Consistent with its mission to prepare future leaders in nursing, healthcare and healthcare research, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences pursues research in a wide range of areas. Faculty and student researchers investigate problems, uncover new knowledge and collaborate with colleagues around the world.
Priority Areas for Research
- Health promotion for rural and at-risk, vulnerable populations
- Childhood asthma
- Health policy
- Interpersonal violence
- Telehealth
- Tobacco cessation (links to Interdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Program/ITURP)
- Nursing care of older adults and their caregivers
- Use of simulation in healthcare education
- Theory and knowledge development
