Myra Aud

PhD, RN, NHA

Associate Professor of Nursing
S422 MU Sinclair School of Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO 65211
E-Mail: AudM@health.missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 884-9539
Fax: (573) 884-4544

Research Description: Quality care for older adults in assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities. Focus on health promotion, safety, management of dementia-related behaviors

Nursing Specialty: Gerontology

Interest Area: Residential Care/Assisted Living Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Health Promotion in Assisted Living Facilities, Cognitive Impairment (Alzheimer's disease or related disorders)

In 2000, Aud obtained her PhD from St. Louis University where she had earlier (1983) obtained her MSN with Gerontological Nursing as her area of specialization. She joined the staff at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing in the summer of 2001, after 21 years experience in long-term care as a nursing supervisor, director of in-service education, associate director of nursing, assistant administrator, and administrator. From 1990-2000 she held an adjunct faculty appointment in the Gerontology program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and from 1984-1995 served as a clinical (adjunct) instructor at St. Louis University School of Nursing. Her current research interests focus on older adults in assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities, promotion of health and safety, and management of dementia-related behaviors.

• Member of Missouri Nurses Association, Missouri League for Nursing, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Sigma Theta Tau International and Gerontological Society of America
• Licensed as a nursing home administrator in Missouri
• Appointed to Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators

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Innovative Nursing Gerontology Course Receives National Honors

 

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