faculty
Lauren Hicks, PhD she/her
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Community
Contact
508-910-6466
508-999-8755
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Education
| 2022 | University of Texas Health San Antonio | PhD in Nursing |
Teaching
Courses
Introducation to human development across a lifespan ¿ from birth until death. The purpose of this course is to build a foundation of understanding through various developmental theorists and age related physical, cognitive, and social-emotional expectations during significant milestones. This course introduces learners to theory and concepts that promote health in persons and families across the lifespan. This course contributes to nursing student development in care of the patient across the lifespan. The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.
This course integrates and builds upon prior concepts of communication/therapeutic communication, health promotion/protection, and safety as they relate to family nursing. Emphasis is on exploration of various factors that influence risks, selected health disorders and emergencies. Concepts of family, nutrition, genetics and genomics, grief and loss, reproduction, technology and informatics, and sexuality to plan family centered nursing are highlighted.
This course integrates and builds upon prior concepts of communication/therapeutic communication, health promotion/protection, and safety as they relate to family nursing. Emphasis is on exploration of various factors that influence risks, selected health disorders and emergencies. Concepts of family, nutrition, genetics and genomics, grief and loss, reproduction, technology and informatics, and sexuality to plan family centered nursing are highlighted.
This course integrates and builds upon prior concepts of communication/therapeutic communication, health promotion/protection, and safety as they relate to family nursing. Emphasis is on exploration of various factors that influence risks, selected health disorders and emergencies. Concepts of family, nutrition, genetics and genomics, grief and loss, reproduction, technology and informatics, and sexuality to plan family centered nursing are highlighted.
This course integrates and builds upon prior concepts of communication/therapeutic communication, health promotion/protection, and safety as they relate to family nursing. Emphasis is on exploration of various factors that influence risks, selected health disorders and emergencies. Concepts of family, nutrition, genetics and genomics, grief and loss, reproduction, technology and informatics, and sexuality to plan family centered nursing are highlighted.
Research
Research interests
- Perinatal mental health and anxiety disorders
- Physical activity and behavioral interventions in maternal health
- Microbiome and psychophysiological health in the perinatal period
- Social determinants of health and culturally responsive care