Nursing Faculty Preparing You for Practice-Ready, Whole-Person Care
At the Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing, you'll learn from faculty who are both expert practitioners and dedicated educators. They teach nursing as a profession rooted in clinical excellence, cultural responsiveness, and whole-person care—so you graduate ready to serve patients, families, and communities with skill and empathy.
Our faculty share a clear goal: to prepare highly skilled professional nurses who practice with ingenuity, advance health equity, and bring compassion into every setting where care is needed.
What This Means for You:
- Learn from nurses with deep, real-world clinical experience
- Receive close mentorship as you build confidence and clinical judgment
- Train in whole-person, culturally responsive care
Programs are designed to prepare you for nursing licensure and practice across a range of healthcare settings.
Faculty Expertise Across Nursing Practice Areas
Nursing is broad, and your path is personal. Faculty bring experience across key nursing specialties, including:
- Acute and chronic care
- Public, community, and population health
- Psychiatric and mental health nursing
- Pediatrics and perinatal care
- Home care and hospice
- Addiction and recovery care
- Simulation education and clinical skills training
This range helps you explore your path across clinical, community, and systems-level care.
Clinical Training and Hands-On Learning
Faculty don't just teach nursing—they train you for practice.
- Close clinical mentorship in small groups supervised by experienced RNs
- Clinical experience across hospital and community/public health settings
- High-fidelity simulation to practice high-stakes care before entering the field
Learn more about clinical training and simulation.
Faculty in Action: Simulation-Based Learning
Heather Anderson, assistant director of nursing simulation education and clinical faculty, helps students become stronger nurses through high-fidelity simulation. With years of acute-care practice and simulation leadership, she creates realistic clinical scenarios where students can build skill, judgment, and confidence through realistic clinical scenarios.
Dr. Ashley Walker, Interim Director
Meet the Interim Director of the School of Nursing
Dr. Ashley Walker obtained her DNP, MSN and RN at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and her BA at St. Olaf College. She is a practicing adult acute care nurse practitioner and a pediatric acute care nurse practitioner with clinical experience in emergency medicine, orthopedics and pediatrics. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, especially watching her three kids play their many sports.
