I have been a full time faculty in the Department of Nursing since 2005. Currently, I am the Chair of the Student Affairs Committee, Co- chair of the Task Force for Primary Health Care Curricular Design, and Student Advisor for the Student Nurse Association Pennsylvania. I am the Secretary for Kappa Chi, local chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.
Professonal Activities: Member of AWHONN, Certified in Inpatient-OB, CPR Instructor, NALS Instructor, and AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Instructor
Educational Background
BSN: University of Delaware
MSN: Temple University
Course Involvement
I am currently the course leader of Care of the Adult Care Clinical Practicum (N3187), Care of the Adult Care (N3141), Care of the Developing Family Course (N3244), and Care of the Developing Family Clinical Course (3287). I actively participate in clinical for Women’s Health and fundamental courses. Also I participate in the lab for the Fundamental and Health Assessment course.
Recent Publications/Presentations
DiGiacomo, P. (2011, Jun). Redesigning the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs to better prepare them in primary health settings. ACHE/ASTON Joint Meeting, Chicago, IL.
DiGiacomo, P., Jelic, M., & Rothman, N. (2010, Jun). Creating a community health fair: A first community assignment. ACHE/ASTON Joint Meeting, Alexandria, VA.
Clark, M., Jelic, M., & DiGiacomo, P. (2010). Evidenced based practice approaches to primary health care curricular redesign. Temple University Nursing Evidence Based Practice Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Research
My research interest is in Women’s Health. I am currently working on a Nutrition Chapter focusing on Preconception, Pregnancy and Lactation, High Risk OB Chapter for a Nursing Textbook, and a grant for improvement of breastfeeding at Temple Hospital.
