Associate Professor
Ann is an Associate Professor in the Nursing program and Director of the Institute for Person-Centered Care.
Her practice focus has been both acute & community health. Ann has taught courses in the traditional BSN, RN to BSN and accelerated BSN populations.
In 2011, Ann was named a 100 Iowa Great Nurse.
Education and Training
- DNP, Indiana Wesleyan
- MSN, St. Ambrose University, Nursing Administration
- BSN, Gannon University, Nursing
- BA, Mercyhurst University, Biology
- BS, Mercyhurst University, Health Sciences
- Fellow of Person-Centered Care, Planetree International 2021-current
- Certified Nurse Educator, 2015-current
- Illowa Partners in Nursing: Clinical Nursing Faculty Preparation Certification, October, 2010
My first grade teacher asked the class to draw what we wanted to be when we grew up. I drew a nurse in her cap and uniform in front of a hospital. My mother (who is also a nurse) kept that drawing, framed it, and gave it to me when I graduated nursing school. I guess it was destiny. Nursing is one of the hardest vocations and – for many – is a calling. I am ever grateful to care for patients and families at their most vulnerable time. I also enjoy being challenged to improve wellness within our community. I look forward to assisting our future professionals to enjoy the same.
Ann, on why she studied Nursing
Publications
Garton, A., BSN International Service eLearning. Poster Presentation at AACN Transform Conference, Dec 2022.
Andresen, K., Garton, A. Improving Person-Centered Care for the LGBTQ+: Innovative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators. Poster Presentation at ACN Conference, Dec. 2022.
Growing Healthy Together: A Refugee Health and Wellness Program through Person-Centered Care & RE-AIM®. Wisconsin League of Nursing Poster presentation 2021.
Person-Centered Care Toolkit: Integrating Best Practices Across Health and Human Services, (2020). St. Ambrose University, Institute for Person-Centered Care. Contributing author and editor.
Institute for Person-Centered Care Podcast, Host, KALA & the Institute for Person-Centered Care
Publication, co-author: Topical Administration of Tranexamic Acid in Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty, Journal of Arthroplasty (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2013.10.005
More About Ann
Nursing Process I: Across the Lifespan (traditional and accelerated)
Population Health
Clinical Application I, II & III
Advanced Nursing Practicum
Advanced Application Project
Foundations of Nursing Knowledge
Leadership and Contemporary Issues
RN to BSN program
Genesis Health System Home Health & Hospice Oversight Committee, 2020 - current
Ridgecrest Foundation Board, 2021 - current
Quad City Behavioral Health Coalition, 2019 - current; Steering Committee member 2021 - current
Tapestry Farms, Board member 2018 - current
Volunteer "Jungle" refugee camp, Calais, France, 2016
BIX Chair Finish Line Stretch 2016-2020
BIX Medical Tent Chair, 2014, 2015
- Clinical practice has focused on care of the Orthopaedic patient, general surgical population, and wound care
- Administrative nursing position overseeing quality data, evidence-based practice, and performance improvement.
- Director, Institute for Person-Centered Care, https://ipcc.sau.edu/
Contact
Ann Garton
Nursing
Center for Health Sciences Education 157
1320 W. Lombard
Davenport, IA 52804
563-333-5727
GartonAnnS@sau.edu
Nursing
- Kara Baker
- Katrina Browning
- Holly Candor
- Kari Crowder
- Christina Cunningham
- Lara Dague
- Katrina DeToye
- Deborah Frankie-Lasher
- Ann Garton
- Connie Hanson-Hullstrom
- Danielle Hoffman
- Lynne Kruse
- Kristen Lang-Coleman
- Jacalyn McKenzie
- Erin Rennert
- Rose Schultz
- Heather Scott
- Heather Sikora
- Katie Sleaford
- Amy Tallman
- Denise Westendorf
- Jenelle Wilson