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 nurse practitioners or clinical nursing
leaders.



The generation, dissemination, and application of
evidence-based nursing knowledge and practice is 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, violence identification and
prevention, clinical decision-making, adolescent pregnancy, elder care
giving, and cultural diversity.