Faculty Sketch
Elizabeth E. Weiner, PhD, RN-BC, FACMI, FAAN
Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics
Centennial Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
betsy.weiner@vanderbilt.edu
Current Research Interests
- Application of Second Life for simulation and practice of healthcare
- Faculty Development in informatics, simulation, and telehealth
- Curriculum and development of informatics competencies for nurses
Current Research/Scholarly Projects
| 2009-2011 | SIM PROF: Crafting the Ultimate Faculty Simulation Experience. Innovative Nurse Education Technologies. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator. |
| 2009-2013 | Bridging the Gap to Quality Care: The ISAT (Informatics, Simulation, and Telehealth) Initiative for Nursing Faculty. Faculty Development: Integrated Technology into Nursing Education and Practice Initiative (Faculty Development; ITNEP). Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator |
Representative Publications
Weiner, E.(2011). Research issues for nursing and midwifery contributions in emergencies.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26(2), 109-113. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11000124
Weiner, E., & Slepski, L.A. (2011). Informatics solutions for emergency planning and response. In V.K.Saba, & K.A.McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of nursing informatics (5th edition, pp. 513-524). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical
Norman, L. & Weiner, E. (2010). Emergency preparedness and response for today’s world in B. Cherry & S. Jacob (eds). Contemporary Nursing:Issues, Trends, and Management. 5th edition. St. Louis:Elsevier, 317-332.
Weiner, E., McNew, R., Trangenstein, P., & Gordon, J. (2010). Using the virtual reality world of Second Life to teach nursing faculty simulation management. In Safran, C., Marin, H., & Reti, S. (Eds.). Proceedings from MEDINFO 2010: Partnerships for Effective eHealth Solutions, 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (pp. 615-619). Cape Town, South Africa: IOS Press. Doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-615.
Trangenstein, P.A., Weiner, E.E., Gordon, J.S., & McNew, R. (2010). An analysis of nursing education's immersion into Second Life, a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE). In Safran, C., Marin, H., & Reti, S. (Eds.). Proceedings from MEDINFO 2010: Partnerships for Effective eHealth Solutions, 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (pp. 644-647). Cape Town, South Africa: IOS Press. Doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-644.Weiner, E. & Trangenstein, P. (2009). The emerging role of educational informatics. In K. Saranto, P. Brennan, H. Park, M. Tallberg, & A. Ensio (Eds.), Connecting Health and Humans: Proceedings of NI2009, the 10th International Congress on Nursing Informatics (pp. 567-571). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
Gordon, J., Weiner, E., McNew, R., & Trangenstein, P. (2010). Teaching during a pandemic event: Are universities prepared? In Safran, C., Marin, H., & Reti, S. (Eds.). Proceedings from MEDINFO 2010: Partnerships for Effective eHealth Solutions, 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (pp. 620-624). Cape Town, South Africa: IOS Press. Doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-644.
Trangenstein, P., Weiner, E., Gordon, J., & McArthur, D. (2009). Nursing informatics for future nurse scholars: Lessons learned with the Doctorate of Nursing Practice. In K. Saranto, P. Brennan, H. Park, M.Tallberg, & A. Ensio (Eds.), Connecting Health and Humans: Proceedings of NI2009, the 10th International Congress on Nursing Informatics (pp. 551-555). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
Weiner, E. (2008). Supporting the integration of technology into contemporary nursing education. In Weiner, E. (ed.). Technology: The interface to nursing educational informatics. Nursing Clinics of North America, 43(4), 497-506.
Weiner, E. & Trangenstein, P. (2007). Informatics solutions for emergency planning and response. Proceedings of MEDINFO 2007, International Medical Informatics Association, 1164-1168.
Trangenstein, P., Weiner, E., Gordon, J. & McNew, R. (2007). Data mining results from an electronic clinical log for nurse practitioner students. Proceedings of MEDINFO 2007, International Medical Informatics Association, 1387-1391.
McCormick K. A., Delaney, C., Brennan, P. F., Effken, J. A., Kendrick, K., Murphy, J., Skiba, D., Warren, J. J., Weaver, C. A., Weiner, B., & Westra, B. L. (2007). Guideposts to the future: An agenda for nursing informatics. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 14(1), 19-24.
Weiner, E. (September 30, 2006) Preparing nurses internationally for emergency planning and response. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 11(3, Manuscript 3). Available: www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic31/tpc31_3.htm
Weiner, E. & Trangenstein, P. (2006). Preparing our public health nursing leaders with informatics skills to combat bioterrorism in the United States. Proceedings of Nursing Informatics 2006 (pp. 215-219). Seoul, South Korea: IOS Press.
Trangenstein, P. & Weiner, E. (2006). Meeting the informatics needs of today's nursing students. Proceedings of Nursing Informatics 2006 (pp. 205-210). Seoul, South Korea: IOS Press.
Gordon, J., Weiner, E., Trangenstein, P. & McNew, R. (2006). Demonstration: An online clinical log for nursing practitioners. Proceedings of Nursing Informatics 2006 (pp. 1005). Seoul, South Korea: IOS Press.
Weiner, E., Gordon, J. & Irwin, M. (2006). An international online curriculum for nurses in Emergency planning and response. Proceedings of Nursing Informatics 2006 (pp. 1004). Seoul, South Korea: IOS Press.
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: Disaster Medicine, 21(1), 24-30.
Weiner, E. (2006). Informatics can play a key role in emergency preparedness and response. Nursing Outlook, 54(1), 55-57.
Weiner, E., & Irwin, M. (2006). Nuclear Case Study: Nursing curriculum for International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. Nashville, TN: Little Planet Learning, Inc.
Weiner, E., Irwin, M. & Slepski, L. (2006). Radiological Case Study: Nursing curriculum for International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. Nashville, TN: Little Planet Learning, Inc.
