Alyce Ashcraft
Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Glenna Roberts Practiceship in Geriatric Nursing
Credentials, RN, PhD, CNE, ANEF
Phone: 806.743.2730
Email: Alyce.Ashcraft@ttuhsc.edu
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Professional Expertise
2010 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing Lubbock, Texas Professor and Coordinator of the Traditional Undergraduate Program 2008-10 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing Lubbock, Texas Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Traditional Undergraduate Program *Name changed to Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, August 21, 2008. 2005-08 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing Lubbock, Texas Associate Professor 2001-05 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing Lubbock, Texas Assistant Professor 1993-2001 Blinn College Bryan, Texas Instructor/Course Coordinator 1989-93 Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas Beaumont, Texas Director of Education 1987-89 Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas Beaumont, Texas Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist 1986 El Centro College Health Occupations Division Dallas, Texas Instructor 1985-87 Southeastern Methodist Hospital Dallas, Texas Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse 1984-85 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas Graduate Teaching Assistant 1984 El Centro College Health Occupations Division Dallas, Texas Instructor 1980-85 Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, Texas Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse
Professional Accolades
• Clinical Teaching Award, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas - May, 2010. • Chancellor\'s Council Distinguished Teaching Award from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - December, 2009. • President\'s Excellence in Teaching Award from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas - October 29, 2009. • Outstanding Faculty Award, Teaching Award from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Student Senate, Lubbock, Texas - April 25, 2009. • Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Summer Institute Invited Participant, University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas - June, 2008. • American Association of Colleges of Nursing Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC) Invited Participant, San Antonio, Texas - February 27-29, 2008. • Innovation Award (Adaptation of the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas “ May, 2007. • Hearst Scholar, Advanced Practice Post-Master's Gerontology Certificate, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon “ 2007. • American Association of Colleges of Nursing End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Invited Participant, Pasadena, California - June 15-17, 2005. (Elective NURS5080 Promoting Palliative Care in Advanced Practice Nursing was created using ELNEC materials.) • Clinical Scholarship/Best Practice Writer's Award Medical and Surgical Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, Jannetti Publications “ 2005. • Young Investigator Award, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing Lubbock, Texas - September 1, 2004. • National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Aging Summer Institute Fellow, Washington D.C. - July 10-16, 2004. • Who's Who in Health Sciences Education, Academic Keys “ 2003. • Clinical Medicine Mentorship (issues with conducting geriatric research) with Dr. Ladislav Volicer of Boston University, Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, California “ 2003. • National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging Technical Assistance Workshop Invited Participant, San Diego, California “ 2003. • Recognized for maintaining 20 years of certification as a CCRN by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation “ 1982-2002. • Advanced Education Nurse Traineeship Award, The University of Texas at Austin - 2000-02. • National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Award from The University of Texas at Austin representing Blinn Community College Bryan, Texas “ 1996. • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Inductee, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996. • Outstanding Graduate Student Award for the School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Arlington - May, 1984. • Regional Volunteer of the Year Award, Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange) Area Chapter of the American Heart Association “ 1992. • Fulbright Scholar, Research study with the Maori of New Zealand concerning nutritional beliefs and practices. Fulbright Institute of International Education, US Department of State, Sponsor Country New Zealand “ 1985. • Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society Delta Theta Chapter Research, The University of Texas at Arlington “ 1984. • Critical Care and Trauma Nurse Internship Nurse Intern, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas “ August, 1980, to May, 1981. • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Inductee, Texas Woman's University, Beta Beta Chapter “ 1978.
