Contact:
 

smccabe@uwyo.edu
(307) 766-6753

• Awards & Honors

• Degrees Earned

• Grants & Funding

• Presentations

• Professional Experience

• Professional Licensure & Certification

• Professional Memberships

• Publications

Degrees Earned

• Doctor of Education
  East Tennessee State University
  Johnson City, Tennessee
  1997

• Masters of Science
  Russell Sage College, College of Nursing
  Troy, New York
  1988

• Bachelor of Science
  Syracuse University, College of Nursing
  Syracuse, New York
  1982

• R.N. Diploma
  Harlem Valley Center, School of Nursing
  Wingdale, New York
  1977

Awards and Honors

• 2003 Melva Joe Hendricks Lectureship Award, International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

• 2003 Basham Faculty Endowed Fellowship Award
  East Tennessee State University

• 2003 Nominator for inclusion as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

• 2002 Excellence in Leadership Award, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Tennessee Chapter

• 2001 Presidents Award, International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses 2000 Teacher of the Year Award, East Tennessee State University - CON

• 1999 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year, Tennessee State Nurses Association, District 4

• 1997 Nurse Researcher of the Year Award, East Tennessee State University - CON

• 1996 Selection to Interdisciplinary Rural Community Trainers Project Member, American Psychological Association

• 1977 Harlem Valley School of Nursing award winner; Award for General Nursing Excellence, Harry Bittle Memorial Valedictorian Award, Faculty Award - Medical Surgical Nursing

Professional Licensure & Certification

• RN State of Wyoming

• APN Licensure with Prescriptive Authority, Wyoming

• ANA Certification Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

Professional Memberships

• American Nurses Association

• International Society of Psychiatric Nurses

• International Society of Addictions Nurses

• American Psychiatric Nurses Association

• Tennessee State Nurses Association

• Sigma Theta Tau

• Phi Kappa Pi

Professional Experience

• August, 2004 – present
  Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  Position: Associate Professor of Nursing

• August, 1994 – June 30, 2004.
  East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
  Position: Associate Professor of Nursing

• May, 1992 - August, 1994.
  NEWRESN (Northeast Washington Regional Support Network) Chewelah, WA
  Position: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, and Interim Resource Manager

• October, 1989 - July, 1991.
  College of Micronesia - Majuro and Department of Mental Health, Majuro, Marshall Islands
  Position: Joint Appointment
  Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Micronesia.
  Administrative Program Consultant, Department of Mental Health, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

• March, 1989 - September, 1989.
  Birchwood Health Care Center, Liverpool, NY.
  Position: Nursing Supervisor

• May, 1987 - May, 1990.
  American Journal of Nursing, New York, NY.
  Position: Faculty/Consultant, Editor, Contributing Author to N-Clex Review Program.

• August, 1982 - January, 1989.
  Crouse Irving School of Nursing, Syracuse, NY.
  Position: Assistant Professor of Nursing

• September, 1980 - September, 1983.
  Benjamin Rush Psychiatric Center, Syracuse, NY
  Position: Senior Staff Nurse - Charge Nurse

• May, 1977 - June, 1980.
  Graduate Hospital Health Center, Philadelphia, PA
  Position: Staff Nurse - Charge Nurse 

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