About The School of Nursing

Professional Experience

• Consultations & Professional Service
• Honors & Awards
• Memberships & Related Activities
• Presentations
• Professional Experience
• Publications
• Research & Grants

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Consultations & Professional Service

• American Diabetes Association, Madison County Chapter, Member of the Board and the Program Committee. 
• American Lung Association, Edwardsville Chapter, Member of Executive Board; Delegate for Southern Illinois Chapter to State Office; Member of the State of Illinois Research Committee;  Participating in research analysis for Huff 'n Puff  Asthma Management Program, 1993-present
• American Heart Association, Local Chapter, Public Relations Committee Member, 1992-94
• Member of Advisory Board for McKendree College, Department of Nursing, 1988-94
• Member of Advisory Board for State Community College, Department of Nursing, East St. Louis, Illinois, 1988 91
• Conducted Health Screening booth at Maryville Health Fair, Maryville, Illinois, 1986-87
• Panel member at Wood River Township's Hospital Nurses' Recruitment Luncheon, 1986
• East Side Health District Hypertension Control Coordinating Council, Member, 1985-86
• Advisory Board member, Lewis & Clark Community College Department of Nursing, 1985-Present
• Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Nursing Baccalaureate Scholarship Advisory Council to Governor, Member, 1985-Present
• SIUE for Africa:  5K Run, Advisory Committee member and participant, 1985
• Blood Pressure Screening, American Heart Association, Edwardsville, Illinois, planner and participant, 1985
• Blood Pressure Screening Program, Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah Nurses Association, planner and participant, 1984
• Blood Pressure Screening, St. David's Hospital, Austin, Texas, planner and participant, 1982-83
• Speaker, Austin Arthritis Center Meetings, Austin, Texas, 1981-83

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Honors & Awards

• SIUE Teaching Recognition Award, 1999
• Received a Certificate of Appreciation for my support and work with the Illinois School Nurses' Association, 1989
• Received Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Student Nurses' Association, SIUE, 1988
• Selected as Graduation Speaker at the final graduation ceremony for St. Luke's Hospital School of  Nursing, St. Louis, Missouri, 1988
• Received the Nursing Excellence Award, SIUE, School of Nursing Alumni Association, April, 1988
• Promoted to Associate Professor rank, SIUE, March, 1988
• Initiated into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, SIUE, December, 1987
• Received the "Writing for Publication Award," Epsilon Eta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, SIUE, June, 1987
• Received Graduate II Faculty status, SIUE, July, 1986
• Selected as convocation speaker, University of Utah College of Nursing, June 1984
• Judge W.A. and Bess S.C. Morrison Nursing Excellence  Award, St. David's Community Hospital, Austin, Texas, May, 1983
• National Institute of Mental Health Professional Nurse Traineeship, September, 1980; May, 1981 (Ph.D.)
• National Institute of Mental Health Professional Nurse Traineeship. December, September, 1978; 1979 (MSN)
• Scholarship Award for Continued Education in Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, St. Louis, Missouri,  September, 1969

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Memberships and  Related Activities

• Professional Organization Memberships
  • American Nurses' Association
  • Illinois Nurses' Association and District 10
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses, National and Southern Illinois Chapter
  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Nursing honor Society, Epsilon Eta Chapter
  • Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, SIUE Chapter:  Vice President, 1988-90; President, 1990-92;  Advisory Board, 1992-94
  • Illinois Organization of Nurse Executives, Region 4 Chapter, 1987-91
  • American Diabetes Association, Madison County Chapter, Board Member and Member of Program Committee, 1997-present
  • Midwest Nursing Research Society, 1986-89
  • Illinois Public Health Association, Membership Committee, Secretary, 1988 90
  • American Heart Association, Southern Illinois Chapter, Member of Communication Committee, 1992-94
  • American Lung Association, Edwardsville Chapter, Executive Board Member, 1993-1998; Regional Delegate to State, 1993-98; Member of State Research Committee, 1993-98
  • American Association of University Professors, SIUE Chapter, President, 94-95.
  • National League for Nursing, Member, Committee member/chair, and Site Visitor.
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 1995-present
  • SLAPNAP, 1996-99.
• State Committee Appointments
  • Illinois Lieutenant Governor's Rural Health Task Force, Governor's Rural Affairs Council, 1988-89
  • Illinois Baccalaureate Scholarship Advisory Council, 1985 Present
• Accrediting Body Site Visitor
  • National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Member of the Program, 1989-90; Evaluation Panel for Baccalaureate and Master’s Programs.
  • National League for Nursing, Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs in Nursing, 1987 2005
  • Texas Education Agency, Austin, Texas; External Evaluation team member, 1982 83
  • National League for Nursing Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree   Programs Appointed to National Program Committee, Member, 1993-95; Chairman, 1995-97.  SIUE, Institutional Representative, 1988 90.
  • First American Home Care (National Home Health Care Agency) Ethics Committee, Member, 1994-present
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing  Institutional Representative, 1988-90.
  • Midwest Alliance in Nursing  Institutional Representative, 1988 90.
  • Illinois Council of Deans and Directors of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree   Programs  Institutional Representative, 1988 90.
  • St. Louis Deans and Directors  Institutional Representative, 1988 90.

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Presentations

• Recent Presentations
  • Speaker at federally funded daycare center. “Cuddling, Tickling, Rocking, and     Wrestling:  Why Touch Matters to Young Children.” St. Louis, MO, March, 2001
  • Poster Presentation.  Women’s Health Issues Across the Lifespan. Martha Welch Annual Research Day, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL, 1989-90
  • Speaker: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists National Convention.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  August 5-9, 1995).  "The Facilitation of Critical Thinking in Nurse Anesthesia Education." August 5, 1995
  • Poster Presentation.  Obesity and Physical Activity:  Implications for Women Across the Lifespan. American Physiology Society National Conference:  Integrating the Biology of Exercise. Portland, Maine, Sept., 2000
  • Fifth National Conference on Nursing Administration Research.  Chapel Hill, 1993 (October 14-16, 1993).  "The Administrative Dynamics of Nursing Centers: A Descriptive Study", J. Clement,., E.A. Buck and J. Ryberg.  Paper presented, October 16
  • Chautauqua '92.  Colorado Nurses' Association, Vail, CO. "Fatal Distraction – Woman vs. Woman in the Workplace".  J. Clement & E.A. Buck, presentation, Aug. 11, 1992

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Professional Experience

2004 to Present

2003 to 2004

2003 to 2006

July 1996

1996 to 2003

1990 to 1991

1988 to 1990

1985 to 1988

1988 to 1996

1984 to 1988

Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL

1983 to 1984

198 to 1983

1980 to 1985

1980 to 1981

1980

1978 to 1979

1979

1974 to 1978

1972 to 1974

1970 to 1972

Staff Nurse Orthopedic and Medical Units - Head Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia, MO

1969 to 1970

Publications

          Furfaro, T., Bernaix, L., Schmidt, C., & Clement, J. (In Press).  Nurse practitioners knowledge and practice regarding malignant melanoma: Assessment and counseling.  Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. June 2008, Manuscript 2007-01-04.

         Ham, J., Bernaix, L. W., Clement, J. M., Covington, K. (2007).  The motivation to move:  Prescribing exercise in primary care.  Advance:  For Nurse Practitioners, 5(15), p. 43.

          Hagarty, M. A., Schmidt, C.A., Bernaix, L.W., & Clement, J.M., (November 2004). Adolescent obesity: Current trends in identification and management. In Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, pp. 481-489.

          Clement, J.M., Schmidt, C.A., Bernaix, L.W., Covington, N.K.& Carr, T.R., (July 2004). Obesity and physical activity in college women:  Implications for clinical practice. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, pp. 291-299.  

          Clement, J.M., (2000) Hyperthyroidism. In Family Practice Guidelines, J. Cash (ed.). Philadelphia:  Lippincott-Raven Publishers, pp. 701-704.

          Clement, J.M., (2000) Hypothyroidism. In Family Practice Guidelines, J.Cash (ed.).Philadelphia:  Lippincott-Raven Publishers, pp. 704-708.  

          Clement, J.M, Buck, E.A., (1996). Assessing patients' readiness to wean: Applying current research.  Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing; 15(3): 130-132.

          Clement, J.M., Buck, E.A., (1996).  Weaning from mechanical ventilatory support.  In Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing;  15(3): 114-129.

          Buck, E.A., & Clement, J.M.  (1996).  Drugs affecting plasma lipids and coagulation factors.  In   Nursing Pharmacology, N. Pinnell (ed.).  Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.  pp. 401-430.

          Buck, E. A., & Clement J. M.  (1996).  Agents affecting the blood.  In Nursing Pharmacology, N.   Pinnell (ed.). Philadelphia:  W. B. Saunders.

          Clement, J. (1990).  Caring and touch as holistic nursing interventions.  In C. Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz (Eds).  Work Manual for Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach.  (5th edition). Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company. pp. 21 26.

          Clement, J., de Meneses, M., & Butkus, D. (1990).  Assessment: renal system.    In C. Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz (Eds).  Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach. (5th edition).  Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company.  pp. 57 74.

          Clement, J., de Meneses, M., & Butkus, D. (1990).  Renal assessment: In C. Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz (Eds).  Work Manual for Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach.  (5th edition).  Philadelphia: J. B.Lippincott Company.  pp. 27 30.

          de Meneses, M., Clement, J., & Butkus, D. (1990).  Acute renal failure.  In C.Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz (Eds).  Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach, (5th edition).  Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company.  pp. 450 467.

          de Meneses, M., Clement, J., & Butkus, D. (1990).  Acute renal failure.  In C. Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz (Eds).  Work Manual for Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach, (5th edition).   Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company.  pp. 141 144.

          de Meneses, M., Clement, J., & Davidoff, F. (1990). Diabetic emergencies.  In Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz, (Eds).  Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach (5th edition).  Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company.  pp. 707 736.

          de Meneses, M., Clement, J., & Davidoff, F. (1990). Diabetic emergencies.  In C. Hudak Murphy, B. Gallo, & J. Benz, (Eds). Work Manual for Critical Care Nursing:  A Holistic Approach, (5th edition).   Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company.  pp. 191-198.

          Clement, J. (1988).  The need for and effects of touch in ICU patients.  In B. Heater & B.  AuBuchon (Eds).  Controversies in Critical Care Nursing.   Rockville, Maryland:  Aspen Systems, Publishers, 79-86.

          Clement, J. (1987).  Touch: research findings and implications for preoperative teaching, AORN. 45(6), 1429-1439.

          Clement, J. (1986). A descriptive study of the use of touch by nurses and patients in critical care.  Abstract published in "Proceedings", International Nursing Research Conference, "New Frontiers in Nursing Research", May 7-9, 1986, p. 96.

          Clement, J. (1986).  Caring and touch as nursing interventions.  In C. Hudak, B. Gallo, & T. Lohr (Eds).  Critical Care Nursing:  A holistic approach. Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company. pp. 33-42.

          Clement, J. (1986).  Contributor to Work book for 'Caring and touch as nursing interventions.'  In C. Hudak, B. Gallo, & T. Lohr (Eds). Workbook for critical care nursing:  A holistic approach. Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott Company.

          Clement, J. (1984).  The caring dimension of critical care nursing as measured by the use of touch by nurses with patients in the critical care unit.  Abstract published in   Proceedings of the Fourth Annual SCCEN Research Conference, pp. 97-99.

          Clement, J. (1983).  A descriptive study of the use of touch by nurses with patients in the critical care unit.  Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

          Clement, J. (1979). Attitudes of critical care nurses toward suicide attempters.  Master's Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL.

          Clement, J. (1977).  Teaching electrophysiology with a learning package.   Instruction innovations: Ideals, issues, impediments. NLN, New York,  Pub. No. 16 1687.

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Research & Grants

• Schmidt, C., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Carr, T. & Covington, K. (September 2003).  Obesity and physical activity:  Implications for women across the lifespan. Madison County Partnership for Community Health, Edwardsville, IL, Sept.26, 2003
• Schmidt, C., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Carr, T. & Covington, K. (March, 2002).        Obesity and physical activity:  Implications for women across the lifespan.            Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, IL, March, 2002
• Speaker at federally funded daycare center. “Cuddling, Tickling, Rocking, and     Wrestling:  Why Touch Matters to Young Children.” St. Louis, MO, March, 2001
• Covington, K., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Schmidt, K., Carr, T.R. “Women Across the Lifespan: Physical Activity and Obesity.” Funded for $5,000 to expand the original MRG Grant, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL, Feb., 2001
• Schmidt, C., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Carr, T.R., Covington, K. Women’s Health Issues Across the Lifespan, M.R.G Project, SIUE, $7,500, 1989-90
• Schmidt, C., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Carr, T.R.., Covington, K., Poster Presentation.  Women’s Health Issues Across the Lifespan. Martha Welch Annual Research Day, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL, 1989-90
• Schmidt, C., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Carr, T.R., Covington, K.  Awarded the          Martha Welch Research Day Poster Presentation Award, Sept. 21, 2000
• Poster Presentation.  Obesity and Physical Activity:  Implications for Women          Across the Lifespan. American Physiology Society National Conference:  Integrating the Biology of Exercise. Portland, Maine, Sept., 2000
• Schmidt, C., Bernaix, L., Clement, J., Carr, T.R.., Covington, K. Women’s         Health Issues Across the Lifespan, Multidisciplinary Group Research Project,     $6,000, 1989-90
• Speaker: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists National Convention.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  August 5-9, 1995).  "The Facilitation of Critical Thinking in Nurse Anesthesia Education." August 5, 1995
• Fifth National Conference on Nursing Administration Research.  Chapel Hill, 1993 (October 14-16, 1993).  "The Administrative Dynamics of Nursing Centers: A Descriptive Study", J. Clement,., E.A. Buck and J. Ryberg.  Paper presented, October 16
• Illinois Student Nurses' Midyear Convention.  Olney, IL. "The Use of Touch in Professional Caring" and "Personal Empowerment," Sept. 21, 1993
• Chautauqua '92.  Colorado Nurses' Association, Vail, CO. "Fatal Distraction – Woman vs. Woman in the Workplace".  J. Clement & E.A. Buck, presentation, Aug. 11, 1992
• Grant Reviewer for Special Projects Grant, Department of Health present  and Human Services, Division of Nursing (June, 1993 & March, 1995), 1993-
• Project Director, Nurse-Managed Center Grant, U.S. Department of  Health and Human Services, $333,066, 1992
• Project Director, Nurse-Managed Center Grant, U.S. Department of  Health and Human Services, $298,174, 1991-92
• Consultant, Murray State University, Department of Nursing,  consultant in the preparation of self-study materials for National League for Nursing Accreditation Visit, 1991
• Project Director, Nurse Managed Center Grant, U.S. Department of  Health and Human Services, $245,797, 1990-91
• Fiscal Officer for School of Nursing and School of Dental Medicine, SIUE, Midwest AIDS Training Grant, University of  Illinois/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $37,016, 1990-91
• Project Director, Nutritional Assessment, Department of Public Health, $2,960, 1989-90
• Project Director, Post-Baccalaureate Faculty Fellowship, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $12,966, 1989-90
• Fiscal Officer for School of Nursing and School of Dental Medicine, SIUE, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, SIU School of Medicine/University of Illinois/Bureau of Maternal and Child Health Resources, $33,801, 1989-90
• Project Director, Nursing Renovation, Helene Fuld Health Trust, $50,000, 1989-90
• Co Project Director with Thomas King, School of Business, SIUE of Excellence in Undergraduate Education Project entitled General Education/ Professional Programs," $10,010, 1989
• Fiscal Officer, School of Nursing and School of Dental Medicine,  SIUE, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, SIU School of Medicine/ University of Illinois/Bureau of Maternal and ChildHealth Resources, $31,866, 1988-89
• Project Director, Post-Baccalaureate Faculty Fellowship Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $7,881, 1988-89
• Project Director, Nutritional and Pediatric Assessment, Illinois Department of Public Health, $5,500, 1988-89
• Project Director, Nurse-Managed Clinic in East St. Louis, Excellence  in Undergraduate Education projects, SIUE, $58,294, 1988 89
• Project Director, Undergraduate Nursing Lecture Series, Excellence  in Undergraduate Education projects, SIUE, $6,000, 1988-89    
• Project Director, Post-Baccalaureate Faculty Fellowships, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $18,378, 1987-88
• Project Director, Computer Software for Nursing, Excellence in Undergraduate Education project, SIUE, $10,000, 1987-88
• Served as Consultant to Murray State University, School of Nursing.  Topic:  Baccalaureate Completion Programs, Murray, Kentucky, 1987
• University Approved Project, SIUE, "How schools of nursing accomodate increased densities of doctorally prepared faculty," 1986 87
• Appointed as National League for Nursing accreditation site Present  Present visitor for the Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs, New York, 1986
• Served as Project Staff on "Research, Theory and Computer Training for Nurse Educators," Special Project Grant, SIUE School of Nursing, 1985
• Served as manuscript reviewer for the publication, Menopause and Me, Ann Voda, RN, PhD.  University of Utah Press, 1984
• Served as visitor and consultant to the Medical College of Georgia, School of Nursing in Augusta, Georgia.  Three presentations were given:  The Psychiatric Liaison Role in Nursing  as Mechanism of Bridging the Gap between Psychiatric and Medical Surgical Nursing," "Problems Faced by the Researcher when Collecting Psychosocial Data in a Physiological Setting," and    "Using Touch in Patient Care." Included individual and group sessions with graduate students and faculty, 1984
• Served as Data Collector for Nursing Diagnosis and Interven¬tion. Campbell, C., second edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1984
• Served as a member of the External Evaluation team to evaluate the Nursing Program at Austin Community College for the Texas Education Agency, Austin, Texas, 1983
• Served as Medical Legal Consultant to the City of Austin, Austin, Texas, 1980 85
• A descriptive study of the use of touch by nurses with patients in critical care.  Doctoral dissertation.  The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1983
• Attitudes of critical care nurses toward suicide attempters.  Master's thesis.  Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1979

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