New College of Nursing faculty and staff expands expertise
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s College of Nursing has recently added three distinguished faculty and staff members to its growing team. These new additions bring experience in forensic nursing, simulation, community health and palliative care.
“I am honored to welcome these exceptional faculty and staff members to our College of Nursing,” said Dr. Cindy Weston, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE, FAANP, FAAN, founding dean of the College of Nursing. “The addition of their specialties will provide outstanding knowledge, experience and opportunities for our students to ensure the College of Nursing continues to offer world-class, innovative programs.”
Bridgette Pullis, PhD, RN, CHPN, professor, comes to the CON from the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where she served as director of the Veterans Bachelor of Science program. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, La., and holds a Master of Science in Community Health Nursing and a Doctor of Philosophy in Health Studies from Texas Woman’s University. A certified hospice and palliative nurse, Dr. Pullis has 30 years of experience in community health nursing and has been a nurse educator for more than 20 years teaching community health nursing.
Shopha Tserotas, PhD, MSN, RN, CHSE, assistant professor, has more than two decades of nursing experience and over 10 years as a faculty member teaching across the undergraduate curriculum. Her work focuses on advancing simulation-based education. Dr. Tserotas’ Ph.D. dissertation specifically examined the impact of serious-gaming simulation in prebriefing with high-fidelity simulations. She most recently served as the director of simulation at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University enhancing simulation-based learning across multiple undergraduate and graduate programs.
Jenny Black, BSN, RN, SANE-A, director of forensic nursing, has been a forensic nurse since 2007. For the last decade, she directed Austin’s community based forensic nursing program at the SAFE Alliance, a program she cofounded in 2015. Black served the Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team for 15 years and is a founding member of the Texas Office of the Governor’s Sexual Assault Survivors’ Task Force. Her work focuses on simulation training for sexual assault responders, patient centered care and multidisciplinary leadership.
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