Sheila Haas, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sheila Haas is a Professor and former Dean of the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Haas holds a MSN from Loyola University Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago where the focus of her research was productivity, clinical ladder systems, and patient acuity systems. Dr. Haas developed the Nursing Administration major and the dual degree MSN/MBA at Loyola University. She also holds a joint appointment to the Loyola University Chicago Graduate School of Business.
She currently teaches in the graduate program in nursing (MSN, DNP, and PhD), as well as, the MBA program. She does research, publication, and consulting in the areas of translational research and evidence-based practice, clinical ladders, work redesign and evaluation, differentiated practice evidence-based practice, and nursing intensity systems. She has facilitated development of prototypical intensity systems in several healthcare organizations. Dr. Haas’ research, done with Loyola colleagues, on the role of the nurse professional in ambulatory care has been used to delineate competencies and to help conceptualize the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) conceptual framework and core curriculum.
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Sheila Haas is a Professor and former Dean of the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Haas holds a MSN from Loyola University Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago where the focus of her research was productivity, clinical ladder systems, and patient acuity systems. Dr. Haas developed the Nursing Administration major and the dual degree MSN/MBA at Loyola University. She also holds a joint appointment to the Loyola University Chicago Graduate School of Business.
She currently teaches in the graduate program in nursing (MSN, DNP, and PhD), as well as, the MBA program. She does research, publication, and consulting in the areas of translational research and evidence-based practice, clinical ladders, work redesign and evaluation, differentiated practice evidence-based practice, and nursing intensity systems. She has facilitated development of prototypical intensity systems in several healthcare organizations. Dr. Haas’ research, done with Loyola colleagues, on the role of the nurse professional in ambulatory care has been used to delineate competencies and to help conceptualize the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) conceptual framework and core curriculum. She is currently working on defining the dimensions of ambulatory nursing intensity and care coordination done by ambulatory care nurses.
Dr. Haas has served on the Research Committees of AAACN and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). She also served as an AAACN Board member and President. She is also past President of the National Federation of Specialty Nursing Organizations where she is worked with the Board of the Nursing Organization Liaison Forum of ANA to design an innovative organization to represent the common goals and needs of specialty nursing. In 2009, Dr. Haas was recognized as the Illinois Outstanding Nurse Leader. Currently, Dr. Haas writes a Health Care Reform column for AAACN's Viewpoint and serves on the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Board of Directors and Treasurer, the Nursing Spectrum Regional Board, and the Nursing Economics Editorial Board.
Affiliation
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University