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Online Pedagogy, End-of-Life Care, Women's Health and Wellness, Nursing Informatics, and Professional Nursing Practices

HIGHER EDUCATION
Prof. Lynda M. Konecny received an Associate in Applied Science in Nursing from the College of Staten Island (CSI) of The City University of New York (CUNY), cum laude. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, cum laude and Master’s of Science in Nursing, with a concentration in medical-surgical nursing and nursing education, at Hunter College, CUNY.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Prof. Konecny’s research interests focus on end-of-life client care and quality of life concerns among female breast cancer survivors.

As a result of her research interests she became a member of the Research Committee sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau International, Mu Upsilon Chapter, Staten Island. This group has focused on the nurse’s role in meeting the spiritual needs of clients and their significant others. As a result of their research interests, this Committee has published three (3) articles on this subject and has contributed evidence-based interventions on spiritual distress to the International Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) colloquium.

Prof. Konecny also partnered with her long-time colleague, Dr. Angela Sammarco, an Associate Professor of Nursing at CSI. Dr. Sammarco is a noted and respected nursing researcher on quality of life concerns among female breast cancer survivors.
Prof. Konecny and Dr. Sammarco have collaborated on several PSC-CUNY research funded grants on quality of life concerns among Latina breast cancer survivors. The two researchers have also collaborated on a comparative study between Latina and Caucasian female breast cancer survivors, which examine the similarities and dissimilarities between these two cohorts. Both Prof. Konecny and Dr. Sammarco were invited to Howard University in Washington, D.C. to present their research findings. Two (2) articles on this research have appeared in Oncology Nursing Forum 2008-2009 issues.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Prof. Konecny is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Mu Upsilon and Mu-Theta-at-Large Chapters.
CityTech Nursing Honor Society.

Prof. Konecny is a consulting member of the Nurses Advisory Committee for the American Cancer Society, Staten Island Chapter, which plans annual professional development programs for the tri-state areas.

Prof. Konecny currently volunteers her services as Parish Nurse at Incarnation Lutheran Church, Silver Springs, Florida.