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Sherry Megerle

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210-567-8511

megerle@uthscsa.edu

Programs

  • M.S. in Nursing

Sherry Megerle, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor/Clinical

“An accomplished Psychiatric Professor and Clinical Instructor with twenty-four years of nursing experience in teaching and clinical practice in forensic nursing.” 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2007 - Master of Science in Nursing - Forensic Nursing - Xavier University
    • 1999 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - Cebu Normal University

    Highlights

    Licensures and Certification

    • Registered Nurse
    • BLS

    Honors and Awards

    • 2023 PNASA Community Service Committee Chair PNASA Excellence Award and Scholarship Committee Member PNASA Policies and Procedures Committee Member 
    • 2023 PNASA Board of Director 
    • 2023 Nurse Educator of the Year 2022, PNASA Excellence Award 
    • 2022 PNASA Community Service Committee Chair PNASA Excellence Award and Scholarship Committee Member 

    Appointments

    • 2016 - present - Assistant Professor/Clinical and Coordinator - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2016 - Program Evaluator - Western Governor’s University, Salt Lake City, UT
    • 2016 - Instructor - Galen College of Nursing, San Antonio, TX
  • Instruction & Training

    • 2016 - 2023, NURS 3206, Psych and Mental Health Nursing Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 - 2022, NURS 3274 Psych and Mental Health Nursing Theoretical Foundations, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2017 - 2022, NURS 3275 Psych and Mental Health Nursing Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2017 - 2018, NURS 3371 Foundations of Nursing Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    Submitted and Not Funded or Unfunded Research/Projects

    • 2024 – 2027 Funder: PCORI Grant Dollars: $1,050,000 Title: Kabalikat Para Sa PCOR: Developing and Testing Engagement Methods among Filipinos in the United States Role: Co-Investigator (PI: D. Bluhm) 
    • 2020 – 2023, Funder: PCORI Grant  Dollars: $3,394,117. Title:  Fil-AM NURSES: Filipino-American Nurses United to Reaffirm Social and Emotional Support. Role: Co-Investigator (PI: J. Bluhm) 
  • Service

    Institutional

    • 2021-Present UT SON Faculty Mentor 
    • 2021-present UT SON COFSSM Committee, Member 
    • 2021-present UT Health SA Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy,  Mentor 
    • 2022-present UT Health SA Voelcker Biomedical Research AcademyInterviewer 
    • 2020-2021, UT Health SA, Computing Resources Committee, Member 
    • 2018-present, UT SON, Admission’s Committee, Member 
    • 2018-present, UT SON, Admission’s, Evaluating Student’s for Admissions (Videos) 
    • 2017-present, UT SON, Baccalaureate Committee, Member 
    • 2017-present,  UT SON, Course Coordinator 
    • 2018, UT SON, Nurse Practitioner Lecture on Mental Health 

    Service to the Profession

    • 2022 – present Stop the Bleed STRAC Trainer The Committee on Trauma, & Instructor American College of Surgeons  
    • 2022 – present Executive Board Member Philippine Nurses Association, San  Antonio (PNASA) 
    • 2018 – present, Grant Reviewer, Journal of Forensic Nursing 
    • 2017 – present, Course Coordinator, School of Nursing, UT Health SA 
    •  2011 – 2016, Course Coordinator, Galen College of Nursing San Antonio 
    • 2012 – 2016, Program Evaluator, Western Governor’s University 

    Professional Affiliations

    • 2021 – Present, San Antonio Psychiatric Nurses Association (SAPNA) 
    • 2017 – Present, Philippine Nurses Association of America 
    • 2017 – Present, American Nurses Association  
    • 2017 – Present, Texas Nurses Association 
    • 2016 – Present, American Association of Colleges of Nursing 
    • 2009 – Present, International Association of Forensic Nurses 
    • 2007 – Present, Sigma Theta Tau – Honor Society 

    Community

    • 2023 First Aid Volunteer: Filipino and Pacific Islander Festival PNASA 
    • 2023 Wellness Volunteer: PNASA Zumbathon PNASA 
    • 2023 Stop the Bleed Instructor and Volunteer Committee on Trauma & American College of Surgeons 
    • 2023 PNASA International Conf Coordinator PNASA 
    • 2023 Executive Board Member PNASA 
    • 2023 Volunteer: Filipino Health Information Management System UTHSA Delegation Volunteer 
    • 2023 Skills Meet Volunteer JROTC, CCHS 
    • 2023 JLAB Academic Meet Volunteer JROTC, CCHS 
    • 2023 PNASA Anniversary and Excellence Ball Coordinator PNASA 
    • 2023 UTHSA Representative to CCHS Gala: Marketing and SON, UTHSA  Recruitment 
    • 2023 Anger Management Workshop Buddhist Temple 
    • 2023 Civic Duty: Mayor and City Council Reception PNASA / PACC-TX 
    • 2023 Military Ball Coordinator JROTC, CCHS 
    • 2023 JROTC Parent Booster Member JROTC, CCHS 
    • 2023     Meal Support to Deceased Families CCHS 
    • 2023 Health Screening and First Aid Volunteer: Lunar New Year SON, UTHSA Buddhist Temple  
    • 2022 JROTC Skills Meet Volunteer JROTC, CCHS 
    • 2022 Military Ball Volunteer JROTC, CCHS

     

  • Publications

      Invited Podium Presentations  

      • 2023 Invited Speaker: Anger Management Workshop, Lien Hoa Buddhist  Temple, Children and Adolescent Summer Camp, San Antonio, TX 
      • 2022 Invited Speaker: Women Self-Care, Family Life Christian Church, San  Antonio, TX 
      • 2017, Invited Speaker: Mental Health Toolbox: Stabilization for Mental Health Patients in Health Care Settings, TNA District 8 Symposium, Texas Nurses Association 
      • 2017, Invited Speaker: Opioid Abuse: Current Policies and Nursing Implications, PNASA Third Annual Conference Philippine Nurses Association 
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