Debra A Simons
The College of New Rochelle, USA
Biography
Debra A Simons, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE, CCM, is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for the School of Nursing. She is a Certified Nurse Educator, a Certified Simulation Health Care Educator and Certified Case Manager. Her research includes recommendations to implement a needs assessment tool in order to hone in on the mentoring needs of novice nurse educators. The needs assessment tool focuses on specific areas of development in order to reduce unnecessary utilization of resources at a time when higher education resources are limited. As well as created learning environments where students thrive. Recently, she developed an outcomes evaluation instrument inspired by QSEN competencies titled “Safety and Quality Nursing Student Self-Efficacy Scale©”.