Accomplished leader at Chamberlain University, adept in organizational development and diversity inclusion, I spearheaded strategic initiatives that significantly enhanced student success and faculty engagement. Leveraging data-driven decision-making and exceptional interpersonal skills, I drove notable improvements in student retention and NCLEX pass rates, fostering a collaborative and results-driven academic environment.
Past President Phi Pi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2013-2015
Member Ohio League for Nursing
Member National League for Nursing
Member AHNA
Member Ohio Nurses Association
Member Ohio Action Coalition-Increasing BSN enrollments National Kidney Foundation Medical Advisory Board: 2018-present
Reviewer American Holistic Nurses Associate Journal
Approved test item writer for NCSBN
Presentations:
Hill, Taryn (2019). Understandingfluid and electrolyte balance in ESRD patients on hemodialysis. National Kidney Foundation Regional Medical Symposium.
Gordon, R., McGonigle, D., Sipes, C., Hunter, K., Hill, T., West, K., & Hebda, T., (2018). Nursing Informatics Competencies for the 2020 Workforce: The Foreseeable Future. International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN), Las Vegas, January 29-31. Podium presentation
Sipes, C., Hebda, T., Hunter, K., Hill, T. Gordon, R., West, K., & McGonigle, D. (2018). What is Nursing Informatics: Why Do We Need It? International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN), Las Vegas, January 29-31 . Podium presentation 3 I
Sipes, C., Hebda, T., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hill, T., West, K., Gordon, R. (2018). Integration of Project Management Concepts into the ANA Nursing Informatics Scope and Standards of Practice. International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN), Las Vegas, January 29-31. Podium presentation
Sipes, C., West, K., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T., Hill, T., & Gordon, R. (2018). Academic electronic health records (AEHR): Why they should not be just for basic nursing education. International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN), Las Vegas, January 29-31. Podium presentation.
Sipes, C., Hebda, T., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hill, T., and West, K. (2017). Incorporating Project Management and Nursing Informatics Concepts into Higher Education: Planning/or the 2020 Workforce. Submitted to 4th World Congress on Nursing, Valencia, 2018. (Accepted)
Gordon R., McGonigle, D. Sipes, C., Hunter, K., Hill, T., West, K., and Hebda, T. (2017). The Virtual Learning Lab: A Simulated Clinical Practicum Experience for Family Nurse Practitioner Students. Submitted to 4th World Congress on Nursing, Valencia, 2018. (Accepted)
West, K., Hebda, T., Sipes, C., Hill, T., Hunter, K., and McGonigle, D. (2017). Nursing Informatics Research Team Model of Scholarship. Submitted to 4th World Congress on Nursing, Valencia, 2018. (Accepted)
Sipes, C., Hebda, T., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hill, T., and West, K. (2017). Using Nursing Informatics Competencies to Advance Reasoning and Decision Making - A Model for Competency Assessment and Training. Submitted to 4th World Congress on Nursing, Valencia, 2018. (Accepted) to 4th World Congress on Nursing, Valencia, 2018. (Accepted) .
Sipes, C., Hebda, T., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hill, T., and West, K. (2017). How are Challenges in IT in nursing being met in Academia? One College of Nursing 's Model. Submitted
Gordon, R. M., Sipes, C., Hebda, T., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hill, T., & West, K. (2018, January). Nursing Informatics Competencies for the 2020 Workforce: The Foreseeable Future. Abstract presented at the International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing, Las Vegas, NV.
Hill, T., Hebda, T., Sipes, C., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Lamblin, J., Cadogan-Noland, K., & West, K. (2016). Assessing and promoting nursing informatics competencies in nursing Faculty. AMIA-2016 Inspire Conference, Columbus, Ohio. Presented by Taryn Hill
Sipes, C., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T., Hill, T., & Lamblin, J. (2015). Chamberlain College of Nursing Collaboration with AORN: How Does Technology Affect the Nature of Surgeries for PeriOperative Nurses, a Research Study, Sigma Theta Tau International's 26th International Nursing Research Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 24-27. Oral Presentation
April, 2014 poster presentation: Promoting Graduate Student Success: Mentoring education practicum students in a virtual world. (Presented by Jane Maier)
Phi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau: What can Phi Pi do for you? Oral Presentation Chamberlain College of Nursing National Faculty Meeting, May 2014. 4 I 7 ' ) 0
Nursing through history. Oral History Chamberlain College of Nursing National Faculty Meeting, May 2014
March 2014: Self-Assessment of Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies Tool Development: Oral Presentation Chamberlain College of Nursing. (Co presenters, Dee McGonigle, Toni Hebda, Kathy Hunter, Carolyn Sipes.)
March 2014 poster presentation: Self-Assessment of Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies Tool Development: ANCC Board Certification Nursing Conference. (Presented by Carolyn Sipes)
February 2014 Self-Assessment of Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies Tool Development: HIMSS Nursing Informatics Symposium. (Presented by Dee McGonigle)
Assessing Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies: Tool Development and Pilot Results November 2013: Sigma Theta Tau Biennial Conference
Assessment of Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies Tool Development, 23rd Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI 2013): Beyond Stage 7 and Meaningful Use: What's Next? November 16-20th STTI Biennium, Indianapolis, IN (Presented by Kathy Hunter)
Using the nursing process to assist at risk undergraduate nursing students. Poster Presentation April 10, 2013. Sigma Theta Tau: Columbus Consortium Spring Scholarship.
Using the nursing process to assist at risk undergraduate nursing students. Poster Presentation April 5, 2013. Ohio League for Nursing.
Poster Presentation, Ohio League for Nursing: Using simulation to foster student nurses' critical development skills in medication calculation, March 26th , 2010.
Evidence Based Practice in Nursing Presentation for the Veteran's Association Nurses for upcoming Magnet Status, May 11, 2010 • Sipes, C., McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Hebda, T., Hill, T., Lamblin, J. (2016). Operationalizing the T ANIC and NICAL3/L4 Tools to Improve Informatics Competencies, 13th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, Ni2016Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-29, Full paper. Presented by Carolyn Sipes
Sipes, C., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T., Hill, T., Lamblin, J. (2016). Collaboration to Research and Develop Competency Assessment Tools: AORN and Chamberlain College of Nursing, 13th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, Ni2016Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-29, Full paper. Presented by Carolyn Sipes
Assessing Level 3 and Level 4 NI Competencies: Tool Development and Pilot Results November 2013: DeVry Annual Healthcare Educational and Scientific Conference American University of the Caribbean on St. Maarten (presented by Carolyn Sipes) 5
PUBLICATIONS:
Hebda, T ., Rose, M., Hunter, K, & Cz.ar, P. (2023). Handbook of informatics for nurses & healthcare professionals, (7th ed.). Pearson Education: contributing author.
Sipes, Carolyn; Hunter, Kathy; Hebda, Toni; & McGonigle, D. - Poster- CCN: Collaboration with AORN: How does technology affect the nature of surgeries for perioperative nurses - A research study 2020
Sipes, C., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., West, K., Hill, T., & Hebda, T. (2017). The health information technology competencies tool: Does it translate for Nursing Informatics in the United States? CIN, 35(12), 609-614.
Hebda, T., Sipes, C., McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Hill, T., & West, K. Assessing and promoting informatics competencies in online nursing/acuity in one program. 10th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education. Virtual Conference, March 29 April 1, 2017. Full paper.
Sipes, C., McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Hebda, T., Hill, T., Lamblin, J. (2016). Operationalizing the TANIC and NICAL3/L4 Tools to Improve Informatics Competencies, 13th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, Ni2016Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-29, Full paper. Presented by Carolyn
Sipes, C., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T., Hill, T., Lamblin, J. (2016). Collaboration to Research and Develop Competency Assessment Tools: AORN and Chamberlain College of Nursing, 13th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, Ni2016Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-29, Full paper. Presented by Carolyn Sipes
Sipes, C., McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Hebda, T., Hill, T., & Lamblin, J. (2016). Operationalizing the T ANIC and NICA-L3/L4 tools to improve informatics competencies. Nursing Informatics 2016-eHealthfor All: Every Level CollaborationFrom Project to Realization, Semeus, W., Procter, P.M., Webber, P.
Sipes, C., Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T., Hill, T., & Lamblin, J. (2016). Competency skills assessment: Successes and areas for improvement identified during collaboration between infonnaticists and a National Organization. Nursing Informatics 2016-eHealthfor All: Every Level Collaboration-From Project to Realization, Semeus, W., Procter, P.M., Webber, P.
Hill, T., McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Sipes, C., & Hebda (2014). An instrument for assessing advanced nursing informatics competencies. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 4(7), 104-112.
Hill, T. (2013). Invited Editorial: Caring and Technology. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 17 (3). Available at http://ojni.org/issues/?p=2856
Hill, T. (2012). Fostering the human reflective relationship: Creating a caring formation in undergraduate nursing education. A dissertation
Management of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in End Stage Renal Disease: Requirement for MSN from Capital University, 2007. 6 I
Hunter, K., McGonigle, D., Hebda, T., Sipes, C., Hill, T., & Lamblin, J. (2015). TIGERBased assessment of nursing informatics competencies (TANIC). In Rocha, A. Correia, S., Costanza, S., & L. Reis (Eds.) New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume 1 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing), pp 171-177. DOI: 10.1007 /978-3-319-16486-1 _ 7
McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Hebda, T., Sipes, C., Hill, T., & Lamblin, J. (2015). Nursing informatics competencies assessment Level 3 and Level 4 (NICA 13/14). In Rocha, A. Correia, S., Costanza, S., & L. Reis (Eds.) New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume J (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing), pp. 209-214. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1 21
Sipes, C., McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Hebda, T., Hill, T., & Lamblin, J. (2015). Collaboration with AORN to develop the Technology in the OR (TOR) tool: How does technology affect the nature of surgeries for perioperative nurses - A research study. In Rocha, A. Correia, S., Costanza, S., & L. Reis (Eds.) New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies: Volume 1 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing), pp 203-208. DOI: 10.1007 /978-3-319-16486-1 _20