Dr. Hawks is the Program Director of the Duke University School of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Specialty and has been on faculty since 2006. She has over 20 years of experience providing anesthesia care to cardiac surgical patients and over 16 years as a nurse anesthesia educator. As Duke faculty, her primary interests include the use of innovative technologies to enhance student learning in both on-campus and distance education. Her innovative use of electronic portfolios and I-Pad applications has resulted in her collaboration with the technology development industry. She has spoken extensively about creating personal learning environments that enable students to focus on their unique educational interests. She has been selected by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Board of Directors to serve as a member of the AANA Education Committee for the 2012 fiscal year. Dr. Hawks received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Radford University, Master of Science degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University School of Nursing.
DNP | Duke University School of Nursing |
MSN | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
BSN | Radford University |
CRNA | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
Dr. Hawks provides comprehensive anesthesia care for a variety of patient acuity levels undergoing all surgical procedures as a CRNA in the Duke University Medical Center.
2007 Selected as Participant, AANA Program Directors Workshop
1994 Nurse Anesthesia Program Clinical Instructor of the Year, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1991 Selected as Participant, AANA Writing for Publication Workshop
1990 Inducted, Sigma Theta Tau
2015 -- Pubmed # 26534870 Hawks, S. J., Turner, K. M., Derouin, A. L., Hueckel, R. M., Leonardelli, A. K., Oermann, M. H. Writing Across the Curriculum: Strategies to Improve the Writing Skills of Nursing Students. Nurs Forum. November, 2015 Epub ahead of print;
2015 -- Funk, E., Taicher, B., Thompson, J., Iannello , K., Morgan, B., Hawks, S. Structured handover in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. August 8, 2015, Epub ahead of print;
2015 -- Pubmed # 26247659 Derouin, A. L., Hueckel, R. M., Turner, K. M., Hawks, S. J., Leonardelli, A. K., Oermann, M. H. Use of Workshops to Develop Nurses' and Nursing Students' Writing Skills. J Contin Educ Nurs. August 1, 2015; 46(8); 364-9
2015 -- Pubmed # 25535756 Oermann, M. H., Leonardelli, A. K., Turner, K. M., Hawks, S. J., Derouin, A. L., Hueckel, R. M. Systematic review of educational programs and strategies for developing students' and nurses' writing skills. J Nurs Educ. January, 2015; 54(1); 28-34
2014 -- Pubmed # 25167605 Hawks, S. J. The flipped classroom: now or never? AANA J. August, 2014; 82(4); 264-9
2014 -- Pubmed # 24674794 Stamper, M. J., Hawks, S. J., Taicher, B. M., Bonta, J., Brandon, D. H. Identifying Pediatric Emergence Delirium by Using the PAED Scale: A Quality Improvement Project. AORN J. April 1, 2014; 99(4); 480-94
2013 -- Pubmed # 22889879 Hawks, S. J., Brandon, D., Uhl, T. Nurse perception of Bispectral Index monitoring as an adjunct to sedation scale assessment in the critically ill paediatric patient. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. February, 2013; 29(1); 28-39
2012 -- Blood-Siegfried, J., Hawks, S., Nevidjon, B., Phillips, B., Short, N., Valiga, T., Vorderstrasse, A., Wood, K.., Conrad, R. M. Online Teaching Guide June, 2012;
2012 -- Pubmed # 22586876 Hawks, S. J. The use of electronic portfolios in nurse anesthesia education and practice. AANA J. April, 2012; 80(2); 89-93
2012 -- Hawks, S. J. (interviewed) CRNA students get iPads for rural clinic work Duke Nursing Magazine. Winter, 2012; 8(1); 8
2011 -- Anderson, S. (based on interview with Sharon Hawks) Nurse Anesthesia Program to explore clinical iPad use Duke Center for Instructional Technology Blog. December 14, 2011;
2005 -- Hawks, S. J. Cardiac surgery (Chapter 35). In Nurse Anesthesia Secrets, edited by Karlet, M. C. 2005; Elsevier Mosby: St. Louis.
1996 -- Pubmed # 8751791 Hawks, S. J. Clinical aspects of nurse anesthesia practice: monitoring and decision making. Nurs Clin North Am. September 1, 1996; 31(3); 591-605
HRSA - NAT
Health Resources and Service Administration
1A22-HP26006-01-00
07/2013-06/2014
Role: Project Director
The purpose of the NAT Program is to increase access to nurse anesthetist care for underserved populations. NAT grants provide funding for traineeships.
HRSA - NAT
Health Resources and Service Administration
1A22-HP24545-01-00
07/2012-06/2013
Role: Project Director
Project Goal: The purpose of the NAT Program is to increase access to nurse anesthetist care for underserved populations. NAT grants provide funding for traineeships
2010-11 Nursing Fellows: Best Practices on Teaching Online Classes
Duke University Center for Instructional Technology
07/2010-07/2011
Role: CIT 2010-2011 Nursing Fellow
Project goal: Define and develop “Best Practices” in both technology and pedagogy to be used for teaching online students and mentoring faculty about online education. Fellows will compile findings and publish an online teaching orientation guide.
HRSA - NAT
Health Resources and Service Administration
6A22-HP11470-03-00
07/2009-06/2012
Role: Project Director 7/2011-6/2012;
Project Faculty 7/2009-6/2011
Project Goal: The purpose of the NAT Program is to increase access to nurse anesthetist care for underserved populations. NAT grants provide funding for traineeships.
Nurse Anesthesia Program
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
1D09-HP07359-01-00
07/2006-06/2009
Role: Faculty
The major goals of this project are to further develop the human patient simulation center through additional equipment procurement and case scenario development.
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