Title:  Associate Professor; Coordinator, Critical Care Specialization

Department:  School of Nursing

Office Location:  408A Robinson Hall

Phone:  617-373-4590

Fax:  617-373-8675

Email:  e.howard@neu.edu

Education:  PhD, Boston College; MSN, Boston College; BSN, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Certification:  Adult Nurse Practitioner; Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Specializations:  Adult acute care; Urgent care

Research:  Functional ability of the elderly; Prediction models for patient outcomes; Evaluation of health care education; Outcomes of exercise in the elderly; Impact of managed care on nurse practitioner education

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Selected Publications: 
Devlin, J., Fong, J., Howard, E., Skrobik, Y., McCoy, N., Yasuda, C., Marshall, J. (2007). Nursing Practices and Perceptions Towards Delirium Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit. American Journal of Critical Care (in press).

Howard, E. & Growney, M. (2004) Parish Nursing and Assessing the Health Care Needs Of a Faith-based Community. Alternative Journal Of Nursing, August.

Howard, E. (2004) Educational Models for Geriatric Competence. NONPF Monograph: Shaping New Paradigms for Nurse Practitioner Education.

Howard, E. & Steinberg, S. (2002). Evaluation of Clinical Learning in a Managed Care Environment. Nursing Forum, 37, (1), 12-20.

Highlights of Faculty Research at the School of Nursing