Deborah Cullen, EdD
- Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
- Graduate Coordinator, Department of Family Health Nursing
Education
- EdD, University of Southern California
- MA, San Diego State University
- BS, University of Central Florida
Biosketch
Dr. Deborah Cullen is a respiratory specialist and has education and training as a respiratory therapist and medical educator. As an Affiliate Member of the Joanna Briggs Institute, she is an expert in teaching evidence-based practice and specializes in conducting meta-analyses of qualitative findings. Dr. Cullen, a former president for the American Association of Respiratory Care, currently conducts research related to long-term oxygen therapy for the at-home patient. Dr. Cullen is also interested in measures, interventions, and therapy related to dyspnea, in particular, deep breathing or breathing techniques. She has authored web-based learning for such content areas as tobacco counseling, hemodynamics, and evidence-based practice. As a curricular expert and program consultant, she has developed curricular projects particularly in tobacco, respiratory therapy, and patient education. She is a mentor to students and colleagues and has published extensively in the mentoring literature. Dr. Cullen teaches evidence-based practice research to graduate students and has several teaching awards.
Selected Publications
Luna, G. & Cullen, D.L. (2000). Empowering faculty: Mentoring redirected and renewed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Cullen, D.L. (2005). Clinical education and clinical evaluation of respiratory therapy students. Respiratory Care Clinics, 11, 425-447.
Cullen, D.L. (2006). Long-term exygen therapy adherence: What we don't know. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 3(4), 217-222.
Cullen, D.L. & Koss, J.A. (2005). Oxygen tubing lengths and output flows: Implications for patient care. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 2, 193-197.
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