Joan Loftus, MSN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
(603) 526-3656 | jloftus@colby-sawyer.edu
Joined faculty in 2008. B.S.N. from Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA in 1985, M.S.N. with a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner certification from Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 1992. Profesor Loftus teaches Introduction to Professional Nursing, Nursing Fundamentals and Health Assessment, and the clinical component of the Medical-Surgical nursing courses. | faculty profile
Areas of Expertise
- Nursing
- Critical Care
- Geriatrics
- Long-term care
- End of life issues
Recent Presentations
Simulation as the Opportunity to Identify Students at Risk. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Beyond the Rhetoric: The Impact of Technology on the Transformation of Nursing Education. Baltimore, MD. April 2011. Poster Presentation.
The Integrated Model for Clinical Education. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded Conference on Enhancing Nursing Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Setting: What do we know and how do we move forward? Arlington, VA. October 2010.
The Collaborative Clinical Assessment Model. AACN's 2009 Baccalaureate Education Conference Chicago, IL. November 2009.
Education
- Pursuing doctoral studies at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
- M.S.N. 1992 Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- B.S.N. 1985 Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
