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    • Leslie Shank

    Leslie Shank, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

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    llshank@iu.edu
    Department:
    IU School of Nursing—Fort Wayne
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    Liberal Arts Building Room 329A
    2101 E Coliseum Blvd
    Fort Wayne, IN 46805

    Biographical statement

    Professor Shank graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a B.S. in Nursing in 2006 and earned her MSN in Nursing Leadership and Management in 2016 from Western Governors University. She has over 10 years of experience as a bedside and charge nurse in several clinical areas including Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, Pacemaker/ICD Clinic, and Neonatal Intensive Care. She has also had the opportunity to provide instruction for a hospital-based Nurse Residency program in her role as a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner. Professor Shank currently teaches the senior-level Nursing Synthesis course, along with Nursing Leadership and Pediatric clinical sections and has taught sections of Health Care Delivery Systems, Medical/Surgical Nursing, OB clinical, and the RN-BS Capstone course. Her research interests relate to transition to practice, active learning strategies, and leadership, and she enjoys utilizing innovative teaching/learning strategies and developing methods to equip and support nursing students in their transition to professional practice.

    Education

    • Nursing Professional Development Certification, ANCC, 2021
    • MSN in Leadership and Management, Western Governors University, 2016
    • BS in Nursing, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2006

    Professional activities

    • Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) Member
    • American Nurses Association (ANA) Member
    • Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA) Member
    • Eta Chi At Large Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Member
    • National League for Nursing (NLN) Member through university affiliation

    Scholarly/research activities

    • 2019 – 2020 “Readiness for Practice: Do Teaching Strategies Matter?” Study to determine whether students’ engagement and meaningful incorporation of active learning strategies in NUR 41900 and NUR44200 (Purdue Curriculum) correlate with their sense of preparedness for professional nursing practice.
    • Spring 2019 – Participated in research study conducted by doctoral student, Xiaokai Jia in NUR44200 Leadership in Nursing course. Study to investigate service-learning instructors’ strategies to support students’ reflections throughout the required service-learning activity (Quality Improvement project).

    Awards

    Trustee’s Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2020

    Publications

    • Shank, L., Grier, T., & Romines, L. (2019, October). Strategies for Increasing Nursing Student Engagement with Community Partners and Members of the Interprofessional Team. Podium presentation at Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference: Collaboration, Leading, Educating, Cleveland, OH.
    • Farris, C., Salmon, B., & Shank, L. (2018, October). Using classroom response systems to enhance teaching and learning. Poster session presentation at Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference, Fort Wayne, IN.
    • Farris, C., Salmon, B., & Shank, L. (2018, August). Using classroom response systems to assess deep learning. Poster session presentation at Nuts & Bolts for Nurse Educators, Minneapolis, MN.
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