Dean and Professor | deanbaars@umsl.edu | 314-516-6849
Nursing workforce and professional practice environments are the focus of Dr. Dean-Baar’s scholarship. She has been a leader in the development and implementation of nursing standards and guidelines for practice. She has served as chair of many national task forces and committees working on the definition, framework, and development of national standards and guidelines for practice. She has also worked as a consultant to healthcare organizations. Currently, she serves as an appraiser for the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program.
Dr. Dean-Baar has been actively involved in the field of rehabilitation nursing for more than thirty years. She is a past president of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and has served as a chairperson of the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation Board of Trustees and as an editor of Rehabilitation Nursing. She has provided testimony to federal agencies on rehabilitation nursing research, education, and practice, and has provided curriculum consultation to various agencies, including the Vietnam Ministry of Health as part of a Health Volunteers Overseas program funded by USAID.
In October of 2011, she received the Sigma Theta Tau International Dorothy Garrigus Adams Award for Excellence in Fostering Professional Standards and the Lucie S. Kelly Mentor award.
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About Susan Dean Baar
Nursing workforce and professional practice environments are the focus of Dr. Dean-Baar’s scholarship. She has been a leader in the development and implementation of nursing standards and guidelines for practice. She has served as chair of many national task forces and committees working on the definition, framework, and development of national standards and guidelines for practice. She has also worked as a consultant to healthcare organizations. Currently, she serves as an appraiser for the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program.
Dr. Dean-Baar has been actively involved in the field of rehabilitation nursing for more than thirty years. She is a past president of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and has served as a chairperson of the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation Board of Trustees and as an editor of Rehabilitation Nursing. She has provided testimony to federal agencies on rehabilitation nursing research, education, and practice, and has provided curriculum consultation to various agencies, including the Vietnam Ministry of Health as part of a Health Volunteers Overseas program funded by USAID.
In October of 2011, she received the Sigma Theta Tau International Dorothy Garrigus Adams Award for Excellence in Fostering Professional Standards and the Lucie S. Kelly Mentor award.
| Present | Dean and Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ College of Nursing | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2006 - 2011 | Wisconsin Technology Enhanced Collaborative Nursing Education |
| DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - U1KHP07714-01-00 | |
| Role: Site Project Director | |
| Colleague(s): Patricia F. Brennan | |
| $200,000 | |
| 2003 - 2011 | Nursing Faculty Loan Program |
| DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $1,482,217 | |
| 1999 - 2011 | Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students |
| DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $1,136,339 | |
| 1998 - 2011 | Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship |
| DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $919,365 | |
| 2008 - 2009 | Nursing Endeavor Program-- College of Nursing Freshman Cohort Initiative |
| UWM Access to Success Program | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $35,190 | |
| 2008 - 2009 | Simulation in Nursing Education |
| UWM Education Technology Advisory Committee | |
| Role: Project Director | |
| $66,375 | |
| 2005 - 2007 | State of Wisconsin Initiative to Fast Track (SWIFT) Nurse Educators |
| US Department of Labor - HG14776RF0 | |
| Role: Educational Strategies Director | |
| Colleague(s): Sally P. Lundeen | |
| $1,365,101 | |
| 2006 - 2006 | The Milwaukee Corridor to Nursing Degree Completion: A Coordinated Curriculum |
| University of Wisconsin System Committee | |
| Baccalaureate Expansion Grant | |
| $75,000 | |
| 1999 - 2001 | UWM/Aurora Partnership in Clinical Nursing Education: A Pilot Program in Community-based Nursing in an Integrated Health Care System |
| Helene Fuld Health Trust | |
| Role: Principle Investigator | |
| $98,269 | |
| 1998 - 1998 | Validation of Rehabilitation Nursing Standards of Practice |
| Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation | |
| Role: Principle Investigator | |
| $4,725 | |
| 1994 - 1994 | Impact of Pressure Ulcer Practice Guidelines on Rehabilitation Practice and Outcomes |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate School | |
| Role: Principle Investigator | |
| $22,300 | |
| 1994 - 1994 | Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines: Innovation in Nursing Education |
| University of Wisconsin | |
| Undergraduate Improvement Grant | |
| Role: Co-principal Investigator | |
| $22,300 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2011 | Project Director, Wisconsin Center for Nursing |
| PhD, Loyola University Chicago | ||
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| MS, Rush University | ||
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| BSN, Loyola University Chicago | ||
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