Susan W. Durham
Instructor
Unit: School of Nursing
Mail Stop: 3C4
Office Location: Robinson A 387
Phone: 703-993-2963
Email: sdurham@gmu.edu
In the past, Susan Durham has worked as an Operating Room Nurse in the Army Nurse Corps, a Public Health Nurse in Fairfax County and then the Chicago Board of Health, and as a Pediatric Nursing instructor with the Illinois Masonic School of Nursing. She taught Chronic Care Nursing at Evanston Hospital School of Nursing, and part-time at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Fairfax Hospital. She began teaching in the undergraduate nursing program at George Mason University in 1992. Susan Durham is a Vietnam Veteran decorated for outstanding service. She served active duty for five years, and was activated for Desert Storm to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She served on the Veteran's Administration Advisory Board for Women Veterans. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau's Board of Directors, and participated in the Operation Smile Mission to Managua, Nicaragua in 1999.
Books and Chapters:
Teaching students in a home-care setting. Chapter in G. Redmond and J.
Sorrell (Eds.). Community-based Nursing Curriculum: A Faculty Guide, 149-160.
F. A. Davis (2002)
Winner of 2002 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award
Community-based nursing practice in home-care settings. Chapter in J. Sorrell and G. Redmond (Eds.), Community-Based Nursing Practice: Learning Through Students' Stories, 393-412. F.A. Davis (2002)
Educational Background:
- MPH, The University of Illinois
- BSN, The Pennsylvania State University