• • Assistant Professor
  • Univeristy of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • PHONE: (337) 482-5640
  • EMAIL:Rxr6655@louisiana.edu

  Education

  • BSN, Texas Christian University
  • MSN, University of South Alabama
  • DNP, University of South Alabama
    
    

  Licensure and Board Certifications

  • Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care
    
    

  Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette, School of Nursing
    
    

  Honors & Awards

  • LSNA District IV Acadiana Celebrates Nurses 2016 award recipient
    
    

  Professional Affiliations

  • Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
  • Emergency Nurses Association
    
    

  Areas of Research Interest

  • Safe Sleep
  • Sudden unexpected infant deaths
  • Emergency Department
    
    

  Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Publications
  • Lemoine, J. & Rholdon, R. (2019). Exploring knowledge and practices among nurses in the Southern United States about infant safe sleep recommendations: A focused ethnography. Journal of Clinical Nursing. In-Review 
  • Delta Eta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau international Annual Business Meeting: using the S-EBPQ© to Measure the Practice Attitude, and Knowledge of Undergraduate Nursing Students, Lafayette, LA, April 11,2019 
  • Society of Simulation in Healthcare, 18th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Professor Rounds: Enhancing Knowledge and Retention of Infant Safe Sleep Practices with Simulation, Los Angeles, CA January 14, 2018.
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Education Research Conference, Podium Presentation: the Use of Simulation to Improve Nursing Students' Knowledge and Retention of Infant Safe Sleep Practices, Washington, D.C., April 19-21, 2018. 
  • Rholdon, R., Lemoin, J., Templet, T. (2018). Simulation: Improving knowledge and retention of infant safe sleep practices. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 19, 38-42. Retrieved from https://doi.org.10.1016/j.ecns.2018.04.001
  • Rholdon, R. (2017). Understanding the Risk Sitting and Carrying Devices Pose to Safe Infant Sleep. Nursing for Women's Health, 21(3), 225-230, doi:10.1016/j.nwh.2017.04.006
  • Rholdon, R. (2016). Outcomes of a Quality Improvement Project: An Implementation of Inpatient Infant Safe Sleep Practices. Pediatric Nursing.
  • Templet, T. & Rholdon, R. (2016). Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention Strategies for Hair-Thread Tourniquet Syndrome in Infants. Nursing for Women's Health, 20(4), 421-425. Doi: 10.1016/j.nwh.2016.06.005
  • Rholdon, R. & Rholdon, F. (2016). A Typical Kawasaki Disease: A Case Report. Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association, 8(3), 205-208. doi:10.1907/JDN.0000000000000228.
  • Rholdon, R. & Templet, T. (2016). Recognizing Infants Exposed to Illicit Substances in Utero, The Journal For Nurse Practitioners,12(4), e177-e178. doi:org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.0l.016
  • Presentations
  • Women's and Children's Hospital: The World of Pediatrics: Pediatric Red Flags, Lafayette, LA, July 11, 2016.
  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses, Poster presentation: Outcomes of a Quality Improvement Project: Implementation of Inpatient Safe Sleep Practices, Grapevine, TX, June 11-15, 2016.
  • Women's and Children's Hospital: The World of Pediatrics: Not Just Little Adults, Lafayette, LA, May 24, 2016.
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of Nursing and Allied Health Profession Continuing Education Program: Pharmacology Update. Pediatric Diabetes: A Case Study, Lafayette, LA, October, 2015. 

 

Selected Funded Projects & Research  

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Department of Nursing, Research mini-grant, Nursing Research Pilot Grant, 2018- The Use if Simulation to Improve Nursing Staff's Knowledge and Retention of Infant Safe Sleep Practices. Awarded $2,830.00. 
• Sigma Theta tau Delta Eta Chapter Research Grant, 2016 Co-PI, The Use of Simulation to Improve Nursing Students' Knowledge and Retention of infant Safe Sleep Practices. Awarded $500.00. 

 

Research Review 

• Pediatric Nursing. Content reviewer