Abigail Mitchell, DHEd, MSN, MBA, RN, CNE, FHERDSA

Educator for over 25 years, 20 years in the School of Nursing at DYU. Have published over 30 peer review manuscripts. Presented locally, nationally, and internationally. Content expert in mentoring the novice nurse/educator.

• Capella University MBA 2020
• A.T. Still University DHEd 2009 Health Education
• University of Phoenix MSN 2000 Nursing/Education
• Niagara University BSN 1994 Nursing
• Niagara County College AAS 1991 Nursing

Certification: 

• National League for Nursing: CNE
• Certified Global Nurse Consultant (CGNC)
• Stanford: Quality Matters Certificate
• SUNY: Quality Matters Certificate 
• Canisius College: Kaleida Health Management Certificate Program
• New York State: Public Health Nurse Certificate
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Basic certificate in quality & safety
• Kaleida Health Emergency Management: Hospital Response Team. FEMA Operations level
• Capella University: Basic AI Foundations Certificate
• Association for Nursing Professional Development: ANPD Certificate
• University of Nebraska: AgriSafe Nurse Scholar
• Veterans Administration: Yellow Belt Certification

• Capella University-Stephen Shank Recognition-2025
• Outstanding Contribution and Active Involvement by the Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economic Award 2025 
• D’Youville University-SON-Educator of the Year-2023
• Capella University-Stephen Shank Recognition-2021
• Business Leaders & Professionals-Top 100 Professional-2021
• DeGraff Hospital-Daisy Award-2019
• Continental Who’s Who-Lifetime Achiever-2019
• International Nursing Association Award: Top Nurse Educator and Manager-2019
• Kaleida Health Nurse of Distinction Award (Degraff)-2018
• HERDSA Fellowship (FHERDSA)-prestigious fellowship in recognition of the quality of educational Practices-2016
• Professional Nurses Association of WNY-Ruth T. McGrorey Award for leadership in Nursing-2015
• Sigma Theta Tau-Niagara University Chapter Award-Leadership-2013
• Sutton’s who’s who in Academia-2011-2012
• Madison who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals-2010
• Academic Excellence, achieving the top Grade Point Average in the DHEd-2009
• Professional Nurses Association of WNY-Nurse of Distinction of WNY-2009
• Kaleida Health Nurse (Degraff) of Distinction Award-2009
• Who’s who among Students in American Universities and Colleges-2009
• A.T. Still University School of Health Management Honors Award-2009
• Niagara County Community College-Outstanding Teaching Award-2008

• Nursing Staffing
• Nursing Burnout
• Leadership Accountability
• Mentoring
• Curriculum

• Mitchell, A & Mang, S (2026). Accountability and Accessibility in Nursing. Mini Literature 
• Review. INT J Nurs Health Care 2 (3) 1-5. 
• Mitchell, A & Jones, M (2026). Professionalism in Nursing and the Appropriate Use of Nursing
• Credentials. A Mini Literature Review. INT J Nurs Health Care 2(1) 1-4

• Connelly C, Darcy T, Mendonca T, Mitchell, A. (2025) Quality-Based Intervention to Address Nurses’ Work-Based Negative Emotions Int J Nurs Health Care. 1(3):1-4.

• Machonisa, P, Mitchell, A., Butski, C.  (2025). Emergency Department Avoidance in Long-Term Care Residents: Quality Improvement Project. Nur Primary Care. 9(5): 1-7.
• Virk, N., McFarland, M., Tye., Mitchell, A. (2025). Pain Management in the Elderly Population. Nur Primary Care.  9(4): 1-10.
• Guay E., Stockton, S., Mitchell, A. (2025).  Effectiveness of Mobile Health Units as an Adjunct to Primary Care Preventive Services in Rural America: A Systematic Review. Int J Nurs Health Care. 2025; 2(1):1-4. 
• Mitchell, A., Kiszka, J., Wideman, M. (2024). Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Role Transition; A mini literature review. Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economics 7 (4) 
• Khuwaja, P; Naylor, C; Nitti, C; Mitchell, A. (2024). Impact of Continuing Education on Nurse Satisfaction and Confidence-Quality Improvement Project. Journal of Quality in Health Care & Economics. 7 (6) 19-24. DOI: 10.23880/jqhe-16000419
• Tracy, G., Reaves, S., Mitchell, A (2024). The Long-Term Effects of GLP-1 Medications on weight loss: Mini Literature Review. Nursing & Primary Care 8 (4) 1-87.