Stephen J. Stapleton

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Education

• PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing
• MSN, Aurora University
• BSN, St. Louis University
• MS, Western Illinois University
• BS, Western Illinois University

Teaching

• UHC 499 Nursing Distinction Project
• NUR 781 Nursing Education Practicum
• NUR 991 Transforming Practice I
• NUR 993 Transforming Practice III

Professional experience

• Director and Associate Professor with Tenure, Missouri State University School of Nursing, 2018 – Present
• Accelerated Program Sequence Leader, Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, 2017 – 2018
• Associate Professor with Tenure, Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, 2016 – 2018
• Assistant Professor, Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, 2010 – 2016
• Visiting Research Specialist, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, 2009 – 2010
• Assistant Professor, West Suburban College of Nursing, 2007 – 2009
• Advocate, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 1997 – 2007
• Staff Nurse, Emergency Department, 2003 – 2007
• Staff Nurse, Operating Room, 2001 – 2003
• Manager, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, 1997-2001
• Clinical Research Coordinator, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 1997 – 1997
• EMS System Coordinator, Highland Park Hospital, 1990 – 1997
• Staff Nurse, Emergency Department, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 1985 – 1990
• House Supervisor, Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital, 1985 – 1987

Professional organizations

• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
• Academy of Emergency Nursing
• American Nurses Association
• Midwest Nursing Research Society
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Research and professional interests

• Emergency Nursing
• Pain Management
• Hospice/Palliative Care

Awards and honors

• Fellow, Academy of Emergency Nursing
• Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference Research Poster Award, 2014