Curriculum Vitae Name: Address: DIANA KING MIXON 1910 University Drive Boise ID 83725-1840 Telephone: 208 426 3598 Licensure/Certifications: 2012 Certified Nurse Educator Registered Professional Nurse 1998-present Idaho N-25590 ; Illinois #041-144379 American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Basic Fundamentals and Prevention Skills instructor 1988-1997 ACLS 1995-1997 Mentor for Basic Life Support Instructor 1985-1998 CCRN 1982-1984 Trauma Nurse Specialist, State of Illinois 1981-1997 Instructor of Basic Life Support, American Heart Association Education: 1980-1983 MS Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 1967-1972 BSN University of Illinois Chicago, IL Professional Experience: 8/08 Interim Pre-licensure Program Coordinator, Boise State University, 8/03-present Associate Professor, Nursing Program, Boise State University, Granted Tenure 1/03-present Program Director, Practical Nursing Program, Boise State University, 7/01-present Program Director, Associate of Science (AS) Nursing Program, 7\98-present Boise State University, Assistant Professor, Associate of Science Nursing Program, Boise State University,. Instruct didactic and clinical classes in the AS Nursing Program. 8\97-7\98 Instructor, AS Nursing Program, Boise State University. Instruct didactic and clinical classes in the AS Nursing Program.
Page 2 8\96-7\97 Special Lecturer, AS Nursing Program, Boise State University,. Instruct didactic and clinical classes in the Associate Degree of Nursing Program 5\95-7\96 Clinical Nurse Coordinator, MICU, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke s Medical Center (RPSLMC), Chicago IL. Provided coordination and management of professional and non-professional staff including hiring, orienting, evaluating, disciplining and terminating employees. Provided staffing for 14 bed MICU based on census and acuity. Provided direct patient care. 5\95-12\95 Preceptor, Rush University, College of Nursing, Chicago, IL. Planned, supervised, and evaluated clinical rotation of a graduate student in MICU. 1\94-5\95 Level C\Senior Clinical Nurse, MICU, RPSLMC Chicago, IL. Provided acute care for critically ill adults. 10\88-5\94 Assistant Unit Leader, 7 N. Atrium, RPSLMC, Chicago, IL. Provided coordination and management of professional staff including hiring, orienting, evaluating, disciplining and terminating employees. Assisted with planning, development, management, and coordination of a dedicated HIV cluster of beds. Faculty Appointment, Rush University, School of Nursing, Chicago IL. Clinically planned, supervised and evaluated first through third year nursing students. 3\82-10\88 Level B\Level C Staff Nurse, MICU, RPSLMC, Chicago, IL. Provide acute care for critically ill adults. 2\79-3\82 Instructor I\II Medical\Surgical Nursing, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, School of Nursing, Chicago, IL. Taught first and second year nursing students in both clinical and didactic experiences. Became course director of the course covering the respiratory and accessory gastrointestinal organs for first and second year nursing students in both clinical and didactic experiences. 8\77-2\79 Staff Nurse, Special Care Nursery, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Hts., IL. Provided care for stable, ill newborns. 7\75-7\77 Staff Nurse, 130th Medical Detachment, Heidleberg, Germany. Provided care for ill adults and their families.
Page 3 12\72-9\73 Assistant Instructor, Medical\Surgical Nursing, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, School of Nursing, Chicago, IL. Clinically and didactically educated first and second year nursing students. 6\72-12\72 Staff Nurse, Emergency Room, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Provided emergency care for patients of all ages. Professional Activities: 2007-2008 Planning Committee for the Idaho Nurse Educator s Conference, 1998-1999 Planning Committee for the 11 th STD/AIDS Conference, 1997-present Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 1997-present Idaho State Nurses Association 1997-present National League for Nursing 1996-present Treasure Valley Centennial Chapter, American Association of Critical Care Nurses 1972-present Sigma Theta Tau 1982-present American Association of Critical Care Nurses 1984-1996 Professional Nursing Staff, RPSLMC, Chicago, IL Hospital Committees: 1997 HIV Performance Improvement Team, Columbia West Valley Medical Center, Caldwell, ID 1995-1996 Clinical Nurse Coordinator Committee, RPSLMC Medical Intensive Care Units Policy and Procedure Committee, RPSLMC Orientation Reorganization Committee, RPSLMC 1994-1996 Departmental Advisory Committee, RPSLMC 1993-1996 Unit Advisory Committee, RPSLMC 1992-1995 Hospital-wide Infectious Disease and Sepsis Committee, RPSLMC MICU Inservice Committee, RPSLMC 1988-1992 Hospital-wide AIDS Task Force, RPSLMC Nursing Care Evaluation Committee 1986-1987 MICU Medical Nursing Update, RPSLMC 1984-1988 PNS Infectious Disease and Sepsis Committee, RPSLMC, (Chair-1988)
Presentations: Spring, 2011 Spring, 2011 Spring, 2011 Diana King Mixon Page 4 Recruitment and Retention of Rural Nursing Students: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. (J. Bigbee, D. Mixon & D. Kenski) Rural Connections board of Directors, Recruitment and Retention of Rural Nursing Students: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. (J. Bigbee, D. Mixon & D. Kenski) National Rural Health Association Annual Conference Austin, Tx Recruitment and Retention of Rural Nursing Students: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. (J. Bigbee, D. Mixon & D. Kenski) Western Institute of Nursing Annual Conference Las Vegas, NV 2008, Spring Beginning Debriefing for Simulation Faculty Forum Boise State University 2007, Spring Spinning the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning into Research Mosby s Faculty Development Institute San Diego, CA 2006, Fall The Road to SoTL: Highway to a Program of Research Idaho Nurse Educator s Conference Rexberg, ID 2002, Fall From Vision to Reality: A Curricular Redesign Concurrent Session National League for Nursing Educational Summit, 2002 Anaheim, CA 2002, Fall Resources for the Hearing Impaired Idaho Nurse Educators Conference Rexberg, ID 2002, Fall Admission Process Idaho Nurse Educators Conference Rexberg, ID
Page 4 2001, Fall Fundamentals of HIV: Facts and Transmission-Protecting 2000, Fall Yourself. Idaho State Penitentiary for Men, 1999, Spring HIV and Hepatitis C, Workplace Protection 1999, Fall Training and Development, Boise State University, 1999, Spring HIV/AIDS Basic Fundamentals, Skills Prevention, Hillcrest Rehabilitation and Skills Center, 1999, Spring HIV/AIDS Basic Fundamentals, Idaho State Penitentiary, 2000, Winter 1998, Fall Bloodborne Pathogens, Training and Development, 1998, Spring Boise State University, 1998, Spring Interdisciplinary Education Patient Centered Care College of Health Sciences Annual Poster Fair 1997, Spring HIV Transmission Factors and How They Affect You, Columbia West Valley Medical Center (CWVMC), Caldwell, ID 1997, Spring Protease Inhibitors and New Testing Techniques for HIV CWVMC, Caldwell, ID 1996, Fall Cardiac Assessment, Advancing Health Assessment Skills, Treasure Valley Continuing Nursing Education Network, Nampa, ID 1996, Fall Infection Control, Medical Nursing, RPSLMC, Chicago, IL 1993, Spring Nursing Care of the Bone Marrow Transplant Patient, RPSLMC 1991, Summer Introduction to HIV+, Iquiqui, Chili 1990, Summer AIDS and the General Public, House Calls, WRMN, Elgin, IL 1989, Summer AIDS: Information for Elementary Education Teachers, Elgin, IL 1989, Winter Basic Patient Care for the Patient with AIDS, RPSLMC 1988, Spring AIDS: The Community Response, Minooka, IL Hepatitis B - Protecting Yourself, Critical Care Course, RPSLMC 1987, Fall Septic Shock, NMS 532, Rush University, Chicago, 1986, Fall IL 1987, Fall Sudden Death Syndrome, NMS 532, Rush University, 1986, Fall Chicago, IL
Page 5 Professional Service: 2010 Reviewer for Contemporary Medical-Surgical Nursing, Delmar Learning 2006 Reviewer for Medical Surgical Nursing, Mosby 2005 Reviewer for Virtual Clincial Experiences, Elsevier Publishers Reviewer for Fundamentals of Nursing, F.A. Davis Publisher 2004, Fall Reviewer for Virtual Clinical Experiences, Elsevier Publishers 2004, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall Reviewer for Medical Surgical Nursing, Mosby 2003, Spring Reviewer for a proposed nursing textbook, Prentice Hall, 2002, Fall Publishers 2002, Fall General consultant for a proposed physical assessment textbook Prentice Hall, Publishers 2003, Spring Professional reviewer for Continuing Medical and Nursing 2002, Fall Education Materials 2001, Fall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001, Spring Atlanta, Georgia University Service: 2001, Spring Nursing Shortage Summit 2001,-2004 Food Advisory Committee 2002-2003 Faculty Senate Representative 2006 Promoting Original Student Writing Task Force College Service: 2002-2003 College Awards Committee 1996-2001 College Computer Application Committee College Promotion and Tenure Committee 2000-2001 Education Technology Task Force Department Service: 2010 present Pre-Licensure Governance Team 2007-present Simulation Team 2012-present Admission and Progression Team, Chair 2008-present Admission and Progression Team 2005-2008 Admission and Progression Team, Chair 2004-2005 Admissions and Progression Team 2003-2004 Operations Team 2003, Spring Course Development Team for NURS 205 2000-2002 Leadership Advisory Team
Page 6 2002-2003 Educational Technology Committee 2001, Fall Course Development Team for NURS 100 for revised One Front Door (OFD) Curriculum 2001-2003 Course Development Team for semesters 3, 4, 5 OFD 2001-2004 Admission and Progression Task Force OFD 2001-2003 Associate of Science (AS) Nursing Program Admission and Progression Committee 2000-2001 Mission, Vision and Philosophy Task Force 1997-1999 Educational Technology Committee 1996-1997 Student Affairs Committee 1996-1997 AS Admission and Progression Committee 1997-2000 AS Faculty Advisor to the Student Nurses Association (SNA) Publications: Bosek, M.S. & Mixon, D.K. (1992). Caring for patients with AIDS: Conflicting duties in ethical decision making. Medsurg Nursing, 2 (1), 82-83. Mixon, D.K, Kemp, M. A., Towle, M. A., & Schrader, V.C. (2005). Negotiating the merger of three nursing programs into one: Turning mission impossible into mission possible. In M. Obermeyer (Ed.), Annual Review of Nursing Education: Vol. 3, 2005. New York: National League for Nursing. Mixon, D. K. & Connor, K. How to make sure your poster is worth a thousand words. In K. Kt. Heinrich, A Nurse s Guide to Presenting and Publishing: Dare to Share. Sudbury, MA, 2007, Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Bigbee, J.L & Diana K. Mixon. Recruitment and retention of rural nursing tudents: A Retrospective study. Accepted for publication in Rural and Remote Health, May 2013. Awards: 2003 Boise State University College of Health Science Educator of the Year (Student initiated) 2008 March of Dimes Idaho Nursing Excellence Award (Faculty initiated)