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Staff

Dr. Sylvia P. Ross

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Sylvia Ross

Department, Office, or School: Zvart Onanian School of Nursing

Associate Professor Emerita

sross@ric.edu
401-456-8159
Fogarty Life Science, 111

Education

Certified Nurse-Midwife
BSN University of New Hampshire
MSN University of Pennsylvania
PhD University of Rhode Island
Specialty Coordinator for Maternal-Newborn Nursing, Rhode Island College School of Nursing

Professional Associations

American College of Nurse-Midwives
Eastern Nursing Research Association
American Nurses Association

Service and Committees

Departmental Advisory Committee, School of Nursing
BSN Program Committee, School of Nursing
Undergraduate College Curriculum Committee
Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Selected Publications

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Intrapartum Nurses’ Beliefs about Childbirth, a Descriptive Qualitative Study in Nurses that Provide Care to Women in Labor.
November 2014

Courses

NURS 225 Research and Writing in Nursing
NURS 344 Maternal Newborn Nursing
NURS 375 Transition to Professional Practice
NURS 390 Honors
NURS 701 Scientific Underpinnings
SWK 480 Interprofessional Teamwork