Associate Professor of Nursing

Year Joined RCNJ: 2017

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7716
• Email: aflatekv@ramapo.edu
• Office: AC-210B

Education:

• DNP Regis University
• MSN Regis University
• BSN College of Mount Saint Vincent

Research interests:

• Nursing student success; NCLEX preparation; mindfulness applications to reduce anxiety; use of gaming applications to enhance student engagement and foster learning

Publications:

• Flatekval, A.M. & Franks, S. (2025). 27-Year-Old Female Patient with acute visual changes
  and lower back pain. Journal of Nurse Practitioners. 21(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.105308
• Flatekval, A. M. (2025, January). New Year, calmer minds: How mindfulness helps students grow.
  Wyckoff Living Magazine https://www.flipsnack.com/bergenneighbors/wyckoff-living_jan25/full-view.html
• Flatekval, A. M. & Deshpande, E. (2023). Clinical Case Study: Celiac Disease.
  MedSurg Nursing 32 (4).232-236.
• Flatekval, A. M. (2023). Performance improvement clinical nursing experience.
  Journal of Professional Nursing. 46, 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.01.011.
• Flatekval, A. M., (2023). Utilizing a mindfulness application in the nursing classroom.
  Reflective Practice. 24 (1). 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2022.2143342.
• Flatekval, A. M. (2022). Use of an augmented reality tee shirt to enhance health assessment skills.
  Nurse Educator. 47 (5). 310. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001214.
• Flatekval, A. M. (2022). Clinical Corner: Leadership and Management in
  Nursing Delegation and Management of Patient Care by Matacki, K. & Burke, K. M. 3^rd edition. Elsevier
• Corbo, S. A. & Flatekval, A. M. (2022). An academic practice partnership to provide
  community vaccinations. Nursing Management, 53(3).36-42. DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000821704.29642.ee
• Flatekval, A.M. (2021). Gaming applications to increase classroom interaction.
  Nurse Educator. 46(6). E 163. DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001088
• Flatekval, A. M., & Corbo, S. A. (2019). Nurse manager self-reported competency levels.
  Nursing Management, 50(2), 28-33. doi: 10.1097/01.numa.0000552739.87072.

  Conferences:

• National Consortium of Nursing Academic Coaches. Mindfulness Activities to Reduce Stress
  and Anxiety in Nursing Students. Podium Speaker. March 22, 2025.
• New Jersey League for Nursing Convention: Poster: Impact of a Mindfulness Bundle on
  Perceived Stress Levels in Students Beginning the Nursing Sequence. March 20, 2024.
• New Jersey Consortium of Sigma Theta Tau Chapters Annual Founder’s Day
  Keynote Speaker: Impact of a Mindfulness Bundle on Perceived Stress Levels
  in Students Beginning the Nursing Sequence. October 3, 2023
• Nurse Think for Nurse Educators conference Next Gen Learning: Fundamentals, NCLEX,
  and Beyond. Poster: Implementation of a mindfulness bundle and its impact on perceived
  stress levels for junior students in their first semester in the nursing sequence. February 17, 2023
• Nurse Think for Nurse Educators conference Next Gen Learning: Fundamentals,
  NCLEX, and Beyond. Poster: A Student Success Program to Increase Retention in a
  BSN Program (J. Fitzgerald, A. Flatekval, D. Andronaco). February 19, 2021
• Nurse Think for Nurse Educators Conference: Next Gen Learning: Fundamentals, NCLEX,
  and Beyond. Poster: Mindfulness and Its Impact on Nursing Students
  (A. Flatekval, J. Fitzgerald). February 19, 2021.
• Lippincott Nursing Education Innovation Summit: Innovation Station: Implementation
  of a Nursing Student Success Program to Increase Student Retention. February 27, 2020