Todaro-Franceschi, V. (1995).  Must acausality imply unpredictability?  Visions: The Journal

      of Rogerian Nursing Science, 3, 46-50.

 Todaro-Franceschi, V.  (1991).  Accuracy and feasibilty of measuring oral temperature in

      critically ill adults.  Focus on Critical Care, 18, (3), 221-228.

 Book Reviews- a few

Select Oral Presentations

 2010         A Dying Man and A Fentanyl Patch, Association for Death Education and

                  Counseling 32^nd Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO (Apr)

 2010         End of Life Pedagogy and Being in the World, Association for Death Education and

                  Counseling 32^nd Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO (Apr)

 2009         Teaching, Learning and Student Engagement of Complex Topics:  The Creation of

                   Online Community Boards, CUNY Information Technology Conference (Dec)

2009         End of Life Education, Death Attitudes and Power as Knowing Participation in

                  Change, Society of Rogerian Scholars Conference, Visions of Roger's Science of   

                  Unitary Human Beings: A Celebration of the Relative Present, Florida Atlantic

                   University, FL (Oct)                                                                         

2009           Healthy Aging, Unhealthy Dying: Talk About Convolution of Contemporary Values!

                   Oxford Roundtable Session on Ethics, Oxford University, Oxford UK (Mar)

2009          Eyes Wide Open: Can We Learn From History? American Association of University     

                   Professors, Washington, DC (June)

2008         Changing the Face of Death through Presence: Communicating with the Dying and

                  Their Loved Ones.  3^rd European Federation of Critical Care Nursing Congress and

                  27^th Aniarti Conference, Influencing Critical Care Nursing in Europe, Florence, Italy

                  (Oct)

2008         Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Reaffirming Purpose in Nursing. 3^rd European              

                 Federation of Critical Care Nursing Congress and 27^th Aniarti Conference, Influencing

                 Critical Care Nursing in Europe, Florence, Italy (Oct)

2008         Fostering Teaching-Learning on End-of-Life Nursing: An Online Community Board. 

                  1^st International Global Alliance on Nursing Education and Scholarship (GANES)

                  Educating the Future Nursing and Health Workforce: A Global Challenge, Toronto,              

                  Ontario (Oct)

2008         Creating Change, Creating Leaders. 1^st International Global Alliance on Nursing

                  Education and Scholarship (GANES) Educating the Future Nursing and Health

                  Workforce: A Global Challenge, Toronto, Ontario (Oct)

2008          Don’t Worry About Caring for the Dying: It Isn’t On the NCLEX. International Centre

                  for Nursing Ethics Conference, Nursing Ethics and Health Care Policy: Bridging

                  Local, National and International Perspectives Yale University, CT (July)

2007          Creating Change, Creating Leaders: Unguided Teaching-Learning. American

                  Associaton of Colleges in Nursing  Bacalaureate Conference, New Orleans (Nov).

2007         Changing the Face of Death with Presence: Communicating with the Dying and

                  Their Loved Ones.  New York Cornell Medical Center, Nursing Grand Rounds,

                  NY. (Feb)  Invited

2006          Co-Meditation: A Practice for Reducing Anxiety in a Nursing School Setting.

                   Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing Research Roundtable. Invited

2002           Synchronicity Related to Dead Loved Ones:  A Natural Healing Modality.

                   Hunter School of Nursing Annual Spring Forum New York (April). Invited

2002          Exploring Synchronicity Related to Dead Loved Ones: A Natural Healing

                   Modality.  State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, STTI

                   Washington D.C. (Sep’t)

2001           Caregiver’s Issues:  When Nobody Listens.  Stein  Senior Center, Choices in the

                    Later Years, New York. Invited                                                                                          

2001           Energy:  A Bridging Concept for Nursing Science. International Association for

                   Human Caring Conference,  Stirling, Scotland (June).

2001          Exploring Synchronicity Related To The Death of A Loved One As A Natural

                   Healing Modality. International  Association for Human Caring Conference,

                   Stirling, Scotland (June).

2001          Synchronicity Related to Dead Loved Ones: A Natural Healing Modality.

                   Association for Death Education and Counseling 23^rd Annual Conference, Toronto,

                   Canada (March).

2001          Energy: A Critical Issue For The Unitary Perspective. Midwest Nursing Research

                  Society, Unitary Being Perspectives Research Symposium, Clevland, Ohio (Mar).                    

2000           Exploring Synchronicity Related To The Death of A Loved One As A Natural

                   Healing Modality. Regional Nursing Research Conference, STTI, Gamma Lambda

                   Chapter and University of Southern Mississippi, Biloxi, MI  (Nov).

 2000          Synchronicity As A Meaningful, Purposeful Manifestation of  Pattern.  Eighth    

                    Rogerian Conference, NYU (June).

2000           Energy:  A Bridging Concept for Nursing Science.  Eastern Nursing Research

                    Society, 12^th Annual Scientific Sessions. Newport, RI (April).

2000          The Nature of Health & Healing.  Nursing Spring Forum: Spirituality, Health &

                    Healing, Hunter College, (April).  Invited

2000          Unnaming Energy. The International Institute for Human Understanding, Fifth

                   Annual International Conference, Miami, FL. (March).

1999            The Enigma of Energy: A Philosophical Inquiry. University of Alberta Int’l Nursing

                    Research Conference, Philosophic Inquiry Workshop. Edmonton, Canada, (June).   

1998            Do We Always Participate Knowingly? New York University, Seventh Rogerian Conference

                    Nursing and the Changing Person-Environment, NY, (June).

1998            The Enigma of Energy. Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Lambda Chapter/University

                   Southern Mississippi Nursing Research Conference, Biloxi, (Nov).

1998            The Enigma of Energy. The Center for Nursing Research, Research Roundtable,                        

                    Hunter College, (March). Invited

1996            Cardiac Assessment  and Respiratory Assessment two seminars in a series for The

                     Arthur Ashe Institute at  State University of NY, Health Science Center at Brooklyn.  

1993-1994    Several seminars on  Decision-Making at the End-of-Life: The PSDA

Posters

2008           Fostering End of Life Care Teaching and Learning Across the Curriculum : An Online

                    Community Board ELNEC  50^th Celebration, City of Hope and AACN, Chicago, IL. (June)

 2001            “Unnaming Energy.” Poster Presentation. Association for Death Education and  

                     Counseling 23^rd Annual  Conference, Toronto, Canada (March). 

Research

 Funded:

2008      Transforming Death Attitudes and Power as Knowing Participation in Change (before  

              and after death education). Schools of the Health Professions Seed Money Grant, July 1

              2008-June 30^th 2009; $2310.00. 

 2008    Changing the Face of Death:  A Pedagogic Intervention, (an alumni survey of

             perceptions  of empowerment to care for the dying and their loved ones).

             Professional Staff Congress (PSC), CUNY Grant #39 July 2008-June 30 2009; $5035.00.

 2005    Imagery, Spirituality, and the Healing Moment: Quality of Living, Quality of Dying at

            the End of Life, Co-PI with Violet Malinski, RN,PhD.   Funded by the Russo Gift for

            Alternative Health Care, $20, 050. 

2004     Co-Meditation: A Practice for Reducing Anxiety in a Nursing School Setting.  Co-PI

             with Violet Malinski, RN, PhD. Funded by the Russo Gift for Alternative Health Care

             $15, 886.   

 2003     Healing the Ones Left Behind:  Exploring the Use of Synchronicity Related to Dead 

              Loved Ones in Focused Group Bereavement Work. Funded by Professional Staff

              Congress (PSC), CUNY Grant award # 34, $4,000.

 2001     Exploring Synchronicity Related To the Death of a Loved One As A Natural Healing

             Modality.  Funded by PSC CUNY Grant award # 30, $6,324.              

 Not Funded:

 2009    Critical Care Nurses Perceptions of Preparedness to Care for the Dying and

              Professional Quality of Life.  (study in progress)

2009     Changing Death Experiences in Health Care: An Intervention to Promote Completion of

               Advance Directives.  (study in progress Stein Senior Center with Adrial Lobelo, RN, MS)

 2008     End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Train-the-Trainer Program: Is It

              Working as It Was Envisioned? Submitted Fall 2008 Professional Staff Congress,

              City University of New York  (study in progress with Adrial Lobelo, RN, MS)

 2008    Faculty Initiative in Technology: Fostering Student Engagement and Teaching-

              Learning on End-of-Life Care  (submitted to  CUNY not funded, not undertaken)

2008      Pain and Consciousness, CUNY Collaborative with Keville Frederickson, PI and Co-PI

                Barbara Montero

2008       HRSA proposal for Advanced Practice Education Clinical Nurse Leader program submitted

               with Kathy Nokes, December (Approved, not funded).

Of Note

2009   Hastings Center Visiting Scholar (November 30- December 12)

2009    Invited delegate to the Oxford Roundtable on Ethics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

2008   Coordinator, Inaugural Health and Hospital Corporation ELNEC Train-the-Trainer Program, NY

2007, 2008   Hunter College Presidential Travel Awards for Scholarship,  CUNY

2001   End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) 1^st cohort trainee fellowship

1998   New York University Nursing Alumni Association Doctoral Student Achievement Award

1998   New York University, Division of Nursing Martha E. Rogers Graduate Student Award

1998   Finalist (one of five) for Ninth Annual jointly sponsored Common Boundary & Institute  

           of  Noetic Sciences  Thesis/ Dissertation Award.

1996   Certificate of Appreciation, State University of New York,  Health Science Center of

            Brooklyn, College of Nursing, SUNY

1994   Certificate of Achievement, University Hospital of Brooklyn, SUNY, Department of

           Nursing Services

1989   Certificate of Merit for Demonstrated Commitment to Excellence in Professional Nursing,

           Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College

1985   Rookie of the Year, Cardiac Intensive Care, Tampa General Hospital, FL.

Other:

2006     Sloan Technology Grant for CUNY Online Course Development (Fall 2006). 

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