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Chastity Warren, RN, DNP, CCRN-K

Assistant Professor

Academic Affairs

1355 Bogue St. #A274, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

(517) 355-3514

warrenc9@msu.edu

Biography

Interest Areas:

Active learning in the classroom
Critical Care Nursing
Interprofessional education, clinical practice and safety
Simulation and clinical practice
Basic nursing practices to improve patients outcomes - oral care, mobility

Education

DNP, Chamberlain College of Nursing

MSN/Ed, University of Phoenix

BSN, University of Phoenix

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Awards

Advanced nursing degree scholarship, $2500. Sparrow Hospital Women’s Board of Managers, Lansing, Michigan. 2016

Distinguished graduate technical training (4NO). United States Air Force, Travis Air Force Base, California. 1998

Honor graduate basic training. United States Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. 1997

Publications

Schutte, D. & Warren, C. (2020). Staff knowledge and attitudes towards oral care in an acute care hospital: Pre and post-implementation of an evidence-based practice change. MEDSURG Nursing Journal, 29(3).

Warren, C., Medei, M., Wood, B., & Schutte, D. (2019). A nurse-driven oral care protocol to reduce hospital-acquired pneumonia: A quality improvement initiative. American Journal of Nursing, 119(2), 44-51.

Research and Grants

Delta Dental Foundation (Oral Care Improvement Initiative) A Nurse Driven Protocol to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pneumonia, $400,000 (2017-2020)

Sparrow Foundation; Sparrow Hospital Guild. Mini-grant to support effective oral care in the adult gero-psych department to support suction machines. $2500 (2017)

Delta Dental Foundation (Oral Care Improvement Initiative) A Nurse Driven Protocol to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pneumonia, $175,000 (2015-2016)