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Lois Tschetter

Lois Tschetter

Title

Professor Emerita of Nursing

Office Building

Wagner Hall

Office

373

Mailing Address

Wagner Hall 373
Undergrad Nursing-Box 2275
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

  • B.S.N. | South Dakota State University
  • M.S.N. | South Dakota State University
  • Ed.D in adult and higher education | University of South Dakota

Academic Interests

  • Maternal-newborn nursing 

Academic Responsibilities

  • Nurs 380 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
  • Nurs 778 Nurse Educator Practicum

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • ANA/SDNA
  • Sigma Theta Tau
  • AWHONN
  • ICLA
  • ICEA
  • Phi Kappa Phi

Awards and Honors

  • 2014, District 9 Nurse of the Year, South Dakota Nurses Association

Grants

  • Tschetter, L. Interprofessional Education for Health Disciplines. ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Office of Provost. Academic and Scholarly Excellence - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, November 1, 2013-July 1, 2014, $7,000.
  • Tschetter, L. Simulation Informatics Technology Enhancement (SITE) to Strengthen Quality and Delivery of Rural Nursing Education. HRSA, NEPQR Program, 2011-2015, $1,099, 614. Approved but not funded.
  • Tschetter, L. Nursing Equipment for Enhanced Learning of Baccalaureate Students in South Dakota. HRSA, ARRA – Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professions – NEPR Program, 2010-2011, $297, 064.

Areas of Research

  • Breastfeeding
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Family adjustments
  • Innovative teaching strategies
  • Rural Health
  • Simulation

Current Active Projects

  • Project Director. Simulation Informatics Technology Enhancement (SITE) to Strengthen Quality and Delivery of Rural Nursing Education. Funding Source (2011-2014). HRSA, NEPQR Program.

Publications

  1. Mennenga, H., Tschetter, L. and Sanjaya, L. (2015). Student Perceptions of Quality and Safety Competencies. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. 12(1), 155-161.
    DOI: 10.1515/ijnes-2015-0034.
  2. Mennenga, H., Johansen, L., Foerster, B. and Tschetter, L. (accepted for publication). Using Simulation to Improve Student and Faculty Knowledge of Telehealth and Rural Characteristics. Nursing Education Perspectives.
  3. Anderson, J., Kuehl, R. A., Drury, S. A. M., Tschetter, L., Schwaegerl, M., Hildreth, M., Bachman, C., Gullickson, H., Yoder, J. and Lamp, J. (2015). Policies aren't enough: The importance of interpersonal communication about workplace breastfeeding support. Journal of Human Lactation. Vol(X), e1-e7. DOI:10.1177/0890334415570059.
  4. Hendrickx, L., Foerster, B., Hansen, J. and Tschetter, L. (2014). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 14(1), 100-113. DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v14i1.307
  5. Mennenga, H. & Tschetter, L. (2013). Using a first-year seminar to introduce nursing. Nurse Educator, 38(5), 218-222. DOI:10.1097/NNE.0b013e3182a035d0
  6. Lubeck, P., Tschetter, L. and Mennenga, H. (2013). Team-based learning: An innovative approach to teaching maternal newborn nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 52(2), 112-115. DOI:10.3928/01484834-20130121-02.
    Tschetter, L., Lubeck, P. and Fahrenwald, N. (2012). Integrating QSEN and Technology to Address Rural Healthcare: Initial Outcomes. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, Vol(X), e1-e7. DOI: 1-.1016/j.ecns.2012.09-005.
  7. Hegge, M., Bunkers, S., Letcher, D., Craig, G., Olson, R., Tschetter, L., Klawiter, R., Winterboer, V. (2010). Clinical academic partnership: Mutual ownership for clinical learning. Nurse Educator, 35(2).
  8. Sorenson, D.S.S. and Tschetter, L. (2010). Prevalence of negative birth perception, disaffirmation, perinatal trauma symptoms, and depression among postpartum women. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 46, 14-25.

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