I study how nurses understand and respond to people when information is incomplete: what clinicians learn to notice, how institutions shape their decisions, and how memory and narrative influence therapeutic communication.
My work draws on nursing, psychology, ethics, and the health humanities. Through conceptual analysis, historical inquiry, and reviews that bring evidence across disciplines together, I examine the assumptions behind everyday practice and their implications for education and care.
Publications
Journal articles
Book chapter
Research Areas
Recognition, uncertainty, and ethics in care
I examine how nurses understand a person’s needs when symptoms, diagnoses, or documentation provide an incomplete picture. This work asks what responsible care requires when certainty is limited, and how clinicians can keep the whole person in view.
Nursing education and institutional culture
I examine how institutional culture shapes clinical judgment and belonging, including how punitive traditions persist and how educators can create conditions for questioning, feedback, and learning.
Memory, narrative, and therapeutic communication
I study how people organize memories of their lives and how conversation supports that process. This work connects developmental psychology with psychiatric nursing to inform communication that attends to a person’s history, culture, and sense of self.