Erica Watkinson, PhD, RN-BC

Assistant Professor of Instruction (Instructional)
Biography

Erica Watkinson is an Instructional Track Lecturer for the College of Nursing's BSN and RN-BSN program. She holds a PhD in Nursing from the University of Iowa and is passionate about bedside nurses' decision-making, discharge education, and discharge planning.  Dr. Watkinson has developed and revised nursing outcomes with the University of Iowa Nursing Outcomes Classification Center (NOC). She has also worked on a Cardiothoracic and Vascular Medical-Surgical Unit for about 10 years and has assisted unit leadership with making patient education improvements. Additionally, Dr. Watkinson teaches Medical-Surgical Clinical to junior BSN students. She specializes in heart failure discharge planning and qualitative research methods.

Curriculum Vitae

Erica Davisson
Education
PhD, University of Iowa
MSN, University of Iowa
BSN, Coe College