational Health Week Regional Forum to Identify Best Practice to Prevent Childhood Obesity,
Eagle Pass International Trade Center, Eagle Pass, TX, October 5, 2011 by invitation.
Type 2 Diabetes in an Idaho Latin o Population: A Community Based Program of Research, Hispanic
Health Research Seminar Series, Brownsville, TX, 1 contact hour. September 30, 2011
Developing Competitive Intervention Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27 contact
hours, June 13-16, 2011.
Integrating Evidence-Based Practice In Your Curriculum, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 1
contact hours, February 2,2011.
Re-Visioning Nursing: Creating Holistic Nurses through an Online Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing
Program, 30th Annual Conference of the American Holistic Nurses Association: Re-Visioning
Environment: Creating a Habitat for Healing Colorado Springs, CO, June 4, 2010
24th Annual conference: Health Care Challenges in the Next Decade Southern Nursing Research Society
Austin, TX February 3, 4, 5 & 6, 2010
University of Kentucky Science Outreach Center Faculty Grant Writing Program Sponsored by the
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Support of Continuous Research Excellence
(SCORE) Lexington, KY May 10, 11, & 12, 2010.
2010 Western Institute of Nursing Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference Glendale, AZ
April 14, 15, & 16, 2010.
Quality in Health Care: Changing the Culture Through Baccalaureate Nursing Education
American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2009 Chicago, IL November 19, 20. & 21, 2009
American Holistic Nurses Association Annual Meeting: Reflective Practice Creating Sacred Space,
Madison Wisconsin June 11 – 14, 2009
Investigator Responsibilities for NIH Division of Microbiology and Infections Disease Clinical Studies,
September 29, 2009
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SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (continued)
** Indicates graduate level credit hours
Center for Health Promotion Research’s 8th summer Research Institute June 15 -19, 2009 at the
University of Texas Austin School of Nursing Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Research
Western Institute of Nursing 42nd Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference “Networks in
Nursing Science: Creating our Future”, Salt Lake City, UT, April 22-25, 2009.
August 2005 to December 2009: Enrolled in doctoral studies at the University of Arizona College of
Nursing:
Encouraging Innovation in Texas Nursing Education, Texas Board of Nursing, September 25, 2008 Austin,
TX
National League for Nursing’s 2008 Education Summit, San Antonio, Texas September 17–20, 2009
** PH-B 1615 Applied Linear Regression Summer Session I 2008 University of Texas at Houston School of
Public Health
Preventive Cardiology Forum XVIII: Prevention, Reduction and Regression Cardiovascular disease:
Transmitted from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston February 2, 2008.
New Ways of Thinking about Nursing Education, Brownsville, TX October 23, 2007.
Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about FERPA, Brownsville, TX October 30, 2007
New Faces of Leadership: challenges and Opportunities of being a Female Leader Brownsville, TX
November 19 2007
Write Winning Grants Regional Grant Writing Seminar for Minority Institutions The University of Texas
at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Minority Access to Research Careers Program in Association with Grant Writers Seminars & Workshops,
Inc. , Brownsville, TX August 21, 2007
50 Years of Advancing Nursing in the West, Portland, Oregon April 12, 2007
A Nursing Education Program in Clinical Research: A Model of Safe and Ethical Research Practice for
Clinicians: sponsored by University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Office of Research Memorial
Herman Hospital and Texas Medical Center’s Center for Clinical Innovation & Research, 4.5 days
September 2006
1st Simposio Binacional Matamoros, México April 1, 2006
National League for Nursing: Nuts and Bolts of Online Learning, San Antonio Texas, October 29-31. 2004,
American Holistic Nurses Association 24th Annual Conference: Scottsdale, AZ, June 2004,
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SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (continued)
** Indicates graduate level credit hours
Diabetes: La Comunidad en Acción La Acción es la Esencia de la Vida: A 3 day Training in Spanish for
Health Care Professionals. Brownsville, TX, September 8 -10, 2003.
"Write Winning Grants" Training Seminar, Presented in Collaboration with the National Institute of
Health and held in Brownsville, TX September 18-19, 2003
Summer Workshop about Civic Engagement and Service Learning, June 11. Dr. Edward Zlotkowski
Protecting Human Research Subjects in Biomedical and Genetic Research. Certificate offered by the
University of California-Los Angeles, January 16, 2003
Service - Learning Workshop by Dr. Kathleen Maas Weigert of Georgetown University 5-8-02
Diabetes in the Valley: Challenges, Resources, Response - Nov. 9, 2002 - 8.6 Contact Hours
Protecting Human Research subjects in Biomedical and Genetics Research- January 16, 2003
Writing a Proposal, UTB, Office of Sponsored Programs, November 15, 2000
Project Development and Funding Seminar, UTB Office of Sponsored Programs, September 20, 2000
General Compliance Training Program, UTB August 23, 2000
SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (Continued)
Children's Health Insurance Program, McAllen, April 12, 2000
Ethics in Nursing Practice, a one-day workshop for Continuing Nursing Education, March 15, 2002.
USDA/HIS Grant and Funding Opportunities Summit, November 8-9, 2001, University of Texas-Pan
American.
Teaching and Cultural Awareness Among our Border, November 2, 2001, University of Texas at
Brownsville, Title V Program.
Title V, Developing Electronic Instructional Media, a 5-day course, University of Texas at Brownsville,
Title V Program.
Cooperative Learning Foundation Course, a 30-hour course, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, May2001.
Scoliosis Instructor Training, Texas Department of Health, October 2001.
Building Communities from the Inside Out, University of Texas, School of Public Health, one-day
workshop, November 2000.
Vision and Hearing Training to be an Instructor, Texas Department of Health, March 2000
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SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (continued)
** Indicates graduate level credit hours
Developing a Web Page, UTB Academic Computing Department, Fall 1998
Update on Nursing Practice, November 5, 1997, Harlingen, TX, 6.2 contact hours.
2nd Annual Wellness Forum, Austin, TX, September 26, 1997, 6 contact hours
6th Biennial Symposium 2000 of the Texas Mexico Border Health Coordination Office, South Padre Island,
November 1,2 and 3. 2000.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Education: Prevention and Early Detection, Brownsville, Texas, February 11,
2000, 7.6 contact hours.
5th Biennial Symposium University of Texas System Texas-Mexico Border Health Symposium Projects
That Work, South Padre Island, October 28th - 31st, 1998.
Basics of Web Publishing, UTB Academic Computing Department, October 1998
Expanding Horizons- a Bi-national Nursing Conference, at UTB with the University at Matamoras, Mex.,
November 7, 1997, a 4-hour seminar.
Seminar on Critical Thinking, Brownsville, TX, January 10th and 11th, 1996,
Nursing Process in Action: A Critical Thinking Approach, December 15, 1994, Brownsville, TX, 6.8 contact
hours.
Nutrition, Immune System, Mind and Mood, December 1, 1994, McAllen, TX, 6.6 contact hours.
Think!! Tuberculosis, November 22, 1994, Brownsville, TX 1 hour (Type II)
Diabetic Retinopathy, October 26, 1994, Brownsville, TX, 1 hour (Type II)
Symposium on Global Poverty, October 24, 1994, Brownsville, TX, 1 hour (Type II)
Web of Inclusion: Faculty Helping Faculty, October 14, 1994, Brownsville, TX, 3 contact hours.
Evaluating the 12 Lead ECG, May 7, 1994, South Padre Island, TX, 8.0 contact hours.
Nursing Care for Culturally Diverse Clients, March 28, 1994, Harlingen, TX, 2.0 Contact hours
Cross Cultural Communication, March 28, 1994, Harlingen TX, 2.0 contact hours.
Health Care Reform, March 10, 1994, South Padre Island, TX, 2.0 contact hours.
Empowerment: Facilitating a Path to Personal Self-Care, February 18, 1994, South Padre Island, TX, 21.4
contact hours.
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SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (continued)
** Indicates graduate level credit hours
Continuing Nursing Education: Strategies for Design and Approval, January 21, 1994, Austin, TX. 6.9
contact hours
** Advanced Pharmacologic Concepts for Primary Care, Summer 1993, 3.0 Semester Hours, Corpus
Christi State University.
BNE in 1993: Looking Toward Tomorrow: Changes in Education and Examination, October 22, 1993, San
Antonio, TX, 5.7 contact hours.
BNE in 1993: Nursing Practice Update what Every Nurse Needs to Know, October 21,1993, San Antonio,
TX, 6.7 contact hours.
Critical Care Facing the Challenge, March 30, 1993, Harlingen, TX, 9.0 contact hours.
Understanding Chest Tubes, Harlingen, TX., February 2, 1993, 1.2 contact hours.
Family Dynamics, December 15, 1992, Brownsville, TX, 1.8 contact hours.
Information Overload Anxiety, December 1, 1992, Brownsville, TX. 1 contact hour.
Research Sharing Day, Brownsville, TX. (UTHSC Houston), October 30, 1992, 2.1 contact hours.
Update on Childhood Diseases and Common Pediatric Problems, Brownsville, TX. October 23, 1992, 6.6
contact hours.
Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities, South Padre Island, TX, (UTSA), October 3, 1992, 3.2 contact
hours.
Proyecto Informar Workshop, South Padre Island, TX., National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human
Services Organizations and Brownsville Community Health Center , October 10 and 11, 1992.
** Cardiorespiratory and Renal Physiology; 4 semester hours of Graduate Study from the University of
Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio, Summer 1992.
Designing Continuing Nursing Education, March 11, 1992, Brownsville, TX. 2.4 contact hours. Chronic
Renal Failure, February 12, 1991, Brownsville, TX, 1.8 contact hours
Diabetes Mellitus: Therapeutic Implications for the Year 2000; a 2 day conference, San Antonio, TX,
September 1991, 12.7 contact hours.
Writing Grant Proposals; a 1 day workshop, Brownsville TX, November 1, 1991
Nursing Considerations for Hematologic Disorders, December 5, 1990, Brownsville, TX. 2.2 contact
hours.
Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention, Brownsville, TX, November 7, 1990, 2.2 hours.
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SELECTED CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES (continued)
** Indicates graduate level credit hours
Legal Issues in Nursing, Brownsville, TX., November 5 and 12, 1990, 3.6 hours.
Suctioning: Research Reveals the Myths and Realities, October 24, 1990, Brownsville, TX. , 2.2 contact
hours.
Strengthening Hospital Nursing: A Program To Improve Patient Care/Education Program, Orlando,
Florida, Shands Hospital, 14.0 contact hours, September 7 and 8, 1989.
Cardiovascular Nursing: an Update, Brownsville, TX, UTHSC Houston, TX, July 21, 1989.
Interpretation of ABG's Acid Base Balance, Harlingen, TX, 1 hour, July 20, 1989.
Nursing at Its Best: Professional Development for the RN, Harlingen, TX (UTHSC Houston), April 28, 1989,
6 contact Hours.
Process to Product: Strategies for Creating Successful Educational Programs for Nurses, Brownsville, TX,
(UTHSC Houston) March 31, 1989, 6.7 contact hours.
Insulin Therapy in the Late 1980's, South Padre Island, Texas, American Diabetes Association, October 9
and 10, 1987, 10 contact hours.
Management Development Skills; HCA Training and Development Nashville, Tennessee September 1720, 1985, 20 contact hours.
ACLS Provider Course, October 20, 1984.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor's Course, Houston, TX, September 28, 1985.
Emergency Management of the Critically Ill Child Corpus Christi, Texas June 15, 1985
Nursing Standards, Austin, TX, 16 contact hours, March 13, 1984. Critical Care Course and CCRN Review
Program, 30 contact hours. Austin, Texas January, 1984
The American Association of Diabetes Educators: Educational Meetings, San Antonio, TX. September
1982, 11 contact hours.
Scientific Meetings The American Diabetes Association Los Angeles, California June 10-12,
1979
Practical Approaches to Diabetic Care The University of North Carolina April, 1978
The Team Approach to Chronic Diseases The University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois March 1 to
29, 1978
March
Seminar and Tutorial in Clinical Teaching Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago,
January to June, 1977
Illinois
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UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Department Committees:
Year
2008
1995–present
1990-1992
1992-1993
1990-1995
1992-1994
1992-1994
1991-1994
1990-present
1992-1994
1993- 2004
1995-present
Committee
Continuing Education
BSN Committees
Learning Resource
Learning Resource
Curriculum
Curriculum
Faculty
Continuing Education
Nursing Advisory Board
Curriculum Committee Chair
Nursing Department
Personnel Committee
BSN Faculty Committees
Member/Officer
Nurse Planner
Member
Chair
Member
Member
Chair
Secretary
Member
Faculty Member
Member
Member
College of Nursing Committees
Year
Committee
2011-present
Personnel Committee
Member/Officer
Chair
School of Health Science Committees
Year
Committee
1993-2003
Personnel Committee
1999-present
Curriculum Committee
1990-1992
Faculty Development
1990-1996
Library
1992-1996
Learning Assistance
Member/Officer
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
University Committees:
Year
Committee/Organization
Role/Member/Officer
2011
Search Committee
Chair
Dean College of Nursing
2007 – present
University Research Council
Member
2007 – present
University Grievance Committee
Member
2007 – present
Academic Progression Committee
Member
2009 – present
Electronic Awareness Committee
Member
2008 to present
Biological Sciences Personnel Committee
2003 to present
Center for Biomedical Studies
Assistant Member
2005
Community Advisory Council
Member
Biomedical Outreach Facility
2004, 2005
Committee to make recommendations Chair
for the 2003 Chancellor's Council
and the CASE US Professor of the
Year Awards
2003
Committee to make recommendations Member
for 2003 Chancellor's Council
and CASE US Professor Awards
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UNIVERSITY SERVICE (continued):
2002 to present
Service Learning
Faculty Advisory Committee
2000
Search Committee
Dean School of Health Sciences
2000Enrollment Committee
2000Strategic Planning
Member
Member
Member
Member
Community Service:
2007 to present
Summer Science Internship for
Preceptor
High School Students
2008 to present
Distinguished Lecturer Essay Contest Judge
2008
Search Committee for three Faculty
Member
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston – Brownsville Regional Campus
2008
Epidemiology Consortium
Member
November 12, 2008
Round Table Planning for collaborations with Ciudad Victoria
2003–present
Hispanic Health Research Center
Community Advisory Board Member
2003
Texas State Strategic
Workgroup Member
Health Partnership
Region 11 TDH
2003 to Present
Healthy Communities Brownsville, Inc. Chairman of the Board
2001 to Present
Healthy Communities Brownsville, Inc. Board Member
2001 to Present
Healthy Communities Brownsville, Inc Health Sub Group Facilitator
2000 to 2007
St. Joseph Academy
3 Presentations annually
Career Day
2000 to 2007
Episcopal Day School
Judge annually
Science Fair
UNIVERSITY SERVICE (Continued)
Community Service (continued)
1999
National Hispanic Leadership
Initiative on Cancer:
A Su Salud En Accion
Service
1999
Lincoln Park School
Service
Health Career Awareness
1999
Migrant Health Fair
Service
1994
Strategic Planning Work Group
Member
for The Episcopal Day School
1993 to 1996
Infant Nutrition Program
Board Member
1993 to 1996
Episcopal Church of the Advent
Vestry Member
1993 to 1994
The Jubilee Center of Brownsville
Board Member
1992 to 1993
Continuing Education
Consultant
Committee Valley Regional Medical Center
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program from 2008 to 2010.
Upon request, I have served as a Level Coordinator and acted as Program Director in their absence.
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OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
1994 F
Preceptor for U.T. Houston: Graduate Student in Clinical Teaching
1994
Provided input to the faculty of the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
School of Nursing in regard to their proposed doctoral nursing program.
1993
Participation in the State Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas's Pilot Study to
evaluate: The Essential Competencies of Texas' Graduates of Education Programs in Nursing.
1993 F
Preceptor for U.T.H.S.C.S.A. Graduate Student in Clinical Teaching
1992 F
Preceptor for U.T.H.S.C.S.A. Graduate Student in Clinical Teaching
1991
Consultation to McAllen Medical Center with their Continuing Nursing Education Provider
Status Application
1990-1993 Over 90 Hours of Volunteer service to the American Red Cross
1990
Consultation to Valley Regional Medical Center with their Continuing Nursing Education
Provider Status Application
1990 S
Honors Seminar/Faculty for 1 student
1989 to Present - Participant in Harvard Medical School's Nurses' Health Study
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