Contact:
 

normaw@uwyo.edu
(307) 766-6576

• Areas of Clinical Interest & Expertise

• Areas of Research Interest

• Degrees Earned

• Presentations

• Professional Honors

• Professional Memberships

• Publications

• Retirement Spotlight

Degrees Earned

• PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1982

• MSN, CA State University at Los Angeles, 1971

• BSN, CA State University at Los Angeles, 1968

• ADN, Orange Coast College, 1964

• BS, St. Joseph's College, 1960

Areas of Clinical Interest and Expertise

• Maternal child and women's health

• Psychiatric issues in women's health

• The scholarship of teaching

Areas of Research Interest

• Decreasing LBW and morbidity in Wyoming infants through prevention of maternal smoking and substance abuse during pregnancy and improving breastfeeding rates

• Teaching-learning protocols and evaluation models for active learning in nursing education

• Learning and study strategies as potential predictors of success in baccalaureate nursing education

• The use of electronic portfolios for outcome assessment

• Developing "learning community" strategies in nursing courses

Professional Memberships

• Sigma Theta Tau

• Pi Lambda Theta

• Kappa Delta Pi

• American Nurses' Association

• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Wyoming

• Western Institute of Nursing

Professional Honors

• Albany County Nurse of the Year Award 2007

• Invisible College 2005-2006 Senior Scholar Award Recipient.  Sponsored by the John P. Ellbogen Foundation

• University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences, Innovative Teaching Award, 2004-2005

• University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences, Meritorious Service Award, 2003-2004

• University of Wyoming, University Studies First-Year Course Faculty Teaching Award, Fall 1998

• University of Wyoming, Excellence in Advising Award; March 20, 1997

• Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Regional Gold Medal Award for "Best Public Service Announcements" presented to College of Health Sciences producers of Wyoming Health Messages, 1997

• NIH, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Exemplary Project Award, (Promising Practices) March, 1994

• Certificates of Recognition for Outstanding Service to First-Year Students, 1993-2002

• AJN Book of the Year Award, 2000; 1991; 1998

• Nominated for John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Excellence Award, March 1987 and March 1989

• University of Wyoming, School of Nursing, Junior Class - Teaching Excellence Award, may 1986

• University of Wyoming Mortar Board - Teaching Excellence Award; "Top Prof. Night," November, 1985

• Who's Who in American Nursing, 1986 to present

• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1997

Last Updated 6/4/2008