Lorraine M . Rusch, PhD, RN

Department

Nursing - Bachelors

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Teaching in Nursing and the Role of the Educator
  Schoening Anne M., etal The Transition from Clinician to Educator [Book Chapter] 2025
• Public Health : Improving Health via Inter-Professional Collaborations
  White Nicole, etal Education program for single women of low-income and their children [Book Chapter] 2014
• Public Health : Improving Health via Inter-Professional Collaborations
  Packard Kathleen A., etal A financial education program and health of single, low-income women and their children [Book Chapter] 2014

Publications

• Nursing Forum
  Flott Elizabeth, etal Fostering collaborative learning and leadership through near-peer mentorship among undergraduate nursing students
  57:5, p. 750 - 755 2022
• American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
  White Nicole, etal Improving Health through Action on Economic Stability, p. - 2022
• Nurse Educator
  Rusch Lorraine, etal Nurse Preceptor Perceptions of Nursing Student Progress Toward Readiness for Practice
  44:1, p. 34 - 37 2019
• Nurse Education in Practice
  Rusch Lorraine M., etal Impact of the dedicated education unit teaching model on the perceived competencies and professional attributes of nursing students
  33, p. 90 - 93 2018
• Nurse Educator
  Rusch Lorraine, etal Defining Roles and Expectations for Faculty, Nurses, and Students in a Dedicated Education Unit
  43:1, p. 14 - 17 2018
• Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning
  White Nicole D., etal Two year sustainability of the effect of a financial education program on the health and wellbeing of single, low-income women
  29:1, p. 68 - 74 2018
• International Public Health Journal
  Packard Kathleen A., etal Effect of a financial education program on the health of single, low-income women and their children
  7:1, p. 37 - 47 2015
• International Public Health Journal
  White Nicole D., etal A novel financial education program for single women of low-income and their children
  7:1, p. 49 - 55 2015
• Journal of Women's Health
  Kalkowski Julie C., etal Impact of a Financial Success Education Program on Quality of Life and Health in Single, Low-Income Mothers
  22:3, p. 32 - 33 2013
• Nursing leadership forum
  Rusch Lorraine M, Supporting clinical nursing leadership and professional practice at the unit level
  9:2, p. 61 - 66 2004

Presentations

• Empowering Homeless Individuals through an Interprofessional Campus to Community Engagement (poster 30) -0001
• Addressing Self-Efficacy and Self-Awareness in Undergraduate Nursing Students Through End-of-Life Simulation (poster 21) -0001

Awards

• Distinguished Educator in Teaching as Scholarship Award
  The recipients of the award must: hold a full-time faculty appointment at the university; must be at least at the rank of Associate Professor; and must show a consistent commitment to the teaching mission and objectives of the University and one's primary appointed department.
  Creighton University
• DAISY Faculty Award Nominee
  Creighton University, College of Nursing Students
  Creighton University, College of Nursing Students
• Teaching Excellence Award for Undergraduate Classroom Instruction
  Creighton University College of Nursing Undergraduate Class of 2019
• DAISY Faculty Award Nominee
  Creighton University, College of Nursing Students
• 2019 Outstanding Nurse Educator
  Nebraska Nurses Association
• DAISY Faculty Award Nominee
  Creighton University, College of Nursing Students
• Winifred J. Ellenchild Pinch Research Award
  Frailty in the Adult Homeless Population Research
  Iota Tau Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
• DAISY Faculty Award Nominee
  Creighton University, College of Nursing Students
• Keynote Speaker--Member Induction Ceremony
  Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, Iota Tau Chapter
• 2014 Positive Image of Nursing Award
  Nebraska Nurses Association
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
  Pacific Lutheran University
• Teaching Excellence Award for Undergraduate Classroom Instruction
  Awarded by graduating student cohort
  Creighton University College of Nursing
• “40 Under 40” Nebraska Nursing Leaders
  Nebraska Action Coalition for the Future of Nursing
• 2012 Outstanding Dissertation Award
  Midwest Nursing Research Society, Nursing Education Research Section
• John P. Schlegel, SJ, Diversity Award for Excellence & Innovation
  Unit/Department/Program Collaborative Recipient
  Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service & Education (OISSE)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty
  Creighton University College of Nursing
• Winifred J. Ellenchild Pinch Research Award
  Sigma Theta Tau, Iota Tau Chapter
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  academic honor society
  Villanova University
• Doctoral Student Moderator
  Selected as Doctoral Student Moderator for Nursing Educator Summit (unexpectedly unable to attend)
  National League for Nursing
• Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty
  Awarded by graduating student cohort
  Creighton University College of Nursing
• Tyler Memorial Nursing Scholarship
  Pacific Lutheran University