Education

• Other: Nursing Education, (2014), University of Massachusetts, Lowell - Lowell, MA
• Other: Adult Nurse Practitioner, (1995), Simmons College - Simmons
• MS: Clinical Nurse Specialist, (1993), University of Massachusetts Worcester - Worcester, MA
• BS: Nursing, (1989), University of Massachusetts Lowell - Lowell, MA

Selected Awards and Honors

• UML Innovations in Teaching (2014), Teaching - UMass Lowell
• UML School of Nursing Teaching Excellence Award (2014), Teaching - UMass Lowell

Selected Publications

• Zhang, Y., Soroken, L., Laccetti, M., Ronan De Castillero, E., Konadu, A. (2015) "Centralized to Hybrid Nurse Station: Communication and Teamwork among Nursing Staff", Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 5:12 pp. p34

Selected Presentations

• The Relationship Between Simulation Evaluation Scores and Clinical Grading Outcomes - St. Anslem College Conference for Nurse Educators, June 2016 - Falmouth, MA
• Use of Standardized Patients to Teach Therapeutic Communication in Undergraduate Nursing Education - Eastern New England Research Society, 2015
• Communication and teamwork among nursing staff after work station transition - Lowell General Hospital Research Symposium, 2014 - Lowell, MA
• Using theatre students as Standardized Patients in Undergraduate Nursing Education - UML Second Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning, 2014

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

• Use of Standardized Patients in Nursing Fundamentals Education (2013), Grant - College of Health Sciences
  Soroken, L., Laccetti, M., Mote, S., Young, D.J.
• Clinivest Evaluation of Restless Leg Syndrome Awareness and Quality of Care in the Primary Care Setting. (2007), Grant - ----
  Soroken, L. (Principal)
• Phase IV Study GOAL A1C Clinical Trial Study: Glycemia Optimization with Algorithms and Labs at Point of Care (2002), Grant - ----
  Soroken, L. (Principal)