Hazel Dennison

Dr. Hazel Dennison has more than 30 years of nursing education and continuing professional development experience in academia, government and corporate positions. Dr. Dennison has taught at Walden University since 2011 in the BSN and MSN program as faculty and served as chair and a member on DNP committees. She is currently an associate professor in the RN to BSN program within the School of Nursing. Dr. Dennison received the faculty Daisy award in 2025. She is the president-elect of the Sigma Phi Nu chapter at Walden University.
Previously, Dr Dennison held the position of Director of Continuing Nursing Education and the Director of Health Information Management Continuing Education for Walden University. Her continuing professional development positions include planning and reviewing activities for medical, nursing, pharmacy and other health professions for universities, associations and Medicare subsidiaries.
Her clinical background includes extensive nephrology expertise as a nursing administrator, family nurse practitioner, Director of Education Services and Quality Improvement Director for Medicare. In her volunteer work, she has held positions within her state nurses association, in nephrology nursing, the NP Foundation and in her state medical reserve corp.
Her research background includes multiple ESA studies as well as nephrology and nursing education related research. She has lectured both locally and nationally and has written several chapters on nephrology and kidney disease in a Medical-Surgical Textbook as well as a chapter on QI and research 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, Helene Fuld School of Nursing, 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.