Gail Landheer Zandee MSN, RN | Community Partnership Coordinator
gzandee@calvin.edu
Education:
- MSN, Community Health Nursing, Wayne State University, 1993
- BSN, Hope-Calvin Department of Nursing, 1990
Specialty:
- Community Health Nursing
Professional Experience:
- Calvin College Department of Nursing, Community Partnership Coordinator, 2001 - present
- Hope-Calvin Department of Nursing, Assistant Professor, 1993 - 2000
- Sparta Health Center, Community Health Nurse, 1994
- Blodgett Hospital, Staff Nurse, Cardiac Care Unit, 1990 – 1993
Research Interests:
- Health Promotion / Illness Prevention
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Community Health Worker Programs
Grants:
- Community Health Worker Program, Spectrum Health Healthier Communities Grant for continuing a program which teams nursing students with neighborhood residents to promote health and access to care on the residents block, 2006, $18,229.00.
- Community Health Worker Program, Spectrum Health Healthier Communities Grant for continuing a program which teams nursing students with neighborhood residents to promote health and access to care on the residents block, 2005, $17,698.00.
- Community Health Worker Program, Spectrum Health Healthier Communities Grant for initiating a program which teams nursing students with neighborhood residents to promote health and access to care on the residents block, 2004, $17,767.00.
- "Engaging with Creston Neighborhood for Health Promotion and Illness Prevention", Michigan Campus Compact Scholarship of Engagement Mini-Grant, 1998, $1600.00.
- Expanding Partnership with Creston Neighborhood and Investigating Other Community Partnerships in the Grand Rapids/Holland Area, Hope College Faculty Development Grant, 1998, $1100.00
Presentations:
- “Understanding Poverty”. Spectrum Health Healthier Communities/Kent County Healthy Start inservice training for staff. Grand Rapids, MI, 2006.
- "Implementing a Community-Based Curriculum: Meeting the Challenge Through Unique Faculty Roles". AACN Baccalaureate Education Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2005.
- “Evidence-Based Practice: Teaching by Doing”. AACN Baccalaureate Education Conference, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, 2004.
- “Promoting the Health of Populations through Community-Based Participatory Research”. Population Focused Nursing: Applications Across Environments of Care conference, Cleveland State University, Ohio, 2004.
- "Listening to Community Voices: Community-Based Research, A First Step in Partnership and Outreach." Outreach Scholarship 2002 Conference: Catalyst for Change, Columbus, OH, 2002.
- "Educating Public Health Nursing Students: Partnerships in Urban, Rural, and Inner-city Areas", AACN Baccalaureate Education Conference, Chicago, IL, 2000.
- "Taking Service-Learning to the Next Level Through Partnership". Universities as Citizens Summer Planning Institute, Midwest Campus Compact Collaboration, Kalamazoo, MI, 1999.
- "Essential Factors in Community Field/Service-learning experiences", Calvin Faculty Developmental Workshop, Grand Rapids, MI, 1999.
- "Educating Public Health Nursing Students Using a Service-Learning Partnership Approach". Sustaining Community-Based Primary Care: Policies, Partnership, and Practice, Williamsburg, VA, 1999.
Publications:
- Feenstra, C., Gordon, B., Hansen, D., Zandee, G. (2006). Managing Community and Neighborhood Partnerships in a Community-Based Nursing Curriculum. Journal of Professional Nursing, 22(4), 236-241.
- Heffner, G.G., Zandee, G.L. & Schwander, L. (2003). Listening to community voices: Community-based research, a first step in partnership and outreach. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 8(1), 33-44.
- Zandee, G.L. (2002). Reciprocity and partnership: The multidimensional impact of community driven nursing practice. In G. Heffner & C. Beversluis (Eds.) Commitment and connection: Service-learning and Christian higher education. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
- Zandee, G. L. (1999, Winter). Medical mission work in the inner city: A collaborative venture of a church and nursing program. Journal of Christian Nursing, 16-18.
- Zandee, G. L. & Oermann, M. H. (1996). Effectiveness of contingency contracting: Component of a worksite weight loss program. AAOHN Journal, 44, 183-188.
Awards / Recognitions:
- Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award, February, 2008
- Community Partnership Award. Calvin College, April, 2005
- Woman of Achievement Recognition. YWCA, Grand Rapids, MI, November, 2004.
