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Robin Brown

Robin Brown

Title

Associate Professor (Brookings)

Office Building

Wagner Hall

Office

311

Mailing Address

Wagner Hall 311
Undergrad Nursing-Box 2275
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

  • B.S.N. | South Dakota State University | 1983
  • M.S.N. | South Dakota State University | 1999
  • Ph.D. in nursing | South Dakota State University | 2016

Academic Responsibilities

  • Master's Specialization Coordinator for Nurse Educator Students
  • NURS 472 - Professional Nursing concepts III
  • NURS 495 - Practicum
  • NURS 778 - Nurse Educator Practicum
  • NURS: 750 - Transformational Leadership
  • NURS 721 - Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education
  • NURS 778L - Nurse Educator: Practicum Clinical

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • College of Nursing BSN Committee, 2021-present
  • College of Nursing Ph.D. Committee, 2021-present
  • College of Nursing Research and Scholarship Committee, 2021-present
  • College of Nursing Curriculum Committee, 2012-2018
  • College of Nursing Faculty Development Committee, 2018-2021
  • H.M. Briggs Library Committee, Chair, 2018-present
  • College of Nursing Graduate Committee, 2016-present
  • Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors Committee, 2017-2022

Professional Memberships

  • American Nurses Society (ANA)
  • South Dakota Nurses Association (SDNA)
  • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
  • Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)

Awards and Honors

  • 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, Faculty Recognition for Outstanding Contributions, Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College
  • 2021, Nurse Educator Award, SDNA
  • 2017, Recognition Letter for Thank-A-Professor Program
  • 2016, Outstanding Graduate Student, South Dakota State University

Grants

  • Nurse Education Practice Quality Retention-Registered Nurse in Primary Care COVID. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 2020-2021, $78,571.
  • Impacting Models of Practice and Clinical Training for Registered Nurses and Students (IMPACT-RNS). Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR), July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2022, $2,700,000.
  • Determining the Relationship among Change Fatigue, Self-Efficacy, and Physical Activity of Nursing Faculty, Dawley Seed Grant, SDSU College of Nursing, Oct. 1, 2017 - Oct. 1, 2018.

Work Experience

  • 2016-present, assistant professor, South Dakota State University College of Nursing
  • 2012-2016, instructor, South Dakota State University College of Nursing
  • 1999-2012, nursing director, University of South Dakota Nursing
  • 1998-1999, instructor, University of South Dakota Nursing
  • 1992-1996, clinical instructor, University of South Dakota Nursing
  • 1987-1992, staff nurse, Prairie Lakes Hospital
  • 1985-1987, director of nursing, Clark Care Center
  • 1983-1985, staff nurse, Sioux Valley Hospital

Areas of Research

  • Organizational change
  • Resilience
  • Nursing job satisfaction
  • Rural nursing

Department(s)