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Sandra Basley
M.S.N., RN-BC
sbasley@mail.uri.edu
401.874.5319

Rebecca Carley
M.S., R.N.P.
Carley@uri.edu
401.874.5308

Suzanne Carr
M.S., R.N.
scarr@uri.edu
401.874.5352

Mary Cloud
M.S.N., R.N.
mcloud@ds.uri.edu
401.874.2221

Denise Coppa
Ph.D., R.N.P.
dcoppa@uri.edu
401.874.5306

Alicia Curtin
Ph.D., GNP-BC
acurtin@mail.uri.edu
401.874.5340

Wylie Dassie
M.S., R.N.
wjd@uri.edu
401.874.5342

Nancy Ann Doyle-Moss
M.S., R.N.
nancyann@uri.edu
401.874.5350

Marlene Dufault
Ph.D., R.N.
marlened@uri.edu
401.874.5307

Joan Dugas
M.S., R.N.
jrdugas@mail.uri.edu
401.874.7847

Lynne Dunphy
Ph.D., A.P.R.N., B.C.
ldunphy@mail.uri.edu
401.874.5323

Deb Erickson-Owens
Ph.D., C.N.M., R.N.
debeo@uri.edu
401.874.5344

Ginette Gosselin Ferszt
Ph.D., R.N., PMHCNS-BC
ggf@uri.edu
401.874.5345

Jennifer Fuvich
M.S., R.N.
jennifer_fuvich@my.uri.edu
401.874.5310

Carolyn Hames
M.S., R.N., F.T.
chames@uri.edu
401.874.2813

Katheleen Hawes
Ph.D., A.P.R.N., B.C.
khawes@uri.edu
401.874.5841

John Kenna
MS, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialization


Mary Lavin
M.S., R.N.P.
marylavin@uri.edu
401.874.5349

Diane Cocozza Martins
Ph.D., R.N.
dcmartins@uri.edu
401.874.5328

Judith Mercer
D.N.Sc., C.N.M., F.A.C.N.M.
jmercer@uri.edu
401.874.5327

Kara Misto
Ph.D.(c), R.N.
kmisto@mail.uri.edu
401.874.5305

Mary Mumford Haley
M.S., C.N.M., R.N.P.
mmhaley@mail.uri.edu
401.874.5347

Mary Louise Palm
M.S., R.N.
mlpalm@uri.edu
401.874.5341

Katherine M. Paquette
M.S., R.N., ACNS, BC
kpaquette@mail.uri.edu
401.874.4158

Donna Schwartz-Barcott
Ph.D., R.N.
dsb@uril.edu
401.874.5337

Lillian Sonnenschein
M.S., R.N., C.N.S.
sonnens@uri.edu
401.874.5316

Patricia Stout
M.S., R.N.
pzstout@uri.edu
401.874.5348

Diane Thulier
M.S., R.N., IBCLC
dthulier@gmail.com
401.284.6857
Research Interests
Improving student retention in nursing education; Use of right brain dominant attributes in nursing education; Use of active teaching strategies in nursing education Primary care of women; spirituality; graduate nursing education; care for the homeless

Emergency nursing
Med-surg nursing
Simulation learning: the effects on student learning
Enhancing clinical practice outcomes
Research Interests
Health promotion, health disparities and cultural diversityDirector of Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Alternative health care therapies
Pain
Wound healing
Health care of vulnerable populations
Research Interests
Gerontological nursingProstate and testicular cancer research

Minority health issues
Men's health issues
Diversity in nursing issues
Matters concerning disaster preparedness in bioterrorism
Simulation in nursing education
Research utilization
Evidence-based practice
Competency-based evaluation
Pain management
Evaluation/outcomes Research
Translation research
Research Interests
Gerontology, Community Health NursingNursing history and technology

Workforce issues and nursing shortage
Florence Nightingale
Research Interests
An interest in maternal-child health and evidence based care practices

A specific focus on birth practices such as the management of the umbilical cord in term and preterm infants
Research Interests
Health care of women in prison; loss, grief and bereavementResearch Interests
Self-efficacy and confidence in nursing students, simulation, computer mediated learningThanatology

Grief and loss in children and adolescents
Death education
Research Interests
Nursing practice and patient outcomes; nurse-patient interaction; preterm infant outcomes; exemplary nursing practice; leadership; system and culture changeMedical Surgical Nursing

Educational issues in the clinical area
Oncology nursing
Pain management
Spirituality, mentoring and health-care in the primary care setting
Research Interests
Dr

Martins' research and scholarly work is with vulnerable populations in the community and includes a descriptive phenomenological study of the homeless person’s health care experiences, analysis of food insufficiency and hunger with homeless families, strategies used to survive in the lives of woman facing adversity, and methods to increase nursing students’ knowledge and appreciation with older adults in the community and with the prison population
Dr
Martins has co-authored articles on critical interactionism, risk and vulnerability, elder abuse, and nursing education strategies
Cord clamping and newborn recovery
Gentle birth practices
Nurse-midwifery
Breastfeeding
Research Interests
Family Nursing, critical care nursing, acute care nursingResearch Interests
Client-nurse interactions, midwiferyResearch Interests
Clinical specialty: Pediatric Nursing, Simulation in Nursing, Nursing Informatics, Health AssessmentResearch Interests
The phenomenon of hope, how patients engage in the hoping process, the relationship of hope to meaning making, experiences with hoping from a global perspective, theory development, qualitative researchPain, anxiety and other central phenomenon experienced by patients across nursing care settings

Community health
Inductive approaches to theory development
Sociocultural influences in health and illness
Research Interests
Web-based teaching/learning, compassion fatigue and issues relating to nursing leadership and vulnerable populationsMed-surg nursing

Pain management
Educational issues in clinical areas
Research Interests
Maternal-child health nursing with specific focus on human lactation and infant weight gain

Staff

Patricia Burbank
pburbank@uri.edu
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
401.874.5314

Karin Conopask
kconopask@foundation.uri.edu
Assistant Dean for Development
401.874.5745

Ellen Cuomo
ellenm@uri.edu
Undergraduate Studies Secretary
401.874.5304

Bethany Fay
bfay@uri.edu
Graduate Studies Secretary
401.874.5334

Mary Kazamias
mkazamias@uri.edu
Scientific Research Grant Assistant
401.874.5303

Mary Leveillee
Mleveillee@uri.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies
401.874.5331

Todd W. Madison
tmadison@mail.uri.edu
Senior Information Technologist
401.874.5338

Michaela Mooney
michaela@uri.edu
Assistant Dean
401.874.5302

Mary C. Sullivan
mcsullivan@uri.edu
Professor
Interim Dean
401.874.5339


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