RESEARCH:
My area of research interest is broadly defined as health systems research.
I am interested in how place or location can affect health outcomes on both
an individual level and a population level. Some of my past research at an
individual level has looked at how privacy in residential care facilities
can affect an older adult’s decision to adopt information-based assistive
technologies. On a population level, my research has examined nursing workforce
distribution and community health outcomes.
TEACHING:
I am currently teaching NUR 1056 – Nursing Informatics. BACKGROUND:
My clinical background has been in outpatient care including
family practice and adult and pediatric urology. While a triage
nurse in family practice, I became interested in decision support
for outpatient settings and returned to school for my MSN in administration
and nursing informatics. I have recently completed a pre-doctoral
National Library of Medicine Informatics Research fellowship at
the University of Missouri – Columbia.
| Education |
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| PhD |
University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO
Nursing |
| MSN |
Duke University, Durham, NC
Health Systems Administration/Nursing Informatics |
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BSN |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
NC
Nursing |
| BA |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
NC
Psychology |
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| Professional Experience |
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| 2003-2006 |
National Library of Medicine Informatics Fellow, School
of Medicine
University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO |
| 2002-2003 |
Nursing Informatics Specialist, School of Nursing
Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 1996-2002 |
Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse, Nurse Manager
Duke University Health System, Durham, NC |
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