Lisa Ruth-Sahd, D.Ed., R.N., C.E.N., C.C.R.N., C.N.E.

Lisa Ruth-Sahd
Division/Department
Dr. Donald E. and Lois J. Myers School of Nursing and Health Professions
Adjunct Faculty in Nursing
Contact Information
Diehl Hall, Room 140
  • DE.d., Penn State University
  • M.S.N., Villanova University
  • B.S., York College of PA 

 

  • Registered Nurse
  • Emergency Nursing Certified 
  • Critical Care Nursing Certified
  • NUR240: Introduction to Perioperative Nursing
  • NUR335: Medical/Surgical Nursing I: Adults with Chronic Health Problems
  • NUR450: Nursing Practicum
  • Intuitive Knowing
  • Women as Learners
  • Holistic Nursing Care
  • Healthy Work Environments
  • Educational Teaching Strategies in the Classroom and Clinical Setting
  • Ruth-Sahd, L.A., Hauck, C. & Sahd-Brown, K.E. (2018). Collaborating with hospital chaplains to meet the spiritual needs of critical care patients. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L.A., (2017). Growing specialty area exposure with an undergraduate perioperative nursing course. Nursing.
  • Clay-Robison, S., & Ruth-Sahd, L. A., (2017). Strategies to create and sustain a healthy work environment in nursing education. Creative Nursing.
  • Sahd, K. E., Ruth-Sahd, L.A., & Brazzo, K. (2017). Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. A Case Study: What Nurses Need to Know. Nursing.
  • Ruth-Sahd, L. A., (2017). Impact of a summer extern program on nursing student’s awareness of interprofessional collaboration and healthy, healing environments: A Level II Quasi-Experimental Design. Nursing Education and Practice.
  • Pediatric migraines, at Pharmacology Conference, Hershey, PA, April 2018, and at Nursing Conference, Hershey, PA, June 2018.
  • Compassion fatigue in nurse educators. 44th Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International Convention, 2017. Indianapolis, IN.
  • Why take a perioperative nursing course? (Poster) Collaborating with International Nursing Research Conference. Dallas, TX, June 2017.
  • Fecal microbiota transplant: The case of Dorothy. International Nursing Research Conference. Dallas Texas, June 2017.
  • Responding to diverse students: Best practice guidelines, National League for Nursing Education Summit Orlando, Florida, 2016.

 

  • Reviewer, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing Journal 
  • Preceptor for Eight Nursing Education Graduate Students
  • Member, Parish Nurse Team, St. Leo Catholic Church, Lancaster, PA
  • Advisory Member, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences RN to BSN Program
  • Developed & Implemented Nurse Extern Program, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
  • Wrote & Received 2 Great-to-Greater Grants with Dr. Melissa Schneider: one to provide continuing education programs in Gerontological Nursing & one to provide continuing education programs in Trauma Nursing. 
  • Nightingale Award Winner of Pennsylvania for Nursing Education
  • Adult Education Graduate Student Research Award, AERC-CASAE
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Adult Education, Penn State University
  • Excellence in Nursing Research Award from Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Chi Chapter 
  • Excellence in Nursing Mentorship from Eta Eta Chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International