Claudia Grobbel, DNP, RN, CNL

Biography: 

Dr. Grobbel came to the university after spending over 20 years in clinical practice including both inpatient  and outpatient leadership positions. Her passion for teaching arose from her years of working with nurses across various practice areas such as cardiac care, nursing leadership, health policy and administration. She currently teaches leadership and policy courses across all programs. Her area of research focuses on quality and safety as it relates to caring practices in providing excellence in patient care. In addition, she is the designer of the Caring Studio, a series of experiential workshops that exposes nursing students to the value of maintaining caring practice skills beyond technical competency in delivering care.

Education:

• DNP – Oakland University
• MSN – Oakland University, Nursing Administration
• BSN – Wayne State University

Research Area Interests:

• Caring Science as it Relates to Quality Outcomes
• Quality and Safety Education in Nursing Research (QSEN) with Leadership Simulation
• The use of robots in designing caring relationships.
• Leadership in Nursing Practice

Selected Research/Publications: 

• Publications (Journal)
• Wolfe, Z., Wright, M.E., Grobbel, C., & Hilton, N. (2024).  Critical Incidents of Nimble Caring Leaders:  A descriptive qualitative study. International Journal of Human Caring.
• Grobbel, C., Lackman-Zeman, L, Homayoumi, R., Kenney, F., & Mulhem, E. (2023) What healthcare workers told us about working through the COVID pandemic: A qualitative analysis of digital stories. Journal of Nursing Management. https://www.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8858475 
• Cameron, P., Grobbel, C., Poly-Droulard, L., Thomas-Powell, A., Ruthenberg, S. (2022).  In Pursuit of Holistic Admissions as Oakland University.  The Future of Nursing. 8(1).10-11. (35% contribution to writing and revisions).
• Bulfin, S., Grobbel, C., & Fuller, W. (2020). The use of robotics to complement caring in nursing:  A white paper. International Journal of Human Caring. (40% contribution to writing and editing)
• Wolfe, Z., Boykin, A., Ray, M., Schoenhofer, S., Grobbel, C., Packard, M. (2020). Caring and technology:  Guidelines and themes. International Journal of Human Caring. (15% contribution to writing and editing).
• Grobbel, C., van Wynsberghe , A., Davis, R., & Poly-Droulard, L (2019). Designing Nursing Care Practices Complemented by Robots: Ethical Implications and Application of Caring Frameworks. Internal Journal of Human Caring.

• Mallette, C., Packard, M., Grobbel, C., & Rose, D. (2018). Caring Science Curriculum and the Robot Revolution: A Call to Action. International Journal of Human Caring.

• Publications (Book Chapter)
• Grobbel, C. (2015). Health Policy. In Smith, M. J., Carpenter, R., & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2015, in press). Encyclopedia of nursing education. New York: Springer Publishing.
• Presentations
• Piscotty, R., Grobbel, C., & Hanna, D. (2024, July). Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Bootcamp Style Education Program for University Nursing Faculty. AIME, 22nd Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.  Virtual
• Grobbel, C. Poly-Droulard, L. (2024, June). Incorporating Caring Abilities Inventory into a holistic nursing admissions process. International Association of Human Caring (IAHC) conference. Boca Raton, Fl.
• Grobbel, C., Poly-Droulard, L., Powell-Thomas, A., & Cameron, P. (2023, March). Using holistic admissions to redesign the nursing workforce. NLN NERC conference.  Washington, D.C
• Grobbel, C. (2021, October) Crisis Leadership.  Oakland University Homecoming Presentation.  Continuing CE.
• Grobbel, C., van Wynsberghe, A., Davis, R., & Poly-Droulard, L. (2021, February). Designing Nursing Care Practices Complemented by Robots: Ethical Implications and Application of Caring Frameworks.  International Association of Human Caring Journal Club.  Virtual session.
• Grobbel, C., van Wynsberghe, A., Davis, R., & Poly-Droulard, L. (2021, February). Designing Nursing Care Practices Complemented by Robots: Ethical Implications and Application of Caring Frameworks.  International Association of Human Caring Journal Club.  Virtual session.
• Mallette, C., Packard, M., Grobbel, C., & Rose, D. (2020, June, 2020, September). Caring science and the robot revolution:  A call to action.  41st Annual IAHC Conference.  Bergen, Norway. (COVID 19 canceled, virtual presentation given)
• Grobbel, C., van Wynsberghe, A., Davis, R., & Poly-Droulard, L. (2020, January). Designing Nursing Care Practices Complemented by Robots: Ethical Implications and Application of Caring Frameworks.  Sigma Theta Tau Theta Psi chapter at large Research Day Lightning rounds virtual presentation. AACN Doctoral Conference, Naples, FL.
• Stone, N. & Grobbel, C., (2020, March).  The language of caring: A qualitative research study.  NLN/STT Research Symposium, Washington, DC. (COVID 19 canceled)
• Grobbel, C., van Wynsberghe, A., Davis, R., & Poly-Droulard, L. (2020, January). Designing Nursing Care Practices Complemented by Robots: Ethical Implications and Application of Caring Frameworks.  AACN Doctoral Conference, Naples, FL.
• Mallette, C., Packard, M., Grobbel, C., & Rose, D. (2019, September). Caring science and the robot revolution:  A call to action.  Human Caring Canada 2019 – the 6th Global Human Caring Conference (HCC 2019), Victoria British Columbia.
• Grobbel, C. & Poly-Droulard, L. (2018, October). The Caring Studio Experience: Using Caring Practice to Influence quality and safety perceptions of undergraduate nursing students: A Research Study.  Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Research Day Conference, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Sterling Heights, MI

• Grants
• Grobbel, C., Piscotty, R. (2023) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Boot Camp for Nursing Faculty.  Oberhauser Grant, $10,000.
• Grobbel, C., Penprase, B., & Hanna, D. (2015). Using high fidelity simulation to improve competencies in leadership, quality care and caring practices for undergraduate nursing students: A pilot project, Next Step Solutions, in kind gift of electronic health record computer software, value $15,000.
• Grobbel, C., Penprase, B., & Hanna, D. (2015). Using high fidelity simulation to improve competencies in leadership, quality care and caring practices for undergraduate nursing students: A pilot project, Oakland University Faculty Research Grant, Awarded $1200.

Professional Affiliations:

• Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, Theta Psi Chapter
• Anne Boykin Institute for Caring Science
• International Association of Human Caring
• Clinical Nurse Leader Association