Suzanne Smeltzer, EdD, RN

Professor; Director of the Office of Nursing Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

Dr. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN is committed to improving care for individuals with disabilities.

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Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities More Likely to Contract COVID-19

6/15/2020

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Smeltzer 12e 2 Volume + Online Course Package

This package contains: Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, North American Edition, In Two Volumes, 12e (9780781785907) and Lippincott's Online Course for Medical-Surgical Nursing (9780781780773)

Brunner and Suddarth's Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

This newest addition to the Smeltzer Brunner and Suddarth's suite is a concise, portable, full-color handbook of hundreds of test results and their implications. The two-part presentation includes a review of specimen collection procedures followed by an alphabetical list of tests. The entry on each test includes preparation, interfering factors, normal values, abnormal values, easy-to-identify crisis values, reference values, nursing considerations, and nursing implications.

PrepU for Smeltzer's Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook for Medical Surgical Nursing

PrepU is an adaptive quizzing engine built by teachers and tested in the classroom.PrepU's personalized quizzes help each student learn more, while giving instructors a window into their students' progress-highlighting misconceptions, strengths, and weaknesses.PrepU For Students: Simple to use and extraordinary in what it can do for course outcomes!Personalized Quiz Builder: PrepU uses data gathered from student performance to create personalized quizzes that focus on exactly what he or she needs to understand! After each quiz, PrepU adapts to continue helping students progress on their next quiz!Personalized Reports: PrepU gives students feedback about their performance-broken down by topic-so students know exactly where to focus their study efforts.Quick and Meaningful Remediation: PrepU offers an Answer Key for each completed quiz including rationales for each answer with specific textbook pages to help students quickly remediate.PrepU for Instructors: High-Quality Questions AND Calibrated StatisticsAccess Class Statistics and Reports: Track each student's progress and level of understanding-gaining insight into how well your students understand different topics!Clearly Identified Student Misconception: PrepU alerts professors to concepts that students misunderstand using class performance data. This gives faculty the opportunity to correct misunderstandings, before the exam!Easy-To-Use and Flexible Assignment Center: PrepU makes it easy to construct quizzes and exams, drawing from a storehouse of thousands of questions, while also allowing faculty to add questions as well.This access code grants 24 Month Access!Access to PrepU is through the purchase of a unique code redeemed via thePoint (http://thepoint.lww.com). That code will be shipped to you via U.S. mail within 3 to 7 days of your online purchase.

Fundamentals of Nursing

Transparencies to accompany the third edition main text of the same title, this teaching aid helps present basic professional concepts, clinical concepts and skills with step-by-step illustrated procedures of the fundamentals of nursing.

Smeltzer SimAdvisor & PrepU Package

This package contains the following products: 9781451103229 Smeltzer SimAdviser Access for Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 9781451115994 Smeltzer PrepU for Smeltzer, Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing

Experiences of Women with Disabilities: Perinatal Care and Recommendations for Clinicians

2017 College of Nursing Annual Research Symposium - Nursing Research for Healthy Communities Dr. Suzanne Smeltzer

Areas of Expertise (5)

Nursing Education
Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations
Nursing Research
Disability Advocacy
Healthcare for the Disabled

Biography

An internationally known scholar, researcher, educator and author, Dr. Smeltzer has directed the College of Nursing's Health Promotion for Women with Disabilities Project, funded by a grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation. Committed to making health promotion practices and services accessible and acceptable for those who are physically and cognitively challenged, she has done extensive research on and can discuss health issues of people with multiple sclerosis and other disabilities, how to improve the health and wellness of those with disabilities, and how to integrate disability content into the education and training of health care professionals. In 2018, Dr. Smeltzer was named inaugural holder of The Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professorship in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations at the Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing.

Education (3)

University of Pennsylvania: EdD
Texas Women's University: MS
St. Louis University: BSN

Select Accomplishments (5)

Dr. Suzanne C. Smeltzer named inaugural holder of The Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professorship in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations (PROFESSIONAL)

1/1/1970

2018 An internationally known advocate for health care access and quality care people with disabilities, Suzanne C. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, has been named inaugural holder of The Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professorship in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations at the Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, where she is professor and director of the Office of Nursing Research and Evaluation.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Nurse.com/Gannett Foundation Lectureship Award for Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability in Nursing Education (PROFESSIONAL)

1/1/1970

2016 AACN recognized Dr. Smeltzer for her work over more than twenty years to address the health issues of people with disabilities through education, research, and advocacy. She has brought attention to the need for health care professions, including the nursing profession and nursing faculty, to prepare their graduates to provide high quality and sensitive care to people with disability.

Inducted as a Fellow into the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education (PROFESSIONAL)

1/1/1970

2015 The induction recognizes Dr. Smeltzer's scholarly work on behalf of people with disabilities. Fellows provide leadership in nursing education and in the Academy of Nursing Education, and support the vision of the NLN to promote standards of excellence in nursing education. Fellows serve as important role models and resources for new educators and for those who aspire to become nurse educators.

St. Louis University Alumni Merit Award (PROFESSIONAL)

1/1/1970

2011 Award presented to Dr. Smeltzer for her dedication to and scholarly work on behalf of people with disabilities.

Villanova University Investigator Award (PROFESSIONAL)

1/1/1970

2006

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Villanova College of Nursing Center for Nursing Research

Select Media Appearances (2)

Caring for Patients with Disabilities

Health Professional Radio

12/19/2017

Segment Overview: Professor Suzanne Smeltzer talks about advocating for improved care for people with disabilities and Villanova’s partnership with the National League for Nursing (NLN) to launch an online educational program designed to provide nurse educators with the tools they need.

As airlines try to monetize seat assignments, are disabled passengers being left behind?

Washington Post

4/20/2017

There’s a lot at stake. Suzanne Smeltzer, director of the Center for Nursing Research at Villanova University’s College of Nursing and an expert on disabilities and health care, says that being required to pay extra for a preferred seat assignment may make travel too expensive for many people with disabilities. “Their ability to reserve their preferred seats without having fees added to the cost of their airfare may make the difference between them being able to fly safely and comfortably or not being able to fly at all,” she says.