Primary Areas of Interest
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Workforce
- Characterize the nurse practitioner workforce caring for children
- Understand the roles pediatric nurse practitioners assume in hospital-based care of children.
- Advocate for strategies to build a highly-qualified, diverse workforce of pediatric nurse practitioners
Nurse Practitioner Work Environment
- Distinguish the role of work environment on patient and organizational outcomes in acute care settings
- Evaluate policies that contribute to nurses’ work environment
- Develop interventions to improve the acute care nurse practitioner work environment
Pediatric Mental Health
- Understand children’s ability to access mental health care
- Explore impacts of policy and social drivers of health on pediatric mental health
- Identify policy opportunities to improve pediatric mental health and access to pediatric mental health care