Education: June 1993 Ph.D. Education, Major: Curriculum Development & Instructional Processes Minor: Communication electronic & written Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia March 1983 MSN Nursing Major: Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Minor: Education Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia March 1981 BSN Nursing Minor: Education Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia June 1972 Nursing Diploma Nursing Columbia Hospital School of Nursing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Professional Experience: 1/83 to present Founder & President, Rollant Concepts, Inc. - a firm dedicated to the development, presentation, and evaluation of educational programs for nursing & allied health, hospitals, and private industry on a national and international basis. Known for the personalized attention to any group for faculty development or students and making learning fun as well as being described as A walking Tabers and An Oldie and Goldie and Dynamic and informative with take homes that work! Education in Action with Efficiency & Effectiveness Accreditation and Curriculum Consultation: Accreditation preparation state & national, evaluation & harmony of: philosophy, conceptual frameworks, syllabi, learning objectives, assessments, outcomes; processes: assessments, teaching, remediation College-wide & Nursing Faculty Development: Test Construction/Item writing, Test analysis with Decision Points for Student Coaching/Item Revision, Creative, innovative teaching strategies, Test review for thinking strategies,, NCLEX-style item construction, NCLEX-based test development; Remediation strategies for at risk students, Rubrics development, Innovative use of student response systems clickers Innovative Teaching Methods: Teaching to Thinking Skills with Clinical Reasoning for RN, PN, Allied Health students & International Nurses: Study & Test-taking Strategies, Licensure/Certification prep, Webinars, Remediation, Telephone Coaching/Tutoring NCLEX or Certification Prep RN & PN, Test-Taking Strategy courses [two to five days] In 2009 and 2010 my program outcomes for PN or RN groups passing on the initial NCLEX attempt ranged from the mid 90s to 100% & Individuals 98-99% 1/3/03 to present Consultant: Accreditation assistance for agencies with accreditation issues, curriculum review, evaluation, revision and recommendations, faculty workshops: test design, analysis, teaching strategies face-to-face, webinars, tele-coaching/tutoring & with students: test-taking strategies and study skills. 2010 to Present Distinguished Professor Turning Technologies - Guest Speaker sponsor: 2013 Ongoing since Dec 2012 Telephone/Web Test Analysis with Decision Points for Student Coaching/Item Revision w/faculty South University, Tampa FL 2012 Oct. 26-30 Orlando American Association of Cosmetology Schools Annual Convention & Expo; Topic: What's New? What does "Agile Teaching Learning" Mean to Me? Peer reviewed selection process. 2010 Nov. 18 Cedarville University Cedarville OH Inventive Professor, Innovative Pedagogy Page 1 of 6
Professional Experience (continued): 2009 to present Consultant as content expertise, editing and research article evaluation for Proquest, a company with a 70-year reputation as a gateway to the world s knowledge from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news 2003 to 2012 Gaylen College, San Antonio TX 2013 Informal meeting with faculty re curriculum issues associated with accreditation standards. Coastal Bend Community College, Beeville, TX 2013, 2012 Informal meeting with faculty re curriculum issues associated with accreditation standards Redlands Community College NLNAC Accreditation preparation assistance 2008 to 2009 Accreditation preparation assistance with positive outcome of continued accreditation to 2017 with follow-up report for noncompliance of one Standard; had one area of strength resources for technology support and three standards needing development. Also addressed attrition rates for increased retention of both faculty and students during this time period; edit, review, revise reports 2010 to 2012 - Accreditation preparation assistance with positive outcome associated with the noncompliance and areas needing development. Consultation included assistance with writing and review of the follow-up report and for faculty in 2010 four 2-hourWebinars and in 2011 ten 2 hour webinars as well as on site visits Spencerian College Consultation for continued ACICS and State Accreditation [2001 to 2010 various needs consultation] 2007 to 2010 Outcomes: In the first half of 2007, the pass rate was 70.97%; whereas, in the last half of 2007, the pass rate increased to 82.02%. From January 1, 2008, to March 18, 2008, the pass rate was 87.5%. These are first-time pass rates taken from the NCLEX/Kentucky Board summary reports Curriculum mapping development and follow-up Recommendations/interventions for retention of faculty and students Edit, review, revise accreditation reports which included analysis and interpretation of data and trends 2009 to 2012 23 rd Annual Nurse Educators Conference in the Rockies Breckenridge CO Peer reviewed selection process. The only presenter with 2 sessions per conference since 2003. Topics 2012: #1 Teaching Labs without Numbers: How & Why #2 Teaching with Questions: Listen More, Talk Less 2011 Keynote Speaker The Alabama Council of Administrators of Professional Nursing Education Programs Spring 2011 Nurse Educator s Conference March 4 in Montgomery Alabama; Peer reviewed selection process; included accreditation preparation issues 2010 Keynote Speaker TAVNE State Convention October 27 & 28 Austin TX Critical thinking: Defined and Applied to Test Analysis, Classroom and Clinical - included accreditation preparation issues Page 2 of 6
Professional Experience (continued): 2001 to 2010 Consultant for Accreditation preparation, Curriculum evaluation, College wide & nursing faculty workshops, NCLEX RN & PN prep, Basic/Advanced levels of online nursing courses Spencerian College, Louisville, KY 2003 to 2008 Consultant to NCSBN Education Division 2003-2008 Answered questions for Ask Instructor for RN and PN 2003 to 2006 Managing editor and editor for NCLEX PN online review 2003 to 2005 Editor for NCLEX RN online review 2008 Presenter 4 sessions Florida Student Nurses Association 2007 Poster Presentations [#5] 7 th Annual Nurse Educator Institute Branson MO; Peer reviewed selection process. 2005, 2006 Presenter Georgia Student Nurses Association 9/88 to 12/97 Per Diem staff in critical care Newnan Hospital, Newnan, Georgia 6/89 to 12/96 Clinical Nurse Specialist for critical care [7] and medical-surgical [5] units, Independent consultant educator, Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens, Georgia Education activities for the development, presentation, and evaluation of new graduate internships, educational programs, the clinical assignments of new graduate and experienced nurses and lectures requested by schools of nursing for students 9/85 to 10/87 PRN Float Nurse to adult, pediatric and critical care units Douglas General Hospital, Douglasville, Georgia 9/84 to 9/88 Assistant Professor Masters & Undergraduate Divisions Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia Coordinator Adult Health, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Program Responsible for maintenance of standards for Accreditation in Nursing School along with Hospitals associated with clinical placements. Lectured in undergraduate and graduate programs, Course leader in adult health program for faculty assignments, clinical placements, course revisions and evaluations, student advisement and thesis advisement 9/82 to 8/84 Instructor/Assistant Professor West Georgia College, Department of Nursing, Carrollton, Georgia Classroom and clinical instruction for content in: general medical-surgical, perioperative, comprehensive assessment, critical care, management, advanced life support For multiple courses: Performed duties of course team leader for faculty assignments & clinical placement of students; developed and produced instructional videotapes; revised course modules/lab guides; performed duties as liaison among clinical and campus agencies For the College: Member of the Advisory Committee to the Dean, LPN Mobility Committee, Clinical Advisory Committee, & the College Bureau of Speakers 9/81 to 6/82 Clinical Associate West Georgia College, Department of Nursing, Carrollton, Georgia Page 3 of 6
Professional Experience (continued): 1/73 to 3/83 Assistant Coordinator & Educator, Charge Nurse Cobb General Hospital, Austell, Georgia Positions: 9/81 to 3/83 Charge nurse in float position on all units 1/77 to 9/81 Assistant Coordinator & Educator for: Coronary Care Unit (6 beds) Progressive Care Unit (8 beds) 1/73 to 3/83 Staff Nurse, Educator Cobb General Hospital, Austell, Georgia Positions: 6/76 to 12/76 Charge Nurse, Coronary Care Unit (6 beds) 1/74 to 6/76 Charge Nurse, Intensive/Coronary Care Unit 9/73 to 12/73 Charge Nurse, Float to all units 1/73 to 9/73 Charge Nurse, Pediatrics 6/72 to 12/72 Charge Nurse, Patient Educator Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat Specialty Unit VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Publications: [* 2 nd editions] 2014 In progress for 2014 publication date - Rollant, P. Soar to Success Series: Test-Taking Strategies and Study Strategies: Less is More 2007 Chapter 14 How Can I Fail the NCLEX-RN with a 3.5 GPA? Approaches to Help this Unexpected High Risk Group in Volume 5 of the Annual Review of Nursing Education Marilyn Oermann, editor 2002 Dennison, R & Rollant, P Test Taking Strategies & Diagnostic Test CEU Internet self-study program for ANCC (2 contact hours) 2002 Dennison, R & Rollant, P Test taking techniques : review and resource manual Washington, D.C. : Institute for Research, Education and Consultation at The American Nurses Credentialing Center 1999 ~Rollant, P. Soar to Success: Do Your Best on Nursing Tests, St. Louis:Mosby 1997 ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Nursing Review Cards: Medical-Surgical Nursing St.Louis:Mosby ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Nursing Review Cards: Mental Health Nursing St. Louis:Mosby ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Nursing Review Cards: Pediatric Nursing St. Louis:Mosby ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Nursing Review Cards: Nursing Pharmacology St.Louis:Mosby ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Nursing Review Cards: Maternity Nursing St. Louis:Mosby 2001* ~Rollant, P. Series editor, Mosby Rapid Review Series: Maternal-Child Nursing St. Louis:Mosby 2001* ~Rollant, P. Series editor, Mosby Rapid Review Series: Medical-Surgical Nursing St. Louis:Mosby 1996 ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Nursing Review Series: Mental Health Nursing St.Louis:Mosby 1996 ~Rollant, P. Primary author, Mosby Review Series: Pediatric Nursing St. Louis:Mosby Publications: [* 2 nd editions] 2001* ~Rollant, P. Series editor, Mosby Rapid Review Series: Nursing Pharmacology St.Louis:Mosby 1995 ~ Rollant, P. Contributor and/or Coordinator of adult health section since 1986 for AJN/Mosby Question and Answer Book for the NCLEX-RN examination ~ Rollant, P. Contributor and/or Coordinator of adult health section since 1986 for AJN/Mosby Nursing Boards Review for the NCLEX-RN examination 1994 ~ Rollant, P. Acing Multiple-Choice Questions, The AJN Career Guide for 1994 pgs.18-21, 36 1992 ~ Rollant, P. Success on the NCLEX-RN exam: Try this tripod approach. Nursing 92, October pgs. 6-13 Page 4 of 6
1989 ~ Video Production: Axis Deviation script development, production & editing Produced with AJN Company, New York, and Hospital Satellite Network, California 1988 ~ Rollant, P. Test-taking Strategies for the NCLEX-RN exam. Imprint: the National Student Nurse Association Journal, April/May. ~ Founder & Author: Career Corner. In Nurse Entrepreneur's Exchange, the National Nurses in Business Association Newsletter. 1987 ~ Video Production: Documenting Nursing Practice script development, production & editing, 1988 AJN Media Festival Award of Second Place in Basic Nursing Skills division in the Produced with AJN Company, New York, and Hospital Satellite Network, California ~ Book Review - Laboratory Evaluation of Pulmonary Function in Dimensions in Critical Care 1984 ~ Rollant, P. Siler, R. Videotape Production: An Inexpensive Way to Teach Nursing Skills, Association of Operating Room Nurses Journal, pp. 1136, 1138, 1140. Publications - Contributor/Coauthor to: 2005 - present Rollant, P. & Gamble St. Godard, D. Acclimation of International Nurses into U.S.A. Nursing Practice. E-learning Instructional Course prepared for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), Chicago, 6.6 Contact Hours. http://ncsbnlearningext.com 2006/ ~ Blair, L; Gordon, J. & Rollant, P. Passport Your Career, Chicago Spectrum Press 2010* Plus Rollant, P. as webmaster for site www.passport-to-your-career.com 2009* ~ Blair, L; Gordon, J. & Rollant, P. Passports to College, 2 nd edition Chicago Spectrum Press Plus Rollant, P. as webmaster for site www.college-passport.com 2006 ~ Blair, L. Passport to Practical and Vocational Nursing, Evanston Publishing, Inc. Wrote: Chapters: Basic Strategies to Make it to Graduation & Strategies for NCLEX Prep 1998 ~ Blair, L. Passport to Practical and Vocational Nursing, St. Louis:Mosby Wrote: Chapters: Basic Strategies to Make it to Graduation & Strategies for NCLEX Prep 1996 ~ Dennison, R. Critical Care Certification Preparation Text, (1 st & 2 nd Eds) St. Louis:Mosby & 2002 Editor: Test bank of questions Wrote: Chapter 1, Exam Preparation 1996 ~ Elkin, Perry, & Potter Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills, St. Louis:Mosby: Jan. 1996 Wrote: Chapter 12, Comprehensive Health Assessment: 10 sections that included: Mental Health Status, Assessment of: Head, face and neck, the nose and mouth, the eyes and ears, the thorax, lungs and breasts, the heart and circulation, the abdomen, the genitalia and rectum, neurological function, and musculoskeletal function ~ Elkin, Perry, & Potter Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills, Instructor s Resource Manual, St.Louis:Mosby - Jan. 1996 Wrote: for 39 chapters selected sections: key terms, objectives, key points, teaching ideas, student activities 1991 ~ Contributor to Research Abstracts in Dimensions in Critical Care. 1988 ~ Book Review: "Mastering Dysrhythmias" in Dimensions in Critical Care. 1994 ~ Rollant, P. Paper presentation, A Comparison of the Effects of Interventions upon Stress Coping Resources of Beginning Associate Degree Nursing Students, April 1994 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans Paper Presentations: 1990 ~ Rollant, P. Wold, J. A Mentoring Approach to Student Retention, May 17 to 19, 1990 Diversity in Mentoring Conference sponsored by the Western Michigan University, Detroit, Michigan Page 5 of 6
Reviewer for: 2010 to Present The Finished Product, Inc. Reviewing and editing professional allied health materials From 1990 to present: (Manuscripts/Books) From 1990 to 2009: (Manuscripts/Books) ~ Critical Care Nurse from 1996 to present ~ Clinical Nurse Specialist ~ The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice ~ Heart & Lung, The Journal of Critical Care until 1995 1995 ~ Green, E & Katz, J Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Adult Patient, St.Louis: Mosby ~ Video Production: Pass NCLEX-PN Approximately a 35 minute-video script reviewed for accuracy, content, sequencing, question format, and rationales. Produced by St.Louis: Mosby ~ Video Production: Pass NCLEX-RN Approximately a 35 minute-video script reviewed for accuracy, content, sequencing, question format, and rationales. Produced by St.Louis: Mosby RN Licenses/Certifications:Pennsylvania/Georgia/Kentucky/2004 to present - Emeritus CCRN/CCRN1970s Research: 1995 to present ~ On-going high risk for NCLEX failures, test-taking skills, study skills 1982 to present ~ On-going development of a model for test/certification preparation: The Five C s 1993 ~ Dissertation: A Comparison of the Effects of Interventions upon Stress Coping Resources of Beginning Associate Degree Nursing Students The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of interventions upon stress coping resources of beginning Associate Degree nursing students. The study results showed significant differences in the development of the stress coping resources, stress monitoring, and tension control between nursing students who experienced a modified curriculum component and nursing students who used selfdirected interventions or no interventions. Univariate analysis of variance showed significant differences at the.05 level in the mean gain scores for stress monitoring between the modified curriculum group and control group and for tension control between the modified curriculum group and the self-directed and control groups. Nursing literature confirms that stress in nursing is innate and a constant theme for registered and student nurses. Strategies to affect the perceptions and behaviors of students for the creative handling of stress are indicated. 1984 ~ The first nursing faculty recipient of a Faculty Research Grant at West Georgia College An Investigation of Teaching Methods for Psychomotor Skills in Associate Degree Programs ~ Group Research with the Atlanta Cardiology Forum of Nurses: Effect of in Hospital Cardiac Education on Post-Hospital Behavior Changes of Patients Admitted for Cardiac Problems 1982 ~ Research Project in MSN program: Complications Related to Activity Post-Myocardial Infarction Page 6 of 6