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Dr. Berro’s clinical pediatric nursing background, which began in a pediatric intensive care unit, spans various areas, including the pediatric emergency department, general pediatrics, outpatient, and pediatric telehealth.

Her academic focus is on undergraduate nursing competency development and assessment as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE). Her expertise in curriculum development and technical proficiency in employing high-technology manikins and simulation equipment supports and assesses her student's clinical competence and confidence in her abilities. In her faculty role, Dr. Berro has worked collaboratively to support the implementation of various grants.

Dr. Berro earned a PhD in Nursing at ̨ÍåSWAGUniversity, where she conducted research on how fidelity in simulated clinical scenarios influences engagement and learning among undergraduate nursing students. This research, along with her interest in simulation as a teaching modality, underscores her commitment to advancing nursing education.

PhD, Nursing
̨ÍåSWAGUniversity
2019

PNP, Post-Master Certificate
State University of New York, Stony Brook
2002

MA, Nursing
New York University
1993

BSN, Nursing
Queens University
1986

RN, Nursing Diploma
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
1985

• President's Award for Outstanding Contribution (2023)
• The Harriet R. Feldman Nursing Student Writing Award (2020)
• President’s Award for Excellence, Team Award (2018)

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP)
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)
• Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)

• Academic Progression Appeals Committee, Department of Undergraduate Nursing
• Benefits Advisory Committee
• Grievance Committee
• Nominations Committee, College of Health Professions
• Special Interest Tours, Department of Undergraduate Nursing
• Wellness In Action Group

• Simulation in Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, National League for Nursing Not just for Clinical Courses (September 2024)
• Innovative Uses of Standardized Patients to Teach Ethical, Cultural and Professional Competencies in Nursing Education, Association of SP Educators (June 2024)
• Standardized Patients with Disability Lived Experience: Enhancing Realism, American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry (June 2024)
• Faculties Enhancing the NP Education through Innovative Teaching Strategies in Pharmacology, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner (April 2024)
• Determining Inter-rater Reliability & Criterion Validity of the Faces-Affect-Body (FAB) Comfort Assessment Tool, Eastern Nursing Research Society (April 2024)
• Accepted Abstract Title: Exploring the Relationships Between Realism, Engagement and Competency in Undergraduate Nursing Simulation, Eastern Nursing Research Society (April 2024)
• Exploring the relationship of realism, engagement, and competency in undergraduate high-fidelity simulation, The 59th Annual Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference on Nursing Research (May 2023)
• Simulation Legislation: Addressing the Nursing Shortage, Public Health Partnership Conference (April 2023)
• Poster: A pilot study to evaluate the knowledge and skills of new nurse graduates who had limited direct clinical experiences, NLN: Nursing Education Research Conference (April 2023)
• Poster: Content Validity of FAB: A New Comfort Assessment, Sigma Theta Tau International (July 2022)
• Podium: Development of an Assessment of Patient Comfort after Integrative Modalities, Eastern Nursing Research Society Podium (March 2022)
• Podium: Orientation to Simulation and Clinical experience using SPs in Nursing Fundamentals course: podium presentation, Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) (May 2020)

• Northern Westchester Hospital Center: Holistic Care Committee, development of comfort assessment instrument
• Running Coach, Fast Feet of Westchester (running program for children with intellectual disabilities)
• Order of the Elks: Peekskill Chapter

• American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry
• Professional Nurses Association of Putnam and Dutchess Counties
• Society of Simulation in Health Care (SSH)
• The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INASCL)
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omega Delta Chapter

• Berro, E., Charles, M.L., Wexler, S.S. (2024). ANA - New York Nurse, 8(4). p.26.
• Berro, E., Dane, F., Knoesel, J. (2023). Teaching, and Learning in Nursing, 18(4), e241-e245.
• Berro, E. (2022). Kaplan Blog
• Northrup, A., Berro, E., Spang, C. & Brown, M. (2020). Journal of Nursing Education, 59(2), 83–87.
• Berro, E.A. & Knoesel, J.M. (2016). An Innovative Approach to Staffing a Simulation Center in a College of Health Professions. Journal of Nursing Education. 55(1), 53-55.
• Berro, E.A. (1996). Personalizing Cardiovascular Terminology. Pediatric Nursing 1996.
• Bechler-Karsch, A. & Berro, E.A. (1994). Infant Botulism. Maternal Child Nursing, 19 (5), 275-280.
• Berro, E. A. (1993) Retinoblastoma. In G.V. Foley, D. Fochtman, & K.H. Mooney (Eds.), Nursing Care of the Child with Cancer, 2nd ed. New York: W.B. Saunders, p. 301.
• Berro, E.A. & Bechler-Karsch, A. (1993). A Closer Look at Septic Shock. Pediatric Nursing, 19(3), 289-314.
• Evans-Berro, E.A. (1991). How to defeat a tet spell. American Journal of Nursing, 91 (7), 46-48.
• Bernstein, T. & Berro, E.A. (1991). Pediatric problems related to the gastrointestinal systems. Core Curriculum in Pediatrics, New Jersey: Jannetti Publications.

• Nursing Education
• Simulation
• Disability Education

• NUR 247: Pathophysiology and the Entertainment Media\
• NUR 395: Independent Study in Nursing
• NURS 202: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
• NURS 212: Professional and Therpeutic Communication
• NURS 258: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
• NURS 280: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
• NURS 320: Pathophysiology: Study of Foundational Systems
• NURS 330: Pharmacology
• NURS 340: Women's Health, Maternal and Newborn Nursing
• NURS 350: Child Health Nursing
• NURS 360: Medical Surgical Nursing: Foundations
• NURS 370: Pathophysiology: Study of Complex Systems
• NURS 380: Adult Nursing: Acute and Chronic Care
• NURS 402: Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
• NURS 403: Pathophysiology / Pharmacology I
• NURS 406: Clinical Management in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
• NURS 412: Clinical Management in Adult Medical Surgical Nursing
• NURS 414: Clinical Management in Maternal Newborn Nursing and Women's Health
• NURS 416: Clinical Management in Child Health Nursing
• NURS 424: Clinical Management of Population Health
• NURS 426: Organizational and Systems Leadership in Nursing
• NURS 428: Evolution of Professional Nursing
• NURS 432: Pathophysiology / Pharmacology II
• NURS 436: Gerontological Nursing - Care of the Older Adult
• NURS 448: Ethics and Excellence in Professional Nursing
• NURS 470: Advanced Nursing Care of Patients with Complex Illness
• NURS 474: Leadership and Management
• NURS 476: Community and Environmental Health Nursing
• NURS 478: Ethics and Excellence in Nursing
• NURS 480: Transition into Professional Nursing Practice
• NURS 483: Cultural Mindfulness