Heiddy DiGregorio
Heiddy DiGregorio, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, CHSE, CNE
Director, Simulation and Interprofessional Education
Pediatric Simulation Specialist
Assistant Professor
Office Location:
McDowell Hall
Dr. Heiddy DiGregorio is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing. She received her PhD from Villanova University, while both her MSN and BSN are from the University of Delaware. She is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, and Certified Nurse Educator. Dr. DiGregorio teaches across the nursing curriculum ensuring best practices regarding simulation integration into health science curriculums.
Using her 35 years of nursing experience, Dr. DiGregorio focuses on research that includes simulated activities that influence undergraduate nursing student clinical practice competencies. Recent research projects include: interprofessional simulated multidisciplinary disaster drills, organizational skill development using multiple patient simulation, and using virtual reality immersion to develop psychomotor skills.
Dr. DiGregorio is the Director of Simulation and Interprofessional Education at the University of Delaware. She served on the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice (HSSOBP) subcommittee working on revisions to the “Facilitation” standard; a member of the School of Nursing curriculum committee (2020-2022); will serve as chair of the School of Nursing curriculum committee (2022-2024); acts as a subject matter expert for NLN/Laerdal’s Fundamental’s vSim; serves on a regional simulation consortium; and is currently collaborating on the National League of Nursing Simulation Innovation Resource Center revision Evaluation course.
Education
| Villanova University School of Nursing Villanova, PA Focus: Nursing Education Dissertation: Organizational Skill Development using Simultaneous Multiple Patient Simulation |
PhD | 3/2020 |
| University of Delaware School of Nursing Newark, DE Focus: Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Program |
MSN | 5/2013 |
| University of Delaware School of Nursing Newark, DE |
BSN | 5/2013 |
| Essex Community College Department of Nursing Essex, MD 21237 |
ADN | 6/1986 |
Undergraduate
- Instructor-NURS 357 Nursing Care of Children and Their Families (Simulation)
- Instructor-NURS 330 Clinical Learning Lab Practicum
- Instructor- NURS 247 Family Health and Wellness Practicum (Simulation)
- Instructor- NURS 234 Professional Nursing Practice Skills Practicum
- Course Coordinator- NURS 234 Professional Nursing Practice Skills Practicum
- Course Coordinator- NURS 264 Health Assessment Cl
Graduate
- Doctoral Advisor- PhD nursing education
- Instructor- HLPR 605 Concepts of Chronic Disease Management (2014-2021)
- Preceptor- Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Integration, University of Delaware
- Program: MSN, Adult Gerontology/or Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Preceptor- Teaching Practicum, Drexel University
- Program: MSN in Nursing Education
- Klenke-Borgmann, L., DiGregorio, H., & Cantrell, M.A. (2022). Role Clarity and Interprofessional Colleagues in Psychological Safety: A Faculty Reflection. Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
- DiGregorio, H., Hébert, S., Reynolds, S., and Beebe, S. (2020). Overview of the APRN, In Celeste Alfes and Elizabeth Zimmermann (Eds.), Clinical Simulations for the Advanced Practice Nurse. Springer Publishing Company.
- DiGregorio, H. (2020). Managing Respiratory Distress in a Community Setting: Staff and Family Education, In Celeste Alfes and Elizabeth Zimmermann (Eds.), Clinical Simulations for the Advanced Practice Nurse. Springer Publishing Company.
- DiGregorio, H., Graber, J., Saylor, J., Ness, M. (2019). Assessment of interprofessional collaboration before and after a simulated disaster drill experience. Nurse Education Today, 79, 194-197.
- Holdridge, A., DiGregorio, H., Selekman, J. (2013). Breaking the silence: addressing skin issues in obese and overweight children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 28, e22-e27.
- Rose, K., Blout, J., DiGregorio, H., Selekman, J. (2012). The Use of Volunteers in the School Health Office. National Association of School Nurses Position Statement.
- University of Delaware College of Health Sciences. Using the Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality Gaming System to Gain Psychomotor Skill Competence in Health Education, 2022- ongoing. Role: Principal Investigator.
- National League of Nursing: Mary Anne Rizzolo Doctoral Research Award. Organizational Skill Development Using Simultaneous Multiple Patient Simulation. Role: Principal Investigator.
- Debra Spunt Research Grant, International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning. Organizational Skill Development Using Simultaneous Multiple Patient Simulation. Role: Principal Investigator.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
- 2019- University of Delaware Nursing Alumni Star Award
- Nominated 2018- Frontline Simulation Champion
- 2018-National League of Nursing’s Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators
- 2015- University of Delaware Horn Program Hen Hatch
ADDITIONAL LINKS
Connect
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