Cheryl Zukerberg is currently a Professor of Nursing. She is certified as a Gerontological Nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is also certified as a Public Health Nurse and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner by the State of California.http://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=cheryl_zukerberg

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. in Education, Claremont Graduate University
• M.Ed., Claremont Graduate University
• M.S.N., California State University, Long Beach
• B.S.N., California State University, Long Beach
• A.D.N., El Camino College, Torrance, CAhttp://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=cheryl_zukerberg

Biography

Dr. Zukerber's major interests are gerontological nursing and community health nursing. Her sub-specialty is working with frail older adults in the community. Dr. Zukerberg, with Dr. Cynthia Westcott, co-coordinate a free nursing clinic for homeless individuals/low income families in the Orange County area and a free nursing clinic six times a year, in Cerro Azule, Mexico. She has facilitated summer missions nursing programs in India and inner city Los Angeles for Biola nursing students. Dr. Zukerberg is the coordinator for assessment content, gerontological nursing content, and community learning experiences in the nursing curriculum. Dr. Zukerberg is particularly interested in mentoring, using the Biblical world view, students and nurses in the advocacy role for frail older adults.http://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=cheryl_zukerberg

Courses

• Fall Classes: Nursing of the Older Adult Client/Family: Theory and Clinical
• Spring Classes: Community Health Nursing: Theory and Clinicalhttp://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=cheryl_zukerberg

Awards and Honors

• Robert B. and Mary Ellen Fischer Faculty Award for Excellence at Biola University, 1993
• Included in the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th editions of "Who's Who Among America's Teachers"
• Received the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
• Received the John A. Hartford Foundation's 2003 National Award for Excellence in Geriatric Nursing Education, "Infusing Geriatrics Into The Baccalaureate Curriculum"
• Received the 2005 second place award in the State of California for Healthy Lifestyles and Wellness Programs for older adults with the City of La Mirada Ask-A-Nurse program
• Received the 2006 Elsevier Publishing, Inc. Regional First Prize Nursing Faculty Excellence Award
• Received the 2006 Volunteers In Action Organizational Initiative Award by the city of La Mirada for the Ask-A-Nurse program
• Received the 2006 Faculty Excellence for University and Community Service, Biola Universityhttp://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=cheryl_zukerberg

Presentations

• Presentations at national and international conferences include studies on nursing students' attitudes/perceptions on older adults, effect of nursing students' experiential learning activities on attitudes towards older adults, and students' learning from providing health care to underserved populations.
• Dr. Zukerberg's research on older adults' perceptions of successful aging was presented by invitation at the 2006 Oxford Round Table Interdisciplinary Research Conference on "Successful Aging"
• Dr. Zukerberg and colleague Dr. Cynthia Westcott's research, "Preparing Baccalaureate Nursing Students To Provide Global Healthcare" presented at the 2008 international Global Alliance on Nursing Education and Scholarship Conference
• Dr. Zukerberg has authored Gerontological Care In Community Settings: Assisted Living Environment and co-authored with A. Linton (2006)
• Sociological Issues In Aging in Matteson and McConnell's Gerontological Nursing: Concepts and Practice, (3rd ed). Linton, A. and Lach, H., Philadelphia, Elsevier Inc.http://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=cheryl_zukerberg

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