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Lisa Sparacino began her career in nursing in 1985. For 27 years Lisa worked as a certified Critical Care Registered Nurse. In 2005 she joined Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ as an adjunct instructor teaching Health Assessment and managing the Nursing lab on the Manhattan campus.  Lisa joined Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ as a full-time faculty in 2029 and achieved tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2014.  Lisa has been the Chair of the Department of Nursing since 2018. She currently holds a Ph.D. in Nursing Education from Cappella University. She recently received a post master’s degree as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center of the American Nurses Association. As chair of the Department of Nursing, Lisa led the Department as they received a full ten-year re-accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education in November 2025.

Lisa’s research interests include Simulation in Nursing Education, Curriculum design, Stress reduction in Nursing students and coping with grief. She has published and/or presented to professional audiences on all her research interests. Lisa is a member of the Nurse Practitioner’s Association on Long Island and has served as a committee member for the Nurses Association of the Counties of Long Island.