Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards and Membership
Volunteer Experience
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Timeline
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Cathy McCormack

Livingston,NJ

Summary

Seasoned nursing professor with a passion for educating future nurses with skills to meet our ever changing healthcare needs. Dedicated to enhancing nursing student's clinical knowledge, clinical skills, and critical thinking both in the classroom and in the clinical arena. ANCC certified in psychiatric mental health nursing and medical-surgical nursing.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, NJ
01.2020 - Current
  • Lead instructor Mental Health Nursing
  • Lead instructor Adult Health II Nursing
  • Educate Junior level nursing students in all aspects of mental health nursing
  • Lead instructor Community Health Nursing

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

William Paterson University
Wayne, N.J.
09.2019 - Current
  • Teach students psychiatric nursing skills in an involuntary and voluntary urban psychiatric facility.
  • Teach online Population Health And Healthcare Policy to undergraduate and graduate nursing students.

Staff Nurse

Saint Barnabas
Livingston, NJ
10.1991 - Current
  • Organize and administer individualized nursing care to patients
  • Collaborate with a multidimensional healthcare team to provide patient care
  • Supervise ancillary staff in the coordination of patient care
  • Work on a COVID-19 medical unit

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

Montclair State University
Montclair, N.J.
08.2022 - 12.2022
  • Clinical Instructor on a behavioral health unit
  • Educate pre-licensure nursing students in all aspects of mental health nursing

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

County College of Morris
Randolph, N.J.
08.2008 - 01.2020
  • Educate nursing students in hospital clinical settings
  • Teach comprehensive physical assessment skills

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, N.J.
08.2009 - 12.2019
  • Educate sophomore and junior nursing students in lab and hospital setting
  • Medical-Surgical and Psychiatric clinical rotations

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

Seton Hall University
South Orange, N.J.
09.2016 - 01.2019
  • Teach comprehensive health and physical assessment to sophomore nursing students.
  • Teach students in the Clinical Nurse Leader program in hospitals and laboratories.

Adjunct Nursing Instructor

Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, N.J.
09.2013 - 01.2019
  • Lead instructor NUR335 RN-BSN Health and Physical Assessment

Education

Doctorate of Nurse Practice -

William Paterson University
12.2021

Master of Science, Nursing -

Columbia University
05.1998

Bachelor of Science, Nursing -

University of Scranton
05.1991

Skills

  • Clinical Instruction
  • Academic Advisement
  • Community Engagement
  • Student Mentoring
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Lead instructor Psychiatric Nursing, Adult Health, & Community Nursing

Awards and Membership

  • ANCC Medical-Surgical Certification 2023
  • ANCC Psychiatric Mental Health Certification 2020
  • New Jersey Nurses Association (NJNA)
  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • 2015 NISOD Excellence Award
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  • Iota Omega Chapter- University of Scranton

Volunteer Experience

Newark Health Department, Newark, NJ, 2020

Accomplishments

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing April 30, 2022

Bloomfield College A.B.S.N. Induction Ceremony and Annual Research Day

Presented Dissertation: What is the relationship between HPV knowledge and perceived susceptibility with the intention to vaccinate amongst young adults in an urban clinic?

ProQuest Dissertation:

McCormack, C., (2021), What is the Relationship between HPV Knowledge and Perceived Susceptibility with the Intention to Vaccinate amongst Young Adults in an Urban Clinic, William Paterson University.

Holly Forum (September 27, 2022): Designed and presented What is your code status?

This forum discussed end-of-life decisions and the importance of an advance directive detailing your code status before hospitalization. It also outlined the different types of code statuses and advance directives families must choose from. Ethical dilemmas that can occur when families and patients are not prepared to initiate or communicate their end-of-life decisions were also discussed.

Affiliations

Conducted Orientation to the sophomore nursing class in 2022 & 2023. Designed and implemented a new orientation in 2023.

Served on the Standards Committee 2021-2023 and the Assessment Committee 2023-2024.

Hosted prospective Bloomfield College of Montclair State nursing students and oriented them to our campus in 2023.

Timeline

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

Montclair State University
08.2022 - 12.2022

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Bloomfield College
01.2020 - Current

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

William Paterson University
09.2019 - Current

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

Seton Hall University
09.2016 - 01.2019

Adjunct Nursing Instructor

Bloomfield College
09.2013 - 01.2019

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

Bloomfield College
08.2009 - 12.2019

Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor

County College of Morris
08.2008 - 01.2020

Staff Nurse

Saint Barnabas
10.1991 - Current

Doctorate of Nurse Practice -

William Paterson University

Master of Science, Nursing -

Columbia University

Bachelor of Science, Nursing -

University of Scranton

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