Mary Nies, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAHB

Idaho State University

Dr. Nies is a behavioral nurse scientist with a research focus on community interventions promoting health in vulnerable populations. Her scientific expertise lies in health promotion and intervention research. She has experience working with interdisciplinary research teams and has served on several NIH and CDC grant review study sections.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Interprofessional Student Teams Health Assessments for Refugees: Lessons Learned as Principal Investigator/Project Director (#15)

This project “Idaho Senior Refugee Interprofessional Holistic Health Project”, funded by the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention Program: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Award No. 1 UD7HP28528-01-00 was a four year project with interprofessional student teams delivering health assessments to the refugee population. The presentation will discuss the lessons learned while serving as project director, including strategies that worked and strategies that could be enhanced for student, preceptor, interpreter, and faculty involvement to facilitate overall student…