telephone: (215) 481-5524
e-mail: mgerngross@amh.org

Role at Dixon
Mary Gerngross is a faculty member and clinical instructor at Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing. She teaches in both: N202: Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing II, and N303 - Advanced Concepts in Medical-Surgical Nursing and is the course coordinator of N303. She is a member of the Curriculum Committee, Student Evaluation and Achievement Committee, and chairs the Systematic Plan of Evaluation Committee.

Educational Background
1974 - BSN - Villanova University
1998 - MSN - Gwynedd Mercy College
2008 – Certified Nurse Educator

Professional Experience
Mary Gerngross has a varied professional background, which includes holding staff nurse positions for several years in critical care and outpatient surgery. She was nurse manager for a critical care step down unit and for a surgical unit. Prior to her role at Dixon, she taught sophomore-nursing students at Gwynedd Mercy College.

Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Oncology Nursing Society

Personal Interests
Mary enjoys spending time with friends and family, especially if it is on the golf course and even more if it is in Naples, Florida.

Nursing Education as a Career
"It's great! The best of both worlds. I'm able to continue to use my clinical skills and be at the bedside while mentoring and teaching students. I am continually learning myself (awesome!) in order to provide the students with the most current information available."

Caring with Confidence
"Teaching on both the freshman and senior levels gives me the opportunity to observe the growth that occurs in the students. It is amazing to see one of my senior students caring for a critically ill patient in the Cardiac Surgery Unit when two years prior they didn't know how to take a blood pressure. It is even more exciting to see our graduates, efficient and confident, mentoring our current students during their clinical rotations."