Cheryl Schmidt is a clinical professor in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University. Her research interests include disaster preparedness of nursing students. A national study explored levels of preparedness, which revealed lack of preparedness, leading to increased emphasis on this topic at the National Student Nurses' Association. She co-authored the American Red Cross "Disaster Health and Sheltering" course, which has preparedmore than 6,000 students throughout the U.S. to serve as volunteers in Red Cross disaster shelters.
Professor Schmidt also serves as a member of the Research Committee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC). The purpose of VEMEC is to "develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing; identify barriers and facilitators to achieving this vision; and, develop recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy and research."
Education
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, PA 1999
M.S.N. Ohio State University School of Nursing 1975
B.S.N. Ohio State University School of Nursing 1973
Diploma. Trumbull Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Warren, OH 1970
Disaster preparedness of nursing students--National study explored levels of preparedness, which revealed lack of preparedness, leading to increased emphasis on this topic at the National Student Nurses' Association. Co-authored the American Red Cross "Disaster Health and Sheltering" course, which has prepared over 6,000 students throughout the United States to serve as volunteers in Red Cross disaster shelters.
Research Group
Serve as a member of the Research Committee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC). The purpose of VEMEC is to "develop a vision for the future of disaster nursing; identify barriers and facilitators to achieving this vision; and, develop recommendations for nursing practice, education, policy and research."