Teresa C Twomey
Associate Professor of Nursing
Chair of Undergraduate Nursing
Director, Global Nursing Experiences
Teresa C Twomey
Associate Professor of Nursing
Chair of Undergraduate Nursing
Director, Global Nursing Experiences
Dr. Teresa Twomey is an associate professor of nursing in Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing. She is also the Director of Global Nursing Experiences. Dr. Twomey has been in nursing education for 16 years and her clinical expertise is in neonatal intensive care nursing, children with special healthcare needs and pediatrics. At Quinnipiac University she teaches Health Promotion and Wellness, Fundamentals of Nursing, Care of Children and Their Families, and coordinates clinical courses during nursing student’s junior year. Dr. Twomey’s passion lies in educating nursing students around the area of cultural relativism and leading them toward a path of holism and global citizenship. Over the past 4 years Dr. Twomey has led several nursing experiential learning trips to Central America where students worked inter-professionally with occupational, physical and medical students in a variety of community setting. Dr. Twomey also teaches a Health Promotion and Wellness faculty-led course that encompasses a short-term nursing experiential trip to Barbados. During this trip, nursing students work in various community settings with local healthcare provides educating the community on health promotion strategies. Dr. Twomey’s scholarly interests focus on her areas of clinical expertise and cultural relativism of nurses.
Education
- BSN, Catholic University of America
- MSN, University of Hartford
- EDD, University of Hartford
Areas of Expertise
- Pediatrics
- Newborn Care
- Health
Organization
- Nursing
Office Location
- Medicine, Nursing, Health Sci 465A
Mail Drop
- NH-HSC
Quinnipiac Today
Experience
Quinnipiac University
Promotion to Associate Professor/Received Tenure Status
Hamden, CT USA
2020 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor of Nursing/Director, Global Nursing Experiences
Hamden, CT USA
2014 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor of Nursing/Director, Global Nursing Experiences
Hamden, CT USA
2014 - Present
University of Hartford
Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing
West Hartford, CT USA
2012 - 2014
University of Hartford
Visiting Professor of Nursings RN to BSN program, Master's of Science in Nursing program
West Hartford, CT USA
2012 - 2014
Goodwin University
Associate Professor of Nursing/Course Coordinator for Pediatric/Maternity Class and Clinical
East Hartford, CT
2005 - 2014
Goodwin University
Associate Professor of Nursing
East Hartford, CT USA
2004 - 2014
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Program Specialist Office Emergency Preparedness Program
Hartford, CT USA
2002 - 2020
The Nursing Career Center of Connecticut
Executive Director
Meriden, CT USA
2001 - 2005
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut
Pediatric and Neonatal Case Manager
North Haven, CT USA
1999 - 2002
Interim Healthcare of Hartford
Director of Pediatric Services
Farmington, CT USA
1995 - 1999
Selected Publications
Conference Presentation
Implementing a 50% simulation-based on campus clinical program: lessons learned
Kappus, L., Boyd, C., Natkiel, P., Rebeschi, L, Rogers, D., Twomey, T.
2020 INASCL Conference, Raleigh, NC, Educational Organization