Peggy Flannigan

Associate Chair & Associate Professor
Nursing
Bradley University
United States of America

Professor Nursing
Biography

"Dr. Peggy Flannigan teaches Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing. She has also taught courses in Nursing Research and Nursing Education to graduate students. In addition, she has guided multiple graduate student research projects. At the undergraduate level, she has taught research and both medical surgical and leadership theory and practicum courses for students in their senior year. Dr. Flannigan joined the Bradley faculty in 1996. Prior to that time she was employed in a variety of settings, including acute care, neuro rehabilitation, and physicians’ offices, and she served as a nursing education administrator. Dr. Flannigan has recently been involved in planning courses for online education and enjoys using a variety of methods in the classroom ranging from the traditional lecture to interactive learning via seminar/discussion and group activities. Dr. Flannigan provides service to the Department of Nursing, the EHS College, and the University through several activities. The most recent of these activities was leadership of the accreditation team. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses. She has served Epsilon Epsilon Chapter as its Secretary, President, and currently the Leadership Succession Committee. She is President of the Executive Board and Chair of the Mark Linder Walk for the Mind, an organization to bring awareness to and funding for brain tumor research. In addition, Dr. Flannigan is a member of the Tazewell County Board of Health, serves on the Tazewell County Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition, Tazewell County Free Mammogram Day Planning Committee, and as a member of the Tremont United Methodist Church, she serves on various committees of the church. "

Research Intrest

return-to-play decisions following brain trauma in the athlete, decision-making capacity and surrogate decision-making in the older population, integrating E-books into the curriculum, and most recently

List of Publications
Ruthman J, Jackson J, Cluskey M, Flannigan P, Folse VN, Bunten J. Using clinical journaling to capture critical thinking across the curriculum. Nursing Education Perspectives. 2004 May 1;25(3):120-3.
Flannigan P, Cluskey M, Gard C. Planning for an accreditation visit. Nurse educator. 2002 Jul 1;27(4):157-8.
Gard CL, Flannigan PN, Cluskey M. Program evaluation: An ongoing systematic process. Nursing education perspectives. 2004 Jul 1;25(4):176-9.