We are committed to advancing the science and practice of nursing through excellence in nursing education. Faculty in our undergraduate and graduate programs are known for their scholarship in the areas of research, interactive learning, discovery, application, and integration. Supported by outstanding staff and working together with our exceptional clinical partners in a
variety of Indiana health care agencies, we prepare students to provide high-quality nursing care to a diverse, multicultural society; conduct research; and teach future nurses.
For general questions, please contact us by phone: (317) 274-2806;
postal mail: 1111 Middle Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202; or e-mail:
nursing@iupui.edu.
Faculty |
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Beth Applegate, MSN, RN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 403L
(317) 274-6757 |
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Amy Arthur, PhD
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 317C
(317) 278-8083 |
- graduate education
- clinical mentoring
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Carol Baird, DNS
- Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 421
(317) 278-3801 |
- chronic pain and mobility difficulties in older adults with osteoarthritis
- cognitive-behavioral interventions
- self-management
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Tamilyn Bakas, DNS, RN, FAHA, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 417
(317) 274-4695 |
- caregivers of stroke survivors
- stress and coping
- theory-based interventions
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Cheryl Bean, DSN
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 306
(317) 274-2471 |
- clinical oncology
- psychosocial adaptation to cancer
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Carol Beausang, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451B
(317) 274-0036 |
- adolescent sexual behavior
- family health
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Janis Beckstrand, PhD,MS, RN, FAAN
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 462
(317) 274-4120 |
- emotion in caregiving
- Alzheimer's caregiving
- clinical nursing studies
- statistical methods
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Anne Belcher, DNS
- Associate Professor, and Chair, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 485
(317) 274-4750 |
- children's health
- action research
- community collaboration
- populations at risk
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Linda G. Bell, PhD
- Professor, Communication Studies (SLA), Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 435
(317) 274-2956 |
- family communication
- family therapy
- longitudinal family research
- cross-cultural research
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Donna Boland, PhD, ANEF
- Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
- Associate Dean, Evaluation
| Send E-mail
Nursing 117
(317) 278-9863 |
- faculty productivity
- program evaluation
- decision models
- curriculum development
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Carol Bostrom, MS
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 484
(317) 274-0021 |
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Cindy Bowers, MSN, RN
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 402C
(317) 278-4126 |
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Elizabeth Braun, MSN, RN
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Department of Family Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 450C
(317) 274-1208 |
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Marion Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Distinguished Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
- Dean
| Send E-mail
Nursing 131
(317) 274-1486 |
- research ethics
- pediatric pain
- child response to illness
- family adaptation to chronic illness
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Janice Buelow, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 415
(317) 274-9639 |
- psychosocial issues of chronic illness
- epilepsy
- self-management issues
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Joe Burrage, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 461
(317) 278-3783 |
- barriers and facilitators to health care access
- cultural and Psychosocial aspects of HIV Infection and other stigmatizing illnesses
- health Promotion/Disease Prevention
- Eligible to Direct dissertations
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Janet Carpenter, PhD, MSN
- Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 423
(317) 278-6093 |
- behavioral oncology
- cancer symptom management
- menopausal symptoms
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Victoria L. Champion, DNS, RN, FAAN
- Distinguished Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Associate Dean, Research
| Send E-mail
Nursing 340G
(317) 274-4187 |
- oncology care
- early detection
- symptom intervention
- quality of life
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Deborah Cullen, EdD
- Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
- Interim Dean, Undergraduate Programs
| Send E-mail
Nursing 425
(317) 278-3926 |
- long-term oxygen therapy
- dyspnea across populations
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Kimberley Davis, MSN
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 402A
(317) 278-3978 |
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Carol Decker, PhD, MSW, MS
- Visiting Assistant Scientist
| Send E-mail
Nursing B10G
(317) 278-0365 |
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Deborah DeMeester, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 413
(317) 274-4685 |
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Phyllis Dexter
- Assistant Scientist, Editor, Center for Research and Scholarship
| Send E-mail
Nursing 337B
(317) 278-1843 |
- medical sociology
- health behaviors
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Cynthia Dobbs, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 446B
(317) 274-8012 |
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Joanne R. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
NU463
(317) 274-3488 |
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Patricia Ebright, DNS
- Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 412
(317) 274-7912 |
- RN decision-making
- nursing administration
- patient safety
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Marsha Ellett, DNS, RN
- Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 439
(317) 274-0051 |
- enteral tube placement in children
- infant colic
- quantitative research methods
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Mary Jo Eoff, MS
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451E
(317) 274-0054 |
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Cheryl Erler, MSN, RN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 480
(317) 274-8047 |
- critical care transport
- critical care nursing
- flight nursing education & research
- air transport, patient interventions
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Betsy Fife, PhD
- Senior Scientist, Department of Family Health Nursing
- Affiliate Faculty Member, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
| Send E-mail
Nursing 464
(317) 274-8788 |
- bone marrow transplantation
- process of adaptation
- breast cancer
- HIV/AIDS
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Mary L. Fisher, PhD
- Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, IUPUI
| Send E-mail
Nursing 483
(317) 278-2524 |
- work redesign
- labor relations
- nurse retention
- leave-taking process
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Colleen Flora, MSN, RN
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 452D
(317)-278-4218 |
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Barbara Friesth, DNS, RN
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
- Director, Learning Resource Center
| Send E-mail
Nursing 300D
(317) 278-2139 |
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Janet Fulton, PhD, RN
- Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 414
(317) 274-2421 |
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Janis Gerkensmeyer, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 403G
(317) 278-4896 |
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Teresa Gibbs, MSN, RN
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 402D
(317) 278-4183 |
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Joan Haase, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Holmquist Professor in Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 481
(317) 274-2982 |
- behavioral oncology
- resilience, quality of life interventions
- child, adolescent/young adult, family
- research methods triangulation
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Barbara Habermann, PhD, RN
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451J
(317) 274-7291 |
- family management of chronic neurologic illness
- elders quality of life
- family needs at advanced stage illness, end of life
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Norma Hall, MSN, RN, BC
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer
| Send E-mail
Nursing 402B
(317) 278-4002 |
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Judith A. Halstead, DNS, RN, ANEF
- Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Executive Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
| Send E-mail
Nursing 120
(317) 274-3670 |
- nursing education, especially online learning
- faculty development
- active learning strategies
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Kathleen Hanna, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451C
(317) 274-1494 |
- adolescent health
- chronic illness
- family
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Seongkum Heo, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 426
(317) 274-4650 |
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Corrinne Hernandez, MSN, RN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 446D
(317) 274-4339 |
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Susan Hickman, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451F
(317) 274-0032 |
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Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, CNS, RN
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 403J
(317) 274-2425 |
- developing mindfulness
- interpersonal conflict
- reflective practices
- nursing leadership
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Pamela Ironside, PhD, FAAN, ANEF
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Director, Center for Research in Nursing Education
| Send E-mail
Nursing 478
(317) 274-8604 |
- narrative pedagogy
- pedagogical reform
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Ross Kauffman, PhD, MPH
- Visiting Assistant Scientist
| Send E-mail
Nursing 340F
(317)-274-7139 |
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Gail Kost, MSN
- Clinical Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 446A
(317) 274-4320 |
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Marjorie Kurt, MSN, RN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 422
(317) 274-4611 |
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Mikyoung Lee, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 317D
(317) 274-0721 |
Research Interest
Cost-Effectiveness of Nursing Care/Nursing cost
Nursing Workload Measurement
Quality of Care/Patient Safety
Evidence-based Nursing Practice
Nursing Informatics
Standardized Nursing Terminologies
Personal Health Record
Text-Mining/Data-Mining
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Beverly Linde, PhD
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 419
(317) 278-2033 |
- orthostatic vital signs
- pain assessment in ER
- cardiac-related problems
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Yvonne Lu, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 473
(317) 278-2042 |
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Brenda Lyon, DNS, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 416
(317) 274-7120 |
- stress-related illness
- stress management
- self-care skills and wellness
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Tracy Magee, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 317B
(317) 274-7665 |
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Joanne Martin, DrPH, FAAN
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 237
(317) 274-4419 |
- health care financing
- infant mortality
- breastfeeding
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Rose Mays, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 235
(317) 274-4353 |
- adolescent health care
- health of children
- parent-adolescent communication
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Mary McCreary, MSN, APRN, BC
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
NU 403F
(317) 274-8029 |
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Anna McDaniel, DNS, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Assistant Dean, Research
| Send E-mail
Nursing 340E
(317) 274-8095 |
- cancer prevention/control
- smoking cessation
- informatics
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Susan McLennon, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 467
(317) 278-0459 |
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Angela McNelis, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 403H
(317) 274-8058 |
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Susan McNett, DNS, RN, CRRN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 450B
(317) 274-0358 |
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Julie Meek, DNS, RN
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 476
(317) 278-6148 |
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Lesley Milgrom, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 420
(317) 274-2062 |
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Susan J. Moore, DNS, FNP, GNP
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 312C
(317) 274-8579 |
- simulation
- health promotion and healthy behaviors
- gerontology
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Meg Moorman, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 427
(317) 274-4352 |
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Mary Mueller, PhD
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 312A
(317) 274-4318 |
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Julie Elam Otte, PhD, RN, OCN
- Visiting Assistant Scientist
| Send E-mail
Nursing 236
(317) 278-6095 |
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Daniel J. Pesut, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Associate Dean, Graduate Programs
| Send E-mail
Nursing 136
(317) 274-3115 |
- clinical reasoning
- future studies
- leadership development
- nursing education and administration
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Janet Phillips, PhD, RN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 472
(317) 274-6599 |
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Julie Poore, MSN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 432
(317) 274-0561 |
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Jarethea Powell, MSN, RN, CNE
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 446E
(317) 278-3351 |
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Terrilynn Quillen, MSN, RN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 468
(317) 278-4663 |
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Lori Rasmussen, DNS, MS, RN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 403E
(317) 274-2400 |
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Susan Rawl, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 340H
(317) 278-2217 |
- tailored inverventions
- cancer prevention/early detection
- health behavior theory
- quality of life
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Virginia (Beth) Richardson, DNS, FAANP
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 433
(317) 274-4632 |
- breast-feeding attitudes
- student learning styles
- critical thinking
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Mary Beth Riner, DNS
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 482
(317) 274-4325 |
- community health nursing
- international health
- adolescent aggression
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Sheri Robb, PhD, MT-BC
| Send E-mail
Nursing 492A
(317) 274-7563 |
- behavioral oncology
- child, adolescent/young adult, family
- music-based interventions
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Kathleen M. Russell, DNS
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 471
(317) 274-4079 |
- minority health disparities
- cancer prevention/control
- community health nursing
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Barbara Russo, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 465
(317) 274-8598 |
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Julie Settles, MSN, ACNP-BC, CEN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 431
(317) 274-4456 |
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Carol Shieh, DNSc
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 469
(317) 278-1575 |
- health information seeking
- health literacy
- prenatal and women's health
- cultural diversity
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Sharon Sims, PhD, FAANP, ANEF
- Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
- Chairperson, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 318
(317) 274-4300 |
- narrative pedagogy
- interpretive research methodologies
- nurse practitioner education
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Debra Sipes-Fears, MSN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 450A
(317) 274-0369 |
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Rebecca Sloan, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 317A
(317) 278-1413 |
- chronic illness
- family dynamics
- meaning of illness
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Evelyn Stephenson, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 429
(317) 274-4182 |
- neonatology
- online teaching and learning
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Deborah Stiffler, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 438
(317) 274-3288 |
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Sharon Stoten, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 475
(317) 278-4931 |
- distance education
- vodcasting/podcasting
- multi-media development
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Margaret Sutton, DNS
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 418
(317) 274-8092 |
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Vema Sweitzer, MSN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 446C
(317) 274-2886 |
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Melinda Swenson, PhD, FAANP, ANEF
- Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 312B
(317) 274-0045 |
- interpretive phenomenology
- hermeneutics
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Carol Taylor, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451G
(317) 274-8093 |
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Carolyn Townsend, RN, MSN, WHNP-BC, CMT
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer
| Send E-mail
Nursing 452C
(317) 278-4187 |
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Prudence Twigg, MSN
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451L
(317) 278-2230 |
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Diane Von Ah, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 430
(317) 278-2827 |
- behavioral oncology
- cancer symptom management
- biomarkers and genetics
- quality of life
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Mila Walker, MSN, RNC
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 450D
(317) 274-1184 |
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Rachel Waltz, MSN, RN, WHNP -BC
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 436
(317) 274-4547 |
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Michelle L Washington, MSN, RN
- Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 404B
(317) 278-0930 |
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Michael Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Environments for Health
- Director, Statistical Service, Center for Nursing Research and Scholarship
| Send E-mail
Nursing 340D
(317) 274-0385 |
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Janet L. Welch, DNS
- Professor, Department of Adult Health
- Chairperson, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 408
(317) 274-8091 |
- fluid and dietary management
- hemodialysis
- renal failure
- Eligible to Direct Dissertations
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Joyce Welch, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
| Send E-mail
Nursing 451H
(317) 274-0033 |
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Corinne Wheeler, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 460
(317) 274-8671 |
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Lucia Wocial
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
| Send E-mail
Nursing 428
(317) 274-4839 |
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Shirley Woolf, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 424
(317) 274-4355 |
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Judith Young, MSN
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environments for Health
| Send E-mail
Nursing 477
(317) 274-8048 |
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Kim Wagler Ziner, PhD
| Send E-mail
Nursing B10J
(317) 274-4342 |
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