Nancy WhitmanNancy I. Whitman is currently Associate Dean of the College and Professor of Nursing at Lynchburg College in Virginia. Prior to this she was Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance there. Dr. Whitman received her baccalaureate degee in nursing from Alfred University, her master's degree in pediatric nursing from University of Virginia, and a doctorate in nursing from University of Texas, Austin. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. Dr. Whitman has taught health education, pediatric nursing, patient education, nursing research, introduction to nursing, and professional issues courses. She developed and taught an elective in Computers in Nursing for both master's and undergraduate students. She has been active in a variety of nursing assessment and college program assessment activities. Dr. Whitman has made presentations to nursing faculty, practicing nurses, and other health care educators on a variety of topics including those related to computers and computer-assisted instruction. She developed an interactive video program that teaches concepts and correlated basic nursing skills for infection control and designed a number of Web-based course materials. Dr. Whitman received the new investigator award from the NLN Society for Research in Nursing Educator Forum (1989). She has co-authored three editions of the book Health Teaching in Nursing Practice: A Professional Model, currently published by Appleton & Lange. Read More Read Less