Irene Joos, Ph.D.

Education:

• BSN, Pennsylvania State University
• MSN, University of Pittsburgh
• Ph.D. in Education
• MSIS in Information Science

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

• Joos, I. and Nelson, R. (2015). Chapter 6: Data and Data Processing. In Essentials of Nursing Informatics by Saba, V. and McCormick, K. New York: McGraw Hill Companies.
• Joos, I. (2015). Education Discipline. In Getting Started with Discipline Specific Projects by Poatsy, M., Gionfriddo, S., Joos, I., Lau, L, and Porter, O. Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
• Joos, I., Nelson, R., and Smith,M (2014). 6th Edition. Introduction to Computers for Healthcare Professionals. Sudberry, MA: Jones an Barlett Publishers.
• Joos, I. (2014). Chapter 27: Distance Education: Applications, Techniques, and Issues. In Nursing Informatics: An Interpersonal Approach for Health Practitioners by Staggers, N. and Nelson, R. St.Louis, MO: Elsevier Inc.
• Nelson, R. , Joos, I., and Wolf, Debra. (2013). Social Media for Nurses: Education Practitioners and Patients in a Networked World. NY: Springer Publishing Company.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

• Elected to Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society
• Elected to Beta Phi Mu National Honor Society in Library and Information Science

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS:

• Health Information and Management Systems Society
• National League for Nursing

JOINED LA ROCHE:

• 1997 as an adjunct faculty member
• 1999 as Director of Instructional and Library Technologies
• 2002 as Assistant Professor and Director of Online Learning
• 2008 as Associate Professor and Directory of Online Learning (2012)
• 2014 as a professor

HOMETOWN:

Carnegie, Pennsylvania