Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing (323) 343-4700

Darlene Finocchiaro
Emerita Professor of Nursing; M.S., Cal State LA; Ph.D., University of San Diego
Contact: (323) 343-5663
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Rehabilitation Nursing Practice
  • Medical-surgical nursing
  • Spiritual aspects of nursing practice

Cynthia B. Hughes
Emerita Professor of Nursing; Ed.D., Columbia University
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Pediatric nursing
  • General ambulatory pediatrics
  • Caregivers of HIV infected children
  • Family nurse practitioners
  • International health experiences with students

Lorie Judson
Emerita Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., University of San Diego
Contact: (323) 343-4719
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Pediatric nursing
  • Children with chronic and acute illness
  • Pediatric Acute Care
  • Nursing administration
  • U.S. Army Nurse Corps

Karen Nielsen-Menicucci
Emerita Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., University of San Diego
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Public health
  • Field worker safety
  • Immunization
  • Pediatrics
  • Prostate cancer decision-making
  • Health promotion
  • Illness prevention
  • Bioterrorism

Stacey A. Warner
Assistant Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., Azusa Pacific University
Contact: (323) 343-4700
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Nursing and nurse practitioner
  • Pediatrics
  • Lupus
  • Nutrition

Angela Williams
Assistant Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., UCLA
Contact: (323) 343-4700
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Nursing simulation
  • Health care
  • Community health
  • Family practice

Rhea P. Williams
Emerita Professor of Nursing; M.N. (Nursing), Ph.D. (Education), UCLA
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Maternal-infant nursing
  • Family nursing
  • Transition to parenthood
  • Menopause from a multicultural perspective
  • Career development of nurses
  • Education in nursing

Paula K. Vuckovich
Emerita Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., University of San Diego
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Psychiatric nursing
  • Family therapy
  • Stress and crisis management
  • Involuntary treatment of mentally ill
  • Family depression and suicide
  • Psychiatric advance directives
  • Ethics relating to involuntary psychiatric treatment

Beatrice Crofts Yorker
Emerita Professor of Nursing; Former Dean of the College of Health and Human Services; J.D., Georgia State University
E-mail: [email protected]

  • Violence prevention and child abuse
  • Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
  • Forensic, gerontological and psychiatric nursing.
  • Serial murder by healthcare providers
  • Child and adolescent psychiatric nursing