Sarah E. Newton
Associate Professor
Nursing
Oakland University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Newton began her tenure at Oakland in 1997 as an Assistant Professor in the SON after completing her PhD in Nursing at the University of Michigan. Her clinical nursing specialty was adult liver transplantation and research and scholarship was initially focused on adult liver transplant recipient return to work post-transplant. As the Undergraduate Program Director, she oversees all three academic tracks of the SON undergraduate program (Accelerated Second Degree, Basic-BSN and the BSN degree completion sequence for registered nurses) and report directly to the Associate Dean. In addition to her role as UPD, during the 2011-2012 academic year, she served as the primary author on the SON’s Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accreditation self-study report. The SON undergraduate program received full CCNE accreditation for 10 years, through 2022. She is passionate about writing for the discipline of nursing and her scholarship now focuses on nursing education with emphasis on undergraduate student/program outcomes and pedagogy.
Research Interest
Return to Work post-liver transplantation, Writing abilities of nursing students, Graduate study in nursing
Publications
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Newton SE, Smith LH, Moore G. Baccalaureate nursing program admission policies: promoting success or facilitating failure?. Journal of Nursing Education. 2007 Oct 1;46(10).
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Newton SE, Smith LH, Moore G, Magnan M. Predicting early academic achievement in a baccalaureate nursing program. Journal of Professional Nursing. 2007 Jun 30;23(3):144-9.
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Royse MA, Newton SE. How gaming is used as an innovative strategy for nursing education. Nursing Education Perspectives. 2007 Sep 1;28(5):263-7.
