Dr. Pam Springer holds a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in higher education administration from the University of Idaho, an M.S. in Nursing Administration from California State in Fresno, and a B.S. in Nursing from Idaho State University. Dr. Springer serves as Associate Dean in the College of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Nursing. Her current research efforts are in organizational culture in higher education and Community Based Participatory Research with African refugees focusing on communication in health care.
Articles
The ABCs of DEUs (with Eldon Walker, Patricia Lazare, Nancy Jensen, Joanne T. Clavelle, Patricia Johnson, and Bonnie Lind), Nursing Management (2012)
Direct care nurses working in healthcare facilities are often overwhelmed with the task of educating...
The Idaho Dedicated Education Unit Model: Cost-Effective, High-Quality Education (with Patricia Johnson, Bonnie Lind, Eldon Walker, Joanne Clavelle, and Nancy Jensen), Nurse Educator (2012)
Faculty face many challenges in delivering clinical education, including faculty availability, the complexity of the...
Nurse Residents’ First-Hand Accounts on Transition to Practice (with Cynthia M. Clark), Nursing Outlook (2012)
Background
The first year of nursing practice is critical to developing new graduate nurses...
Development and Description of the Culture/Climate Assessment Scale (with Cynthia M. Clark, Marcia Belcheir, and Pamela K. Strohfus), Journal of Nursing Education (2012)
This article describes the development, implementation, and preliminary psychometric testing of the Culture/ Climate Assessment...
Using Transformational Change to Improve Organizational Culture and Climate in a School of Nursing (with Cynthia Clark, Pamela K. Strohfus, and Marcia Belcheir), Journal of Nursing Education (2012)
A positive organizational culture and climate is closely associated with an affirming workplace and job...
Presentations