She leads DNP scholarly projects and is the director of the Institute for Palliative and End of Life Care. Her areas of scholarly interest include palliative, hospice, and end-of-life care; community and home health; interdisciplinary and interprofessional education; the doctorate of nursing practice; and online learning and technology. In addition to having her work published in various professional journals, including Orthopaedic Nursing Journal and the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, she retains membership in myriad organizations, such as the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, among others.