Research and Scholarly Activities

The graduate faculty of the University's nursing
program believe learning is a creative process wherein students are
active participants in their education, growth, and development as
advanced practice nurses. Faculty members are facilitators and mentors
to students within a supportive scholarly environment. Students are
prepared to be skilled, knowledgeable, and reflective leaders in health
care who practice as clinical nurse specialists, or clinical nursing
leaders in their specialty area.



The generation, dissemination, and application of evidence-based
nursing knowledge and practice are a central mission for the nursing
department. Health care of vulnerable populations is the research focus
among the faculty. Faculty engage in scholarly inquiry across diverse
topics such as care-giving, school-based obesity prevention, health
policy, clinical decision-making, pain management, elder care giving,
and cultural diversity.