Faculty Sketch
Elizabeth E. Weiner, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN
Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics
Professor of Informatics
Associate Director, International Nursing Coalition for
Mass Casualty Education betsy.weiner@vanderbilt.edu
Areas of Research/Scholarly Activity:
- Curriculum development and evaluation for nurses in emergency management & response
- Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of online learning by volunteer nurses for emergency Response
- Curriculum and development of informatics competencies for advanced practice nurses
Current Research/Scholarly Projects:
| 2003-2004 | Survey of US Nursing Schools in Curriculum Preparedness for Mass Casualty Education. International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (INCMCE) Survey Research, Dept. of Health & Human Services and National League for Nursing. Principal Investigator. |
| 2003-2006 | An Integrated Emergency Response for Nursing Curricula. Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development. Dept. of Health Resources & Services Administration. Principal Investigator. |
| 2003-2006 | Preparing Volunteer Nurses for Public Health Emergencies. Research Grant. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. Principal Investigator. |
| 2003-2006 | Local Integration of Nashville Community Resources (LINC) to Support a Medical Reserve Corps, Office of Surgeon General. Principal Investigator |
| 2005-2008 | Educational Informatics: Key to Future Nursing Education, Dept. of Health Resources & Services Administration. Co-Principal Investigator |
Representative Publications:
Weiner, E. (2005). A national curriculum for nurses in emergency preparedness and response. Nursing Clinics of North America, 40(3), 469-479.
Weiner, E., Irwin, M., Trangenstein, P., & Gordon, J. (2005). Emergency preparedness curriculum in US nursing schools. Nursing Education Perspectives, 26(6), 334-339.
Pryor, E., Heck, E., Norman, L., Weiner, E., Mathews, R., Black, J., & Terndrup, T. (2006). Integrated decision making in response to weapons of mass destruction incidents: Development and initial evaluation of a course for healthcare professionals. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 21(1), 24-30.
Weiner, E., & Phillips, S. (2005). Informatics solutions for emergency preparedness and response. In V. Saba & K. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of Computers for Nurses: Informatics for the new millennium. (4th ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill Co., 413-422
Weiner, E. (2006). Informatics can play a key role in emergency preparedness and response. Nursing Outlook, 54(1), 55-57.
Norman, L., & Weiner, E. (2005). Bioterrorism and disaster preparedness. In B. Cherry & S. Jacob (Eds.), Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management. (3rd ed., pp. 292-312). St. Louis: Elsevier.
Gilman, B., Adams, J., Weiner, E., & Adams, J. (2005). Managing the newborn experience (version 2). [CD-ROM computer program, digitzed video]. Funded by University of Cincinnati. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Sciences Consortium.
Weiner, B., & Irwin, M. (2003). Current initiatives for emergency preparedness response: Commentary on new challenges for public health care: Biological and chemical weapons awareness, surveillance and response. Biological Research for Nursing, 4, 255-257.
Weiner, E., & Franck, J. (2003). Computer technology use in newborn and infant nursing. In C. Kenner & J.W. Lott, (Eds.), Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care: A Physiologic Perspective (3rd Ed.) (pp.299-307). Orlando, FL: W. B. Saunders Company.
Stevens, K.S., & Weiner, B.E. (2001). Informatics and nursing practice. In N.L. Chaska (Ed.), The Nursing Profession: Tomorrow and Beyond (pp. 461-475) Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Weiner, E., & Trangenstein, P. (1999). The third wave of information technology. In E. Sullivan (Ed.), Creating Nursing's Future: Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges (pp. 106-115). St. Louis: Mosby.
Weiner, E., Irwin, M., & Woods, S. (2004). Module I: The Tipping Point. Nursing Curriculum for Emergency Preparedness, International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. [multimedia program developed by Vanderbilt University in conjunction with Little Planet Learning under Contract Subagreement 03-OVPR-420540-VUMC-2 from Auburn University from the Department of Health and Human Services, from Application no. 1 T01HP01406 from Health Resources and Services Administration, and from Application No. 1 U01 HS014358-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Elizabeth Weiner, PI.] Available at www.incmce.org
Weiner, E., Irwin, M., Woods, S. & Gordon, J. (2005). Module II: The Incident Management System: Nursing Curriculum for Emergency Preparedness, International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. [multimedia program developed by Vanderbilt University in conjunction with Little Planet Learning from Application No. 1 T01HP01406 from Health Resources and Services Administration, and from Application No. 1 U01 HS014358-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Elizabeth Weiner, PI.] Available at www.incmce.org
Weiner, E., Irwin, M., & Woods, S. (2005). Module III: Biological Case Study: Nursing Curriculum for Emergency Preparedness, International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. [multimedia program developed by Vanderbilt University in conjunction with Little Planet Learning from Application No. 1 T01HP01406 from Health Resources and Services Administration, and from Application No. 1 U01 HS014358-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Elizabeth Weiner, PI.] Available at www.incmce.org
Weiner, E., Irwin, M., & Woods, S. (2006). Module IV: Radiological and Nuclear Case Studies: Nursing Curriculum for Emergency Preparedness, International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. [multimedia program developed by Vanderbilt University in conjunction with Little Planet Learning from Application No. 1 T01HP01406 from Health Resources and Services Administration, and from Application No. 1 U01 HS014358-01 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Elizabeth Weiner, PI.] Available at www.incmce.org