Dr. Lauver Lori S. Lauver, PhD, RN, CPN, CNE

Contact Dr. Lauver

100 North Academy Avenue
Nursing Education Center
Danville, PA 17822-0403

(570) 214-9871
(570) 271-5657 fax

Education
PhD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2007

DNSc, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2005

MSN, College Misericordia, Dallas, PA, 1995

BSN, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 1982

Diploma, Professional Nursing, Geisinger Medical Center School of Nursing, Danville, PA, 1978

University Appointment
Associate Professor

Clinical Interests
Maternal and Child Health Nursing
Nursing Administration
Research & Evidence Based Practice

Research Interests
Nursing Education & Theory
Qualitative Research
Child Welfare & Foster Parent/Child Research
Rural Health Public Policy Formulation
Distance Learning

Professional Memberships
Northeast PA Nursing Education Consortium Member - President

Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing (1995-present)

National League for Nursing (2005-present)

Society of Pediatric Nurses (2005-present) - Public Policy Committee (2009-present)

Pennsylvania Rural Health Association (2010) - Board Member (2010)

Presentations
April, 2012. Lauver, L. S. Paper accepted to be presented at the Society of Pediatric Nurses 23rd Annual Convention, Nashville, TN. Protecting Our Children in a Changing Environment: A Case Study in Environmental Health and Advocacy.

April, 2012. Van Allen, K., Sterling, Y., Northington, L., Fogg, N., Walsh, D., Lauver, L. S., & Huang, K. Invited presentation. Society of Pediatric Nurses 22nd Annual Convention. The New Frontier: Pediatric Nurses Embracing Our Changing Environment, Houston, TX. Interactive session. Pediatric nurses navigating the political arena – Advocating for children and famlies.

July, 2011. Lauver, L. S. Invited Paper presented at the International Neuroscience Forum. Nanjing University Medical College. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The needs of foster parents with children with complex health care needs.

May, 2010. Lauver, L. S., Swan, B. A., West, M.M., Zukowsky, K., Powell, M., Frisby, A. J., Neyhard, S. & Marsella, A. National Rural Health Association's 33rd Annual Rural Health Conference, Savannah, GA. (Podium presentation).Lessons learned. Implementing a health careers in nursing recruitment program for kids in Pennsylvania rural counties.

November, 2008. Campbell, T. B., Lauver, L. S., & West, M. M. (National organization for Associate Degree Nursing (N-OADN). Myrtle Brach, SC. (Poster presentation). Evaluating the effectiveness of teaching strategies: Case study versus traditional lecture.

June, 2008. Lauver, L., Frisby, A.J., Bellot, J., Powell, M., Swan, B.A., West, M.M., & Zukowsky, K. 26th Annual International Nursing Computer/Technology Conference, Las Vegas, NV. (Poster Presentation). Bridging the classroom and distance learning environments.

June, 2008. Baran, M., & Lauver, L. Pennsylvania Rural Health Conference, State College, PA. Student/Faculty submission. (Poster Presentation). Development and early implementation of a neurology telemedicine program.

April, 2008. 18th Annual Convention of the Society of Pediatric Nurses, Denver, CO. (Poster Presentation). Parenting foster children with chronic illness and complex medical needs.

November 2006, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. 7th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology. (Paper Presentation). The experience of parenting a chronically ill foster child with complex medical needs.

 

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. The Society of Pediatric Nurses. Position Statement on Child Welfare.
  2. Environmental Health Advocacy: An Overview of Natural Gas Drilling in Northeast Pennsylvania and Implications for Pediatric Nursing
  3. Erratum: An example of a statistics course in a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program (Nurse Educator (2012) 37:1 (36-41))
  4. An example of a statistics course in a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program
  5. Kids into health careers: A rural initiative
  6. Health fairs as a forum to pique young children's interest in nursing
  7. Implementing an MSN nursing program at a distance through an urban-rural partnership
  8. The lived experience of foster parents of children with special needs living in rural areas
  9. Toward evidence-based teaching: evaluating the effectiveness of two teaching strategies in an associate degree nursing program
  10. Parenting foster children with chronic illness and complex medical needs
  11. Benchmarking: Improving Outcomes for the Congestive Heart Failure Population