People Group Archives: UCF Main | Research Park

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.

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

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

Health risk and provider attitudes towards people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered, including HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, anorectal cancer, substance abuse, mental health, workplace discrimination, and social inequity.

Virtual and game-based simulation; Standardized patients; Interprofessional education using simulation; Innovative use and evaluation of simulation technology in preparing undergraduate and graduate students for nursing practice.

Improving outcomes during critical illness, including airway management and preventing infection; Assessment and application of simulation/technology and physiological monitoring in the clinical and classroom setting.