{"id":121670,"date":"2022-03-31T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=121670"},"modified":"2024-09-16T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:24:41","slug":"kimberly-ringo-named-exceptional-nurse-educator-for-her-work-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/03\/31\/kimberly-ringo-named-exceptional-nurse-educator-for-her-work-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimberly Ringo named exceptional nurse educator for her work during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kimberly Ringo is a clinical assistant professor of nursing at Wright State.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kimberly Ringo, a clinical assistant professor in the Wright State University School of Nursing<\/a>, has been honored for her role as teacher and nurse during critical staffing needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Ringo was named exceptional nurse educator for March as part of the National League for Nurses\u2019 2022 Year of the Nurse Educator.<\/p>\n

Ringo was selected as an exemplary nurse educator by Ann Stalter, Ph.D., professor and chair of the School of Nursing, Kinesiology and Health Sciences, and Peggy Mark, Ph.D., chief nursing officer at Premier Health.<\/p>\n

Mark said Ringo embodies clinical teaching excellence with nursing students at Miami Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimberly Ringo has balanced the role of teacher and nurse with dedication and perseverance in the face of the critical staffing needs amid the pandemic, most recently weathering the Omicron-related surge in the Dayton region,\u201d said Mark.<\/p>\n

Ringo graduated from Wright State in 1993 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing and in 2002 with a master\u2019s degree in nursing with a concentration as an adult health clinical nurse specialist with a neurological focus. She has taught at Wright State since 2004.<\/p>\n

Ringo\u2019s practice experience began in 1993 at Miami Valley Hospital, where she continues to work as a neuro unit staff nurse. She has been certified by the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing since 1998.<\/p>\n

In the clinical arena, Ringo\u2019s emphasis is on guiding and mentoring nursing students to provide safe, quality care.<\/p>\n

During the pandemic, Ringo has helped meet critical staffing needs by incorporating Wright State nursing students into a Rapid Cycle Improvement team, which focuses on the provision of Helping Hands. Her students meet course objectives while working on teams that support unit challenges such as bathing, vital signs, medication administration, turning, ambulating, feeding and educating patients who need additional assistance.<\/p>\n

Staff nurses at Miami valley Hospital say they appreciate Ringo\u2019s efforts and the work of her students.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim and her students are awesome,\u201d said one staff nurse. \u201cKim fosters teamwork and collaboration,\u201d said another. \u201cKim\u2019s students complete delegated tasks we need help with,\u201d said a third.<\/p>\n

Students are also complimentary of Ringo\u2019s instruction.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim is an excellent instructor, she truly cares about her students and our knowledge base,\u201d said one student. \u201cShe taught us important skills we need to know that we might have otherwise missed as a result of the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe ensures we come out of the clinical better nurses than we came into it,\u201d said another student.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim is effective. She encourages practicality and professionalism and seeks out gaps in our learning and fills or corrects them \u2026 exemplary,\u201d said a third.<\/p>\n

In addition to her academic and practice roles, Ringo is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Nurses, the Greater Dayton Association of Neuroscience Nurses, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Phi Chapter. Over the years, Ringo has received multiple clinical teaching awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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