Associate Clinical Professor & Pre-Licensure Program Director
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Student Success, Nursing Education, Grit, Noncognitive predictors of success, Maternal Newborn Nursing, Midwifery

My areas of interest include nursing education, specifically the noncognitive factors that contribute to nursing student success. My research looks at levels of grit, passion and perseverance toward long-term goals (Duckworth, 2007), in graduate nursing students and those strategies faculty members use to promote grit. In addition to my research in nursing education, I am a Certified Nurse Midwife and have a passion toward promoting well-being during the childbearing period.

Fellow, UCI DTEI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence, 2022
2021 Nursing Excellence Award Nomination: Educator of the Year
“Faculty of the Year”, University of California, Irvine Bachelor of Science, Nursing Science, June 2020

Burke, L., Rebeschi, L., Weismuller, P., Bulmer, S. & Kehoe, P. (2022). Grit levels of graduate nursing students: Why grit is needed in nursing (Research Brief). Journal of Nursing Education, 61(4), pp. 197-200.

Kim, S.C., Burke, L., Sloan, C., & Barnett, S. (2012). Attitudes toward teen mothers among nursing students and psychometric evaluation of Positivity Toward Teen Mothers scale. Nursing Education Today, 33(9), pp.986-91.

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Last updated
04/19/2023