Louise C. Miller, PhD, RN
Associate Teaching Professor
E-mail: lmiller@missouri.edu
Phone: 573-884-9542
Fax: 573-884-4544
S324A School of Nursing Building
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Nursing specialty
Public health and community-based nursing practice and programs
Interest area(s)
Evidence-based practice and information literacy, Program evaluation for state health programs
Education
- BSN, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
- MS, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
- PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Area of doctoral study
Public health and evaluation
Program of research
Information literacy for the nursing workforce as a component of the NIH Library of Medicine funded grant, titled Utilizing Information in Practice, focused on public health and school nurses in Missouri and the American Nurses’ Foundation grant, Nurses’ Information Literacy: Integrating the Electronic Health Record (EHR) into Nursing Education
Selected publications
Miller, L.C., Devaney, S., Kelly, G.L. and Kuehn, A.F. E-mentoring in public health nursing practice. Journal of Continuing Nursing Education, 39(4), 394-399.
Miller, L.C. and Brooks, C.W. Logic models: Practical planning and evaluation of school health programs. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, under review.
Miller, L.C., Cook, J., Brooks, C.W., Heine, A.C. and Curtis, T. Assessing the need for education: Breastfeeding curriculum development for medical and nursing students. Nursing for Women’s Health, 11(4), 374-380.
Bio/professional experience
Over the past several years, my nursing career has increasingly focused on community health, and its connection with evaluation issues and public policy. While the setting for my nursing practice shifted from an inpatient critical care and administrative setting to academic teaching and research, the focus on high quality, cost-effective care for at-risk populations remains the same.
My clinical nursing background in the acute patient care setting, including staff development and quality improvement initiatives, provided valuable experiences to conduct program evaluations for various state-wide health programs for the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services and the Missouri Department of Mental Health. My present research interest is in the area of information literacy for nurses working in community-based practice and for nurses in the acute care setting who use the electronic health record.
I presently teach evidence-based practice and health policy in the MU online graduate program, and, in the past, have taught graduate level program development and evaluation and undergraduate community health nursing.
Teaching responsibilities
N8910 — Advanced Evidence Based Nursing Practice
N8140 — Nursing and Health Policy
Professional Nurse and student mentoring projects
- Director of Evidence-Based Practice program for MU Health Care
- Member of the State Technical Advisory Committee
- Member of MU Health Care Quality Committee
- Member of Campus Writing Board
- Member of Council for Public Health Nursing, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Fellow for Cambio de Colores
Presentations and lectures
“A model of information literacy for public health nursing practice.” American Public Health Association, Oct., 2008, San Diego, Calif.
“Mapping information literacy: using concept mapping to evaluate nurses’ sources of health information.” American Evaluation Association, Nov., 2008, Denver, Colo.
“Integrating Evidence-Based Practice Skills into Public Health Nursing Practice.” American Public Health Association, Nov., 2007, Washington, D.C.
“Use of the case study to understand program processes.” American Evaluation Association, Nov., 2007, Baltimore, Md.
“Using information in practice — A skill building project for evidence-based public health nursing practice.” Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, June, 2007, Kansas City, Mo.
Honors and awards
- Excellence in Teaching, Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Mo. (2007)
- Betty Crim Award for Teaching Excellence, Sinclair School of Nursing (2006)
- Faculty Development Award, University of Missouri Provost, Columbia, Mo.
Memberships
- American Evaluation Association
- American Public Health Association, Member of Public Health Nursing section
- Association of Community Health Nursing Educators — Co chair of Program Committee
- Missouri Nurses Association — Member of State Technical Advisory Committee
- Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Iota Chapter, Past Counselor and Past M0ember of Awards Committee