Ally Spolsdoff, DNP, MS, RN portrait
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing

Professional Service

  • College of Nursing, University of Utah. Role: Member. Career Line Review Committee . 12/2022 - 01/2023
  • College of Nursing, University of Utah. Role: member. HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant Team Recruitment/Attainment . 07/2019 - 12/2022
  • NEPQR Executive Committee. Role: Member. NEAP Information/NEAP Recruitment/NEAP Partnerships. 07/01/2019 - present
  • Health Sciences Committee. Role: member. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Outreach Committee. 07/2018 - present
  • Health Science Center. Role: member. Wasatch Front Health Science Partnership Committee. 07/2018 - present
  • BAAC . Role: Voting Member . Course Equivalency Sub-Committee . 01/22/2018 - present
  • College of Nursing, University of Utah. Role: member. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. 01/2018 - 01/2024
  • College of Nursing, University of Utah . Role: member. Academy of Health Science Educators. 12/2017 - present
  • Pre-Nursing LEAP Program. Faculty Advisor. 08/22/2016 - present
  • Baccalaureate Admissions and Advancement Committee. Role: Member. Serve/Vote on the Committee. 08/22/2015 - present
  • College of Nursing, University of Utah. Role: member. Baccalaureate Program Committee. 07/2015 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Recipient for Faculty Award: Excellence in Teaching . Academic Affairs, University Teaching Committee, University of Utah , 02/2022
  • Nominated: Early Career Teaching Award. Campus Wide Teaching Committee, University of Utah , 12/2021
  • Nominated for Novice Faculty Excellence in Clinical Teaching. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 10/08/2018
  • Recognized as Great Mental Health Nursing Instructor Dean Town Hall Meeting, Mentioned Specifically “As Best of All the Instructors”. University of Utah College of Nursing, 04/13/2018
  • Marriner S. Eccles Scholarship. 08/22/2016
  • 19th Annual Honors for Nursing. University of Utah, College of Nursing, 04/2013
  • Lamp of Learning Honors. University of Utah, College of Nursing, 09/2009
  • Leadership Scholarship. University of Utah, 08/2005

Affiliations

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Gamma Rho Chapter), Member, 02/28/2018 - present
  • American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), Member, 01/2017 - present
  • National League for Nursing (NLN), member, 01/2015 - present
  • Utah Nurses Association (UNA), member, 01/2013 - present
  • American Nurses Association (ANA), Member, 06/01/2011 - present

In the Media

  • Chronic Paranoid Schizophrenic Simulation featured on the College of Nursing Simulation Webpage. 01/11/2017. https://nursing.utah.edu/simulation-learning-cente...
  • Actors helping medical students learn about various symptoms. In this re-written simulation that was created and led by myself, it involves a Chronic Paranoid Schizophrenic patient where students are tested on therapeutic communication techniques, de-escalation, and appropriate medication administration. 10/03/2016. https://www.ksl.com/article/41131050