This year, four faculty with a wide range of expertise joined the team at the Connell School. These new community members bring a depth of experience in acute and psychiatric nursing, pediatric palliative care, and addressing fatigue in individuals with heart failure.
ELIZABETH BRODEN ARCIPRETE
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Nurse-led approaches to family grief in pediatric palliative care
M.H.S., Yale University
Ph.D., nursing, University of Pennsylvania
M.S., University of Pennsylvania
B.S., nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine
鈥淭he values here brought me. The opportunity to collaborate with students, faculty, and staff committed to a holistic, person- and justice-centered education is unparalleled within CSON and BC as a whole.鈥澨�
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Child Health Theory
What motivates your research?
鈥淣urses are present with families during some of the most intensely difficult and joyful听moments during a child鈥檚 serious illness or injury. However, for nurses to attend to the full听spectrum of suffering, grief, and meaning that arises moment to moment during pediatric听serious illness, we need readily applicable and adaptive tools.
鈥淚 worked with parents and health听care providers to develop a handoff template that helps nurses communicate the child鈥檚 story听and the family鈥檚 needs to the incoming shift. The next step is designing, testing, and听implementing tools like this in partnership with bedside clinicians, nurses, and families.鈥�
CEARA CONLEY
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Nursing
Acute care nursing and family nurse practitioner听
D.N.P., family nursing practice, Boston College
B.S., nursing, University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Clinical Instructor, Boston College
鈥淎s a BC nursing grad, I have personally experienced CSON鈥檚 commitment to fostering an environment where students can grow and make an impact in the world. During my time volunteering with CSON鈥檚 health service trip to Jamaica and as a clinical instructor, I watched BC nurses make a difference at home and abroad, and I am excited to continue to be a part of this community.鈥�
Adult Health Nursing Theory
Adult Health Nursing Clinical听
What motivates your teaching?
鈥淣ursing is more than mastering technical skills. I am dedicated to supporting the next generation of BC nurses as they learn to practice with a holistic, person-first approach to better serve their communities.鈥�
NOELLE PAVLOVIC
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Fatigue symptoms in individuals at risk for and living with heart failure
Ph.D., nursing, Johns Hopkins University
M.S., nursing, Johns Hopkins University
M.S., microbiology and immunology, Georgetown University
B.A., biology, Oberlin College
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
鈥淚 was first drawn to the faculty expertise in my area of research. But I was then really taken by CSON鈥檚 innovative mentorship structure that ensures faculty are well rounded in both teaching and scholarship. That aspect felt so purposeful and really reflected a deep dedication to the well-being of the student body and a desire to cultivate an encouraging, welcoming culture. The excitement about education here is so genuine and affirming.鈥�
Nursing Assessment of Health听
Adult Health Nursing Clinical
What motivates your research and teaching?
鈥淔atigue is one of the most common and distressing symptoms for those living with heart failure and can significantly impact quality of life. It鈥檚 a difficult symptom to address because it can have many underlying causes and often persists even after treatment. Symptoms like fatigue are central to the lived experience of acute and chronic disease. I believe that by better understanding and treating such symptoms, we can alleviate significant suffering and allow individuals living with heart failure to more fully and meaningfully engage in their lives.鈥�
DANIELLE WALKER
Assistant Professor听of the Practice, Nursing
Administrator and researcher who studies health equity, particularly among women experiencing homelessness and people with complex palliative care needs
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Ph.D., nursing, Boston College
M.S., nursing, Boston College
B.S., nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Instructor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
鈥淎s a graduate of BC, I knew the quality nursing education that is received here, and I wanted to be part of this community. The school鈥檚 commitment to social justice aligns strongly with my own priorities and values as a professor.鈥�
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Theory
Clinical Coordinator for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing听
What motivates your research and teaching?
鈥淢y goal is to make learning enjoyable. In the classroom I strive to use various methods of teaching to keep students engaged and connect theory to real-world clinical practice. Actively working in the field of mental health, I am able to bring to life the concepts I teach.鈥�