Libba McMillan, RN
Assistant Professor
221 Miller Hall
(334) 844- 5973
reedreb@auburn.edu
Education
AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn, AL 2007: Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Research and Evaluation tract
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – 1986 Arlington, TX: Master of Science in Nursing
Specialties: Adult Health, Teaching and Cardiovascular/Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 1990: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
AUBURN UNIVERSITY - AUBURN, AL 1983: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Professional Service
2010-present Manuscript Reviewer for Nursing Education Perspectives
2002-present Evaluator for Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accreditation
Consultation
2009-present Biostatistician/ Methodologist, Children’s Hospital System (Birmingham, AL)
Awards and Honor Society
2009-2010 New Faculty Scholar Program Graduate
2010 Nationally selected for QSEN Faculty Development Institute (AACN/ Robert Woods Johnson Foundation)
2010 Graduate: Classroom Learning Assessment Academy. Selected by Office of Institutional Assessment
Member:
Alabama League of Nursing
National League of Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International
Interest
Patient safety, Curriculum development, Evaluation, Creative pedagogy in teaching writing, accreditation, community health promotion
Teaching Areas
Theory: Pharmacology , Professional Concepts Junior-level students, Graduate school
Clinical: Renal/ Dialysis Unit, Obstetrics
Current Funded Research/ Grants
- Alabama League of Nursing: Community Project Seed Grant Award. (Co- PI) “Making a Rural Health Promotion Connection: Caring for Alabama’s Volunteer Citizen servants”. Funded amount $1,000
- Daniel F. Breeden Endowed grant program 2008-2009. “6th National Nursing Education Congress”. Funded in full amount of $3,000.00.
- Proposal Development Grant Award: Research Institute for the Study of Diversity: Health Maintenance Research Cluster. Making a Rural Health Promotion Connection: Caring for Alabama’s Volunteer Citizen Servants”. Funded amount of $15,000.
Overview
Dr. McMillan has been at Auburn University since 2008. She has over 28 years of experience that spans critical care, cardiac rehabilitation, special-care nursery, post-partum, medical surgical nursing and junior-senior high school nursing. Additionally, Dr. McMillan has experience in legal consulting and legal analysis. She is a national accreditation team member.
Recent Publications
McMillan, L. & Shannon, D. (2009) “Program Evaluation of Nursing School Instruction in Measuring Student’s Perceived Competence to Empathically Communicate with Patients: Instrument Development of the Nursing Student Empathic Communication Questionnaire, Nursing Education Perspective NLN Publication. (In print)
McMillan, L. & Raines, K. (2009). “Headed in the ‘Write’ Direction: Nursing Student Publication and Health Promotion in the Community”. Journal of Nursing Education. 49(7), 2010.
McMillan, L., Hendricks, C. & Gore, T. (2009). A Volunteer Citizen-Servant Pilot Program Using Tailored Messages to Empower Alabamians to Live Healthier Lives.Public Health Nursing. February, 2010
McMillan, L.R. (2010) "Exploring the World Outside to Increase Cultural Competence of the Educator Within”. Journal of Cultural Diversity. February, 2010.
McMillan, L.R. (2010) Teaching Nursing Students Empathic Communication: A Mandate
from the Code of Ethics for Nursing. Online Journal of Health Ethics [in print].
Hendricks, C.S., Gore, T. McMillan, L. "Making a Rural Health Connection." In N.O. Tackie, N. Baharanyi, R. Zabawa, and W. Hill (eds.), Facing Global Crises: Local Solutions to Energy, Food and Persistent Poverty. Tuskegee, AL: Tuskegee University.
McMillan, L.R. (2010) Passing the S-BARR Exam: Using Peer Reviewers in a Low-Fidelity Lab Exercise publication on www.qsen.org.
Recent National/ International/ Regional Presentations
- Poster Presentation: AACN's 2007 Baccalaureate Education Conference, NewOrleans, LA: December 1, 2007, "Empathy and Empathic Communication: Nursing Student's Perceptions of Program Effectiveness"
- Podium Presentation: Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Hilton Head, SC; February 23, 2008. “Improving Empathic Communication in Nursing students: Does Practice Make Perfect?”
- Podium Presentation: AACN Baccalaureate Educational Conference, San Antonio, Texas. December 5, 2008. Topic: "Keeping the Pace and Keeping the Peace with New Technology In A Pharmacology Course"
- Podium Presentation: National League for Nursing Education Summit, September 25, 2009. Philadelphia, PA. "Double Testing as a Learning Strategy: Effects on Course Grades in a Junior-Level Course".
- Poster Presentation: American Academy of Nursing 36th Annual Meeting and Conference. November 5, 2009. "Atlanta, Georgia. Topic: "AUSON Making a Health Promotion Connection".
- Podium Presentation: AACN Baccalaureate Educational Conference, Chicago, Illinois. November 19, 2009. Topic: "Headed in the "Write Direction": Providing Quality health Promotion Through A Nursing Student Publication Assignment".
- Podium Presentation: AACN Baccalaureate Educational Conference, Chicago, Illinois. November 19, 2009. Topic: "Don't Lecture Me!": Changing The Culture of Ethics Education Through The Use of SBAR.
- Case Study Poster Presentation: Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. March 15-19, 2010. Topic: "Making A Health Promotion Connection: Caring for Alabama's Volunteer Citizen Servants". [accepted, but not attended]
- Podium Presentation: National Black Nurses Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. August 3-7, 2010. Topic: "Making a Health Promotion Connection: Caring for Alabama's Volunteer Citizen Servants".
Last Updated: Jan. 18, 2011
