Carolyn Sipes
Dr. Carolyn Sipes, as an NIH Fellow, received her Ph.D. from Rush University in Chicago, MSN and BSN from Northern Illinois University. As a CNS, the focus was on neurology/neurosurgery and cardiac critical care at Loyola University, Chicago. At Rush University, her NIH grant-funded research focused on qualitative hermeneutics and grounded theory, including HIV/AIDS for both adults and pediatrics. As a research scientist for Abbott Pharma, she was PI on research and developed the Tolerability of Medication Tool (TOMA), presented at World AIDS in Barcelona, where she received the International Distinguished Faculty award. As a professor, with more than 37 years of clinical, research, academic, and informatics experience, currently at Walden, she serves as DNP and core faculty Ph.D. dissertation mentor. Other research interests are in executive leadership management and nursing informatics (NI) with the Chamberlain College of Nursing Informatics Research Team (NIRT), where she achieved rank and promotion as a full professor. The primary area of research at Walden is as an SME in qualitative methodology and includes quantitative and mixed methods. As a NI SME, has developed NI, evidence-based project management, and leadership specialty courses, Telehealth Nursing courses, micro-courses, and as an NI Specialty coordinator, held eight technology certifications in Epic clinical applications. She has implemented numerous enterprise-wide EHR projects both nationally and internationally, including living and managing projects in the UK with the NHS as Sr. VP for IBM and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the UAE. In leadership roles, including as Sr. VP at IBM and as a consultant, developed proprietary informatics competency skill assessments for organizations’ EHRs, published the Project Management for Advanced Practice Nurses and Application of Informatics and Technology in Nursing Practice – Competencies, Skills, and Decision-Making textbooks; co-authored, The Practice Specialty of Nursing Informatics; Part 4- Informatics Theory and Standards. In Saba, V.K. & McCormick, K. A. Essentials of Nursing Informatics. Other publications include peer-reviewed publications, 2 books, 31 book chapters, and manuscript reviews: presentations 27 nationally and 19 internationally. She was inducted into the American Academy of Nurses as a fellow (FAAN), serving on the International Technology Expert Panel (ITEP) and Council for Advancing Nursing Science (CANS), and is a two-time DAISY award recipient. With the ANA workgroup, completed revisions of the ANA Nursing Informatics Scope & Standards of Practice 3rd Ed., published in 2022.
Courses Taught
NURS 8410 - Best Practices In Nursing Specialties
NURS 8700 - DNP Mentoring
NURS 8701 - DNP Project Mentoring,Completion
RSCH 8210 - Research Statistics
NURS 8702 - DNP Project Management and Development
NURS 9000 - Dissertation
NURS 8551 - Preparing for Dissertation
NURS 8210 - Techology
RSCH 8203 - Qualitative Research
Education
PhD, Rush Universtiy
MSN, Northern IL University
BSN, Northern IL University
Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Nursing Informatics Certification - RN-BC, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Quality Matters Developoment, Quality Matters
NIH IRB Protecting Human Research Participants, NIH
Post-master's Certificate, Chamberlain University
Public Service
American Nurses Assoc. NI Scope & Standards Update - 2020, Committee Member - Maryland
American Nursing Informatics Association - Colorado Board - Co-Founder, Vice chair, Board Member - Denver
ANA/ANCC Nursing Inforamtics Content Expert Panel, Committee Member - MD
SAGE Publishing Co, Other - Chicago
American Academy of Nursing International Technology Expert Panel (ITEP), Committee Member - Chicago
American Nurses Assoc. NI Scope & Standards Update - 2020, Committee Member - Maryland
ANA/ANCC Nursing Inforamtics Content Expert Panel, Committee Member - MD
ANIA Nursing Informatics Certification Exam Reviewer, Committee Member - Chicago
Change Ambassador, Committee Member - Chicago
College Graduate Programs, Academic Program Reviewer (APR), , Committee Member - Chicago
Co-chair: Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC), Committee Member - Chicago
Awards / Honors
FAAN - Fellow of the Academy of Nursing, American Academy of Nursing, 2017
American Nursing Informatics' Association (ANIA), Colorado Broad Vice President, American Nursing Informatics Association, 2016
DAISY Award, DAISY Foundation, 2016
DAISY Award, DAISY Foundation, 2018
Keynote Speaker; 4th World Congress of Nursing, Valencia, 4th World Congress of Nursing, Valencia, 2018
Academic LEADS Program, Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2016
Publications
sipes, c. (2019). Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse, 2nd Ed.
sipes, c. (2018). Application of Informatics and Technology in Practice: Competencies, Skills, Decision -Making.
sipes, c. (2016). Assessing and Promoting Nursing Informatics (NI) Competencies in the Chamberlain College of Nursing MSN Faculty. Journal Informatics Nursing
sipes, c. (2015). Collaboration with AORN to develop the Technology in the OR (TOR) Tool: How Does Technology Affect the Nature of Surgeries for PeriOperative Nurses – A Research Study. .
Hebda, T. (2019). Healthcare Information Systems.
Toni, H. (2019). Strategic Planning, Project Management, and Health Information Technology Selection..
McGonigle, D. (2015). Nursing Informatics Competencies Assessment Level 3 and Level 4 (NICA L3/L4). .
sipes, c. (2016). Operationalizing the TANIC and NICAL3/L4 Tools to Improve Informatics Competencies.
sipes, c. (2016). Project Management: Essential Skills of Nurse Informaticists.
sipes, c. (2017). The Health Information Technology Competencies Tool: Does It Translate for Nursing Informatics in the United States?. . CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing
sipes, c. (2017). Using Virtual Learning Environment/Second Life to Acquire and Advance Nursing Informatics Knowledge and Skills: Students and Faculty.
sipes, c. (2019). Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse, 2nd Ed.
Hebda, T. (2019). Appendix C: An Overview of Tools for the Informatics Nurse.
Sipes, C. S. American Nurses Association; Nursing Informatics Scope and Standards of Practice workgroup, 3rd Ed., Silver, Springs MD..
Sipes, C. S. (2021). The Practice Specialty of Nursing Informatics Carolyn Sipes / Carol J. Bickford.
Presentations
sipes, c. (2016). Assessing and Promoting Nursing Informatics Competencies in Nursing Faculty. InSpire 2016 Academic Forum Conference
Sipes, C. (2016). Collaboration to Research and Develop Competency Assessment Tools: AORN and Chamberlain College of Nursing. Ni2016 Geneva,
sipes, c. (2016). Nursing Informatics Basics: Incorporating an Emerging Specialty into the Workforce. to University of Texas, Arlington, DNP program
Sipes, C. (2018). Incorporating Project Management and Nursing Informatics Concepts into Higher Education: Planning for the 2020 Workforce. 4th World Congress on Nursing
Sipes, C. (2015). Nursing Informatics Competencies Assessment Level 3 and Level 4 (NICA L3/L4). . WorldCIST'15 Conference
sipes, c. (2016). Nursing Informatics Basics: Incorporating an Emerging Specialty into the Workforce, . ANIA
sipes, c. (2018). Nursing Informatics Competencies for the 2020 Workforce: The Foreseeable Future.. International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN),
Sipes, C. (2016). Operationalizing the TANIC and NICAL3/L4 Tools to Improve Informatics Competencies. Ni2016 Geneva,
Sipes, C. (2016). Project Management: Essential Skills of Nurse Informaticists. Ni2016 Geneva
Sipes, C. (2018). Scientific Future- Redefining Science: What does the future in Healthcare Hold?. 4th World Congress on Nursing
Sipes, C. (2015). TIGER-based Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies (TANIC). WorldCIST'15
sipes, c. (2018). What is Nursing Informatics: Why Do We Need It. International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN)
Sipes, C. (2018). Using Nursing Informatics Competencies to Advance Reasoning and Decision Making – A Model for Competency Assessment and Training. 4th World Congress on Nursing
sipes, c. (2017). Assessing and promoting informatics competencies in online nursing faculty in one program. Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
Hebda, T., Sipes, C. S. (2021). Comparison of Advanced Nursing Informatics Competency Self-Assessment for Graduate Students Completing Virtual and On-site Practicum Experiences . Chamberlain Universtiy
sipes, c. (2018). Integration of Project Management Concepts into the ANA Nursing Informatics Scope and Standards of Practice. International Conference and Exhibition on Nursing (ICEN),
sipes, c. (2015). Maximizing Nursing Informatics Competencies in the Curricula. AACN
Sipes, C. S. (2022). Preparing for the Future of Nursing Informatics. Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Sipes, C. (2018). The Virtual Learning Lab: A Simulated Clinical Practicum Experience for Family Nurse Practitioner Students. 4th World Congress on Nursing