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NURSEANESTHESIA3RDEDITIONBYDAVIDSHUBERT,P
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HD; JOHN LEYBA, PHD; SHARON NIEMANN |ALL
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David Shubert, PhD, is a dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Newman University, Wichita,
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Kansas, where until recently he designed and cotaught the combined chemistry–physics for nurse
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anesthesia course with Dr. Leyba. He was inducted into the national Achievement Rewards for College
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Scientists (ARCS) Foundation prior to joining Newman University in 1987. Although his area of
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expertise lies in organometallic chemistry, Dr. Shubert has taught intro- ductory, general, organic,
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analytical, and instrumental analytical chemistry, as well as bio- chemistry, earth and space science,
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general physical science, and chemistry/physics for nurse anesthesia. In 1995, Dr. Shubert was honored
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by his students and peers with the Teaching Excellence Award. He has worked as a chemical consultant
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with several local industries, includ- ing Vulcan Chemicals and BG Products. Working with colleagues
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from five independent col- leges, and with financial support from the National Science Foundation, the
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Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and the A. V. Davis Foundation, Dr. Shubert has offered
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numerous work- shops that provided training and access to modern instrumentation to high school
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chemistry teach- ers. Most recently, he was recognized by the Wichita Business Journal in 2014 as a
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Healthcare Hero. His research interests have evolved from organometallic chemistry to chemical
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education.
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John Leyba, PhD, is a professor of chemistry and head of the Department of Chemistry and
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Biochemistry, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia. Previously, he was a faculty mem- ber at
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Newman University for 12 years, where he served as the chair of the Division of Science and
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Mathematics and where he cotaught the combined chemistry–physics for nurse anesthesia course with Dr.
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Shubert. Dr. Leyba has extensive industrial experience in the Department of Energy Complex. He was
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senior scientist, senior scientist A, and principal scientist with Westinghouse Savannah River Company.
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In addition, he was the radiochemistry group leader for Rust Federal Services Clemson Technical Center
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in Anderson, South Carolina. He was also a visiting assistant professor in the Chemistry Department and
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adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Science at Clemson
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University. Dr. Leyba was also the Denver Area director of operations for Canberra Industries. His
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research interests involve the rapid chemical separation and detection of radioactive materials. Dr. Leyba
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has won several teaching awards including the Newman University 2005 Teaching Excellence Award
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and two Outstanding Didactic Instructor Awards from the Newman University Nurse Anesthesia
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Program.
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Sharon Niemann, DNAP, CRNA, is director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, Newman University,
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Wichita, Kansas (since 2004). She has practiced as a certified registered nurse anesthetist since 1995 and has
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been employed as a cardiovascular nurse anesthetist with Anesthesia Consulting Service (Wichita) since
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certifying. She is a retired captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, having served overseas in spring 2001. Dr.
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Niemann serves on the Steering Committee, Mid-Continent Regional Center for Health Care Simulation
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and is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Association of Nurse
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Anesthetists (AANA) and the Kansas Association of Nurse Anesthetists (KANA), where she has held
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numerous offices, including president and treasurer, and currently is the program chair. She was also an
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item writer for the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists (2006–2009) and a member of Sigma
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Theta Tau International. Dr. Niemann has presented widely for KANA and other state and local
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organizations on topics such as conscious sedation, anesthesia for total joint replacement, and anesthesia for
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cardiovascular procedures. She teaches a varietyofcourses in the
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, Newman University Nurse Anesthesia Program and is principal investigator and clinical advisor for
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multiple senior nurse anesthesia thesis projects. She received her Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
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degree at Texas Wesleyan University in 2016.
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