April L. Shapiro, PhD, RN, CNE

Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Department:

Office of Academics

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Faculty

Chair

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Department:

WVU School of Nursing Keyser Campus

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Admin

• PhD, West Virginia University, 2017
• MS, Marshall University, 2002
• MS, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1997
• BSN, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1994
• AA, Allegany College of Maryland, 1991

Shapiro, A. L., Olsen, J., Shafique, S., & Piamjariyakul, U. (2021) CPAP-SAVER follow-up study to determine long-term adherence and associated factors (Vol. 34, pp. 261–269). Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Piamjariyakul, U., Shapiro, A. L., Wang, K., Zulfikar, R., Petitte, T. M., & Shafique, Saima (2021) Impact of sleep apnea, daytime sleepiness, comorbidities, and depression on patients’ heart failure health status (Vol. 30, pp. 1222–1230). Clinical Nursing Research.

Shapiro, A. L. (2019) Effect of the CPAP-SAVER intervention on adherence (Vol. 30, pp. 110–119). Clinical Nursing Research. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773819865875

Shapiro, A. L. (2018) Yearning for sleep while enduring distress: From concept building to research proposal development Middle Range Theory for Nursing, 4th Edition (pp. 413–426). New York, NY US: Springer.

Shapiro, A. L., & McCrone, S. H. (2017) CPAP nonadherence issues in a small sample of men with obstructive sleep apnea (Vol. 36, pp. 81–83). Applied Nursing Research.

• Bruce High School Alumni Hall of Fame - (June 1, 2024)
• Donation for Nursing Program - (December 9, 2022)
• WVU Values Coin for Accountability - (April 6, 2022)
• Donation for Nursing Program - (December 20, 2021)
• Donation for Nursing Program - (December 7, 2020)

• Registered Professional Nurse - West Virginia RN Board (1991)
• Basic Life Support and First Aid Instructor - American Heart Association (1992)

Dr. Shapiro has been a registered professional nurse since 1991 and has practiced in areas of medical-surgical nursing, oncology, and orthopedics. She began teaching nursing in 1999 and began nursing administrative roles in 2013. She has taught nursing at the practical, associate, bachelor's, and PhD levels.

Teaching interests: Dr. Shapiro is a certified nurse educator (CNE). She teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the nursing program. Her teaching interests include Pharmacology, Evidence-based Practice and Research, and Health Policy and Ethics.

Dr. Shapiro's research focuses on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), especially continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) nonadherence among adults newly diagnosed with OSA. She piloted a CPAP-adherence intervention, known as CPAP-SAVER, for her nursing dissertation and continues to develop the intervention and study factors influencing CPAP use. Dr. Shapiro is also interested in the implications of untreated OSA, especially psychological sequelae and the effects of untreated sleep apnea on other lung diseases and heart failure. She has also studied the implications of sleep quality on undergraduate nursing students' stress and resilience.

• Ruth and Robert Kuhn Nursing Faculty Research Foundation - - 2023 -
• Complete Anatomy 4D for A & P Courses and BSN Program - WV HEPC Rural Health Initiative - 2021 - 2021