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Answering the Call: Nursing Students Step Up in COVID-19 Response
Nursing students are stepping into roles to directly assist in local COVID-19 vaccination programs and patient monitoring.
Karen A. May, PhD, RN, CNE
- Associate Professor
Media Expertise:
- Nursing
- Science & Environment
Affiliated Programs
Education
- PhD, Nursing Education (2013)
Villanova University (PA)
About Me
Prevention and health promotion are at the center of my nursing practice. As a Population health nurse, I engage with communities and their members to achieve health through novel programming led by community members' needs and interests.
Research Interests
Impact of climate change on health and vulnerable communities
Disaster Preparedness
Student Success
Media Expertise
Civic Engagement/ Service Learning
Community Outreach
Vaccine Outreach
Disaster Preparedness
Publications
May, K., & Noel, D. (2019) School Nurses and Climate Change. Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 38, p.275. DOI 10.1891/9780826143365.
Igo, L. & May, K. (2019) Addressing the learning needs of Nursing students who care for patients that identify as LGBTQ. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Vol. 2, Special Issue 1, pp.230-233.
Igo, L. & May, K. (2019). Multi-modal Learning Strategies in LGBTQ Care in Baccalaureate Nursing Education. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Vol. 2, Special Issue 1, pp.34-237.
May, K. & Berenato, M. (2017) Coaching Nursing Students to Success. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, Vol. 1, December 2017, Special Issue 9
May, K. (2014) Nursing Faculty Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Nurse Educator, 39, (5), 241-245.
Book Chapter
Perry, Potter & Ostendorf (2020) Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, Chapter 43 Home Care Safety. Elsevier, St. Louis, Missouri, 10th edition
Professional Affiliations & Memberships
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)
Association for Community Health Nurse Educators (ACHNE)
Faith Community Nurses International (FCNI)
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Delaware Nurses Association (DNA)
Awards
Sigma Theta Tau International, Eta Beta Chapter
Excellence in Practice Award 2021
Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence Award. 2013
News
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Nursing Beyond the Border
Senior nursing students traveled to Peru as part a fall semester population health course to learn about the delivery of care from an international and cultural perspective.
In the Media
- Delaware County Daily Times
Widener University celebrates faculty at awards event
Widener honored a number of faculty members at the annual Faculty Awards Ceremony on Oct. 30.
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- The Chester Spirit
Putting ‘shots in arms’ is rewarding for nursing students
Senior nursing students Daniel Paparelli and Thomas Froio write about their experience administering COVID-19 vaccines at locations throughout Delaware County as part of a partnership made between Assistant Professor Karen May, the City of Chester’s COVID Coalition and the Chester Upland School District to host local vaccination sites.
- KYW Newsradio
Poll: 1 in 3 Americans want to move to less populated areas because of pandemic
Karen May, assistant professor of nursing, weighs in on why moving to less populated areas because of the pandemic may not improve one's health, especially among older individuals.