Diana Odland Neal, PhD, RN, PHN, Lecturer
Lecturer
Dr. Diana Neal is a Part-time Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Health Studies (SNHS) at the University of Washington–Bothell. She has served as lead for the Education Certificate Subcommittee of the Nursing Curriculum Committee and has held professional development education coordinator roles at Children’s Hospital and faculty appointments at St. Catherine University and St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Dr. Neal served as Director of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Nursing Consortium between St. Olaf College and Gustavus Adolphus College and as Chair of the Nursing Department at St. Olaf College where she led nursing program approval and accreditation in 2015. Her clinical expertise includes pediatric medical–surgical nursing and neonatal intensive care, with experience as a staff nurse, transport nurse, and neonatal nurse educator. She practiced in the Intensive Infant Care Center (ICC) at Children’s Hospital Minnesota until 2021, when she relocated to Washington. Her professional interests include nursing education, holistic pediatric care, and global health; and has served as a field nurse in Kenya and as a visiting lecturer at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania, East Africa.
Scholarship
Dr. Neal is a member of the Minnesota Consortium for Nursing Education Research (MCNER), which conducted a pilot and full-scale study titled Enhancing Clinical Reasoning: Teaching Thinking Through Debriefing. This work was supported by competitive funding, including a St. Olaf College Faculty Development Grant, the Debra L. Spunt Grant from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), and the Sigma 足彩app哪个是正规的ta Tau Chi-at-Large Chapter Scholarship Award. Findings were disseminated through regional, national, and international presentations and peer-reviewed publications. Her scholarly interests include nursing education strategies, developmental care for preterm infants in the NICU, and complementary therapies. She also received a scholarship through the Minnesota Holistic Nurses Association (MHNA) and the SNHS Behavioral Health Faculty Development Award at UW-Bothell.
Education
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN
- BS in Nursing
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
- MS in Maternal-Child Health Nursing and Education, Master’s 足彩app哪个是正规的sis: 足彩app哪个是正规的 Physiological Effects of a Nursing Intervention of Intermittent Tactile Stimulation on Preterm Infants
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
- PhD in Nursing within the Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs and a minor in Complementary 足彩app哪个是正规的rapies and Healing Practices, PhD Dissertation: Music as a Health Patterning Modality for Preterm Infants in the NICU
Contact
Email: dianane@uw.edu
Courses Taught
- B HLTH 197: Selected Preparatory Topics in Health: Images of Wellness in the Media
- B HLTH 221: Dimensions of Personal Health and Wellness
- B HLTH 497: Health Topics: Flourishing in Wholeness
- B HLTH 511: Curriculum Development in Nursing Education
- B HLTH 512: Evaluation of Academic and Clinical Performance in Nursing and Healthcare
- B HLTH 513: 足彩app哪个是正规的ories and Methods of Teaching and Learning
- B HLTH 600: Independent Research
- B NURS 297: Building Skills in Health: Exploring Holistic Health and Well-Being
- B NURS 297: Building Skills in Health: Self-Care for Caregivers
- B NURS 460: Translating Scholarly Knowledge to Nursing Practice
- B NURS 520: Translational Research I
- B NURS 590: Advanced Fieldwork and Capstone I
- B NURS 591: Advanced Fieldwork and Capstone II
- B NURS 592: Capstone Seminar