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Dr. Nicole E. Peterson is an Assistant Teaching Professor and an Emeritus Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. She has a DNP degree and is a board-certified adult and gerontological primary care nurse practitioner. Dr. Peterson has extensive clinical practice experience in long-term care, community care, and home care, particularly in providing geriatric primary care to the Meskwaki Nation community. She has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels across nursing Master’s and Doctorate programs, and has served as a preceptor for numerous nurse practitioner students and family medicine residents. Dr. Peterson's educational methods emphasize active learning strategies, including lectures, online instruction, clinical practicums, and simulation. As an enrolled member of the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin and a first-generation college student, she is dedicated to supporting underrepresented students in higher education. Her clinical research interests focus on advance care planning, and she has facilitated discussions regarding the Iowa Physician Orders Scope Treatment (IPOST) with nursing home residents and their families, alongside social work partners, to improve healthcare staff education and outcomes for older adults.
The B.S.N. program is a four-year pre-licensure program. Students must start and remain at the campus of admission for all four years.