Research

Nursing faculty members are involved in a number of scholarly activities.

Barbara Martin, Clinical Professor, collaborates with Sandra Smith contributing to the Smith Content Review for NCLEX-RN text and co-authoring of the Smith, Duell and Martin, Clinical Nursing Skills: Basic to Advanced text with editions published in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. This collaboration also produced the Photo Guide of Nursing Skills in 2002. Both the Clinical Nursing Skills text and the Photo Guide have been translated into Japanese, which attests to their versatility and relevance for nursing practice. The Clinical Nursing Skills will be released in PDA version Spring, 2009.

Lee Anne Nichols, Associate Professor, co-authored a chapter with M. Baker in 2008 titled Pathways to Leadership: Developing a Culturally Competent Leadership Curriculum for American Indian Nurses in Transforming Nursing Education: The Culturally Inclusive Environment (Eds, M.D. Pharris & S. D. Bosher) by Springer Publishing, NY. She also had another coauthored chapter, Exploring Global Health Ethics from an American Indian Perspective in Globalisation of Nursing: Ethical, Legal, & Political Issues, which was published in the UK.

Merry Kelly Rehm, Clinical Assistant Professor, co-authored an article, What Can Healthcare Organizations Learn About Pharmacist Retention From Magnet Status Hospitals? published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.