Biography

Yvonne Lusk received her B.S.N. from the University of Cincinnati in 1987 and her M.S.N. from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2009. She began working at Cedarville in 2007. Her work experience includes med-surgical nursing, telemetry, home health, and most recently emergency nursing. Yvonne is married and has four children.

Education

• MSN, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
• BSN, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Areas of Interest

• Medical Surgical Nursing
• Home care
• Emergency nursing care

Selected Scholarly Activities/Professional Services

• Lusk, Y. (January, 2010). The relationship between pain management education, knowledge retention, and nurses’ attitudes toward pain management. Presented at Mosby's Faculty Development Seminar in San Diego, California.
• Lusk, Y. (2009). The relationship between pain management education, knowledge retention, and nurses’ attitudes toward pain management. Unpublished master’s thesis.
• 2005-present: Staff Registered Nurse, Greene Memorial Hospital, Xenia, OH - Emergency Department
• 2003-2005: Staff Registered Nurse, Greene Memorial Hospital, Xenia, OH - Medical Surgical Unit
• 1994-2006: Registered Nurse, Option Care Home Health, Fairborn, OH – home care
• 2001-2003: Registered Nurse, Academy Health Service, Kettering, OH – home care
• 1996-1997: Registered Nurse, Enriched Living Dayton, OH - Case Manager
• 1987-1994: Staff Nurse, Grandview Hospital, Dayton, OH - Medical Surgical Unit
• 1992-1994: Staff, Grandview Hospital, Dayton, OH - Utilization Review
• Memberships: Emergency Nurses Association - 2007-Current; Sigma Theta Tau - 2008-Current

Mission Involvement

• 2009: Missions Involvement Services (MIS) Team Leader – Nursing team to Bangladesh
• 1998-2003: Foreign Exchange liaison - Placed and acted as a liaison for Exchange students from: Spain, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, and Japan.