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Darlene Sredl, PhD, MSN, RN

Darlene Sredl, PhD, MSN, RN
Assosiate Teaching Professor

Contact Information:
206 Nursing Administration Building
College of Nursing, South Campus
Email: sredld@umsl.edu
Phone: 314-516-7060
Fax: 314-516-7082

 


 

Teaching Areas:

  • BSN:
    • Fundamentals in Nursing
    • Management & Leadership in Nursing
    • Pediatrics
    • Nursing Theory
  • MSN:
    • Nursing Theory
    • Role of the Nurse Leader
    • Healthcare Resource Management

Research Interests:

  • Chief Nursing Executives and their comprehension of Evidence-Based Process (EBP)

Education:

  • Ph.D.- University of Missouri- St. Louis
  • MSN- Webster University
  • MA- Webster University (Health Facility Management)

Grant Funding:

  • Sigma Theta Tau-Nu Chi Research Award-$500 2004. Funded
  • Sigma Theta Tau-Nu Chi Research Award-$500 2006. Funded
  • BJ Foundation -“Enhancing Cultural Congruence in the Nursing Clinical Workforce:  An Educational Initiative to Foster Cultural Understanding Among RNs and LPNs @ BJ Extended Care by Establishment of a Cultural Congruence Center”- $10,000. Funded
  • BJ Foundation-“Fostering a Culturally Congruent Acceptance of Critical Thinking Among Nursing Professionals in an Extended Care Facility”- $35,000. Funded

Publications

  • Sredl, D. (2009). Multi-attribute Multidisciplinary concept analyses related to the Aerohemodynamics Conceptual Model. Journal of Teaching and Learning in Nursing 4. (3), 98-103.
  • Sredl, D. (2009). Janis Dickerman: A dream postponed, a destiny fulfilled. Reflectiosn on Nursing Leadership. 34(4). (Electronic version).
  • Sredl, D. & Dickerman, J. (2008). Fostering a culturally congruent acceptance of critical thinkingi among nursing professionals in an extended care setting. Internatioanl Journal of Cultural Diversity in Organisations (sic), COmmunities and Nations, 8(4), p. 171-176.
  • Among Nursing Professionals in an Extended Care Facility. Accepted by the International Journal of Cultural Diversity in Organizations, Communities and  Nations. (In Press)
  • Sredl, D. (2008). What nurse executives in the United States really think about evidence-based  nursing process.  Nurse Researcher.
  • Parrone, J., Sredl, D., Miller, M., Phillips, M., Donaubauer, C. (2008).An evidence-based teaching/learning strategy involving the HESI Exam as a predictor of success for foreign nurses. Journal of Teaching and Learning in Nursing.
  • Sredl, D. (2008). Conceptual Model:  The Aerohemodynamics Meta-Theory. Journal of Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 3,115-120.
  • Sredl, D. (2008). Multiattribute Multidisciplinary concept analyses related to the
     Aerohemodynamics Conceptual Model. Journal of Teaching and Learning in Nursing.
  • Sredl, D. (2008). Nursing care of children and families. Test 24: General child and
     family needs, safety, management, delegation, and culture and diversity. InOhman’s NCLEX-RN Mastery:  An Evidence-Based Q & A Review. Philadelphia. F.A. Davis Company.
  • Parrone, J., Sredl, D., Donaubauer, C., Phillips, M., Miller, M. (2008). Charting the 7 Cs
    of Cultural Change Affecting Foreign Nurses:  Competency, Communication, Consistency, Cooperation, Customs, Conformity, Courage. Journal of Cultural Diversity:  An Interdisciplinary Journal, 15(1), p3-6.
  • Jenkins, R., Sredl, D., Hseuh, K., & Ding, C. (2007).  Evidence-based nursing process(EBNP) consumer culture attribute identity:  A message-based persuasion strategy study among nurse executives in the United States of America.  Journal of Medical Science, 27(2), 55-62.
  • Sredl, D. (2007). Temptations that come with a Medication Error. Alternative Journal of Nursing. (13), p 1-3.
  • Sredl, D. (2007). Dealing with Reality: Confronting the Global Nursing Shortage.Reflections on Nursing Leadership. Fourth Quarter.
  • Sredl, D. (2006). The Triangle Technique:  Pilot study and construct of a new evidence-based educational tool for pediatric medication calculations.  NLN’s Nursing Educational  Perspectives 27(2),  84-88.
  • Sredl, D., & Aukamp, V. (2006). Evidence-Based Nursing Care Management for the Pregnant Woman with an Ostomy. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing 33(1), 42-51.
  • Block, V., & Sredl, D. (2006). Nursing Education and professional practice:  A collaborative approach to nurse retention. The Journal for Nurses in Staff Development  22(1), 23-30.  CE TEST.
  • Block, V., & Sredl, D. (2006). Nursing Education and Professional Practice: A Collaborative Approach to Enhance Retention. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development 22(1), 1-6.
  • Sredl, D. (2006). The Triangle Technique: A New Evidence-Based Educational Tool for Pediatric Medication Calculations. Nursing Education Perspectives 27(2), 84-88.
  • Sredl, D. (2006). One Nurse’s Experience with Australia’s Emergency Healthcare System. Alternative Journal of Nursing, 11(4).

Presentations

  • International Caring Conference. “Identification of Cultural Change Anxiety Causing Needs for Nurses Immigrating from Foreign Countries.” 2007
  • Sigma Theta Tau 17th International Evidence-Based Nursing Conference (Montreal, Canada), 2006
  • “The Aerohemodynamics Theory” and “The Triangle Technique: A New Evidence-Based Educational Tool for Pediatric Medication Calculations. Presented at the Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WRACSN)- Feb. 23-25, 2006 in Edmonton, Alberta.
  • “The Aerohemodynamics Theory” Presented at the 11 th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Modeling and Role-Modeling (SAMRM)- May 25-28, 2006 in Portland, OR.
  • “Evidence-Based Nursing Among Nurse Executives in the USA”, Presented by Sigma Theta Tau’s 17 th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice , July 19-22, 2006, in Montreal, Quebec.