Stephanie Turrise
Professor
Earning a BSN in Nursing from Bloomsburg University in 1995, Dr. Stephanie Turrise immediately began working as a staff RN in Medical-Surgical/Telemetry at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey. She also has experience in Cardiopulmonary and Cardiac Stepdown units, Hematology/Oncology, and Cardiac Rehabilitation. She went on to earn her MSN (adult nurse practitioner) and PhD in Nursing from Rutgers and an MBA from UNCW. Turrise also holds a Post-Master Certificate in Nursing Education and Higher Education and Leadership. She joined UNCW as a lecturer in 2004 and was promoted to assistant professor in 2014, associate professor in 2020, and professor in 2024. She has served in various leadership positions including course coordinator, associate director for administration (2020-2023), and CHHS leadership fellow for research and scholarship. She is a fellow in the American Heart Association and a certified heart failure nurse with a passion for cardiovascular disease prevention and improving the quality of life of those living with chronic cardiovascular disease.
Education
• MBA, University of North Carolina Wilmington
• PhD in Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark.
• MSN, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Newark.
• BSN, Bloomsburg University.
Specialization in Teaching
Adult health and cardiovascular nursing, nursing education, self-regulation, team-based learning.
Community Engagement
Heart health at the barbershops. https://uncw.edu/news/2024/07/heart-health-hubs
Honors & Awards
• Daisy Award, Nominee University of North Carolina Wilmington School of Nursing (5/2021)
• Graduate Mentor Award, Nominee University of North Carolina (4/2021)
• Fellow (FAHA), Elected, American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, (9/2020)
• J. Marshall Crews Distinguished Faculty Award, University of North Carolina Wilmington, (9/2019)
• Poster winner, first place education category, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, (6/2019)