Maureen Sanders
DNP, RN
Assistant Teaching Professor
Penn State Schuylkill
Phone: 570-516-1912
Email: mxs859@psu.edu
Sanders has been a nurse for 42 years and started her career in 1983 at a local hospital working on a progressive care unit. In 1992, she transferred to the emergency room and worked there full-time, part-time and on a per diem status until 2020 when she transferred to a pediatrics unit on a per diem basis. Sanders has also worked in professional development at LVHN Schuylkill and as a Magnet Coordinator. Currently, she is a per diem supervisor at a behavioral health hospital. She has taught nursing at Alvernia University as an adjunct and began teaching full time in 2004 in the undergraduate program as well as in the Master’s of Science in Nursing program. Sanders has also taught at The Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing from 2012-2016, 2017-2021. In 2009, she started teaching at The Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill, as an adjunct for the RN to BSN program. She became a full time assistant teaching professor of nursing in the undergraduate program at Penn State, Schuylkill, in 2022 and continues until the present.
Education
- DNP, Wilkes University
- MSN, CRNP, Bloomsburg University
- AD in Applied Science in Nursing, Reading Area Community College
- BA in Biology, Bloomsburg State College
Teaching
Courses Taught
At Penn State, Schuylkill:
- NURS420: Mental Health Nursing
- NURS306: The Nursing Care of Children
- NURS305: Pharmacology in Nursing
- NURS407: Drugs in Society
- NURS302: Clinical Judgment in Nursing
- NURS301: Medical Surgical Nursing,
At The Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing:
- Pharmacology
- The Nursing Care of Children
Clinical Expertise and Areas of Specialization
PRIMARY:
- Acute care – medical surgical, pediatrics, psych mental health
PAST CERTIFICATIONS:
- CRNP in Family Medicine
- CEN
- CCRN – no longer current
Mentorship
- Number of DNP students mentored: 1
- Number of MSN students mentored: 3
- Number of clinical faculty mentored: 2
Service
Professional Organization Involvement and Fellowships
MEMBERSHIPS
- NLN
- AACN
Additional Information
- Sanders has presented a two day core course for continuing education: The City of Hope’s The End of Life Nursing Education Course for nurses in the community.
Download Sanders’ Curriculum Vitae »
Last updated 8/24/2025
