Faculty

Dr. Teresa Wood
twood@mvnu.edu
(740) 392-6868 Ext. 3261

Education:

• Ph.D The Ohio State University, Nursing
• M.S. Wright State University, Nursing
• B.S. Ohio University, Nursing

Professional Experience:

• Founding Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Associate Professor - Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2005
• Nyack College, Education Consultant , 6/16/08
• Capital University School of Nursing , 5/01 to 6/06
• The Ohio State University College of Nursing, 8/00 to 4/01
• Research Assistant, Research Residency
• Ohio University School of Nursing 3/93 to 3/94,
• Instructor, courses varied 1/96 to 6/98
• Hocking College School of Nursing, 9/94 to 1/96
  • Instructor, Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Licking Memorial Hospital, 4/07 to present
  • Emergency Room
• Mount Carmel East, 12/02 to 1/07
  • Emergency Room
• Genesis Healthcare System, 1988-2002
• Saint Anthony Medical Center, 1985-1988

Professional Organizations:

• Ohio Council of Deans and Directors
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• American Nurses Association
• Ohio Nurses Association
• Ohio League for Nursing
• Sigma Theta Tau International

Awards and Recognition:

• Distinguished Alumni Award, Mid-East career and Technology Center 2007
• Faculty Fellow, Capital University- focus, Indirect Measures of Student Learning
• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
• Doctoral Student Leadership Award, The Ohio State University, Dean's Award Recipient
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers

Published Works & Presentations:

• Wood, T (2008) Scholarship of Program Development. University of Cincinnati, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
• Wood, T., Wewers, M.E., Groner, J., & Ahijevych, K. (2004). Smoke constituent exposure and smoking topography of adolescent daily cigarette smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 6(5), 1-10.
• Ahijevych, K., Kuun, P., Christman, S., Wood, T., Browning, K., & Wewers, M.E. (2003). Beliefs about tobacco among Appalachian current and former users. Applied Nursing Research 16(2), 93-102.
• Wood, T. (2005, April) Indirect Measures of Student Learning, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
• Wood, T. Wewers, M.E., Groner, J., & Ahijevych, K. (2002, February). Recruiting Adolescent Cigarette Smokers for Biobehavioral Research. Poster presented at the 2002 for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference, Savannah, GA.

Favorite Subject-Related Links:

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing www.aacn.nche.edu
• Ohio Board of Nursing www.nursing.ohio.gov
• Ohio Nurses Association www.ohnurses.org

Favorite Scripture Verse:
Philippians 4:13 - I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me.