Tricia A. Lewis, PhD, CNM, RNC-MNN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NPD-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S. NursingMaster of Science MidwiferyDoctor of Philosophy Nursing
Tricia.lewis@liu.edu
Description
Description: Dr. Lewis has been an RN for over 45 years and a Certified Nurse Midwife Nurse for 26 years. Dr. Lewis has extensive experience in the education of hospital nursing while serving as the Director of Education for 16 years at a local hospital. She has extensive knowledge in the obstetric field and held the additional role of maternal-child educator while serving as the director of the department. Dr. Lewis is an instructor for both AWHONN intermediate and advanced fetal monitor. Since 2019, Dr. Lewis was responsible for providing the education for the nationally recognized AWHONN Fetal Monitor Course to over 200 novice labor and delivery nurses, all newly hired from a major healthcare system. In addition, she provided six certification review classes in the various obstetric sub-specialties, for the same health system, achieving a passing rate of 99%, empowering over 150 nurses to lay claim to the “certification” title. Currently, Dr. Lewis provided AWHONN intermediate classes to the NYC Health and Hospital System nurses, physicians, physician assistants, and midwives with positive results. Dr. Lewis has worked with various colleges and universities in an adjunct capacity since 2004. In 2022, Dr. Lewis joined LIU School of nursing, providing education for both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.
Specialties
Certified Nurse Midwife, Nursing Education, Obstetric RN
Lectures and Presentations
The Impact of Birth Settings on Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States. (2023) Manuscript accepted by AJOG. Grunebaum, Bornstein, McCloud-Sordjan, Lewis, Wasden, Combs, Katz, Klein, et.al.
Nursing and Interprofessional Relationships on a Labor and Delivery Unit: Ethnography. (2022). Dissertation as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate of Philosophy degree. The Graduate Center, CUNY, NYC, NY
Nursing and Interprofessional Relationships on a Labor and Delivery Unit: Ethnography. (2021).
Doctoral Project Summary to Doctoral Committee, zoom presentation. The Graduate Center, CUNY, NYC, NY
Nurse Educators’ Gentle Hands. (2022) Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000825
COVID-19 Response Panel: Novel Approaches. Stony Brook School of Nursing, 50th Anniversary Seminar Series. January 2021. Panelist presenting Gentle Hands Initiative
Efficacy and Safety of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin vs Standard Prophylactic or Intermediate-Dose Heparins for Thromboprophylaxis in High-risk Hospitalized Patients with HEP-COVID-19. The HEP-COVID Randomized Clinical Trial. (2021) doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6203. Research Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Prone Team. Virtual Podium Presentation, Northwell Health Education Conference 2020
Gentile Hands Initiative. Virtual Podium Presentation, Northwell Health Education Conference 2020
Providing Education Support to Perioperative RNs Practicing Outside of Their Specialty During COVID-19 Pandemic. Virtual Podium Presentation, Northwell Health Education Conference 2020
A Study of the Use of Psychopharmacologic Agents by Acutely Medically Ill Older Adult. (2018). Issues in Mental Health Nursing. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1395498
The Lived Experience of Feeling Playful. (2017). Nursing Science Quarterly. doi: 10.1177/0894318417708408
On-site BS Cohort: Implications for Collegiality, teamwork, and practice. ANPD 2017 Convention Poster Presentation
Honors/Awards
Sigma Theta Tau Conference, 2020. People’s Choice Award for the virtual poster presentation of “Gentle Hands”.
Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) 2017 National Convention. Participant’s Choice Award for the poster presentation: CSI: Clinical Scene Investigation. More than a television show.
American College of Nurse Midwives
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD)
Sigma Theta Tau
