"Dr. Brubaker has served as the Department of Nursing Chairperson since January 2014. Professional background includes 20 years of clinical practice in various areas including Adult Medical-Surgical, Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Home Health, and Occupational Health. She is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, National League for Nursing, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. Dr. Brubaker joined the Bradley University Department of Nursing faculty in August 2000. Prior teaching experience included 8 years of classroom and clinical teaching in the Diploma Nursing program at Graham Hospital School of Nursing, Canton, IL. Dr. Brubaker’s dissertation research involved the development of a tool to measure ethical caring in nursing students (Caring Actions and Responses within Encounters Survey (CARES©). Her Master's Thesis involved a survey to determine Nurses' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward AIDS. Research interests include caring in nursing, use of technology in nursing education, online and distance learning, nursing informatics, interprofessional education and collaboration."

nursing, use of technology in nursing education, online and distance learning, nursing informatics, interprofessional education and collaboration.