Joined faculty in 2008. B.S.N. from Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Penn. in 1985, M.S.N. with a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner certification from Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 1992; and D.N.P. from Wilkes University in 2014. Professor Loftus teaches First Year Nursing Seminar, Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, and Nursing Leadership.read more…

Areas of Expertise

• Nursing
• Critical Care
• Geriatrics
• Long-term care
• End of life issues

Recent Presentations

• Simulation as the Opportunity to Identify Students at Risk. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Beyond the Rhetoric: The Impact of Technology on the Transformation of Nursing Education. Baltimore, MD. April 2011. Poster Presentation.

• The Integrated Model for Clinical Education. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded Conference on Enhancing Nursing Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Setting: What do we know and how do we move forward? Arlington, VA. October 2010.

• The Collaborative Clinical Assessment Model. AACN's 2009 Baccalaureate Education Conference Chicago, IL. November 2009.

• An Integrated Model for Clinical Education. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Conference on Enhancing Nursing Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Setting. Arlington, VA. October 2010. Poster Presentation.

• Simulation as the Opportunity to Identify Students at Risk. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Beyond the Rhetoric: The Impact of Technology on the Transformation of Nursing Education. Baltimore, MD. April 2011. Poster Presentation.

• Clinical Teaming for Novice Nursing Students. St. Anslem’s 21st Annual Conference for Nurse Educators: Meeting Practice Challenges through Education Redesign. June 2014. North Falmouth, MA. Poster presentation.

• Clinical Teaming for Novice Nursing Students. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. 2014 Baccalaureate Education Conference. November 20-22, 2014. Baltimore, MD. Poster presentation.

• Nurse Knowledge and Recognition of Delirium in the ICU. St. Anselm’s 23rd Annual Conference for Nurse Educators Clinicians and Educators: Partners in Developing Tomorrow's Nurse. May 27-29, 2015. North Falmouth, MA. Abstract accepted.

• International Service Learning for Nursing Students. St. Anselm’s 24th Annual Conference for Nurse Educators. Clinicians and Educators: Collaborating to Meet Practice Changes. June 2016. North Falmouth, MA. Poster presentation.

Education

• D.N.P., Wilkes University
• M.S.N., Georgetown University
• B.S.N., Wilkes College