People Group Archives: End of Life

Cassie Palik is a clinical nurse educator and critical care nurse whose expertise includes health assessment, nursing fundamentals, simulation-based education and curriculum development. With a background in intensive care nursing and service as a Marine Corps veteran, she is passionate about preparing future nurses through engaging, hands-on learning experiences that strengthen clinical judgment and confidence. […]

Senior Lecturer Chaka Brittain is a nurse practitioner, educator and scholar whose work focuses on hospice and palliative care, serious illness communication and culturally responsive end-of-life care. Her scholarship explores topics including cultural humility, spirituality in healthcare, advance care planning, and improving communication between clinicians, patients and families facing complex medical decisions. She has presented […]

Instructor Cheryl Howard is a nurse educator who is passionate about creating engaging, student-centered learning environments that help nurses build confidence, strengthen clinical judgment, and develop into leaders within the profession. Howard has taught a variety of undergraduate nursing courses in the classroom and online, and facilitates NCLEX reviews to help nursing students develop clinical […]

Lisa Linville is the director of the Leadership and Management MSN program at UCF’s College of Nursing. She has held administrative, legal and clinical roles in health care systems for more than 25 years and has taught in graduate nursing programs for more than 15 years. Her legal experience includes medical malpractice, health care law […]

Ayse Malatyali is a Jonas Scholar with a research priority in cognitive aging. She focuses primarily on risk and protective processes of cognitive decline in the continuum of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among underserved older adults. Her additional areas of research include healthcare utilization and end-of-life care among persons living with dementia and dementia […]

Instructor, Faculty Consultant for Student Nurses Association Chapter at UCF Daytona Beach

Cultural influences on health promotion and end-of-life decisions; Family practice.

Obesity, genetics and genomics; How technology influences nursing practice; Women’s health; Rural Health.

Hospice use among Blacks; End-of-life decision making and caregiving in informal caregivers; Health services use; Spirituality.