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Emilie Dykstra Goris

BSN, RN
Assistant Professor
dykstragoris@hope.edu

Room 1143 of Science Center
616-395-7422 (office)
616-395-7163 (fax)

Education:

  • PhD, Michigan State University, Anticipated Completion 2014
  • BSN, Hope College

Specialty and Research Interests:

  • Critical Care Nursing/Acute care of the adult
  • Gerontology
  • Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease
  • Genetics
  • Nursing Research
  • Apathy and Engagement

Professional Experience:

  • Research Assistant-Community based Cooperative for Studies across Generations:Phase III-Genes, Environment-Behavior in Alzheimer Disease PI: Debra Schutte PhD, RN-Michigan State University College of Nursing-2010-present
  • Staff Nurse:Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Spectrum Health Hospitals, Grand Rapids, Michigan-2008-present
  • Research Assistant:Development and Testing of a New State-Trait Hopelessness Scale, PI:Susan Dunn PhD, RN-Hope College Nursing Department -2007-2008

Grants:

  • John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Predoctoral Scholarship Award, 2011-2013

Professional Presentations:

  • The Community-based Cooperative for Studies Across Generations Project-13th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference-Tuscaloosa, AL-September 2012
  • A Health Needs Assessment of Older Adults to Guide a Community-based Translational Genomics Project Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Nursing Conference-Dearborn, MI-April 2012 Gerontological Society of America 64th Annual Meeting-Boston, MA-November 2011
  • Engagement and Recruitment Strategies in a Community-based Translational Genomics Project, poster presentation-Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Nursing Conference-Dearborn, MI-April 2012
  • Increased Hopelessness Levels in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease 6 Months After Hospitalization and After Attending a Phase Two Cardia Rehabilitation Program, paper presentation-Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Nursing Conference-Kansas City, MO-April 2010
  • Development of a Process Evaluation Tool for Use in Hearing Testing for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, poster presentation-The Greater Lansing Nursing Research Conference-Indianaplois, IN-March 2012
  • Searchng for a Graduate School and the Graduate School Expierence-Calvin College Nursing-Grand Rapids, MI-February 2012

Professional Memberships:

  • International Society of Nurses in Genetics
  • American Nurses Association
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • Midwest Nursing Research Society
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society, Zeta of Michigan
  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Kappa Epsilon at-Large Chapter

Publications:

  • 2012, June. Schutte, D.L., Davies, M.A., Dykstra Goris, E. The Implications of Genomics on the Nursing Care of Adults with Neuropsychiatric Conditions. Journal of Nursing Science (submitted), under review.

Awards & Honors:

  • 2012, John F. Dunkel Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Michigan State University College Of Nursing
  • 2010-2012, George and Margaret Lorimer Parsons Nursing Endowed Scholarship, Michigan State University College Of Nursing
  • 2010-2012, Summer Support Fellowship, Michigan State University Graduate School
  • 2009-2010, Graduate Office Fellowship, Michigan State University