Sunny Hallowell

Summary:

Dr. Hallowell believes health care should be patient-centered, evidence-based, supported by policy and open to innovation. She brings to her research and teaching over 15 years of clinical experience in pediatrics and perinatal care, as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse (NICU) and Lactation Consultant. Her recent publications focus on the associations between the hospital workforce and the outcomes of infants from the NICU. She is passionate about Advance Practice Nursing leadership and was honored when selected to serve a two-year term as a national Jonas Health Policy Scholar with the American Academy of Nursing (’14) on the Expert Panel on Breastfeeding. She also recently completed her term as the President of the Pennsylvania Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (’15). Her current research integrates her skills in health services research, health policy and innovation to measure patient-centered outcomes focused on bridging care from the hospital to home. Dr. Hallowell welcomes the opportunity to solve health care issues using an interdisciplinary team-based approach and invites students into a classroom environment that encourages critical thinking, creativity and active participation.

Education:

• PhD University of Pennsylvania
• Teaching certificate University of Pennsylvania
• MSN University of Pennsylvania
• BSN University of Toronto
• BSc University of Toronto

Teaching Areas:

• NUR 4114 Nursing and Health Policy
• NUR 4108 Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents
• NUR 4109 Practicum in Nursing Care of Children and Adolescents
• Graduate Level NUR 8663 Health Promotion of the Growing Child

Grants:

• 2018 - "Virtual Reality Simulation for Teaching and Evaluation of Medication Safety Administration". Pennsylvania Higher Education Nursing Schools, Association ($2500). Sunny G. Hallowell (PI); Edward Kim (co-PI).
• 2016 - "Associations Between Implementation of Baby Friendly Hospital Policy and Nurse Practice Outcomes". Villanova University, College of Nursing($3000). Center for Nursing Research - Research Development Grant. Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD (PI); Andrea Crivelli-Kovach (co-PI).
• 2015 - "Fostering the Optimal Contribution of Nurses to Parental Engagement in Neonatal Intensive Care". Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing. Small Grant Award. Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD (PI); Eileen Lake, PhD(Mentor).

Research:

• Nursing Workforce, Hospital Work Environments, Nurse Staffing, Education and Expertise
• Neonatal Intensive Care, Nurse and Infant Outcomes
• Breastfeeding Support and Human Milk Provision
• Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Hospital Discharge
• Hallowell,S.G. (2013). The Associations Between the Nurse Work Environment, Breastfeeding Support and Human Milk Provision in the NICU. University of Pennsylvania. Nursing, United States –Pennsylvania [Dissertation], ISBN 9781303145810

Area of Expertise:

• Nursing Workforce, Staffing and Work Environments
• Breastfeeding, Human Milk and Human Lactation
• Neonatal Intensive Care, Nursing, Pediatric and Perinatal Outcomes
• Innovation, Virtual Reality, Healthcare Simulation