Irena L. Kenneley, PhD, RN, CNE, CIC, FAPIC

Associate Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Infection Control and Epidemiology of Infectious Disease; Microbiology
  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Education

Research Information

Research Interests

  • Antibiotic Resistance in the Community and Infection Control
  • Prevention in the Home Healthcare Environment and Across the Continuum of Care
  • Prevention of Healthcare-Acquired Infections

Research Projects

Research

  • Principal Investigator: Infection Control and Prevention in Home Healthcare:  The Infamous Nurses’ Bag, 2007.
  • Co-Investigator, "Infection Control and Wound Care Supplies in the Home Healthcare Environment," Elizabeth Madigan, Principal Investigator, 2004.

Training

  • MSN/Infection Control Specialty
  • Community Health Nursing Program
  • Clinical Coordinator, Infection Control
  • Undergraduate Microbiology; the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Publications

Recent Publications

  • Kenneley, I. (2015). "Active Learning." In M. J. Smith, R. D. Carpenter, & J. J. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Nursing Education (pp. 25-27). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Kenneley, I. (2015). Certification Study Guide: Preparing for the Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) Exam, 6th Edition. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
  • Kenneley, I. (2015). "Learner Centered." In M. J. Smith, R. D. Carpenter, J. J. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Nursing Education (pp. 209-211). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Madigan, E. A., & Kenneley, I. (2015). Barriers and Facilitators to provision of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine in Home Health Care Agencies. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 27(1), 13-17. DOI: 10.1177/1084822314530993. Also: http://hhc.sagepub.com/content/27/1/13.full.pdf
  • Carney Moore, J. M., Dolansky, M., Hudak, C. A., & Kenneley, I. (2015). Care Coordination Between Convenient Care Clinics and Healthcare Homes. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2015 May;27(5):262-9. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12167. Epub 2014 Oct 6.
  • Kenneley, I., Borton, D., Lopez, C., Brinsko, V., McBride, P. J., Walker, B. W., Gilmore, G. K., B, (Contributors and Consultants), H. C. (2011). In Wolter Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Ed.), Lippincott’s Guide to Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia: PA.
  • Kenneley, I. (2011). Stopping HAIs at their source. The Nurse Practitioner, 36(9), 47-51.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Master of Science in Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Bachelor of Science
Lake Erie College
Associate of Nursing
Lakeland Community