Nancy Barnum

PhD, RNC-MNN
barnum@hope.edu

Room 1140 of Science Center
616-395-7533 (office)
616-395-7163 (fax)

Education:

• PhD - University of Kentucky - 2007
• MSN - University of Kentucky 1996
• BSN - Michigan State University 1985

Specialty:

• Women’s Health and Maternity Nursing
• Nursing History

Additional Training:

• 1989 - CertifiedPerinatal Grief Counselor following completion of “Resolve Through Sharing training course.
• 1994 - Certified in Maternal/Newborn Nursing by the National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, R.N.C., as of December, 1994.
• 2000 - Attended and completed the Genetics Institute for Nursing Faculty, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Children’s Hospital.

Professional Experience:

• Present - Assistant Professor - Hope College Nursing Department
• July 1996 - June 2003 - Instructor - University of Kentucky, College of Nursing
  Maternal/Neonatal Nursing (Lexington, KY)
• August 1995 - June 1996- Professional Teaching Staff -University of Kentucky, College of Nursing Maternal/Neonatal Nursing (Lexington, KY)
• August 1995 - May 1997 - On-call Staff Nurse - University of Kentucky Hospital
  Mother/Baby Unit (Lexington, KY)
• October 1992 - July 1995 - Clinical Nurse Manager - University of Kentucky Hospital Mother/Baby Unit (Lexington, KY)
• January 1992 - October 1992 - Assistant Nurse Manager - University of Kentucky Hospital OB Inpatient Services (Lexington, KY)
• September 1991 - January 1992 - Staff Nurse - University of Kentucky Hospital
  Mother/Baby Unit (Lexington, KY)
• April 1986 - August 1991- Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse - W. A. Foote Memorial Hospital Postpartum Unit (Jackson, MI)
• June 1985 - April 1986 - Staff Nurse - Eaton Rapids Community Hospital
  Medical/Surgical and Obstetrics (Eaton Rapids, MI)

Research Interests:

• History of nursing education
• World War II nursing
• History of women and higher education

Research (for the Doctoral Degree):

• “The Price of Reform: How Federal Funding Advanced Nursing Education into Colleges and Universities”
• “Creating Equality of Opportunity: The Effect of the 1944 G. I. Bill on Higher Education”
• “A Time of Transition: The Impact of World War II on Nursing Practice”
• “Struggling Against Limitations: Women’s Place in Higher Education in America in the First Half of the Twentieth Century”
• “Why Do Nurses Need So Much Education? The Stake Holders Who Fought to Keep Nursing Education in the Hospital Training Schools”
• "Leaving Home: Patriarchy, Nursing Education, and Nurse Veterans' Use of the G.I. Bill"

Presentations:

• June 2006 - Poster presentation, “The Influence of the 1944 G. I. Bill on Higher Education for Nursing”, Regional Nursing Research Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
• May 2006 - Poster Presentation: “Why Do Nurses Need So Much Education: The Stakeholders Who Fought for Hospital Training Schools”, Annual Nursing Research Conference, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• April 2000 - Faculty Brown Bag: Preparing Nursing Students for Success on the NCLEX, University of Kentucky College of Nursing
• February 1999 - Preconception Counseling Conference, University of Kentucky College of Nursing Continuing Education/State Health Department
  - Genetics
  - Nutrition
  - Adolescent clients
  - Clients with high risk medical disorders
• January 1998 - Poster presentation, “The Family Project: A Cross-Course, Community Student Project” at the Nursing Education’98 Conference, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
• October 1997 - Discussion group leader, Spiritual Care in Women’s Health, Nurses Christian Fellowship Southeast Regional Fall Conference
• October 1994 - Shortened Postpartum Stays and Home Follow-up Visits, University of Kentucky Department of Nursing
• June 1993 - Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome, University of Kentucky Department of Nursing

• May 1993 -Nursing Grand Rounds: Family-Centered Maternity Care, University of Kentucky Department of Nursing
• April 1993 - Family-Centered Maternity Care, University of Kentucky Department of Nursing
• September 1992 - Postpartum Complications, University of Kentucky Perinatal Outreach

Professional Organizations:

• American Association for the History of Nursing
• AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing)
• Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Psi Chapter