Sue Bell
Associate Professor of Nursing
2004–Present
Credentials: PhD, APRN, BC
Educational Background
- PhD in Nursing, University of Minnesota
- M.A in Anthropology, Iowa State University
- BSN, University of Iowa
- B.A in Spanish, DePauw University
Certifications
- CNS
- Community Health Nursing
Teaching Areas
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Community Health Nursing
- Ethics
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
Health Care Interests
- My interest is in social justice for vulnerable populations
Areas of Research Willing to Discuss With Nursing Students
- Nursing Ethics
- Social Justice
- Community/Public Health Nursing
- Evidence–based Practice
- Guideline/Protocol Development and Implementation
Current Projects
- Chair – Affinity Group for Nursing of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- Conducting research in social justice, health care disparities, public health nursing, and health of vulnerable populations
- Development of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
Publications
- Bell, S. E., & Benkert, R. (2008). Development of an instrument to measure social justice orientation in nurses. Manuscript in revision.
- Doorenbos, A. Z., Schim, S. M., Benkert, R., & Bell, S. E. (2008). Psychometric properties of the cultural competence assessment instrument among under represented nurse practitioners. Manuscript in review.
- Ross, E., & Bell, S. E. (2008). Nurses' comfort level with emergency interventions in the rural nursing setting. Manuscript in review after revision.
- Ervin, N. E., Bell, S. E., & Bickes, J. T. (2008). Evidence–based nursing practice in local public health. Manuscript in review.
- Bell, S. E. & Hulbert, J. R. (In press). Translating social justice into CNS practice. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 22(6).
- Schim, S. M., Benkert, R., Bell, S. E., Walker, D. S., & Danford, C. (2007). Social justice: Added metaparadigm concept for urban health nursing. Public Health Nursing, 24(1): 73-80. (Accepted for publication July 2006).
- Bell, S. E. (2005). Current issues and challenges in bariatric patient management. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 32(6): 386-392.
- Lesperance, M. E., Bell, S. E., & Ervin, N. E. (2005). Heart failure and weight gain monitoring. Lippincott's Case Management: The Journal for Professional Practice, 10(6): 287-293.
- Ervin, N. E., & Bell, S. E. (2004). Ethical issues resulting from scarce resources. Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, 35(1): 8-13.
- Kuula, A., Bell, S. E., & Allan, R. (2004). Public health nurses' views on voluntary smallpox vaccination. Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, 35(1): 4-7.
- Bell, S. E. (2003). Ethical climate in managed care organizations. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 27(2): 133-139.
- Bell, S. E. (2003). Community health nursing, wound care, and …ethics? Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 30(5): 1-5.
- Bell, S. E. (2003). Nurses' ethical conflicts in performance of utilization review. Nursing Ethics, 10(5): 541-554.
- Bell, S. E. (2003). Perceptions of utilization review nurses: "Nurses like us." Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 18(4): 275-280.
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