Dee McGonigle
PhD, RNC, FACCE, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing and Information Sciences & Technology
Contact Information
3550 Seventh Street Road
The Pennsylvania State University
New Kensington Campus
Upper Burrell, PA 15068
(724) 334-6037
Education
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1988
- Foundations of Education
- MSN, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1984
- Family in the Community
- Academic Focus: Nursing Educaiton
- Clinical Focus: Childbearing Family
- BS, Nursing, School of Nursing, 1975
- The Pennsylvania State University
Honors
- 2006
- Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
- 1999 - 2000
- Inclusion, International Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- 1998
- Inclusion, International Who's Who in Information Technology
- 1995
- Nominated: Outstanding Teacher Award, New Kensington Campus, The Pennsylvania State University
- 1995
- Inclusion, 2000 Notable American Women (8th Edition)
- 1994
- Nominated, AJN Media Award for the interactive video program Perinatal Family Care
- 1993 - 1995
- Nominated, HBO's Nurse Scholar's Program
- 1992 - 1997
- Inclusion, Who's Who in American Education
- 1991 - 1997
- Inclusion, Who's Who in American Nursing
- 1990
- Recipient, Tenth Street School Service Award
- 1984
- Inducted, Sigma Theta Tau
- 1980
- Recipient, Health Spirit '80 Service Award
Publications
In Peer-reviewed Journals
McGonigle, D. (1999). The WWW: Health-care information gold mine at your finger-tips. Journal of Care Management.
Mastrian, K. G. & McGonigle, D. (1999). Using Technology-based assignments to Promote Critical Thinking. Nurse Educator, 24(1), 45-47.
McGonigle, D. & Wedge, K. (1998). Tips, tools, and techniques: Surfing the Internet. Nursing Case Management, 3(6), 240-246.
McGonigle, D. & Mastrian, K. (1998). Learning along the way: Cyberspacial quests. Nursing Outlook, 46(2), 81-86.
McGonigle, D. & Eggers, R. (1998). Stages of virtuality: Instructor and student. Tech Trends, 43(3), 23-26.
McGonigle, D. (1996). Nursing informatics: Quantifying the CNS role. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 10(6), 300.
McGonigle, D. & Eggers, R. (1991). Establishing a nursing informatics program. Computers in Nursing, 9(5), 184-189.
McGonigle, D. (1988). Making self-talk positive. American Journal of Nursing, 88(5), 725-726.
Book Chapters/Sections
McGonigle, D., Mastrian, K., & Farcus, N. (in press, invited chapter). Thinking aloud and heuristic evaluation: Usability testing for online nursing education. In M. Oermann and K. Heinrich (Eds.) Annual Review of Nursing Education, Vol. 2. New York: Springer.
McGonigle, D. & Mastrian, K. (2007). Information systems in case management. In Powell, S & Tahan, H. (Eds), CMSA Core Curriculum for Case Managers (2nd ed.)
McGonigle, D., Mastrian, K. & Pyke, R. (2007). Telehealth and telenursing in case management. In Powell, S & Tahan, H. (Eds), CMSA Core Curriculum for Case Managers (2nd ed.).
McGonigle, D. , Mastrian, K., & Farcus, N. (2004). Usability Testing for Online Nursing Education: Thinking Aloud and Heuristic Evaluation. In Annual Review of Nursing Education, Volume 2 (Oermann, M. & Heinrich, K., Eds), NY: Springer, pp. 125-136.
Workbooks: Refereed
McGonigle, D. (2006). Obstetric Emergencies (Part I). Brockton, MA: Western Schools.
McGonigle, D. (2006). Gynecologic Emergencies (Part II). Brockton, MA: Western Schools.
Research
Foci
- Human technology inferfacing
- Distance learning climates
- Nursing informatics
- Effectiveness of collaborative learning and teaming
- Ethical use of technologies in health care and learning environments
Funded Projects
Co-author (2001). Program Innovation Fund to Plan a World Campus Delivery of the RN/BS Program. With K. Mastrian and N. Farcus.
Co-Author (2000). Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Informatics, General Education Assessment Interest Group (“A” Team). With S. Gueldner.
Co-Author (1998). Virtual Nursing Informatics, Summer Enhancement.
Co-Author (1997). Using Two-way Interactive Communications via PicTel for Intercampus Collaboration for Students in Community Health Nursing. Project funded by Excellence in Learning and Teaching (FELT).
Co-Developer (1996). Disseminating Virtual Nursing Transition Coursework, Empower II. Project funded by the Center for Learning and Academic Technologies.
Principal Investigator (1996). Concept Mapping and Research Proposal Development. Project funded by the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning.
Co-Developer (1996). N455, Collaborative Case Studies. Project funded by the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning.
Principal Investigator (1996). Creating a WWW Virtual Template. Project funded by Continuing and Distance Education's Innovation Fund.
Clark, MB (PI) (1996). Hupcey, J., & McGonigle, D. Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Nursing.
Co-Developer (1996). Enhancing Student Involvement Virtually. Funded by the Center for Learning and Academic Technologies. Thinkpad 755 CX, Instructional Development Support.
Co-Developer (1996). Enhancing Student Involvement Virtually. Funded by the Center for Learning and Academic Technologies. Thinkpad 755 CX, Instructional Development Support
Lead Faculty (1994). New Kensington Campus Workshops, CBEL/New Kensington Campus, Penn State University. plus Center for Academic Computing's support: development, implementation, facilities, and faculty resources.
Lead Faculty (1994). School of Nursing Workshops, CBEL/School of Nursing, Penn State University, plus Center for Academic Computing's support: development, implementation, facilities, and faculty resources.
Principal Investigator (1994). The Interactive Birth Disc, CBEL, Penn State University: for hardware/software plus continued equipment support.
Principal Investigator (1993). Learner Focused Clinical Nursing Education Using Interactive Video, Research Development Grant, Commonwealth Educational System.
(1993) Incorporating Nursing Informatics into Community and Family Health Nursing. Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction.
(1993) Incorporating Nursing Informatics into Nursing Research: Database Management. Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction.
(1993) Incorporating Nursing Informatics into Nursing Research: Ethnograph Qualitative Data Analysis. Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction.
(1993) Incorporating Nursing Informatics into Nursing Research: Newsletter/ Disseminating Nursing Research. Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction.
Chairperson (1993). Instructional Resources Grant, funded by the Helene Fuld Health Trust.
Principal Investigator (1993). Perinatal Interactive Video Module, CBEL, Penn State University.
Principal Investigator (1992). Perinatal Interactive Video, CBEL and Independent Learning, Penn State University.
(1991) Incorporating Instructional Technology and Independent Learning. Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction.
(1991) Incorporating Instructional Technology and Independent Learning. Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction.
Co-Author (1997). Together Program, Vocational Education Grant.

