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Primary faculty research interest

 

Denise Atkinson, M.S.N., FNP-BC – Primary care among vulnerable populations; Psychiatric-mental health nursing; Seriously mentally ill
and impact of spirituality; Holistic nursing; Disaster preparedness and nursing roles in disaster management; Impact of stress on nurses
during times of disaster; Study abroad; Medical missions

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Dr. Melissa J. Benton, Ph.D., R.N., GCNS-BC, FACSM – Clinical applications of resistance exercise; Aging; Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity;
Anabolic effects of dietary protein; Body composition measurement    

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Laura Carter, R.N., M.S.N. – Critical care nursing with focus on cardiac issues; Adult learning; Teaching/Learning theories; Medication errors with focus on strategies for prevention

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Bonni Cohen, M.S.N., ARNP-BC, ANP/FNP (D.N.P. Student) – Cardiovascular specialty; Heart failure and nursing knowledge; Signs and symptoms of women with heart disease

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Arlene Haddon Corbitt, R.N., M.N., M.S.M., CNL (Ph.D. Candidate) – Leadership and management in nursing education and practice; Quality and safety education in nursing; Motivation and experience of men in nursing education; Leadership during times of crisis; Feminist standpoint theory

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Sandra Delk, R.N., M.S.N., CNE, CCRN – Critical thinking in nursing education; Critical thinking and clinical decision making; Academic achievement; Student success; Learning styles and study behaviors in students; Teaching strategies and learning; Critical care nursing; Sensory deficit and social isolation; Chronic illness and hope

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Dr. Brenda Dyal, D.N.P., ARNP-BC – Impact of health policies on different populations; Impact of lead exposure in children; Socio- cultural aspects of health procedures; Implementation of evidence-based practice in the primary setting; Population health; Faculty practice

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Dr. J. Myron Faircloth, D.N.P., APRN-BC, FNP – Family practice; Emergent care; Underinsured populations

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Dr. DeLane Flowers, R.N., M.S.N., Ed.D. – Study abroad; Experiential learning; International health issues; Fibromyalgia; Providing distance           learning programs to nurses or students in developing countries (Latin America); Providing health improvements with women and children in  developing countries

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Dr. Linda G. Floyd, Ed.D., RN-BC, CNL – Alcohol withdrawal protocols and length of hospital stay; Active learning and simulation; Workforce shortage        of advance practice psychiatric nurses in Georgia

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Michelle Gilbert, M.S.N., R.N., CNL (Ed.D. Student) – Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards pain; Surgical and postoperative nursing; Adult            learning; Second degree students in nursing; Accelerated BSN programs; Self-efficacy and simulation learning

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James D. Holland, RRT, RCP, R.N., M.S.N., CNL (Ph.D. Student) – Nursing and allied health students’ fears, attitudes, and willingness to care for clients with AIDS; Men’s health issues; Critical care with emphasis on respiratory care; Adult asthma self management; Simulation learning

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Dr. Anita G. Hufft, Ph.D., R.N. – Correctional nursing (Factors influencing role socialization, Professional self concept, Nursing activities surrounding     events of self mutilation); Forensic psychiatric nursing interventions; Nursing education and administration issues, including cultural competency education and faculty workload analysis; Mentoring for educational excellence; Barriers to BSN student academic success; Concept of manipulation in nursing settings (correctional; other secure)

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Dr. James P. Humphrey, M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., CNS, CNL – Leadership and management in nursing education and practice; Men’s health issues;            Nursing education, nursing students, and nursing educators; Adolescent health issues; Health promotion issues in men, women, and adolescents;     Patient education; Outcomes of autonomous nursing interventions; Spirituality and its effects on health and healing; Promotion of effective sleep; Graduate nursing education for advanced practice; Clinical nurse leader roles and outcomes; Pain assessment and interventions by registered nurses

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Kynthia James, M.S.N., R.N., CNL  – Student retention; Increasing critical thinking skills; Strategies to reduce medication error and increase patient        safety; Critical care nursing; Use of simulation to increase critical thinking skills; Concept mapping

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Dr. Sarah (Selen) Steen Lauterbach, R.N., M.N., M.S.P.H., Ed.D. -Phenomenological perspectives focused on perinatal loss (Meanings in            mothers’ experiences); Reflection in nursing (Caring for self); Qualitative research methods (Phenomenology); Bereavement, loss, and change            through the lifespan; Stress and coping; Holistic nursing and modalities; Nursing education; Nursing history; Caring; Psychiatric-mental health            nursing; Community mental health; Homelessness; Seriously mentally ill (SMI), including forensic SMI; Women’s issues; Feminist theory; Critical            social theory; Oppression; Cross cultural and transcultural issues; Group behavior (Bion’s work and Tavistock Institute)

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Buffi McCambridge, R.N., M.S.N. – Cardiac critical care nursing; Diabetes management and wound care; Teaching/Education strategies and            techniques facilitating adult learning

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Jane Murray, R.N., M.S.N.  – Teaching/Education strategies and techniques; Utilization of simulation in BSN programs; Childhood obesity and chronic sequel

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Darlene Pirkle, RNC, M.S.N., CCE, CLC, CNL (D.N.P. Student)  – Women’s health, especially breast cancer; Neonatal intensive care, especially Kangaroo care; Prenatal education

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Dr. Nancy Redfern-Vance, Ph.D., M.N., R.N. – Violence against women; Sociocultural aspects of women’s health care; Vulnerable populations,            particularly incarcerated women; Health care access;  Cultural contrasts in health care management; Concept maps

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Michelle Ritter, R.N., FNP, M.S.N. (D.N.P. Student) – Adolescent pregnancy; Care of Hispanic and migrant populations; Sexually transmitted diseases (Cervical cancer and HPV); Adolescent views on health care; Pediatric care of Hispanic clients; Cultural issues regarding health care; Public health care; Autism and immunizations

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Dr. Maura C. Schlairet, M.S.N., Ed.D., R.N., CNL – Simulation pedagogy and outcomes in nursing education; Bioethics mediation models and           nurse advocacy; Cancer survivorship care-community based models; Palliative and end-of-life care issues; Gerontology; Use of technology in            nursing education; Research design (quantitative methodologies)

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Stephen Shirlock, M.S.N., M.S.M., R.N., CNL, RRT, RCP, LNHA  – Critical care nursing; Long-term care; Respiratory care; End-of-life care           (Hospice); Correctional healthcare; Patient-centered care in long-term care settings

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Gayle C. Taylor, RNC, M.S.N., CCE, CNL – Adolescent pregnancy and substance abuse; Problems with multiple gestation pregnancy; Pain in non-verbal patients; Mother-infant interactions; Prenatal education; Ethics education; Ethics in labor and delivery; Pushing the envelope for saving very preterm infants; Twin research (The cultivation of self-esteem and ego development and the separation-individuation of same-sex twins); Advancing higher education through prior learning (PLA) for RN-BSN students

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Dr. Deborah Weaver, R.N., M.S.N., Ph.D. – Hospice and end-of-life nursing care; Caring in education; Simulation in nursing education; Ethical            behavior of students, faculty, and practicing nurses; Learning styles and student success; Ethics education in nursing; Medication errors;           Technology and education

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Dr. Maria Whyte, D.H.Sc., ARNP-BC – Primary care issues in vulnerable populations; Use of technology in primary care settings; Ensuring           informatics competency in nursing curricula

 

                                        

(Compiled and distributed by Dr. James P. Humphrey, Associate Professor, for faculty and students in the College of Nursing) Updated 9/11 (VSU CON Faculty Credentials and Research Interests Update)