Her teaching focuses on medical-surgical nursing, and she serves as adviser to 25 undergraduate nursing majors. She is an active nurse practitioner, caring mainly for cardiovascular and emergency patients. Tulley plans to use the Nurse Educator Fellowship Award to allow her to practice fewer hours over the summer while she concentrates on finishing her Ph.D dissertation at Loyola University Chicago. Her dissertation appertains to women with heart disease, specifically in identifying the effect emotional behaviors have on cardiovascular risk perception and possible influences on self-care behaviors. Tulley hopes to use some of the funds for travel to present her research at national conferences in 2014.