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Background

Alma Rood is a clinical instructor and lecturer in the Division of Nursing at ßÙßÇÂþ»­'s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joined the undergraduate nursing programs at Decker in 2015 as an adjunct faculty member and became a full-time instructor, lecturer and course coordinator in 2017. She has extensive expertise in the long-term care, geriatric and hospice fields.

Rood also practices part-time as an admission and visit nurse for a hospice organization in the community, providing end-of-life care, and as a nursing supervisor and staff nurse at a local long-term care facility.

Education

• MS, nursing education, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore
• BS, nursing, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore
• AAS, nursing, Broome Community College, ßÙßÇÂþ»­, N.Y.

Clinical Interests

• Long-term care
• End-of-life care and hospice
• Clinical documentation
• Wound care
• Long-term care survey readiness
  
• Nursing leadership and management
• Legal nursing

Teaching Interests

• Geriatrics
• End-of-life care
• Clinical documentation