Wendy Abbott is an experienced nurse educator with over 30 years of clinical nursing experience and 15 years of teaching experience at the ADN and BSN levels. She has extensive experience in maternal-child health nursing and nursing education. She currently works as an Assistant Professor teaching courses in care of childbearing families and community health.

1. Wendy Abbott
Wendy Abbott, RNC
777 Main Street, Springfield, IL 12345
Cell Phone: 204-555-8431 / Email: Wendy.Abbott@school.edu
Experienced Nurse Educator
 ADN and Baccalaureate Levels  Simulation planning and facilitation
 Theory and clinical instruction  Excellent organizational skills
 Curriculum planning and development  Extensive, current clinical experience
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Nursing, University of Phoenix, 2005
Associate of Science, Nursing, Massasoit Community College, 1985
Bachelor of Arts, English, Bridgewater State College, 1976
Related coursework includes: Education, Psychology
CAREER PROFILE
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing 2005-present
Endicott College, Beverly, MA
Teaching Care of Childbearing Families, Care of Children, Community Health, and Senior Internship;
clinical Instructor for Maternity and Community Health, and Maternal-Child Simulation Lab instructor.
Serve as preceptor for Masters-level nursing students.
Staff RN 1985-2011
Morton Hospital and Medical Center
Staff RN in a medium-sized community hospital’s maternal-child health unit; duties include labor and
delivery, newborn nursery and post-partum nursing, prenatal counseling, preparation for childbirth,
discharge planning, and follow-up. Since 2004, additional duties include nurse educator for the
maternal-child health department and a member of the Breastfeeding Advisory Council. Unit-based
nurse educator from 2005-2006
Registered Nurse (RN) 2007-2008
Tufts New England Medical Center
Per diem RN, in a large teaching hospital’s Mother-Infant Unit; responsible for initial admission
assessment of post-partum mothers and infants, in-patient couplet care, care of high risk antepartum
patients, including diabetes control and non-stress testing.
Adjunct Theory Instructor 2007 (spring)
Quincy College, Quincy, MA
Adjunct theory instructor for freshman maternity course
Clinical Instructor 2004
Massasoit Community College
Clinical Instructor for Massasoit Community College at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA.
Supervised and instructed a clinical group of freshman nursing students in post-partum, labor and
delivery and in the newborn nursery units

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LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
 Licensed in Massachusetts as an RN
 Certified in Perinatal Nursing (ANCC)
 Certified as a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider/Hospital-based Instructor
 Certificate of added qualification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (NCC)
AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS
 Elaine Donahue Memorial Scholarship in 2000
 Sigma Theta Tau, national honor society in nursing
 Massachusetts Nurses Association
 Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrical, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
 Hall of Fame, Red Sox Fantasy Camp, inducted in February 2008
 Appalachian Mountain Club, 2005-present
 Health Information Technology Scholar, National League for Nursing, 2010-2011
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
 Content Editor, Endicott College School of Nursing Web Page 2011-present
 Social Media Work Group, 2011-present
 Technology Committee, 2010-present
 Endicott College Accountability Board, 2011-present
 Preceptor, Endicott College MS graduate student, 2011
 Faculty Mentor, Endicott College Women’s Softball Team, 2009-present
 Advisor, Endicott College Student Nurses Association, 2006-present
 Administrator, Endicott College School of Nursing Facebook Page
 Administrator, Endicott College Simulation Lab Mannequin Facebook Page
 Administrator, Endicott College School of Nursing Twitter Account
 Health and Safety Committee, 2009-2010
 Preceptor, Salem State University, MSN graduate student, 2010
 Preceptor, St. Joseph’s University, MSN graduate student, 2009
 Mentor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Senior Nursing Student, 2004
PUBLICATIONS
 Identification of and Strategies to Overcome Barriers. Poster presentation, Mosby’s Faculty
Development Conference, Las Vegas, NV 2012
 Fisher, K., Findeisen, M. and Abbott, W. The Use of Wimba to Expand Online Teaching in Nurse
Education. Poster presentation, St. Anselm’s Nurse Educator Conference, Manchester, NH 2011
 Test item reviewer, Community Health, Excelsior College, 2011
 Abbott, W. A Baseball Story. About Her: Stories of Grace, Grit, Grievance and Gratitude.
Josephine Carubia and Michelle Palmer, eds. Metaphorical Ink, 2011
 Abbott, W., Fisher, K, and Bradley, R. Simulation: Why Aren’t We Using it?
 Abbott, W. Incorporating Simulation into an Undergraduate Nursing Course, Poster presentation,
Mosby’s Faculty Development Conference, San Diego, 2010
 Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Nursing and Allied Health Initiative Grant,
Postpartum Hemorrhage Simulation, published online in the Simulation Scenario Library, 2009
 Maternal-Child Nursing Care, 2008 (Textbook review)