Theresa Garren-Grubbs

Theresa Garren-Grubbs

Assistant Professor (Brookings)

Education

  • B.S. in nutrition and food science | Auburn University | 2006
  • B.S. in nursing | Auburn University | 2007
  • MSN in clinical nurse leadership | University of Iowa | 2013
  • DNP in outcomes performance management | Loyola University Chicago | 2020

Academic and Professional Experience

Academic Interests
  • Rural health
  • Quality and safety
Academic Responsibilities
  • NURS 119: First-Year Nursing Seminar
  • NURS 372: Professional Nursing Concepts II
  • NURS 645 CNL I: Improvement Science: A Microsystem Approach
  • NURS 646 CNL II: Clinical Immersion and Capstone Project
  • NURS 860: Health Operations and Financial Management for Nurse Managers
Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • SDSU National Scholarship Committee
  • College of Nursing Faculty Assembly (secretary)
  • College of Nursing Welfare and Development Subcommittee (chair)
  • Life Circle South 啵啵直播秀

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
  • Rural Nurse Organization
  • Clinical Nurse Leader Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau

Research and Scholarly Work

Areas of Research
  • Social determinants of health
  • Palliative care
  • Advance care planning
啵啵直播秀s and Honors

DAISY 啵啵直播秀 for Extraordinary Nurse Educators (2024)

Grants
  1. PREPARE-RNs: Partnering to Address the Critical Nursing Shortage in South 啵啵直播秀. Health Resources and Services Administration, September 2022-September 2025, $1.05 million.
  2. NURS 119 Response to Changing College Student Behaviors. Margaret and Ron Hegge Nursing Faculty Excellence Endowment, December 2022-August 2023, $9,700.
  3. Upper Midwest Palliative Care Education Network. Health Resources and Services Administration, July 2020-June 2023, $900,000.
  4. Rural Emergency Department Nurses Experiences with Workplace Violence, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, August 2021-December 2022, $500.
  5. Advance Care Planning in South 啵啵直播秀 Women Who Farm and Ranch, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, August 2019-July 2020, $500.
Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

  1. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.746
  2. Perrenoud, M., Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T., Berke, C. and Inch, D. (2023). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.750
  3. Garren-Grubbs, T., Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (2020). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 20(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v20i2.632.

Podium Presentations:

  1. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K. (April 19, 2024). 鈥淩ural nursing now has my heart.鈥 Preparing prelicensure nursing students for rural practice (podium presentation). 35th Nursing Research Symposium at Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South 啵啵直播秀.
  2. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K. (Oct. 27, 2023). 鈥淒on鈥檛 knock it until you try it鈥: Preparing prelicensure nursing students for rural practice (podium presentation). Avera Nursing EBP and Research Conference, Sioux Falls, South 啵啵直播秀.
  3. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (July 27, 2023). Rural emergency department nurses鈥 experiences with workplace violence (podium presentation). International Rural Nursing Conference, Johnson City, Tennessee.
  4. Pravecek, B., Garren-Grubbs, T. and Mollman, S. (March 31, 2023). Development of a statewide network: Innovatively improving access to palliative care services in South 啵啵直播秀 (podium presentation). 47th annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Des Moines, Iowa.
  5. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (March 24, 2023). Rural emergency department nurses鈥 experiences with workplace violence: A pilot study (podium presentation). 34th Nursing Research Symposium, Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀.
  6. Berke, C., Garren-Grubbs, T., Mollman, S. and Pravecek, B. (Oct. 28, 2022). Improving palliative care access through primary palliative care education (podium presentation). Avera Nursing EBP and Research Conference, Sioux Falls, South 啵啵直播秀.
  7. Garren-Grubbs, T., Huff, K., Pravecek, B. and Stewart, C. (April 22, 2022). South 啵啵直播秀 Palliative Care Network: Development and dissemination of palliative care education for undergraduate and graduate nursing students across the plains (podium presentation). 33rd annual Sigma Nursing Research Symposium.
  8. Garren-Grubbs, T. Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (April 16, 2021). PREPARE-ing South 啵啵直播秀 farm and ranch women for advance care planning (podium presentation). 32nd Nursing Research Symposium hosted by the Phi and Zeta Zeta Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau.

Poster Presentations

  1. Garren-Grubbs, T., Huff, K., Pravecek, B. and Stewart, C. April 21, 2022). South 啵啵直播秀 Palliative Care Network: Development and dissemination of palliative education for undergraduate and graduate nursing students across the plains (poster presentation). Mount Marty University Research Day.
  2. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Schievelbein, D. (Feb. 18, 2022). Preparing tomorrow鈥檚 nurse leaders: Experiential learning opportunities with practice partners (poster presentation). NurseThink for Nurse Educators 鈥 Next Gen Learning: Fundamentals, NCLEX and Beyond.
  3. Garren-Grubbs, T. (February 2021). PREPARE-ing South 啵啵直播秀 farm and ranch women for advance care planning (poster presentation). 2021 Clinical Nurse Leader Summit.
  4. Garren-Grubbs, T. Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (March 19, 2021). PREPARE-ing South 啵啵直播秀 farm and ranch women for advance care planning (poster presentation). Ruth K. Palmer Symposium Maywood, Illinois.

Invited Speaker

  1. Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (Nov. 14, 2023). How can nursing research impact the health and well-being of South 啵啵直播秀 and beyond (podium presentation). Sanford Improvement Symposium, Sioux Falls, South 啵啵直播秀.
  2. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (Feb. 13, 2024). Workplace violence in rural emergency departments. UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation Professional Development Conference, Arlington, Texas (virtual presentation).
  3. Mollman, S., Pravecek, B. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (April 11, 2024). Meeting the new essentials: Collaborative development and integration of primary palliative care at four universities. ELNEC Virtual Lunch and Learn to Support Palliative Care Education, Creighton University College of Nursing (virtual presentation).

Extension Presentations and Publications

  1. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021). SDSU Extension, College of Nursing encourage timely talks this holiday season. SDSU Extension.
  2. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021). South 啵啵直播秀 State University promotes advance care planning ahead of National Health Care Decisions Day. SDSU Extension.
  3. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2019, updated 2021). Advance care planning for rural families. SDSU Extension.
Mailing Address:
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College of Nursing-Box 2275
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