Beth Burbach, PhD, RN

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402-481-8762

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Previous Education:

• PhD: Nursing Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Simulation Research Fellowship, INASCL
• Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education, Nebraska Methodist College
• MSN: Women and Infant’s Health, University of Rochester (NY)
• BSN: D’Youville University, Buffalo, NY

Background:

I have been a nurse since 1983; my career began in Maternal-Newborn Nursing and transitioned into Home Health, Hospice, and Case Management after moving to the Midwest. I have worked as a bedside nurse, unit manager, case manager, educator, and nurse researcher.

Notable publications authored/co-authored:

• Burbach, B. E., Struwe, L. A., Young, L. & Cohen, M. Z. (2019). Correlates of student performance during low stakes simulation. Journal of Professional Nursing, 35, 44-50.
• Connelly, L., Burbach, B. E., Kennedy, C., & Walters, L. (2018). Escape room recruitment event: Description and lessons learned. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(3), 184-187.
• Burbach, B. E., Thompson, S. A., Barnason, S., Wilhelm, S., Kotcherlakota, S., Miller, C. L., & Paulman, P. M. (2016). Lived experiences during simulation: Student-perceived influences on performance. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(7), 396-398.
• Burbach, B. E., Cohen, M. Z., Zimmerman, L., Schmaderer, M. S., Struwe, L. A., Pozehl, B., & Paulman, A. (2016). Post-hospitalization transition to home: Patient perspectives of a personalized approach. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6(5), 32-40.
• Burbach, B. E., Barnason, S., & Hertzog, M. (2015). Preferred thinking style, symptom recognition and response by nursing students during simulation. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 37(12), 1563-1580.
• Burbach, B. E., Thompson, S. A., Barnason, S. (2015). Using “Think Aloud” to capture clinical reasoning during patient simulation. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 12(1), 1-7.
• Burbach, B. E. & Thompson, S. A. (2014). Cue recognition by undergraduate nursing students: An integrative review. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(9), s73-s81.
• Torres-Virgil, I., Cohen, M. Z., de la Rosa, A., Burbach, B., Tarleton, K., Shen, W. & Bruera, E. (2012). Food or medicine: Ethnic variations in perceptions of advanced cancer patients and their caregivers regarding artificial hydration during the last weeks of life. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 2(3), 276-279.
• Cohen, M. Z., Torres-Virgil, I., Burbach, B., de la Rosa, A., Bruera, E. (2012). The meaning of parenteral hydration to family caregivers and patients with advanced cancer receiving hospice care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(5), 855-865. Awarded one of "ten Manuscripts published in 2012 likely to influence care" by Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Professional Service and Recognition:

• Professional Recognition
  • Review Quality Clinical Simulation in Nursing Journal
  • Donna Westmoreland Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award UNMC
  • E Learning Educator Award UNMC
  • US Bank Award for Excellence
• Service to the Profession
  • Nebraska Center for Nursing - member
  • American Nurses Association and Nebraska Nurses Association - member
  • Nebraska Assembly of Nursing Deans and Directors - past member
• Journal Service
  • Journal of Professional Nursing, Peer Reviewer
  • Clinical Simulation in Nursing Journal, Peer Reviewer
  • International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, Peer Reviewer
  • External Consultant, Ascend Learning
  • ATI Concept Based Curriculum Standard Setting