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Karla Backer

E. Karla Backer, PhD, RN
Program Director and Associate Professor with tenure

Degrees:

Diploma/AD—Methodist Hospital School of Nursing

 

BSN— Indiana University School of Nursing

 

MSN—Indiana University
Major:
Nursing Administration
Minor: Community Health Nursing
Research Title: "A Study of Selected Factors of Nurses Leaving Community Health Nursing"

 

PhD—The University of Texas at Austin
Major:
Curriculum and Instruction
Minor: Nursing
Research Title: "The Effect of Verbal and Visual Advance Organizers Upon Student Subsequent Learning of Nursing Skills"

Experience in:

Psychiatric Nursing, Community Health Nursing (Local and State), Teaching

Teaching areas:

Community Health Nursing, Management and Leadership, Professional Issues, Nursing Research

Areas of Interest/Research:

Management and Community Health Nursing

Professional Memberships:

National League for Nursing, Indiana League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau (Chapters Alpha and Lambda Epsilon), Phi Kappa Phi, American Nurses' Association, Indiana State Nurses' Association, Indiana Organization of Nurse Executives

 

 

 




 


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