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Robin Whittemore, PhD, APRN is an Associate Professor at Yale School of Nursing. She received her BSN from the University of Bridgeport in 1978, a MSN from the University of Connecticut in 1991, and a PhD in nursing from Boston College in 2000. She has held progressive academic and research appointments as Lecturer at the University of Connecticut, University Fellow at Boston College, Post Doctoral Fellow at Yale School of Nursing, and Research Scientist at Yale School of Nursing.
Dr. Whittemore is a clinical nurse specialist in peri-operative nursing and has 20 years of clinical expertise in acute care nursing, specifically post-surgical care. Her current research is focused on: 1) a lifestyle change program delivered by nurse practitioners to prevent type 2 diabetes; 2) a lifestyle change program delivered by RNs for adults with type 2 diabetes; 3) psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness; and 4) an internet coping skills training program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Lifestyle change, nurse-coaching, type 2 diabetes prevention, psychosocial
adjustment to chronic illness, intervention development
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