Kelly-Anne McLaughlin Varcoe
Associate Professor of Nursing, Department Chair
Education
B.S., 1987, West Chester University
B.S.N., 2003, Cedar Crest College
M.S.N., 2009, DeSales University
D.N.P., 2016, DeSales University
Teaching responsibilities include course coordination for Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, Health Transitions Birth to Young Adult, Health Transitions of the Childbearing Family and RN-BS Dynamics of Nursing Practice.
Teaching Interest
Dr. Varcoe DNP, MSN, RN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing at East Stroudsburg University and serves as the Coordinator for the RN to BS completion program. Dr. Varcoe received her Nursing Diploma from St. Luke’s School of Nursing, her BSN from Cedar Crest College and her MSN and DNP from DeSales University. She combines an extensive clinical career with over a decade of teaching experience of pre-licensure and RN students. Her area of expertise includes maternal/child nursing, pediatrics, and nursing fundamentals.
Research Interest
Dr. Varcoe’s research interests include transitional support of novice RNs, maternal/child health and music therapy. She has presented at the local and regional levels on the novice nurse transition.
Service
Secretary/Treasurer of the East Stroudsburg University Senate, Sigma Theta Tau Xi Beta Chapter Treasurer, Curriculum Committee
Student Group Advising
Co-Advisor of the ESU Student Nurse Association
Laura Waters
Associate Professor of Nursing
Education
B.S.N., 1983, Misericordia University
M.S., 1996, Wilkes University
Ph.D., 2009, Widener University
Research interest focuses on nursing professionalism and anger management.
Claranne Mathiesen
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Education
B.S., 1985, East Stroudsburg University
M.S., 1993, Villanova University
M.A., 2001, Marmara University, Turkey
M.A., 2005 Temple University
Ph.D., 2008 Temple University
Claranne Mathiesen has been a member of the Lehigh Valley Hospital stroke team since 1999. Claranne is recognized for over 38 years of nursing expertise in neuroscience nursing. Her experience includes emergency care, interventional care, neurocritical care and medical surgical nursing. She provides consultative services in stroke center development and ongoing maintenance of acute care services to support delivery of stroke care.
Claranne works within a large tertiary stroke system that supports 9 acute care campuses. Her experience includes overseeing clinical operations, development of ongoing performance improvement/quality efforts and staff development. Claranne is actively involved in stroke care delivery both locally and nationally volunteering on several American Stroke Association and American Association of Neuroscience Nursing committees and task forces.
Claranne holds an academic appointment of Assistant Professor of Nursing at East Stroudsburg University since 1992. In this role, Claranne directly supervises and instructs junior and senior nursing students in a variety of clinical settings. Claranne arranges classroom and clinical assignments. Claranne actively supports other faculty by providing her expertise in adult health nursing and participating in other faculty duties as assigned.
Monica L. Manchester
Instructor of Nursing
Education
B.S., 2009, East Stroudsburg University
M.S.N., 2013, Drexel University
D.N.P., 2018, DeSales University
Dr. Monica Manchester graduated from ESU (East Stroudsburg University) Nursing Program in 2009. She has been a nurse for over fifteen years and continues to practice at the bedside at LVHN (Lehigh Valley Network). Her nursing experience is primarily in Oncology and Progressive Critical Care Nursing. She completed the Critical Care Course at LVHN in 2009, MSN in 2013 from Drexel University, and her doctorate in 2018 from DeSales University.
Dr. Manchester has taught many courses within ESU’s nursing program including Health Transitions I, Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice course, Leadership, Internship, Community Health course for the RN-BSN, and developed the Health Assessment course and lab in the RN-BSN program, since becoming the RN-BSN coordinator. She also helped develop the simulations for the Junior and Senior level simulation courses. She is the course coordinator of Health Transitions I, and Leadership and teaches clinical sections in addition to the courses. Currently she also works in Oncology at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), working to aid with Magnet and our partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her staying current in practice is an asset to her ability to teach effectively in the clinical setting. At LVHN, her research for MSN project led to multiple changes on the unit. She completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at DeSales University with her research project focusing on breast cancer patients. Her study was featured in LVHN Daily. In 2019, she attended Anaheim, California to present a poster presentation of her dissertation at the annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress. She served as a content expert for a DNP student’s panel for her scholarly project. For five years she served as the President of Sigma Theta Tau at ESU and attended the Sigma Conference in Washington, DC with two of my colleagues. Since Fall 2019, she serves as the chair of the PET (Promotion, Evaluation & Tenure) committee. She began a committee for adjunct faculty to hear and address any concerns they are having and help them find mentors.
In June of 2020, she completed the Teaching Online Certification Course (TOCC) and received a TOCC award. In July of 2020, she was selected to be the representative of the Oncology department at LVHN and presented her DNP scholarly project to the Magnet Panel for LVHN’s 5th Magnet Designation. She is currently working on an IRB (Institutional Review Board) application to begin my next study at LVHN. In collaboration with Dr. Braddock, they published an article about the impact of COVID-19 on Junior level nursing students for the IRB at ESU. She is an advisor for the Colleges Against Cancer student group and on the board with the American Cancer Society
Valerie Longo
Associate Professor of Nursing
Education
B.S.N., 1996, Seton Hall University
M.S.N., 2015, Walden University
D.N.P., 2019, Walden University
Dr. Braddock, DNP, RN, CCRN-K is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at East Stroudsburg University. She received her BSN from Seton Hall University, her MSN and DNP from Walden University. She combines critical care experience and staff development to provide a well-rounded education. Her area of expertise includes critical care, telemetry, cardiac catheter lab.
Dorian Royal
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Education
B.A., 1995, SUNY at Buffalo
B.S., 1995, New York University
M.S., 2006, Columbia University
D.N.P., 2015, Duke University
Dr. Dorian Royal, DNP, MSN, RN is an Associate Professor and serves as a clinical instructor for Foundations of Nursing skills lab, and clinical
Teaching Interest
Dr. Royal is committed to teaching pre-baccalaureate nursing students how to assess the rigors of research and make changes in work practices that enhance the quality of nursing care. She comes to East Stroudsburg University, with past experience as an educator at The Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NYC, where she was co-lead faculty in the nursing skills lab, and clinical instructor for Adult Health Nursing 1, and Transition to Nursing Practice. She holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from Columbia University, and is certified by the American Nursing Credentialing Center as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Royal is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Beta Epsilon Chapter, Alpha Zeta Chapter), and serves as a member of the nursing research committee at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. Her career spans over 24 years with clinical nursing experience in home care, pediatric intensive care, cardiothoracic and respiratory care, and medical surgical nursing. She joined the Hospitalist service at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York as a Nurse Practitioner in 2006, and in 2018 and 2019 was awarded Nurse Practitioner of the year by the Hospitalist Medicine department.
Research Interest
Dr. Royal graduated with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Duke University, School of Nursing where her capstone focused on implementing an education project to teach nurse practitioners how to use the PHQ-9 depression screening tool in patients with chronic diseases, with a strong emphasis on improving care in the sickle cell population.
Dr. Royal research interests includes Global health, leadership in healthcare and nursing, and diversity and inclusion in nursing
Service
Dr. Royal is a Member of the Board of Directors of Amazing Grace Children’s Foundation (AGCF). She participates in their yearly medical mission to Ghana, West Africa and serves as their Director of Volunteer Services. She has participated in several medical missions to West Africa and presented at the AGCF Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium Campaign Launch in February 2020.
Publications & Presentations
Amazing Grace Children's Foundation Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Education Symposium (2020): One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance
Mount Sinai Health System APN orientation: Monthly presentation on Introduction to the Role of the Nurse Practitioner (2017 -2018)
12TH Annual Mid-Atlantic Hospital Medicine Symposium (2017): Team-based Care for NPs, PAs, and MDs
Mount Sinai Nursing Research Day (2016): Development and evaluation of an education module using the phq-9 depression screening tool for patients with sickle cell disease: lessons learned.
DNP Capstone Defense (2015): Screening for Depression and Referral for Treatment in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: A Quality Improvement Project
Mount Sinai Nurse Educators (2015): Development of an Education Module: Screening for Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Unit-Based Education Series (2013 – 2015): Completing the Medication Reconciliation Process - Dissecting Discharges, Know the After Visit Summary
Nursing QI Committee (2013): 1:1 Observation Reduction Project
David A. Holland
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Education
B.S., 1986, West Chester University
M.S., 1998, St. Thomas University
M.S.N., 2018, Drexel University
Dr. David Holland, PhD, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, RN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at East Stroudsburg. Dr. Holland received his PhD from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, his MSN from Drexel University, and his BS from West Chester University.
He is licensed as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) and is certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. Prior to coming to East Stroudsburg University, he taught at Cedar Crest College in the School of Nursing. Dr. Holland has extensive experience working as an RN and CRNP working with diverse populations in the field of mental health
His most recent clinical experience includes working with dual diagnosis patients (substance use and mental health) in both Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient settings. Dr. Holland is committed to preparing pre-baccalaureate nursing students to effectively assess and care for patients in the behavioral health setting with compassion and clinical competency.
Maria Mackey
Associate Professor
Education
B.S.N., 1996, Allentown College of St. Francis DeSales
M.S.N., 2007, University of Phoenix
D.N.P., 2016, American Sentinel University
Ph.D., 2021, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Mackey’s teaching expertise includes nursing fundamentals, medical surgical, gerontologic, community, and leadership. Additionally, she is interested in utilizing a teaching style that facilitates an active student learning environment.
An environment in which students are engaged to participate in their learning process through the use of Socratic questioning and open dialogue. In this environment students are not spoken “at”, but rather “with”, to facilitate understanding and development of meaningful critical thinking skills which can be applied to all areas of patient care.
With over 15 years of teaching experience, in 2018-2019 Dr. Mackey was the recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year; Student Service Award at Excelsior University.
Research Interest
Dr. Mackey graduated with her Doctor of Philosophy from Indiana University of Pennsylvania where her dissertation explored ageism amongst nursing faculty. She graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice specializing in Educational Leadership from American Sentinel University. Her capstone project focused on implementing gerontologic education to minimize ageism amongst pre-licensure students.
Dr. Mackey’s main research interest lies in understanding aspects of ageism in nursing education and the nursing healthcare environment. She is also interested in active learning strategies and understanding student's perceptions involving active learning
Service
Dr. Mackey serves the National League for Nursing, Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation as a member of the Nominations Committee and as an On-site Program Evaluator. She is a manuscript reviewer for Nurse Education Perspectives and an NCLEX examination item developer for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
At ESU she is a member of the Program Evaluation Committee. As well as the University Wide Assessment Committee. Additionally, Dr Mackey is a member of the National League for Nursing, PA League for Nursing, American Nurses Association, PA State Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.
Publications & Presentations
Publications:
Mackey, M. (2009). Acts of kindness: Small gestures make all the difference, American Nurse Today. 4(3), 48.
Mackey, M. (2016). Improving student nurses' attitudes towards the elderly. Social Science Research Network
Mackey, M. (2021). An investigation of pre-licensure registered nursing faculty attitudes toward older persons.
(Publication No. 28545942) [Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Presentations:
Nursing Diversity (2023): Attitudes Toward the Elderly Among Pre-Licensure Nursing Students.
Sigma Theta Tau International: 28th International Nursing Research Congress Conference (2017); Attitudes Toward the Elderly Among Pre-Licensure Nursing Students.
Professional Nurse Educators Group (PNEG) Annual Symposium (2007); Improving Nurses’ Perceptions of Obesity through Education
St. Luke’s Hospital Research Utilization (2007): Implementation and Utilization of Peripherally Inserted Catheters at the Bedside
James Mazurowski
Simulation Center Manager
Education
B.S., 1982, Montclair State University
M.B.A., 1997, DeSales University
Working closely with health care educators, faculty and clinical experts to design and develop simulation-based criteria aligned with learning objectives and competency requirements. I have an extensive IT background with a passion for helping students have a rich educational experience through high fidelity mannequin training.
