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Share thisSusan Stanek ’10 (Nursing) and ’12 (Master of Science, Nursing Education) – The Student Becomes the Teacher
Susan Stanek ’10 (Nursing) and ’12 (Master of Science, Nursing Education) is Senior Associate and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. Susan’s doctoral study is focused on "Expressions of Uncertainty Among Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Palliative Care." Susan has published a number of abstracts and publications, here is a sampling:
Goals of care: A concept clarification. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication.
Gramling, R., Stanek, S., Ladwig, S., Gajary-Coots, L., Cimino, J., Anderson, W., Norton, S., & the AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group (2016). Feeling heard and understood: A patient-reported quality measure for the inpatient care setting. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Gramling, R., Gajary-Coots, E., Stanek, S., Dougoud, N., Pyke, H., Thomas, M., . . . Norton, S. (2015). Design of, and enrollment in, the palliative care communication research initiative: A direct-observation cohort study. BMC Palliative Care
Gramling, R., Stanek, S., Han, P. K. J., Duberstein, P., Quill, T. E., Temel, J. S., . . . Norton, S. A. (In Review). Distressing prognostic uncertainty in palliative care: Frequency, distribution and outcomes among hospitalized patients with advanced cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology
Her connection with Roberts began with an open house for the RN to BS program held at Rochester General Hospital. The schedule was convenient, the fact that life experience was taken into account and could be used to obtain course credit, and the caring and personable nature of the recruiters drew her to the program. It felt like they really cared about her as a person.
Susan says, “What an amazing journey I had at Roberts! I learned so much about myself and the nursing profession. I had no idea what all the nurses before me had done for the profession in terms of practice, research, theory development, and education. Learning about all of that opened my mind to what was possible to accomplish as a nurse. I started my education at Roberts in order to be able to educate nurses. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree only to be able to get my Master’s in Nursing Education. I did my student teaching in order to fulfill the requirement for my Masters at the University of Rochester and was able to obtain employment there. I was so grateful to have the opportunity to work at such a highly rated school with dedicated and welcoming faculty.”
Dr. Treschuck has a profound impact on Susan, “She was my first professor in the Master’s program, and she taught us about nursing theory. It wasn’t a topic I was very familiar with, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to be! She was so comfortable in who she was and such an expert with the material that she made learning fun and interesting. I was most struck by how much she cared about each of us. I wanted to be just like her as an educator. I was fascinated by all she taught us about teaching online and the many available resources. She became my advisor and was instrumental in my thesis choice and completion. I think about her when I think about my time at Roberts.”
Susan has some great advice for anyone considering the program, “Roberts Wesleyan has high quality professors that genuinely care about you as an individual. The two programs that I graduated from were well set up to accommodate working nurses. I appreciated meeting once weekly and having one course at a time in a modular set up instead of taking many courses in a semester. I completed both programs while raising 5 children and working full time, so I know you can do it too!”
Susan lives in Fairport, NY and has five adult children. She volunteers at Lifetime Care to provide Reiki for hospice patients and serves as recording secretary for the Epsilon Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.
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