Her research interests include the use of simulation with advanced practice nursing students; the transitions from acute care to home; and precepting. She also works as a family nurse practitioner at Mad River Family Practice in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Dr. Pittman has received significant acclaim during her career; in 2010, she received the Chapter Teaching Award from the Sigma Theta Tau (Epsilon Chapter) at Ohio State, and in 2009, she was named as a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.