Tina Saunders MSN, RN, CNE, GCNS-BC
College of Nursing
Nurse Educator Coordinator & Senior Lecturer
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
Henderson Hall
Biography
I have been a faculty member of the College of Nursing at Kent State University since 2006. I teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in the RN-to-BSN program and Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Educator MSN program concentrations. I have served on several committees, task forces, and in leadership positions within the College of Nursing. Additionally, I am on the editorial review board for the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN).
Courses
- NURS 47099 - Capstone for Professional Nursing Practice
- NURS 60601 - Curriculum and Instruction in Nursing Education
- NURS 60602 - Roles and Evaluation for Nursing Education Curricula
- NURS 60605 - Nursing Education with Technology
- NURS 60592 - Nursing Education Practicum
- NURS 60310 - Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist III
- NURS 63192 - Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist III Practicum
- NURS 60015 - Advanced Health Assessment
- NURS 60607 - Clinical Nursing and Education Issues in a Specialty Area
- NURS 61192 - CNS I Practicum
- NURS 62192 - CNS II Practicum
- NURS 67092 - Clinical Nursing and Education Issues in a Specialty Area Practicum
Education
Post MSN Nursing Education Certificate, Kent State University, 2008
MSN, Kent State University 2004
BSN, Youngstown State University 2000
Expertise
Geriatrics
Long Term Care
Acute Care Nursing
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nurse Educator
Gerontological nursing
Publications
- Fenske, C., Dolan Watkins, K., Saunders, T., D’Amico, D., Barbarito, C. (2020). Health & physical assessment in nursing (4th ed.). New York: Pearson.
- Saunders, T. (2019). Type 2 diabetes self-management barriers in older adults: An integrative review of the qualitative literature. Journal of Gerontological Nursing,45(3), 43-54. Doi: 10.3928/00989134-20190211-05
- Caplin, M., & Saunders, T. (2015). Utilizing teach-back to reinforce patient education: A step-by-step approach. Orthopaedic Nursing, 34(6), 365-368. DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000197
Affiliations
Awards/Achievements
- 2022 Bronze Teaching Recognition Award: Canvas in a Flash
- 2017, University Teaching Council Faculty Recognition Award
- 2010-2012, Selected for teaching expertise to participate as lead faculty in PIN: Methods of Online Education. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson, Northwest Health, Cleveland, and Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundations
- 2010, Summer Distance Learning Education Grant, Kent State University
- 2003, Grantmakers in Aging Fellow, Grantmakers in Aging Conference, Cleveland, OH
- 2001-2002, The Richard and Dorothy Marsh Scholarship, Kent State University