Associate Professor Emerita

Dr. Jeanine Carr has been a faculty member at the University of Vermont for over 20 years, teaching in both the undergraduate and graduate programs; retiring in 2017. She chaired the Department of Nursing for three years and was the Undergraduate Program Coordinator for five years. Before retiring in 2017, she taught the first nursing course that students take in the RN-BS program and the issues and leadership course that students take in the final semester of the undergraduate program.

Dr. Carr has been a member of the Vermont State Board of Nursing since 2007. She is professionally affiliated with the American Nurses Association, the Vermont State Nurses Association, and the Vermont Organization of Nurse Leaders. She has been an author of several published research studies, and her areas of interest and expertise include qualitative research methods, leadership, nursing theory and nursing regulation.

Publications

Carr, J.M. (2014). A middle range theory of family vigilance. MEDSURG Nursing, 23 (4), 251-255..

Carr, J.M. (2010). From department head to chicken farmer. The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 23, 2010.

Dudley, S.K., & Carr, J.M. (2004). Vigilance: The experience of parents staying at the bedside of hospitalized children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 19 (4), 267-275.

Whitney, S.L., Maltby, H., & Carr, J.M. (2004). This food may contain…What nurses should know about genetically engineered foods. Nursing Outlook, 52 (5), 262-266.

Canales, M.K., Carr, J.M., & Wohlberg, J. It’s about time: College women’s perceptions of gynecologic health (2004). Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Carr, J.M. (2003). Poetic expressions of vigilance. Qualitative Health Research, 13 (9), 1324-1331.

Awards and Recognition

  • Writing Across the Curriculum Internship Program, University of Vermont
  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Kappa Tau Chapter, Folta-Deck Award for Excellence in Nursing Research
  • McDonald Fellowship, Clemson University
  • Abney Foundation Scholarship, Clemson University
  • Student Nurse Association Award for Excellence, Castleton University
  • Vermont State Nurses Association Award for Excellence, Castleton University
     

Associations and Affiliations

  • American Nurses Association
  • ANA-Vermont
  • Vermont Organization of Nurse Leaders
  • Vermont State Board of Nursing, Chair
     
Jeanine Carr, Ph.D., RN

Education

  • Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1994
  • M.S., Clemson University, 1989
  • B.S., Clemson University, 1987
  • A.D., Castleton State University, 1983

Contact

Email:

Jeanine.Carr@med.uvm.edu

Phone:
  • (802) 656-2253
Office Location:

228 Rowell Hall

Office Hours:

By Appointment