{"id":12409,"date":"2015-10-21T19:02:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T19:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/for\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2015-10-22T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:27:35","slug":"dr-linda-garrett-named-assistant-dean-of-nursing-at-tusculum-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2015\/dr-linda-garrett-named-assistant-dean-of-nursing-at-tusculum-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Linda Garrett named assistant dean of nursing at Tusculum College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tusculum College has named Dr. Linda Garrett assistant dean of nursing, health sciences and human services and chair of the graduate nursing program.<\/p>\n<p>At Tusculum College, Dr. Garrett will be responsible for the growth and development of nurse practitioner programs, effective operations within the school and recruitment of students. She will also oversee the faculty in the nurse practitioner program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Garrett has spent most of her life as a leader for nursing in higher education,\u201d said Dr. Lois Ewen, dean of nursing, health sciences and human services. \u201cHer experience in teaching and developing successful nursing programs will help the college grow and address a critical need in the community for quality healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12411\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12411\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2015\/dr-linda-garrett-named-assistant-dean-of-nursing-at-tusculum-college\/attachment\/garrettweb-2\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12411\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12411\" title=\"GarrettWeb\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/GarrettWeb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Linda Garrett<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As part of her position, Dr. Garrett will develop a nurse practitioner program that is anticipated to begin in Fall 2016, pending the approval of the Tennessee Board of Nursing and the Southern Association of Colleges-Commission on Colleges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy vision is to address the need for primary care providers in the community and to provide the folks in this rural community access to good quality care. Also, my goal is to get the nurse practitioner program going and graduating students,\u201d said Dr. Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>With a 40-year background in nursing, she has served in various positions, including nurse practitioner for several facilities, clinical director of the occupational health program at East Tennessee State University, interim chair of family and community nursing at ETSU, director of nurse practitioner specialties at ETSU, director of the family nurse practitioner program at Lincoln Memorial University and chair of graduate nursing programs at LMU, as well as several positions as an instructor and associate professor.<\/p>\n<p>At Lincoln Memorial University, Dr. Garrett developed the strategic plan, evaluation and curriculum for the Master of Science in Nursing program, which was approved by the SACS-COC and implemented in Fall 2014. She prepared the strategic plan and evaluation documents for the graduate nursing program, which was benchmarked by Educational Benchmarking Incorporated, and wrote the curriculum for the Post Master\u2019s Doctor of Nursing Practice concentration in the graduate nursing program. In addition, she reviewed, wrote and edited the curriculum portion of the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia for reaccreditation of the concentration for LMU, which received the maximum 10 years for accreditation with no follow-up report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I went to Lincoln Memorial, the pass rates were adequate and in the 80 percent range, which each school has to have at least an 83 percent average to stay accredited,\u201d said Dr. Garrett. \u201cThe first year I began there, I initiated a comprehensive exam system, which brought the pass rates to 96 percent. The years following that didn\u2019t drop below 98 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Garrett began the new cohort of family nurse practitioner students at the Kingsport Higher Education Center, through which the first graduates had 100 percent pass rate on certification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy expertise is program development,\u201d she said. \u201cEach program that I have developed has been successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She earned her license in practical nursing from the Kingsport School of Nursing, and later her Bachelor of Science in nursing, Master of Science in nursing and doctorate in nursing from ETSU. She has also received certificates in basic life support, qualitative research, pediatric physical and sexual assault examination, legal nurse consultation, medicolegal death investigation and sexual assault examination.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Garrett has been published in \u201cMilitary Medicine,\u201d \u201cAmerican Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal,\u201d \u201cJournal of American Medical Directors Association,\u201d \u201cJournal of American Association of Nurse Practioners,\u201d \u201cTennessee Medicine,\u201d \u201cIssues in Mental Health Nursing,\u201d \u201cSocial Work in Health Care,\u201d \u201cWomen &amp; Health,\u201d \u201cInternational Library of Poetry\u201d and \u201cClinician Reviews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is also a member of several organizations, including the Tennessee<strong> <\/strong>Nurses<strong> <\/strong>Association, Northeast Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association, National League of Nurses, Tennessee Association of Forensic Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International (Epsilon Chapter), American Nurses Association and the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the graduate program in nursing, contact Dr. Garrett at lgarrett@tusculum.edu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Stephanie Turner, senior journalism and professional writing major from Shelbyville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><p>Tusculum College has named Dr. Linda Garrett assistant dean of nursing, health sciences and human services and chair of the graduate nursing program.<\/p>\n<p>At Tusculum College, Dr. Garrett will be responsible for the growth and development of nurse practitioner programs, effective operations within the school and recruitment of students. 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