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| Discipline Coordinators: |
Nursing |
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| Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | LEND Core Faculty - Pediatric Nursing Practitioner PhD program | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline(s): |
Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Nursing-General |
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| AUCD Council Membership: |
No Council Membership |
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| Research: | Family management of children with chronic health conditions, development of self-care and health care autonomy, mixed methods. | ||||||||||||||||
| Education: | PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2013
MSN, Seton Hall University (Pediatric Care Nurse Practioner), 2003 BSN, Thomas Edison State College (Nursing), 1998 AS, Helene Fuld School of Nursing, Mercer County Community College, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Service: | Co-operative Membership: Child and Family Health | ||||||||||||||||
Vita/Bio
Dr. Beacham received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in August 2013 and currently a post-doctoral fellow training in Behavioral Nursing Research at Indiana University School of Nursing. Her dissertation, "Perspectives of Family Management from School-Aged Children with Chronic Health Conditions: Through the Eyes of the Children", was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (T32NR007100 and F31NR011524). Her dissertation described the views of children 8-13 years old with a variety of chronic health conditions.
