Lori Wichman
Dr. Lori Wichman received her DNP in Nursing Leadership and Management at Walden University. She has served as the Director of Nursing and Emergency Medical Services at a college in her community. Dr. Wichman has been the Manager and Director of Clinical Education for a non-profit community Health Care Corporation. She is currently the Clinical Programs Coordinator- Projects and Simulation for the 9 hospitals in Florida for a large non-profit healthcare system. She has been a contributing faculty member at Walden in the School of Nursing since August 2018. Her teaching history includes; Foundations of Nursing, Gerontology, Community Health, Medical-Surgical Courses, Nursing Leadership and Management, Portfolio 1, Professional Roles, and Organizational Behavior at other colleges. Professionally, Dr. Wichman has worked as a nurse and staff development officer in the United States Air Force and has worked extensively on process improvement projects to improve the safety and quality of patient care projects. She has given a number of presentations on infection prevention, improving the practice of bedside reporting, and interactive teaching strategies, virtual reality in healthcare education. Dr. Wichman is an active member of the National League of Nursing, the American Nurses Association, and the Association for Nursing Professional Development. Dr. Wichman holds nursing licenses in California, Florida (mulit-state), and Alaska. She is also a licensed public health nurse in California, as well as an ANCC certified Nursing professional development specialist (NPD-BC), a Nurse Executive (NE-BC), and a nationally certified medical-surgical nurse (CMSRN).
Courses Taught
NURS 4220/4221 - Leadership Competencies
NURS 4300/4301 - BSN Capstone
NURS 4106/4107 - Patient Safety & Qual Improvement
NURS 3150/3151 - Foundations Nursing Research
Education
AS, American River College
BSN, California State University, Sacramento
MSN, Walden University
Post-master's Certificate, Walden University
DNP, Walden University
Awards / Honors
Daisy Faculty Award, Charter College, 2017
Outstanding Research Partner, University of South Alabama, 2021
Presentations
Wichman, L. (2018). Bedside Reporting: Improving Practice. QSEN
Wichman, L. (2016). Ending strong when the road has been long.. DI Associates Inc.
Wichman, L. (2016). Teaching Quality Improvement in ADN program. DI Associates Inc.
Wichman, L. (2016). Teaching Quality Improvement in ADN program. QSEN
Wichman, L. C., Chancey, J., Krawitz, S. (2020). Perceptions of Virtual Reality for Simulation Scenario Based Education Amongst Health Care Professionals. Sigma Theta Tau Upsilon Kappa