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Jo Voss

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Title

Associate Professor (Rapid City)

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

Rapid City Undergraduate Nursing 217E
1011 11th St
Rapid City, SD 57701

Education

PhD 2003 University of Nebraska Medical Center; MS 1993 University of Minnesota; BS 1980 Winona State University

Academic Interests

Nursing education
Test Anxiety
Resilience
Critical care
NCLEX success

Academic Responsibilities

My focus of teaching is in the following areas: Pathophysiology, Research, Advanced Practice Roles, Epidemiology, and NCLEX-RN Preparation. In addition, I am a licensed HeartMath Certified Trainer and a certified HeartMath Mentor.

Committee Activities

SDSU: Academic Affairs; Academic Appeals
SDSU College of Nursing: Research Sub-Committee
Sigma International Nurse Leader Review Committee, Sigma Theta Tau International

Awards and Honors

Nurse Educator Award (2008), South Dakota Nurses Association & South Dakota Deans and Directors; Excellence in Teaching Award (2002), South Dakota State University, College of Nursing; Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities (2002); $1,500 Scholarship (2000), American Association of Critical Care Nurses; and $1,500 Scholarship (1998), American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Grants

Research Grants: 1. Nursing Students’ Use of PDAs to Decrease Preparation Time and Improve Medication Administration Knowledge and Critical Thinking in the Critical Care Setting. 2. Effect of Sedative Music and Scheduled Rest on Anxiety, Pain, and Myocardial Oxygen Demand during Chair Rest in Adult Postoperative Open-Heart Patients.
Program Grants: 1. Prepare And Retain, Education-Service Partnership. 2. Jackrabbits Nurse Camp 2008, 2009, 2010. 3. American Association of Nurse Practitioner Grant 2014. 4. Rural Telehealth: Enhancing the Academic-Practice Partnership for APRN Education. 5. Reducing mistriage rates in the emergency department through emergency severity index training. 6. Effect of Personal Resilience™ Techniques on Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Heart Rate Variability in Nursing Students. 7. Short Message Service (SMS) Appointment Reminder Project. 8. Using Personal Resilience™ Techniques to Reduce Anxiety in University Students.

Professional Memberships

Memberships and affiliations include Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter and National League for Nurses.

Work Experience

1995-present; Associate Professor; South Dakota State University, Rapid, City, SD
2009-2018; Faculty; Kaplan Nursing, Northwest Region
2004-2006; Staff Nurse; Fort Meade VA Hospital, Fort Meade, SD
1996-2003; ICU Staff RN; Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD
1994-1995; Instructor; Anoka Ramsey College, Coon Rapids, MN
1992-1994; Education; Fairview Northland Regional Hospital Princeton, MN
1984-1992; Staff Nurse; Fairview Princeton Hospital, Princeton, MN
1986-1987; Instructor; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing, St. Cloud, MN
1980-1983; Assistant Head Nurse/Staff Nurse; Mt. Sinai Hospital, Minneapolis, MN

Area(s) of Research

In addition to my teaching responsibilities, my research interests include nursing education issues (such as test taking strategies, test anxiety, and use of technology), resiliency, critical care nursing, emergency nursing.

Department(s)