Duane F Napier
- duane.napier@famu.edu
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NUR 4947: Capstone Course
NUR 3870: Nursing Informatics
Duane is an Adjunct Instructor of Nursing at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He is a graduate of St. Mary’s School of Nursing (Registered Nurse), Bellarmine University (BSN and MSN – Advanced Community Health Nursing with a minor in Nursing Administration), and Duquesne University (Certificate in Transcultural Nursing). Currently he serves as the Nurse Administrator/Director, RN Program at New River Community and Technical College, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. Duane most recently was the charge nurse at River Park Hospital a private psychiatric hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. Prior to that, he was the Department Chair of Nursing, Director of the RN to BSN Program and Director of the Associate Degree Program and he taught Mental Health Nursing, Leadership/Management, NCLEX test review in the BSN program at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia. Recently Duane has been the CEO/Executive Director for the West Virginia Center for Nursing from January 2006 to June 2013. At the Center for Nursing he developed projects and programs to address the nursing shortage in West Virginia. Prior to this he has held the following positions in a variety of settings, nursing faculty, nurse manager, house supervisor, and Director of Nurses. His nursing experience has been in the acute care setting, psychiatric setting, home health, case management/insurance, rehabilitation, and the public health department. He has developed and implemented Diploma, RN-BSN, and Associate Degree programs
He is a graduate of the West Virginia Nursing Leadership Institute, a Helene Fulde Rural Health Nurse Fellow (Binghamton University), a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow, a Problem Based Learning Fellow (University of Delaware), has earned a Quality Matters - Online Teaching Certificate, and attended The Online Classroom: Strategies for Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Harvard Graduate School of Education 2021.
- Master of Science Nursing, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky | 2001
Advanced Community Health Nursing, Minor: Nursing Administration - Bachelor of Science Nursing, Bellarmine College, Louisville Kentucky | 1998
- Diploma, Registered Nurse, St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington West Virginia | 1985
- Post-Masters Certificate Program Transcultural Nursing Duquesne University | 2006
School of Nursing
- Penn Highlands Healthcare Nursing Program Administrator – 10/21 – 09/22
- New River Community and Technical College – 1/19 – Present
Nurse Administrator/Director, RN Program - University of Charleston – 06/13 – 12/17
Chair, Capito Department of Nursing – 1/16-6/17
Assistant Professor/Director, ADN Program – 06/14 – 12/17
Assistant Professor/Director, RN to BSN Program – 6/13 – 12/17 - Executive Director/CEO, West Virginia Center for Nursing – 01/06 – 06/13
- Director of Nursing, Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital – 08/01 – 01/02
Consulting Experience
- Principal, cqi Consultants – 09/93 – Present
- Principal, CPR Services, Inc. – 08/86 – 01/90
Academic Teaching Experience
- Adjunct Faculty, Florida Agricultural, and Mechanical University – 07/21 – Present
- Adjunct Faculty, West Virginia University – 11/12 – 06/13
- Adjunct Faculty, Kanawha Valley CTC – 08/10 – 12/15
- Adjunct Faculty, University of Charleston – 08/08 – 04/10
- Adjunct Faculty, Bellarmine University – 06/03 – 09/03
- Assistant Professor, St. Mary's/Marshall University Cooperative ASN Degree Program, Saint Mary's Medical Center School of Nursing – 01/02 – 01/06
- Preceptor, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Department of Nursing – 02/01 – 01/02
- Adjunct Faculty, Associate Degree Program, Southern West Virginia Community & Technical College – 02/00 – 03/00
Johnson, S. A., Mattis, P., Onubogu, U., & Napier, D. F. VUCA in Nursing Education: Leading VUCA Environments in Nursing Education. The ABNF Journal (2021), Volume 32(3), 54-60. ISSN 2169-4133.
Moulton, P., Wiebusch, P., Nooney, J., Cleary, B., Burnell, M. L., Napier, D. F., Bienemy, C., LeVassuer, S. & Cimiotti, J. Toward Standardization (Part 2): National Nursing Minimum Data Sets Consensus Building and Implementation Status. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice (2012), Volume 13(3), 162-169. doi: 10.1177/1527154412466920
Napier, D. - Frequent contributor to the West Virginia Nurse (publication of the West Virginia Nurses Association
Napier, D. - The West Virginia Center for Nursing Annual Report to the Governor 2006 - 2012
Napier, D. - Foreword. Solving the Global Nurse Shortage: Social Media and The Cultural Transformation of Nursing, authored by Shawn D. Mathis, Cumberland Publishing Group, Inc. 2008
Napier, D. contributor – Kozier, Erb, Berman, and Snyder: Fundamental of Nursing, 7th Edition, 2003
Napier, D. - Co-author. July, August, September 2001. Community Health Nursing Theory Development: A Review of Literature (49)3. p. 8. Kentucky Nurse
Lacek, S., Napier, D., Perry, J. – Perkins V State Leadership Grant – Implement ATI TEAS (Nursing Admission Test Prep Program), New River Community and Technical College, awarded $50,000.00, June 2022.
Lacek, S., Napier, D., Patriquin, W., Perry, J – West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Nursing Program Expansion (develop and implement Paramedic to RN Program and expand current LPN Program to other campuses), New River Community and Technical College, awarded $480,000.00 June 2022
Lacek, S., Napier, D., Patriquin, W., Perry, J. – West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Nursing Faculty Enhancement (offer continuing education for faculty), New River Community and Technical College, awarded $40,000.00, July 2022.
Ayersman, D., Copenhaver, T., Floyd, M., Lacek, S., Napier, D., Patriquin, A., Perry, J., Sampson, B., Strickland, A. - United States Department of Agriculture – Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program, New River Community and Technical College, awarded $145,789.00, February 2021.
Lacek, S., Napier, D. Patriquin, W., Perry, J. – West Virginia Advance Grant – Rapid Response Workforce Development, Nursing Assistant Training Program, New River Community and Technical College, awarded $220,000.00, October 2020.
Napier, D. – Open Education Resources Grantee to develop and implement a nursing course to save students funds from purchasing a textbook – in development, October 2020
Napier, D. – Hearst Foundation, Funding for RN – BSN On-line Program, University of Charleston, August 2013, awarded $100,000.00, December 2013.
Michaels, R. & Napier, D. - Department of Labor, Virtual Intelligence Preceptor Project, applied, West Virginia Center for Nursing, June 2009
Michaels, R., & Napier, D. – HRSA, Implementation of Nurse Residency Program, applied, West Virginia Center for Nursing, January 2009
Napier, D. & Persily, C. – Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, Implementation of a Technology Based Professional Practice Program (CareerPACE), awarded $200,000.00, West Virginia Center for Nursing, October 2006
Andrews, L., Bridgewater, D., Burgett, J., Kyle, S., Peake, L., Napier, D., – Career Ladder Program; LPN to RN A grant through Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Grant Program through the US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions – Division of Nursing - for St. Mary's Medical Center School of Nursing in conjunction with St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation. Awarded $750,000.00, June 2005
International
Anderson, L., Mayhew, M., Napier, D. - Effectively Leading A Multi-Generational Workforce. International Conference of Nurses, Yokohama, Japan, June 1, 2007
Anderson, L., Mayhew, M., Napier, D. - Poster presentation. Best Practices for Disciplinary Processes. The 8th International Regulation Conference. Protecting the Public: Regulatory Best Practice, Yokohama, Japan, June 2-3, 2007
National
Poster presentation. Update on the West Virginia Center for Nursing; The 7th Annual State Workforce Meeting – Taking the Long View Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 2009
Poster presentation. The Aging Workforce Solutions in West Virginia; The 7th Annual State Workforce Meeting – Taking the Long View Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 2009
Poster presentation. So Now You Have A Center for Nursing… What's Next? The 4th Annual State Workforce Meeting – Taking the Long View Conference, Newark, New Jersey, April 2006
Bellarmine University MSN Directors Award 2002 recipient
