Dr. Virginia Peterson- Graziose received her DNP from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio in 2007. She has been an RN for more than 30 years and has had a variety of experiences from ICU Burn nursing to Adult Nurse Practitioner, serving primarily the geriatric population. She has been a nurse educator for the past 15 years and is certified by the NLN as a Nurse Educator. She has had multiple publications and national and international presentations focusing on nursing student retention and quality and safety in nursing education.
Courses Taught
Nur 306 Care of Individuals with Chronic Health Challenges (Theory)
Nur 306 Care of Individuals with Chronic Health Challenges (Clinical)
Nur 305 Health Promotion & Patient Education (Classroom & Online)
Nur 404 Nurse as Advocate & Change Agent (Classroom & Online)
Nur 100 Health Assessment (Lab)
Nur 114 Clinical and Theoretical Foundations of Baccalaureate Nursing Practice (Lab)
Nur 405 Nursing Senior Practicum (Clinical)
Nur 405 Nursing Senior Practicum (ATI review)
Nur 311 Pharmacology (Theory)
Education
- DNP, Nursing (Practice and Education), Case Western Reserve University, 2007 – Summa cum Laude
Certificates & Licensures
- CNE, Certified Nurse Educator, National League for Nursing, 08/01/2011
- Geriatric Scholar, Hartford Foundation, 03/04/2004
- ANP, Adult Nurse Practitioner, State of New York, 05/25/1999
- RN, Registered Nurse, State of New York, 07/25/1985
Publications
- Jennifer Bryer and Virginia Peterson-Graziose, Quality and Safety Competencies in Undergraduate Nursing Education: Where are we now?, Journal of the American Nurses Association-New York, 1(1) 2021.
- Virginia Peterson-Graziose, Variables that influence retention in registered nurse-bachelor of science students: A multisite longitudinal study, Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 14(4) 2019, 303-308.
- Virginia Peterson_Graziose, Variables that influence retention in RN-BS students, Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 11(4) 2016, 163-165.
- Virginia Peterson-Graziose, “Integration of Quality and Safety Competencies in Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Faculty Development Approach.", Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 9(3) 2014, 130-133.
- Virginia Peterson-Graziose, "Assessing Student Perceptions of QSEN Competencies in Baccalaureate Curriculum", ,.