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Indiana University

Angela McNelis, PhD, ANEF

Angela McNelis, PhD, ANEF
  • Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health

Contact Information

(317) 274-8058
Nursing E435
ammcneli@iupui.edu

Education

  • PhD, Indiana University
  • MSN, Indiana University
  • MS, Indiana University
  • BSN, DePauw University

External Funding

Co-PI, Health Resources & Services Administration, “APN Distance-Accessible Mental Health Programs”, May, 2008, $712,114
PI, IU School of Nursing Diane and Richard Billing’s Award, “Assessment of the Indiana University School of Nursing Baccalaureate Admissions Process”, May, 2008, $2,500
PI, University College Faculty Fellowship Award, “Predictors of Nursing Success”, May, 2008, $5,000
PI, National League for Nursing, “Building Partnerships and Skills for Innovative Clinical Nursing Education”, May, 2008, $11,000
Co-PI, National League for Nursing, “National Survey on Clinical Education in Nursing”, June, 2008, $69,082
Co-PI, Center for Research and Scholarship Research Investment Funds, “Conditions that Enhance and Hinder Student Guided Reflection During Simulations”, April 2009, $7,660
PI, IUPUI Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Institute, “Indiana State Nurses Assistance Program: Factors Related to substance Use in Practicing Nurses”, June, 2009, $33,500
Co-PI, IU School of Nursing, Center for Research in Nursing Education Award, “Understanding Nursing Student Clinical Education Experience”, December 2009, $9,950
PI, Center for Research and Scholarship Research Investment Funds, “Examining Faculty-Student Interactions in Clinical Settings: A Pilot Study”, January, 2010, $7,910
Co-PI, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, “A Multi-Site, Mixed Method Examination of Student and Faculty Experiences and Interactions in Clinical Practice”, July 2010, $277,846
 

Biosketch


Dr. McNelis’s areas of contribution are research in nursing education and collaborative education/practice/community partnerships. In response to issues related to the preparation of a competent nursing workforce ready and able to provide safe, quality care, while at the same time confronted with shortages of quality clinical sites and faculty, she focuses her efforts on improving teaching and learning in clinical education. To contribute to the science of nursing education and provide national leadership, she conducts research to obtain evidence to improve clinical education and developing partnerships to maximize clinical education environments.

Based on the lack of evidence to support pedagogical decisions about clinical education, she collaborated on a national study to learn what nurse educators were doing in clinical education. Disseminated findings are providing directions for educators and researchers across the country.  Concurrently, she established collaborative partnerships to create a new model of teaching/learning that fundamentally changes the way we educate students.  Dr. McNelis's ongoing evaluation is guiding the revisions and expansion of this inititative internally, and, through dissemination, nationally.

Recent Publications 

McNelis, A.M., & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2008).  Access and Creativity in Psychiatric Nursing Education at a Distance.  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 14(4), 319-321.

Jeffries, P.J., McNelis, A.M., & Wheeler, C.A. (2008). Simulation as a vehicle for enhancing collaborative practice models. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 20(4), 471-480.
 
Jeffires, P.R. & McNelis, A.M. (2009). Evaluating the Development and Implementation and Clinical Scenarios and Student Learning Outcomes, High-Fidelity Patient Simulation in Nursing Education (editors, W. Nehring & F. Lashley).

McNelis, A.M. & Ironside, P.A. (2009). National Survey on Clinical Education in Prelicensure Nursing Education Programs. InN. Ard & T.M. Valiga (Eds.), Clinical Nursing Education: Current Reflections. New: National League for Nursing.

McNelis, A.M., Jeffries, P.R., Hensel, D.E., & Anderson, M. (2009). Simulation: Integral to Clinical Education. In N. Ard & T.M. Valiga (Eds.), Clinical Nursing Education: Current Reflections. New York: National League for Nursing.

McNelis, A. M., Wellman, D. S., Krothe, J. S., & Hrisomalos, D. D. (submitted June 2008).
Revising the Indiana University School of Nursing Baccalaureate Admissions Process Part 1:
Lessons learned. Journal of Professional Nursing.