People Group Archives: Faculty

Instructor, Faculty Consultant for Student Nurses’ Association Chapter at UCF Cocoa

Using simulation to train health care providers to improve the care of underserved patient populations, including correctional health care and limited English proficient patients.

Cardiovascular disease and cardiac rehabilitation.

Improving care and treatment for patients with cancer.

Childhood obesity and parents/caregivers of overweight children; Measurement.

Nurse-to-Nurse Handoff Communication in relation to Medical Errors.

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

Hypertension, including physiological and behavioral risk factors, the influence of birth weight on dysregulation of the cardiovascular system and development of adult hypertension, cardiovascular health promotion intervention programs to decrease hypertension risk in adolescents; Physiological measurements (e.g., salivary cortisol).

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

Decision making by nurses, patients and families; Faith-based nursing; Managing chronic illness, Evaluating educational technology; Qualitative research designs