Lynn Nichols PhD, RN-BC, SANE

Lynn Nichols PhD, RN-BC, SANE
Associate Professor

Scholar (C), Interprof Sim for Innov Clinical Practice , Office of the Provost
Associate Professor - Adjunct (P), Nursing Academic Support , Nursing Academic Affairs
Coordinator of the School of Nursing Archives, Nursing Academic Support , Nursing Academic Affairs
Scholar (C), Sparkman Center for Global Health , School of Public Health

Overview

Dr. Lynn Nichols specializes in maternal-child health, and has extensive experience with curriculum development, program evaluation, strategic planning and online instruction. She is committed to the utilization of high-impact practices to foster student engagement. She is interested in leadership development and team building in faculty work groups and facilitating the professional development of faculty. Her topics of interest include: interprofessional collaborative care, BSN roles in primary care, legal and ethical issues in healthcare, and innovative, engaging teaching strategies for RN-Baccalaureate education.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2020	Engaging nursing students with leadership fables: An innovative teaching strategy. Nurse Educator. 45:177-178. 2020
2020	Engaging Nursing Students With Leadership Fables: An Innovative Teaching Strategy.. Nurse Educator. 45:177-178. 2020
2020	Promoting Sustainable Nursing Leadership: The Nightingale Legacy. Creative Nursing. 26:272-276. 2020
2018	Critical Thinking Series: Older adolescent with cystic fibrosis: Transitioning to adult care. Pediatric nursing. 44:95-97. 2018
2018	Embracing the Opportunity in Whitewater. Nursing for Women's Health. 22:200-199. 2018
2018	Older adolescent with cystic fibrosis: Transitioning to adult care. Pediatric nursing. 44:95-97. 2018
2005	Knowledge, resilience, and effectiveness of education in a young teen asthma camp.. Pediatric nursing. 31. 2005
2005	Roles, responsibilities, and outcome expectations of endowed chairs in nursing.. Nurse Educator. 30:178-183. 2005
2001	Levels of prevention: Restructuring a curriculum to meet future healthcare needs. Nurse Educator. 26:6-8. 2001
1999	Responding to tricyclic antidepressant overdose: Learning how to stabilize your patient and support her through detoxification 1999
1999	A longitudinal review of baccalaureate nursing students' critical thinking abilities. Journal of Nursing Education. 38:139-141. 1999
1996	Critical thinking as an educational outcome: An evaluation of current tools of measurement. Nurse Educator. 21:23-32. 1996

Research Overview

Curriculum, innovative teaching and learning strategies, identification of best practices for teaching and learning strategies for nursing students, nursing history, visionary global leadership of Florence Nightingale, program evaluation, strategic planning, leadership development, team building, and professional development of new faculty.

Principal Investigator On

2015 Gold - AACN White Coat Ceremony for Nursing awarded by Gold (Arnold P.) Foundation for Humanism in Medicine

Investigator On

SHARP: Students Helping At-Risk Patients (Evaluating SHARP Transitional Care: Students Helping "At-Risk" Patients) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION

Teaching Overview

Dr. Nichols is an experienced nurse educator, with over 25 years of teaching experience across BSN, MSN and doctoral programs. She has extensive experience with undergraduate/prelicensure students, including pediatric nursing didactic/clinical, senior preceptorship, pathophysiology, pharmacology, dosage calculation, legal and ethical issues, nursing skills, and health assessment. She is actively engaged with the Accelerated Masters in Nursing Pathway for second degree students and with the RN-BSN Pathway. Additionally, Dr. Nichols has conducted study abroad immersion experiences for nursing students in La Gonave, Haiti and Bangkok/Chiang Mai, Thailand. Dr. Nichols has taught graduate nursing education courses, including: program evaluation, ethics and legal issues, curriculum development, and nurse educator practicum. She leads a Freshman Honors Seminar in the Fall that explores ethical issues in women's health.