Heidi M. Shank, DNP, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Education
- AAS - Registered Nursing, Owens Technical College, OH, 1985
- BSN - Spring Arbor University, MI, 2008
- MSN - Indiana Wesleyan University, IN, 2011
- DNP - Nursing Leadership, The University of Toledo/Wright State University Consortium, OH, 2016
Population Focus
- Adult Acute and Critical Care
- Nursing Leadership
Clinical Interests
- Acute and Critical Care
- Emergency Nursing
- Stroke
- Nursing and Nurse Leadership
- Nurse Transition to Practice
- Implementation Science
- Population Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Nursing Law
- Workplace Violence
Clinical Practice
- Implementation Science, Nursing Leadership and Critical Care
- Nursing Law
- Nursing Education and Academic Leadership in Higher Education
Research/Evidence Based Practice
- Workplace Violence
- The Use of Plain Language in Healthcare and Nursing
Affiliations/Community Service
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses-Greater Toledo Area Chapter
- American Nurse's Association-Ohio Nurses Association-Northwest Ohio Nurses Association
- Sigma Theta Tau-Zeta-Theta Chapter-At-Large
- Genoa Coterie Club
- Lourdes University Foundation Member
Awards/Honors/Grants
- Ohio Board of Nursing NEGP Grant Writer and Co-Administrator
Titled: Community Partnerships to Increase Enrollments in the Lourdes MSN Program. Status: $157,000 awarded to Lourdes University MSN Program on February 1, 2019 - closed August 31, 2021. - Teaching Excellence Nominee, Lourdes University, 2020
- Golden Lamp Award, Northwest Ohio Nurses Association Chapter of the Ohio Nurses Association, 2019
- Teaching Excellence Nominee, Lourdes University, 2019
Publications
- Shank, H. (2021). Nutritional Control improves T2D diabetic condition and reduces pharmaceuticals. the Online Journal of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (OJCAM), ISSN:2644-2957, V6-5. DOI:10.33552/OJCAM.2021,06.00646.
- Hoblet, K., Shank, H., & Maltese, M. (2021). Ventilator associated pneumonia: Reducing the risk during Covid-19 pandemic. The Online Journal of Primary Healthcare (OJPHC) 5: 025.
- Hoblet, K., Shank, H., Grey, T., & Barclay, L. (2021). Plain Language: Promoting Social Justice and Equality. J Pract Prof Nurs 4: 025.
- Shank, H. (2018). Evaluating the effects and process of nurse bedside shift report on nurse’s perceptions of communication patterns, nurse satisfaction, and patient involvement. Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository. http://hdl.handle.net/10755/624003.
- Shank, H. and Pierce, J. (2017). Nursing management of dementia (Alzheimer’s) patients. Ohio Nurse (12) 1, p 6.
- Shank, H. and Walker, L. (2017). The realities of nurse bias. Ohio Nurse (10) 1, p.5.
