• Curriculum revision - Active learning, Concept-based, QSEN, etc.
• State Board Approval, Reapproval, Competency Alignment, and Reinstatement
• National Nursing Accreditation and Reaccreditation
  • National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC)
  • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Collegewide Regional Accreditation
• Assessment planning, Self-study, Interim reports, Mock site visits

• Accreditation Preparation: One Trip for 2 Days onsite + 20 Hours of reading, researching, writing.
• Site Visit Success: One Trip 1-2 Days onsite + 10 Hours of reading, researching, writing. Can be a team or individual visit.
• Accreditation Complete: Two Trips for 4 Days onsite + 30 Hours of reading, researching, writing.

Julia Aucoin, DNS, RN-BC, CNE

Ms. Aucoin has been working

in nursing education and professional development for over thirty years. As both an academic and a practice educator, she employs creative learning strategies to make learning fun and make it stick. Julie maintains a consulting practice as well, in Magnet Recognition and accreditation issues for educators. She currently holds academic appointments as Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke University School of Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing at Nova Southeastern University, and works with both undergraduate and graduate students. Certified in both Nursing Professional Development (ANCC) and Academic Education (NLN), she has served in a leadership capacity in the development of both exams. She currently serves as Treasurer of the National Nurses Staff Development Organization. Julie’s nursing degrees are all from Louisiana State University Health Science Center.

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Joan Bolender Ed.D, RN, MSN, FNP

Joan Bolender teaches Associate Degree

Nursing at Moraine Park Technical College. She has worked as a staff nurse in medical/surgical nursing and intensive care, and as a family nurse practitioner. She began teaching student nurses in 1993 as a clinical nursing instructor at Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee. She taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs of nursing at Concordia University before coming to MPTC. Her teaching specialties are Acute Care of Adults and Children; she is a liaison instructor for preceptorships. Joan graduated from Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Grand Rapids, MI (Diploma Program), Marian College, Fond du Lac, with a BSN (1991), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh with a Master of Science in Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner) (1995), and Cardinal Stritch University as a Doctor of Education in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service (2001).

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Tim Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Dr. Bristol has worked with

teams across the country at all levels of the accreditation process. He has led teams as a faculty member, administrator, and consultant where his experience includes initial program approval, interim reports, and reaccreditation. Schools and government organizations consult with Tim to integrate new standards, curricular innovation, educational accessibility, and development of strategic plans. He has authored and contributed to many written works. Tim is currently a faculty member with Walden University, Nursing Education Consultants, and owner of NurseTim, Inc.

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Julia Bronner, PhD, RN

Dr. Sharon Guthrie MSN, PhD

Dr. Sharon Guthrie is an Assistant Professor

with experience teaching undergraduate population based nursing course and graduate level courses related to professional role and skill development, health promotion and disease prevention, health advocacy, and population based assessment, policy development, and assurance of programs. Her background and experience as a pediatric staff nurse, pediatric nurse practitioner/school nurse, nationally certified school nurse and certification in nursing informatics provide the foundation for her expertise. She has served in leadership roles for the Iowa School Nurse Organization, Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners, Iowa Nurses Association, and Midwest Dairy Health and Wellness Advisory Council. She has served as a member on several National Association of School Nurse task forces and advisory committees, was chair of the Iowa 2005 Healthy Children's Task Force, and appointed as a Commissioner for Lt. Governor Patty Judge's Commission on Wellness and Healthy Living. Sharon's areas on interest include school nursing documentation, standardized nursing languages, population-based care, health promotion and disease prevention in populations, innovation, informatics, and use of technology in health care.

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Susan M. Hendricks, EdD, RN, CNE

Janet Tompkins McMahon MSN, RN

Sandra J. Peterson, PhD, RN

L. Jane Rosati, EdD, MSN, RN

Suzette Scheuermann, PhD, MSN, RN

Suzette Scheuermann is an

innovation specialist. Since becoming a nurse educator in 1988, Dr. Scheuermann has embraced technology as crucial to student learning and evaluation in nursing education curricula and continuing competence. Dr. Scheuermann enjoys sharing and exploring these strategies with her colleagues to encourage innovative web-enhanced learning opportunities within pre-licensure nursing programs (PN, ADN, & BSN), graduate level (MSN, DNP, & PHD), as well as through continuing education for practicing nurses. As a curriculum specialist, Dr. Scheuermann inspires her colleagues to develop and design academic programming that employs active learning strategies which appeal to all learning types, includes interprofessional collaboration opportunities, is influenced by technology and informatics, creates a diversity of experiences, and most importantly, applies a rigorous, reliable, and valid assessment of achieved student learning outcomes. Using a data-driven approach, Dr. Scheuermann assists faculty with assessment and evaluation to improve the quality of their programs and with procedures to achieve institutional or program accreditation.

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Karin J. Sherrill, RN, MSN, CNE, ANEF

Virginia “Ginny” Wangerin, RN, MSN, PhDc

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