Hazel Dennison

Dr. Hazel Dennison has more than 25 years of nursing education and continuing education experience, in a wide variety of positions. Dr. Dennison has taught at Walden University since 2010 in the RN to BSN program as contributing and core faculty and has served as chair and on numerous DNP committees. She is currently core faculty in the RN to BSN program within the School of Nursing.
She served Walden University as the Director of Continuing Nursing Education and the Director of Health Information Management Continuing Education. Her continuing professional development positions include planning and reviewing activities for medical and nursing associations and Medicare subsidiaries. She currently serves as the Executive Director of NCPD, NJSNA Region 5. Her clinical background includes extensive nephrology expertise as a nursing administrator, family nurse practitioner, Director of Education Services and Quality Improvement Director for Medicare. She has worked in research on multiple ESA studies and has written a chapter in a Medical-Surgical Textbook as well as a chapter in a DNP textbook.
Education
MSN, Widener University
DNP, Rutgers the State University NJ
Post-master's Certificate, Thomas Edison State University
Family Nurse Practitioner, Monmouth University
Public Service
Nurse Practitioner HealthCare Foundation, Volunteer - Seattle
Burlington County Medical Emergency Services Corp, Volunteer - Burlington County
Region 5 New Jesey State Nurses Association, Board Member -
Awards / Honors
Nursing Instructor of the Year, , 2007
Premier Program Award for Excellence in Nursing Professional Development, ANCC, 2019
Sigma Theta Tau, Widener University, 1990
Publications
Dennison, H. (1999). Improving adequacy of dialysis: using in-series dialyzers.. ANNA journal
Dennison, H. (2005). Water Treatment. Core Curriculum for Technicians
Dennison, H. (1999). Limitations of ferritin as a marker of anemia in end stage renal disease.. ANNA journal
Dennison, H. (2009). Dialysis Complications: An Interactive Learning Module.
Dennison, H. (2011). Creating a computer-assisted learning module for the non-expert nephrology nurse.. Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association
Dennison, H. (2011). Infection.
Gomez, N. J., Castner, D., Dennison, H. (2011). Incorporating the nephrology nursing scope and standards of practice into clinical practice.. Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association
Dennison, H. (2011). Nephrology Nursing Process of Care: Apheresis and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy.
Dennison, H. (2010). Nephrology Nursing Standards of Practice and Guidelines for Care, .
Dennison, H. (2016). Nursing Management of Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease.
Dennison, H. (2019). Nursing Management of Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease.
Presentations
Dennison, H. (2018). Nurse Knowledge of End of Life Issues: Meeting Nurses CE Needs Where they Are. American Nurse's Credential Center
Dennison, H. (2018). Developing a CNE Activity related to the IOM report on Dying in America. Walden University and STTI
Dennison, H. (2017). Defining Hope. Walden University
Dennison, H. (2017). Medications to Avoid in Kidney Disease. Walden University
Dennison, H. (2017). Emotional Intelligence and the Nephrology Nurse.
Dennison, H. (2016). Acute Coronary Syndrome. Walden University
Dennison, H. (2016). There Must be Sixteen Ways to Engage Your Learner. Walden University
Dennison, H. (2017). Test Taking Strategies to Prepare for Your Certification Exam. Walden University
Dennison, H. (2016). New guidelines for nurse planners: An interactive approach to CE applications. ANNA
Dennison, H. (2016). Water Treatment 101 . ANNA
Dennison, H. (2015). Hemodialysis 101: Back to Basics.