Boniface Stegman
Coordinator of the RN to BSN Program and Associate Professor of Nursing
Catherine McAuley School of Nursing
Academic Bio
Dr. Boniface Stegman, Ph.D., MSN, RN, is an experienced clinical leader with decades of expertise in pre-hospital and hospital staff education and direction, as well as in emergency nursing as a staff RN. Dr. Stegman, an associate professor of nursing at Maryville University, began her professional career as a paramedic in North St. Louis County in the late 1970s. This led to her pursuing a nursing career in 1982 after graduating from St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley.
From the early 1980s though the mid-2000s, Dr. Stegman held notable nursing education and director positions. Her shift to the academic world began in 2008 after she completed her MSN Nurse Educator at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. After that, she was an adjunct faculty for Central Methodist University, Goldfarb College of Nursing, and the University of Missouri – St. Louis while still employed at St. Anthony’s Medical Center. She then obtained her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 2013.
Dr. Stegman has been a nursing faculty member at Maryville University since 2010. She currently teaches online nursing leadership, nursing informatics, nursing research, foundations of clinical scholarship, and integrating and synthesizing research along with roles and responsibilities of the community paramedic, community assessment, and chronic disease management.
In addition to her extensive professional experience, Dr. Stegman regularly presents her nursing education insights in breakout workshops, sessions, and conferences. She is an active member of the St. Charles County Ambulance District Paramedic Program advisory committee, the Missouri Center for Nursing board of directors, and has held longtime executive leadership committee memberships with the March of Dimes, Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, and numerous Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing councils and committees.
Dr. Stegman is also the treasurer of the board of directors for Mehlville Fire Protection District (MFPD). Her focus has been to ensure fiscal responsibility to the taxpayer and overseeing advancements in EMS technology, pre-hospital care, and HIPAA compliance. She has promoted initiatives that have put MFPD on the forefront of providing state-of-the-art patient care, including the hiring of a dedicated medical director, the establishment of a critical care paramedic program, and the launch of Mehlville Mobile Healthcare, the district’s community paramedicine program.
Areas of Expertise:
- Cultural Competence in Nursing Education
- Caring in Nursing Education
- Digital Education
Memberships:
- Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association
- Missouri League for Nursing
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Nu Chi & Omicron Iota chapters
- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Civic Organizations:
- Board of Directors Mehlville Fire Protection District – Director/Treasurer
- St. Charles County Ambulance District Paramedic Program Advisory Committee
- The BackStoppers Inc. – Member
- Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts – Board of Governors – President – 2017-19; Vice President — 2015
- Missouri Center for Nursing Board of Directors — 2015-present; Secretary — 2017, President — 2020.
- Board of Directors South County Fire Alarm – Past Director/Secretary
- EMS Advisory Board St. Louis Community College – Past Member
- Deans Advisory Council University of Missouri St. Louis – Past MSN Member
- American Heart Association Missouri Task Force III – Chair 2007-09
- American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee – Leadership Development Committee Chair 2015-17; member 2017
Presentations:
Stegman, B. C., Hendricks, B. & Besancenez, T. (2019, June). Mehlville Mobile HealthCare – A Mobile Integrated Healthcare System. Missouri Association of Fire Protection Districts 2019 Annual Conference & Legal Briefings, Osage Beach, MO.
Stegman, B. C., & Schechter, K. (2018, September). Enhancing Student Outcomes: Aligning Course Outcomes to Assignments. Focus on Teaching & Technology Conference 2018, St. Louis, MO.
Schechter, K., Childers, M., Bartel, S., Hodges, T., & Stegman, B. C., (2018, May). Active Online Learning. Maryville University Perspectives Week Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C., (2017, November). Culture of health initiative project (CHIP) – Phase I. Poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International St. Louis Regional Consortium Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C., (2017, August). Linking Course Objectives to Assessments. Maryville University REAL Week Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C., (2017, June). Beyond Nursing: Community Partners Panel. Connecting the Dots, Missouri Center for Nursing annual summit, Columbia, MO.
Stegman, B. C., Whitten, L. (2016, August). Social Awareness & Responsibility Discussion-Based Teaching in the Classroom. Maryville University REAL Week Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C., Bartel, S. (2016, August). Beyond Discussion Boards. Maryville University REAL Week Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C. (2016, May). Cultural competence integration in the nursing curriculum. Poster presentation, Mercy Research Colloquium, St. Louis, MO.
Craddock, A., Cruise-Harper, C., Stegman, B. C., & Vaughn, M. (2015, August). Diversity in class. Maryville University REAL Week Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C. (2013, December). Finding your way through the technology maze. Maryville University Professional Development Session, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C. (2013, December). Cultural competency in healthcare. Maryville University Intercultural Studies Course, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B. C. (2012, September). Introduction to health care informatics. Management Health Care Administration program, St. Louis, MO.
Stegman, B.C. (2011, January). Taking tests in nursing. Maryville University JUMP START Workshop session, St. Louis, MO.
Notable Publications:
Stegman, B. C. (2015). New community paramedic certificate program at Maryville University. Missouri EMS Connection, 1(3), 29-30.
Stegman, B. C. (2013). Cultural competence integration in the nursing curriculum (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3605969)
Committees:
- March of Dimes Nurse of the Year – Executive Leadership Team, Planning Committee (2017-Present)
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Assessment Committee
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Nursing Administrative Council
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing DNP Committee
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Undergraduate Coordinating Council
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Curriculum Revision Committee
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Baccalaureate Admission, Progression and Retention Committee
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Psychiatric Nursing Faculty Search Committee Chair
- Maryville University McAuley School of Nursing Maternal Child Faculty Search Committee
- Maryville University Advising Associates
- Maryville University Tech Associates
- Maryville University First Year Success Team
- Maryville University Faculty Affairs Committee
- Maryville University Professional Development Committee
- Maryville University Women’s Leadership Committee
- Maryville University Women’s Leadership Mentor Committee
- Maryville University Teaching Learning Colleagues
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Leadership Succession Co-Chair 2013-15; Vice President 2015-present
- Missouri Center for Nursing Diversity Committee Chair 2015-present
- Missouri Center for Nursing Military Medic to BSN Committee
- Missouri Center for Nursing Public Health Initiative Committee
- Missouri Center for Nursing 2017 Culture of Health Summit: Connecting the Dots planning committee
- Focus on Teaching & Technology Conference – Planning committee (2015-Present)
- African-American Nursing History: Health Disparities Unlocking the Past, Securing the Future Conference 2010 – Planning committee
- African-American Nursing History: Health Disparities within a Historical Context Conference 2009 – Planning committee
- American Heart Association Instructor Conference – Planning committee (2009-12)
- Emergency Nurses Association (past member)