Education

Ph.D. Saint Louis University
9/98 – 2/02 School of Nursing
Saint Louis, Missouri

M.S. University of Illinois at Chicago
9/87 – 12/89 College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois
Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

B.S.N. Illinois Wesleyan University
9/82 – 5/86 Bloomington, Illinois

Professional Experience

8/09-Present
Director
School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois

8/08 – 7/09
Associate Professor
School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois

8/02 – 7/08
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois

12/05 – present
Behavioral Health Resource Clinician
Psychiatric Emergency Care, Eating Disorders,
and Partial Hospitalization Programs
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois

8/99 – 11/05
Psychotherapist/Clinical Supervisor
Eating Disorders and Behavioral Health Programs,
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois

8/99 – 7/02
Assistant Professor
Department of Nursing, Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois

1/99 – 7/99
Clinical Coordinator
Inpatient Mental Health Program
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

5/95 – 12/98
Intensive Services Coordinator
Eating Disorders Program, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

11/92 – 4/95
Inpatient Clinical Coordinator
Eating Disorders Program, Saint Francis Medical Center

5/88 – 10/92
Assistant Nursing Care Manager/ Clinical Nurse Educator
Eating Disorders Program, Saint Francis Medical Center

6/86 – 4/88
Staff/Charge Nurse
Eating Disorders Program, Saint Francis Medical Center

Licensure

Registered Professional Nurse, State of Illinois
Advanced Practice Nurse, State of Illinois with Prescriptive Authority
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, State of Illinois

Certifications

Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
American Nurses Credentialing Center

Professional Membership

Academy for Eating Disorders
International Orem Society
Midwest Nursing Research Society

Honoraries

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Leadership for Academic Nursing Program 2008 Fellow
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing,
Alpha Lambda and Theta Pi Chapters

Publications

Folse, V.N., & Hahn, R. (in review). Implementing suicide risk screening in
an emergency department. Clinical Nursing Research

Folse, V.N. (2008). Self-Concept. In P. Potter & A. Perry. (Eds), Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th
Edition, St. Louis: Mosby.

Folse, V.N. (2007). The family experience with eating disorders scale: Psychometric
analysis. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 21(4), 210-221.

Folse, V.N. (2007). Managing Quality and Risk. In P. Yoder-Wise. (Ed), Leading and
Managing in Nursing, 4th Edition (pp. 389-406), St. Louis: Elsevier.

Folse, V.N. (2007). Self-Concept and Sexuality. In P. Potter & A. Perry. (Eds), Basic Nursing
Essentials for Practice, 6th Edition (pp. 557-576), St. Louis: Mosby.

Folse, V.N., Eich, K., Hall, A., & Ruppman, J. (2006). Detecting suicide risk in adolescents
and adults in an emergency department: A pilot study. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
and Mental Health Services, 44(3), 23-29.

Folse, V.N. (2005). Self-Concept. In P. Potter & A. Perry. (Eds), Fundamentals of Nursing, 6th
Edition (pp. 500-521), St. Louis: Mosby.

Ruthman, J., Jackson, J., Cluskey, M., Flannigan, P., Folse, V.N., & Bunten, J. (2004). Using
clinical journaling to capture critical thinking across the curriculum. Nursing Education
Perspectives, 25(3), 120-123.

Grants

2006 Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant (with Dr. Sharie Metcalfe)
for Madrid: Toward Globalization and Global Healthcare, $3,000

2004 BroMenn Auxillary Grant (with Dr. Donna Hartweg) for
Faculty-Student Research and NCLEX-RN Licensure Preparation, $15,000

2002 Illinois Wesleyan University Curriculum Development Grant for
Health Care of Native Americans Travel Course, $2,000

Peer Review

Review Panel of the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Activities (2006-present)

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• 6/28/08 Retaining SCDNT as a Curricular Framework for the Next
  Generation of Nurses (Paper Presentation with S. Metcalfe)
  10th World Congress International Orem Society, Vancouver, British Columbia
• 2/29/08 Engaging Undergraduate Nursing Students through Research (Invited
  Paper Presentation with S. Metcalfe) Engagement Conference, Murray
  State University, Murray, Kentucky
• 2/17/08 Engaging an Entire Campus Community in the First Year Summer Reading
  Program (Paper Presentation) University of South Carolina National Resource
  Center 27th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, San Francisco, California
• 3/25/07 Detecting Suicide Risk in Adults and Adolescents in an Emergency Department
  (Paper Presentation) Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research
  Conference, Omaha, Nebraska
• 2/23/07 Evidence-Based Practice for Detecting Suicide Risk in Adults and Adolescents
  (Paper Presentation) 8th Annual Evidence-Based Practice Conference, Arizona
  State University, College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Phoenix, Arizona
• 7/21/06 SCDNT, NANDA, NIC, and NOC: Competing or Complementary Organizing
  Frameworks? (Paper Presentation) 9th World Congress Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory,
  Johannesburg, South Africa
• 3/16/06 Direct Assessment and Referral Team (DART): Innovative Psychiatric Services
  (Poster Presentation with Lynn Irving Klass and Gail Koch) Nurses Shaping Our Future,
  St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin
• 7/13/05 Detecting Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Adults in an Emergency Department:
  A Pilot Study (Poster Presentation) Sigma Theta Tau 3rd International Evidence-Based
  Nursing Preconference, Waikoloa, Hawaii
• 3/10/05 Critical Incident Stress Management for Emergency Service Providers and Detecting
  Suicide Risk in an Emergency Department (Paper Presentations)
  Trauma 2005 Conference, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Peoria, Illinois
• 10/1/04 The Use of Clinical Journaling to Enhance the Development of Nursing Agency in
  Students Providing Psychiatric-Mental Health Care (Paper Presentation)
  8th World Congress Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, Ulm, Germany
• 3/1/04 The Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale: Psychometric Analysis
  (Paper Presentation) Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference,
  St. Louis, Missouri
• 2/22/03 Eating Disorders: Trends, Issues, and Innovations (Invited presentation)
  Sigma Theta Tau International, Theta Pi Chapter, Bloomington, Illinois
• 4/27/02 The Development of the Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale
  (Paper Presentation) Academy for Eating Disorders, Boston, Massachusetts
• 8/12/01 The Need for an Improved Family Functioning Inventory for Eating Disorder
  Populations (Paper Presentation) International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals
  Foundations, San Diego, California
• 5/18/01 The Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale: Determining the
  Degree of Reliability and Validity (Poster Presentation)
  Academy for Eating Disorders, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 3/4/01 The Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale: Establishing
  Reliability and Validity (Poster Presentation) Midwest Nursing Research Society
  Annual Research Conference, Cleveland, Ohio

Service

University

• 2007-present First Year Advising Coordinator (appointed)
• 2004-present First Year Advisory Board (appointed)
• Presented at First Year Advising Faculty Conference 2004-2008
• Involved in development and implementation of Summer
  Reading Program 2005 -2008
• Presented at “Experience IWU” 2005-2008
• Presented at ALANA Orientation 2007-2008
• Participated in Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean
  of Students search 2005
• 2003-present First Year Advisor
• 2006-2008 Academic Appeals Committee (2 year elected term)
• 2008 Search Committee, Director of Academic Advising
• 2007 Economics Research Honors Project of Matt Goergen
  entitled Exploring the effects of age at arrival and region
  of origin on the earnings of immigrant physicians in the U.S.
  (Committee Member)
• 2006-2007 Search Committee, Developmental Psychology tenure-line
  faculty position
• 2004-2007 Counseling and Consultation Services Workgroups
• Member of Campus Alcohol Social Norming Advisory Workgroup 2007
• Member of Mental Health Awareness Week Workgroup 2004
• Member of Eating Disorders Workgroup 2005
• 2006 Traditions Workgroup, Development and Alumni Relations
• 2005 Search Committee, Director of Counseling and Consultation Services
• 2003 Psychology Research Honors Project of Liza Zolot entitled The
  development of a measure of men’s objectification of women (Committee Member)

School of Nursing

• 2002-present Curriculum Committee, School of Nursing
  Chairperson 2005-2007
• Convener of NCLEX Workgroup 2003-present
• Convener of Faculty Course Evaluation Workgroup 2003-present
• Member of Curricular Revision Workgroup 2005-present
• Member of Orem SCDNT Workgroup 2002-2003
• 2008 Nursing Research Honors Project of Katie Hoff entitled Family
  Experience with Eating Disorders Scale: Exploring Reliability
  and Validity and Evaluating the Clinical Utility of its Use in Treatment
  (Chairperson)
• 2008 Search Committee, Medical-Surgical Nursing tenure-line faculty position
• 2006 Nursing Research Honors Project of Rebecca Hahn entitled Detecting
  Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Adults in an Emergency Department:
  An Implementation Study (Chairperson)
• 2005 Member of Inauguration Symposium Workgroup
• 2004 Nursing Research Honors Project of Katie Davis entitled Detecting
  Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Adults in an Emergency Department:
  A Pilot Study. (Chairperson)
• 2004 Search Committee, Public Health Nursing tenure-line faculty position

Community Involvement

• 1989-present Heart of Illinois Critical Incident Stress Management Team, Clinical Director
• Peoria Area EMS Award 2001
• NYPD/POPPA CISM Debriefer for One-Year Anniversary of 9/11 2003
• 1995-present Disaster Mental Health Alliance, Tri County Area (maintain membership
  in Community Response Team and American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Team)
• 2006-present Eta Chapter of Sigma Kappa, Corporation Board Vice President

Continuing Education

• 6/25/08- Self-Care and Nursing: Reflecting the Past-Conquering the Future
  6/29/08 10th World Congress Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, Vancouver, British Columbia
• 3/12/08- Baccalaureate Essentials Conference, American Association of
• 3/14/08 Colleges of Nursing Nashville, Tennessee
• 2/28/08- Engagement Conference, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 2/29/08
• 2/15/08- University of South Carolina National Resource Center 27th Annual Conference
• 2/18/08 on The First-Year Experience, San Francisco, California
• 7/9/07- The First Year Experience
• 7/12/07 20th International Conference National Resource Center for The First Year
  Experience and Students in Transitions, Waikoloa, Hawaii
• 3/23/07- Innovative Technology: Pioneering Pathways to Health
• 3/26/07 Midwest Nursing Research Society, Omaha, Nebraska
• 2/22/07- Evidence Based Practice
• 2/23/07 University of Arizona, School of Nursing, Phoenix, Arizona
• 2/10/07 Ethical and Legal Issues in Supervision
  Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association, Springfield, IL
• 11/3/06- Best Practice in the First College Year
• 11/5/06 13th National Conference on Students in Transitions, St. Louis, MO
• 10/30/06 Assessing Boundaries and Building the Supervisory Relationship
  Illinois Mental Health Counselors Association, Bourbonnais, IL
• 7/20/06- The Science of Self-Care: A Patient Oriented Approach to Clinical Care
• 7/22/06 9th World Congress Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 3/10/06- Adaptive Leadership in Changing Times
• 3/11/06 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Executive Development Series,
  Washington, DC
• 9/22/05 Legal Issues in Nursing Nancy Brent, Central Illinois Regional Nursing Leadership
  Conference, Normal, Illinois
• 7/13/05- Promoting Evidence-Based Nursing: Innovation for Nursing Practice
• 7/16/05 Sigma Theta Tau 3rd International Evidence-Based Nursing Preconference and
  16th International Nursing Research Congress, Waikoloa, Hawaii
• 5/16/05 Critical Thinking and Test-Item Writing, Health Education Systems, Incorporated
  Bloomington, Illinois
• 5/1/05- Advancing the Nurse Faculty Role Conference, American Association of
  Colleges of Nursing Scottsdale, Arizona
• 4/13/05- Clinical Nurse Leader Regional Meeting, American Association of
• 4/14/05 Colleges of Nursing Chicago, Illinois
• 3/17/05 Effective Strategies in Counseling Supervision, Illinois Mental Health Counselors
  Association Bloomington, Illinois
• 9/29/04- The Science of Self-Care and Its Implications for Nursing Research, Practice,
  Management, and Education 8th World Congress Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
  Ulm, Germany
• 9/16/04 Nursing: Sharing the Joy! Keeping the Passion! Central Illinois Regional
  Nursing Conference, Bloomington, Illinois
• 5/10/04 Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: Understanding the Evidence
  Dr. Anne Perry, Nurses’ Week Speaker, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
• 2/27/04- Nursing Research: Addressing Health Disparities
• 3/1/04 Midwest Nursing Research Society, St. Louis, Missouri
• 9/11/03 Nurse Your Patient, Nurse Yourself Central Illinois Regional Nursing Conference,
  Bloomington, Illinois
• 5/29/03- Academy for Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders,
  Clinical and Scientific Challenges: The Interface between Eating Disorders and Obesity,
  Denver, Colorado
• 4/26/03 Mass Casualty Disaster Training Disaster Mental Health Alliance, Peoria, Illinois
• 4/11/03 Enhancing Professional Nursing Skills Donna Ignatavicius,
  Bromenn Healthcare, Normal, Illinois
• 9/19/02 Rewards, Recognition, and Imagination: Celebrate Nursing
  Melodie Chenevert, Leadership Consortium, Bloomington, Illinois
• 4/25/02- Academy for Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders
• 4/28/02 New Aspects of Gender in Eating Disorders, Boston, Massachusetts