CURRICULUM VITAE

 

GENERAL INFORMATION                     AREA OF FUNCTIONAL PREPARATION:

 

Elizabeth O. Dietz                              Teaching & Administration

                                                            Computer Consultation

                                                            Nurse Practitioner

           

E-Mail: drlizrn@aol.com                      

 

PRESENT POSITION                            CLINICAL SPECIALTY:

 

Professor/Nurse Practitioner                   Family Health - Maternal Child

Curriculum Coordinator                           Community Health 

Family Nurse Practitioner Director

San Jose State University                        

School of Nursing HB 420          

San Jose, CA 95192-0057                

(408) 924-3172                         

 

Executive Vice-President                        Education & Training, Computer

The ALEC Group                                    Consultation, Vertical Markets,

                                                            Health Care, Computer Security,

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

EdD                  Curic. & Inst.                             University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA               1985

FPNP               Family Planning             University of California, San Francisco, CA                       1978

PNP                 Pediatrics                                  Northeastern University, Boston, MA                               1977

MSN                 Community Health         Boston University, Boston, MA                                        1974

                        (Minor: Adult Assessment)

BS                    Nursing                                     Cornell University, New York, NY                                     1969

AA                    Liberal Arts                    Westbrook College, Portland, ME                                    1965

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

 

San Jose State University                       Professor                                                          8/92-Present

                                                            Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director          12/01-1/05

                                                            Curriculum Coordinator                                       6/01-1/05

                                                            Associate Professor                                           8/88-8/92

                                                                                                                                    LOA 8/86-8/88

Assistant Professor                                            8/81-8/85

                                                            Undergraduate Coordinator                                  8/82-8/85

                                    Full Time Lecturer B                                           8/79-8/81

Georgia Southern College                       Associate Professor                                           10/87-6/88

                                                            Curriculum Consultant                                        10/87-6/88

Fulton County Public Health                    Nurse Practitioner                                              6/87-8/88

Georgia State University                         Associate Professor                                           8/86-6/87

Stanford University Hospital                    Adjunct Nurse Research                                     5/86-Present

San Jose State University                       Associate Professor                                           8/85-8/86

The ALEC Group                                    Executive Vice-President                                    11/79-Present

Indian Health Center of the                      Clinic Director & Nurse Practitioner                     2/78-8/79

            Santa Clara Valley                    

Rockport Public Health                           Supervisor                                                         9/76-10/77

 

Rockport School System                        Public Health Nurse/                                          9/76-10/77            

                                                            Social Worker

Barrie Paster, MD                                              Nurse Practitioner                                              6/77-10/77

University of Lowell                                 Instructor                                                           9/74-9/76

Community Health Service                      Maternity Instructor                                            6/72-7/73

Framingham Visiting Nurse                     Senior Staff Nurse III                                           4/70-10/71

U. S. Public Health Service.                    Lieutenant, Junior Grade                         9/69-4/70

                                                            Charge Nurse, Intensive Care

 

AWARDS & HONORS

 

Awarded:           Volunteer of the Year, Disaster Services, American Red Cross

Santa Clara Valley Chapter                                                                     6/28/01

Awarded:           Nursing Practice Award, Alpha Gamma # 25, Sigma Theta Tau,

International Nursing Honor Society                                                         4/99

Awarded:           Diversity Enhancement Award     San Jose State University                       4/98

Awarded:           Lottery Fund Award 1998            San Jose State University                       3/98

Honored:           California Nurses Association      1993 Outstanding Service Award             9/93

Elected:            San Jose State University           Academic Senate,                                             5/90-5/91

Certified:           American Nurses Association,    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,                   12/89

Certified:           Board of Registered Nursing,       Nurse Practitioner                                  12/89

Appointed:         Senior Faculty Mentor,               San Jose State University,                      1989

Awarded:           1985 Advisor of the Year,            San Jose State University                       5/86

Awarded:           Meritorious Performance &          San Jose State University                       5/86

                        Professional Promise Award

Tenure:             San Jose State University,                                                                      8/85

Awarded:           Affirmative Action Award             San Jose State University,                      1/84

                        Faculty Research

Awarded:           Affirmative Action Award             San Jose State University,                      1/83

                        Faculty Research

Inducted:           Sigma Theta Tau                        International Nursing Honor Society         4/80

Awarded:            Maroon Award,                         Westbrook College, Portland, Maine         6/65

(Presented to the outstanding graduating senior based on exceptional contributions in the fields

of community and school service)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: PRESENT

 

Elected:            American Nurses Association\California, Immediate Past President           3/04 – Present

Elected, Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, American Red Cross,

San Jose, CA                                                                                                    10/01-Present

Chairperson, Disaster Committee, Emergency Services, Santa Clara Valley

Chapter, American Red Cross, San Jose, CA                                                       8/01-Present

Member: Legislative / Regulatory Committee, American Nurses

Association\California                                                                                         5/99-Present

Delegate, American Nurses Association, ANA\C, State Nurses Association                       3/96-Present

Instructor/Trainer Health & Safety: American Red Cross, Santa Clara Valley Chapter        4/93-Present

Nurse Physical Health & Mental Health: National Disaster Services Human

Resources System, American Red Cross,                                                           6/92-Present

Site Visitor Team Leader: American Nurses Credentialing Center,

Commission on Accreditation                                                                              1/91-Present

Teacher: Standard First Aid-Trainer, Sunnyvale Neighborhood Action Plan                          5/90-Present

Infirmary Director & Nurse Practitioner; Camp Swig, Union of American

Hebrew Congregations                                                                                        9/84-Present

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: PAST

           

Elected:            Chairperson, Constituent Member Assembly,

American Nurses Association                                                                 6/02 – 6/04

Appointed:         Board of Directors,   American Nurses Association                                   6/02 – 6/04

Member, Executive Committee Member, Constituent Member Assembly,

American Nurses Association,                                                                            6/01 – 6/02

Member, Public Affairs Committee – National Headquarters, Sigma Theta

Tau International,                                                                                               1/00 – 1/04

Elected:            American Nurses Association\California, President                                   3/00 – 3/04

Member, 2002 Convention Education Planning Committee, American Nurses

Association                                                                                                       11/00-9/02

Convention Co-Chair, 2002 California School Nurses Convention, California

School Nurses Organization,                                                                               9/00-9/02

Team Leader: Disaster Action Team, Santa Clara Valley Chapter American Red Cross        1991-9/01

Coordinator: Disaster Health Services, American Red Cross, Santa Clara

Valley Chapter                                                                                                   7/94-9/01

Chairperson, Membership Involvement Committee, Alpha Gamma #25,

Sigma Theta Tau                                                                                                8/98-8/00

Instructor & Consultant: Stanley H. Kaplan Education Centers, NCLEX-RN Program            6/88-6/01

Board of Directors, American Nurses Association\California                                               3/96-3/00 Chairperson, Committee on Legislation, American Nurses Association\California             11/95-5/99

Officer: Congress on Nursing Economics, American Nurses Association, Washington, DC 6/94-6/98

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

 

American Nurses Association                             American Nurses Association\California

Sigma Theta Tau                                                American Red Cross

Hadassah: Nurses Council                                  California School Nurses Association

California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculties

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

 

Camp Nurse Practitioner – Infirmary Director, Camp Swig, Union of

American Hebrew Congregations, Saratoga, CA,                                                  1983-Present

 

SPECIAL LICENSES & CREDENTIALS

 

Registered Professional Nurse, State of California:                                                            RN 285706

Nurse Practitioner, Certified, American Nurses Credentialing Commission:             118001-06

Nurse Practitioner, Certified, State of California:                                                                1511

Public Health Nurse, State of California:                                                                           26058

Community College Instructor Credential: Nursing and Health &

Physical Care and Related Technologies, State of California

American National Red Cross, Nurse:                                                                              360748

Registered Professional Nurse Inactive, State of Massachusetts:                                       104485

Registered Professional Nurse Inactive, State of New York:                                               214236

Registered Professional Nurse Inactive, State of Georgia:                                      R 82238

 

WORKSHOP/PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

 

Presenter: Legal Issues Related, Pharmacology for Advanced practice

Clinicians, Contemporary Forums, San Francisco, CA                                          7/29/04

 

Keynote Speaker: “Issues & Challenges in the Nursing Profession”, Philippine

Student Nursing Association, 5th Annual Conference, SJSU, San Jose, CA 4/10/04

Presenter: “Disaster Nursing: Making a Big Difference in the World”, Philippine Student

Nursing Association, 4th Annual Conference, SJSU, San Jose, CA             2/8/03

Presenter: Legal Issues Related, Pharmacology for Advanced practice

Clinicians, Contemporary Forums, San Francisco, CA                                          11/6/02

Presenter: California’s Strategy in Curbing the Nursing Shortage, The Philippine

Nurses Association of  Northern California, Alameda Hospital, Oakland CA 10/23/02

Presenter: Disaster Preparedness & American Red Cross, California Nursing

Students Association, State Convention, Sacramento, CA                         2/16/02

Presenter: Disaster Preparedness & Crisis Planning, California School Nurses

Organization, 52nd Annual State CSNO Conference, Santa Clara, CA                      2/7/02

Presenter: Nursing Shortage – California Style & Issues, Filipino Nursing Student

             Conference, San Jose, CA                                                                                      2/2/02

Moderator Bio-Security Track: Defining the Bio-Terrorist Threat: Silicon Valley

Technology & Homeland Security Summit and Expo, Workforce Investment

Network, San Jose, CA                                                                                      12/13/01

Presenter & Planner, Alliance for Community Care Health Day – AmeriCorp – 

ARC DX, San Jose                                                                                             4/28/01

Presenter: Political Issues of Concern for Nurses, Health Delivery Class,

Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA                                                                      4/3/01

Presenter: Disaster Nursing, California Nursing Students Association, State

Convention, Mission Inn, Riverside, CA                                                                2/17/01

Presenter: Vision & Future in Nursing, Professional Nursing Practice & Clinical

Updates: Trends & Issues, Philippine Nurses Association – California

            South San Francisco                                                                                          10/18/00

Presenter: Health Care in the Workplace – Context of the Changing Health

Care Environment, Health Policy Class, San Francisco State

University, San Francisco                                                                                   10/17/00

Presenter: Poster - Never too old to go to children's summer camp!

International Council of Nurses, London, England                                      6/28/99

Participant: Community-based nursing care: innovative strategies for patients

around the world, International Council of Nurses, London, England                        6/29/99

Presented Paper for M. A. Levine: Living and Learning Cultural Diversity,

International Council of Nurses, London, England                                      6/29/99

Presenter: Disaster Stress Management, Animal Disaster Volunteers, OES,

Santa Clara County, Cupertino, CA                                                                      10/24/98

Presenter: Red Cross Nursing, NAF-SJSU Workshop: 101 (Almost) Things you

can do with a Nursing Degree, San Jose, CA                                                        10/23/98

Presenter: Community Depends on You: Are you prepared for

when disaster strikes? American Red Cross, Santa Clara Chapter             4/25/98

Presenter: Legal Issues of Nursing, CNSA Convention, Long Beach, CA                             2/21/98

Panelist: Nursing: Unity in Numbers - Forum on the Future,

CNSA Convention, Long Beach, CA                                                                     2/21/98

Panel Presenter: End of Life Issues/Chronic Care, Congregation

Shir Hadash, Los Gatos, CA                                                                               2/1/98

Presenter: Disaster Health - Directions For Action The Future,

International Council of Nursing, Vancouver, BC                                                    6/97

Moderator: Forum on Preparation for Professional Practice, CNSA, 1997

            Annual Convention, Burlingame, CA                                                                     2/97

Presenter: SURVIVING NURSING IN THE 90’S, CRONA, Stanford University

            Hospital, Stanford, CA                                                                                        10/96

Presenter/Moderator: “Disaster Nursing-Oklahoma Bombing,” American Nurses

            Association Convention, Washington, DC                                                 6/96

 

 

Presenter: “Revamping Licensure Laws for the Health Professions: Pew Report,”

            Stanford/Packard Nurses Leg. Committee, & Nurses Organization of

            Veterans Affairs, Menlo Park, CA                                                                        1/96

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

            Gipsh, K., Sullivan, J., & Dietz, E. [2004, Nov – Dec].   Health belief assessment regarding screening colonoscopy.  Gastroenterology Nursing. Vo. 27/No. 6. pp 262 – 267.

            Dumas, J. A., Dietz, E. O., Connolly, P.M. (2001, Jan. – Feb.). Nurse practitioner use of computer technologies in practice. Computers in Nursing. Vol. 19/No. 1. pp. 34 – 40.

            Dietz, E.O. (1996). Consultant. Hanson, S.M.H., & Boyd, S. T. Family health

care nursing: Theory, practice and research. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Inc.

            Dietz, E.O. (1995).  Using epidemiology in a nurse managed center.   Harkness, G.

Epidemiology applied to nursing practice.  St. Louis, MO: C.V. Mosby.

            Dietz, E.O. Chairperson, Task force on Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. (1994). Registered Professional Nurses & Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. Washington, DC: American Nurses Publishing Co.

            Dietz, E.O. (1994). Changing practice: Should nurses use assistants?  Current issues in nursing.  McCloskey. J. & Grace H. (ed.). 4th ed. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby.

            Dietz, L.D. & Dietz, E.O. (1990).  The market for computer security products and services, 2nd Edition, New York: Frost & Sullivan.

            Dietz, E.O. (1989). Vietnam era nurses stateside. Nurses' notes. Vol. 10, No 6. San Jose State University, CNSA.

            Dietz, L.D. & Dietz, E.O. May 1988. The market for computer security products and services,

New York: Frost & Sullivan.

            Dietz, E.O. Sept./Oct. 1985. "ANA: House of delegates report The Central Coast Nurse.

Dietz, E.O. 1985. Faculty and student perceptions of leadership behavior within associate degree

& baccalaureate degree nursing programs.  Non-published Research Dissertation, University of San Francisco.

Dietz, E.O. 1982. Instructors Guide: Maternity Care: The Nurse And The Family, St. Louis:

C.V. Mosby. Contributor.

            Dietz, E.O. 1980. Instructor's Manual: Obstetric Nursing, Redwood City, CA: Addison-Wesley,

Dietz, E.O. 1975. Community Health Nursing Guidebook, Lowell, Massachusetts: University of Lowell.

            Dietz, E.O. 1974. A study of the perceived health needs of the elderly residents of the St. Botolf towers.       Non-published Thesis, Boston University.