Lavonne Adams

Biography

Lavonne Adams, Ph.D., RN, CCRN, is an associate professor at Towson University in the College of Health Professions, Department of Nursing. She received her Ph.D. in leadership and M.S. in nursing from Andrews University, her BSN from Wright State University, and her A.S. in nursing from Kettering College. She has published and presented on her research interests of leadership and management, disaster preparedness and surge capacity for disasters. Dr. Adams’ professional background includes critical care and emergency nursing.

Her voluntary roles have focused on disaster preparedness and response, including service as a reviewer for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, member of the Society for Advancement of Disaster Nursing, volunteer for the American Red Cross, previous member of Fort Worth Safe Communities Coalition’s Advisory Board, and as a past chair of Tarrant County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD).

Publications

Berry, D. M., Adams, L. M., and Vytla, S. P. (2024). Vaccine hesitancy and hesitant adoption among nursing students in Texas. Preventive Medicine Reports, 38(102612), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102612

Heagele, T., Samuels, W. E., Wholeben, M., Nurse-Clarke, N., Adams, L. M., and McNeill, C. (2023). Nurses Taking on Readiness Measures (N-TORM): A nurse-facilitated household emergency preparedness intervention feasibility study. (Epub ahead of print). Health Emergency and Disaster Nursing. https://doi.org/10.24298/hedn.2022-0009

Adams, L. M. (2022). Exercises and Drills. In Langan, J. C. Preparing nurses for disaster management. Elsevier.

Heagele, T. N., Adams, L. M., McNeill, C. C., and Alfred, D. M. (2022). Validation and revision of the Household Emergency Preparedness Instrument (HEPI) by a pilot study in the City of New York. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 17, e126. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.35

Heagele, T. N., McNeill, C. C., Adams, L. M., and Alfred, D. M. (2022). Household emergency preparedness instrument development: A Delphi study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 16(2), 570-582. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.292

Adams, L. M. and Melius, J. (2021). Prepared to respond? Exploring personal disaster preparedness and nursing staff response to disasters. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 15(5), 557-562. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.47

Walker, D., Willis, J. L, Adams, L., Jackson, L., Hawley, D., Watson, J., Orwig, T, Morgan, K., Suzuki, S. (2021). Common reading as a foundation for interprofessional education. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 24, Article 100457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100457

McNeill, C., Adams, L., Heagele, T., Swanson, M., and Alfred, D. (2020). Emergency preparedness competencies among nurses: Implications for nurse administrators. Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), 50(7-8), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000000908

Adams, L. M., Canclini, S. B., and Tillman, K. (2019). “’This is not a drill”: Activation of a student-led influenza vaccination point of dispensing. Journal of American College Health, 67(2), 88-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1463228

Adams, L. M., Nguyen, T., Bell Morgan, K., and Gumbleton, C. (2018). "RU OK”: Evaluating the effectiveness of a gatekeeper training program. Journal of College Student Development, 59(5), 614-617. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2018.0056

Adams, L. M. (2016). Promoting disaster resilience through use of interdisciplinary teams: A program evaluation of the Integrated Care Team approach. World Medical and Health Policy, 8, 8-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.176

Adams, L. M., Reams, P. K., and Canclini, S. B. (2015). Planning for partnerships: Maximizing surge capacity resources through service learning. Journal of Emergency Management, 13(6), 557-564. https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2015.0265

Adams, L. M., Canclini, S. B., and Frable, P. J. (2014) “Skip the infection, get the injection”: A case study in emergency preparedness education. Nurse Education in Practice, 15(1), 58-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2013.12.004

Adams, L. M., and Berry, D. M. (2012). Who will show up? Estimating ability and willingness of hospital staff to report during disaster. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol17No02PPT02

Adams, L. M. (2009). Exploring the concept of surge capacity. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol14No02PPT03

Adams, L. (2007). Nursing academic administration: Who will take on the challenge? Journal of Professional Nursing, 23(5), 309-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.01.012

Presentations

Berry, D. M., Adams, L. M., and Vytla, S. P. (2023, November 11-15). Vaccine hesitancy among nursing students in Texas: Preparing tomorrow’s workforce in a new era [Oral presentation]. Sigma 47^th Biennial Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

Heagele, T. N., Samuels, W. E., Wholeben, M., Nurse-Clarke, N., Adams, L. M., and McNeill, C. C. (2023, March 23-24) A nurse-facilitated household emergency preparedness intervention for elderly and medically frail community members [Poster presentation]. Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Adams, L. M., Nguyen, T., and Bell Morgan, K. (2018, July 19-23). RU OK: Promoting student health through an effective gatekeeper training program [Oral presentation]. Sigma Theta Tau International 29^th Annual International Research Congress, Melbourne, Australia.

Adams, L. M., Jenscke, M., and Nguyen, T. (2018, July 19-23). Effectiveness of a suicide prevention gatekeeper training program with first year nurse anesthesia residents [Poster presentation]. Sigma Theta Tau International 29^th Annual International Research Congress, Melbourne, Australia.

Adams, L. M., Bosanquet, J., and Murray, V. (2017, November 4-8). A call to action: Transforming health and care through application of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 [Poster presentation]. APHA 2017 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Veenema, T. G., Adams, L. M., Langan, J.C., and Lavin, R. P. (2017, September 13-16). Call to action: Advancing disaster nursing education in the U.S. [Podium presentation]. Emergency Nursing 2017: Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Hassmiller, S., Adams, L. M., and Weeks, S. M. (2013, May 18-23). The role of nursing in an interdisciplinary care team responding to mass fatality disasters: Promoting equity and access to care [Oral presentation]. International Council of Nurses 25^th Quadrennial Convention, Melbourne, Australia.