Lori Anne Constantine, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Associate Professor

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West Virginia University School of Nursing

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Adult Health Department

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Clinical Faculty

Nurse Practitioner

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Department:

Office of Faculty Practice and Community Engagement

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Faculty

Nurse Practitioner

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West Virginia University School of Medicine

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Medicine

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Staff

• DNP, West Virginia University, 2013
• MSN, West Virginia University, 1998
• BSN, West Virginia University, 1994

Baker Rogers, J., Thompson, J., Mupamambe, C., Vanin, J., Constantine, L. O., & Constantine, L. A. (2021) Hospice Emergency Planning and COVID-19 (Vol. 37, pp. 34–40). Morgantown United States.

Constantine, L. A., Wang, K., Funk, D., Speis, A., & Moss, A. (2021) Use of a State Registry to Compare Practices of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Completing Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Forms (Vol. 24, pp. 994–999). United States: Journal of Palliative Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jpm.2020.0515?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Baker Rogers, J., Constantine, L. A., Constantine, L. M., & Constantine, L. (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on U.S. Hospice Agencies: A National Survey of Hospice Nurses and Physicians (Vol. 38, pp. 521–527). Morgantown United States: American Journal of Hospice and Palliative of Medicine. Retrieved from journals.sagepub.com/home/ajh

Constantine, L. A., Wang, K., Funk, D., Speis, A., & Moss, A. H. (2020) Use of a State Registry to Compare Practices of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Completing Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Forms. (Vol. 24, pp. 994–999). United States: Journal of Palliative Medicine. Retrieved from 829 Briarwood Street

Constantine, L. A. (2018) Dementia Dementia. In Fitzpatrick’s, Alfes and Hickman’s A guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: The Comprehensive Reference (pp. 184–186). New York, New York USA: Springer Publishing.

• WVU SoN Spirit Award - (May 11, 2019)
• Graduate Faculty Membership - (January 10, 2017)
• Going Above and Beyond - (December, 2015)

• Advance Practice Hospice and Palliative Nurse Certification - Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association (2017)
• Family Nurse Practitioner Certification - American Nurses Credentialing Center (2010)

Lori Constantine, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Clinical Associate Professor
West Virginia University
School of Nursing
Morgantown, WV 26505
lconstantine@hsc.wvu.edu

I have strong background in acute care nursing, with specific training and expertise in palliative care, ethics, and both clinical and didactic education delivery. My doctoral dissertation research from 2013 includes integration of palliative care into a combined medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) and evaluation of palliative care in the graduate nursing curriculum at WVU. As a result, the groundwork for the proposed integration of palliative care practices in a combined 32-bed Medical/Surgical ICU in a large academic medical center in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, is in place. I disseminated these research outcomes in Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, a peer-reviewed nursing journal in 2016. I am committed to educating both graduate students and Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in palliative care. I currently teach both undergraduate and graduate nursing students at West Virginia University School of Nursing. I also mentor graduate nursing students in the clinical setting, as a APRN with the supportive (palliative) care in-patient consult team in a 690-bed, Magnet, academic medical center

I have worked as a palliative care APRN for the past 7 years as a part of the supportive (palliative) care in-patient consult team in a large academic medical center, where we conduct goals of care conversations and provide recommendations for pain and symptom management. Recently, I was granted Advance Certification in Hospice and Palliative Nursing through the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association. In response to state nursing legislation that went into effect in July 2016 that allowed APRNs signatory authority in completion of Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) orders, I co-created a state-wide media presentation regarding Advance Care Planning for APRNs. This web-based education is available to all APRNs within the state of WV and required by WVU Medicine for APRN signatures on these forms. Finally, myself and others disseminated research analyzing the influence recent policy change had on APRN completion of POST forms in WV in January 2018, in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, a peer-reviewed nursing journal.

Teaching interests: Ethics
Health Policy and Leadership
Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner clinicals

Palliative Care, Dementia, Advance Care Planning