Licensure:
• Registered Nurse, Missouri
Document of Recognition, Missouri, Adult Psych/Mental Health CNS
• Psychologist & Health Service Provider, Missouri
Attend numerous continuing education conferences each year for state licensure and/or national certification requirements and enhancement of knowledge, understanding, and skills related to provision of services to individuals with mental health needs
Certification:
Current - Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Professional Memberships:
American Nurses Association/Missouri Nurses Association
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
American Psychological Association
Missouri Psychological Association
Professional Experience:
Time Span Rank/Title Institution/location Clinical Area
More than 50 years of uninterrupted career performance and professional experience in administrative, consultative, teaching, and service roles in a variety of practice entities and with various client populations with health and mental health care needs. Member of both nursing and psychology organizations.
EXCERPT
Teaching (Nursing)
• Assistant Professor – Saint Louis University School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO – 2003-present; teach in both BSN and Graduate nursing programs
Assistant Professor & Coordinator, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Graduate Specialty – Saint Louis University School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO – 2005-present; teach in both BSN and Graduate nursing programs
• Instructor, BSN program – University of Missouri - Columbia, School of Nursing, Columbia, MO - 1977-1990
• Curriculum Assistance to Faculty and Lead Instructor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Diploma program – St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, Racine, WI – 1976-1977
• Instructor, BSN program – Alverno College, Division of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI – 1971-1976
• Instructor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Diploma programs – Mental Health Center-North Division, Milwaukee, WI – 1970-1971
Administration (Nursing)
• Practice Administrator – Missouri State Board of Nursing, Jefferson City, MO – 1992 - 2003
Assistant Director for Discipline & Practice – Missouri State Board of Nursing, Jefferson City, MO – 1992
Scholarly Activities and Honors:
I. Presentations
Serve as speaker at meetings to discuss advanced practice & its statutes and regulations in Missouri when requested; yearly presenter at SLU SON Advanced Practice Nursing Conference
II. Honors and funded scholarly activities
01/01/2005 – 12/31/2008 Grant; 06/01/2005 – 12/31/2008 Principal Investigator for grant from the Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation
2004. Research Assistant activities for Joanne C. Langan PhD, RN; Saint Louis University, School of Nursing.
III. Publications
Langan, J. C., Tadych, R. A., Kao, C. C., & Israel, H. (2009). Registered nurse incentives to return to practice in the United States. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15, 359-367.
Langan, J. C., Tadych, R. A., & Kao, C.C. (2007, January-February). Exploring incentives for RNs to return to practice: A partial solution to the nursing shortage. Journal of Professional Nursing. 23(1), 13-20.
McLaughlin, D. E., Freed, P. E., & Tadych, R. A. (2006). Action methods in the classroom: Creative strategies for nursing education. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 3 (1), Article 11. Retrieved from http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/
Current Clinical Practice Activities
Time Span Job Title Institution/Location Clinical Area
2005 – 2009 Psychiatric Mental Health APN & Licensed Psychologist; 2005 – 2008 faculty practice on Sidney R. Baer Jr Foundation grant at a residential care facility (RCF) transitional housing facility in northern St. Louis, MO, and 2009 faculty practice also included their semi-independent apartment housing and assertive community treatment (ACT) apartment housing (Parent organization: St. Patrick Center)
1993 – 2003 Contract Licensed Psychologist services; individual, couple, and family psychotherapy; Family Counseling Center, Inc., 117 North Garth, Columbia, MO 65203.
2010 - present Contract Group Therapist; McCambridge Center, Columbia, MO
Service
I. School of Nursing
2005 – 2010 Member, Administrative Council (AC)
2008 – Faculty Search Committee
II. University
2007 – present Board Member, Committee on Student Conduct