SCHOLAR DIRECTORY

Tamara Rose is currently a doctoral student at Idaho State University School of Nursing. Ms. Rose previously completed a BSN from Oregon Institute of Technology and an MSN from Oregon Health & Science University in 1992 and 2006 repectively. With an interest in nursing education, Ms. Rose’s area of research is in the transitional period from the education environment to the practice environment for a new nurse. Ms. Rose began her teaching career at Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing, undergraduate program in 1997. After 15 years of clinical and classroom teaching she accepted the role as an associate dean. Previous leadership roles include clinical mangement of a mental health facility for 12 years and currently is in the position of Board Chair for a Federally Quailified Health Center (FQHC). Active in her community, Ms. Rose has worked collaboratively with a group of local healthcare professionals and public officals on an initiative to improve the health of the county and it’s citizens. Ms. Rose also spearheaded the development of educational training through simulation for the local rape crisis intervention team. The development of a pilot project resulted from the small-scale research project and has been presented at 2 international conference as a poster presentation.