Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Member, Board of Directors — American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Ora L.
Strickland PhD, DSc (Hon), RN, FAAN Dean & Professor — Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences
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r. Strickland has been a significant force for change and progress in nursing research, practice, and
education for the past 50 years. In the late 1970s, she spearheaded a movement that encouraged nurse researchers to focus on measuring and documenting outcomes of nursing interventions when she conceptualized, initiated, and directed the Measurement of Clinical and Educational Nursing Outcomes Project. Through this project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Strickland mentored 195 nurse researchers from across the nation in developing and testing more than 200 nursing clinical and educational outcome measures and instruments. She also developed the Nursing Citation Index, which was subsequently integrated into the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), the leading nursing and allied health literature computer search engine. Dr. Strickland’s extensive research contributions include having been the first person to document the existence of Couvade Syndrome in expectant fathers in the U.S. and their relationship with social determinants of health, paternal emotional state, and pregnancy planning. This research was featured in more than 80 major newspapers and 1,200 radio stations internationally. As a consultant and co-principal investigator, Dr. Strickland assisted the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the design of the $346 million Women’s Health Initiative — a landmark study involving over 500 multidisciplinary
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