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Amanda Cornine, PhD, RN, CNE Assistant Professor Graduate Entry Pathway Program (GEP)

Join the faculty January 2023

What year did you graduate and from which program(s)?

2021: PhD, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing; 2014: MS in Nursing Education, Framingham State University; 2011, BS in Nursing, University of MA, Boston; 2007 AD in Nursing, Central Maine Medical Center School of Nursing; 2005, BFA, Creative Writing, Univeristy of Maine Farmington. I am definitely a “chronic student.”

Tell us about your job at Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing?

I am teaching in the Graduate Entry Pathway, currently as part of the Biomed and Pharmacology team. I really enjoy working with prelicensure students as they learn to think like a nurse and start shaping themselves into the nurses they want to be. I particularly enjoy teaching in biomed because this course provides the foundations for so much other learning in the nursing program; it helps students understand why their patients are exhibiting certain symptoms and why we plan certain nursing or medical interventions to treat them. I am interested in research regarding nursing education and I hope to continue my work in this area as well.

What do you enjoy doing on your days off?

I enjoy spending time with my family, my daughters Sammy (age 8) and Ginny (age 10), my husband, Frank, and my cat, Stella. I also really enjoy reading and hiking.

Do you have a hobby or a special talent you can tell us about?

My most recent hobby is learning how to ski. Although I grew up in Central MA, I never learned. But I got tired of watching my kids skiing while I was cold at the bottom of the trails. As someone who is used to being the teacher, it was a little humbling to start taking lessons from a teenager, but she has helped me become steady enough to enjoy this winter sport while my kids whiz by me.

Anything else you would like to share?

I truly enjoyed my time as a student in the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and feel privileged to have the opportunity to return as a faculty member.

Kenneth Peterson, PhD, MS, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor in the DNP Program; Mary Antonelli, PhD, RN, MPH Assistant Professor & Director of the Master’s Program; Aisling Ryan, MS, FNP-C DNP Alumni, Class of 2022 had their article “Critical Reflection Practice in Nursing Health Care Policy Education” published in the Journal of Nursing Education.

A call to action is in effect for nurses to be change agents and bridge the gaps between the delivery of health care and the social needs of individuals, families, and communities. Response to this charge requires nurses to address long-standing inequity in health care policy and practice realms. This article describes the creative teaching-learning approach of critical reflection practice as a first step in developing skills and attitude for nurses to do this work.

Read the full article here: https://journals-healio-com.umassmed.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.3928/0148483420230105-01