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Faculty Development

The 2009 NLN Immersion in Evidence-Based Nursing Education

University of Nevada Las Vegas
June 7-12, 2009

Keynote Speaker

Carolyn Yucha, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN
Dr. Carolyn Yucha, has been in Nursing Education for more than 25 years with progressive levels of responsibility. She is currently Dean of the School of Nursing and the School of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Yucha worked at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the University of Florida before moving to Las Vegas. Dr. Yucha has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, has published close to 60 peer-reviewed articles, 6 chapters and a monograph, and is editor of a scientific journal, Biological Research for Nursing. For the last four years, Dr. Yucha has been a leadership mentor for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.