Dr. Susan S. Sims-Giddens

Education

• EdD, 2000, Northern Arizona University
• MeD, 1995, Northern Arizona University
• MSN, 1984, University of Texas, El Paso
• BSN, 1975, West Texas State University
• ADN, 1970, Missouri Southern College

Teaching

• Professional Emergence
• Nursing Research: Methods and Technologies
• Leadership and Management
• Health Care Informatics
• Independent Study: Nursing
• Teaching/Learning Theory
• Nursing Education Practicum
• Nursing Education Practicum
• Technology in Healthcare Education 
• Issues in Healthcare Education
• Health for the New Millennium         

Research and professional interests

• Director of BSN-C Program
• Director of MSN-Nurse Educator Program
• Academic achievement and educational access for at-risk students
• Community engagement of nursing students through service learning
• Conceptual framework for nursing education
• Student peer-mentoring
• Nurses’ and nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs about poverty
• Vulnerable population access to healthcare
• Impact of music therapy in outpatient drop-in centers for the homeless
• Technology in healthcare education

Awards and honors