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Joanne Affinito | Assistant Professor

“I have 42 years of bedside nursing experience, which enables me to facilitate students to blend didactic material into real-world situations.”

Degrees Held:

  • DNP – William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2017
  • MSN – William Paterson University of New Jersey, 2000
  • BSN – The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1977

Career Highlights:

Presentations:

10th Annual Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) 2017 Conference, New Orleans Mini-podium presentation Advance Practice Nurses Assessing Burden in Caregiver and Care Recipient Dyads to Improve Population Health Outcomes, September 13, 2017-September 15, 2017


  • Guest speaker, DNP program NUR 8311 Dissemination of DNP Project summer
  • 2017 Dr. Kem Louie class
  • Poster presentation: Recognizing Burden in Unpaid Caregivers of End stage Renal Disease at the National Kidney Foundation 2017 Spring Clinical Meeting, Orlando, Florida. April 19, 2017 - April 21, 2017
  • Poster presentation: Recognizing Burden in Unpaid Caregivers of End Stage Renal
  • Disease at Sigma Theta Tau May, 2017 Iota Alpha chapter meeting, Wayne, New Jersey
  • Speaker, Care of the Renal Patient, William Paterson University 2012
  • Speaker, Heart Healthy Care, senior citizen groups in Wayne, Oakland, Bloomingdale area 2010-12
  • Speaker, Rapid Response Teams MHS Conference Lakewood, New Jersey., April 2008
  • Speaker, Premier Conference 8th Scope of Work SIP, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2005
  • Speaker, "I'm 75! How Can I Keep My Heart Healthy, Healthy Heart Conference?" 2004
  • Speaker, "Advocacy and Empowerment" Women's Health Conference 2003
  • Speaker, American Nephrology Nurses Association Chapter 126, October 2001
  • Speaker, National Kidney Foundation of New York/New Jersey, September 2000
  • Coordinator, 2nd Annual Pediatric Hemodialysis Symposium, Spring 1999
  • Coordinator, Pediatric Hemodialysis Symposium, Spring 1998

Publications:

  • Affinito, J. and Louie, K. (2018). Positive Coping and Self-Assessed Levels of Health and Burden in Unpaid Caregivers of Patients with end Stage Renal Disease Receiving Hemodialysis Therapy. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 45(4), p. 373-380.
  • Affinito, J. (2017). Recognizing Burden in Unpaid Caregivers of End Stage Renal Disease Patients. American Journal of Kidney Disease, 69(4), p. A18.
  • Sterrett, J., Affinito, J. and Mohammadnia, H. 2002. Tandem Hemodialysis: A method for improving delivered Kt/V and URR to large body mass index End Stage Renal Disease Patients. American Society of Nephrology.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

  • Adult Nurse Practitioner -- American Nurse Credentialing Center (2000 to present)
  • Basic Life Support Level C (May 2020)
  • Registered Nurse (RN) and Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) N.J. (1978 to present)

In which online degree program do you teach?

  • What do you want students to take away from your courses?

    Be the best you can be each and every day.

  • Why did you start teaching?

    In 1993, I started as a preceptor to new hires because I envisioned the need for new hires to be well trained. In 1995, I became a Clinical Education Specialist at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson. I was encouraged to further my education as a requirement for my job, so I enrolled in the MSN program at WPU. Upon completion, I was hired as a part-time instructor. Fast forward to today, I earned my DNP and I have been teaching in the nursing department since 2002. I have a passion for preparing students to care for vulnerable populations in their time of need.

  • What advice would you give to those considering this online program?

    Online programs require your time and attention as if you were attending a face-to-face class during a regular semester.

  • What qualities make someone particularly successful in the area in which you teach?

    I have 42 years of bedside nursing experience, which enables me to facilitate students to blend didactic material into real-world situations. These qualities encompass cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains.

  • What do you think is the biggest challenge that people in the profession face today?

    Being able to successfully blend classroom material with real-world situations.

  • What is the one book you think everyone should read?

    “How Starbucks Saved My Life” by Michael Gates Gill and “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova.

  • Tell us something interesting about yourself that your students may not know about you.

    I am an avid cook!

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