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  • Laura Watson

Laura Watson, DNP, RNC-OB, CNE

Director, General Studies Program

Phone:
812.348.7272
Email:
lrwatson@iupuc.edu
Department:
Division of Health Sciences
Campus:
IUPUC
CC Room 240
4601 Central Avenue
Columbus, Indiana 47203

Biographical Statement

Dr. Laura Watson has worked as a staff nurse on Labor and Delivery Unit since 1996. She is blessed with the opportunity to still provide bedside nursing at a local hospital. Dr. Watson received her doctorate in nursing practice from University of Southern Indiana. Her doctoral focus was improving nursing care in infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Dr. Watson currently serves on the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses and is the director of the RN to BSN track at IUPUC.

Education

Doctoral

Doctor of Nursing Practice, 2017, University of Southern Indiana

Graduate

Masters of Science in Nursing-Nursing Education, 2012, Walden University

Undergraduate

  • Associate Degree in Nursing, Indiana University, Northwest
  • Certified Nursing Assistant, 1995

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Licensure and Certification

  • Certification in In-Patient Obstetrics
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Provider
  • Certified Nurse Educator

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  • Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nursing
  • Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society
  • Indiana Rural Health Association
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