Cheryl Hollema Professor • School of Nursing Dr. Hollema is an advocate in promoting graduate nursing education. She has over 20 years of nursing experience in education and primary care practice, predominantly in pediatrics and obstetrics. Dr. Hollema is an Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at William Paterson University. She is currently the Director of the Graduate Nursing Program, managing the WP Online Graduate Nursing Program, On-Campus Graduate Nursing Program, and the Post MSN-DNP and Post BSN-MSN-DNP FNP and AGNP Programs. She received her BSN from William Paterson University, earning both Post Masters Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner and MSN from Pace University, and a DNP from Samford University in Nursing Practice. Dr. Hollema is Board Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and actively practices as a FNP in a large pediatric primary care practice in New Jersey one day per week. She has published in areas of Attitudes and Practices of Influenza Immunizations in Obstetrics, Clinical Simulation as it Relates to Faculty Development, the Evaluation of Post-Masters DNP Programs, and the Sustainability of the DNP Project. She currently is working in collaboration on a grant from Academic Partnerships to research Factors that Promote Persistence and Retention in an Online Program. Professional Interests Advanced Practice NursingMentor/Preceptor to Nurse Practitioner Students Other Interests Boating, Jet Skiing Degrees DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice, Samford University Birmingham, AL Other Family Practice, Pace University New York, NY MS Nursing Science, Pace University Pleasantville, NY Specialization Family Nurse Practitioner Licenses and Certifications Family Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Nurse, New Jersey Board of Nursing State 10/24/2024 Board Certification - Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center National Representative Publications Evaluating post-masters DNP programs through the Boyer Model Lens; , SciMed Central - Annals of Nursing and Practice; 2016 ; , The Journal of Pregnancy and Child Heatlh; 2015 Faculty development in high-fidelity clinical simulation; , International Journal of Nursing Didactics; 2015 Representative Presentations Sustainability of the DNP Project: A look at deterring barriers and their linkage to practice 2018 11th Annual DNP Conference - Doctor of Nursing Practice National Conference Palm Springs, CA 2019 “Cultivating and Refining Clinical Knowledge and Practice: Relating the Boyer Model of Scholarship to the DNP Graduate” WPUNJ Research and Scholarship Day William Paterson University Wayne, NJ 2015 “Current Attitudes and Practices among Pregnant Women toward Influenza Immunization” DNP National Conference Doctors of Nursing Practice Seattle, WA 2015 “Faculty Development in High Fidelity Simulation” at Drexel Conference on Simulation in Healthcare Conference on Simulation in Healthcare Drexel University Fort Lauderdale, FL 2012 Awards and Honors Nursing Honor Society Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) 01/01/2003 Fellowships, Grants and Research Hollema, C., and Puchalski S. (2021). “Factors that Promote Persistence & Retention in an Online Program”. Grant Notable Courses Taught Advanced Practice Nursing 3Advanced Practice FNP Health AssessmentFNP PracticumPopulation Health, Legislation, and Social Policy Email 973 720 3482 342 University Hall Thursdays from 12 to 3 pm and by appointment
