Assistant Professor
            
          
            Ellmer School of Nursing
          
              Beth Tremblay
          161 VIRGINIA BEACH CENTER 1881 UNIVERSITY DRIVE          
        VIRGINIA BEACH,            23453
  
M.S.N. in Nurse Educator, С²ÝÉçÇø, (2011)
- Registered Nurse
 - Sponsoring Organization: Virginia State Board of Nursing
 - Date Obtained: 2001-01-01
 
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Wiles, L., Martin, J., Hawkins, J., Higgins, K. and Tremblay, B. M. "VET-PRN- Veterans Education and Training as Primary care RNs" $1,452,129. Federal. July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022
 - Tremblay, B. "Service Learning Mini-Grant" $1,000. С²ÝÉçÇø. September 2019 - January 2020
 - Martin, J., Tremblay, B., Gustin, T. and Bishop, P. "Population Health Learning Hub" $10,000. Federal. May 2018 - December 2018
 - Wiles, L., Thompson, B. A., Tremblay, B. and Hawkins, J. E. "Faculty Innovator Grant" $2,500. С²ÝÉçÇø. 2018 - December 2018
 
Expertise
Research Interests
Public HealthENDS use in young adult populationVulnerable PopulationsHealth Behaviors
Articles
- Tremblay, B., Wiles, L. and Hawkins, J. E.. (2025). Heatstroke: The Nurse’s Pivotal Role in the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing.
 - Hawkins, J., Tremblay, B., Hawkins, R. J.. and Parrott, J. (2025). A comparative analysis of relationships among demographics, political affiliation and ideology, climate change, and health perceptions. Nursing Outlook 73 (4) , pp. 102462.
 - Hawkins, J., Baaki, J., Tremblay, B. and Hawkins, R. J.. (2025). Impact of a Design Thinking Educational Activity on Graduate Students’ Knowledge, Confidence, and Perceived Benefits. Nurse Educator 50 (1) , pp. 51-55.
 - Hawkins, R. J.., Hawkins, J., Tremblay, B., Wiles, L. and Higgins, K. (2024). Use of the Rasch Model for Fit Statistics and Rating Scale Diagnosis for the Student Perception Appraisal. Journal of Nursing Measurement 32 (3) , pp. 391-403.
 - Hawkins, J. Evans. and Tremblay, B. (2024). Including the Sustainable Development Goals in Nursing Scholarship. AJN, American Journal of Nursing 124 (9) , pp. 9-9.
 - Tremblay, B. and Hawkins, J. (2024). Climate and Health. Nurse Educator 49 (2) , pp. 85-90.
 - Hawkins, J. E., Tremblay, B., Higgins, K., Martin, J., Wiles, L., Mahoney, I. and Hawkins, R. (2023). Erratum to ‘A comparison of factors that impact retention of nursing students with and without military experience: A mixed method study’ [Teaching and Learning in Nursing 17/4 (2002) 357– 363]. Teaching and Learning in Nursing 18 (2) , pp. 353.
 - Hawkins, J. E.., Wiles, L. L.., Martin, J., Tremblay, B., Higgins, K. and Mahoney, I. (2023). Creating a Primary Care Track in Prelicensure Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Education 62 (3) , pp. 171-174.
 - Hawkins, J. E.. and Tremblay, B. (2023). Nurses and Climate Change: Ten Strategies for Reducing Carbon Emissions in the Radiology Department. Journal of Radiology Nursing 42 (1) , pp. 39-42.
 - Tremblay, B., Hawkins, J. E., Hawkins, R., Higgins, K., Wiles, L. and Martin, J. (2023). Contributing factors to withdrawal decisions of military and nonmilitary nursing students. Teaching and Learning in Nursing 18 (1) , pp. 129-133.
 - Hawkins, J., Mahoney, I., Martin, J., Tremblay, B., Wiles, L. and Higgins, K. (2022). Promoting Military Student Success Through Faculty Green Zone Training. Nurse Educator 47 (1) , pp. 10-12.
 - Turk, M. and Tremblay, B. (2021). Advocating for diabetes prevention in older adults. Nursing2021 51 (12) , pp. 48-50.
 - Hawkins, J. E., Mahoney, I., Martin, J., Tremblay, B., Wiles, L. and Higgins, K. (2021). Promoting military student success through faculty green zone training. Nurse Educator.
 - Hawkins, J. Evans., Wiles, L., Tremblay, B. and Thompson, B. A. (2020). Behind the Scenes of an Educational Escape Room. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING 120 (10) , pp. 50-56.
 - Martin, J., Tremblay, B. and Karlowicz, K. A. Community health education re-envisioned: The value of partnership with the local food bank. Journal of Professional Nursing (36) , pp. 417-423.
 - Tremblay, B. Knolwedge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of young adults about Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in the United States: An Integrative Review. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.
 
Presentations
- Wiles, L., Hawkins, J. E. and Tremblay, B. (November , 2020). Clinical Escape Rooms: From Concept to Reality Oral Presentation 45th Bicentennial Meeting: Sigma Theta Tau Washington, D.C..
 - Tremblay, B. (May , 2020). Research in the Time of COVID: Adapting to Online Data Collection Oral Presentation Duquesne University Duquesne University.
 - Wiles, L., Hawkins, J. E. and Tremblay, B. (September , 2019). Unlocking Escape room Pedagogy: Purposeful Gaming Simulations for Learning Clinical Skills. Oral Presentation National League of Nursing Education Summit Washinton DC.
 - Hawkins, J. and Tremblay, B. (June , 2019). #WeEscaped Oral Presentation Getting on the Social Media Bandwagon, is it worth it? Norfolk, Va.
 - Tremblay, B. M. and Martin, J. M. (April 3, 2019). Building Capacity and Bridging Education Gaps: Teaching Undergraduate Nursing Students to Work as a Part of an Interdisciplinary Care Team in our Communities. Oral Presentation Teaching Prevention 2019: Building a New Paradigm for Population Health. Clevland, Ohio.
 - Hawkins, J. E. and Tremblay, B. M. (April 3, 2019). Promoting Global Health at the Local level: Teaching advocacy and activism through experiential learning in and out of the classroom Oral Presentation Teaching Prevention 2019: Building a New Paradigm for Population Health. Clevland, Ohio.
 - Martin, J. M. and Tremblay, B. M. (February 2, 2019). Building Capacity and Bridging Education Gaps: Teaching Undergraduate Nursing Students to Work as a Part of an Interdisciplinary Care Team in our Communities. Oral Presentation Emswiller Institue Richmond, Virginia.
 - Tremblay, B. (September 16, 2018). A Qualitative Mini-Study of young adults who use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) Poster Sigma Theta Tau Leadership Conference Indianapolis.
 - Tremblay, B. (March 15, 2018). A qualitative Mini-Study of young adults who use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) Poster Graduate Student Research Symposium Pittsurgh, PA.
 - Tremblay, B. (March 15, 2018). A Qualitative Mini-Study of young adults who use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) Oral Presentation Graduate Student Research Symposium Pittsburgh, PA.
 - Tremblay, B. M. (May 15, 2017). Vaping: Smoking Cessation or an Emerging Health Concern? Poster Doctoral Reception Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
 
- 2024: Excellence for Undergraduate Research Mentor, С²ÝÉçÇø
 - 2023: Excellence for Undergraduate Research Mentor, С²ÝÉçÇø
 - 2022: Excellence for Undergraduate Research Mentor, С²ÝÉçÇø
 - 2020: PhD student research award, Epsilon Chapter STTI
 - 2019: 2019 AACN Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award. , American Association of Colleges of Nursing
 - 2018: 2018 Pillars of Promise Award: Category; Transformation, Food Bank of Southeast Virginia and Eastern Shore
 - 2018: Rising Star: Research , Duquesne University
 - 2018: School of Nursing Research Award, Duquesne University
 - 2014: Nurse Excellence, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center