Kimberly Dion, PhD, RN, CNE University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing 303 Skinner Hall 651 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01003 Tel. 413 545-1314 kadion@nursing.umass.edu Academic Preparation: 2015- Doctorate of Philosophy, Nursing University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA Dissertation- Injection Drug Users Perceptions of Received Nursing Care: A Case Study 2006 Masters of Science, Nursing University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT Concentration in nurse education 2001 Bachelor of Science, Nursing University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 1996 Associate of Science, Nursing Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA Professional Memberships: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - Beta Zeta at Large Chapter Eastern Nursing Research Society American Psychiatric Nurses Association Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, 1994 Certifications & Trainings: Certified by the National League for Nurses as a Nurse Educator Certified intranasal naloxone trainer through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Harm Reduction Behavioral Health Training by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Trained in Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Registered in Nursing by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Nursing Certified Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association
Awards: University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing Outstanding Teacher, May 2014 Graduate Leadership Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 2012 Community of Scholarly Caring Award, University of Hartford, May 2006 Mentorship: Faculty advisor for the Student Nurses Association, 2012-2017 Chair for one Commonwealth College honor student s capstone, academic year 2015-2016 Chair for two Commonwealth College honor student s capstone, academic year 2014-2015 Preceptor for clinical experience for a Certificate in Nurse Education student, spring 2014 Chair for three Commonwealth College student s capstone, academic year 2013-2014 Preceptor for clinical experience for a Master s in Science of Nursing Education track student, spring 2008. Committee member for two Commonwealth College student s capstone during academic year 2009-2010. Committee member for a Commonwealth College student s capstone academic year 2010-2011. Committee member for a Commonwealth College student s capstone academic year 2012 Counselor for Beta Zeta-at-Large chapter, UMass Amherst from 2008-2010 Academic Appointments: September 2006-present. Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst Major responsibilities: Clinical and didactic instruction for traditional undergraduate, Second Bachelor, RN-BS, and graduate program students including evaluation, in a variety of settings such as medical surgical, maternal newborn, pediatric, internship, and community courses. On-line teaching for Nur 704 Health Disparities and Social Justice and Nur 440 Vulnerable/Special Populations Simulation scenario development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation. Interim Clinical Simulation Laboratory Director from 10/15-1/15. Assist with curriculum development for clinical courses. Academic advising, Commonwealth College Honors Capstone chair, and committee member for Traditional and Second Bachelor students Coordinator of Nur 498C Nursing Care of Adults: Practicum 2007-2015 Coordinator for Nur 498P Community Practicum 2015- present September 2005- January 2006. Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Major responsibilities: Clinical instruction for traditional undergraduate program students including evaluation, for advanced medical surgical course. January 2005- January 2006. Clinical Adjunct Instructor, Holyoke Community College & Springfield Technical Community College. Major responsibilities: Lead and coordinate student clinical experiences in a variety of health care settings including: long-term care, medical surgical nursing, and maternal newborn care. Develop and continuously update curriculum in collaboration with program director. Evaluate and form learning objectives for students. September 2004-May 2005. Lab Instructor and clinical faculty, Practical Nursing Program, Holyoke Community College Major responsibilities: Prepare and provide practical nursing instruction in the clinical laboratory. Develop and continuously update curriculum with current practice using evidence-based research. Formulate quizzes, tests and return demonstration with evaluation. Developed community seminar sessions for students to enhance their learning. Provide outside learning opportunities utilizing Sim Man. Committee Membership: University: Massachusetts Society of Professors Clinical Assistant Professor Bargaining Representative 2015- present University of Massachusetts Amherst Academic Honesty Policy committee (2014- present) Dean Decanal Review committee (2014-2015) College of Nursing: College of Nursing Personnel committee College of Nursing Search committee College of Nursing Dean Search committee Diversity & Social Justice committee (chair) Undergraduate Academic Standards committee Undergraduate Curriculum committee Committee on Undergraduate Academic Standards Faculty & Student Matters committee (chair) Unsafe Nursing Practice & Professional Conduct Policy ad hoc committee (chair) Clinical Evaluation Tool ad hoc committee (co-chair) Clinical Make-up ad hoc committee Curriculum revision ad hoc committee College of Nursing Graduate Student Committee:
Second dissertation committee member for PhD student Jordon Bosse Second committee member for DNP project student Geraldine Lau Second committee member for DNP project student Sonya Lachance Second committee member for DNP project student Terri Morris Second committee member for DNP project student Angela Miller Community: Secretary for the Belchertown Opioid Awareness Task Force (Select board appointed committee member) Quaboag Hills Community Coalition Substance Use Task Force Member Opioid Task Force Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region Opioid Task Force Health Care Solutions Committee Hampshire Hope Harm Reduction Task Force Publications: Dion, K. (2017) The language of addiction. Guest column in the Belchertown Sentinel published September 7, 2017. Maruca, A., Dion, K., Lobelo, A., Sanger, K., Chung, C., Amphia-Bonney, O., & Zucker, D. (2017). Self-care management in corrections: Perspectives from persons with an incarceration experience. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 13(3), 126-134. doi: 0.1097/JFN.0000000000000162 Dion, K. (2017). Addiction is a family disease. Guest column in the Belchertown Sentinel published June 1, 2017. Dion, K. A. & Jacelon, C.S. (2017). Home Health Care. In P. Larsen (Ed.). Chronic Illness. Jones & Bartlett: Boston, MA. In press Dion, K. (2016). Harm reduction: An approach to consider. Published in the Ware River News December 1, 2016. Dion, K. (2016). Improving outcomes of opioid overdose: Preparing nursing students to intervene. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 27(1), 7-11. doi: 10.1097/JAN.0000000000000106 Dion, K. (2015). "Injection Drug Users Perceptions of Received Nursing Care: A Case Study. Doctoral Dissertations 2014-current. Paper 354. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/354 Zucker, D., Dion, K., & McKeever, R. (2014). Concept clarification of grief in mothers of children with an addiction. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(4), 1-17. doi:10.1111/jan.12591 Dion, K. (2014). That s what I mean by a hundred little, a thousand little deaths... A case study of the grief experienced by a mother of a substance abusing child. MedSurg Nursing, 23(6), 397-401, 421. Wolf, L., Dion, K., Lamoureux, E., Kenny, C., Curnin, M., Hogan, M.A., Roche, J. & Cunningham, H. (2011). Using simulated clinical scenarios to evaluate student performance. Nurse Educator, 36(3),128-134 doi:10.1097/nne.0b013e318216120b Scholarship Activities:
Abstract reviewer for University of Massachusetts Amherst conference- An Interprofessional and Integrative Approach to Veterans Health. Accepted to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI. Accepted to the Office of Professional Development Summer 2014 Dissertation Writing Retreat. Item writer for the National Council of State Board of Nursing, August 2012, Chicago, IL. Podium Presentations: My Journey of Understanding Addiction. Invited presentation for the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing Social Justice Symposium held on April 24, 2017. Perceptions of Self-Care Management at Reentry. Maruca, A., Dion, K., Lobelo, A., Sanger, K., Chen, C., Ampiah-Bonney, O., & Zucker, D. Paper presentation March 17, 2017 at the 10 th Academic & Health Care Policy Conference on Correctional Health, Atlanta, GA. Outcomes of Positive Interactions Between Injection Drug Users and Their Nurse in an Acute Care Setting. Podium presentation July 26, 2015 at Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Injection Drug Users Perceptions of Received Nursing Care: A Case Study. Paper presentation April 8, 2015 at Beta Zeta-at-Large Scholarship Day, Holyoke, MA. Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nursing Students' Knowledge and Skills Regarding Administration of Intranasal Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: A Pilot Study. Paper presentation April 10, 2014 at Eastern Nurses Research Society, Philadelphia, PA. A Case Study of Grief in Mothers of Substance Abusing Children. Dion, K., McKeever, R. & Zucker, D. (2012). Paper presentation at Eastern Nursing Research Society New Haven, CT. Poster Presentations: Injection Drug Users Perceptions of Received Nursing Care: A Case Study. Poster presentation October 28-30, 2015 at American Psychiatric Nurses Association conference, Orlando, FL. Injection Drug Users Perceptions of Received Nursing Care: A Case Study. Poster presentation April 17, 2015 at Eastern Nurses Research Society, Washington, D.C. Utilization of Simulation Case Studies for Tutoring Nursing Students at Risk in the Clinical Setting. Poster presentation June 20, 2014 at International Nursing Simulation/Nursing Resource Centers conference, Orlando, FL. A Comparison and Analysis of the Works of Peplau and Travelbee. Poster presentation April 11, 2014 at Eastern Nurses Research Society, Philadelphia, PA. Intravenous Drug Users Perceptions of Nursing Care Received: A Synthesis- updated. Poster presentation April 19, 2013 at Eastern Nurses Research Society, Boston MA. Intravenous Drug Users Perceptions of Nursing Care Received: A Synthesis. Poster presentation April 6, 2011 Beta Zeta at Large Scholarship Day
Comparison of Postoperative Pain Medications for Scheduled Cesarean Sections in a Community Hospital. Poster presentation March 31, 2010 Beta Zeta at Large Scholarship Day Postoperative Cesarean Pain Medications, a Review of the Literature Poster presentation April 1, 2009 Beta Zeta at Large Scholarship Day. Teens & Oral Sex, Are We Talking the Same Language? Poster presentation April 11, 2007, Beta Zeta at Large Scholarship Day Practice Presentations: Invited guest speaker for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: A Multidisciplinary Approach presented to pharmacology and occupational therapy students at Western New England University on September 22, 2017. Invited guest speaker for Sheltering Residents with Substance use Dependency at Northampton s Medical Reserve Corp community event held May 4, 2017 at Sunset View, Holyoke MA. Invited guest speaker in Maud Low s psychiatric theory course to discuss research in clinical practice for vulnerable populations on April 7, 2017 Facilitated and sponsored the Supervised Injection Facility in Massachusetts Now! presentation at University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing on April 5, 2017. Invited presenter for Opioid Crisis- Decreasing the Stigma presented to the Medical Reserve Corp at University of Massachusetts Amherst March 28, 2017. Invited presenter for The Nurse s Role in Harm Reduction, Recognition and Intervention for an Opioid Overdose, presented to four nursing classes (250 students) in the College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the fall 2016 semester. Invited presenter for Harm Reduction and Opioid Withdrawal Treatment during Hospitalization. Presented to treatment providers of Hampshire Hope s Healthcare Solutions Committee on September 28, 2016 Invited presenter for Opioid Crisis- Decreasing the Stigma and the Role of Intranasal Naloxone presented to the Medical Reserve Corp at University of Massachusetts Amherst February 18, 2016. Invited guest lecturer to present Outcomes of Nurses Stigma and Discrimination Toward Injection Drug Users to 84 students in N317- Writing in Nursing Ethics on November 9, 2015. Invited guest lecturer to present Intranasal Naloxone: A Community Perspective to students in the freshman seminar Your Brain on Drugs on September 28, 2015. What Planet Are You From? Strategies for Mixing Generations Successfully Power Point presentation at the biannual Clinical Educator Workshop, Amherst MA (2010-2015). The Practical Approach to Clinical Nursing and Research! Power Point presentation presented to the traditional undergraduate Introduction to Nursing Research class, October 2009. Guest lecturer to present theory and practice of vital signs to TAP/RAP program students, presented annually (on-going).
Bad Supervision video presented at the Clinical Educator workshop held biannually. Television Appearances Community Intranasal Naloxone Trainings. Hampshire Gazette video-clip and interview February 23, 2017. Connection is the Antidote to Addiction: A Panel Dialogue Addressing Substance Use in Our Communities. Ware Community Television. Taped June 2016 and broadcast in Ware, MA. Consultations Trained 23 individuals to be naloxone trainers for Springfield Coalition for Opioid Overdose Prevention on May 31, 2017. Harm reduction consultant for Hampshire HOPE grant April 2017-June 2017. Expert reviewer regarding efficacy of RN standard of care in New Mexico medical malpractice case for Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb Attorneys at Law, January 2017. Grants Received Massachusetts Society of Professors Research Support Fund grant awarded October 2016 for $1000.00 Massachusetts Society of Professors Flex Teaching Grant awarded October 2016 for University of Massachusetts Amherst Open Education Initiative Grant awarded December 2015 for $1000.00 for Nur 439 Community Health Nursing IV Massachusetts Society of Professors Research Grant awarded October 2015 for $800.00 Massachusetts Society of Professors Flex Teaching Grant awarded October 2015 for Massachusetts Society of Professors Flex Teaching Grant awarded February 2015 for University of Massachusetts Amherst Open Education Initiative Grant awarded April 2014 for $1000.00 for Nur 440 Vulnerable/Special Populations Beta Zeta-at-Large Research Grant awarded May 2014 for $2700.00 University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate School Dissertation Research Grant awarded May 2014 for $1000.00 Massachusetts Society of Professors Research Grant awarded October 2013 for $800.00 Massachusetts Society of Professors Flex Teaching Grant awarded October 2013 for Massachusetts Society of Professors Flex Teaching Grant awarded October 2012 for 2006 Present University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Nursing Employment History:
Position: Clinical Assistant Professor 2000 - Present DebCor Resources Amherst, Massachusetts Position: Home care RN; on-call supervisor; supervisory visits for home health aides. 1998-2009 Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke, MA Position: Staff RN on ICU, CCU, Transitional Care, and Birthing Unit. 1999-2000 Meadowood Nursing Home South Hadley, MA Position: RN Evening Supervisor 1998-1999 Camp Marshall 4-H Equestrian Center Spencer, MA Position: Camp Nurse for two summers 1997-2000 Expert Care Nursing Services West Springfield, MA Position: Traveling and relief RN 1997-2000 Nursing Registry Chicopee, MA Position: Traveling and relief RN 1996-1997 Center for Extended Care at Amherst Amherst, MA Position: Staff nurse/charge nurse long term care and sub-acute units 1984-1996 Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation Springfield, Massachusetts Position: Mental retardation worker I