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School of Nursing
McDowell Hall
25 North College
Newark, DE 19716
Ph: (302) 831-1253
Fax: (302) 831-2382
ud-nursing@udel.edu

Accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditating Commission, Inc. and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

 

School of Nursing Faculty

Faculty Member

Research Interest

Marlene Adams, PhD, APRN,BC, CS-P
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-8394
e-mail:madams@udel.edu


Reproductive-related mood and anxiety disorders

Gene-environment interactions

Bethany Hall-Long, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Professor
(302) 831-8362
e-mail:blong@udel.edu


Community Health Nursing
Health Policy and Politics
Karen Avino, MSN RN AHN-BC
Instructor
(302) 831-8384
e-mail: kavino@udel.edu
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Holistic Nursing
Nurse Job Satisfaction
Pamela Beeman Butler, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8673
e-mail:pbeeman@udel.edu
Women's Health
Transcultural Health Care
Community Issues
Margaret Hamilton Birney, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8500
e-mail:Birney@udel.edu
Advanced Pathophysiology
Care of the Cardiopulmonary patient
Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-8382
e-mail:kbsmyth@udel.edu
Neurological, neuropsychological, and neuroendocrine correlates of violent and other high risk behaviors of female prison inmates,  HIV/AIDS and the central nervous system,  Preventing neurological decline in populations at risk
Linda Bucher, DNSc, RN
Professor
(302) 831-8505
e-mail:lbucher@udel.edu
Critical Care
Community based Critical Care
Emergency Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice
Christine Cannon, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8389
e-mail:ccannon@udel.edu
Marital interactions in chronic illness
Family caregiving
Jacqueline Cooke, RNC, MSN, APN
Instructor
 
Shelia Cushing, MS, RN
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-8361
e-mail:scushing@udel.edu
Oncology Education evidence based practice
Margaret Dada, MSN, RN
Instructor; Freshman & Sophomore Student Advisor
(302) 831-8391
e-mail:mbdada@udel.edu
Pediatrics
Patricia Drake, MS, RN
Instructor/Accelerated Program Director
(302) 831-8503
e-mail:patdrake@udel.edu
Women's Health
Elaine M. Greggo, MSN, RNC,APRN, BC
Instructor
(302) 831-8513
e-mail:egreggo@udel.edu
 
Christine K. Hanna-Ronald, MSN, APRN/PMH, CRNP-Adult
Instructor
(302) 831-8385
e-mail:cronald@udel.edu
 
Thomas Hardie, EdD, RN, CS
Professor
(302) 831-8378
e-mail:thardie@udel.edu
Addiction Research
Evelyn Hayes, PhD, RN, CS-FHN
Professor
(302) 831-8392
e-mail:erhayes@udel.edu
Health Promotion
Smoking Cessation
Gerontology
Judy Herrman, PhD, RN
Associate Professor & Assistant Director & Clinical Coordinator
(302) 831-8380
e-mail:jherrman@udel.edu
Public policy and health
Teen pregnancy/sexual behaviors
Diabetes/pediatric chronic illness
Creative teaching strategies
Pia Inguito, PhD, RN
Instructor
(302) 831-2033
e-mail:pia@udel.edu
Health Promotion and Behavioral Change in Older Adults
Amy Johnson, Phd, RNC
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8369
e-mail:ajohnson@udel.edu
Improving neonatal outcome
NICU environment
Paula Klemm, PhD, RN, OCN
Professor
(302) 831-8501
e-mail:klemmpa@udel.edu
Internet support for cancer patients and caregivers
Psychosocial adjustment to illness
Lisa McBeth-Snyder, MSN, RN
Instructor
(302) 831-8395
e-mail:lmsnyder@udel.edu
Women's Health
Adolescent Risk Taking
Kenneth P. Miller, PhD,RN,CRNP, FAAN
Director & Professor
(302) 831-0655
e-mail:kpmiller@udel.edu
 
Betty J. Paulanka, EdD, RN
Dean/Professor
(302) 831-8370
email:paulanka@udel.edu
Technology and Learning
Alzheimer's Disease
Gerontology
Carolee Polek, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-1292
e-mail:cpolek@udel.edu
Cancer
Medical Surgical topics
Epidemiology
Genetics
Allen Prettyman, MSN, RN
Instructor
(302) 831-8366
e-mail:apretty@udel.edu
Obesity from a preventative angle as well as treatment focus
Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff PhD,RN
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-3327
E-mail: iaboff@udel.edu

Neurology
Gerontology
Parkinson's disease and their Caregivers
Restorative Care

Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
(302) 831-4585
e-mail:lpurnell@udel.edu
Culture health disparities
Administration

Veronica F. Rempusheski, PhD,RN,FAAN
Jeanne K. Buxbaum Chair of Nurs Science
(302) 831-8502
e-mail: vrempush@udel.edu

Elder care within a family context
Family caregiving
Grandparent-grandchild relationships
3 & 4- generation families;ethnicity/ethnic identify
Kathleen Riley-Lawless, PhD, APRN, BC
Assistant Professor
Telephone:(302) 831-8385
e-mail: krl@udel.edu

Family Research: families with a child with a chronic illness and family health promotion

Veronica Rountree, MSN, RN
Instructor
 
Kathleen Schell, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8396
e-mail:kaschell@udel.edu
Nursing-Innovative Teaching
Mentoring
Blood Pressure Measurement (forearm vs. upper arm, legs vs. arms)
Janice Selekman, DNSc, RN
Professor
(302) 831-1256
e-mail:selekman@udel.edu
School health/ Pediatrics
Janet Selway, DNSC, CRNP
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-8601
e-mail:jselway@udel.edu
 
Karen Wilkinson, MSN, RN
Instructor
 

Wayne Voelmeck, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-8365
e-mail: voelmeck@udel.edu

Illness perception and its impact on self-care behaviors in older individuals
Quality of Life outcomes for individuals with Heart Failure
Family Presence in the Emergency Department

Gail Wade, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8719
e-mail:ghwade@udel.edu
Nursing education
Caring in nursing education, Children with disabilities
High risk maternity
Nursing leadership effect on retention
Julie Waterhouse, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-1592
e-mail:jkw@udel.edu
Factors predicting NCLEX success
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Marcia Welsh, CNM, MSN, DL
Assistant Professor
(302) 831-3056
e-mail:
 
Erlinda Wheeler, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(302) 831-8375
e-mail:ewheeler@udel.edu
Congestive heart failure
Evidence based practice

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