Sharon Tucker

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Sharon Tucker Portrait
First Name
Sharon
Last Name
Tucker
Credentials
PhD, APRN-CNS, NC-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Grayce Sills Endowed Professor in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Professor
Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Well-being
Director, DNP Nurse Executive Track
Director, Implementation Science Core, Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
Executive Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
Address
270H Heminger Hall
Address (Line 2)
1577 Neil Avenue
City
Columbus
State
OH
Zip Code
43210

 

Dr. Sharon Tucker was appointed as the Grayce M. Sills Endowed Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing in January 2017. A psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist, Dr. Tucker is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher focusing on behavioral strategies to promote health and wellness, prevent disease, and reduce stress and risks among children and working mothers. She is also a recognized expert in evidence-based practice and evidence-based quality improvement, and has served as director of large, Magnet-designated hospital programs for the past 15 years. She will lead the Translation Research Core of the College of Nursing’s new Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.

Dr. Tucker earned her BSN from the College of Saint Teresa in Winona, Minnesota, an MSN from the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, and her PhD in Nursing from Rush University in Chicago. In addition to her research and teaching responsibilities, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Midwest Nursing Research Society and was recently elected as Treasurer, is the associate editor of Worldviews in Evidence-based Nursing, and regularly reviews manuscripts for several interdisciplinary and nursing journals. She is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program and was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2014.

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News

April 15, 2024

Initiative recognized as Program of Excellence by University Outreach and Engagement

The Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program, an initiative within The Ohio State University College of Nursing that has grown into one of the largest programs of its kind in Ohio, received the designation of 2024 Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship this month from the university’s Office of Outreach and Engagement.