Elizabeth Stone, PhD, MSN, CHSE, FAEN

Dr. Elizabeth Stone is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, where she has taught since 2014. She brings more than 15 years of pediatric emergency nursing experience to her teaching, scholarship, and professional service. She holds a PhD in Nursing Science and an MSN in Healthcare Systems, with preparation as a Clinical Nurse Educator and Clinical Nurse Leader. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, Certified Nurse Educator, and Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Nursing.

Dr. Stone’s teaching and scholarship focus on simulation, clinical judgment, and the integration of emerging technologies into nursing and interprofessional education. Her current work includes evaluating immersive virtual reality and multimodal simulation, expanding accessible ways for students to participate in simulation, and examining learning outcomes when simulation replaces a portion of traditional clinical education. She is leading an international research study examining outcomes of immersive virtual reality in health professions education. She teaches nursing research and evidence-based practice in both the prelicensure and graduate programs and supports the thoughtful integration of artificial intelligence into nursing education.

Dr. Stone serves as a co-investigator and leads the simulation component of TAPP-STEPS, a four-year UNC initiative supported by nearly $3 million in anticipated funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The project combines financial assistance, academic support, simulation-enhanced preparation, and academic-practice partnerships to prepare nursing students to serve rural and medically underserved communities across North Carolina.

Dr. Stone contributes to national policy and advocacy through the Emergency Nurses Association and as its liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She has led and coauthored professional position statements and multidisciplinary publications addressing pediatric readiness, emergency care, and injury prevention. Her scholarship also includes emergency department triage and pediatric assessment.

An Anne Belcher Interprofessional Scholar for 2023–2024, Dr. Stone presents nationally on virtual reality and interprofessional simulation, clinical judgment, and pediatric emergency care. Her work connects educational innovation with evidence-based teaching and preparation for nursing practice.

• UNC Chapel-Hill Anne Belcher Interprofessional Scholar Award for 2023/2024
• Inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Nursing (FAEN), 2019
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Zeta Chapter Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2019
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Zeta Chapter PhD Excellence Award, 2019
• Beth E. Barba Endowed Scholarship in Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing, 2018.
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (inducted in 2017)
• Blanche Rigsby Moore Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing, 2015-2016.
• Graduate School Dean’s Award Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Nursing, 2015-2017.
• Practice and Professionalism Award, Emergency Nurses Association, North Carolina State Chapter, 2013.
• WakeMed Health & Hospitals “Helton Scholarship” to attend graduate school, 2012
• Emergency Nurse’s Association “Tapestry” scholarship (2012) to attend the ENA Leadership Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Emergency Nurse’s Association (ENA) scholarship for graduate education (2011-2012).
• WakeMed Health & Hospitals Foundation “Skills Scholarship” (2011 and 2014) which funded attendance at the Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference.
• WakeMed Health & Hospitals Foundation “Skills Scholarship” (2009) which funded attendance at the American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

 WakeMed Health & Hospitals “Circle of Excellence” award (2009) which honors the top 1% of employees in workforce excellence.

Legend: *data-based; † publication with student;  ‡ senior author

20.Stone, E. L. (2026- in press). Weighing all patients in kilograms [Revised Position Statement]. Journal of Emergency Nursing. Emergency Nurses Association.

19.*†Howard, C., Silva, S. G., Waldrop, J., Stone, E., Schafer, B. P., & Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M. (2025). A Lethality Assessment Program in the Emergency Department: Program Implementation and Evaluation. Journal of emergency nursing, 51(1), 41–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2024.09.004

18.*Wolf, L. A., Delao, A., Clark, P. R., Malsch, A. J., Eagles, D., Oiyemhonlan, B., Callihan, M., & Stone, E. L. (2024). Frailty means falling between the cracks: A qualitative study exploring emergency nurses’ understanding of frailty and its use in informing clinical decision-making related to acuity, care, and disposition. Geriatric Nursing, 59, 203–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.07.015

17. ‡Stone, E., Peta, D., & Carrasco, S. V. (2024). An Introduction to the Semantics and Statistics Behind the Firearm Policy Debates. Journal of emergency nursing, 50(6), 727–735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2024.05.005
18. ‡Peta, D., Vanairsdale-Carrasco, S., & Stone, E. (2024). Firearm safety and injury prevention. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 50(6), 696–709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2023.08.013

15.Stone, E. L. (2022). Is Your Trauma Center Peds Ready? JEN: Journal of Emergency Nursing, 48(1), 2–6. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1016/j.jen.2021.11.001

14.Woodley, L., Skelton, B., Stone, E., Stanley, E., Nance, J., & De La Grana, A. (2022). Experiential Learning of Childhood Growth and Development Through a Pediatric Play Project. Nursing Education Perspectives.  In Press.

13.Kolbuk, M. E., Gillespie, G. L., Hilderbrand, L., & Stone, E. L. (2021). Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change on Health and Health Care: The Role of the Emergency Nurse. JEN: Journal of Emergency Nursing, 47(4), 621–626. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1016/j.jen.2021.05.004

12.†*Davis, E. & Stone, E. (2020) (Also chosen for CE Credit).  Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID): Not just picky eating.  A case discussion and review of the literature.  Journal of Nurse Practitioners.  DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.08.011

11.*‡Stone, EL., Davis, L. L., McCoy, T. P., Travers, D., Van Horn, E., & Krowchuk, H. V. (2020). A secondary analysis to inform a clinical decision rule for predicting skull fracture and intracranial injury in children under age 2. Research in Nursing & Health, 43(1), 28–39. https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1002/nur.21993

10.‡Stone, E. & Davis, LL. (2019). State of the science: Intracranial injury and skull fracture in children under age two.  Journal of Emergency Nursing. 45(5):545-550.  doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2019.03.012

9.Stone, E. (2019) Clinical decision support systems in the emergency department:

opportunities to improve triage accuracy.  Journal of Emergency Nursing. 45(2):220-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2018.12.016.

8. ‡Snow, S. & Stone, E. (2019). Position Statement: The Emergency Nurse’s Role in Supporting Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department. Emergency Nurses Association. Accessible at: https://www.ena.org/enau/practice-resource-library

7. ‡Stone, E., & Wolf, L. (2017). Triage qualifications and competency. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 43(6), 571–574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2017.08.008

5. ‡Stone, E. & Glines, M. (2016). When the symptoms don’t make sense: two cases of

myocarditis from a pediatric emergency department.  Journal of Emergency Nursing.

43(2): 180-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2016.12.018.

4. ‡Griffin E. & Young, T. (2015). Bacterial tracheitis in a 9 month-old child. Journal of

Emergency Nursing. 41(2):109-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2015.01.002.

3.*‡Griffin, E. S., Lippmann, S. J., Travers, D. A., & Woodard, E. K. (2014). A matched-      cohort study of pediatric head injuries: Collecting data to inform an evidence-based triage assessment. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 40(1), 98-104. doi:10.1016/j.jen.2013.07.001

2.Griffin, E.S. (2012). The patient who “broke the mold”: An autistic child in irreversible

shock. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 38(5), 498-499. doi:10.1016/j.jen.2012.05.007

1.Griffin, E. (2011). Conducting triage research: Lessons learned in a pediatric emergency

department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 37(3), 258-260.

doi:10.1016/j.jen.2011.02.015

Products of interdisciplinary scholarship 

7. Remick, K. E., Foster, A. A., Jensen, A. R., Williams, R. F., Stone, E., Joseph, M., Conners, G. P., Brown, K., & Gausche-Hill, M. (2026). Pediatric readiness in the emergency department: Policy statement. Pediatrics, 157(2), Article e2025075318. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-075318
8. Remick, K. E., Foster, A. A., Jensen, A. R., Williams, R. F., Stone, E., Joseph, M., Conners, G. P., Brown, K., & Gausche-Hill, M. (2026). Pediatric readiness in the emergency department: Technical report. Pediatrics, 157(2), Article e2025075319. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-075319

5.*Zou, B., Zou, F., Stone, E. & Mi, X. (2023). A deep neural network framework to derive interpretable decision rules for accurate traumatic brain injury identification of infants. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision-Making, 23(1), 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-023-02155-x

4.Iyer, S. & Stone, E. (2018). Pediatric quality improvement in the pre-hospital and emergency department worlds: tools and examples to guide change.  Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal.  Doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2018.09.002

3.Gross, T., Lee, B., & Stone, E. (2016) American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on

Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric

Emergency Medicine Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee (2016).  Handoffs: Transitions of Care for Children in the Emergency Department. Pediatrics. e20162680.  doi:10.1542/peds.2016-2680

2.Barata, I., Brown, K.M., Fitzmaurice, L., Griffin, E.S., Snow, S.K.(2015) American    Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; Emergency Nurses

Association Pediatric Committee (2015). Best practices for improving flow and care of pediatric patients in the emergency department. Pediatrics. 135(1):e273-83. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3425.

1. ‡Young, T., Griffin, E., Phillips, E., Stanley, E., & Hohenhaus, S. M. (2010). Music as distraction in a pediatric emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 36(5), 472-473. doi:10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.014

• Thompson, N. J. (Principal Investigator), Stone, E. (Co-Investigator; Simulation Faculty Coordinator), and colleagues. (2026–2030). Transition-to-Practice through Academic-Practice Partnership, Student Training, Experiential Preparation, and Simulation (TAPP-STEPS). Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), $2,995,013 in anticipated four-year funding ($753,129 awarded for year one) to expand nursing workforce pathways, strengthen academic-practice partnerships, and prepare students to serve rural and medically underserved North Carolina communities. Dr. Stone leads the educational development and implementation of the SIM-to-Rural Practice Labs, integrating virtual simulation, standardized patients, telehealth, and clinical judgment development.

• Stone, E., Alderman, J., Apple, B., Baldwin, L., Pendergraft-Horne, K., Thompson, N. & White, J. (2025). Simulating Success: Evaluating the Impact of Replacing 50% of N430 Clinical Hours with High-Quality Simulation on BSN Student Clinical Judgment. University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill School of Nursing Dean’s Pilot Grant, 2025, $7,500 to fund an Educational Research Project.

• Stone, E., Alderman, J., Chalmers, L., & Aliaga, S. (2024). IPEP Design Thinking Workshop. University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill School of Nursing Dean’s Pilot Grant, $7,500 to fund educational scholarship in preparation for a grant proposal related to the integration of health equity content in health professions education at UNC.

• Stone, E., & Aliaga, S. (2023). Virtually There: The Road to a Collaborative Practice-Ready Health Care Workforce. University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill Center for Faculty Excellence / Lenovo Team-Based Instructional Innovation Seed Grant, $50,000 to fund virtual reality (VR) simulation pilots in interprofessional education and to establish a collaborative network for sharing resources related to VR and similar technologies at UNC.

Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation
Simulation Education
Pediatric Nursing
Emergency Care
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Technologies