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Colin Plover
PHD, MSN, MPH, MSN, MSED, RN – BC
Hello! I am the founder and chief executive officer of Nightingale Caring Solutions. Nightingale provides innovative technological solutions for health systems that improve efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and outcomes for nurses, patients, and populations. Nightingale specializes in the development and implementation of technologies that leverage advanced research techniques and big data. It is my mission to have the greatest positive effect on the world and it would be a pleasure to hear from you so that we can explore how we can collaborate to best serve nurses, patients, and populations together.
Education
- PhD
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
- MPH
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health
- MSN
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing
- MsEd
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Education
- MSN
- Thomas Jefferson University, School of Nursing
Professional Appoinments
- Nightingale Caring Solutions Inc
Founder and CEO, 2020
- Thrive, Non-Profit Residential Service Community
Founder and CEO, 2012
- Cornell University, Cornell Tech, Jacobs Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021
- Thomas Jefferson University, School of Population Health
Assistant Professor, 2017-2020
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Registered Nurse, 2010-2017
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Consultant, 2018-2020
Selected Publications
Plover, C. (2017). An Exploration Of Charge Nurse Decision-Making Related
To The Nurse-Patient Assignment On Adult Medical-Surgical Units.
Abookire, S., Plover, C., … (2020). Health Design Thinking: An Innovative
Approach in Public Health to Defining Problems and Finding Solutions.
Smith, J. G., Plover, C. … (2019). Rural hospital nursing skill mix and work
environment associated with frequency of adverse events.
Brooks Carthon, J., Hatfield, L., Plover, C., … (2019) The Impact of Nurse
Engagement on Patient Safety.