Dr. Joanne F. Costello

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Joanne Costello
Department, Office, or School
Zvart Onanian School of Nursing
Council of Rhode Island College
  • Professor

Education

  • B.S.N. Saint Anselm College, 1981
  • M.P.H. Tulane University, 1986
  • M.N. Louisiana State University, 1987
  • PhD University of Rhode Island, 2007

Professional Associations

  • Board of Directors, Haitian Humanitarian Network
  • Board of Trustees, Nursing Foundation of Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Public Health Association
  • Association of Community Health Nursing Educators

Selected Publications

  • Simoni, C., Cassidy, K.J., Costello, J., Blanchette, L. et al. (2024). Caring for post-9/11 veterans in the civilian sector: Knowledge and readiness of registered and advance practice nurse providers. Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health. doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2024-63925822/JMVH.
  • Costello, J. (2022). Nurses and Health Policy: Intervening Macroscopically as Environmental Health Advocates. In R. McDermott-Levy, K. P. Jackman-Murphy, J. Leffers, & A. G. Cantu (Eds)., Environmental Health in Nursing (2nd Ed)., pp. 345-350. Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, https://envirn.org/e-textbook/
  • Costello, J., Carpentier, M., Sliney, A., MacLeod, C., Young, K., & Flanigan, T. (2016). Evaluation of a nurse-initiated routine HIV testing pilot on a medical-surgical unit, MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, 25 (1), 36-43.
  • Lavall, K. & Costello, J. (2015). Assessment of the public’s knowledge of venous thromboembolism. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 33, pp. 68-71.
  • Costello, J.F., Sliney, A., MacLeod, C., Carpentier, M., Garofalo, R., & Flanigan, T. (2013). Implementation of routine HIV testing in an acute care hospital in Rhode Island: A nurse initiated opt-out pilot project. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 24, 460-468.
  • Costello, J. (2013). Roles and strategies of diabetes support group facilitators: An exploratory study. The Diabetes Educator, 39, 178-186.
  • Byrd, M., Costello, J., Gremel, K., Schwager, J., Blanchette, L., & Molloy, T. (2012). Political astuteness of baccalaureate nursing students following an active learning experience in public policy. Journal of Public Health Nursing, 1-11. 

Courses

  • NURS 509/622 Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Nursing Seminar I, II
  • NURS 511 Population/Public Health Nursing I
  • NURS 611 Population/Public Health Nursing II
  • NURS 705 Health Policy and Advocacy
  • NURS 709 Population Health
  • NURS 720/730/740/750 DNP Project Courses

Areas of Interests

  • Chronic Disease/Diabetes Management
  • Environmental Health/Childhood Lead Poisoning
  • Global Health 
  • HIV and AIDS/Infection Control
  • Population Health/Health Policy/Health Equity