Directory

Education

• Ed, The Pennsylvania State University
• Post Graduate Certificate as Nurse Practitioner, Widener University
• MSN, Villanova University
• BSN, Thomas Jefferson University
• ADN, Harrisburg Area Community College

Awards and Honors

• Janet Williamson Award for Excellence in Teaching, April 30, 2021
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor a Nurse, April 2020.

Teaching

Courses Taught

• NURS877: Clinical practice synthesis. (Summer 2023, 2024)
• NURS874: Clinical practicum; nurse practitioner students.  (Spring 2023)
• NURS873: Clinical practicum; nurse practitioner students. (Fall 2022,2024)
• NURS872/872A: Simulations and clinical practicum; nurse practitioner students. (Spring 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• NURS840: Nursing Education Theories. (Spring 2019, 2020, and 2021)
• NURS802B: Advanced Physical Assessment graduate nursing students. (Fall 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024)
• Women’s Health simulation activities. (Fall 2019, 2020, 2022)
• NURS842: Curriculum Development Nursing Education. (Fall 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• EDTHP115: Education in American Society. (Summer 2019, 2019, 2020)
• NURS802: Adult Assessment NP students. (Summer 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and Fall 2020)
• NURS802B: Adult Assessment. (Fall 2021, 2022, 2023)

Courses Developed

• NURS877: Clinical practice synthesis,
• NURS802B: Adult Assessment world campus version;
• NURS802: Adult Assessment NP students DNP/NP hybird online and in person version

Clinical Expertise and Areas of Specialization

• Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
• Associate Research Professor Ross and Carol Nese Penn State College of Nursing
• Faculty member of the College of Nursing teaching in the graduate school.
• Carry teaching load with online and in residence students. Concentration in Nurse Practitioner, Doctorate of Nursing Practice, and Nursing Education students.
• Develop and run simulations in Nurse Practitioner courses.
• Committee, advising, and community activities.
• Research interests include tobacco use and treatment, electronic cigarettes, education, simulation in education and adult learning.
• Research activities involve clinical trials, qualitative, mixed methods research, and Nursing research council.
• Collaborative practice with many investigators within Penn State University, nationally, and internationally.
• First and co-author of multiple publications and presentation efforts.
• Mentor to graduate and undergraduate students performing research and quality improvement projects.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Family Practice, Family Health state of PA.
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification as Family Nurse Practitioner
• CRNP Prescriptive Authority, State of PA.
• DEA Registration
• RN License, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist

Mentorship

• MSN (23
• DNP (12)
• PhD (2)

Research

Research & Publications

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

• Tobacco use and treatment
• Using simulation in Education
• Food as medicine

Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement Projects

• Supporting and mentoring DNP students on Quality Improvment Porject

Presentations and Conference Involvement

• Hrabovsky, S & Birriel, B. (2023). Evaluation of a Telehealth and Remote Examination Skills in a Nurse Practitioner Program. ENRS Annual Conference March 24, 2023
• Yingst, J., Bordner, C., Hrabovsky, S., Hobkirk,A., Trushin, N., Richie, J., Foulds, J. (2023). Nicotine delivery of a menthol-flavored heat-not-burn tobacco product during directed use. 2023 Annual Meeting-Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). March 1-4, 2023
• Birriel, B. & Hrabovsky, S. (2021). Teaching Telehealth and Remote Physical Examination Skills to Nurse Practitioner Students. PCNP Annual Conference October 23, 2021
• Birriel, B. & Hrabovsky, S. (2021). Teaching Telehealth and Remote Physical Examination Skills to Nurse Practitioner Students. NONPF Annual Conference April 23, 2021
• Yingst, J., Veldheer, S., Hrabovsky, S., Foulds, J. (2020). Validity of the Penn State Nicotine Dependence Index for Cigarettes (PSDI) , Penn State Sixth Annual Addiction Symposium, Dec. 3, 2020. Hershey, PA
• Hrabovsky, S. (WPSU Penn State). 2020, November 17. Great American Smokeout [Audio Presentation]. https://radio.wpsu.org/programs/health-minute
• Garrison, C. & Hrabovsky, S (2020). Using Simulation in Graduate Nurse Education. Lunch and Learn CGNE & CNR Collaborative Seminar Series. November 12, 2020
• Birriel, B. & Hrabovsky, S. (2020). Teaching Telehealth and Remote Physical Examination Skills to Nurse Practitioner Students. Penn State Nurse Practitioner Faculty Retreat, August 27, 2020.
• Hrabovsky, S. (2020). Up in Smoke – Comparing Nicotine Delivery of Different Electronic Cigarette Devices. Penn State Hershey Medical Center Nursing Research Council, July 28, 2020.
• Mattern, M, Hrabovsky, S. & Yohn, S. (2020). Creative and Collaborative Partnerships for Innovative OSCEs across 5 Rural Campuses with Limited Resources. NONPF conference April 2020 *online forum due to Covid restrictions.
• Hrabovsky, S. (2020). Comparing Nicotine Delivery of Different Electronic Cigarette Devices. Eastern Nurses Research Symposium, March 27, 2020. Boston, PA *online forum due to Covid 19
• Hrabovsky, S. (2020). Tobacco Treatment Guidelines – A review for Nurse Practitioner Students, March 30, 2020
• Hrabovsky, S. (WPSU Penn State). February 1, 2020. Go Red for Women [Audio Presentation]. https://radio.wpsu.org/programs/health-minute
• Hrabovsky, S. (2019). Comparing Nicotine Delivery of Different Electronic Cigarette Devices. Penn State Fifth Addiction Symposium, December 10th 2019. Hershey, PA.
• Hrabovsky, S. (2019). Synergistic Learning: A grounded theory study of tobacco smokers learning to use electronic cigarettes. Eastern Nursing Research Symposium, April 5, 2019, Poster
• Hrabovsky, S. (2019). Graduate Nursing Education what is it all about? Penn State Undergraduate Nursing Students. March 11, 2019.
• Hrabovsky, S. (2018). Synergistic Learning: A grounded theory study of tobacco smokers learning to use electronic cigarettes. Penn State Fourth Annual Addiction Symposium, Nov. 29, 2018. Hershey, PA.
• Shari Hrabovsky, S. (2018). Interprofessional Teaching clinic. Fishburn Medical Group. October-November 2018. Hershey, PA
• Hrabovsky, S. (2018). Body, Social and Material Connections as Ways of knowing: A Reflection of the Adult Smoker’s Experiences when learning about and using an Electronic Cigarette. Adult Education Research Conference, June 7-10, 2018. Victoria, British Columbia.
• Hrabovsky, S. FNP-BC. (2018). Adult Smokers: How They Learn About and Use Electronic Cigarettes to Quit Smoking. Adult Education Research Forum, April 21, 2018, Penn State University, Harrisburg Campus.
• Hrabovsky, S., Midya, V., Veldheer, S., Yingst, J., Allen, S. I., Liao, J., Krebs, K., Evins, A. E., Richie, J., Muscat, J., Horn, K., Foulds, J. (2017). The effect of usual brand cigarette rod length on cotinine levels, smoking patterns, and subjective ratings of cigarette liking in smoker

Research Funding and Grants

AWARDED

• Hrabovsky, S. (Consultant), Grant, “A human translation of research on the neurobehavioral reward and reinforcement of flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS),” National Institute on Drug Abuse, Federal. Total requested: $389,494.00. (submitted: August 2022, date funding awarded: July 11, 2023, funded: July 2024).
• Hrabovsky, S. (Consultant), Grant, “Does Switching to Nicotine-containing Electronic Cigarettes Reduce Health Risk Markers?,” National Institutes of Health, Federal. Total awarded: $766,492.00. (Submitted: 2018, funded: July 2024).
  AMENDMENTS: OSP Number: 5U01DA045517-02.
• Hrabovsky, S. (Co-Investigator), Grant, 5% credit, “Improving cardiovascular health behaviors with gardening: The development of a scalable mobile health (mHealth) intervention.,” National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Total requested: $288,341.00. Total awarded: $288,341.00. (submitted: 2019, date funding awarded: 2019, funded: 2019 – Present).
  AMENDMENTS: May 1, 2022 – July 30, 2024
  ABSTRACT: The overall objective of this KL2 Award is to use theory-driven, behavioral science approaches to develop a multi-component, digitally delivered gardening, cooking and DASH diet nutrition education program for adults with risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
  COMMENTS: This grant gave funds for me to have a course release spring 2023 and fall 2023

Publications and Scholarly Work

• Yingst JM, Bordner C, Hrabovsky S, Hobkirk AL, Trushin N, Richie JP Jr, Foulds J. Nicotine Delivery of a Menthol-Flavored Heat-not-Burn Tobacco Product During Directed Use. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Feb 22;26(3):397-401. PMCID: PMC10882428.v. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad119
• Sitasnu Dahal, Jessica Yingst, Xi Wang, Caroline O. Cobb, Matthew Carrillo, Shari Hrabovsky, Rebecca Bascom, Alexa A Lopez, Le Kang, Sarah Maloney, Matthew Halquist, Jonathan Foulds, Susan Veldheer (2024). medRxiv 2024.12.14.24319048. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.14.24319048
• Foulds J, Veldheer S, Pachas G, Hrabovsky S, Hameed A, Allen SI, Cather C, Azzouz N, Yingst J, Hammett E, Modesto J, Krebs NM, Lester C, Trushin N, Reinhart L, Wasserman E, Zhu J, Liao J, Muscat JE, Richie JP Jr, Evins AE (2022). The effects of reduced nicotine content cigarettes on biomarkers of nicotine and toxicant exposure, smoking behavior and psychiatric symptoms in smokers with mood or anxiety disorders: A double-blind randomized trial. PLoS One. 2022 Nov 2;17(11):e0275522. PMCID: PMC9629593. https://doi.org.10.1371/journal.pone.0275522
• Jonathan Foulds, PhD, Caroline O Cobb, PhD, Miao-Shan Yen, MS, Susan Veldheer, DEd, Phoebe Brosnan, MA, Jessica Yingst, DrPH, Shari Hrabovsky, DEd,… Thomas Eissenberg, PhD (2022), Effect of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems on Cigarette Abstinence in Smokers With No Plans to Quit: Exploratory Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 24, Issue 7, July 2022, Pages 955-961, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab247
• Randomised Control Trial Methods Workgroup of the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products (2021). Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery system with 0, 8, or 36 mg/mL liquid nicotine versus a cigarette substitute on tobacco-related toxicant exposure: a four-arm, parallel-group, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(8), 840-850. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00022-9
• Yingst, J., Foulds, J., Veldheer, S., Cobb, C. O., Yen, M. S., Hrabovsky, S., Allen, S. I., Bullen, C., & Eissenberg, T. (2020). Measurement of Electronic Cigarette Frequency of Use among Smokers Participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 22(5), 699-704. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty233
• Pirrone, C., Platania, S. M., Castellano, S., Hrabovsky, S., Caponnetto, P., Caponnetto, P., & Commodari, E. (2020). The role played by health resistance, coping response, and smoke damage perceptions in smoking threat appeal campaigns. Health Psychology Research, 8(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.4081/HPR.2020.8652
• Yingst, J., Hrabovsky, S., Hobkirk, A., et al. (2019). Pod- Based Electronic nicotine Delivery System. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(11):e1915494. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.15494
• Hrabovsky, S., Midya, V., Lester, C., et al (2019). Effect of Cigarette Rod Length on Smokers Switching to SPECTRUM Cigarettes. American Journal of Health Behaviors. Volume 43, Number 2, March 2019.
• Du P, Fan T, Yingst J, Veldheer S, Hrabovsky S, Chen C, Foulds J. (2019). Changes in E-Cigarette Use Behaviors and Dependence in Long-term E-Cigarette Users. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Jul 30. pii: S0749-3797(19)30215-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.04.021. [Epub ahead of print]
• Yingst, J., Foulds, J., Veldheer, S.,Hrabovsky, S.,Trushin, N.,Eissenberg, T.,Williams, J.,Richie,J.,Nichols , T., Wilson, S.,Hobkirk, A. (2019). Nicotine absorption during electronic cigarette use among regular users. PLoS ONE 14(7):e0220300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220300
• Veldheer, S., Yingst, J., Midya, V., Hummer, B., Lester, C., Krebs, N., Hrabovsky, S., Wilhelm, A., Liao, J., Yen, M-S., Cobb, C., Eissenberg, T., Foulds, J. (2019). Pulmonary and Other Health Effects of Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adult Smokers Participating in a Randomized Controlled Smoking Reduction Trial, Addictive Behaviors, Apr;91:95-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.10.041

Service

Community and Policy Engagement

• Auxiliary member of the Hershey Memorial Post 3502 since 2019.

Professional Organization Involvement and Fellowships

• Eastern Nursing Research Society. (September 2018 – Present).
• Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners. (July 2018 – Present).
• Member in review of research presentation via webinars since 2019, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. (January 2012 – Present).
  This mission will be advanced by the development and maintenance of a Treatment Research Network website, the inclusion of Treatment Research Network activities at SRNT annual meetings and through collaboration with other tobacco treatment organizations, such as TreatTobacco.Net and the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence, as well as other activities.
• SRNT Treatment Research Member.

Policy and Advocacy Work

• Abstract considered for submission to American Academy of Nursing 2025 conference.
  ABSTRACT: “A Novel Simulation Fellowship Program for DNP Students”
  PURPOSE: This project integrates a fellowship into a formal degree program, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and offers it as a specialization for students to obtain in addition to the DNP. Guided by a Competency-Based Education (CBE) design, this initiative allows for personalized learning and supports the Academy’s mission by creating solutions that matter, inspiring change that propels transformation, and envisioning a healthier future through nursing leadership, innovation, and science.

Clinically-oriented Conference Presentations and Clinical Publications

• Hrabovsky, S & Birriel, B. (2023). Evaluation of a Telehealth and Remote Examination Skills in a Nurse Practitioner Program. ENRS Annual Conference March 24, 2023
• Yingst, J., Bordner, C., Hrabovsky, S., Hobkirk,A., Trushin, N., Richie, J., Foulds, J. (2023). Nicotine delivery of a menthol-flavored heat-not-burn tobacco product during directed use. 2023 Annual Meeting-Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). March 1-4, 2023
• Birriel, B. & Hrabovsky, S. (2021). Teaching Telehealth and Remote Physical Examination Skills to Nurse Practitioner Students. PCNP Annual Conference October 23, 2021
• Birriel, B. & Hrabovsky, S. (2021). Teaching Telehealth and Remote Physical Examination Skills to Nurse Practitioner Students. NONPF Annual Conference April 23, 2021

Interprofessional Collaboration, Community Engagement, and Global Health

• Shari Hrabovsky, MSN, FNP-BC (2017). Developed and implemented a twelve hour Tobacco Treatment Training Program for Nursing and Respiratory Therapy staff. The goal of the training is to provide an educational foundation for healthcare and community workers to present, discuss, treat and educate tobacco users within each participant’s scope of practice. Dates offered April 4,13, 27, and May 4, 2017.
• Managed interprofessional clinics involvling nursing, medicine, pharmacology, and social services. Penn State Health, under the direction of Kelly Karpa, pharmacologist. 2018-2019

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