DR. MARGOT NELSON
Professor & Chair
Department of Nursing

margot.nelson@augie.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
M.S. Nursing, Texas Woman's University
M.A. Physiology, University of South Dakota Medical School
B.S.N., Augustana College

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
* Dissertation: Psychoneuroimmune Patterns in HIV-Infected Individuals
* Living with Chronic Health Conditions (e.g. cancer, HIV/AIDS)
* Art as an Avenue for Discovery and Expression of Health and Meaning
* Web-Based Teaching and Learning
* End-Of-Life Care
*Dying to Know Research: End-Of-Life Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preferences of South Dakotans

AREAS OF TEACHING AT AUGUSTANA
* Nursing Research
* Nursing of Adults
* Nursing Therapeutics
* Advanced Nursing Practice and the Business of Health Care
* Population-Focused Nursing

PERSONAL MESSAGE
My years in nursing and on the faculty at Augustana College have given me incredible opportunities:
* to know students and to share with them an amazing and significant time in their lives, personally and professionally,
* to be present for clients, families, and students as they share human health experiences and
* to work with colleagues in envisioning and designing the future for nursing and health care.
Thanks to students, colleagues, and recipients of health care, I have been richly blessed- and challenged-by a career in nursing education; and I have great hopes and expectations for nursing's future!