Denise Dione Zabala, M.S., RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
MS, Nursing Education New York University – Rory Meyers College of Nursing, 2017BSN, Pace University – Lienhard School of Nursing, 2009
denisedione.zabala@liu.edu
Description
Denise Dione Zabala joined the full-time faculty at LIU as an Assistant Professor of Nursing in September 2018. She is currently the lead of the undergraduate Health Assessment and Promotion course. Professor Zabala has clinical experience as a registered nurse in med/surg community nursing, public health, primary care, quality, and as a nurse manager. Her research interests include brain science concepts and nursing education.
Specialties
Registered Nurse, License # 618904
BLS Provider – American Heart Association
Lectures and Presentations
Grippi C., Hampson, K., Kim, K.Y., Masaracchio M., Mollo, A., Nnoli, T., Ocheretyaner, E., Roitman J., Zabala, D.D. (2022). Understanding the Knowledge and Skills Required for Interpersonal Education and Collaboration. [Poster Presentation].
Grippi C., Roitman J., Smith, T., Zabala, D.D. (2023). Interprofessional Education (IPE) Simulation Activity to Enhance Total Knee Replacement, DM, COPD, and MI Education in Pharmacy and Nursing Students. [Poster Presentation].
Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn Counseling Workshop, Brooklyn, NY. April 2019.
Tag Team Simulation for Faculty – Managing Difficult Student Situations
Honors/Awards
“ABCD” (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty) Award for exemplary efforts in teamwork and flexibility – July 2013
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society (inducted 2017)
Affiliations
- Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society: Upsilon Chapter 4/2017 – present
- National League of Nursing Member 2015 – present
