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Carol Gertrude Cutler, PhD, PMHCNS-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor

Contact Information

VCU School of Nursing
1100 East Leigh St.
PO Box 980567
Richmond, VA 23298-0567
Ph: (804) 828-3986
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Education

2006 PhD The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
1981 MSN University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1963 BSN University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  Certification American Nurses' Association: Specialist in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
1963-2000   Licensure as Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Virginia

Postdoctoral Training or Special Experience

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing, Richmond, VA
Collateral Assistant Professor, 2001 - Present

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Assistant Professor, 1997 – 2001

Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Teaching Assistant, 1990 – 1992

Wytheville Community College. Wytheville, VA
Instructor of Nursing, 1972 – 1974

Western State Hospital. Staunton, VA 1995 – 1997

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1990 – 1992; 1993 – 1995

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1992 – 1993

Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Marion, VA 1984 – 1990


Memberships in Professional Organizations

American Nurses’ Association

American Psychiatric Nurses’ Association

International Society of Psychiatric – Mental Health Nurses

National League for Nursing

Sigma Theta Tau

Society for Education and Research in Psychiatric Nursing

Virginia Nurses’ Association, District 7


Representative Presentations

Poster Presentation - April 9 - 12, 2008 at the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses Conference in Louisville, KY entitled "Using Simulation to Evaluate Competencies in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing."

Poster Presentation - May 22, 2007 at the AACN Hot Issues Conference in Denver, CO entitled "Using Simulation in Psychiatric Nursing."

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2005, Vol. 11, No. 5. Self-efficacy and Social Adjustment of Patients with Mood Disorder.

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, March 2003, Vol. 24, 2, pp. 199-211: Assessing Patients Perception of Self-Care Agency in Psychiatric Care.

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. XV, No. 1, 2001: Self –Care Agency and Symptom Management.

Poster Presentation, June 2 – 4, 2000, at the Nursing Education Conference in Washington, D.C. (MCP Hahnemann University Conference): Use of Webboard Technology in Classroom

Poster Presentation, April 24 – 26, 2000, at the Psychiatric-Geriatric Nursing Update in Philadelphia, PA: The Relationship of Self-Care Agency, Self-Efficacy, and Social Support to Post Hospitalization Adjustments of Patients With a Mood Disorder

Poster Presentation at the Shenandoah Nursing Honor Society in Harrisonburg, VA at the research symposium meeting in 1998, 1999, and 2000 and at the annual meeting of the Mental Health Coalition in April, 2000


Chapters in Books

Published chapter book Theonomy and Autonomy (1984) (edited by John J. Carey), Macon, GA: Mercer Press: Tillich’s Multidimensional View of Health: A Message of Holistic Healing, pp. 171 – 189.


Journal Review

Reviewer for peer reviewed journal. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 2006 - 2008.