Brief Bio

Dr. Beth Phillips earned her BSN at East Carolina University her MSN at Duke. She just completed her PhD in Nursing Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her dissertation research focused on clinical decision making in senior baccalaureate nursing students in their final semester. Before joining the Duke School of Nursing faculty, she served as Director of Nursing at Vance-Granville Community College. She also has extensive experience in medical-surgical nursing, including ICU staff nursing and supervision.

Dr. Phillips is a member of the ABSN Elected Program Committee. She has served on the Curriculum Pathways Initiative and the Xcel@DUSON task group, and has been instrumental in planning and implementation of the annual Clinical Instructor Intensives. Beth has been actively engaged in collaboration with School of Medicine faculty in developing and implementing several interdisciplinary educational experiences for nursing and medical students. She has mentored graduate students in nursing education from various local universities.

Dr. Phillips is a member of the National League of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She serves as an Advisory Board member for the IEE (Institute of Educational Excellence).

Beth's research interests include decision making in undergraduate nursing students, clinical instructor preparation and competence, and evidence-based nursing education.

Academic Program Affiliations

Education

Professional Certifications

Research Interests

Clinical Interests

My clinical activities are focused on coordination of clinical experiences and clinical instruction in the ABSN Foundations and Adult Health courses. I am very interested in utilizing virtual environments to prepare students for the clinical setting. At this point in my career, however, I consider my “practice” to be teaching. Although that is not “clinical” in nature, I believe it is a practice and devote my energies to being the very best at that practice as I can be. Earning and retaining designation as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) attests to my evolving expertise in the practice of teaching.

Awards and Honors

• 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award, Duke University School of Nursing

• 2009 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Duke University School of Nursing

• 2002 Nominated - Excellence in Teaching Award, Vance-Granville Community College

• 1993 Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society for Nursing: Beta Epsilon Chapter

• 1993 Who's Who in American College Students

• 1986 Nominated for Critical Care Nurse of the Year, Pitt County Memorial Hospital

Areas of Expertise

• Adult Health
• Nursing Education
• Quality of Care / Patient Safety

Representative Publications

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 26506864 Stevenson, E., Chudgar, S. M., Turner, K., Molloy, M., Phillips, B., Engle, D. L., Clay, A. S. How We Engage Graduating Professional Students in Interprofessional Patient Safety. Nurs Forum. October, 2015 Epub ahead of print;

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 25238257 Pereira, K., Phillips, B., Johnson, C., Vorderstrasse, A. Internet delivered diabetes self-management education: a review. Diabetes Technol Ther. January, 2015; 17(1); 55-63

• 2014 -- Valiga, T. M., Gordon, H. A., Phillips, B. C. Promoting and assessing critical thinking (Chapter 10) In Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators (3rd ed.), edited by DeYoung, S. 2014; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

• 2014 -- Valiga, T. M., Phillips, B. C. The teaching experience in nursing In Evidence-based teaching in nursing: A foundation for educators (3rd), edited by Cannon, S. and Boswell, C. 2014, in press; Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

• 2013 -- Turner, K. M., Chudgar, S. M., Engle, D., Molloy, M. A., Phillips, B. C., Stevenson, E. L., Clay, A. S. "It takes a village": An interprofessional patient safety experience for nursing and medical students. Medical Science Educator. 2013; 23(3S); 449-456

• 2010 -- Pubmed # 20879622 Phillips, B., Shaw, R. J., Sullivan, D. T., Johnson, C. Using virtual environments to enhance nursing distance education. Creat Nurs. August, 2010; 16(3); 132-5

• 2009 -- Phillips, B., Blust, K. Student perspectives on clinical learning. In In Clinical Nursing Education: Current Reflections, edited by Valiga, T. and Ard, N. September, 2009; New York: National League for Nursing.

• 2008 -- Phillips, B. C. Celebrate nurses now! Triangle Nurse Appreciation Council unifies profession. Advance for Nurses. 2008; 19(19); 9

• 2007 -- Pubmed # 17912995 Utley-Smith, Q., Phillips, B., Turner, K. Avoiding socialization pitfalls in accelerated second-degree nursing education: the returning-to-school syndrome model. J Nurs Educ. September, 2007; 46(9); 423-6

• 2007 -- Pubmed # 17386316 Phillips, B. C. An education-service collaboration to address a perceived graduate RN readiness gap. Nurs Outlook. May 17, 2007; 55(2); 112-3

• 2002 -- Phillips, B. C. VGCC helps boost nursing; Tobacco grant funds program. The Daily Dispatch. December 19, 2002; 1, 4A

• 2001 -- Phillips, B. C. Coping strategies. Bridging the Gap Between Education and Practice: Train the Trainer Manual. 2001;

• 2000 -- Phillips, B. C. Butner needs nurses; VGCC offers graduates. Oxford Ledger. October 30, 2000; 1, 9

• 2000 -- Phillips, B. C. A chance to teach practical nursing in growing community college setting. Advance for Nurses. March 20, 2000; 29

• 2000 -- Phillips, B. C. Coping strategies. Bridging the Gap Between Education and Practice. 2000;

• 1995 -- Cusatis-Phillips, B. Patient focused care. The Critical Care Monitor. 1995; 4(4); 4

Grant Funding (selected)

• 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.

• E.D.U.C.A.T.E. ABSNs (Expanding Duke University’s Capacity to Advance, Transform and Empower ABSN Students  
  Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA NEPR)
  1D11-HP14606-01-00
  07/2009-06/2012
  Role: Faculty
  Project Goal: The purpose of this project is to expand enrollment in the Accelerated BSN (ABSN) program by 94% in three years by 1) recruiting and mentoring 15 new clinical instructors, 2) secure 15 new clinical partners for clinical instruction, and 3) recruit, hire, orient and mentor 5 new doctorally-prepared faculty to teach in the ABSN program.

• Vascular Intervention Project (VIP)  
  Grants to Plan Innovative Duke-Durham Partnered Approaches to Specific Health Problems in Durham County
  12/2009-12/2010
  Role: Team member
  Project Goal: Identify specific Durham locales that display a high prevalence of Chronic cardiac disease, hypertension and kidney disease, and construct community-based programs to aggressively manage hypertension in the targeted areas to improve the health of residents.

• Simulations and Partners across Communities for Registerd Nurse Education (SIM-PAC-RN)  
  Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
  1D11-HP08367-01-00
  10/2008-06/2010
  Role: Faculty
  Project Goal: The purpose of this project is to expand and strengthen the current Accelerated BSN (ABSN) program by 1) Increasing and expanding the number of clinical sites for entry-level training, 2) expanding the pool of clinical instructors, 3) expanding enrollment in the ABSN program, and 4) enhancing the breadth, depth, and integration of simulation technology into the ABSN curriculum.

• TIP-NEP Technology Integration Program for Nursing Education and Practice  
  Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)
  1U1-KHP07713-01-00
  01/2008-12/2008
  Role: Co-PI on faculty team
  Project Goal: To provide new information and skills to nursing faculty teams who seek to advance the inclusion of educational and clinical technologies into the curricula at their home institutions.

• Associate Degree Nursing program expansion  
  K. B. Reynolds
  07/2004-06/2005
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: Operating funds to expand the Associate Degree Nursing program at Vance/Granville Community College to help meet the growing nursing needs in Granville, Vance, Warren, and Franklin counties.

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/2004-06/2005
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding for purchasing a review/remediation program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/2003-06/2004
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding for standardized testing for the purposes of NCLEX preparation.

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/2002-06/2003
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding to assist disadvantaged students with skills remediation by purchasing software and technologies for the lab.

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/2001-06/2002
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding to help disadvantaged students with tutoring in the nursing skills lab.

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/2000-06/2001
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding to help disadvantaged students with NCLEX review prior to graduation.

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/1999-06/2000
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding to purchase software to help disadvantaged students with nursing skills

• Funding of Academic Services to Nursing Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds  
  North Carolina Community College System
  07/1998-06/1999
  Role: PI
  Project Goal: One year of funding to hire tutors for disadvantaged nursing students to help in nursing skills and anatomy and physiology content.