Doctoral Advancement in Nursing

CAROLINA HUERTA, EDD, RN, FAAN

Nursing Department Professor & Chair

The University of Texas-Pan America

Carolina González-Huerta, a graduate of Texas A&M University, is currently chair and professor of the Nursing Department at The University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. She is the 2008 recipient of the American Nurses Association Mary Mahoney Award. Dr. González-Huerta has received HRSA scholarship awards for educational and economically disadvantaged students. She has served as a grants reviewer for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Nursing Innovative Grants Project; AACN Master’s Conference Abstract Reviewer; AACN Johnson & Johnson Minority Scholarship Reviewer 2007, AACN Board of Directors 2007-2008; and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Anderson Rural Health Project 1998.
 

TERI MURRAY, PHD, APHN-BC, RN, FAAN

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow ‘06 and Dean,

Saint Louis University School of Nursing
 

Teri Murray is a graduate of Saint Louis University where she is currently the dean of the School of Nursing. She is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow alumna. Her Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Leadership project focused on Transforming Baccalaureate Nursing Education through Inter-professional and Inter-institutional Partnerships and Identifying Innovative Partnerships in Clinical Education. Her work continues to focus on the influence of the various educational pedagogies used in clinical education to promote student learning; facilitate transition to the practice arena; and provide safe, patient-centered, evidencebase care, such that the health status of individuals, families, communities, and populations is improved and enhanced. She has been the recipient of many grants and served as a grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing. She has presented nationally and authored or co-authored numerous publications, including a paper in the landmark report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. She is a reviewer for several refereed nursing journals and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Nursing Education.

PATRICIA TABLOSKI, PHD, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN

Associate Professor

Boston College
 

Patricia Tabloski has committed her career to the teaching, practice, and study of gerontological nursing. She currently serves as an associate professor at the William F. Connell School of team for over 20 years. The team provided primary care to nursing home residents at all levels of care. Additionally, she established the first Geriatric Assessment Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and arranged clinical placements for many nursing, medical, and social work students over the years. Dr. Tabloski has conducted research to improve sleep and reduce delirium using non-pharmacological interventions. She has numerous publications, presentations, and citations that attest to her accomplishments as a scholar, clinician, and researcher. She has gained a national and international reputation as an expert in the nursing care of the older adult. She has recently completed the third edition of her award winning text book entitled Gerontological Nursing (2013). Dr. Tabloski has been awarded fellowship by the Mayday Society, the American Academy of Nursing, and the Gerontological Society of America.

Session Overview:
Describe successful strategies faculty may use to support students in seeking and

making application to nursing doctoral programs.

Session Objective:

1. Discuss the background and purposes of the Doctoral Advancement in Nursing

(DAN) project.

2. Disseminate evidence regarding doctoral education in nursing as described in the