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Nursing Faculty

Mary Mulcahy, EdD, RN
Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Programs - Graduate Faculty Status I

Department of Family Health & Community Health Nursing
Office Phone: 618-650-3934
Fax: 618-650-3854
Location: Alumni Hall, Rm. 2120
E-mail: mmulcah@siue.edu

Professional Experience

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Consultations & Professional Service

  • Consulted with Nursing faculty of Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL on restructuring curriculum, 1995 - 1996
  • Consulted with Nursing faculty of South Suburban Community College, South Holland, IL on restructuring curriculum 1995 - 2000
  • Consulted with Nursing faculty of Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL on restructuring curriculum, 1995 - 1996
  • Product Developer - Nursing Skill Standards - for Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council - established by the Occupational Skill Standards Act (PA - 87-1210), 1995 - 1996
  • Product Developer - Surgical Tech Skill Standards - for Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council - established by the Occupational Skill Standards Act (PA - 87-1210), 1998

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Honors & Awards

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Memberships and  Related Activities

  • Membership In Professional Organizations
    • Re-elected President of Ninth District, Illinois Nurses Association.1985 - 1991
    • Elected President of Ninth District, Illinois Nurses Association, 1983
  • Appointments/Elections In Professional/Community Organizations
    • Member - Treasurer - Buffalo, Dawson, Mechanicsburg Sewer Commission, 1996 - 2005
    • Member - Board of Directors - Visiting Nurse Association of Central Illinois, 1997 - 1999
    • Member - Diocesan Pastoral Council - Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, 1988 - 1993
    • Member of Village board - Buffalo, Illinois, 1988 - 1993
    • Member - Tri-Parish Council - Three Parishes - Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, 1988 - 1995
    • Steering/ Finance Committee and trustee, St. Joseph Church, Buffalo, Illinois, 1978 - Present
  • Siue Committee/Task Force/Special Committees Assignments For The Past 5 Years
    • School of Nursing
      • School Administrative Councils – Ay 04/05; 05/06
      • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee – AY 02/03; 03/04 – chair; AY 04/05; 05/06 - ex officio member
      • Faculty Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee – Ay 03/04 – member; AY 04/05 – chair
      • Undergraduate Student Affairs – AY 03/04; 04/05 – member; AY 05/06 – chair
      • Graduate Curriculum Committee – AY 05/06 – member
      • Task Force – Graduate Curriculum Committee - nursing education – CY 06 – chair
    • University
      • Undergraduate Programs Committee – AY 04/05, 05/06 – member
      • LEVELS Committee – AY 05/06 – member
      • BRIDGE Committee – AY 05/06 – member

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Presentations

  • Presentation Series - "Developing Course Objectives and Evaluation, August 17, 1987
  • Approaches Reconciling Mastery Needs and Adult Learning Principles, September 28, 1987
  • Faculty - Graham Hospital School of Nursing, Canton, Illinois, October 27, 1994
  • Presentation Series - "Using Conceptual Frameworks in Practice" - Selected professional staff - Department of Nursing, Memorial Medical Center,  Springfield, Illinois, Spring 1990
  • Series - Nursing Leadership - series for selected Nursing leadership staff - Memorial Medical Center, Fall 1992 - Spring 1993
  • Professional Development Nursing Leadership.  1993 National Conference on the Adult Learner - sponsored by University of South Carolina, June 2 1993
  • Collaboration - Working Partnership to Design and Implement a Management Development Class.  14th Annual Conference - "Collaborative Leadership:  Methods, Money and Missions" - sponsored by Midwest Alliance in Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio, November 20, 1993
  • Multiple presentations explaining the Nursing Articulation Model - to professional audiences of nursing faculty and college administrators, Spring 1996
  • Presentation about Illinois Nursing Articulation model to Illinois Health Occupations Association, November 1, 1996
  • Organized and facilitated series of three three-day curriculum development workshops for nursing faculty - funding through Illinois Board of Higher Education grant, March 1997

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Professional Experience

2004 to Present

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate and Alternative Programs
School of Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL

1999 to Present

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

1991 to 1996

Dean
School of Health and Human Services
Sangamon State  University-University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

1982 to 1991

Nursing Program Director
School of Health and Human Services
Sangamon State University-University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

1985

Professor
School of Health and Human Services
Sangamon State University-University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

1980 to 1989

Faculty Member
School of Health and Human Services
University of Illinois at Springfield (formerly Sangamon State University)
Springfield, IL.

1968 to 1979

Faculty Member
St. John's School of Nursing Hospital
Springfield, IL.
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Publications

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Research & Grants

  • Higher Education Cooperation Act - from Illinois Board of Higher Education - $62,000 - Topic: Nursing Articulation among Downstate Illinois (Nursing) Programs, FY 1992
  • Higher Education Cooperation Act - from Illinois Board of Higher Education - $25,000 - Topic: Developing Articulation Pathways in Nursing Education, FY 1997
  • Prepared and submitted three proposals for external funding - funding not received, CY 1998

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