Vincent Salyers, EdD, MSN, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FNAP
Dean, Joyce E. Lillis School of Nursing
(509) 995-5109
Vincent.Salyers@MCHS.edu

Office Location
B1 - 221

Mailing Address

Mercy College of Health Sciences
928 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309

Year Started at Mercy College: 2025

Department: Joyce E. Lillis School of Nursing

Education

  • EdD, Teaching & Learning, University of San Francisco (2001)
  • MSN, Staff Development & Patient Education, San Francisco State University (1993)
  • BA, Psychology, San Francisco State University (1990)

RESEARCH INTERESTS & PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

I am an active scholar and have served on several research teams as PI, Co-PI, and Co- Researcher. My research and scholarship contribute directly to understanding the intersections between technology, curriculum design, clinical practice, and inter-professional education. Further, my scholarship has focused on improving nursing and midwifery education programs in the United States, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Ethiopia, and Canada. I hold a special place in my heart for students and clients from diverse ethnic backgrounds and have worked closely to support and improve the future for individuals from these groups. My work with vulnerable populations, the development and implementation of international education experiences, and international work has extended to Mexico, Ethiopia, Canada, and the Dominican Republic.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Last 10 Years:

Salyers, V.  (2026, May). Nurses reimagining the future: It’s our superpower [Keynote address]. The Many Hats of Nursing: The Evolution in How We Deliver Care. 2026 Trinity Health Nursing Summit. Virtual.

Wagner, T., Salyers, V., Nguyen, B., Sudia, T., Taylor, T., Winkfield, D., Coletti, N., Chew, F., Barreca, J. & Mansfield, S. (2025). Interprofessional perspective: Development of the National Academies of Practice joint health literacy position statement. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 10(2), e39-343, https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20260309-01.

Salyers, V., Wagner, T., Sudia, T., Chew, F., Colletti, N., Barreca, J., Taylor, K., & Manspeak, S. (2025, May). The National Academies of Practice Joint Health Literacy Position Statement. Lexington, KY: National Academies of Practice. Available online at:
https://nap.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/NAP%20Health%20Literacy%20Statement%20%20FINAL%20May%202025.pdf

Kalogirou, M. R., Dahlke, S., Davidson, S., Hunter, K. F., Pollard, C., Salyers, V., Swoboda, N., & Fox, M. (2021). Working with older people: Beginning or end of a nurse’s career? International Journal of Older People Nursing, 00, e12407. https://doi.org/10.1111/ opn.12407.

Dahlke, S., Davidson, S., Kalogirou, M., Swoboda, N., Hunter, K., Fox, M., Pollard, C., & Salyers, V. (2020). Nursing faculty and students’ perspectives of how students learn to work with older people. Nurse Education Today, 93, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104537.

Dahlke, S., Davidson, S., Duarte-Wisnesky, U., Kalogirou, M.R., Salyers, V., Pollard, C., Fox, M., Hunter, K., & Baumbusch, J. (2019). Nursing students’ perceptions of older adults. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 16(1), 20190051, ISSN (Online) 1548- 923X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2019-0051.

El Hussein, M., Salyers, V., & Osuji, J. (2019). Measuring the effectiveness of visual narrative illustrations for learning pathophysiology concepts. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal, 12(1), 1-14. Available online at: http://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/Transformative%20Dialogues/TD.12.1_ElHussein_Salyers%26Osuji_Visual_Narrative_Illustrations.pdf

El Hussein, M., Salyers, V., & Osuji, J. (2018). Evaluating the effectiveness of visual narrative illustrations to teach pathophysiology to undergraduate nursing students: Nursing Education Perspectives, 39(2), 96-98.

Bevilacqua, M., Chiu, H., Saunders, S., Turnbull, L., Taylor, P., Singh, R., & Salyers, V. (2017). The value of patient and provider reported experiences in evaluating home-based assisted peritoneal dialysis. European Journal for Person Centred Healthcare, 5(3), 404-12.

El Hussein, M., Salyers, V. & Osuji, J. (2016). Use of visual narrative illustrations to teach pathophysiology concepts to nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(2), 109-112.

Jacoby, S., Lucarelli, M., Mussi, F., Krishnamurthy, A., & Salyers, V. (2015). Immigrant Somali women’s experience of health care in the United States: A mixed methods study of health literacy and experiences with perinatal care. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 60(5), 593-603.

Dean, Y., London, C., Carston, C., & Salyers, V. (2015). Who assists the faculty? The need for mentorship programs for faculty undertaking international education initiatives. International Journal for Leadership in Learning 4(1), 1-34.

Salyers, V., Carston, C., Dean, Y., & London, C. (2015). Studying in international settings: Exploring student motivations, expectations & experiences. Journal of International Students in Higher Education, 5(4), 368-82.

Carter, L.M., & Salyers, V. (2015). Active learning in the e-learning environment: The role of HIDI (pp. 78-113). In S. Keengwe (Ed.), Handbook of research on educational technology integration and active learning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Distinguished Fellow, National Academies of Practice (Nursing), 2025 – present
  • Associate, National Academies of Practice (NAP), 2024 – 2025
  • Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), 2019 – present
  • Member, Alberta Health Services, Connect Care Advisory Committee, 2019
  • Public Member (Govt. appointment), Council of Alberta Dental Assistants, 2017 – 2019
  • Fellow, Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF), National League for Nursing 2014 –present
  • Member, American Nurses Association – ANA/California, 2013 – present
  • Member, Nursing Education Network, International Council of Nurses, 2013 – present
  • Member, National League for Nursing, 2002 – present
  • Member, Sigma Theta Tau International (Nu Psi/Zeta Mu at Large), 1990 – present

ADVICE TO STUDENTS

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style” (Maya Angelou, 2021).