Lydia Albuquerque • School of Nursing View CV Dr. Lydia Albuquerque is Assistant Professor and WP Online Nursing Graduate Co-ordinator. She has over two decades of service in Higher Education and is a nurse practitioner with a specialization in acute care and cardiology. Currently, she coordinates the WP online Graduate Nursing program that includes 22 courses and over 80 faculty teaching in the Graduate online program. Dr. Albuquerque is a certified online educator and an expert in teaching and developing online programs. she has developed four online courses since the start of the WP online program in Nursing.Dr. Albuquerque serves on various university-wide committees, such as Graduate Policy, Center for Research Grants, Diversity and Justice UCC-4, and Student Success, and is currently on the Inclusive Teaching Blue Ribbon Task Force. She has also served on Academic standards, Graduate, Admission, Faculty Search Committee, and RTP standards committees at the department level. She was actively involved in the CCNE accreditation of the Department of Nursing in 2018. Dr. Albuquerque serves as the Vice President of the WPU Sigma Iota at Large Chapter.Dr. Albuquerque’s research endeavors include soliciting grants, implementing research projects, publishing, and presenting at International, National, and local conferences. To date, she has secured over $300,000 in grants to address Hypertension and Stroke among women at high risk with a FIT BIT program to increase exercise, diet control, and medication adherence among women in the inner city. The Department of Health and Human Services, NJ has supported her grants.Dr. Albuquerque has collaborated on a funded 5-year HRSA grant to provide scholarships for economically underserved nursing students at WPU. A yearly grant of $650,000 is disbursed to deserving students entering or in the nursing program. This grant is over 5 years period.Dr. Albuquerque is a member of several Professional Organizations and was President of the National Association of Indian Nurses ( NAINA)from 2021-2022. Currently, she serves on the Heart Failure Society of America ( HFSA) education committee. In February 2024 she was inducted as a Fellow of Diversity Nursing Leaders ( FADNL). In July 2022, she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). In March 2021, she was inducted as a Fellow of the Nursing Academies of Practice (NAP). She has also received several awards, including the New Jersey State Nurses Association Don & Diva, March of Dimes, and Clinical Leadership and Excellence from the Heart Failure Society of America. She has exemplified her leadership in moving agendas to address racism in nursing and served as a commissioner on the inaugural project of the American Nurses Association (ANA).https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/workforce/racism-in-nursing/national-commission-to-address-racism-in-nursing/commissions-foundational-report-on-racism--in-nursing/Dr. Albuquerque earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from William Paterson University and is certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner From Rutgers University. She maintains her clinical practice at Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas University Hospital in New Brunswick. Professional Interests Education, Research, Nurse Practitioner Hindi Degrees DNP Nursing, College of Science & Health, Department of Nursing, William Paterson University Wayne, NJ MS Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, College of Nursing, Rutgers University Newark, MS Nursing, Leelabai Thackersey , College of Nursing, SNDT Women'sUniversity Mumbai, India BS Nursing, College of Nursing, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune University Pune, India Specialization Cardiology, Heart failure, Nurse Practitioner Licenses and Certifications 12/31/2004 Registered Nurse, New Jersey Board of Nursing State 12/31/2010 Nurse Practitioner, New Jersey Board Of Nursing State 04/30/2008 Critical Care Registered Nurse, American Association of Critical Care Nursing National 03/31/2010 Acute care Nurse Practitioner, American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Representative Publications Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Asian Indian Communities in the United States: A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study; Volume American Journal Of Nursing, Volume 124 , 2024 https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/toc/2024/01000 Hill-Rom’s bed exit system audible Alarm system, used in conjunction with falls protocol: Reduces falls on a medical-surgical inpatient unit, a process improvement project. ; , Journal of comprehensive Nursing and Research; 2020 http://300 Pompton Road Health related Quality of Life, Predictor of 30 day Hospital readmissions among Heart failure patients; , Journal of Cardiac Failure; Volume 25, 2019 http://www.onlinejcf.com Cardiac Rehabilitation and Endurance Exercise Improves Heart Health Behaviors and Health Status: Do Patients Adhere? ; , Online Journal of Cardiovascular Research ; 2019 https://irispublishers.com/ojcr/ Patient’s Self-reported functional status and Health Related Quality of life: Prognostic Predictors for 30-day hospital readmission among Heart Failure patients; , Heart & Lung: The Journal of CardioPulmonary and Acute care; Volume 47, 2018 https://www.heartandlung.org/ Representative Presentations Impact of Resilient Option Training Among Asian Indian Nurses in India and the USA 34th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta International, July 2023 Self , 2023 Global Collaboration During COVID-19 International Council of Nursing Montreal, June 2023 , 2023 Emotional Resilence and Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Leadership conference Indian Nurses Association of Greater Houston Houston, TX 2019 Awards and Honors Nominated for Fellow of American Academy of Nursing American Academy of Nursing 07/01/2022 Nominated for Fellow of National Academies of Practice National Academies of Practice 03/01/2022 DON & DIVA award from Institute for Nursing New Jersey State Nurses Association 04/01/2019 Nominated for 3rd Annual Future Leader in Heart Failure Heart Failure Society of America 04/01/2019 Leadership Excellence award, American Association of Indian Nurses, New Jersey. American Association of Indian Nurses of America, New Jersey Chapter 02/10/2020 Media Doctor of Nursing Practice Graduate Receives Award for Exceptional Nurses from New Jersey State Nurses Association 's Institute for Nursing https://wpunj.edu/articles/news/2018-04-12/doctor-of-nursing-practice-graduate-receives-award-for-exceptional-nurses-from-new-jersey-state-nurses-association-s-institute-for-nursing/?fbclid=IwAR23ZueqFgM4L-R7as6Fq9PZwMDx4SSo1LFjfxpKBOnF-Zi7fn8EOMhMZrw&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral Introducing the APN Task force(2015-17) www.nainausa.com NAINA celebrates Advance Practice Nurses https://minoritynurse.com/author/albuquly/ Nightingale Research Grant Awarded to Lydia Albuquerque National Association of Indian Nurses of America (NAINA) Advanced Practice Nurses Forum Notable Courses Taught Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) ( 2023- Present)NUR 7380- Leadership and CollaborationMaster of Nursing ( 2020- Present)NUR 5461- Advance PathophysiologyNUR 5411- Advanced PharmacologyNUR 6062-Health Care Data AnalyticsNUR6011- Advanced Health assessmentUndergraduate NursingNUR 3280- Fundamentals of Nursing Email 973 720 3486 336 University Hall Monday& Wednesday