Shannon
Ford,
PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
My research interests are guided by the Nursing Science Precision Health Model (NSPH), applied to the stages of the NIH Symptom Science Model, with a specific focus on Information and Data Science Infrastructure for Precision Health. My clinical and research work aims to improve care and care systems for children and adolescents. I am particularly interested in examining the collective impact of interacting and coalescing biological, psychological, and social factors that have potential mechanisms through the gut-brain axis on pediatric health outcomes.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background:Interprofessional education (IPE) has is an emerging field of healthcare education. Teamwork and collaboration foster a healthy working environment, and IPE aims at learning about, from, and with each other. For this to occur, educational institutions and healthcare services have recognized the need for all members of the team to be educated together to deliver this holistic care to a patient. As health professionals, dental students, medical students, and nurses should be prepared to recognize and manage common medical emergencies that may arise in the dental office or dental…
Background:Interprofessional education (IPE) has is an emerging field of healthcare education. Teamwork and collaboration foster a healthy working environment, and IPE aims at learning about, from, and with each other. For this to occur, educational institutions and healthcare services have recognized the need for all members of the team to be educated together to deliver this holistic care to a patient. As health professionals, dental students, medical students, and nurses should be prepared to recognize and manage common medical emergencies that may arise in the dental office or dental…