Doreen Harper PhD, RN, FAAN

Doreen Harper PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean of the School of Nursing

Dean of the School of Nursing, School of Nursing , The University of Alabama at Birmingham 2005 -
Dean, School of Nursing , The University of Alabama at Birmingham 2005 -
Senior Scientist (C), Integrative Center for Aging Research , School of Medicine 2008 -
Senior Scientist (C), Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) , General Clinical Research Center 2009 -
Scientist (C), Center for Cardiovascular Biology (Retired Org) , Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease 2010 -

Overview

Dr. Harper is Dean and Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair in Nursing in the UAB School of Nursing. She also serves as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on International Nursing at UAB, one of ten centers in the United States that focus on nursing education to improve the care for children and families through global outreach. Dr. Harper's scholarly work breaks new ground in joint academic/service partnerships for nursing workforce development.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2021	Innovations in evaluating nursing academic practice partnerships. Journal of Nursing Administration. 51:347-353. 2021
2021	Academic/clinical nursing integration in academic health systems. Nursing Outlook. 69:234-242. 2021
2020	Alignment of a PhD program in nursing with the AACN report on the research-focused doctorate in nursing: A descriptive analysis. Journal of Professional Nursing. 36:604-610. 2020
2020	An Innovative Approach for Graduate Education for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners. Journal of Professional Nursing. 36:526-530. 2020
2020	Sustainability of an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model for Population Health. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 44:221-234. 2020
2020	Development of an academic practice partnership to improve maternal child health. Journal of Professional Nursing. 36:116-122. 2020
2020	Interprofessional collaborative practice model to advance population health. Population Health Management. 2020
2020	Essential global health competencies for baccalaureate nursing students in the United States: A mixed methods Delphi study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 76:725-740. 2020
2019	A Curriculum to Expand Rural Health Care Access. Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 15:e69-e72. 2019
2019	Introduction to the Special Issue on Healthcare Quality Initiatives for Veterans. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 41:65-66. 2019
2019	Introduction to the Special Issue on Healthcare Quality Initiatives for Veterans. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 41:65-66. 2019
2019	Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Residents Improve Quality and Mental Health Outcomes for Veterans Through Measurement-Based Care. Journal for Healthcare Quality. 41:118-124. 2019
2019	Strengthening universal health: Development of a nursing and midwifery education quality improvement toolkit 2019
2018	Meeting health care needs in rural Alabama: The power of partnerships. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 29:1177-1187. 2018
2018	Meeting healthcare needs in rural Alabama: The power of partnerships. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 29:1177-1187. 2018
2017	Clinical residency training: Is it essential to the Doctor of Nursing Practice for nurse practitioner preparation?. Nursing Outlook. 65:50-57. 2017
2016	Transforming veterans health care through academic-practice partnerships. Nursing Outlook. 64:424-430. 2016
2015	On Leadership ... Again 2015
2015	Caring for America's Veterans: The power of academic-practice partnership. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 39:263-271. 2015
2015	Partnership to Improve Quality Care for Veterans: The VA Nursing Academy. Journal of Professional Nursing. 31:57-63. 2015
2014	Leadership Lessons in Global Nursing and Health From The Nightingale Letter Collection at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 32:44-53. 2014
2013	Equipping the nursing workforce to care for the unique needs of veterans and their families. Nurse Leader. 11:45-48. 2013
2013	Equipping the nursing workforce to care for the unique needs of veterans and their families.. Nurse Leader. 2013
2013	Global perspectives on nursing leadership: Lessons learned from an international nursing and health care leadership development program.. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 2013
2012	Global health competencies for nurses in the Americas. Journal of Professional Nursing. 2012
2012	Global Health Competencies for Nurses in the Americas. Journal of Professional Nursing. 28:213-222. 2012
2011	International nursing leadership program: A partnership perspective. 2011
2008	The Research Advisory Committee: An Effective Forum for Developing a Research Dynamic Environment. Journal of Professional Nursing. 24:241-245. 2008
2008	NPs and MDs: an evolving partnership. Interview by Sarah Lebo.. Advance for nurse Practitioners. 16:55-59. 2008
2008	The Network for Nursing in Child Health.. Pediatric Nursing. 34. 2008
2008	The network for child health. Pediatric Nursing. 2008
2007	Forging a quality healthcare agenda for ARNP's 2007
2006	Educating nurses to improve quality care 2006
2006	Erratum: Quality improvement learning collaboratives (Quality Management in Health Care (2005) 14, 4 (239)) 2006
2005	Developing and refining interventions in persons with health disparities: The use of Qualitative Description. Nursing Outlook. 53:127-133. 2005
2005	Quality improvement learning collaboratives. 2005
2004	A policy agenda for medicare funding for nursing education. Nursing Outlook. 2004
2004	Medicare funding for nursing education: Proposal for a coherent policy agenda. Nursing Outlook. 52:297-303. 2004
2002	Can nurse practitioners and physicians beat parochialism into plowshares?. Health Affairs. 21:133-142. 2002
2002	A nursing pipeline. Nursing Spectrum. 2002
2000	Education for advanced practice nursing 2000
1999	Cybercases: an innovation in internet education.. Journal of Nursing Education. 38:415-418. 1999
1998	Bone up on osteoporosis. Development of the Facts on Osteoporosis Quiz.. Orthopaedic Nursing. 17:66-73. 1998
1998	Bone up on osteoporosis: Facts on osteoporosis quiz 1998
1998	The New Generation of Nurse Practitioners: Is More Enough?. Health Affairs. 17:158-164. 1998
1997	Taking Aim at interdisciplinary education for Continuous Improvement in Health Care 1997
1997	Interdisciplinary education for continuous improvement in healthcare: Nursing roles and perspectives 1997
1996	Blessed are the flexible: the George Team. 1996
1996	Education for advanced practice nursing 1996
1996	Partnership for a nurse practitioner-directed student health primary care center. Journal of Professional Nursing. 12:365-372. 1996
1995	Advanced practice nursing. Part 1--Changes on the horizon: an interview with Doreen C. Harper.. Pediatric Nursing. 21:41-42. 1995
1993	An economic paradigm for nurse practitioner program development. Journal of Professional Nursing. 9:148-152. 1993
1992	NANP responds to critics. Nurse Practitioner. 17:6-8. 1992
1991	Np unity impossible without reorganization of NANP. Nurse Practitioner. 16. 1991
1991	Unity impossible without reorganization of NANP. Nurse Practitioner. 1991
1990	25 Years later: 25 exceptional nurse practitioners look at the movement's evolution and address future challenges for the role. Nurse Practitioner. 1990
1990	Perimenopause and beyond 1990
1990	The principle of justice: Case analysis 1990
1988	Clinical leadership. Nursing Connections. 1988
1988	The patient's guide to medical tests 1988
1988	Who are our leaders?. Nursing Connections. 1988
1987	Implementation of the model in the University of Maryland RN-to-BSN program.. NLN publications. 67-83. 1987
1987	Case study on implementation of the model at the University of Maryland RN to BSN Program 1987
1986	Methodological issues in intergenerational family nursing research.. Advances in Nursing Science. 8:38-49. 1986
1985	Process in advanced practice. Journal of Professional Nursing. 1985
1985	Sections on central nervous system drugs 1985
1985	Sections on central nervous system drugs 1985
1985	The process of advanced nursing practice. Journal of Professional Nursing. 1:323-385. 1985
1984	Application of Orem's theoretical constructs to self-care medication behaviors in the elderly.. Advances in Nursing Science. 6:29-46. 1984
1984	Meeting the organizational needs of NPS: Proposal and response. Nurse Practitioner. 9. 1984
1984	Social need and gender among college students. Psychological Reports. 1984
1984	Synopsis of a proposal to modify the Council of Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioners. The Nurse Practitioner. 1984
1983	Organizing for power. Nurse Practitioner. 8:24-33. 1983
1982	Decision making for patient care 1982
1982	The extinction of the nurse practitioner: Threat or reality?. Nurse Practitioner. 7:22-30. 1982
1981	Concepts of nursing interaction for the childbearing family 1981

Research Overview

Dr. Harper has taught and led at all levels of nursing and medical education, including the inaugural nursing program at George Mason University, the University of Maryland School of Nursing, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the University of Massachusetts Medical School.