Susan K. Pryor, DNS, RN

  • Professor
  • Southeastern Louisiana University
  • College of Nursing and Health Sciences SLU 10835
  • Hammond LA 70402
  • PHONE:(225)-765-2324
  • EMAIL:spryor@selu.edu

Education

  • D.N.S. Louisiana State University Medical Center
  • M.S.N. Louisiana State University Medical Center
  • B.S. University of Texas Medical Center

Post-Graduate/Specialty Training

  • Registered Nurse in Louisiana and Texas
  • CNE, Certified Nurse Educator
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Academic Positions

  • Professor, Southeastern Louisiana State University

Honors & Awards

  • Recipient of the Epic Corporation Endowed Professorship in Nursing
  • Recipient  President’s Award for Excellence - Teaching, Southeastern Louisiana University
  • Recipient Helen Johnson Cremeen’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Baton Rouge District Nurses’ Association
  • Recipient Excellence in Nursing Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Rho Zeta Chapter
  • Recipient Excellence in Nursing Education Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Rho Zeta Chapter
  • School of Nursing Mentor Award.
  • Outstanding Nurse, Baton Rouge District Nurses’ Association
  • Who's Who Among American University and College
  • Sister Henrietta Guyot Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Nu Chapter
  • Outstanding Nurse Award,Baton Rouge District Nurses’ Association
  • Oncology Fellowship - Louisiana State University Medical Center

Professional Affiliations

  • American Nurses' Association
  • Louisiana State Nurses' Association
  • Baton Rouge District Nurses' Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau International
  • Society of Pediatric Nurses - Louisiana Alpha Chapter
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • American Heart Association

Areas of Research Interest

  • Children and violence
  • Children and developmentally appropriate health promotion activities
  • Pain management in children
  • Sickle cell
  • Aspects of school nursing, injury prevention

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Carruth, A.K., Pryor, S, Cormier, C. Gilmore, K. Bates, A., Matzke, B., 2010.  Evaluation of a School Based Train-the-Trainer Intervention Program to Teach First Aid and Risk Reduction among High School Students. Journal of School Health, 80(9) 453-460.
  • Hathorn, D., Carruth, A.K., Agosta, L., & Pryor, S. (2009). Self reported back pain among farm women in southeast Louisiana. AAOHN, 57(6), 232-238. 
  • Guillot, L. & Pryor, S.K.  PDA use by undergraduate nursing students during pediatric clinical rotations. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 7(3):15-29
  • Pryor, S. K. Oral and enteric nutrition. In Rhoads, J. & Meeker, B. J. (Eds.), Davis's guide to clinical nursing skills. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis

Selected Funded Projects and Research

  • Center for Faculty Excellence – The Center’s Innovative Teaching Initiative Grant - Facilitating the Development of  Psychomotor Nursing Skills through Simulation with Pediatric Special Needs Training Mannequins –Susan Pryor and Tonia Vessel
  • Center for Faculty Excellence – Faculty Development Grant – Technology and Operational Support for Qualitative Data Analysis - Co-writers Susan Pryor, Lorinda Sealey, and Ken Tillman
  • Center for Faculty Excellence - The Center's Innovative Teaching Initiative Grant – Co-writers, Lucie Agosta, Susan Pryor, and Cindy Logan
  • Center for Faculty Excellence - Faculty Development Grant – Co-writers Jeannie Harper, Susan Pryor, and Donna Hathorn
  • Center for Faculty Excellence - The Center's Innovative Teaching Initiative Grant - Facilitating the Acquisition and Application of Multimedia for Graduate Nursing Students - Co-writers Cindy Loagan, Susan Pryor, and Karen Moody