Maureen Sroczynski DNP, RN
Maureen Sroczynski joined Colby-Sawyer as assistant faculty and coordinator of scholarly projects in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences in 2023. Her position is fully remote. In 2000, after over 30 years’ experience in nursing and senior health care organizational leadership across Rhode Island, Vermont and Massachusetts, Dr. Sroczynski opened a management consulting company focusing on leadership effectiveness, organizational communication, organization effectiveness and education redesign that serves healthcare organizations, nursing education institutions and governmental agencies across the country. In this role, she acted as chief nursing consultant for the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education and facilitated the development of a set of competencies for all nurses of the future that serves a framework for competency-based curriculum and transition into practice models nationwide. She was also a nurse expert for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a collaboration of AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and helped design models to advance a seamless progression in nursing education programs and convene multi-stakeholder groups for successful grant development and the creation of new approaches to community health issues. She is currently serving as an executive coach for several senior nursing leaders.
Areas of Expertise
- Leadership development
- Organizational effectiveness and creation of positive work environments
- Workforce development
- Academic practice partnerships
- Education transformation and Competency-based education
- Community partnerships
Education
B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.S. Boston University
DNP MGH Institute of Health Professions
Publications
Sroczynski, M., Cadmus, E., Polansky, P. (2018). Advancing Systems Thinking and Cross-sector Collaboration to Create a Culture of Health. In Ahmed, S., Davis, S., Andrist, L., Fuller, V. (Eds.) DNP education, practice and policy: Redesigning advanced practice roles for the 21st century 2nd Edition. Springer Publishing.
Sroczynski, M., Close, L., Gorski, M.S., Farmer, P., & Wortock, J. (2017). The Competency/Outcomes Model: Advancing Academic Progression. Nursing Education Perspectives 38(5), 237-242.
Sroczynski, M., Conlin, G., Costello, E., Crombie, P., Hanley, D., Tobin, M., & Welsh, D., (2017). Continuing the Creativity and Connections: The Massachusetts Initiative to Update the Nurse of the Future Competencies. Nursing Education Perspectives 38(5),333-236.
Farmer, P., Meyer, D., Sroczynski, M., Close, L., Gorski, M.S., & Wortock, J. (2017) RN to BSN at the Community College: A promising practice for education transformation. Teaching and Learning in Nursing 12 (2017), 103-108.
Close, L., Gorski, MS., Sroczynski, M., Farmer, P., Wortock, J. (2015). Shared Curriculum model: A promising practice for education transformation. Journal of Nursing Education 54 (12),
Gorski, MS., Farmer, P., Sroczynski, M., Close, L., Wortock, J. (2015). Nursing Education transformation: Promising practices in academic transformation. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(10)
Sroczynski, M. & Dunphy, L. (2012). Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Education: Challenges and Opportunities. In Glasgow, M. E., Prevost, S. (Eds) New Directions in Nursing Education-Nursing Clinics of North America. Elsevier.
Sroczynski, M. (2012). Consultation as Capstone. In Ahmed, S., Andrist, L., Davis, S., Fuller, V. (Eds.), DNP education, practice and policy: Redesigning advanced practice roles for the 21st century. Springer Publishing.
Sroczynski, M., Hays, A., Chisholm, M., Russo, J., Collins, P., Schoen, L., Tobin, M., & Welsh, D. (2012). What Preceptors Are Saying: One State’s Perspective. Nurse Leader, August.
Sroczynski, M., Gravlin, G., Seymour-Route, P., Hoffart, N., & Creelman, P. (2011). Creativity and Connections: The Future of Nursing Education and Practice: The Massachusetts Initiative. Journal of Professional Nursing online edition November-December.
Farrell, M., Bourgeois, A., Sroczynski, M. (1994). Work Process Redesign: A Hospital Learning Experience. Nursing Management, October, 25(10) p. 98.
Sroczynski, M. (1985). Helicopter Staffing Regulations in Massachusetts. Journal of Emergency Nursing, Sept. - Oct. 11(5) 264-268.
Position Papers and Surveys
Massachusetts Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies -Registered Nurse. (2010).
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Nursing Initiative.
Developer of booklet for distribution of competencies
The Nurse Career Coach: A Statewide Model -Turning Vision into Action. (2005).
Commonwealth Corporation.
Author of white paper distributed to statewide workforce centers
Nursing Education/Practice Partnership Survey. (2005).
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.
Author of statewide survey as baseline research for statewide nursing initiative
The Nursing Faculty Shortage: A Public Health Crisis. (2004).
Commonwealth Corporation.
Selected Presentations
Sroczynski, M. Every Nurse a Leader: A Competency Based Approach to Nursing Leadership. Fourth Annual Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nursing Leadership Conference, Lebanon, NH. May 2019.
Sroczynski, M. Trends in Building a Collective Action Framework to Support a Robust Nursing Workforce in Connecticut. Connecticut Hospital Association and Connecticut League for Nursing Healthcare Educators and Council of Deans and Directors Meeting, Wallingford, CT. November 2018.
Sroczynski, M. Action Coalitions: A National and Regional Perspective. Organization of Nurse Leaders-Leadership Academy. Woburn, MA. April 2018.
Sroczynski, M. Keynote Address: Arnold P. Gold Foundation White Coat Ceremony for Nurses. Castleton University, Castleton Vermont. January 2015 and January 2016.
Sroczynski, M. Competency Based Education Models. Maryland Nursing Education/Practice Project, Montgomery College, Silver Springs, Maryland. January 11, 2013.
Sroczynski, M. Competency Based Education Models: Overview and Critical Elements. Alabama Council of Professional Nursing Educators, Montgomery, Ala. March 8, 2013.