Mirinda Tyo

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Mirinda Tyo '19 she/hers

Assistant Professor

College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2001Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College – Gulfport, MSASN
2004University of North Alabama - Florence, ALBSN
2011University of North Alabama - Florence, ALMSN
2019University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, MAPhD

Teaching

  • NUR 553 Pharmacology for Advance Nursing Practice
  • NUR 457 Nursing Care of Complex Health Problems
  • NUR 455 Experiential Learning Senior Mentorship
  • NUR 352 Concepts of Adult Health Nursing
  • NUR 270 Concepts of Foundational Nursing

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

This course builds upon previous knowledge and skills related to common adult health needs, reinforcing the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team and member of the profession.

Weekly seminar discussions or presentations based on nursing or interdisciplinary research, theory development or methods alternating with focused dissertation discussions with faculty. Detailed exploration of grant development skills integrated across the four semester sequence supports skill development for dissertation proposal.

Weekly seminar discussions or presentations based on nursing or interdisciplinary research, theory development or methods alternating with focused dissertation discussions with faculty. Detailed exploration of grant development skills integrated across the four semester sequence supports skill development for dissertation proposal.

Research

Research activities

  • Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Grant: Novel Organizational Simulation Training to Improve Graduate’s Mastery & Attitudes (No Stigma): A stepwise simulation intervention to reduce opioid use disorder stigma in undergraduate and graduate nursing students
  • Community Engaged Research Partnership Initiative Fellowship: Community Based Participatory Research to Promote Resilience in Families of Individuals with Substance Use Disorder
  • Theta Kappa Research Committee Grant: Exploring the Needs of Family Caregivers of Individuals with SUD During COVID-19
  • Exploring the needs of family caregivers of individuals with SUD: An E-Delphi study.
  • Secondary data analysis of Parkinson’s UK dataset

Research

Research awards

  • $ 20,313 awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Understanding meaningful symptoms of Parkinson's Disease from the perspective of patients and caregivers

Research

Research interests

  • Caregiver Burden and Resilience
  • Substance Use Disorder
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Transition to Practice
  • Clinical Reasoning

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Mirinda Tyo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a board-certified trauma nurse, clinical educator, and nurse leader. She has over 20 years of clinical expertise caring for patients with chronic illness. Her program of research focuses on understanding the experiences of family members impacted by chronic illnesses and the factors that influence their health and wellbeing, such as caregiver burden, caregiver resilience, stress, and stigma. Family caregivers represent a large underserved population and her research goal is for healthcare providers and policy makers to better understand how to help family caregivers improve their resilience and quality of life, so they can continue with essential caregiving duties.

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