Rita Ferguson
The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Biography
Rita Ferguson, PhD, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing is a Certified Palliative and Hospice Nurse and currently teaches in the Undergraduate program and serves as committee chair for selected Doctor of Nursing Practice students. She is also a Certified Nurse Educator. Prior to her role as nurse educator in academia, she worked in multiple areas of clinical nursing. She was a clinical nursing director for a non-profit hospice for 5 years. She received her PhD from Mercer University in 2014 and is currently enrolled at the University of Alabama in Birmingham Geriatric Education Center Faculty Scholar program. Her research focus is nursing end-of-life care and nursing education. She currently is secretary for the North Alabama Hospice and Palliative Nurses Chapter and received the UAH Faculty Award for Excellence, College of Nursing, Outstanding Faculty in May 2013. In May 2015, she received the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Award.
Abstract
Abstract : Patient-Centered Care: The Lived Experiences of Nurses Providing Hospice Care