Arlene Wiens

In addition to teaching at EMU, Arlene served on an educational mobility state task force for the Virginia Partnerships for Learning. Her clinical experiences were in rehabilitation, psychiatric, critical care, step-down units and nursing management. Research interests include educational mobility for RNs, transition into practice and historical analysis of nursing supply and demand. She also enjoys biking, reading and landscaping.

B.S., Albright College
M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania
A.N.A. Certification as Nurse Practitioner in Adult Health
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Wiens, AG. (2003 Fall). Can we reverse the nursing shortage? Daily News Record Editorial Page. (Invited)
Wiens, AG. (2003 January-March). Can we reverse the nursing shortage? Mennonite Health Journal, 5(1), 29. (Invited)
Wiens, A.G. (2005). Biotechnology through a nursing ethics lens. In Miller, R.J., Brubaker, B.H. & Peterson, J.C. Viewing new creations with Anabaptist eyes. Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing.

(2003). Sharing the Journey: Power Issues in the Nurse Patient Walk. Presented at Pi Mu Scholarship Day at James Madison University.
(2004). Status of nursing in the Shenandoah Valley. Presented to the Retired Physicians Group at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. (Invited)
(2005) Vietenthal, P. & Wiens, A.G. Educational mobility (research). Pi Mu Research Day, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
(2005). EMU Nursing- A Place in History. Alumni Nursing at Eastern Mennonite University.
(2005) Challenges in education: Developing a nursing conceptual framework consistent with the mission of a Christian u. (With Ann Hershberger). University of Virginia, Doctoral Alumni Scholarship Day, University of Virginia
(2006) Nursing supply and demand: Who is the puppeteer? EMU Faculty Luncheon.
(2006) Health care issues from a nursing perspective. Faith and Issues Class at Parkview Mennonite Church.

1986 – 2008. Virginia Nurses Association/American Nurses Association. 2002-2003 Interim President, District 9
2006-08 Pi Mu Chapter at Large STTI, Acting Finance Chair
2006-2008. Vice President, Legislative Chair
1994-2008. Shenandoah Nurse Practitioners
1998-2008. Virginia Nurses’ Legislative Coalition

2004 – Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Grant for Nursing Education and Medical Technology.
2006 – Grant from the Schowalter Foundation, Inc. to begin Parish Nursing course.

2002-04 Faculty Status Committee
2002-03 Writing Assessment Committee
2004-05 Preceptor for two nursing graduate student (VCU, UVA) projects: Assessment of Nursing Needs in the Valley (research) and a review of geriatric content in EMU’s integrated curriculum.
2005 Advised ADCP-RN to BS student in her research project on barriers to educational mobility for RNs.