Dr. Truglio- Londrigan has been a professor at Pace University since 1999 and during that time she has received several internal grants to support her research endeavors. Prior to coming to Pace, she taught at the College of New Rochelle, where she received the Faculty Excellence Award, Mercy College, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, N. J. She has held a past faculty practice at Aging in America, the parent company for Morningside House in the Bronx, and prior to that, she served as a consultant for population-based practice at the Bergen County Department of Health Services in New Jersey.
The teachings of her own past faculty mentors were foundational for Dr. Londrigan and set a trajectory of care delivery, education, and research that saw the client as a partner. It was because of this belief that Dr. Londrigan became interested in the concept of shared decision-making. Her interest in understanding shared decision-making lead her to the development of a research trajectory that began with qualitative inquiry that involved interviewing home care nurses about shared decision-making within their practice. Upon completion of this research. Dr. Londrigan moved forward with her research trajectory interviewed another population—the clients—to understand their experiences with shared decision-making involving their nurses. The next research question she asked lead her to conduct a systematic review with colleagues to identify facilitators and barriers to the process of shared decision-making. Recently, an integrative review that culminated in the development of a model of shared decision-making for nursing practice. Dr. Londrigan acknowledges that the research on shared decision-making did not take place in isolation but with true collaboration with a team of dedicated nursing professionals including: Dr. Joanne Singleton, Dr. Jason Slyer and Dr. Priscilla Worral.
Her current study at CaringKind The Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving is examining the beliefs of key groups who are affected by Alzheimer’s Disease: caretakers of early stage patients, caretakers whose loved ones have passed away and providers. She will identify decision points in the course of the disease; something which has not yet been done.
Dr. Londrigan has been the recipient of the Pace University Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence in 2017 and the Lienhard School of Nursing Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research in 2014.
