FACULTY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing faculty are teacher-scholars. They are engaged in scholarly inquiry, often working with undergraduate and graduate students, on their research projects which may be interdisciplinary.
Research supported by the Office for Nursing Research and Innovation reflects areas of study that are aligned with the College’s mission. Examples of faculty research being conducted include:
- Health risk behaviors of children related to internet safety
- Healthcare access and health issues of people with disabilities
- Disabilities education for undergraduate students and integration of disability-related content in nurse practitioner programs
- Pregnancy in women with disabilities
- Simulation as a teaching-learning strategy
- Health issues of military veterans and their families
- Traumatic brain injury
- Home health care
- Implementation science
- Community based participatory research to offer breast feeding support in the hospital and community setting
- Telehealth interventions for older adults with diabetes
- End-of-life decision making
- Transitional care for persons with diabetes
- Breast health promotion needs of Arab women in Philadelphia
- Exploration of intergenerational caregiving related to Puerto Rican women's pregnancy outcomes
- Needs of African American women with breast cancer
- Pediatric cancer survivorship
- Osteoporosis prevention among Chinese immigrants
- Scholarship of doctoral faculty nationwide related to IOM “Future of Nursing Report”
- Healthy eating habits of children
- Patient safety
- Infection control
- Intimate partner violence
- Development of a tool to measure hypertension self-management