Christina Plemmons

Title

Assistant Academic Dean for Cooperative Programs (Rapid City and Aberdeen)

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

College of Nursing
1011 11th St
Rapid City, SD 57701

Education

• Ph.D. in nursing education | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 2016
• M.S. in nursing, nurse educator | South Dakota State University | 2008
• B.S. in nursing | South Dakota State University | 2002
• B.A. in international business | Gonzaga University | 1985

Academic Interests

• Certified Medical Surgical Nurse (ANCC)
• Certified Nurse Educator (NLN)
• TLCW® Trained Facilitator
• Leadership Practices Inventory® Coach

Academic Responsibilities

• DNP or Ph.D. Committee co-chair
• DNP or Ph.D. Committee member

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees:

• Subcommittee for bylaws and College of Nursing handbook
• College of Nursing Ph.D. Program Subcommittee

Professional Memberships:

• American Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Phi Chapter
• South Dakota Nurses Association
• South Dakota Nurses Foundation (board member)

Awards and Honors

• SDNA Rookie of the Year Award, 2005
• SDNA Nurse Educator Award, 2015
• UNLV Outstanding Ph.D. Student, 2016
• AACN LANP Fellow, 2018

Grants

1. Sub-Award PI: “Nurse Education, Practice Quality and Retention - Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies,” Sponsored by HRSA, Division of Nursing, Nursing Education, Practice Quality and Retention Program, Federal, $216,384.00. (September 30, 2022 – September 29, 2026). Montana State University, PTE.
2. Site Leader: "Impacting Models of Practice and Clinical Training for Registered Nurses and Students (IMPACT-RNS)," Sponsored by HRSA, Division of Nursing, Nursing Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Program, Federal, $2,751,222.00. (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022). Mennenga, Heidi, Project Director.
3. Site Leader: “Nurse Education Practice Quality Retention- Registered Nurse in Primary Care COVID-19.” Sponsored by HRSA of the U.S. DHHS. $78,571. (2020-2021). Mennenga, Heidi, Project Director.
4. Project Director: “Generation Rx University Opioid Prevention and Education Sponsorship.” Sponsored by US DHHS pass-through SD DSS pass-through SDSM&T, $3461.70. (March 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020). Mahon, Pat, Project Director.
5. Project Director: "Assessing Pine Ridge's Health Care Workforce Current and Future Needs," Sponsored by HRSA Rural Health Network Planning Grant, Federal, $100,000.00. (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019). Plemmons, Christina, Project Director.
6. Council of Directors: "Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Education for Health Professionals in South Dakota students to provide the skills necessary to screen and refer patients who are at risk for substance abuse disorder.," Sponsored by Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA, Federal, $550,000.00. (2015-2018). Mylant, MaryLou, Project Director.
7. Site Coordinator/Content Expert: "Simulation, Informatics, Technology Enhancement (SITE) to Strengthen Quality and Delivery of Rural Nursing Education," Sponsored by US DHHS, HRSA, Federal, $1,099,614.00. (2011-2014). Tschetter, Lois, Project Director.
8. Curriculum Specialist: “Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future.” Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2010-2011). Diegel, Sandra, Project Director.

Areas of Research

• Nursing education
• Clinical academic partnerships
• Clinical self-efficacy
• Clinical teamwork