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  • Clinical Faculty
    Associate Professor
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
    P.O. Box 43810
  • Lafayette, LA 70504
  • PHONE: (337)-482-5632
  • EMAIL: scp8829@louisiana.edu

 

Education

• • • D.N.S. Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
    • M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • M.N. College of Nursing, Delhi University,  New Delhi, India
    • B.S. College of Nursing, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

 

Post-Graduate/Specialty Training

• Post master, Psycho Analysis (6 Courses-Post-Master), Institute of Psychoanalysis, Teaneck, New Jersey.
• Completed 15 credits hours toward Family Nurse Practitioner program at LSUMC, New Orleans.
  
  

Licensure and Board Certifications

• Registered Nurse in Louisiana
  
  

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
  
  

Honors & Awards

• Received award for standing first in the class at S.S.G. Hospital School of Nursing, Baroda, Gujarat Nursing Council Registered Nurse Examination, and India.
• Standing second in the class for the final (2nd) year examinations for Bachelor of Science in Nursing, College of Nursing, and Gujarat University, India.
• Who ’s Who in American Nursing Award: The Society of Nursing Professionals, Washington DC.
• Received Distinguish graduate award at Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Nursing,  for Doctorate of Nursing Science.
• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at Sigma Theta Tau International, 32nd Biennial  Convention. Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Distinguished Student Award for the Doctor of Nursing Science Degree by the Epsilon Nu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, School of Nursing, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
• Who’s Who Recognition Nursing Award: Sigma Theta Tau -Delta Eta Chapter.
• Recognized and received an award. “Top 25 Acadiana Nurses” at Acadiana Celebrate Nursing 
  Banquet by  Louisiana Nurses Association, District IV, Year  2005.
• Received  “Col-Jean Migliorino and Lt Col.Philip Piccione 1951 commemorative endowed nursing Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence.
• Received the SLEMCO/BORSF Professorship in Nursing II.
• Tenured, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  
  

Professional Affiliations

• Nurses Association of India. 
• Sigma Thêta  Tau International, Delta Eta, Epsilon Nu.
• Honor Society for International Scholars, Phi Beta Delta Chapter at UL at Lafayette,
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
  
  

Areas of Research Interest

• Mental Health issues among vulnerable populations
  
  

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Patel, S. & Jakopac, K. (2011). Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Skills. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
• Jakopac, K. & Patel, S. (2009). Psychiatric Mental Health: Case Studies and Care Plans. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
• Patel, S. & Sudduth, A. (September 21, 2007). UL Lafayette Students Stressed After Hurricanes.  In ULL News letter 
  #892. Office of Public Relation and News Services , University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
• Patel, S. & Sudduth,  A.  (2007). Accepted, a chapter, Culture and Spirituality for F. A. Davis’s Comprehensive NCLEX –RN Review (5th Ed.).
• Leigh, G. Laroussini, J. Patel  S. & Sudduth, A. (2007). From Dancing With Hurricanes To Regaining Our Balance: A 
  New Normal. In Oermann, M & Heinrich, K, Annual Review of Nursing Education, Vol. 5. (pp 137-152). New York, Springer Publishing Company.
• Patel, s & Sudduth, A. ( 2010). Depression: An Undiagnosed Problem in the Working Poor seen in a Frees Clinic. Abstract  submitted for presentation at the  24th APNA conference at  Louisville, KY.   October 13-16.
• Patel, S & Sudduth, A. (December 4, 2008) Natural disaster Leaves Students Nurses with Post Traumatic Disorder Symptoms  at Accent on Scholarship day at ULL Alumnae Center.
• Patel, S & Sudduth, A. (November 17, 2008). Natural disaster Leaves Students Nurses with Post Traumatic Disorder 
  Symptoms at American Psychiatric Nurses Association‘s (APNA) 22nd Annual conference in Minneapolis.
• Patel, S & Sudduth,  A. (2007). Accepted for the oral presentation: Perceived Stress Of Nursing Students Following Hurricane Katrina And Rita. At the LSNA District IV meeting, Lafayette, LA.
• Patel, S & Sudduth,  A.  (2007). Nursing Students’ Stress Following Hurricane Katrina and Rita, at World Psychiatric Association conference  in Melbourne , Australia, November 28-2 December 2007.
• Patel, S & Sudduth,  A. (2007). Accepted for the oral presentation: Perceived Stress Of Nursing Students Following Hurricane Katrina And Rita. At Pursing Excellence in Public Health Conference in  Savonlinna, Finland In August, 1-5, 2007.
• Patel, S. & Sudduth,  A, (2007). Perceived Stress Of Nursing Students Following Hurricane Katrina And Rita. A 
  podium presentation at. Sigma Theta Tau International, 39th Convention. Baltimore, Maryland, November 3-7.
  
  

Selected Funded Projects and Research

• Developing Proficiency in Utilization of Stress Reduction Methods by Nursing Students.  
• Providing the Simulated Clinical Experience of Hospital Information System to the Nursing Students to Develop Their Proficiency in the Computerized Hospital Information System Skills to Improve Patient Care.
• Expanding the Nursing Students Knowledge and Understanding of the Role of Spirituality In Patient Care across the Nursing Curriculum.
• Australia (2007):Nursing Students’ Stress Following Hurricane Katrina and Rita, at World Psychiatric Association conference  in Melbourne , Australia, November 28-2 December 2007. (Abstract Published In Proceedings).
• Finland (2007). Accepted for the oral presentation: Perceived Stress of Nursing Students Following Hurricane Katrina and Rita. At Pursing Excellence in Public Health Conference in  Savonlinna, Finland In August, 1-5, 2007.