Monica Beck, Ph.D., RN, OCN, CNE, is an Assistant Professor and the RN-BSN, RN-MSN JUMP, and Dual Programs Coordinator in the College of Nursing at 糖心原创出品 (UAH). She recently earned her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Utah. Her dissertation research was a mixed-methods pilot feasibility and acceptability study that examined a theoretically derived novel intervention, Lift the Spirit, designed to equip oncology nurses to conduct spiritual histories with advanced cancer patients.
Since 2009, she has taught primarily in the undergraduate pre-licensure program. Her nursing career spans almost 35 years in a variety of areas, but her passion is oncology nursing. She is a member of the national and local Oncology Nurses Society and has maintained Oncology Certification for the past 20 years. Her career goal is to continue teaching in the undergraduate program, mentor doctoral students, and embark upon an oncology-focused program of research. She enjoys the role of an academic as she loves to learn!
Monica and her husband are very proud of their three daughters, two of whom pursued a career in nursing. Their youngest daughter is a secondary education history teacher.
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