Theresa Garren-Grubbs

Title

Clinical Assistant Professor (Brookings)

Office Building

Wagner Hall

Office

353

Mailing Address

Wagner Hall 353
College of Nursing-Box 2275
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• B.S. in nutrition and food science | Auburn University | 2006
• B.S. in nursing | Auburn University | 2007
• M.S.N. in clinical nurse leadership | University of Iowa | 2013
• D.N.P. in outcomes performance management | Loyola University Chicago | 2020

Academic Interests

• Rural health
• Quality and safety

Academic Responsibilities

• NURS 119 First Year Nursing Seminar
• NURS 372 Professional Nursing Concepts II
• NURS 645 CNL I: Improvement Science: A Microsystem Approach
• NURS 646 CNL II: Clinical Immersion and Capstone Project
• NURS 860: Health Operations and Financial Management for Nurse Managers

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• SDSU National Scholarship Committee
• College of Nursing Faculty Assembly (Secretary)
• College of Nursing Welfare and Development Subcommittee (Chair)
• Life Circle South Dakota

Professional Memberships

• Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
• Rural Nurse Organization
• Clinical Nurse Leader Association
• Sigma Theta Tau

Awards and Honors

DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse Educators (2024)

Grants

1. PREPARE-RNs: Partnering to Address the Critical Nursing Shortage in South Dakota. Health Resources and Services Administration, September 2022 - September 2025, $1,050,000.
2. NURS 119 Response to Changing College Student Behaviors. Margaret and Ron Hegge Nursing Faculty Excellence Endowment, December 2022 - August 2023, $9,700.
3. Upper Midwest Palliative Care Education Network. Health Resources and Services Administration, July 2020 - June 2023, $900,000.
4. Rural Emergency Department Nurses Experiences with Workplace Violence, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, August 2021 - December 2022, $500.
5. Advance Care Planning in South Dakota Women Who Farm and Ranch, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, August 2019 - July 2020, $500.

Areas of Research

• Social determinants of health
• Palliative care
• Advance care planning

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

1. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023). Rural emergency department nurses’ experiences with workplace violence. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.746                  
2. Perrenoud, M., Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T., Berke, C. and Inch, D. (2023). Improving knowledge of palliative care in rural South Dakota through community education. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.750
3. Garren-Grubbs, T., Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (2020). PREPARE-ing South Dakota farm and ranch women for advance care planning. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 20(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v20i2.632.

Podium Presentations:

1. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K. (2024 April 19). “Rural nursing now has my heart.” Preparing pre-licensure nursing students for rural practice [Podium Presentation]. 35th Nursing Research Symposium at Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD.
2. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K. (2023 October 27). “Don’t knock it until you try it”: Preparing pre-licensure nursing students for rural practice [Podium Presentation]. Avera Nursing EBP and Research Conference, Sioux Falls, SD.
3. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023, July 27). Rural emergency department nurses’ experiences with workplace violence. [Podium Presentation]. International Rural Nursing Conference, Johnson City, TN.
4. Pravecek, B., Garren-Grubbs, T. and Mollman, S. (2023, March 31). Development of a statewide network: Innovatively improving access to palliative care services in South Dakota. [Podium Presentation]. 47th Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Des Moines, IA.
5. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023, March 24). Rural emergency department nurses’ experiences with workplace violence: A pilot study. [Podium Presentation]. 34th Nursing Research Symposium, Brookings, SD.
6. Berke, C., Garren-Grubbs, T., Mollman, S. and Pravecek, B. (2022, October 28). Improving palliative care access through primary palliative care education [Podium Presentation]. Avera Nursing EBP and Research Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. 
7. Garren-Grubbs, T., Huff, K., Pravecek, B. and Stewart, C. (2022, April 22). South Dakota (SD) Palliative Care Network: Development and dissemination of palliative care education for undergraduate and graduate nursing students across the plains [Podium presentation]. 33rd Annual Sigma Nursing Research Symposium.
8. Garren-Grubbs, T. Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (2021, April 16). PREPARE-ing South Dakota farm and ranch women for advance care planning [Podium presentation]. 32nd Nursing Research Symposium hosted by the Phi and Zeta Zeta Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau.

Poster Presentations

1. Garren-Grubbs, T., Huff, K., Pravecek, B. and Stewart, C. (2022, April 21). South Dakota (SD) Palliative Care Network: Development and dissemination of palliative education for undergraduate and graduate nursing students across the plains [Poster presentation]. Mount Marty University Research Day.
2. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Schievelbein, D. (2022, February 18). Preparing tomorrow’s nurse leaders: Experiential learning opportunities with practice partners [Poster presentation]. NurseThink for Nurse Educators- Next Gen Learning: Fundamentals, NCLEX and Beyond.
3. Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021, February). PREPARE-ing South Dakota farm and ranch women for advance care planning [Poster presentation]. 2021 Clinical Nurse Leader Summit.
4. Garren-Grubbs, T. Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (2021, March 19). PREPARE-ing South Dakota farm and ranch women for advance care planning [Poster presentation]. Ruth K. Palmer Symposium Maywood, IL.

Invited Speaker

1. Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023 November 14). How can nursing research impact the health and well-being of South Dakota and beyond [Podium presentation]. Sanford Improvement Symposium, Sioux Falls, SD.
2. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2024, February 13). Workplace violence in rural emergency departments. UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation Professional Development Conference, Arlington, TX [virtual presentation]. 
3. Mollman, S., Pravecek, B. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2024 April 11). Meeting the new Essentials: Collaborative development and integration of primary palliative care at four universities. ELNEC Virtual Lunch and Learn to Support Palliative Care Education, Creighton University College of Nursing [virtual presentation].

Extension Presentations and Publications

1. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021). SDSU Extension, College of Nursing encourage timely talks this holiday season. SDSU Extension.
2. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021). South Dakota State University promotes advance care planning ahead of National Healthcare Decisions Day. SDSU Extension.
3. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2019, updated 2021). Advance care planning for rural families. SDSU Extension.