Joan M. Owens, Ph.D., RN

Associate Dean, Chief Nurse Administrator, Associate Professor

Dr. Owens is the Associate Dean of Nursing, Chief Nurse Administrator, and an Associate Professor. Her areas of interest include nursing education, teaching & learning strategies, civility, and maternal child health. Her clinical background includes...

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Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Philosophy in Nursing Education, University of Northern Colorado

M.S.N., Gonzaga University

B.S., Nursing, University of Washington

A.D., Nursing, Spokane Community College

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

NURS 645 Practicum in the Clinical Setting

NURS 646E Practicum in Academia Setting

NURS 651E Curriculum Development

NURS 652E Teaching Learning Strategies

NURS 701- NURS 704 DNP Practicums I- IV

NURS 710 Population Focused Care  

NURS 720 Evidence Synthesis for Advanced Nursing


Dr. Owens is the Associate Dean of Nursing, Chief Nurse Administrator, and an Associate Professor.  Her areas of interest include nursing education, teaching & learning strategies, civility, and maternal child health. Her clinical background includes neonatal, maternal newborn and pediatric care; she is a certified maternal newborn nurse.  

Dr. Owens entered the profession with an associate degree in nursing from Spokane Community College and received her bachelor degree from the University of Washington. She obtained her MSN from Gonzaga University and earned her Ph.D. in nursing education from the University of Northern Colorado. Her research focus includes best practices in nursing education, life balance, and professional quality of life in nurse educators. 

Owens, J., Kottwitz, C., Tiedt, J., Ramirez, J. (2018). Strategies to attain faculty work-life balance.

            Building Healthy Academic Communities, 2(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/bhac.v2i2.6544.

Owens, J. (2017). Secondary stress and nurse educators. Teaching and Learning in Nursing 12(13).

            214-215. doi:10.1016/j.teln.2017.02.004.     

Owens, J. (2017). Life Balance in Nurse Educators: A Mixed-Methods Study. Nursing

            Education Perspectives, 38(4), 182-188. doi:10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000177     

Owens, J. (2015). Life Balance in Nurse Educators: A Mixed Method Study.

                        Doctoral Dissertation. University of Northern Colorado.