People Group Archives: Research Areas

Adult learning; Simulation: Strategies for nursing students to self-advocate and manage conflicting demands and interruptions.

Critical care, including health care associated infections, patient outcomes and quality indicators; Minimizing health care costs; Role of advanced practice nurses as intensivists in intensive care units.

Alumni Chapter Board, Assistant Professor

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

Improving care and treatment for patients with cancer.

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

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.

Instructor, Faculty Liaison to Nursing at Nike (living learning community) and Association of Pre-Nursing Students (APNS)

Critical care; Verification of feeding tube placement; CORTRAK electromagnetic placement device; Evidence-based practice; Tradition-based practices/low-value care; De-implementation